Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church

1400 N. O’Plaine Road, Libertyville, IL 60048 - Tel (224) 513-5530 www.saintdemetrioslibertyville.com

October - 2018

CLERGY: Fr. Cosmas Halekakis Our Patron Saint Demetrios Great Vespers Fr. John Sardis (Retired)

SUNDAY SERVICES: 8:30am Matins 9:30am Liturgy Every year on October 26 we celebrate

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: the Feast of our Patron Saint Demetrios the Monday-Friday, 9a.m.-1p.m. Great Martyr, Wonderworker, and Myroblete.

OFFICE MANAGER: Jackie Vatistas On that day, whatever day of the week it may fall on, we celebrate the Orthros or Matins CHANTER: Yanni Halekakis Service, followed by the Divine Liturgy. ALTAR BOYS: Louis Karagiannes Michael Halekakis However, the celebration of the Feast of our th PARISH COUNCIL: Patron Saint actually begins on October 25 . Pres. – Connie Jelatis Hoke Since the Liturgical Day begins at sunset, not V.P. – Kathy Leoris Treas. – Billy Marinakos sunrise, the feast begins at the celebration of the Rec. Sec. – Cathy Pasinski Great Vespers Service on the eve of the Feast, Corr. Sec. – Donna Krissek th Daniel Alvarez October 25 . On a side note, the Liturgical Day Georgia Aralles-Vlahos begins at sunset because of the Biblical Panagiotis Danos John Iskalis reference in Genesis 1:5 “And there was Jim Karagiannes evening and there was morning, one day” – the Mary Nunchuck Maria Sakas darkness (evening) came before the light was created by God (morning). Patty Stianos Gus Tziavaras At any rate, the Feast of our Patron Saint begins with the Great John Zouras th Vespers Service on October 25 at 7pm, and since the Divine Liturgy on SUNDAY SCHOOL: October 26th takes place in the morning when most people are forced to be at Maria Earth work, it is the Great Vespers Service that affords us the greatest opportunity to GREEK SCHOOL: Jackie Vatistas gather in worship and celebrate our parish Feast Day. Unfortunately, most of us squander that opportunity to come together and celebrate the Great Vespers JOY: Rae Anne Alvarez / Nectaria Zouras Service of our Patron Saint.

GOYA : Saint Demetrios is our Patron Saint, which means that our Church Demetra Utter / Jennifer Stianos Temple and our entire community are dedicated in his honor. This means, in PHILOPTOCHOS : Niki Tziavaras turn, that we as a community and as individuals, have a special place in HIS

AHEPA: heart. While all our prayers are directed ultimately to Christ, we can ask our Petros Macheras Patron Saint Demetrios to help us, protect us, and fight for us. As our patron,

BOOKSTORE / BOOKCLUB: he loves us, and will do everything he can to defend us and fight for our Dr. Mary Nunchuck salvation, how can we ignore his Feast? Please make every possible attempt to

COUPLES GROUP: attend the Great Vespers and Divine Liturgy of our beloved Saint Demetrios – Allena Barbato he fights for us every day, please take advantage of this opportunity to fight ATHLETICS: for HIM. Petros Macheras - Fr. Cosmas Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church

Annual Dinner Dance

Sunday, October 28th, 2018 In Our Church Hall

Appetizers: 5:00 pm Dinner: 6:00 pm

Adults: $65 (Children 12 and under are Free)

Raffle with Great Prizes! Tickets $5 each or 5 for $20

Featuring Grilled N.Y. Strip Steak!

For More Info: (224) 513-5530 To make reservations please send the donation to the Church and designate “Dinner Dance.” Parish Announcements

SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunday school is off to a great start! Please continue to register your kids so that we can have complete class lists. The Sunday School families will be hosting coffee hour on Sunday, October 14th. Please bring a sweet, fruit or any item you would like to add to the coffee hour table. If you have any questions about Sunday School please contact Maria Earth at [email protected].

BOOK CLUB The book club will meet Wednesday, October 17th at the parish hall from noon until 1:15. We will be discussing Chapters 7 through 15 ( pages 85 - 198). Our selection, Hiking the Holy Mountain is available in the book store. Everyone is welcome to join us! We only request that you have read the assigned reading to participate in the discussion.

AHEPA Come and enjoy an evening watching the Milwaukee Bucks with Greece's very own Giannis Antetokounmpo (#34) on Thanksgiving Weekend. AHEPA Chapter 218 have reserved seats in section 119 for this game. Bring your spouse, kids, siblings, or friends to show Giannis support. Seating is limited so please purchase your seats as soon as possible. Please contact Petros Macheras for info and to purchase tickets: [email protected] or (224) 627-4084.

BUILDING DONORS DISPLAY In the hallway to the South of the Narthex, we have mounted the temporary Building Donors Display. We have put up the temporary display to ensure that all the donors have been acknowledged properly before the permanent display. Please check the names to ensure everyone is acknowledged correctly and notify the Church office with questions or concerns.

ANNUAL DINNER DANCE Our Annual Dinner Dance in honor of the Feast day of our patron Saint Demetrios will take place this year on Sunday, October 28th at our Church Hall (Appetizers – 5pm, Dinner – 6pm). The donation is $65 for adults and Children 12 and under are free. Please save the date, and plan on joining us!

GOYA Goya Officers for this year: President-Clara Macheras, Vice President-Taylor Iskalis, Secretary-Fotini Utter, Treasurer-Arianna Lannan, Advisors- Jen Stianos and Demetra Utter. We will be having an ice cream party on Sunday, Oct.7th after church in the community hall. On Saturday, October 27th we will be volunteering at Feed My Starving Children. For any questions see Demetra Utter or Jen Stianos.

GLEANING EVENT We’ll be having our 2nd Annual Gleaning Event on Sunday, October 14 at Prairie Crossing Farm from 1pm – 3pm. A fun, hands-on activity for the whole family! Gleaning is the harvesting of reserved crops from farms for distribution to local food pantries. Save the date and plan on joining us!

GREEK SCHOOL Our 2018-19 Greek School Program has begun! We meet every Thursday from 5p – 7pm. We’re excited to be offering a new curriculum which focuses more on conversational skills and utilizes online interactive resources. For more information please call the Church office.

PHILOPTOCHOS Our next monthly meeting will be in the Church Hall on Thursday, Oct. 4th at 7pm. Everyone is welcome to join us! We will be planning for our annual Fall Fest which will take place on Nov. 8 & 9.

Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church

Join us for the Services for our Patron Saint Demetrios!

Vespers on Thursday, Oct. 25th at 7pm

Liturgy on Friday, Oct. 26th at 9:30am

Vespers done mostly in English and booklets will be provided!

The Great Vespers is an evening service containing beautiful hymns in honor of our Patron Saint Demetrios.

Please plan on attending and bring the whole family! Thank You to our 2018 Stewards! Fr. Cosmas & Pres. Michelle Steve & Metaxia Exarhakos Evan & Vasiliki Kouvaras Beth Anne Popp Halekakis George & Carol Fanuda Michael & Christine Kouvelis James & Anna Poulos Eleftherios & Joanne Demitri & Pamela Fardelos Thomas & Donna Krissek John & Jamelyn Poulos Adamopoulos Margaret Flatray Emmanuel & Bessie Kritikos Helen Psihos Paul & Toula Alatzakis George & Maria Frangos Michael & Mary Lannan Nikolaos & Sonia Pylarinos Lisa Alexakos Ted & Denise Galatsianos Allen & Cecelia Lelo Juan Ramirez & Sofia Elaine Alexander David & Denise Gaulin James & Kathy Leoris Mantzoukis Daniel & Rae Anne Alvarez Maria Georgas Dino & Marie Leventis James & Susan Rizzi Markos Andrews Pete & Leanne Giannakakis Spiros & Fotini Liarakos Olga Rodis James & Katherine Androus Beatrice Gountanis Demetrios & Marianthe Manuel Rodis John Androus George & Diana Gountanis Logothetis Konstantinos & Peggy Peter & Lisa Androus Chris Gramatis Eugenia Loucas Roupas Antonia Androutsopoulos Sophia Grassa Arthur & Mary Lundy George & Maria Sakas Christine Androutsopoulos Daniel & Mary Haggerty Petros & Demetra Macheras Daniel & Maria Salazar Bill & Celeste Anest Michael Halekakis Renee Maggos Maria Sarantakis Peter & Thalia Anest Yanni Halekakis Keith & Jennifer Marhefka Donald & Stavroula Cynthia Angelos-Williams James & Denise Haritos Billy & Vicky Marinakos Saunders Ariana Aprim Emmanuel & Flora Hatzis Joyce Markoutsis Natalie Savich Nicholas & Judy Argol James & Carol Hauri Nick Markoutsis Donald Scheef & Mary Catherine Attiah Steve Hayward & Georgene Stanley & Flora Markoutsis Nunchuck Demetrios & Olga Axarlis Sardis Dina Matus Carole Scheve Jo Ann Baldwin Brian Hill Timothy & Ellen Mauer Allen & Nina Schwab Dupree & Allena Barbato David & Tessie Hill Demetri & Stella Nicholas & Elizabeth Serelis Juliane Berbas Ginakakis Matthew & Katherine Holt Mentzelopoulos Faya Shiu John & Peggy Bertsos Paul & Maria Hristoforatos Jenny Merelos Peter Siatis & Sophia Jeffrey & Mary Block John & Elena Hughes Martha Merilos Liarakos Siatis James & Irene Booras Jeremy & Tina Inman Christopher Metropoulos George & Jean Simopoulos George Boukouzis John & Dana Iskalis Karen Ann Metropoulos Bessie Skaramagos Evange & Maria Bozinis Tom & Doris Iskalis Cliff & Sophia Mitchell Tim & Soula Sloth John & Heather Bratsakis Gordon & Constance Jelatis Bret & Zacho Moberg Irene Snavely William Brinias Hoke Anastasia Nafpliotis Kostas & Antonia Sokorelis Kassandra Cadman Olga Kalegina Ellen Nakis Todd & Heather Soulias Julie Camacaris Bessie Kalkanis Francis Nakis Areti Stamayannos Sandra Camacaris Tim & Voula Kalkanis Bertha Nastos Demetre & Tina Stergiou William & Sharon Camacaris Dino & Elaine Kallianis Joseph Nicholas Nick & Patty Stianos Joe & Tina Cantore George & Jenna Kallianis Peter & Triantafylli Nicolaou Michael & Frieda Strzyzewski Michael & Sophia Carreon Spiros & Theodora Kalleris Nicholas Nikitas & Maria Dominic & Maria Tabrizi James Chagdes Edward & Koula Kanne Mavromati John & Connie Tasiopoulos Ken & Jennie Chalifoux Spyros & Stella Kapsalis Robert & Maria Opal Ed & Helen Trage Kenneth Chess Kostandinos & Notah George & Nancy Paganis Zoe Tritsis John & Helen Chiapetta Karabatsos Richard & Christine Palmer Dimitrios & Aphroditi Tsakos Patricia Chresanthakes Betty Karagiannes Nikos Panacos Dimitrios Tsarouhtsis Rosalie Christofidis James and Niki Karagiannes John & Peggy Pann Theodora Tsarouhtsis Ann Christopoulos Louis Karagiannes Nick & Angela Pann Ethel Tsausis Donald & Yvonne Cichon George & Karen Karas George & Yiota Eleanna Tselos Theodore & Sophia Bassem Kardoush Pantelopoulos Kostas & Jenny Tselos Colombus Andrew & Elaina Karigan John & Kathy Pantelopoulos Gus & Diane Tsouloufis George & Donna Conopeotis Theresa Karigan Patricia & Maria Papadakis Angelo & Popi Tzavaras James & Antoinette Corelis Fofi Karigiannis Stavros & Lilibeth Papadakis Constantine & Nikoletta John & Jan Coroneos James Kastanis George Papagiannes & Tziavaras Steven & Brenda Kristin-Marie Kastanis Elaine George The Utter Family Costopoulos Chris & Nicoletta Katris John Papanos Demetrios & Jackie Vatistas George & Jenny Couvall Elaine Katris George & Silvia Papas Georgia Vatistas George & Jacqueline Couvall Konstantinos & Christine Sam Papasotiriou Maria Vervilos James & Janet Couvall Katris Paschalis & Tava Paschos Dino & Sofia Vlahakis Loverne Couvall Roman Keating Catherine Pasinski Gus Vlahos & Georgia Effie Crambes Jason & Irene Keeling Theofane Patterson Aralles-Vlahos Anastasia Csahiouni Gus & Voula Kerhulas William Patterson Spyros & Maria Vlahos Basil & Maria Danos Stephanie Kokinis John & Ida Pavlos Chrisavgi Wade Panayotis & Elizabeth Danos William & Demetra Kokinis Melissa Pavlos Martin Wilber Spiro & Maria Deligiannis William Kokinis Jr. Alexander & Evanthia Eva Woosley Effie Demitropoulos Thomas & Tonia Korellis Perizes John & Virgina Xanthopoulos Anthony & Cathie DeMoon Gus & Maria Kotsiovos Peter J. Petropoulos Gus & Marge Xenos Pasquale & Paraskevi Kathleen Kotsiovos Tess Petropoulos Peter & Georgann Yonke Dinatale Michael Kouimelis Dick & Niki Phillips Robert & Irini Zanze James & Dina Dowmon Nick & Michelle Koularmanis James & Ruby Phillips Gus & Ioulia Zografos William & Coula Dracos George Koulogeorge Steven Phillips John & Nectaria Zouras Tom & Maria Earth John & Tasia Koulogeorge Therapon & Luvy Pipinis John & Effie Zygokostas Liberato & Betty Ebarle Athanasios Kourliouros Milton & Helen Pissios Megan Ebarle Chris & Donna Kournetas Spyros & Betty Polydoros Trent & Erin Ethington John & Vicky Kournetas Norman & Anthoula Helen Exarhakos Angela Kousiantas Pomrening

Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church

Ladies Charitable Society – Philoptochos FALL FOOD FEST

SAVE THE DATE

Thursday, Nov. 8 and Friday, Nov. 9 11:00 am to 8:00 pm

Authentic Greek Cuisine! Homemade Greek Pastries!

Located at 1400 N. O’Plaine Road Between Rte. 120 and Rte. 137

Call for Take-Out or more info: (224) 513-5530

FREE ONSITE PARKING & FREE ADMISSION!

ALL INDOORS RAIN OR SHINE!

October 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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5pm Greek School

7pm Philoptochos

FAST DAY FAST DAY 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 3rd Sunday of Saint Luke 9:30am Services 5pm Greek School GOYA Ice Cream Party FAST DAY FAST DAY 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical 12pm Book Club 9:30am Services Council St. Luke the 9:30am Services 7pm Parish Council Evangelist

1pm Gleaning FAST DAY 5pm Greek School FAST DAY

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 6th Sunday of Saint Luke 7pm Vespers for 9:30am Services 9:30am Services Saint Demetrios for St. Demetrios

FAST DAY Wine & Oil Allowed 28 29 30 31 7th Sunday of Saint Luke 9:30am Services OXI DAY

5pm Dinner Dance FAST DAY

Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church 1400 N. O’Plaine Road Libertyville, Illinois 60048

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Saint Demetrios Annual Dinner Dance

Sunday, October 28th 2018 St. Demetrios Church Hall