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THUNDER BAY BULLETIN – Published Monthly THUNDER BAY BULLETIN 651 Beverly Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6N2 Telephone: (807) 344-9522 www.gothunderbay.org [email protected] October 2010 Volume 6 Issue 9 OCTOBER 26: ST. DEMETRIOS THE GREAT MARTYR 26 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ: ΑΓΙΟΥ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΜΑΡΤΥΡΟΣ 1 THUNDER BAY BULLETIN – Published monthly. Editor(s): Rev. Fr. Nikolaos Tambakis PARISH PRIEST: Rev. Fr. Nikolaos Tambakis; 106 Essex Court, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7A 7N6 # (807) 472-1341 cellular; # (807) 344-9522 office Church email: [email protected]; Fr. Nikolaos’ email: [email protected] Website: www.gothunderbay.org Office hours: by appointment HELLENIC COMMUNITY PRESIDENT: ACHILLES STATHOPOULOS # (807) 344-1596 HOME; (807) 626-2715 MOBILE VICE PRESIDENT: TOM MARINIS # (807) 346-4006 HOME; (807) 624-6720 MOBILE SECRETARY: LISA BOOTE # (807) 473-5281 HOME TREASURER: MARIA MORAKIS # (807) 577-3133 HOME; (807) 627-7063 MOBILE ASST. TREASURER: TAX MILIONIS # (807) 766-9383 HOME; (807) 626-6010 MOBILE BOARD MEMBERS: ANDY KARANASOS, NICK MILIONIS, TIMO KAROUTAS , TED FRISKY, PETER SAITES, IRENE BINIARIS, PETER KOUKOS. RELIGIOUS AND LEGAL AUTHORITIES HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN SOTIRIOS - GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS IF TORONTO (CANADA), 1 PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW WAY (86 OVERLEA BOULEVARD) ,TORONTO, ONTARIO M4H 1C6; TELEPHONE: (416) 429-5757; FAX: (416) 429-4588; EMAIL: [email protected]; WEBSITE: WWW.GOCANADA.ORG. EMBASSY OF GREECE - 80 MACLAREN STREET; OTTAWA, ONTARIO K2P 0K6; TELEPHONE: (613) 238-6271;FAX: (613) 238-5676; WEBSITE: WWW.GREEKEMBASSY.CA. CONSULATE GENERAL OF GREECE - 365 BLOOR STREET E, SUITE 1800, TORONTO, ONTARIO M4W 3L4 ; TELEPHONE (416) 515-0133 ; FAX: (416) 515-0209; WEBSITE: WWW.GRCONSULATE.COM. GREEK TOURIST OFFICE (TORONTO) - 1300 BAY STREET, TORONTO, ONTARIO M5R 3K8; TELEPHONE: (416) 968-2220; FAX: (416) 968-6533; EMAIL: [email protected]. 2010 – 2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS (L TO R): TED FRISKY, PETER KOUKOS, IRENE BINIARIS, NICK MILIONIS, TOM MARINIS, MARIA MORAKIS, ANDY KARANASOS, TAX MILIONIS, TIMO KAROUTAS, ACHILLES STATHOPOULOS, PETER SAITES, LISA BOOTE, WITH FR. NIKOLAOS TAMBAKIS (ABOVE) 2 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church SOUVLAKIpresents: DINNER (Souvlaki, Tzatziki, Mediterranean rice, Greek salad and pita) $10 Thursday, October 14; 4:00-6:30pm Thursday, October 28; 4:00-6:30pm Take Out/Pickup only Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - 651 Beverly Street (at Balmoral) Tickets available at the door. - Telephone: 344-9522 Email us at [email protected] to be placed on our mailing list! Facebook – Join our group “Souvlaki Dinner Takeout”! Website: www.gothunderbay.com 3 OCTOBER 26: ST. DEMETRIOS THE GREAT MARTYR Saint Demetrios was a Thessalonian, a most pious son of pious and noble parents, and a teacher of the Faith of Christ. When Maximian first came to Thessalonica in 290, he raised the Saint to the rank of Duke of Thessaly. But when it was discovered that the Saint was a Christian, he was arrested and kept bound in a bathhouse. While the games were under way in the city, Maximian was a spectator there. A certain friend of his, a barbarian who was a notable wrestler, Lyaeus by name, waxing haughty because of the height and strength of his body, boasted in the stadium and challenged the citizens to a contest with him. All that fought with him were defeated. Seeing this, a certain youth named Nestor, acquaintance of Demetrios', came to the Saint in the bathhouse and asked his blessing to fight Lyaeus single-handed. Receiving this blessing and sealing himself with the sign of the precious Cross, he presented himself in the stadium, and said, "O God of Demetrios, help me!" and straightway he engaged Lyaeus in combat and smote him with a mortal blow to the heart, leaving the former boaster lifeless upon the earth. Maximian was sorely grieved over this, and when he learned who was the cause of this defeat, he commanded straightway and Demetrios was pierced with lances while he was yet in the bathhouse, As for Nestor, Maximian commanded that he be slain with his own sword. http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=257 26 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ: ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΜΑΡΤΥΡΟΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Ο δε Άγηνο Δεκήηξηνο ήηαλ Θεζζαινληθεύο ηελ παηξίδα, επζεβώλ γνλέσλ γπηόο επζεβέζηαηνο, θαη δηδάζθαινο ηεο πίζηεσο ηνπ Χξηζηνύ. Έηζη, όηαλ ήιζε ν Μαμηκηαλόο ζηε Θεζζαινλίθε, ην 290, πξόζηαμε λα ηνλ ζπιιάβνπλ θαη ηνλ έξξημε ζηελ θπιαθή. Ελώ δηεμάγνληαλ αζιεηηθνί αγώλεο ζηελ πόιη, ν κελ Μαμηκηαλόο θαζόηαλ θαη ηνπο παξαθνινπζνύζε. Έλαο δε βάξβαξνο θίινο ηνπ θαη μάθνπζηνο παιαηζηήο, νλνκαδόκελνο Λπαίνο, θαπρόκελνο γηα ην αλάζηεκά ηνπ θαη γηα ηε ζσκαηηθή ηνπ δύλακη, εθόκπαδε ζην ζηάδην, πξνθαιώληαο ηνπο πνιίηεο λα δηαγσληζζνύλ καδί ηνπ θαη θαηαβάιινληαο όζνπο έξρνληαλ ζηα ρέξηα κ’απηόλ. Απηά βιέπνληαο έλαο λεαξόο, νκνκαδόκελνο Νέζησξ, γλώξηκνο ηνπ Αγίνπ Δεκεηξίνπ, έξρεηαη ζ’απηόλ, ζηε θύιαθε, δεηώληαο ηεο πξνζεπρέο ηνπ γηα ηε κνλνκαρία. Πήξε ηελ επινγία ηνπ Αγίνπ, πνπ ηνλ ζθξάγεζε κε ην ζεκείνλ ηνπ Σηαπξνύ, παξνπζηάδεηαη ζην ζηάδην θαη, ιέγνληαο: «Θεέ ηνπ Δεκεηξίνπ, βνήζα κε!», πηάλεηαη ζηα ρέξηα κε ην Λπαίν θαη θηππώληαο ηνλ θαίξηα πάλσ ζηελ θαξδηά, αθήλεη άςπρν ζηε γε ηνλ πξηλ κεγάιαπρν. Ο δε Μαμηκηαλόο ιππήζεθε πνιύ γη’απηό, ξώηεζε πσο ζπλέβεθαλ ηα πξάγκαηα θαη πξόζηαμε ακέζσο, ηνλ κελ Δεκήηξην λα ηξππήζνπλ κε ινγρηζκνύο ζηε θύιαθε πνπ βξηζθόηαλ, ηνλ δε Νέζηνξα λα ηνπ πάξνπλ ην μίθνο θαη λα ηνλ ζαλαηώζνπλ κε απηό. http://www.rongolini.com/synseptember.htm#September%2014 4 The Board of Directors would like to thank Mr. Paul Karos for his valuable spiritual and financial guidance for the future of our parish and community. Mr. Karos is an internationally famous economic analyst and in the latter years has devoted much of his time to Orthodox Christian counseling, including married persons, Orthodox men, youth retreats, and guiding parishes both spiritually and financially. Click here for his biography. May God continue to bless him in all of his works! 12 Things I Wish I’d Known… First Visit to an Orthodox Church By Frederica Matthewes -Green Orthodox worship is different! Some of these differences are apparent, if perplexing, from the first moment you walk in a church. Others become noticeable only over time. Here is some information that may help you feel more at home in Orthodox worship—twelve things I wish I’d known before my first visit to an Orthodox church. #5 - With Love and Kisses We kiss stuff. When we first come into the church, we kiss the icons (Jesus on the feet and other saints on the hands, ideally). You’ll also notice that some kiss the chalice, some kiss the edge of the priest’s vestment as he passes by, the acolytes kiss his hand when they give him the censer, and we all line up to kiss the cross at the end of the service. When we talk about “venerating” something we usually mean crossing ourselves and kissing it. We kiss each other before we take communion (“Greet one another with a kiss of love,” 1 Peter 5:14). When Roman Catholics or high-church Protestants “pass the peace,” they give a hug, handshake, or peck on the cheek; that’s how Westerners greet each other. In Orthodoxy different cultures are at play: Greeks and Arabs kiss on two cheeks, and Slavs come back again for a third. Follow the lead of those around you and try not to bump your nose. The usual greeting is “Christ is in our midst” and response, “He is and shall be.” Don’t worry if you forget what to say. The greeting is not the one familiar to Episcopalians, “The peace of the Lord be with you.” Nor is it “Hi, nice church you have here.” Exchanging the kiss of peace is a liturgical act, a sign of mystical unity. Chatting and fellowship is for later. 5 THE CHALLENGE OF RAISING CHILDREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY By Fr. Alexis Miller In the Orthodox Church we often use the expression that the home should be like "a little church." In Romania, a country the size of the state of Pennsylvania with over 500 monasteries, they take this saying a step further and say that the home should be like "a little monastery." It is my firm belief that in our increasingly secular and hedonistic culture, these sayings are true more now than ever. To raise Christian children in 21st century America, parents need all the help they can get from the church and, yes, even the monasteries. As a parent of four children and as a youth worker in the secular arena, I have a great deal of experience working with kids. I've seen the successful results of raising kids according to God's laws and wisdom, and I've seen the damage done when parents don't draw from the rich resources of our Judeo- Christian heritage. I teach a parenting class in my vocation as a certified prevention professional and I always tell the parents, "You have to be militant against our culture to be successful at raising kids these days." Unfortunately most of these parents are outside the church and do not have the weapons they need to engage in this cultural battle. In fact, many of them are themselves caught up in the very cultural influences that are causing their kids to get involved in alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, criminal behavior, sexual promiscuity, and poor school performance. In this article I will share some suggestions for ways that we as Orthodox Christians can raise children who will be able to withstand the anti-Christian forces at work in our culture. If some of these suggestions hit too close to home, please forgive me. It is not my intention to condemn anyone or make anyone feel guilty if they have failures in the area of parenting and family relations. My hope is to give guidance to those who are in the midst of the challenge of raising and preserving Christian families in an antagonistic culture.
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