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THIS WEEK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday, January 19th
12th Sunday of Luke/
St. Makarios of Egypt & St. Mark of Ephesus
8:15am Orthros 9:30am Divine Liturgy
Dance Practice
2pm Annual River Blessing of the Susquehanna River
Reception to Follow at Holy Trinity Hall
Tuesday, January 21st
5:30pm-7pm Greek School
6pm Philoptochos Meeting
7pm Dance Practice
Saturday, January 25th
6pm Vespers
40 -Day Trisagion for Eleni Vasilopoulos,
6 years for Irene Rouvalis and
7 years for Apostolis Rouvalis
on behalf of their children, Ilias & Penny Rouvalis and Family.
May their memory be eternal.
19 -Year Memorial for Elias Papastamatis
on behalf of Vicky Demopoulos and Family.
May his memory be eternal.
SECOND TRAY will be passed today for the fires in Los Angeles, CA.
Please give generously.
We welcome all our guests to Holy Trinity Cathedral today, whether as visitors from out of town, family members joining others here for worship today or even soon-to-be members here for the first time. No matter what the reason the Holy Spirit brought you there today, we welcome you with open arms and hearts filled with the love of Christ. Please let the ushers know at the candle stand that you are visiting so they will take your name, and the clergy will officially welcome you.
“STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY” was on Sunday, November 17th. Everyone was mailed a Stewardship Package that had your 2025 stewardship form. We are asking you to please fill out your Stewardship Pledge for 2025 with careful and prayerful consideration and please return it to the Church Office. Also, since these are days that we support financially different charities, we should support the Cathedral as the Church should be our charity priority. Also, since last year, the Parish Council discussed and decided for the Leadership Stewards to have recognized contributions starting from $2,200 and up. To go online for your stewardship please use this link. https://tinyurl.com/Htgocsship.
Stewardship Pledges for 2024: We would like to thank all those who generously have responded with their stewardship contribution to the Church thus far. We thank our 70.4% families who, up to now, December 21st, have pledged and contributed for 2024 with a total of actual contributions of $470,720. We will finalize the amounts after the cut-off date in the next Source. May the blessings of the Lord always be with all of you and with our families keeping all safe, healthy, and spiritually strong. Thank you for generously supporting the Cathedral.
FLAGS: We display the American and Greek flags in our courtyard. The flags are 6’ x 10’ and are replaced 2 to 3 times a year. If you would like to sponsor a flag please contact the Church office or a Parish Council Member.
Bookstore news: The Bookstore is open on Sundays after Church. There are many inspirational books, holy icons, and other items that you may wish to buy for your home or give as gifts. Lots of wonderful children’s books on display and books for Adults for gifts for everyone. We just received the “Prologue” that has the lives of the everyday Saints throughout the year! Please come by and check it out. NEW ITEMS in the bookstore waiting for your browsing and shopping. They have lots of wonderful items.
Dates to Remember:
- 16th Annual Pan-Orthodox Great Blessing of the Susquehanna River at City Island next Sunday, January 19th, 2025 at 2pm. Reception will follow at our Holy Trinity Cathedral with our warm avgolemono soup. Free will offering to support the ministries of the Orthodox Christian Charities of Greater Harrisburg (OCCGH). We also need volunteers to help with serving.
- Philopotochos Meeting on Tuesday, January 21st at 6pm. We ask that you bring some dry food items that are suitable also for children that will be given to families that are less fortunate.
- Sts. Joachim & Anna Meeting on Tuesday, February 4th at 11am. All persons 55 & older are welcome to attend.
- GOYA Bowling at Trindle Bowl on Friday, February 7th. More info to come.
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Please note that persons wanting to have flowers for the Memorials in Church the cost is $65 payable to the Church. Those persons wishing to sponsor the Coffee Hour in memory of their beloved ones the cost to the Philoptochos is $50 and up.
Godparent/Godchild Sunday will be held on Sunday, Feb. 2nd. We ask that all Godparents to prepare spiritually and bring their Godchildren to Church and approach for Holy Communion together. Afterwards we will have a luncheon in the Hall and in the photo booth pictures will be taken. Please make sure to buy your tickets this Sunday, Jan. 19th, Jan. 26th and on Sunday, Feb. 2nd. A table is available in the Hall to sign up. Mrs. Demetra Pandelaras will be selling the tickets. Please get your tickets early so we know how many persons will attend, and we can plan for the meal accordingly. Please see attached flyer.
RISE AGAINST HUNGER: March 2, 1PM-3PM
Join us for a fun afternoon with fellow parishioners to assemble more than 20,000 meals sent to countries with people in need of basic nutrition. Our goal is to raise $8400 to make the 20,000 meals and 120 volunteers to participate. Our last campaign for Rise Against Hunger was March 2024, and we raised over $6000 and made over 10,000 meals. Please consider donating via check to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral with Rise Against Hunger in the memo line, or electronically via PayPal or Venmo (see flyer or weekly announcement attachment for QR codes.) Volunteers must sign up ahead of time after church in the social hall beginning January 26th, or with Beth Spanos at 717-576-3018 or Email: bcspanos@comcast.net.
2025 FESTIVAL SAVE THE DATE - May 16, 17, 18, 2025 - OPA! Our Annual PA Greek Fest will be held the weekend of May 16th in 2025. Please save the weekend and keep it free from other activities so you are available to help. In particular, we need you to take off on Friday, so we have enough help on the first day. Stay tuned to the Announcements and to the Source for more information about Festival preparations starting in March.
Graduation Sunday will be held on Sunday, JUNE 1st , 2025. All High School Graduates and College Graduates will be honored, and scholarships will also be awarded that day. Please attend.
Two Cemetery plots are up for sale in the cemetery. If you are interested to purchase them, please call 717-433-1946.
Cemetery plots in the original Greek section at Harrisburg East Cemetery are for sale. There are 2 plots for sale. These 2 are located in section 43, lot 51 spots 3&4. Selling them for $1800 for the pair which is $1000 off if you purchase them from the cemetery. If interested, please contact Christ Gekas at 717-541-9131 cclgekas@verizon.net.
Parish Oratorical Festival will be held on Sunday, March 30th. All the topics are on page 35 of the JANUARY Source. The teachers will also be speaking with the students in the Sunday School classrooms. Our Metropolis Oratorical Festival will be held on Saturday, April 26th at the Annunciation Church in Lancaster, PA. We also encourage our Sunday School students from 4th – 6th grades to also write something concerning any religious topic. They are free to write on whatever religious topic they want. It is always wonderful to see our younger children getting involved. Parents, please help in this.
Please see the attachment concerning the “Operation Classroom”. All proceeds will go towards a school in need. The Philoptochos is focusing on the Steelton-Highspire School District this winter. Please see the table in the Hall.
Michael Azar has been encouraged, and he is starting a Byzantine Chanting Choir once a month in our Church. He plans to inaugurate this starting this Sunday, Jan. 19th. They will chant every 3rd Sunday of the month. Those of you who have good voices and would like to participate he has practices on 2 Saturdays of the month from 4:30pm-6pm in the Church Library. He said that if you can come at 4:15pm that would be great. If you cannot make it to the church for rehearsal, let him know and they will send out a zoom link. He will rehearse the 2nd and 3rd Saturdays of the month. If you wish to have more information or to touch base with Michael this is his email address:
michael.azar@learnbyzantinechant.com.
The 2025 AHEPA OPA Discount Card is here!
We are happy to announce that the all-new 2025 AHEPA OPA Restaurant Discount card is now available to purchase. The card features many of the same great restaurants that have participated in the past few years, as well as a number of new places to try. Please purchase a card, or more, for your own use, or to give as gifts to friends, that would love to try some of these fine restaurants. The card costs just $20 and provides a $15 discount off of a $30 food purchase for 20 of our favorite local restaurants, (many that are owned by members of the church). Funds raised by the card sales will go towards AHEPAs mission to ‘promote the ancient Hellenic ideals of education, philanthropy, civic responsibility, family and individual excellence through community service and volunteerism’. We have limited the number of cards to 250 this year. Discounts are available from November 2024 through October 2025. So, pick them up before they completely sell out! AHEPA will be selling cards on Sundays. Feel free to contact Anthony Ariano (anthonyariano67@gmail.com) if you would like to purchase cards and will not be at church in Sunday.
THIS WEEK'S ATTACHMENTS
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Lord's Voice
Foni Kyriou
Operation Classroom Initiative
River Blessing 2025 Flyer
Godchild Sunday Luncheon Flyer
2025 House Blessing Schedule English / Greek
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