Weekly Events

 

Weekly Updates

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2025

Ninth Sunday of Luke • Ἡ Ι’ Κυριακή τοῦ Λουκᾶ
Orthros 8:00 am • Divine Liturgy 9:30 am

Memorial Prayer Services

Harry Chalderis – 9 years

Haralambos Loizides – 28 years; Chrystalla Loizides – 15 years

Baptism at 3:00 pm

Evangelos Alexander Stogianos,
Son of Evangelos Stogianos and Carissa Messina

Please pick up your “Thanksgiving Holiday Pie Orders” after church service today!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2025

Bible Study Class in Upper Hall & on Google Meet 7:00 – 8:00 pm

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2025

St. Catherine the Great Martyr of Alexandria
Ἁγία Αἰκατερίνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρειας
Orthros 8:00 am • Divine Liturgy 9:15 am

Food Pantry (extended hours) 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2025

Thanksgiving Day – Church Office is closed.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2025

Thanksgiving Break – No Greek School

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2025

St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle • Ἅγιος Ἀνδρέας ὁ Πρωτόκλητος

Orthros 8:00 am • Divine Liturgy 9:30 am

Memorial Prayer Services

Konstantinos Christofolopoulos – 6 months

Baptism at 1:00 pm

Violette Rzymski and Angelina Rzymski,
Daughters of Maciej & Evangelia Rzymski

Weekly Sermon

 

Beloved in Christ,

In today’s Gospel, the man is called “foolish” because he placed his hope in storing up earthly wealth rather than offering his blessings to those in need. He believed his life could be secured by bigger barns and greater possessions, forgetting that his soul was not his own to command. We too often fall into the same delusion—imagining that our security, our comfort, or our value lies in what we can accumulate.

But when our time comes to depart this life, nothing material will follow us to the grave. Our riches, our accomplishments, our possessions—all of it remains behind. The only things we carry with us are the deeds of our life: our sins, if we have clung to ourselves, and our virtues, if we have offered ourselves to God and neighbor.

The Lord reminds us today that every good gift in our life is from Him. We are merely stewards, entrusted for a short time with talents, treasure, opportunities, and relationships. These gifts are given not for self-indulgence but for love—so that through our generosity and mercy, God may be glorified.

When we cling to our blessings as if they belong to us alone, we reveal that our eyes are fixed only on this passing world. But when we share freely and joyfully, we invest in the eternal life that awaits us. Let us therefore use all that God has given—our time, our resources, our compassion—for the sake of others and for the salvation of our souls. May we become rich toward God, storing up treasure where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where Christ Himself receives us into His everlasting Kingdom.

†Rev. Fr. Elias Pappas

 

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