2019 YEARBOOK
greek orthodox archdiocese of america INSIDE FRONT COVER
ARCHDIOCESE His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Geron of America Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America 8-10 East 79th Street ...... (212) 570-3500 New York, NY 10075-0106 ...... Fax: (212) 570-3592 Email: [email protected] METROPOLISES His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston Holy Metropolis of Boston 162 Goddard Avenue ...... (617) 277-4742 Brookline, MA 02445 ...... Fax: (617) 739-9229 Email: [email protected] His Eminence Metropolitan Isaiah of Denver Holy Metropolis of Denver 4550 East Alameda Avenue ...... (303) 333-7794 Denver, CO 80246-1208 ...... Fax: (303) 333-7796 Email: [email protected] His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta Holy Metropolis of Atlanta 2480 Clairmont Road, NE ...... (404) 634-9345 Atlanta, GA 30329...... Fax: (404) 634-2471 Email: [email protected] His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit Holy Metropolis of Detroit 2560 Crooks Road ...... (248) 823-2400 Troy, MI 48084 ...... Fax: (248) 823-2401 Email: [email protected] His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh Holy Metropolis of Pittsburgh 5201 Ellsworth Avenue ...... (412) 621-5529 Pittsburgh, PA 15232 ...... Fax: (412) 621-1522 Email: [email protected]
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco Holy Metropolis of San Francisco 245 Valencia Street ...... (415) 753-3075 San Francisco, CA 94103 ...... Fax: (415) 753-1165 Email: [email protected] His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey Holy Metropolis of New Jersey 215 East Grove Street ...... (908) 301-0500 Westfield, NJ 07090 ...... Fax: (908) 301-1397 Email: [email protected]
His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago Holy Metropolis of Chicago 40 East Burton Place ...... (312) 337-4130 Chicago, IL 60610 ...... Fax: (312) 337-9391 Email: [email protected] 2O19 YEARBOOK HOLIDAYS
THE ARCHDIOCESE IS CLOSED ON THE FOLLOWING RELIGIOUS AND SPECIAL HOLIDAYS: January 1 New Year’s Day January 21 Martin Luther King Day February 18 President’s Day March 11 Clean Monday March 25 Annunciation/Greek Independence Day April 26 Holy Friday April 28 Holy Pascha (Easter) April 29 Bright Monday May 27 Memorial Day June 6 Holy Ascension July 4 Independence Day August 15 Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary September 2 Labor Day September 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross October 14 Columbus Day November 11 Veteran’s Day November 28-29 Thanksgiving December 25-26 Holy Nativity (Christmas)
The Yearbook of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is published by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. The information contained in the Yearbook is for informational purposes only. Certain individuals and institutions are presented for reference purposes only and may not be under the supervision or jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Archdio - cese. The Holy Archdiocese does not exercise any administrative oversight or assignment authority over clergy that are not part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
Executive Editor Bishop Andonios of Phasiane Editor Marissa P. Costidis Editorial Assistant Soula Podaras Graphic Design/Production Department of Communications Athanasios Armagos Parishes and Clergy Athena Kotsinos Photos Dimitrios Panagos, Official Photographer of the Archdiocese Jim Golding Orthodox Observer John Mindala
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GENERAL INFORMATION
HIS ALL-HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch
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HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS, GERON OF AMERICA Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America
3 GENERAL INFORMATION Ὁ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Ὁ ιθ΄ Δεκεμβρίου ,βιη΄ Μετριότητος. ἡμετέρας τῆς καί Ἐκκλησίας Μεγάλης Χριστοῦ τοῦ Ἁγίας Μητρός τῆς ἐκλεκτά τέκνα καί ἠγαπημένοι ἀδελφοί ὑμῶν, πασῶν καί πάντων μετά εἴησαν εὐλογίας, Πατριαρχικῆς καί εὐχῆς ὁλοθύμου τῆς ἀγάπης, ἡμετέρας τῆς μετά ὁμοῦ Πνεύματος, Ἁγίου τοῦ κοινωνία ἡ καί Πατρός καί Θεοῦ τοῦ ἀγάπη ἡ καί Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἡμῶν Κυρίου τοῦ χάρις δέ Ἡ Θεοῦ. ἡμῶν Τριαδικοῦ τοῦ δόξαν πρός λαοῦ, πιστοῦ αὐτόθι τοῦ αἰτήματα σωτηρίαν πρός τά καί ἀνάγκας πνευματικάς τάς εἰς ἀνταπόκρισιν δυνατόν τό κατά καί 2019, ἔτους ἐπερχομένου τοῦ διάνυσιν εἰρηνικήν καί καρποφόρον πρός κλήρου, ἱεροῦ λοιποῦ τοῦ καί Ἐπισκόπων ὑμῶν Βοηθῶν Θεοφιλεστάτων τῶν Μητροπολιτῶν, ἀδελφῶν Ἱερωτάτων ὑμᾶς περί τῶν Ἐπαρχίας, ταύτης θεοσώστου τῆς Ποιμένος καί Ἀρχιερέως θεοφιλοῦς τοῦ Ἱερότητος, φίλης ὑμετέρας τῆς διακονίαν ποιμαντικήν θεοφιλῇ τήν εἰς εὐλογίαν θείαν τήν πλουσίαν εὐχόμεθα καί λαοῦ, καί κλήρου συνόλου ὡς καί προσώπων ὡς ὑμῶν, καρπόν μένοντα τόν διά ἅπασι ἀδελφικῶς καί εὐχετικῶς συγχαίρομεν 2019», «Yearbook Ἀμερικῆς Ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς Ἱερᾶς τῆς Ἡμερολογίου τοῦ ἔκδοσιν τή χαιρετίζομεν καί ὑποδεχόμεθα χαρᾶς ἰδιαιτέρας μετ’ 5) β΄, (Κολ. ὑμῶν» πίστεως Χριστόν εἰς τῆς στερέωμα τό καί τάξιν τήν ὑμῶν βλέπων καί χαίρων εἴμι, ὑμῖν σύν πνεύματι τῷ ἀλλά ἄπειμι, σαρκί τῇ γάρ «εἰ Παύλου Ἀποστόλου τοῦ μετά ἐπαναλαμβάνοντες καί τούτων, σκέψεων τῶν Διά ἡμῶν. Ἐπαρχίας ταύτης προσφιλοῦς τῆς Ἀμερικῆς, Ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς Ἱερᾶς τῆς προόδου καί δέ εὐσταθείας σας, σωτηρίας καί προκοπῆς εὐημερίας, φωτισμοῦ, ὑπέρ ἀδιαλείπτως εὔχεται καί αὐτῆς πλησίον πάντοτε αἰσθάνεται σᾶς Μετριότης ἡμετέρα ἡ ὅτι βέβαιοι, εἶσθε Νά ἐκλήθησαν. ᾦ ἐφ’ πάντες οἱ μαρτυρίαν, φιλάνθρωπον καί θεάρεστον τήν εἰς λαϊκοί οἱ λόγου˙ θείου τοῦ κήρυγμα τό εἰς ἱεροκήρυκες οἱ κλῆσιν˙ των ἱερατικήν τήν εἰς ἱερεῖς οἱ διακονίαν˙ των ποιμαντικήν τήν εἰς ποιμένες οἱ ἀγραυλοῦντες, καί ἄγρυπνοι συνεχῶς μένετε νά καί διαρκῶς ἁγιάζεσθε νά ἔτους, νέου τοῦ διάρκειαν τή κατά καί Ἀμερικῆς, Ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς Ἱερᾶς τῆς πιστοί Ὀρθόδοξοι τέκνα, καί ἀδελφοί Συνεχίσατε, Φαναρίου: ἐκ πατρικῶς καί ἀδελφικῶς πάντας ὑμᾶς προτρεπόμεθα καί Κυρίου, τοῦ χρηστότητος τῆς ἐνιαυτόν νέον τόν εἰς εἰσόδῳ ἐγγιζούσῃ τῇ καί Δωδεκαημέρῳ Ἀγίῳ πανεόρτῳ τῷ ἐπί Ἀμερικῆς, Ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς Ἱερᾶς τῆς λαόν εὐσεβῆ τόν καί κλῆρον εὐαγῆ τόν ἀδελφούς, Χριστῷ ἐν τιμιωτάτους τούς πρός Ἐκκλησίας Μητρός τῆς μέρους ἐκ ἀγάπης χαιρετισμόν ἀπυθύνομεν καρδίας ἀγαλλιάσει Ἐν αὐτοῦ. Ἐπαρχίαν ἐκκλησιαστικήν δραστηριοποιουμένην Ἀμερικῆς, τῆς Χώρᾳ ἐλευθέρᾳ τῇ ἐν ἐνδοξοτέραν καί μεγαλυτέραν τήν καί Θεοῦ τοῦ λαόν εὐλογημένον παροικοῦντα Ἀμερικῇ ἐν τόν ἀναφαίρετον, καί τιμαλφῆ κληρονομίαν Πατριαρχείῳ Οἰκουμενικῷ τῷ ἔδωκε διότι ὀνομάζεται, γῆς ἐπί καί οὐρανοῖς ἐν πατριά πᾶσα Οὗ ἐξ Κυρίου, τοῦ Ὄνομα πανάγιον καί ὑπερουράνιον τό εὐλογοῦμεν καί Δοξάζομεν 2019. ἔτος σωτήριον τό διά ἡμερολογίου χεῖρας μετά τοῦ ἔκδοσις ἡ ἡμῖν παρέχει ἥν εὐκαιρίᾳ, τῇ ἐπί Ἐκκλησίας, Μεγάλης Χριστοῦ τοῦ Ἁγίας Μητρός τῆς τέκνα Ἀμερικῇ ἐν τά Πόλεως, τῆς ἀπό νοερῶς βλέπων, σας, Πατριάρχης ὁ Μετριότης, ἡμετέρα ἡ αἰσθάνεται συγκίνησιν καί ἀλλά πνευματικήν χαράν Ὁπόσην Θεοῦ. παρά εἰρήνη καί Ἱερότητι ὑμετέρᾳ τῇ εἴη χάρις Δημήτριε, κύριε Μετριότητος ἡμῶν τῆς συλλειτουργέ καί ἀδελφέ ἀγαπητέ Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ ἐν Εἰρηνικοῦ, καί τε Ἀτλαντικοῦ Ὠκεανῶν ἔξαρχε καί ὑπέρτιμε Ἀμερικῆς, Ἀρχιεπίσκοπε Ἱερώτατε 4 Βαρθολομαῖος ἀδελφός Χριστῷ ἐν ἀγαπητός MESSAGE OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH ECUMENICAL THE OF MESSAGE GENERAL INFORMATION 5 - - - - BARTHOLOMEW † December 2018 19,
in Christ brother Beloved MESSAGE MESSAGE OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH
Spirit together with our love and wholehearted prayer and Patriarchal blessing be with you all, be you with blessing Patriarchal and prayer wholehearted and love our with together Spirit our Christ and of Church Great Mother the Holy select of and children sisters and brothers beloved Modesty. the upcoming year 2019 and the meeting of spiritual and other needs and demands of your faithful faithful your of demands needs and other and spiritual of the meeting 2019 and year the upcoming God. the glory Triune our for of possible extent the maximum fock to the Holy of the communion and God Father of and the love Christ and Jesus Lord our e graceT of divine blessing upon the God-loving ministry of your beloved Eminence - God-loving Hierarch and and Hierarch - God-loving Eminence beloved ministry the God-loving your upon of blessing divine of Archdiocese the Holy of Eminences brothers - the holiest this God-saved Eparchy of Shepherd the fruitful of peaceful for and traversing clergy, the holy and Bishops Auxiliary America, the holiest faith in Christ is (Col. 2:5), it is with special joy that we welcome and hail the publication of the of the publication hail and welcome we special with that is (Col.Christ in joy 2:5), it is faith brotherly, and all, prayerfully congratulate America. We of Archdiocese the Holy 2019 of Yearbook the abundant wish and laity, clergy as and collectively, and individually labor, your the fruits of for With these thoughts and repeating the words of Apostle Paul for though I am absent from you in you from absent I am though for Paul Apostle of thewords repeating and these thoughts With frmyour how and are you disciplined see to how delight and in spirit you with present I am body, priestly calling, preachers in your preaching of the divine word, lay people in your God-loving and and God-loving in your people lay word, the divine of preaching in your calling, preachers priestly always and you close to feels Modesty our calling. Be that in your each sure witness, philanthropic progress and the stability also for and salvation, and progress well-being, illumination, your for prays ours. of America, this very Eparchy of Archdiocese beloved the Holy of of the Lord and urge you all brotherly and paternally from the Phanar: brothers, sisters and children, children, and sisters brothers, the Phanar: from paternally and all brotherly you urge and the Lord of be to continu Year the New onto continue America, to of Archdiocese the Holy Orthodox of faithful in your priests ministry, pastoral in your shepherds watchful, and vigilant remain ally sancti fed and With elation in our heart, we are sending a greeting of love on behalf of the Mother Church to the to Church the Mother behalf of on love of a greeting sending are heart, we in our elation With Archdiocese the Holy of people the devout clergy and in Christ, the pious brothers honorable most the goodness of Year New the approaching Christmas and of Days Twelve the festive America, on of of America and the largest and most renowned active ecclesiastical Eparchy in the free Country of ecclesiastical active Eparchy renowned most and the largest America and of inheritance. inalienable and valuable its America, as c year of the Lord 2019. 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† DEMETRIOS (Phil. 4:13) 4:13) (Phil. is was the theme for our our for theme the was is T All All ------GENERAL INFORMATION 7 Μέ πατρική ἐν Χριστῷ ἀγάπη, + ὁ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀμερικῆς Δημήτριος MESSAGE MESSAGE OF THE ARCHBISHOP Γνωρίζουμε καί βεβαιώνουμε ὅτι ἡ πίστη στόν Χριστό κάνει τά πάντα δυνατά Γνωρίζουμε καί βεβαιώνουμε ὅτι ἡ Οἱ διακονίες καί τά προγράμματα τῆς Ἱερᾶς Ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς μας εἶναι ζωτικά Οἱ διακονίες καί τά προγράμματα Αὐτή ἡ μεγάλη ὑπόσχεση πού μᾶς προσέφερε ὁ Κύριός μας πρέπει ἐπίσης νά πού μᾶς προσέφερε ὁ Κύριός Αὐτή ἡ μεγάλη ὑπόσχεση Καθώς προσφέρουμε εὐχαριστία στόν Θεό στό ξεκίνημα τοῦ νέου ἔτους καί νέου ἔτους καί στό ξεκίνημα τοῦ στόν Θεό εὐχαριστία Καθώς προσφέρουμε
ὑπερόχων πραγμάτων πού Ἐκεῖνος θά πραγματοποιήση. μας σέ ὁλόκληρη τήν Ἱερά Ἀρχιεπισκοπή μας ἀναζητῶντας εὐκαιρίες, ἐξερευνῶντας μας σέ ὁλόκληρη τήν Ἱερά Ἀρχιεπισκοπή τοῦ Θεοῦ. Εἴθε οἱ ἀπέραντες εὐλογίες Του νά δυναμικό καί ἀκολουθῶντας τό θέλημα τό 2019, καλύπτουν τό ἱερό ἔργο μας ἐπιτελούμενο ἐν τῷ ὀνοματί Του σέ ὁλόκληρο μεγάλων καί καί εἴθε νά ζήσουμε κάθε ἡμέρα μέ πίστη καί μέ τήν προσδοκία τῶν καί καθιστᾶ τό ἀδύνατο δυνατό. Γνωρίζουμε ἐπίσης ὅτι οἱ δυνατότητες εἶναι τεράστιες καί καθιστᾶ τό ἀδύνατο δυνατό. Γνωρίζουμε χάριτος εἶναι ἀνεξάντλητη. Ἔτσι, πρέπει μέ καί ἡ μεταμορφωτική δύναμη τῆς τίς πτυχές τῆς διακονίας μας καί τῆς μαρτυρίας προσευχή νά προσεγγίσουμε ὅλες πού προσφέρουμε ὡς Ὀρθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί. πού προσφέρουμε ὡς Ὀρθόδοξοι Χριστιανοί. γιά τούς πιστούς Ἀρχιερεῖς, Κληρικούς καί Λαϊκούς πού ὑπηρετοῦν στίς ἐνορίες καί γιά τούς πιστούς Ἀρχιερεῖς, Κληρικούς διακονίες καί στά προγράμματά μας. Τό Ἡμερολόγιο μητροπόλεις μας καί στίς ἐθνικές τό εὗρος καί τήν ἀνάπτυξη τῆς μαρτυρίας ἀποτελεῖ σημαντική πηγή πού ἀναδεικνύει συνεχίζουμε νά βλέπουμε τή διεύρυνση τῆς διακονίας καί τοῦ εὐαγγελισμοῦ μας. συνεχίζουμε νά βλέπουμε τή διεύρυνση τοῦ Θεοῦ σέ ὅλα ὅσα ἐπιτυγχάνονται πέραν Συνεχίζουμε νά βλέπουμε τίς εὐλογίες τίς ὁποῖες ὑφιστάμεθα. Τόν εὐχαριστοῦμε οἱωνδήποτε περιορισμῶν καί προκλήσεων τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὅπως φαίνεται στήν ἔκταση κομμάτια τῆς μαρτυρίας μας περί τήν ἔκδοση τοῦ Ἡμερολογίου 2019 τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς καί τή δύναμη τῆς διακονίας σέ αὐτή Φυλλομετρῶντας τίς σελίδες πού ἀκολουθοῦν, Ὀρθοδόξου Ἀρχιεπισκοπῆς Ἀμερικῆς. ἔργα Του ἀπεριόριστα! Ἐπαναλαμβάνουμε μέ τόν Ἀπόστολο Παῦλο: πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν ἔργα Του ἀπεριόριστα! Ἐπαναλαμβάνουμε 4:13). τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με Χριστῷ (Φιλ. ὑπηρεσία μέ τή βεβαιότητα ὅτι οἱ ὑποσχέσεις Του θά ἐκπληρωθοῦν. Διά τῆς λατρείας ἐκπληρωθοῦν. Διά τῆς λατρείας ὅτι οἱ ὑποσχέσεις Του θά ὑπηρεσία μέ τή βεβαιότητα νά ἐκπληρωθῇ τό θέλημά Του πρέπει συνεχῶς νά ἐπιζητοῦμε καί προσευχῆς μας, ἀμέτρητες καί τά ὑπέροχα οἱ δυνατότητες εἶναι ἄφθονες, οἱ εὐκαιρίες γνωρίζοντας ὅτι νά προσδοκοῦμε τή δύναμη καί στό Νέο Ἔτος 2019. Πρέπει μᾶς ὁδηγῇ καί δυναμώνῃ καί νά προχωρήσουμε στή διακονία Ἐκεῖνον. Πρέπει μας σ’ τό δυναμικό τῆς πίστεώς ἦταν τό θέμα τῆς 44ης Διετοῦς Κληρικολαϊκῆς Συνελεύσεώς μας στή Βοστώνη τόν 44ης Διετοῦς Κληρικολαϊκῆς Συνελεύσεώς ἦταν τό θέμα τῆς γιά δυναμικό ἔργο σέ ὁλόκληρη καί συνεχίζει νά ἀποτελῇ ἔμπνευση περασμένο Ἰούλιο, τήν Ἱερά Ἀρχιεπισκοπή. ὁραματιζόμεθα τά ὑπέροχα ἔργα τά ὁποῖα Ἐκεῖνος θά ἐπιτύχῃ μέ τή συμβολή μας μέ τή συμβολή Ἐκεῖνος θά ἐπιτύχῃ ἔργα τά ὁποῖα τά ὑπέροχα ὁραματιζόμεθα βιώσει τήν ὁποία ἔχουμε τήν ὑπόσχεση ἀναλογιζόμεθα καί τή δόξα Του, γιά τήν τιμή τῷ πιστεύοντι εἰς Χριστόν. Αὐτό προηγούμενου ἔτους: Πάντα δυνατά στή διάρκεια τοῦ Προσφιλεῖς Ἀδελφοί καί Ἀδελφές ἐν Χριστῷ, Ἀδελφοί καί Ἀδελφές Προσφιλεῖς
MOVABLE ECCLESIASTICAL DATES
This fve-year chart has the dates of Feast Days and Fasting Days which are determined annually GENERAL
INFORMATION on the basis of the date of Holy Pascha (Easter). This ecclesiastical cycle begins with the frst day of the Triodion and ends with the Sunday of All Saints, a total of eighteen weeks.
2019 2020(L) 2021 2022 2023
TRIODION BEGINS February 17 February 9 February 21 February 13 February 5
1ST SATURDAY OF SOULS March 2 February 22 March 6 February 26 February 18
MEAT FARE March 3 February 23 March 7 February 27 February 19
2ND SATURDAY OF SOULS March 9 February 29 March 13 March 5 February 25
LENT BEGINS March 11 March 2 March 15 March 7 February 27
3RD SATURDAY OF SOULS March 16 March 7 March 20 March 12 March 4
SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY March 17 March 8 March 21 March 13 March 5
SATURDAY OF LAZARUS April 20 April 11 April 24 April 16 April 8
PALM SUNDAY April 21 April 12 April 25 April 17 April 9
HOLY(GOOD) FRIDAY April 26 April 17 April 30 April 22 April 14
ORTHODOX PASCHA April 28 April 19 May 2 April 24 April 16
WESTERN EASTER April 21 April 12 April 4 April 17 April 9
ASCENSION June 6 May 28 June 10 June 2 May 25
SATURDAY OF SOULS June 15 June 6 June 19 June 11 June 3
PENTECOST June 16 June 7 June 20 June 12 June 4
ALL SAINTS June 23 June 14 June 27 June 19 June 11
FAST OF HOLY APOSTLES BEGINS June 24 June 15 June 28 June 20 June 12
FAST OF HOLY APOSTLES LASTS 5 days 14 days 1 day 9 days 15 days
‘L’ indicates Leap Year
* N o t e : The Holy Apostles Fasting duration varies every year. It begins on Monday following Sunday of All Saints and ends on June 29. Thus, it may last from zero (0) days, if Easter falls on May 3 or later – to twenty- nine (29) days, if Easter falls on April 4 to May 2.
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MAJOR GREEK ORTHODOX HOLY DAYS 2019 GENERAL
January 1 The Circumcision of Jesus Christ; July 20 Prophet Elias
St. Basil the Great July 27 St. Panteleimon January 6 Epiphany Day: The Baptism of Jesus August 6 Transfiguration of Jesus Christ Christ, Sanctification of the Waters and Manifestation of the Holy Spirit August 15 Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the January 7 St. John the Baptist Blessed Virgin Mary (Theotokos)
January 17 St. Anthony the Great August 29 Commemoration of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist January 30 The Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian September 1 The Beginning of the and St. John Chrysostom Ecclesiastical Year (Indiction)
February 2 The Presentation of Jesus Christ September 8 The Nativity of the Theotokos in the Temple September 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross February 6 St. Photios the Great October 23 St. Iakovos (James) February 10 St. Haralambos the Martyr October 26 St. Demetrios February 17 St. Theodore November 1 SS. Cosmas and Damianos March 11 Paschal Lenten Period Begins November 8 The Archangels Michael and Gabriel March 17 Sunday of Orthodoxy (observed on the First Sunday of Lent) November 13 St. John Chrysostom
March 25 The Annunciation of the November 15 Nativity Lenten Period begins Blessed Virgin Mary (The Theotokos) November 21 The Entrance of the Blessed Virgin April 1 Palm Sunday Mary (Theotokos) into the Temple
April 6 Holy (Good) Friday November 25 St. Catherine
April 23 St. George November 30 St. Andrew the Apostle, Founder of the Church of Constantinople April 28 HOLY PASCHA The Resurrection of Jesus Christ December 4 St. Barbara
May 21 SS. Constantine and Helen December 5 St. Savas the Sanctified
June 6 The Ascension of Jesus Christ December 6 St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra
June 11 St. Bartholomew December 12 St. Spyridon
June 16 Sunday of Pentecost December 25 CHRISTMAS DAY June 23 All Saints Sunday The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
June 29 SS. Peter and Paul December 27 St. Stephen the Protomartyr
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2019 CALENDAR OF ANNUAL ENCYCLICALS GENERAL
INFORMATION January 1 Feast of Saint Basil and the New Year – Saint Basil Academy 20 Share the Light Sunday (Orthodox Christian Network)** 30 Feast of the Three Hierarchs and Greek Letters Day February 6 Feast of Saint Photios – Saint Photios National Shrine Day 10 Scout Sunday (Eastern Orthodox Committee on Scouting)** March 10 Missions Sunday (Orthodox Christian Mission Center)** 11 Holy and Great Lent* 17 Sunday of Orthodoxy** 25 Feast of the Annunciation and Greek Independence Day April 28 Great and Holy Pascha* May 19 AHEPA Sunday TBA Prison Ministry Awareness Sunday (Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry)** July 4 Independence Day August 15 Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos September 1 Indiction – Ecclesiastical New Year and Day for the Protection of our Natural Environment* 14 Feast of the Holy Cross – Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
October TBA College Student Sunday (Orthodox Christian Fellowship)** 20 National Leadership 100 Sunday 28 OXI Day November 1 Feast of the Holy Umercenaries – Philanthropic Ministries of the Ecumenical Patriarchate 8 Feast of the Holy Archangels – Saint Michael’s Home 24 IOCC Sunday (International Orthodox Christian Charities)** 28 Thanksgiving Day December 25 Feast of the Holy Nativity*
*Feast or Commemoration with Encyclical and Patriarchal Message **Encyclical of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America
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