The HeraldNewsletter of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Archangels bull 1527 Bedford St Stamford CT 06905 January 2017

Pay to all what is due them-- taxes to whom taxes are due revenue towhom revenue is due respect to whom respect is due honor to whomhonor is due (Romans 137)

These words were written about 2000 years ago by the Apostle Paulwho wanted the earliest Christians in Rome to respect those in authority even if the religion and convictions of such authorities werecompletely different

We need not worry about respecting the Ecumenical Patriarch ourChief Shepherd since he shares our faith completely He has been firstamong equals in the worldwide Orthodox Church for 25 years nowand it is only proper that we honor him and his legacy by learningappreciating and applying what we can For Patriarch Bartholomewhas accomplished far more than most realize

But what on earth can such a high-ranking bishop who lives 5000miles away in a country and culture so different from ours possiblymean for us in the Stamford area After all we are consumed withmaking our pensions last while living longer caring for our elders andgrandchildren raising our children while both parents work long hoursstruggling financially to afford a mortgage and the cost of higher education and giving our time and effort to Archangels

Here are some ways that the ministry and leadership of our EcumenicalPatriarch have impacted the global Orthodox Church the world (usincluded) since he was enthroned in 1991

bull He has worked tirelessly to bring worldwide Orthodoxy into greatercooperation and organized against nearly insurmountable odds ameeting of Orthodox Bishops last June in Crete the first such meet-ing in many centuries for an ancient Church that has had difficulty incoordinating its witness and confronting issues of contemporary lifeConciliar documents that are worth studying addressed the Churchas the Body of Christ Mission in the World Marriage amp FamilyChristian Education Contemporary Challenges (such as seculariza-tion science amp technology violence refugees and migration humanrights fundamentalism amp extremism) and Dialogue

bull He is the global Christian leader today for integrating various disciplines to study and address the primarily spiritual crisis of ourrelationship with the environment commonly known as the ldquoGreenPatriarchrdquo

bull He has helped reopen scores of Orthodox shrines in Turkey persever-ing patience and long-suffering exposure to non-compliance withinternational law indifference antipathy in many forms and evenviolence

bull He has traveled more extensively that any other Orthodox patriarch inhistory deliberately building bridges among the divided Orthodoxworld itself with Christians from other traditions with Jews amp Muslims everywhere and with other religious traditions such as Buddhism along with atheists and agnostics

bull He has virtually transformed the status of the Ecumenical Patriarchatein Turkey itself from a tolerated and token position to one that is nowsought after and highly respected

bull He has furthered cooperation mutual understanding and reconcilia-tion with 3 Roman Catholic Popes ndash John Paul II Benedict XVI andnow Francis I ndash including high profile encounters at the Vatican inRome at the Patriarchal compound in Istanbul and on a joint HolyLand Pilgrimage in Jerusalem

bull He has been prominent in organizing or speaking at Conferencesfocused on issues of war violence peace and religion arguing tire-lessly that all forms of violence in the name of religion are an attackon all religion and that the varied religious traditions of the world canand must contribute to peace-making advancing respect for allhuman life and creating more just social structures

bull His personal qualities of keen theological insight that applies ancientwisdom to modern problems deep faithfulness to Christ and theChurch charity toward all flexibility and comfort in all different settings (from the high and formal to the everyday and informal)

bull Unlike no one before he has brought the Orthodox Church to theforefront of global attention

So as we turn the page into 2017 it is only appropriate that we heedapostolic counsel as well as the challenge of our own ArchbishopDemetrios who urged every parish priest in our District to honor insome way Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during this importantanniversary With your interest and consent I will seek to share ndash bothpersonally and in ministry groups - how his striking worldwide leader-ship has even impacted our busy stressed lives here at Archangels Bythe way a beautifully written biography has just been published ndashBartholomew Apostle and Visionary by John Chryssavgis (archdeaconto the patriarch) It is easy to read captures the essence of the man andhis ministry and my copy is available for anyone to borrow

Happy New Year amp Congratulations to Ecumenical PatriarchBartholomew

mdash Fr Harry

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I

Please pledge or donate todayto help reach our goalMail checks to 1527 Bedford Street Stamford CT 06905For more information call 203-348-4216 or visitwwwarchangelsgocorg

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

ldquoCome let usrebuildrdquo

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Parish Council We are grateful to the candidates who ran in this yearrsquos ParishCouncil election We would also like to thank those who consid-ered running yet decided not to this time around for one reasonor other Your interest is critical to the future leadership of ourparish Recently we voted to rebalance the council into threeequal size classes of 5 council members The classes will con-tinue to serve on a rolling 3 year term basis Per our updatedbylaws members are limited to two terms of service This yearwe will alter the format of our monthly meetings We plan toinvite one ministry leader per month to present to the Counciland host QampA Helping our ministries begins with understand-ing them We would like to know their mission size resourcepool strengthsweaknesses and goals That information pre-sented to the Council personally will increase our understand-ing of and connectivity with those who serve We can then beginto formulate ways to help our ministries succeed Xronia Pollato all Contact Jason Konidaris jasonkonidarisyaleedu

Parish Council ElectionsParish Council Elections were held on Dec 11 with 71 validballots cast out of 76 Total votes for each candidate are inparentheses

Elected Not Elected

Agesilaos Sotire (69) Theofilos Nikolis (31)

George Paparis (64)

George Khouri (61)

Chris Peter Nanos (59)

After these results are confirmed by Archbishop Demetrios thenewly elected will be installed along with the on-going mem-bers of the Parish Council (Jason Konidaris Elias Lolis JimCocolis Steve Fornaciari Gigi Perimenis Maria Otis ArgyrisVassiliou George Nanos Pam Koutroubis Dr Steven Valassis)through prayer on Sunday January 8 toward the end of LiturgyThen following the Vasilopeta Program they will meet pri-vately in the Library to elect officers Contact the Board ofElections George Perkins (chairman) Lou Blanco Roula Ster-gianis and Evgenia Zavras

General AssemblyPer the Uniform Parish Regulations of our Archdiocese we willmeet in a formal Assembly after Liturgy on Sunday January 22to approve the 2017 Operating Budget Further information isforthcoming Please plan to attend and spread the word Contact Elias Lolis Treasurer

Master PlanningContractors submitted bids in mid December for our construc-tion project Our architect leveled the bids to provide us with abasis for comparison The Committee recently met via confer-ence call to review the bids discuss the scope of work includingalternates and set next steps for our architect We will be elimi-nating high bids to narrow our focus to a short list of finalists inJanuary We plan to interview those finalists before presentingour contractor recommendation to the Parish Council It is ourintention to begin work on Part 1 (church interior) this monthContact Jason Konidaris jasonkonidarisyaleedu

Treasurerrsquos ReportFor 2016 year to date (through November 2016) revenues were$718000 with expenses of $757000 resulting in an operatingdeficit of $39000 year to date Approximately 46 of revenueshave come from Stewardship donations and approximately 23have come from Other Donations We are currently working onfinalizing the 2017 Operating Budget that will be presented atthe General Assembly on Sunday January 22 2017 Againthank you Contact Elias Lolis elolisaolcom

Online DonationsWe are now pleased to announce that stewardship pledges andother donations can be made through our CCB systemPlease follow the steps below to make your contribution

bull Log in to your profile on CCB ndash archangelsccbchurchcom ndashwith your personal identity (typically your email) and password

bull On the left column of the home page (dark background) click ldquo$rdquo

bull Select file tab marked lsquogiversquo or lsquodonatersquo

bull Select lsquoone time giftrsquo or lsquorepeating giftrsquo

bull Select lsquodesignationrsquo from the drop down arrow

bull Select lsquogiving amountrsquo using decimals

bull CLICK lsquoCONTINUErsquo tab

bull Visually verify lsquodesignationrsquo and lsquogift amountrsquo

bull Select payment type from drop down arrow (checking account

OR debit credit card)

bull Visually verify donorpersonal information

bull Select lsquoUpdate profile with this contact informationrsquo if necessary

bull Enter checking account or debit credit card information asneeded

bull Select lsquoSave payment information for future usersquo if desired

bull CLICK lsquoCONTINUErsquo tab

bull CLICK lsquoCONFIRMrsquo if all information is correct

bull TRANSACTION IS COMPLETE ndash RETRIEVE RECEIPTFROM PERSONAL EMAIL

Contact Tim Hartch at timhartch1outlookcom

PARISH COUNCIL

Additional 2016 Stewards

Capital CampaignAnother month has passed during which the Campaign receivedfive new one-time pledges totaling $ 9000 A total of 136 member families in the community have now pledged or givendonations to the Campaign In addition we received donationsof $7256472 against existing pledges We have now crossedthe $2 million threshold in commitments of which $1671954represents pledges and $ 250000 represents the anonymouschallenge grant Total cash received to date (December 21) fromall sources is $160699986

We keep most of these dollars on deposit at Morgan Stanleythough the amount of interest received is minimal On theexpense side we have incurred $ 250000 in architectsrsquo feesprinting and solicitation cost gala expense some small items offurniture and 27 monthsrsquo salary for the Churchrsquos administrativeassistant The assistantrsquos salary will continue to be funded bythe Campaign through September 2017 after which time theobligation will pass to the Church

Elsewhere in this publication the Master Planning Committeereports that bids have been received from four contractors thatare presently being evaluated by that Committee A contract forthe work in the church is likely to be awarded in early Januaryand for the work in the Hall within the winter months It isbecoming rather urgent therefore that pledges to the Campaignreach or pass our goal of $ 22 million so that the Master Plan-ning Committee can tailor the work to be done to the fundsavailable In that context I must repeat the exhortation that Ivoiced last month if you are thinking about making a pledge ora donation to the Campaign ndash and many have expressed such anintent either to myself or to members of the Campaign Commit-tee ndash please do so sooner rather than later The Master PlanningCommittee needs to know the total amount of funds that theyhave to work with It is indeed my hope that you will all respondgenerously so that we can reach and even surpass our goalThree-year pledges need not be accompanied by any funds now

I would like to thank the families who have already madepledges for being so punctual and responsible in honouring theinstallments on their pledges There are many who pledged in2014 who have already completed their obligation Their sup-port and conviction is deeply appreciated

Four months ago I compared the Campaign to a traveler whoin order to reach his goal had to traverse the many obstaclesthat lay before him on the last part of his journey We have madesome progress on this path but there are many difficulties stillto be negotiated before we reach our destination And time isgetting short You can all help the Campaign to get therePlease consider making a pledge now As St Paul writes in 2Corinthians lsquoEvery man according as he purposeth in his heartlet him give not grudgingly or of necessity for God loveth acheerful giverrsquo Contact Elias N Kulukundis 203-569-3784

Buildings amp GroundsOur efforts continue with the Stamford Athletic Club The exist-ing fire alarm panel has been replaced and activated with 247off site monitoring Some minor adjustments are underway forfinal completion We are considering replacement of the lowerroof in spring Emergency and exit lighting has been repairedWe continue to have rain leakage from the four skylights overthe basketball court The skylight manufacturer inspected theinstallation and is determined to do whatever it takes to correctthis problem We have received final recommendations to further reduce our energy consumption and produce sizable sav-ings by going to LED lighting along with minor modificationsto 3 of our heating and air conditioning systems The ParishCouncil will review this proposal soon for approval There is little to report at our church facility other than replacement ofthe broken glass on the two front doors leading to our adminis-trative offices Contact Peter Licopantis pglydl3optonlinenet

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Dr amp Mrs Arthur Adams

Mr amp Mrs James Antonopoulos

Mrs Mary amp Louis Blanco

Mr amp Mrs Pericles Caminis

Mrs Helen Dennis

Mr amp Mrs Matthew DeVito

Mrs Stella Durdunas

Mr amp Mrs Stanley Esposito

Mr amp Mrs Mathew Feldman

Mr amp Mrs Michael Jackson

Mr amp Mrs David Johnson

Mr amp Mrs Jordanopoulos Jr

Dr amp Mrs John Kazianis

Charles Kirkiles

Natalie Kulukundis

Mrs Pamela Koutroubis

Mrs Maria Laveris

Mr Nicholas Laveris

Mr amp Mr Athanasios Stamboulopoulos

Mr amp Mrs Steven Fornaciari

Mrs Georgette Perimenis

Mrs Christine Maskaleris

Mr Radoslav Mintchev

Mr Gerrit Nijmeijer amp Mrs Ismini Naos

Mr amp Mrs Michael Oris

Mr John amp Evanthea Panulas

Dr Peter and Mrs Perimenis

Mr amp Mrs Curt Seaton

Mr George Triantafyllos

Mr amp Mrs Ilias Triantafyllos

Mr amp Mrs JR Young

Mr amp Mrs Harry Zavos

Presvytera Joanna Pappas presents 6 week old Aimilianie to Archbishop Demetrios at the clergy dinner (Dec 28)

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MINISTRIES

Blessing of Homes amp Businesses The annual brief blessing service (about 10 minutes) of home ampwork begins on the Great Feast of Epiphany or Theophany (Jan-uary 6) and will continue until Great Lent begins (on Feb 27)All that is needed is an icon candle sprig of basil (or othergreen) medium size bowl of water and a list of the first namesof family members (or co-workers) including the deceasedPlease note that no honorarium is sought or needed since this ispart of Fr Harryrsquos normal responsibilities You may schedule anappointment contact either Jane in the office (203-348-4216) orFr Harry directly (frharryarchangelsgocorg) In addition hewill attempt to set up a schedule to visit homes by neighbor-hood in Stamford

Adult Education bull Orthodoxy 101 ndash this introduction to the basic teachings wor-ship and way of life in the Orthodox Tradition continues forall adult members along with prospective catechumens andinquirers Mondays Compline 715 pm Class 730 pm withlight refreshments Schedule

sect Jan 9 The Church Body amp Bride of Christ

sect Jan 16 History of the Early Church amp Byzantine Empire

sect Jan 23 The Church through the Middles Ages to ModernTimes

bull Koinonia ndash Small Groups

sect Women ndash Our weekly meetings for Womenrsquos Koinonia thisfall has been fruitful and edifying Our exploration of vari-ous spiritual disciplines such as Prayer Worship Fastingand others generated good questions dialogue and discus-sion in a supportive environment Our group will finish in

January and hopefully continue in the spring after EasterSubmit ideas for future topics to Natalie Kulukundisnatakuluhotmailcom

sect Young Adult ndash Steve is finalizing a date and time for the firstmeeting to be held within the first two weeks of JanuaryPlease contact him if you are interested in joining or knowanyone who is stevearchangelsgocorg

bull Ecumenical Workshop ldquoGrace in a Nutshell a Day withJulian of Norwichrdquo on Sat Jan 21 9 am ndash 3 pm St JohnrsquosLutheran (884 Newfield Ave Stamford) with snow date Jan28 Dame Julian was a medieval Christian mystic whose expe-rience of God during terrible times has influenced thousandsand given hope Dr Elaine Ramshaw a professor of pastoralcare and cancer survivor will lead these sessions to help usreflect on our own experiences of God RSVP in advance withname email and $30person payable to Archangels Co-spon-sored by us along with 1st Presbyterian St Francis Episcopaland St Johnrsquos Lutheran churches Contact Fr Harry 203-348-4216 or frharryarchangelsgocorg

bull Famous Greeks by Professor J Rufus Fears ndash a series of GreatCourses DVD lectures on ancient culture and history (from theTrojan War to the rise of Rome) sponsored by AHEPA onselected Friday and Saturday evenings in January amp February(see calendar for details) Includes warriors like Achillesstatesmen like Lycurgus thinkers like Plato and writers likeHomer Pizza and drinks served at 6 pm DVDrsquos start at 630pm RSVP with Nick Nikas only if you want dinner at 203-554-5570 or niketesyahoocom

Vasilopita Baking WorkshopThursday Jan 5th 2017 at 9amFree of cost ndash all materials provided

Worship for EpiphanyThursday January 5 Royal Hours ndash 1000 am

Thursday January 5 Vesperal Liturgy ndash 600 pmGreat Blessing of the Waters ndash 730 pm

Friday January 6 Orthros ndash 830 amDivine Liturgy ndash 930 am

Great Blessing of the Waters ndash 1030 am

Saturday January 7 Feast of St John the BaptistOrthros ndash 9 am Divine Liturgy ndash 930 am

Mardi GrasDinner DanceFRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 2017

Co-chairs Steve amp Margaret FornaciariSAVE

THE D

ATE SAVE THE DATE

Clergy families celebrate Christmas with the Archbishop at LimaniRestaurant in Roslyn NY (Dec 28)

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Prayer of the MonthEvery January we focus on how God has changed creationthrough the birth of his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ who isboth completely divine and fully human When his cousin Johnbaptized Jesus in the Jordan River something we celebrate onJan 6 water itself (the most fundamental material for life as weknow it) was blessed to become a vehicle of grace for humanityand all nature Here is one key hymn that is worth learning byheart even if we are not confident about singing

Τροπάριον Ἦχος αacuteἘν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου Κύριε ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοι ἀγαπητὸν σε Υἱὸν ὀνομάζουσα καὶ τὸΠνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀσφαλέςὉ ἐπιφανεὶς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας δόξα σοι Hymn of Theophany 1st Tone

When you were baptized in the Jordan O Lord the worship ofthe Trinity was made manifest For the voice of the Father borewitness to you and called you his beloved Son And the Spiritin the form of a dove confirmed the word as sure and steadfastO Christ our God who has appeared and illumined the worldglory to you

Did You KnowIn traditional Orthodox lands such as Greece and Romaniaevery year parish priests visit homes after the Great Blessing ofWaters on the Feast of Epiphany (Jan 6) to lead prayer andextend Christrsquos grace to families and houses through the sprin-kling of Holy Water When was the last time your home wasblessed What about your place of work since it can be blessedas well This is the ideal time of year for sharing in such a privilege by gathering the family for prayer and a visit from thepriest The clergy themselves look forward to spending sometime with you at your own home Why not make an inquirytoday to schedule this

Kali Parea SeniorsMerry Christmas At our December meeting we had a Christ-mas Party where we served delicious wine and appetizers andthen a sumptuous dinner The preschool children of the churchcame to visit with teacher Kyriaki Yorandis and wished us aMerry Christmas While the children were there we had a sur-prise visit from Saint Nicholas He gave out goody bags to allthe children and seniors We also had a special raffle with over10 great prizes The next meeting will be on Wednesday Janu-ary 11 2017 As we start the New Year it is also time to pay ourdues for 2017 Wishing everyone a happy and healthy New YearIf you are not a member of the Kali Parea contact us to get inon the fun Contact Pam Koutroubis pamelak2145gmailcom

Bill Jones Katerina Zoumboulis Yolanda Licopantis and PeterDemetros celebrate their November birthdays at the December Seniors meeting (Dec 14)

Santa Claus surprises the Preschool children with gifts and hugswhen they came to the Seniors meeting to wish the group MerryChristmas (Dec 14)

Santa visits with Helen Demetros at the Seniors meeting (Dec 14)

6 The Herald

Ladies Philoptochos SocietyWe held our annual Christmas brunch on Saturday morningDec 3rd with a delicious meal and wide range of desserts Thisjoyous celebration with 45 women and guests in attendancewas extra special because representatives from the charities thatbenefited from the proceeds of our very successful TurkeyBingo were in attendance They shared information about theirgood work benefiting the poor seniors veterans those in crisisaround the world and children with cancer and were givenchecks for $1600 each The charities are Open Door Home forthe Brave Silver Source Americares and Friends of KarenMany thanks to Annie Konidaris and Natalie Kulukundis whochaired the brunch and to those who donated desserts andhelped with set-up and clean-up The annual Vasilopita breadsale was also a big success Thank you for your orders Prepay-ments were especially helpful A big thank you to EugeniaZavras and Maryanne Kardaris for managing the bread salePlease pay your membership dues for 2017 and considerincreasing your donation to our chapter because most of theannual dues amount goes to our National and District Philopto-chos offices Philoptochos will host the Vasilopita receptionafter liturgy on Sunday Jan 8th Volunteers are needed We willnot have a chapter meeting in January Look for an announce-ment of the February meeting date soon Happy New Year toall Contact Marion Vanson 914-234-9420

Church SchoolThe Church School program joined children of other youth min-istries for a beautiful celebration of our Lordrsquos nativity thatincluded a brief performance - a showcase of carols and instru-ments and many active and silent roles The Church Schoolwould like to thank all faculty ministry leaders parents andchildren who helped contribute to the success of this beautifulcross ministry festivity We are so proud of our children andtheir many talents The program is currently in the process ofplanning for the second half of our academic year We look for-ward to continuing with our monthly Music Ministry Philan-thropy Sundays as well as starting to prepare for our annualOratorical Festival and Childrenrsquos Good Friday Retreat A cal-endar of events is forthcoming Wishing all families a happy andhealthy New Year filled with renewal continued blessings andhope Kali Xronia Contact Evelyn Bilias Lolis(ebiliasaolcom)

Children were excited by a special visit from Santa Claus (SteveValassis) or should we say St Nicholas (Dec 10)

Stacy Valassis her two children Maddie and Alki and Steve Sarigianis sing Christmas carols with families at the Youth MinistryChristmas Party at the Norwalk Inn (Dec 10)

Philoptochos Christmas Luncheon with awarding of Proceeds fromTurkey Bingo to 5 area charities (Dec 3)

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Greek SchoolThis past month the Greek school children wrote Christmascards to their parents and had a great time learning the Christ-mas Kalanta and performing on Dec 18th with all the other min-istries On January 16th we have planned a morning at ChelseaPiers for all the children of Archangels The cost is $25 perchild for a two-hour activity Lunch will be served within thefacility at All Star Cafeacute for $10 per child On January 29th theArchangels Greek School will celebrate the Feast of the ThreeHierarchs and Greek Letters On this day we congratulate Stu-dents Teachers and Parents for their successes throughout theyear Next PTO Meeting is January 10th at 530 pm Contact -PTO Board Rebecca Kelesidis RebeccaKelesidiscom

Little AngelsOn December 10th Little Angels joined JoyHope at the Nor-walk Inn for its annual Christmas Party The children were filledwith the Christmas spirit as they sung carols danced Greekmade nativity crafts and enjoyed Santarsquos visit Many thanks goto Chris and Luisa Nanos for their generosity and hard work tothe HandrinosDeVito families for providing a beautiful spacefor our gathering to the Greek and Church Schools for supportand to Vasso Spanos for putting together a fun family raffle Weare extremely grateful to Steve Sarigianis for his leadership andattention to our ministry We hope everyone had a wonderfulChristmas holiday Christ is born Glorify Him

In the coming year we look forward to an adult gathering on anevening in February to discuss parenting in the Orthodox faithWe will be guided by Presvytera Kerry and if possible FatherHarry Details about the reading and the date will follow in aLittle Angels email

Lastly we urge all of our young families to consider becomingmore actively involved in our ministry not simply by attendingbut by planning and helping to carry out our events and activi-ties for young children The benefit to the children and theadults is vast We need your help Please reach out regarding thetime and talents you can offer Contact Anastasia Valassisavalassisgmailcom

Preschool children have fun learning how two primary colors makea secondary one (Dec 16)

Fr Harry sits down with the children in Preschool for a faith teaching lesson about icons and saints (Dec 5)

Children watch attentively as Sunny the Clown performs somemagic tricks at the Christmas Party (Dec 10)

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HopeJoyWhat a wonderful Christmas season we shared together OnDecember 10th our Church held its annual Youth Christmasparty at the Norwalk Inn The event was a collaborative effortbetween multiple ministries including Little Angels Hope ampJoy and the Greek School The event featured fun and gameswith Sunny the Clown Nativity crafts delicious food Christ-mas carols in English and Greek and Santa Claus who gavegifts and took photos with all of the children As we head intothe New Year we have two upcoming events that we encourageall members to attend On Friday January 13th at 600 pm wewill have our next meeting which includes dinner and activitiesat our sister Parish Church of the Annunciation Then on Satur-day February 11th be sure to save the date for our annualldquoValentine Visitrdquo to Atria Senior Living facility Children willmake Valentinersquos Day cards with the residents there and theyare also welcome to sing or play a song for those at the gather-ing If you have any questions or ideas for 2017 please feel freeto contact us by e-mail at cnanosoptonlinenet or by phone at203-249-7403 Hope you have a happy New Year Chris ampLuisa Nanos

GOYAChrist is Born Glorify Him

December was another busy month for our GOYA We had awonderful Meeting amp Nativity Discussion on Sunday Dec 4ththat brought together a dozen teens for meeting food fellow-ship and a discussion about Christrsquos birth in our own lives Wewere pleased that the teens themselves ran the meeting and thatso many offered their thoughts and feelings on their faith Wewish to thank all those who participated in our DOMUS GivingTree gift-drive this year On Thursday Dec 8th several teenscame together with advisors Bill amp Diane to prepare the 150donated gifts for distribution We learned that is always better to

give than receive On Saturday Dec 10th our GOYAns helpedwrap hundreds of Christmas gifts for children in need atINSPIRICA (a local non-profit outreach organization) ndash whichwas both fulfilling and fun Finally 9 teens participated in theYouth Ministry wide Christmas Pageant the Sunday beforeChristmas and we are thrilled at their participation and leader-ship Over 40 children were involved and without our GOYAthis would not have been possible We are thankful for fruitfulyear together in 2016 We pray for peace love joy and strengthto all for the New Year 2017

Teens smile for a group shot on Dec 10 at the INSPIRICA holiday giftwrapping where they wrapped hundreds of gifts for less fortunatechildren alongside dozens of other volunteers

Tina and Bella Hlebogiannis enjoy their time wrapping gifts withGOYA at INSPIRICA (Dec 10)

Zach Muraskin James Pease and Niko Giantomidis sell Christmaswreaths to parishioners after Sunday Liturgy on behalf of the GOYA(Dec 4)

And considering the new year upon us please note the following

bull Wednesday Jan 11th ~ Officers Meeting in library 7pm

bull Sunday Jan 15th ~ Trip to 911 Memorial amp St Nicholascarpool at 2pm

bull Friday Jan 20th ~ Lock-In Church 7pm (finishes Satmorning 9am)

Contact Diane Skoparantzos skoparantzosdoptonlinenetBill Giantomidis billgiant1yahoocom or Steve Sarigianisstevearchangelsgocorg

AYASteve is organizing a young adult small group to begin thismonth time date and location is to be announced after theNew Year To get connected reach out to himstevearchangelsgocorg or 203-623-5896

AthleticsThe Connecticut Eastern Orthodox Basketball League(CEOBL) 2017 season has now begun and the ConnecticutEastern Orthodox Volleyball League (CEOVL) is gearing upWe hope to have another deep playoff run like we had last sea-son Practices have already started and games will begin the firstweek of January If you or your children are interested in play-ing on the church teams please contact John Skoparantzos(203- 550-6894) or Steve Sarigianis (stevearchangelsgocorg)Come join the fun

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GOYAns Lucas and Niko Giantomidis President Amalia Skoparantzos and Vasili Seitaridis prepare 150 gifts donated by ourparishioners for DOMUS (Dec 8)

John Pasvankias enjoys time with his adorable daughters Emilia(left) and Sophia (right) in the hall at coffee hour following theChristmas Pageant (Dec 18)

Left to right Sophia DeVito Katie Zoumboulis and Zoina Tzavarnasdress as angels for this years Christmas Pageant (Dec 18)

10 The Herald

Greek Language Classes for AdultsThe world is shrinking with globalization and the internet Nowis a great time for adults to learn Modern Greek We are blessedto have an excellent instructor in Dr Eugenia Zavras a biologyProfessor at Fairfield University and past teacher and director ofthe Greek School For information and registration contact herdirectly at (203) 322-9561 or call Jane in the church office203-348-4216

Pilgrimage to RussiaFr Harry and Fr Steve Tsichlis presiding priest of St PaulrsquosGreek Orthodox Church in Irvine CA will co-lead a Pilgrim-age to Russia from Mon May 22 2017 to Sat June 3 Fr IlyaGotlinsky a native Russian Orthodox priest serving a parish inBinghamton NY will be our tour guide The itinerary includesall major holy sites significant cultural centers and periods ofrelaxation

bull St Petersburg Cathedrals ndash Our Lady of Kazan St IsaacSt Nicholas Monasteries ndash St Alexander Nevsky St John ofRila (relics of St John of Kronstadt modern Orthodox Saint)Nvodevichiy Convent Museums ndash Russian Museum and TheHermitage (Icons Rembrandt paintings ndash especially the

Prodigal Son) Smolensk Cemetery (relics of St Xenia) BoatTour through some canals of the city Apartment of Fyodor Dostoyevsky amp his grave (one of greatest modern writers)

bull Moscow (5 full days) The Kremlin ndash Cathedrals (DormitionAnnunciation Archangel Michael) Tomb of Lenin Cathedralsndash St Basilrsquos (Red Square) Kazan Christ the Savior Monas-teries ndash Donskoy (grave of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and relicsof St Tikhon of America) Mary amp Martha Convent (foundedby St Elizabeth modern Saint) Holy Trinity Lavra (relics ofSt Sergius of Radonezh amp St Innocent of America) Museumndash Tretyakov Gallery (with world famous icon of Trinity by StAndrei Rublev along with Russian art through the centuries)Memorial prayers at Butovo where thousands were executedunder Communism including many now considered as Martyrs

Members of both parishes are invited to participate but space islimited to a total of 30 Already a number have indicated inter-est Preliminary price of $3000-$3300person includes every-thing except airfare (which from JFK airport right now is $775on Delta) Contact Fr Harry for further information and toreserve a space now

FuneralsAthina Natsi on Dec 10th who fell asleep in the Lord onDec 7th at 92 years old

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

PARISH NEWS

AHEPAAs we have done in the last three years we plan to show DVDsof an educational lecture series on six FridaysSaturdays in January and February This time the subject will be ldquoFamousGreeksrdquo Monitor your email for the specific dates ContactNicholas Nikas 203-554-5570 niketesyahoocom

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Fr Harry and other clergy were invited by Fr Andrew Awad (hostpastor in middle) to attend and speak at the Memorial for Coptic Orthodox Christians killed on Dec 18 in Egypt at Saints Peter ampAndrew Church (Dec 21)

We are so proud ofthe 40+ childrenfrom Church SchoolGreek SchoolGOYA andHopeJoy who participated in theChristmas Pageantand thank EvelynLolis JanieKonidaris amp AnnaLempesi for all theirhelp organizing(Dec 18)

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

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$2000000

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Parish Council We are grateful to the candidates who ran in this yearrsquos ParishCouncil election We would also like to thank those who consid-ered running yet decided not to this time around for one reasonor other Your interest is critical to the future leadership of ourparish Recently we voted to rebalance the council into threeequal size classes of 5 council members The classes will con-tinue to serve on a rolling 3 year term basis Per our updatedbylaws members are limited to two terms of service This yearwe will alter the format of our monthly meetings We plan toinvite one ministry leader per month to present to the Counciland host QampA Helping our ministries begins with understand-ing them We would like to know their mission size resourcepool strengthsweaknesses and goals That information pre-sented to the Council personally will increase our understand-ing of and connectivity with those who serve We can then beginto formulate ways to help our ministries succeed Xronia Pollato all Contact Jason Konidaris jasonkonidarisyaleedu

Parish Council ElectionsParish Council Elections were held on Dec 11 with 71 validballots cast out of 76 Total votes for each candidate are inparentheses

Elected Not Elected

Agesilaos Sotire (69) Theofilos Nikolis (31)

George Paparis (64)

George Khouri (61)

Chris Peter Nanos (59)

After these results are confirmed by Archbishop Demetrios thenewly elected will be installed along with the on-going mem-bers of the Parish Council (Jason Konidaris Elias Lolis JimCocolis Steve Fornaciari Gigi Perimenis Maria Otis ArgyrisVassiliou George Nanos Pam Koutroubis Dr Steven Valassis)through prayer on Sunday January 8 toward the end of LiturgyThen following the Vasilopeta Program they will meet pri-vately in the Library to elect officers Contact the Board ofElections George Perkins (chairman) Lou Blanco Roula Ster-gianis and Evgenia Zavras

General AssemblyPer the Uniform Parish Regulations of our Archdiocese we willmeet in a formal Assembly after Liturgy on Sunday January 22to approve the 2017 Operating Budget Further information isforthcoming Please plan to attend and spread the word Contact Elias Lolis Treasurer

Master PlanningContractors submitted bids in mid December for our construc-tion project Our architect leveled the bids to provide us with abasis for comparison The Committee recently met via confer-ence call to review the bids discuss the scope of work includingalternates and set next steps for our architect We will be elimi-nating high bids to narrow our focus to a short list of finalists inJanuary We plan to interview those finalists before presentingour contractor recommendation to the Parish Council It is ourintention to begin work on Part 1 (church interior) this monthContact Jason Konidaris jasonkonidarisyaleedu

Treasurerrsquos ReportFor 2016 year to date (through November 2016) revenues were$718000 with expenses of $757000 resulting in an operatingdeficit of $39000 year to date Approximately 46 of revenueshave come from Stewardship donations and approximately 23have come from Other Donations We are currently working onfinalizing the 2017 Operating Budget that will be presented atthe General Assembly on Sunday January 22 2017 Againthank you Contact Elias Lolis elolisaolcom

Online DonationsWe are now pleased to announce that stewardship pledges andother donations can be made through our CCB systemPlease follow the steps below to make your contribution

bull Log in to your profile on CCB ndash archangelsccbchurchcom ndashwith your personal identity (typically your email) and password

bull On the left column of the home page (dark background) click ldquo$rdquo

bull Select file tab marked lsquogiversquo or lsquodonatersquo

bull Select lsquoone time giftrsquo or lsquorepeating giftrsquo

bull Select lsquodesignationrsquo from the drop down arrow

bull Select lsquogiving amountrsquo using decimals

bull CLICK lsquoCONTINUErsquo tab

bull Visually verify lsquodesignationrsquo and lsquogift amountrsquo

bull Select payment type from drop down arrow (checking account

OR debit credit card)

bull Visually verify donorpersonal information

bull Select lsquoUpdate profile with this contact informationrsquo if necessary

bull Enter checking account or debit credit card information asneeded

bull Select lsquoSave payment information for future usersquo if desired

bull CLICK lsquoCONTINUErsquo tab

bull CLICK lsquoCONFIRMrsquo if all information is correct

bull TRANSACTION IS COMPLETE ndash RETRIEVE RECEIPTFROM PERSONAL EMAIL

Contact Tim Hartch at timhartch1outlookcom

PARISH COUNCIL

Additional 2016 Stewards

Capital CampaignAnother month has passed during which the Campaign receivedfive new one-time pledges totaling $ 9000 A total of 136 member families in the community have now pledged or givendonations to the Campaign In addition we received donationsof $7256472 against existing pledges We have now crossedthe $2 million threshold in commitments of which $1671954represents pledges and $ 250000 represents the anonymouschallenge grant Total cash received to date (December 21) fromall sources is $160699986

We keep most of these dollars on deposit at Morgan Stanleythough the amount of interest received is minimal On theexpense side we have incurred $ 250000 in architectsrsquo feesprinting and solicitation cost gala expense some small items offurniture and 27 monthsrsquo salary for the Churchrsquos administrativeassistant The assistantrsquos salary will continue to be funded bythe Campaign through September 2017 after which time theobligation will pass to the Church

Elsewhere in this publication the Master Planning Committeereports that bids have been received from four contractors thatare presently being evaluated by that Committee A contract forthe work in the church is likely to be awarded in early Januaryand for the work in the Hall within the winter months It isbecoming rather urgent therefore that pledges to the Campaignreach or pass our goal of $ 22 million so that the Master Plan-ning Committee can tailor the work to be done to the fundsavailable In that context I must repeat the exhortation that Ivoiced last month if you are thinking about making a pledge ora donation to the Campaign ndash and many have expressed such anintent either to myself or to members of the Campaign Commit-tee ndash please do so sooner rather than later The Master PlanningCommittee needs to know the total amount of funds that theyhave to work with It is indeed my hope that you will all respondgenerously so that we can reach and even surpass our goalThree-year pledges need not be accompanied by any funds now

I would like to thank the families who have already madepledges for being so punctual and responsible in honouring theinstallments on their pledges There are many who pledged in2014 who have already completed their obligation Their sup-port and conviction is deeply appreciated

Four months ago I compared the Campaign to a traveler whoin order to reach his goal had to traverse the many obstaclesthat lay before him on the last part of his journey We have madesome progress on this path but there are many difficulties stillto be negotiated before we reach our destination And time isgetting short You can all help the Campaign to get therePlease consider making a pledge now As St Paul writes in 2Corinthians lsquoEvery man according as he purposeth in his heartlet him give not grudgingly or of necessity for God loveth acheerful giverrsquo Contact Elias N Kulukundis 203-569-3784

Buildings amp GroundsOur efforts continue with the Stamford Athletic Club The exist-ing fire alarm panel has been replaced and activated with 247off site monitoring Some minor adjustments are underway forfinal completion We are considering replacement of the lowerroof in spring Emergency and exit lighting has been repairedWe continue to have rain leakage from the four skylights overthe basketball court The skylight manufacturer inspected theinstallation and is determined to do whatever it takes to correctthis problem We have received final recommendations to further reduce our energy consumption and produce sizable sav-ings by going to LED lighting along with minor modificationsto 3 of our heating and air conditioning systems The ParishCouncil will review this proposal soon for approval There is little to report at our church facility other than replacement ofthe broken glass on the two front doors leading to our adminis-trative offices Contact Peter Licopantis pglydl3optonlinenet

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Dr amp Mrs Arthur Adams

Mr amp Mrs James Antonopoulos

Mrs Mary amp Louis Blanco

Mr amp Mrs Pericles Caminis

Mrs Helen Dennis

Mr amp Mrs Matthew DeVito

Mrs Stella Durdunas

Mr amp Mrs Stanley Esposito

Mr amp Mrs Mathew Feldman

Mr amp Mrs Michael Jackson

Mr amp Mrs David Johnson

Mr amp Mrs Jordanopoulos Jr

Dr amp Mrs John Kazianis

Charles Kirkiles

Natalie Kulukundis

Mrs Pamela Koutroubis

Mrs Maria Laveris

Mr Nicholas Laveris

Mr amp Mr Athanasios Stamboulopoulos

Mr amp Mrs Steven Fornaciari

Mrs Georgette Perimenis

Mrs Christine Maskaleris

Mr Radoslav Mintchev

Mr Gerrit Nijmeijer amp Mrs Ismini Naos

Mr amp Mrs Michael Oris

Mr John amp Evanthea Panulas

Dr Peter and Mrs Perimenis

Mr amp Mrs Curt Seaton

Mr George Triantafyllos

Mr amp Mrs Ilias Triantafyllos

Mr amp Mrs JR Young

Mr amp Mrs Harry Zavos

Presvytera Joanna Pappas presents 6 week old Aimilianie to Archbishop Demetrios at the clergy dinner (Dec 28)

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MINISTRIES

Blessing of Homes amp Businesses The annual brief blessing service (about 10 minutes) of home ampwork begins on the Great Feast of Epiphany or Theophany (Jan-uary 6) and will continue until Great Lent begins (on Feb 27)All that is needed is an icon candle sprig of basil (or othergreen) medium size bowl of water and a list of the first namesof family members (or co-workers) including the deceasedPlease note that no honorarium is sought or needed since this ispart of Fr Harryrsquos normal responsibilities You may schedule anappointment contact either Jane in the office (203-348-4216) orFr Harry directly (frharryarchangelsgocorg) In addition hewill attempt to set up a schedule to visit homes by neighbor-hood in Stamford

Adult Education bull Orthodoxy 101 ndash this introduction to the basic teachings wor-ship and way of life in the Orthodox Tradition continues forall adult members along with prospective catechumens andinquirers Mondays Compline 715 pm Class 730 pm withlight refreshments Schedule

sect Jan 9 The Church Body amp Bride of Christ

sect Jan 16 History of the Early Church amp Byzantine Empire

sect Jan 23 The Church through the Middles Ages to ModernTimes

bull Koinonia ndash Small Groups

sect Women ndash Our weekly meetings for Womenrsquos Koinonia thisfall has been fruitful and edifying Our exploration of vari-ous spiritual disciplines such as Prayer Worship Fastingand others generated good questions dialogue and discus-sion in a supportive environment Our group will finish in

January and hopefully continue in the spring after EasterSubmit ideas for future topics to Natalie Kulukundisnatakuluhotmailcom

sect Young Adult ndash Steve is finalizing a date and time for the firstmeeting to be held within the first two weeks of JanuaryPlease contact him if you are interested in joining or knowanyone who is stevearchangelsgocorg

bull Ecumenical Workshop ldquoGrace in a Nutshell a Day withJulian of Norwichrdquo on Sat Jan 21 9 am ndash 3 pm St JohnrsquosLutheran (884 Newfield Ave Stamford) with snow date Jan28 Dame Julian was a medieval Christian mystic whose expe-rience of God during terrible times has influenced thousandsand given hope Dr Elaine Ramshaw a professor of pastoralcare and cancer survivor will lead these sessions to help usreflect on our own experiences of God RSVP in advance withname email and $30person payable to Archangels Co-spon-sored by us along with 1st Presbyterian St Francis Episcopaland St Johnrsquos Lutheran churches Contact Fr Harry 203-348-4216 or frharryarchangelsgocorg

bull Famous Greeks by Professor J Rufus Fears ndash a series of GreatCourses DVD lectures on ancient culture and history (from theTrojan War to the rise of Rome) sponsored by AHEPA onselected Friday and Saturday evenings in January amp February(see calendar for details) Includes warriors like Achillesstatesmen like Lycurgus thinkers like Plato and writers likeHomer Pizza and drinks served at 6 pm DVDrsquos start at 630pm RSVP with Nick Nikas only if you want dinner at 203-554-5570 or niketesyahoocom

Vasilopita Baking WorkshopThursday Jan 5th 2017 at 9amFree of cost ndash all materials provided

Worship for EpiphanyThursday January 5 Royal Hours ndash 1000 am

Thursday January 5 Vesperal Liturgy ndash 600 pmGreat Blessing of the Waters ndash 730 pm

Friday January 6 Orthros ndash 830 amDivine Liturgy ndash 930 am

Great Blessing of the Waters ndash 1030 am

Saturday January 7 Feast of St John the BaptistOrthros ndash 9 am Divine Liturgy ndash 930 am

Mardi GrasDinner DanceFRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 2017

Co-chairs Steve amp Margaret FornaciariSAVE

THE D

ATE SAVE THE DATE

Clergy families celebrate Christmas with the Archbishop at LimaniRestaurant in Roslyn NY (Dec 28)

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Prayer of the MonthEvery January we focus on how God has changed creationthrough the birth of his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ who isboth completely divine and fully human When his cousin Johnbaptized Jesus in the Jordan River something we celebrate onJan 6 water itself (the most fundamental material for life as weknow it) was blessed to become a vehicle of grace for humanityand all nature Here is one key hymn that is worth learning byheart even if we are not confident about singing

Τροπάριον Ἦχος αacuteἘν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου Κύριε ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοι ἀγαπητὸν σε Υἱὸν ὀνομάζουσα καὶ τὸΠνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀσφαλέςὉ ἐπιφανεὶς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας δόξα σοι Hymn of Theophany 1st Tone

When you were baptized in the Jordan O Lord the worship ofthe Trinity was made manifest For the voice of the Father borewitness to you and called you his beloved Son And the Spiritin the form of a dove confirmed the word as sure and steadfastO Christ our God who has appeared and illumined the worldglory to you

Did You KnowIn traditional Orthodox lands such as Greece and Romaniaevery year parish priests visit homes after the Great Blessing ofWaters on the Feast of Epiphany (Jan 6) to lead prayer andextend Christrsquos grace to families and houses through the sprin-kling of Holy Water When was the last time your home wasblessed What about your place of work since it can be blessedas well This is the ideal time of year for sharing in such a privilege by gathering the family for prayer and a visit from thepriest The clergy themselves look forward to spending sometime with you at your own home Why not make an inquirytoday to schedule this

Kali Parea SeniorsMerry Christmas At our December meeting we had a Christ-mas Party where we served delicious wine and appetizers andthen a sumptuous dinner The preschool children of the churchcame to visit with teacher Kyriaki Yorandis and wished us aMerry Christmas While the children were there we had a sur-prise visit from Saint Nicholas He gave out goody bags to allthe children and seniors We also had a special raffle with over10 great prizes The next meeting will be on Wednesday Janu-ary 11 2017 As we start the New Year it is also time to pay ourdues for 2017 Wishing everyone a happy and healthy New YearIf you are not a member of the Kali Parea contact us to get inon the fun Contact Pam Koutroubis pamelak2145gmailcom

Bill Jones Katerina Zoumboulis Yolanda Licopantis and PeterDemetros celebrate their November birthdays at the December Seniors meeting (Dec 14)

Santa Claus surprises the Preschool children with gifts and hugswhen they came to the Seniors meeting to wish the group MerryChristmas (Dec 14)

Santa visits with Helen Demetros at the Seniors meeting (Dec 14)

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Ladies Philoptochos SocietyWe held our annual Christmas brunch on Saturday morningDec 3rd with a delicious meal and wide range of desserts Thisjoyous celebration with 45 women and guests in attendancewas extra special because representatives from the charities thatbenefited from the proceeds of our very successful TurkeyBingo were in attendance They shared information about theirgood work benefiting the poor seniors veterans those in crisisaround the world and children with cancer and were givenchecks for $1600 each The charities are Open Door Home forthe Brave Silver Source Americares and Friends of KarenMany thanks to Annie Konidaris and Natalie Kulukundis whochaired the brunch and to those who donated desserts andhelped with set-up and clean-up The annual Vasilopita breadsale was also a big success Thank you for your orders Prepay-ments were especially helpful A big thank you to EugeniaZavras and Maryanne Kardaris for managing the bread salePlease pay your membership dues for 2017 and considerincreasing your donation to our chapter because most of theannual dues amount goes to our National and District Philopto-chos offices Philoptochos will host the Vasilopita receptionafter liturgy on Sunday Jan 8th Volunteers are needed We willnot have a chapter meeting in January Look for an announce-ment of the February meeting date soon Happy New Year toall Contact Marion Vanson 914-234-9420

Church SchoolThe Church School program joined children of other youth min-istries for a beautiful celebration of our Lordrsquos nativity thatincluded a brief performance - a showcase of carols and instru-ments and many active and silent roles The Church Schoolwould like to thank all faculty ministry leaders parents andchildren who helped contribute to the success of this beautifulcross ministry festivity We are so proud of our children andtheir many talents The program is currently in the process ofplanning for the second half of our academic year We look for-ward to continuing with our monthly Music Ministry Philan-thropy Sundays as well as starting to prepare for our annualOratorical Festival and Childrenrsquos Good Friday Retreat A cal-endar of events is forthcoming Wishing all families a happy andhealthy New Year filled with renewal continued blessings andhope Kali Xronia Contact Evelyn Bilias Lolis(ebiliasaolcom)

Children were excited by a special visit from Santa Claus (SteveValassis) or should we say St Nicholas (Dec 10)

Stacy Valassis her two children Maddie and Alki and Steve Sarigianis sing Christmas carols with families at the Youth MinistryChristmas Party at the Norwalk Inn (Dec 10)

Philoptochos Christmas Luncheon with awarding of Proceeds fromTurkey Bingo to 5 area charities (Dec 3)

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Greek SchoolThis past month the Greek school children wrote Christmascards to their parents and had a great time learning the Christ-mas Kalanta and performing on Dec 18th with all the other min-istries On January 16th we have planned a morning at ChelseaPiers for all the children of Archangels The cost is $25 perchild for a two-hour activity Lunch will be served within thefacility at All Star Cafeacute for $10 per child On January 29th theArchangels Greek School will celebrate the Feast of the ThreeHierarchs and Greek Letters On this day we congratulate Stu-dents Teachers and Parents for their successes throughout theyear Next PTO Meeting is January 10th at 530 pm Contact -PTO Board Rebecca Kelesidis RebeccaKelesidiscom

Little AngelsOn December 10th Little Angels joined JoyHope at the Nor-walk Inn for its annual Christmas Party The children were filledwith the Christmas spirit as they sung carols danced Greekmade nativity crafts and enjoyed Santarsquos visit Many thanks goto Chris and Luisa Nanos for their generosity and hard work tothe HandrinosDeVito families for providing a beautiful spacefor our gathering to the Greek and Church Schools for supportand to Vasso Spanos for putting together a fun family raffle Weare extremely grateful to Steve Sarigianis for his leadership andattention to our ministry We hope everyone had a wonderfulChristmas holiday Christ is born Glorify Him

In the coming year we look forward to an adult gathering on anevening in February to discuss parenting in the Orthodox faithWe will be guided by Presvytera Kerry and if possible FatherHarry Details about the reading and the date will follow in aLittle Angels email

Lastly we urge all of our young families to consider becomingmore actively involved in our ministry not simply by attendingbut by planning and helping to carry out our events and activi-ties for young children The benefit to the children and theadults is vast We need your help Please reach out regarding thetime and talents you can offer Contact Anastasia Valassisavalassisgmailcom

Preschool children have fun learning how two primary colors makea secondary one (Dec 16)

Fr Harry sits down with the children in Preschool for a faith teaching lesson about icons and saints (Dec 5)

Children watch attentively as Sunny the Clown performs somemagic tricks at the Christmas Party (Dec 10)

8 The Herald

HopeJoyWhat a wonderful Christmas season we shared together OnDecember 10th our Church held its annual Youth Christmasparty at the Norwalk Inn The event was a collaborative effortbetween multiple ministries including Little Angels Hope ampJoy and the Greek School The event featured fun and gameswith Sunny the Clown Nativity crafts delicious food Christ-mas carols in English and Greek and Santa Claus who gavegifts and took photos with all of the children As we head intothe New Year we have two upcoming events that we encourageall members to attend On Friday January 13th at 600 pm wewill have our next meeting which includes dinner and activitiesat our sister Parish Church of the Annunciation Then on Satur-day February 11th be sure to save the date for our annualldquoValentine Visitrdquo to Atria Senior Living facility Children willmake Valentinersquos Day cards with the residents there and theyare also welcome to sing or play a song for those at the gather-ing If you have any questions or ideas for 2017 please feel freeto contact us by e-mail at cnanosoptonlinenet or by phone at203-249-7403 Hope you have a happy New Year Chris ampLuisa Nanos

GOYAChrist is Born Glorify Him

December was another busy month for our GOYA We had awonderful Meeting amp Nativity Discussion on Sunday Dec 4ththat brought together a dozen teens for meeting food fellow-ship and a discussion about Christrsquos birth in our own lives Wewere pleased that the teens themselves ran the meeting and thatso many offered their thoughts and feelings on their faith Wewish to thank all those who participated in our DOMUS GivingTree gift-drive this year On Thursday Dec 8th several teenscame together with advisors Bill amp Diane to prepare the 150donated gifts for distribution We learned that is always better to

give than receive On Saturday Dec 10th our GOYAns helpedwrap hundreds of Christmas gifts for children in need atINSPIRICA (a local non-profit outreach organization) ndash whichwas both fulfilling and fun Finally 9 teens participated in theYouth Ministry wide Christmas Pageant the Sunday beforeChristmas and we are thrilled at their participation and leader-ship Over 40 children were involved and without our GOYAthis would not have been possible We are thankful for fruitfulyear together in 2016 We pray for peace love joy and strengthto all for the New Year 2017

Teens smile for a group shot on Dec 10 at the INSPIRICA holiday giftwrapping where they wrapped hundreds of gifts for less fortunatechildren alongside dozens of other volunteers

Tina and Bella Hlebogiannis enjoy their time wrapping gifts withGOYA at INSPIRICA (Dec 10)

Zach Muraskin James Pease and Niko Giantomidis sell Christmaswreaths to parishioners after Sunday Liturgy on behalf of the GOYA(Dec 4)

And considering the new year upon us please note the following

bull Wednesday Jan 11th ~ Officers Meeting in library 7pm

bull Sunday Jan 15th ~ Trip to 911 Memorial amp St Nicholascarpool at 2pm

bull Friday Jan 20th ~ Lock-In Church 7pm (finishes Satmorning 9am)

Contact Diane Skoparantzos skoparantzosdoptonlinenetBill Giantomidis billgiant1yahoocom or Steve Sarigianisstevearchangelsgocorg

AYASteve is organizing a young adult small group to begin thismonth time date and location is to be announced after theNew Year To get connected reach out to himstevearchangelsgocorg or 203-623-5896

AthleticsThe Connecticut Eastern Orthodox Basketball League(CEOBL) 2017 season has now begun and the ConnecticutEastern Orthodox Volleyball League (CEOVL) is gearing upWe hope to have another deep playoff run like we had last sea-son Practices have already started and games will begin the firstweek of January If you or your children are interested in play-ing on the church teams please contact John Skoparantzos(203- 550-6894) or Steve Sarigianis (stevearchangelsgocorg)Come join the fun

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GOYAns Lucas and Niko Giantomidis President Amalia Skoparantzos and Vasili Seitaridis prepare 150 gifts donated by ourparishioners for DOMUS (Dec 8)

John Pasvankias enjoys time with his adorable daughters Emilia(left) and Sophia (right) in the hall at coffee hour following theChristmas Pageant (Dec 18)

Left to right Sophia DeVito Katie Zoumboulis and Zoina Tzavarnasdress as angels for this years Christmas Pageant (Dec 18)

10 The Herald

Greek Language Classes for AdultsThe world is shrinking with globalization and the internet Nowis a great time for adults to learn Modern Greek We are blessedto have an excellent instructor in Dr Eugenia Zavras a biologyProfessor at Fairfield University and past teacher and director ofthe Greek School For information and registration contact herdirectly at (203) 322-9561 or call Jane in the church office203-348-4216

Pilgrimage to RussiaFr Harry and Fr Steve Tsichlis presiding priest of St PaulrsquosGreek Orthodox Church in Irvine CA will co-lead a Pilgrim-age to Russia from Mon May 22 2017 to Sat June 3 Fr IlyaGotlinsky a native Russian Orthodox priest serving a parish inBinghamton NY will be our tour guide The itinerary includesall major holy sites significant cultural centers and periods ofrelaxation

bull St Petersburg Cathedrals ndash Our Lady of Kazan St IsaacSt Nicholas Monasteries ndash St Alexander Nevsky St John ofRila (relics of St John of Kronstadt modern Orthodox Saint)Nvodevichiy Convent Museums ndash Russian Museum and TheHermitage (Icons Rembrandt paintings ndash especially the

Prodigal Son) Smolensk Cemetery (relics of St Xenia) BoatTour through some canals of the city Apartment of Fyodor Dostoyevsky amp his grave (one of greatest modern writers)

bull Moscow (5 full days) The Kremlin ndash Cathedrals (DormitionAnnunciation Archangel Michael) Tomb of Lenin Cathedralsndash St Basilrsquos (Red Square) Kazan Christ the Savior Monas-teries ndash Donskoy (grave of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and relicsof St Tikhon of America) Mary amp Martha Convent (foundedby St Elizabeth modern Saint) Holy Trinity Lavra (relics ofSt Sergius of Radonezh amp St Innocent of America) Museumndash Tretyakov Gallery (with world famous icon of Trinity by StAndrei Rublev along with Russian art through the centuries)Memorial prayers at Butovo where thousands were executedunder Communism including many now considered as Martyrs

Members of both parishes are invited to participate but space islimited to a total of 30 Already a number have indicated inter-est Preliminary price of $3000-$3300person includes every-thing except airfare (which from JFK airport right now is $775on Delta) Contact Fr Harry for further information and toreserve a space now

FuneralsAthina Natsi on Dec 10th who fell asleep in the Lord onDec 7th at 92 years old

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

PARISH NEWS

AHEPAAs we have done in the last three years we plan to show DVDsof an educational lecture series on six FridaysSaturdays in January and February This time the subject will be ldquoFamousGreeksrdquo Monitor your email for the specific dates ContactNicholas Nikas 203-554-5570 niketesyahoocom

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Fr Harry and other clergy were invited by Fr Andrew Awad (hostpastor in middle) to attend and speak at the Memorial for Coptic Orthodox Christians killed on Dec 18 in Egypt at Saints Peter ampAndrew Church (Dec 21)

We are so proud ofthe 40+ childrenfrom Church SchoolGreek SchoolGOYA andHopeJoy who participated in theChristmas Pageantand thank EvelynLolis JanieKonidaris amp AnnaLempesi for all theirhelp organizing(Dec 18)

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

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$2000000

Additional 2016 Stewards

Capital CampaignAnother month has passed during which the Campaign receivedfive new one-time pledges totaling $ 9000 A total of 136 member families in the community have now pledged or givendonations to the Campaign In addition we received donationsof $7256472 against existing pledges We have now crossedthe $2 million threshold in commitments of which $1671954represents pledges and $ 250000 represents the anonymouschallenge grant Total cash received to date (December 21) fromall sources is $160699986

We keep most of these dollars on deposit at Morgan Stanleythough the amount of interest received is minimal On theexpense side we have incurred $ 250000 in architectsrsquo feesprinting and solicitation cost gala expense some small items offurniture and 27 monthsrsquo salary for the Churchrsquos administrativeassistant The assistantrsquos salary will continue to be funded bythe Campaign through September 2017 after which time theobligation will pass to the Church

Elsewhere in this publication the Master Planning Committeereports that bids have been received from four contractors thatare presently being evaluated by that Committee A contract forthe work in the church is likely to be awarded in early Januaryand for the work in the Hall within the winter months It isbecoming rather urgent therefore that pledges to the Campaignreach or pass our goal of $ 22 million so that the Master Plan-ning Committee can tailor the work to be done to the fundsavailable In that context I must repeat the exhortation that Ivoiced last month if you are thinking about making a pledge ora donation to the Campaign ndash and many have expressed such anintent either to myself or to members of the Campaign Commit-tee ndash please do so sooner rather than later The Master PlanningCommittee needs to know the total amount of funds that theyhave to work with It is indeed my hope that you will all respondgenerously so that we can reach and even surpass our goalThree-year pledges need not be accompanied by any funds now

I would like to thank the families who have already madepledges for being so punctual and responsible in honouring theinstallments on their pledges There are many who pledged in2014 who have already completed their obligation Their sup-port and conviction is deeply appreciated

Four months ago I compared the Campaign to a traveler whoin order to reach his goal had to traverse the many obstaclesthat lay before him on the last part of his journey We have madesome progress on this path but there are many difficulties stillto be negotiated before we reach our destination And time isgetting short You can all help the Campaign to get therePlease consider making a pledge now As St Paul writes in 2Corinthians lsquoEvery man according as he purposeth in his heartlet him give not grudgingly or of necessity for God loveth acheerful giverrsquo Contact Elias N Kulukundis 203-569-3784

Buildings amp GroundsOur efforts continue with the Stamford Athletic Club The exist-ing fire alarm panel has been replaced and activated with 247off site monitoring Some minor adjustments are underway forfinal completion We are considering replacement of the lowerroof in spring Emergency and exit lighting has been repairedWe continue to have rain leakage from the four skylights overthe basketball court The skylight manufacturer inspected theinstallation and is determined to do whatever it takes to correctthis problem We have received final recommendations to further reduce our energy consumption and produce sizable sav-ings by going to LED lighting along with minor modificationsto 3 of our heating and air conditioning systems The ParishCouncil will review this proposal soon for approval There is little to report at our church facility other than replacement ofthe broken glass on the two front doors leading to our adminis-trative offices Contact Peter Licopantis pglydl3optonlinenet

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Dr amp Mrs Arthur Adams

Mr amp Mrs James Antonopoulos

Mrs Mary amp Louis Blanco

Mr amp Mrs Pericles Caminis

Mrs Helen Dennis

Mr amp Mrs Matthew DeVito

Mrs Stella Durdunas

Mr amp Mrs Stanley Esposito

Mr amp Mrs Mathew Feldman

Mr amp Mrs Michael Jackson

Mr amp Mrs David Johnson

Mr amp Mrs Jordanopoulos Jr

Dr amp Mrs John Kazianis

Charles Kirkiles

Natalie Kulukundis

Mrs Pamela Koutroubis

Mrs Maria Laveris

Mr Nicholas Laveris

Mr amp Mr Athanasios Stamboulopoulos

Mr amp Mrs Steven Fornaciari

Mrs Georgette Perimenis

Mrs Christine Maskaleris

Mr Radoslav Mintchev

Mr Gerrit Nijmeijer amp Mrs Ismini Naos

Mr amp Mrs Michael Oris

Mr John amp Evanthea Panulas

Dr Peter and Mrs Perimenis

Mr amp Mrs Curt Seaton

Mr George Triantafyllos

Mr amp Mrs Ilias Triantafyllos

Mr amp Mrs JR Young

Mr amp Mrs Harry Zavos

Presvytera Joanna Pappas presents 6 week old Aimilianie to Archbishop Demetrios at the clergy dinner (Dec 28)

4 The Herald

MINISTRIES

Blessing of Homes amp Businesses The annual brief blessing service (about 10 minutes) of home ampwork begins on the Great Feast of Epiphany or Theophany (Jan-uary 6) and will continue until Great Lent begins (on Feb 27)All that is needed is an icon candle sprig of basil (or othergreen) medium size bowl of water and a list of the first namesof family members (or co-workers) including the deceasedPlease note that no honorarium is sought or needed since this ispart of Fr Harryrsquos normal responsibilities You may schedule anappointment contact either Jane in the office (203-348-4216) orFr Harry directly (frharryarchangelsgocorg) In addition hewill attempt to set up a schedule to visit homes by neighbor-hood in Stamford

Adult Education bull Orthodoxy 101 ndash this introduction to the basic teachings wor-ship and way of life in the Orthodox Tradition continues forall adult members along with prospective catechumens andinquirers Mondays Compline 715 pm Class 730 pm withlight refreshments Schedule

sect Jan 9 The Church Body amp Bride of Christ

sect Jan 16 History of the Early Church amp Byzantine Empire

sect Jan 23 The Church through the Middles Ages to ModernTimes

bull Koinonia ndash Small Groups

sect Women ndash Our weekly meetings for Womenrsquos Koinonia thisfall has been fruitful and edifying Our exploration of vari-ous spiritual disciplines such as Prayer Worship Fastingand others generated good questions dialogue and discus-sion in a supportive environment Our group will finish in

January and hopefully continue in the spring after EasterSubmit ideas for future topics to Natalie Kulukundisnatakuluhotmailcom

sect Young Adult ndash Steve is finalizing a date and time for the firstmeeting to be held within the first two weeks of JanuaryPlease contact him if you are interested in joining or knowanyone who is stevearchangelsgocorg

bull Ecumenical Workshop ldquoGrace in a Nutshell a Day withJulian of Norwichrdquo on Sat Jan 21 9 am ndash 3 pm St JohnrsquosLutheran (884 Newfield Ave Stamford) with snow date Jan28 Dame Julian was a medieval Christian mystic whose expe-rience of God during terrible times has influenced thousandsand given hope Dr Elaine Ramshaw a professor of pastoralcare and cancer survivor will lead these sessions to help usreflect on our own experiences of God RSVP in advance withname email and $30person payable to Archangels Co-spon-sored by us along with 1st Presbyterian St Francis Episcopaland St Johnrsquos Lutheran churches Contact Fr Harry 203-348-4216 or frharryarchangelsgocorg

bull Famous Greeks by Professor J Rufus Fears ndash a series of GreatCourses DVD lectures on ancient culture and history (from theTrojan War to the rise of Rome) sponsored by AHEPA onselected Friday and Saturday evenings in January amp February(see calendar for details) Includes warriors like Achillesstatesmen like Lycurgus thinkers like Plato and writers likeHomer Pizza and drinks served at 6 pm DVDrsquos start at 630pm RSVP with Nick Nikas only if you want dinner at 203-554-5570 or niketesyahoocom

Vasilopita Baking WorkshopThursday Jan 5th 2017 at 9amFree of cost ndash all materials provided

Worship for EpiphanyThursday January 5 Royal Hours ndash 1000 am

Thursday January 5 Vesperal Liturgy ndash 600 pmGreat Blessing of the Waters ndash 730 pm

Friday January 6 Orthros ndash 830 amDivine Liturgy ndash 930 am

Great Blessing of the Waters ndash 1030 am

Saturday January 7 Feast of St John the BaptistOrthros ndash 9 am Divine Liturgy ndash 930 am

Mardi GrasDinner DanceFRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 2017

Co-chairs Steve amp Margaret FornaciariSAVE

THE D

ATE SAVE THE DATE

Clergy families celebrate Christmas with the Archbishop at LimaniRestaurant in Roslyn NY (Dec 28)

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Prayer of the MonthEvery January we focus on how God has changed creationthrough the birth of his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ who isboth completely divine and fully human When his cousin Johnbaptized Jesus in the Jordan River something we celebrate onJan 6 water itself (the most fundamental material for life as weknow it) was blessed to become a vehicle of grace for humanityand all nature Here is one key hymn that is worth learning byheart even if we are not confident about singing

Τροπάριον Ἦχος αacuteἘν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου Κύριε ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοι ἀγαπητὸν σε Υἱὸν ὀνομάζουσα καὶ τὸΠνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀσφαλέςὉ ἐπιφανεὶς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας δόξα σοι Hymn of Theophany 1st Tone

When you were baptized in the Jordan O Lord the worship ofthe Trinity was made manifest For the voice of the Father borewitness to you and called you his beloved Son And the Spiritin the form of a dove confirmed the word as sure and steadfastO Christ our God who has appeared and illumined the worldglory to you

Did You KnowIn traditional Orthodox lands such as Greece and Romaniaevery year parish priests visit homes after the Great Blessing ofWaters on the Feast of Epiphany (Jan 6) to lead prayer andextend Christrsquos grace to families and houses through the sprin-kling of Holy Water When was the last time your home wasblessed What about your place of work since it can be blessedas well This is the ideal time of year for sharing in such a privilege by gathering the family for prayer and a visit from thepriest The clergy themselves look forward to spending sometime with you at your own home Why not make an inquirytoday to schedule this

Kali Parea SeniorsMerry Christmas At our December meeting we had a Christ-mas Party where we served delicious wine and appetizers andthen a sumptuous dinner The preschool children of the churchcame to visit with teacher Kyriaki Yorandis and wished us aMerry Christmas While the children were there we had a sur-prise visit from Saint Nicholas He gave out goody bags to allthe children and seniors We also had a special raffle with over10 great prizes The next meeting will be on Wednesday Janu-ary 11 2017 As we start the New Year it is also time to pay ourdues for 2017 Wishing everyone a happy and healthy New YearIf you are not a member of the Kali Parea contact us to get inon the fun Contact Pam Koutroubis pamelak2145gmailcom

Bill Jones Katerina Zoumboulis Yolanda Licopantis and PeterDemetros celebrate their November birthdays at the December Seniors meeting (Dec 14)

Santa Claus surprises the Preschool children with gifts and hugswhen they came to the Seniors meeting to wish the group MerryChristmas (Dec 14)

Santa visits with Helen Demetros at the Seniors meeting (Dec 14)

6 The Herald

Ladies Philoptochos SocietyWe held our annual Christmas brunch on Saturday morningDec 3rd with a delicious meal and wide range of desserts Thisjoyous celebration with 45 women and guests in attendancewas extra special because representatives from the charities thatbenefited from the proceeds of our very successful TurkeyBingo were in attendance They shared information about theirgood work benefiting the poor seniors veterans those in crisisaround the world and children with cancer and were givenchecks for $1600 each The charities are Open Door Home forthe Brave Silver Source Americares and Friends of KarenMany thanks to Annie Konidaris and Natalie Kulukundis whochaired the brunch and to those who donated desserts andhelped with set-up and clean-up The annual Vasilopita breadsale was also a big success Thank you for your orders Prepay-ments were especially helpful A big thank you to EugeniaZavras and Maryanne Kardaris for managing the bread salePlease pay your membership dues for 2017 and considerincreasing your donation to our chapter because most of theannual dues amount goes to our National and District Philopto-chos offices Philoptochos will host the Vasilopita receptionafter liturgy on Sunday Jan 8th Volunteers are needed We willnot have a chapter meeting in January Look for an announce-ment of the February meeting date soon Happy New Year toall Contact Marion Vanson 914-234-9420

Church SchoolThe Church School program joined children of other youth min-istries for a beautiful celebration of our Lordrsquos nativity thatincluded a brief performance - a showcase of carols and instru-ments and many active and silent roles The Church Schoolwould like to thank all faculty ministry leaders parents andchildren who helped contribute to the success of this beautifulcross ministry festivity We are so proud of our children andtheir many talents The program is currently in the process ofplanning for the second half of our academic year We look for-ward to continuing with our monthly Music Ministry Philan-thropy Sundays as well as starting to prepare for our annualOratorical Festival and Childrenrsquos Good Friday Retreat A cal-endar of events is forthcoming Wishing all families a happy andhealthy New Year filled with renewal continued blessings andhope Kali Xronia Contact Evelyn Bilias Lolis(ebiliasaolcom)

Children were excited by a special visit from Santa Claus (SteveValassis) or should we say St Nicholas (Dec 10)

Stacy Valassis her two children Maddie and Alki and Steve Sarigianis sing Christmas carols with families at the Youth MinistryChristmas Party at the Norwalk Inn (Dec 10)

Philoptochos Christmas Luncheon with awarding of Proceeds fromTurkey Bingo to 5 area charities (Dec 3)

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Greek SchoolThis past month the Greek school children wrote Christmascards to their parents and had a great time learning the Christ-mas Kalanta and performing on Dec 18th with all the other min-istries On January 16th we have planned a morning at ChelseaPiers for all the children of Archangels The cost is $25 perchild for a two-hour activity Lunch will be served within thefacility at All Star Cafeacute for $10 per child On January 29th theArchangels Greek School will celebrate the Feast of the ThreeHierarchs and Greek Letters On this day we congratulate Stu-dents Teachers and Parents for their successes throughout theyear Next PTO Meeting is January 10th at 530 pm Contact -PTO Board Rebecca Kelesidis RebeccaKelesidiscom

Little AngelsOn December 10th Little Angels joined JoyHope at the Nor-walk Inn for its annual Christmas Party The children were filledwith the Christmas spirit as they sung carols danced Greekmade nativity crafts and enjoyed Santarsquos visit Many thanks goto Chris and Luisa Nanos for their generosity and hard work tothe HandrinosDeVito families for providing a beautiful spacefor our gathering to the Greek and Church Schools for supportand to Vasso Spanos for putting together a fun family raffle Weare extremely grateful to Steve Sarigianis for his leadership andattention to our ministry We hope everyone had a wonderfulChristmas holiday Christ is born Glorify Him

In the coming year we look forward to an adult gathering on anevening in February to discuss parenting in the Orthodox faithWe will be guided by Presvytera Kerry and if possible FatherHarry Details about the reading and the date will follow in aLittle Angels email

Lastly we urge all of our young families to consider becomingmore actively involved in our ministry not simply by attendingbut by planning and helping to carry out our events and activi-ties for young children The benefit to the children and theadults is vast We need your help Please reach out regarding thetime and talents you can offer Contact Anastasia Valassisavalassisgmailcom

Preschool children have fun learning how two primary colors makea secondary one (Dec 16)

Fr Harry sits down with the children in Preschool for a faith teaching lesson about icons and saints (Dec 5)

Children watch attentively as Sunny the Clown performs somemagic tricks at the Christmas Party (Dec 10)

8 The Herald

HopeJoyWhat a wonderful Christmas season we shared together OnDecember 10th our Church held its annual Youth Christmasparty at the Norwalk Inn The event was a collaborative effortbetween multiple ministries including Little Angels Hope ampJoy and the Greek School The event featured fun and gameswith Sunny the Clown Nativity crafts delicious food Christ-mas carols in English and Greek and Santa Claus who gavegifts and took photos with all of the children As we head intothe New Year we have two upcoming events that we encourageall members to attend On Friday January 13th at 600 pm wewill have our next meeting which includes dinner and activitiesat our sister Parish Church of the Annunciation Then on Satur-day February 11th be sure to save the date for our annualldquoValentine Visitrdquo to Atria Senior Living facility Children willmake Valentinersquos Day cards with the residents there and theyare also welcome to sing or play a song for those at the gather-ing If you have any questions or ideas for 2017 please feel freeto contact us by e-mail at cnanosoptonlinenet or by phone at203-249-7403 Hope you have a happy New Year Chris ampLuisa Nanos

GOYAChrist is Born Glorify Him

December was another busy month for our GOYA We had awonderful Meeting amp Nativity Discussion on Sunday Dec 4ththat brought together a dozen teens for meeting food fellow-ship and a discussion about Christrsquos birth in our own lives Wewere pleased that the teens themselves ran the meeting and thatso many offered their thoughts and feelings on their faith Wewish to thank all those who participated in our DOMUS GivingTree gift-drive this year On Thursday Dec 8th several teenscame together with advisors Bill amp Diane to prepare the 150donated gifts for distribution We learned that is always better to

give than receive On Saturday Dec 10th our GOYAns helpedwrap hundreds of Christmas gifts for children in need atINSPIRICA (a local non-profit outreach organization) ndash whichwas both fulfilling and fun Finally 9 teens participated in theYouth Ministry wide Christmas Pageant the Sunday beforeChristmas and we are thrilled at their participation and leader-ship Over 40 children were involved and without our GOYAthis would not have been possible We are thankful for fruitfulyear together in 2016 We pray for peace love joy and strengthto all for the New Year 2017

Teens smile for a group shot on Dec 10 at the INSPIRICA holiday giftwrapping where they wrapped hundreds of gifts for less fortunatechildren alongside dozens of other volunteers

Tina and Bella Hlebogiannis enjoy their time wrapping gifts withGOYA at INSPIRICA (Dec 10)

Zach Muraskin James Pease and Niko Giantomidis sell Christmaswreaths to parishioners after Sunday Liturgy on behalf of the GOYA(Dec 4)

And considering the new year upon us please note the following

bull Wednesday Jan 11th ~ Officers Meeting in library 7pm

bull Sunday Jan 15th ~ Trip to 911 Memorial amp St Nicholascarpool at 2pm

bull Friday Jan 20th ~ Lock-In Church 7pm (finishes Satmorning 9am)

Contact Diane Skoparantzos skoparantzosdoptonlinenetBill Giantomidis billgiant1yahoocom or Steve Sarigianisstevearchangelsgocorg

AYASteve is organizing a young adult small group to begin thismonth time date and location is to be announced after theNew Year To get connected reach out to himstevearchangelsgocorg or 203-623-5896

AthleticsThe Connecticut Eastern Orthodox Basketball League(CEOBL) 2017 season has now begun and the ConnecticutEastern Orthodox Volleyball League (CEOVL) is gearing upWe hope to have another deep playoff run like we had last sea-son Practices have already started and games will begin the firstweek of January If you or your children are interested in play-ing on the church teams please contact John Skoparantzos(203- 550-6894) or Steve Sarigianis (stevearchangelsgocorg)Come join the fun

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GOYAns Lucas and Niko Giantomidis President Amalia Skoparantzos and Vasili Seitaridis prepare 150 gifts donated by ourparishioners for DOMUS (Dec 8)

John Pasvankias enjoys time with his adorable daughters Emilia(left) and Sophia (right) in the hall at coffee hour following theChristmas Pageant (Dec 18)

Left to right Sophia DeVito Katie Zoumboulis and Zoina Tzavarnasdress as angels for this years Christmas Pageant (Dec 18)

10 The Herald

Greek Language Classes for AdultsThe world is shrinking with globalization and the internet Nowis a great time for adults to learn Modern Greek We are blessedto have an excellent instructor in Dr Eugenia Zavras a biologyProfessor at Fairfield University and past teacher and director ofthe Greek School For information and registration contact herdirectly at (203) 322-9561 or call Jane in the church office203-348-4216

Pilgrimage to RussiaFr Harry and Fr Steve Tsichlis presiding priest of St PaulrsquosGreek Orthodox Church in Irvine CA will co-lead a Pilgrim-age to Russia from Mon May 22 2017 to Sat June 3 Fr IlyaGotlinsky a native Russian Orthodox priest serving a parish inBinghamton NY will be our tour guide The itinerary includesall major holy sites significant cultural centers and periods ofrelaxation

bull St Petersburg Cathedrals ndash Our Lady of Kazan St IsaacSt Nicholas Monasteries ndash St Alexander Nevsky St John ofRila (relics of St John of Kronstadt modern Orthodox Saint)Nvodevichiy Convent Museums ndash Russian Museum and TheHermitage (Icons Rembrandt paintings ndash especially the

Prodigal Son) Smolensk Cemetery (relics of St Xenia) BoatTour through some canals of the city Apartment of Fyodor Dostoyevsky amp his grave (one of greatest modern writers)

bull Moscow (5 full days) The Kremlin ndash Cathedrals (DormitionAnnunciation Archangel Michael) Tomb of Lenin Cathedralsndash St Basilrsquos (Red Square) Kazan Christ the Savior Monas-teries ndash Donskoy (grave of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and relicsof St Tikhon of America) Mary amp Martha Convent (foundedby St Elizabeth modern Saint) Holy Trinity Lavra (relics ofSt Sergius of Radonezh amp St Innocent of America) Museumndash Tretyakov Gallery (with world famous icon of Trinity by StAndrei Rublev along with Russian art through the centuries)Memorial prayers at Butovo where thousands were executedunder Communism including many now considered as Martyrs

Members of both parishes are invited to participate but space islimited to a total of 30 Already a number have indicated inter-est Preliminary price of $3000-$3300person includes every-thing except airfare (which from JFK airport right now is $775on Delta) Contact Fr Harry for further information and toreserve a space now

FuneralsAthina Natsi on Dec 10th who fell asleep in the Lord onDec 7th at 92 years old

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

PARISH NEWS

AHEPAAs we have done in the last three years we plan to show DVDsof an educational lecture series on six FridaysSaturdays in January and February This time the subject will be ldquoFamousGreeksrdquo Monitor your email for the specific dates ContactNicholas Nikas 203-554-5570 niketesyahoocom

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Fr Harry and other clergy were invited by Fr Andrew Awad (hostpastor in middle) to attend and speak at the Memorial for Coptic Orthodox Christians killed on Dec 18 in Egypt at Saints Peter ampAndrew Church (Dec 21)

We are so proud ofthe 40+ childrenfrom Church SchoolGreek SchoolGOYA andHopeJoy who participated in theChristmas Pageantand thank EvelynLolis JanieKonidaris amp AnnaLempesi for all theirhelp organizing(Dec 18)

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

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$2000000

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MINISTRIES

Blessing of Homes amp Businesses The annual brief blessing service (about 10 minutes) of home ampwork begins on the Great Feast of Epiphany or Theophany (Jan-uary 6) and will continue until Great Lent begins (on Feb 27)All that is needed is an icon candle sprig of basil (or othergreen) medium size bowl of water and a list of the first namesof family members (or co-workers) including the deceasedPlease note that no honorarium is sought or needed since this ispart of Fr Harryrsquos normal responsibilities You may schedule anappointment contact either Jane in the office (203-348-4216) orFr Harry directly (frharryarchangelsgocorg) In addition hewill attempt to set up a schedule to visit homes by neighbor-hood in Stamford

Adult Education bull Orthodoxy 101 ndash this introduction to the basic teachings wor-ship and way of life in the Orthodox Tradition continues forall adult members along with prospective catechumens andinquirers Mondays Compline 715 pm Class 730 pm withlight refreshments Schedule

sect Jan 9 The Church Body amp Bride of Christ

sect Jan 16 History of the Early Church amp Byzantine Empire

sect Jan 23 The Church through the Middles Ages to ModernTimes

bull Koinonia ndash Small Groups

sect Women ndash Our weekly meetings for Womenrsquos Koinonia thisfall has been fruitful and edifying Our exploration of vari-ous spiritual disciplines such as Prayer Worship Fastingand others generated good questions dialogue and discus-sion in a supportive environment Our group will finish in

January and hopefully continue in the spring after EasterSubmit ideas for future topics to Natalie Kulukundisnatakuluhotmailcom

sect Young Adult ndash Steve is finalizing a date and time for the firstmeeting to be held within the first two weeks of JanuaryPlease contact him if you are interested in joining or knowanyone who is stevearchangelsgocorg

bull Ecumenical Workshop ldquoGrace in a Nutshell a Day withJulian of Norwichrdquo on Sat Jan 21 9 am ndash 3 pm St JohnrsquosLutheran (884 Newfield Ave Stamford) with snow date Jan28 Dame Julian was a medieval Christian mystic whose expe-rience of God during terrible times has influenced thousandsand given hope Dr Elaine Ramshaw a professor of pastoralcare and cancer survivor will lead these sessions to help usreflect on our own experiences of God RSVP in advance withname email and $30person payable to Archangels Co-spon-sored by us along with 1st Presbyterian St Francis Episcopaland St Johnrsquos Lutheran churches Contact Fr Harry 203-348-4216 or frharryarchangelsgocorg

bull Famous Greeks by Professor J Rufus Fears ndash a series of GreatCourses DVD lectures on ancient culture and history (from theTrojan War to the rise of Rome) sponsored by AHEPA onselected Friday and Saturday evenings in January amp February(see calendar for details) Includes warriors like Achillesstatesmen like Lycurgus thinkers like Plato and writers likeHomer Pizza and drinks served at 6 pm DVDrsquos start at 630pm RSVP with Nick Nikas only if you want dinner at 203-554-5570 or niketesyahoocom

Vasilopita Baking WorkshopThursday Jan 5th 2017 at 9amFree of cost ndash all materials provided

Worship for EpiphanyThursday January 5 Royal Hours ndash 1000 am

Thursday January 5 Vesperal Liturgy ndash 600 pmGreat Blessing of the Waters ndash 730 pm

Friday January 6 Orthros ndash 830 amDivine Liturgy ndash 930 am

Great Blessing of the Waters ndash 1030 am

Saturday January 7 Feast of St John the BaptistOrthros ndash 9 am Divine Liturgy ndash 930 am

Mardi GrasDinner DanceFRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 2017

Co-chairs Steve amp Margaret FornaciariSAVE

THE D

ATE SAVE THE DATE

Clergy families celebrate Christmas with the Archbishop at LimaniRestaurant in Roslyn NY (Dec 28)

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Prayer of the MonthEvery January we focus on how God has changed creationthrough the birth of his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ who isboth completely divine and fully human When his cousin Johnbaptized Jesus in the Jordan River something we celebrate onJan 6 water itself (the most fundamental material for life as weknow it) was blessed to become a vehicle of grace for humanityand all nature Here is one key hymn that is worth learning byheart even if we are not confident about singing

Τροπάριον Ἦχος αacuteἘν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου Κύριε ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοι ἀγαπητὸν σε Υἱὸν ὀνομάζουσα καὶ τὸΠνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀσφαλέςὉ ἐπιφανεὶς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας δόξα σοι Hymn of Theophany 1st Tone

When you were baptized in the Jordan O Lord the worship ofthe Trinity was made manifest For the voice of the Father borewitness to you and called you his beloved Son And the Spiritin the form of a dove confirmed the word as sure and steadfastO Christ our God who has appeared and illumined the worldglory to you

Did You KnowIn traditional Orthodox lands such as Greece and Romaniaevery year parish priests visit homes after the Great Blessing ofWaters on the Feast of Epiphany (Jan 6) to lead prayer andextend Christrsquos grace to families and houses through the sprin-kling of Holy Water When was the last time your home wasblessed What about your place of work since it can be blessedas well This is the ideal time of year for sharing in such a privilege by gathering the family for prayer and a visit from thepriest The clergy themselves look forward to spending sometime with you at your own home Why not make an inquirytoday to schedule this

Kali Parea SeniorsMerry Christmas At our December meeting we had a Christ-mas Party where we served delicious wine and appetizers andthen a sumptuous dinner The preschool children of the churchcame to visit with teacher Kyriaki Yorandis and wished us aMerry Christmas While the children were there we had a sur-prise visit from Saint Nicholas He gave out goody bags to allthe children and seniors We also had a special raffle with over10 great prizes The next meeting will be on Wednesday Janu-ary 11 2017 As we start the New Year it is also time to pay ourdues for 2017 Wishing everyone a happy and healthy New YearIf you are not a member of the Kali Parea contact us to get inon the fun Contact Pam Koutroubis pamelak2145gmailcom

Bill Jones Katerina Zoumboulis Yolanda Licopantis and PeterDemetros celebrate their November birthdays at the December Seniors meeting (Dec 14)

Santa Claus surprises the Preschool children with gifts and hugswhen they came to the Seniors meeting to wish the group MerryChristmas (Dec 14)

Santa visits with Helen Demetros at the Seniors meeting (Dec 14)

6 The Herald

Ladies Philoptochos SocietyWe held our annual Christmas brunch on Saturday morningDec 3rd with a delicious meal and wide range of desserts Thisjoyous celebration with 45 women and guests in attendancewas extra special because representatives from the charities thatbenefited from the proceeds of our very successful TurkeyBingo were in attendance They shared information about theirgood work benefiting the poor seniors veterans those in crisisaround the world and children with cancer and were givenchecks for $1600 each The charities are Open Door Home forthe Brave Silver Source Americares and Friends of KarenMany thanks to Annie Konidaris and Natalie Kulukundis whochaired the brunch and to those who donated desserts andhelped with set-up and clean-up The annual Vasilopita breadsale was also a big success Thank you for your orders Prepay-ments were especially helpful A big thank you to EugeniaZavras and Maryanne Kardaris for managing the bread salePlease pay your membership dues for 2017 and considerincreasing your donation to our chapter because most of theannual dues amount goes to our National and District Philopto-chos offices Philoptochos will host the Vasilopita receptionafter liturgy on Sunday Jan 8th Volunteers are needed We willnot have a chapter meeting in January Look for an announce-ment of the February meeting date soon Happy New Year toall Contact Marion Vanson 914-234-9420

Church SchoolThe Church School program joined children of other youth min-istries for a beautiful celebration of our Lordrsquos nativity thatincluded a brief performance - a showcase of carols and instru-ments and many active and silent roles The Church Schoolwould like to thank all faculty ministry leaders parents andchildren who helped contribute to the success of this beautifulcross ministry festivity We are so proud of our children andtheir many talents The program is currently in the process ofplanning for the second half of our academic year We look for-ward to continuing with our monthly Music Ministry Philan-thropy Sundays as well as starting to prepare for our annualOratorical Festival and Childrenrsquos Good Friday Retreat A cal-endar of events is forthcoming Wishing all families a happy andhealthy New Year filled with renewal continued blessings andhope Kali Xronia Contact Evelyn Bilias Lolis(ebiliasaolcom)

Children were excited by a special visit from Santa Claus (SteveValassis) or should we say St Nicholas (Dec 10)

Stacy Valassis her two children Maddie and Alki and Steve Sarigianis sing Christmas carols with families at the Youth MinistryChristmas Party at the Norwalk Inn (Dec 10)

Philoptochos Christmas Luncheon with awarding of Proceeds fromTurkey Bingo to 5 area charities (Dec 3)

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Greek SchoolThis past month the Greek school children wrote Christmascards to their parents and had a great time learning the Christ-mas Kalanta and performing on Dec 18th with all the other min-istries On January 16th we have planned a morning at ChelseaPiers for all the children of Archangels The cost is $25 perchild for a two-hour activity Lunch will be served within thefacility at All Star Cafeacute for $10 per child On January 29th theArchangels Greek School will celebrate the Feast of the ThreeHierarchs and Greek Letters On this day we congratulate Stu-dents Teachers and Parents for their successes throughout theyear Next PTO Meeting is January 10th at 530 pm Contact -PTO Board Rebecca Kelesidis RebeccaKelesidiscom

Little AngelsOn December 10th Little Angels joined JoyHope at the Nor-walk Inn for its annual Christmas Party The children were filledwith the Christmas spirit as they sung carols danced Greekmade nativity crafts and enjoyed Santarsquos visit Many thanks goto Chris and Luisa Nanos for their generosity and hard work tothe HandrinosDeVito families for providing a beautiful spacefor our gathering to the Greek and Church Schools for supportand to Vasso Spanos for putting together a fun family raffle Weare extremely grateful to Steve Sarigianis for his leadership andattention to our ministry We hope everyone had a wonderfulChristmas holiday Christ is born Glorify Him

In the coming year we look forward to an adult gathering on anevening in February to discuss parenting in the Orthodox faithWe will be guided by Presvytera Kerry and if possible FatherHarry Details about the reading and the date will follow in aLittle Angels email

Lastly we urge all of our young families to consider becomingmore actively involved in our ministry not simply by attendingbut by planning and helping to carry out our events and activi-ties for young children The benefit to the children and theadults is vast We need your help Please reach out regarding thetime and talents you can offer Contact Anastasia Valassisavalassisgmailcom

Preschool children have fun learning how two primary colors makea secondary one (Dec 16)

Fr Harry sits down with the children in Preschool for a faith teaching lesson about icons and saints (Dec 5)

Children watch attentively as Sunny the Clown performs somemagic tricks at the Christmas Party (Dec 10)

8 The Herald

HopeJoyWhat a wonderful Christmas season we shared together OnDecember 10th our Church held its annual Youth Christmasparty at the Norwalk Inn The event was a collaborative effortbetween multiple ministries including Little Angels Hope ampJoy and the Greek School The event featured fun and gameswith Sunny the Clown Nativity crafts delicious food Christ-mas carols in English and Greek and Santa Claus who gavegifts and took photos with all of the children As we head intothe New Year we have two upcoming events that we encourageall members to attend On Friday January 13th at 600 pm wewill have our next meeting which includes dinner and activitiesat our sister Parish Church of the Annunciation Then on Satur-day February 11th be sure to save the date for our annualldquoValentine Visitrdquo to Atria Senior Living facility Children willmake Valentinersquos Day cards with the residents there and theyare also welcome to sing or play a song for those at the gather-ing If you have any questions or ideas for 2017 please feel freeto contact us by e-mail at cnanosoptonlinenet or by phone at203-249-7403 Hope you have a happy New Year Chris ampLuisa Nanos

GOYAChrist is Born Glorify Him

December was another busy month for our GOYA We had awonderful Meeting amp Nativity Discussion on Sunday Dec 4ththat brought together a dozen teens for meeting food fellow-ship and a discussion about Christrsquos birth in our own lives Wewere pleased that the teens themselves ran the meeting and thatso many offered their thoughts and feelings on their faith Wewish to thank all those who participated in our DOMUS GivingTree gift-drive this year On Thursday Dec 8th several teenscame together with advisors Bill amp Diane to prepare the 150donated gifts for distribution We learned that is always better to

give than receive On Saturday Dec 10th our GOYAns helpedwrap hundreds of Christmas gifts for children in need atINSPIRICA (a local non-profit outreach organization) ndash whichwas both fulfilling and fun Finally 9 teens participated in theYouth Ministry wide Christmas Pageant the Sunday beforeChristmas and we are thrilled at their participation and leader-ship Over 40 children were involved and without our GOYAthis would not have been possible We are thankful for fruitfulyear together in 2016 We pray for peace love joy and strengthto all for the New Year 2017

Teens smile for a group shot on Dec 10 at the INSPIRICA holiday giftwrapping where they wrapped hundreds of gifts for less fortunatechildren alongside dozens of other volunteers

Tina and Bella Hlebogiannis enjoy their time wrapping gifts withGOYA at INSPIRICA (Dec 10)

Zach Muraskin James Pease and Niko Giantomidis sell Christmaswreaths to parishioners after Sunday Liturgy on behalf of the GOYA(Dec 4)

And considering the new year upon us please note the following

bull Wednesday Jan 11th ~ Officers Meeting in library 7pm

bull Sunday Jan 15th ~ Trip to 911 Memorial amp St Nicholascarpool at 2pm

bull Friday Jan 20th ~ Lock-In Church 7pm (finishes Satmorning 9am)

Contact Diane Skoparantzos skoparantzosdoptonlinenetBill Giantomidis billgiant1yahoocom or Steve Sarigianisstevearchangelsgocorg

AYASteve is organizing a young adult small group to begin thismonth time date and location is to be announced after theNew Year To get connected reach out to himstevearchangelsgocorg or 203-623-5896

AthleticsThe Connecticut Eastern Orthodox Basketball League(CEOBL) 2017 season has now begun and the ConnecticutEastern Orthodox Volleyball League (CEOVL) is gearing upWe hope to have another deep playoff run like we had last sea-son Practices have already started and games will begin the firstweek of January If you or your children are interested in play-ing on the church teams please contact John Skoparantzos(203- 550-6894) or Steve Sarigianis (stevearchangelsgocorg)Come join the fun

The Herald 9

GOYAns Lucas and Niko Giantomidis President Amalia Skoparantzos and Vasili Seitaridis prepare 150 gifts donated by ourparishioners for DOMUS (Dec 8)

John Pasvankias enjoys time with his adorable daughters Emilia(left) and Sophia (right) in the hall at coffee hour following theChristmas Pageant (Dec 18)

Left to right Sophia DeVito Katie Zoumboulis and Zoina Tzavarnasdress as angels for this years Christmas Pageant (Dec 18)

10 The Herald

Greek Language Classes for AdultsThe world is shrinking with globalization and the internet Nowis a great time for adults to learn Modern Greek We are blessedto have an excellent instructor in Dr Eugenia Zavras a biologyProfessor at Fairfield University and past teacher and director ofthe Greek School For information and registration contact herdirectly at (203) 322-9561 or call Jane in the church office203-348-4216

Pilgrimage to RussiaFr Harry and Fr Steve Tsichlis presiding priest of St PaulrsquosGreek Orthodox Church in Irvine CA will co-lead a Pilgrim-age to Russia from Mon May 22 2017 to Sat June 3 Fr IlyaGotlinsky a native Russian Orthodox priest serving a parish inBinghamton NY will be our tour guide The itinerary includesall major holy sites significant cultural centers and periods ofrelaxation

bull St Petersburg Cathedrals ndash Our Lady of Kazan St IsaacSt Nicholas Monasteries ndash St Alexander Nevsky St John ofRila (relics of St John of Kronstadt modern Orthodox Saint)Nvodevichiy Convent Museums ndash Russian Museum and TheHermitage (Icons Rembrandt paintings ndash especially the

Prodigal Son) Smolensk Cemetery (relics of St Xenia) BoatTour through some canals of the city Apartment of Fyodor Dostoyevsky amp his grave (one of greatest modern writers)

bull Moscow (5 full days) The Kremlin ndash Cathedrals (DormitionAnnunciation Archangel Michael) Tomb of Lenin Cathedralsndash St Basilrsquos (Red Square) Kazan Christ the Savior Monas-teries ndash Donskoy (grave of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and relicsof St Tikhon of America) Mary amp Martha Convent (foundedby St Elizabeth modern Saint) Holy Trinity Lavra (relics ofSt Sergius of Radonezh amp St Innocent of America) Museumndash Tretyakov Gallery (with world famous icon of Trinity by StAndrei Rublev along with Russian art through the centuries)Memorial prayers at Butovo where thousands were executedunder Communism including many now considered as Martyrs

Members of both parishes are invited to participate but space islimited to a total of 30 Already a number have indicated inter-est Preliminary price of $3000-$3300person includes every-thing except airfare (which from JFK airport right now is $775on Delta) Contact Fr Harry for further information and toreserve a space now

FuneralsAthina Natsi on Dec 10th who fell asleep in the Lord onDec 7th at 92 years old

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

PARISH NEWS

AHEPAAs we have done in the last three years we plan to show DVDsof an educational lecture series on six FridaysSaturdays in January and February This time the subject will be ldquoFamousGreeksrdquo Monitor your email for the specific dates ContactNicholas Nikas 203-554-5570 niketesyahoocom

The Herald 11

Fr Harry and other clergy were invited by Fr Andrew Awad (hostpastor in middle) to attend and speak at the Memorial for Coptic Orthodox Christians killed on Dec 18 in Egypt at Saints Peter ampAndrew Church (Dec 21)

We are so proud ofthe 40+ childrenfrom Church SchoolGreek SchoolGOYA andHopeJoy who participated in theChristmas Pageantand thank EvelynLolis JanieKonidaris amp AnnaLempesi for all theirhelp organizing(Dec 18)

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

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$2000000

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Prayer of the MonthEvery January we focus on how God has changed creationthrough the birth of his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ who isboth completely divine and fully human When his cousin Johnbaptized Jesus in the Jordan River something we celebrate onJan 6 water itself (the most fundamental material for life as weknow it) was blessed to become a vehicle of grace for humanityand all nature Here is one key hymn that is worth learning byheart even if we are not confident about singing

Τροπάριον Ἦχος αacuteἘν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου Κύριε ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοι ἀγαπητὸν σε Υἱὸν ὀνομάζουσα καὶ τὸΠνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀσφαλέςὉ ἐπιφανεὶς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας δόξα σοι Hymn of Theophany 1st Tone

When you were baptized in the Jordan O Lord the worship ofthe Trinity was made manifest For the voice of the Father borewitness to you and called you his beloved Son And the Spiritin the form of a dove confirmed the word as sure and steadfastO Christ our God who has appeared and illumined the worldglory to you

Did You KnowIn traditional Orthodox lands such as Greece and Romaniaevery year parish priests visit homes after the Great Blessing ofWaters on the Feast of Epiphany (Jan 6) to lead prayer andextend Christrsquos grace to families and houses through the sprin-kling of Holy Water When was the last time your home wasblessed What about your place of work since it can be blessedas well This is the ideal time of year for sharing in such a privilege by gathering the family for prayer and a visit from thepriest The clergy themselves look forward to spending sometime with you at your own home Why not make an inquirytoday to schedule this

Kali Parea SeniorsMerry Christmas At our December meeting we had a Christ-mas Party where we served delicious wine and appetizers andthen a sumptuous dinner The preschool children of the churchcame to visit with teacher Kyriaki Yorandis and wished us aMerry Christmas While the children were there we had a sur-prise visit from Saint Nicholas He gave out goody bags to allthe children and seniors We also had a special raffle with over10 great prizes The next meeting will be on Wednesday Janu-ary 11 2017 As we start the New Year it is also time to pay ourdues for 2017 Wishing everyone a happy and healthy New YearIf you are not a member of the Kali Parea contact us to get inon the fun Contact Pam Koutroubis pamelak2145gmailcom

Bill Jones Katerina Zoumboulis Yolanda Licopantis and PeterDemetros celebrate their November birthdays at the December Seniors meeting (Dec 14)

Santa Claus surprises the Preschool children with gifts and hugswhen they came to the Seniors meeting to wish the group MerryChristmas (Dec 14)

Santa visits with Helen Demetros at the Seniors meeting (Dec 14)

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Ladies Philoptochos SocietyWe held our annual Christmas brunch on Saturday morningDec 3rd with a delicious meal and wide range of desserts Thisjoyous celebration with 45 women and guests in attendancewas extra special because representatives from the charities thatbenefited from the proceeds of our very successful TurkeyBingo were in attendance They shared information about theirgood work benefiting the poor seniors veterans those in crisisaround the world and children with cancer and were givenchecks for $1600 each The charities are Open Door Home forthe Brave Silver Source Americares and Friends of KarenMany thanks to Annie Konidaris and Natalie Kulukundis whochaired the brunch and to those who donated desserts andhelped with set-up and clean-up The annual Vasilopita breadsale was also a big success Thank you for your orders Prepay-ments were especially helpful A big thank you to EugeniaZavras and Maryanne Kardaris for managing the bread salePlease pay your membership dues for 2017 and considerincreasing your donation to our chapter because most of theannual dues amount goes to our National and District Philopto-chos offices Philoptochos will host the Vasilopita receptionafter liturgy on Sunday Jan 8th Volunteers are needed We willnot have a chapter meeting in January Look for an announce-ment of the February meeting date soon Happy New Year toall Contact Marion Vanson 914-234-9420

Church SchoolThe Church School program joined children of other youth min-istries for a beautiful celebration of our Lordrsquos nativity thatincluded a brief performance - a showcase of carols and instru-ments and many active and silent roles The Church Schoolwould like to thank all faculty ministry leaders parents andchildren who helped contribute to the success of this beautifulcross ministry festivity We are so proud of our children andtheir many talents The program is currently in the process ofplanning for the second half of our academic year We look for-ward to continuing with our monthly Music Ministry Philan-thropy Sundays as well as starting to prepare for our annualOratorical Festival and Childrenrsquos Good Friday Retreat A cal-endar of events is forthcoming Wishing all families a happy andhealthy New Year filled with renewal continued blessings andhope Kali Xronia Contact Evelyn Bilias Lolis(ebiliasaolcom)

Children were excited by a special visit from Santa Claus (SteveValassis) or should we say St Nicholas (Dec 10)

Stacy Valassis her two children Maddie and Alki and Steve Sarigianis sing Christmas carols with families at the Youth MinistryChristmas Party at the Norwalk Inn (Dec 10)

Philoptochos Christmas Luncheon with awarding of Proceeds fromTurkey Bingo to 5 area charities (Dec 3)

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Greek SchoolThis past month the Greek school children wrote Christmascards to their parents and had a great time learning the Christ-mas Kalanta and performing on Dec 18th with all the other min-istries On January 16th we have planned a morning at ChelseaPiers for all the children of Archangels The cost is $25 perchild for a two-hour activity Lunch will be served within thefacility at All Star Cafeacute for $10 per child On January 29th theArchangels Greek School will celebrate the Feast of the ThreeHierarchs and Greek Letters On this day we congratulate Stu-dents Teachers and Parents for their successes throughout theyear Next PTO Meeting is January 10th at 530 pm Contact -PTO Board Rebecca Kelesidis RebeccaKelesidiscom

Little AngelsOn December 10th Little Angels joined JoyHope at the Nor-walk Inn for its annual Christmas Party The children were filledwith the Christmas spirit as they sung carols danced Greekmade nativity crafts and enjoyed Santarsquos visit Many thanks goto Chris and Luisa Nanos for their generosity and hard work tothe HandrinosDeVito families for providing a beautiful spacefor our gathering to the Greek and Church Schools for supportand to Vasso Spanos for putting together a fun family raffle Weare extremely grateful to Steve Sarigianis for his leadership andattention to our ministry We hope everyone had a wonderfulChristmas holiday Christ is born Glorify Him

In the coming year we look forward to an adult gathering on anevening in February to discuss parenting in the Orthodox faithWe will be guided by Presvytera Kerry and if possible FatherHarry Details about the reading and the date will follow in aLittle Angels email

Lastly we urge all of our young families to consider becomingmore actively involved in our ministry not simply by attendingbut by planning and helping to carry out our events and activi-ties for young children The benefit to the children and theadults is vast We need your help Please reach out regarding thetime and talents you can offer Contact Anastasia Valassisavalassisgmailcom

Preschool children have fun learning how two primary colors makea secondary one (Dec 16)

Fr Harry sits down with the children in Preschool for a faith teaching lesson about icons and saints (Dec 5)

Children watch attentively as Sunny the Clown performs somemagic tricks at the Christmas Party (Dec 10)

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HopeJoyWhat a wonderful Christmas season we shared together OnDecember 10th our Church held its annual Youth Christmasparty at the Norwalk Inn The event was a collaborative effortbetween multiple ministries including Little Angels Hope ampJoy and the Greek School The event featured fun and gameswith Sunny the Clown Nativity crafts delicious food Christ-mas carols in English and Greek and Santa Claus who gavegifts and took photos with all of the children As we head intothe New Year we have two upcoming events that we encourageall members to attend On Friday January 13th at 600 pm wewill have our next meeting which includes dinner and activitiesat our sister Parish Church of the Annunciation Then on Satur-day February 11th be sure to save the date for our annualldquoValentine Visitrdquo to Atria Senior Living facility Children willmake Valentinersquos Day cards with the residents there and theyare also welcome to sing or play a song for those at the gather-ing If you have any questions or ideas for 2017 please feel freeto contact us by e-mail at cnanosoptonlinenet or by phone at203-249-7403 Hope you have a happy New Year Chris ampLuisa Nanos

GOYAChrist is Born Glorify Him

December was another busy month for our GOYA We had awonderful Meeting amp Nativity Discussion on Sunday Dec 4ththat brought together a dozen teens for meeting food fellow-ship and a discussion about Christrsquos birth in our own lives Wewere pleased that the teens themselves ran the meeting and thatso many offered their thoughts and feelings on their faith Wewish to thank all those who participated in our DOMUS GivingTree gift-drive this year On Thursday Dec 8th several teenscame together with advisors Bill amp Diane to prepare the 150donated gifts for distribution We learned that is always better to

give than receive On Saturday Dec 10th our GOYAns helpedwrap hundreds of Christmas gifts for children in need atINSPIRICA (a local non-profit outreach organization) ndash whichwas both fulfilling and fun Finally 9 teens participated in theYouth Ministry wide Christmas Pageant the Sunday beforeChristmas and we are thrilled at their participation and leader-ship Over 40 children were involved and without our GOYAthis would not have been possible We are thankful for fruitfulyear together in 2016 We pray for peace love joy and strengthto all for the New Year 2017

Teens smile for a group shot on Dec 10 at the INSPIRICA holiday giftwrapping where they wrapped hundreds of gifts for less fortunatechildren alongside dozens of other volunteers

Tina and Bella Hlebogiannis enjoy their time wrapping gifts withGOYA at INSPIRICA (Dec 10)

Zach Muraskin James Pease and Niko Giantomidis sell Christmaswreaths to parishioners after Sunday Liturgy on behalf of the GOYA(Dec 4)

And considering the new year upon us please note the following

bull Wednesday Jan 11th ~ Officers Meeting in library 7pm

bull Sunday Jan 15th ~ Trip to 911 Memorial amp St Nicholascarpool at 2pm

bull Friday Jan 20th ~ Lock-In Church 7pm (finishes Satmorning 9am)

Contact Diane Skoparantzos skoparantzosdoptonlinenetBill Giantomidis billgiant1yahoocom or Steve Sarigianisstevearchangelsgocorg

AYASteve is organizing a young adult small group to begin thismonth time date and location is to be announced after theNew Year To get connected reach out to himstevearchangelsgocorg or 203-623-5896

AthleticsThe Connecticut Eastern Orthodox Basketball League(CEOBL) 2017 season has now begun and the ConnecticutEastern Orthodox Volleyball League (CEOVL) is gearing upWe hope to have another deep playoff run like we had last sea-son Practices have already started and games will begin the firstweek of January If you or your children are interested in play-ing on the church teams please contact John Skoparantzos(203- 550-6894) or Steve Sarigianis (stevearchangelsgocorg)Come join the fun

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GOYAns Lucas and Niko Giantomidis President Amalia Skoparantzos and Vasili Seitaridis prepare 150 gifts donated by ourparishioners for DOMUS (Dec 8)

John Pasvankias enjoys time with his adorable daughters Emilia(left) and Sophia (right) in the hall at coffee hour following theChristmas Pageant (Dec 18)

Left to right Sophia DeVito Katie Zoumboulis and Zoina Tzavarnasdress as angels for this years Christmas Pageant (Dec 18)

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Greek Language Classes for AdultsThe world is shrinking with globalization and the internet Nowis a great time for adults to learn Modern Greek We are blessedto have an excellent instructor in Dr Eugenia Zavras a biologyProfessor at Fairfield University and past teacher and director ofthe Greek School For information and registration contact herdirectly at (203) 322-9561 or call Jane in the church office203-348-4216

Pilgrimage to RussiaFr Harry and Fr Steve Tsichlis presiding priest of St PaulrsquosGreek Orthodox Church in Irvine CA will co-lead a Pilgrim-age to Russia from Mon May 22 2017 to Sat June 3 Fr IlyaGotlinsky a native Russian Orthodox priest serving a parish inBinghamton NY will be our tour guide The itinerary includesall major holy sites significant cultural centers and periods ofrelaxation

bull St Petersburg Cathedrals ndash Our Lady of Kazan St IsaacSt Nicholas Monasteries ndash St Alexander Nevsky St John ofRila (relics of St John of Kronstadt modern Orthodox Saint)Nvodevichiy Convent Museums ndash Russian Museum and TheHermitage (Icons Rembrandt paintings ndash especially the

Prodigal Son) Smolensk Cemetery (relics of St Xenia) BoatTour through some canals of the city Apartment of Fyodor Dostoyevsky amp his grave (one of greatest modern writers)

bull Moscow (5 full days) The Kremlin ndash Cathedrals (DormitionAnnunciation Archangel Michael) Tomb of Lenin Cathedralsndash St Basilrsquos (Red Square) Kazan Christ the Savior Monas-teries ndash Donskoy (grave of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and relicsof St Tikhon of America) Mary amp Martha Convent (foundedby St Elizabeth modern Saint) Holy Trinity Lavra (relics ofSt Sergius of Radonezh amp St Innocent of America) Museumndash Tretyakov Gallery (with world famous icon of Trinity by StAndrei Rublev along with Russian art through the centuries)Memorial prayers at Butovo where thousands were executedunder Communism including many now considered as Martyrs

Members of both parishes are invited to participate but space islimited to a total of 30 Already a number have indicated inter-est Preliminary price of $3000-$3300person includes every-thing except airfare (which from JFK airport right now is $775on Delta) Contact Fr Harry for further information and toreserve a space now

FuneralsAthina Natsi on Dec 10th who fell asleep in the Lord onDec 7th at 92 years old

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

PARISH NEWS

AHEPAAs we have done in the last three years we plan to show DVDsof an educational lecture series on six FridaysSaturdays in January and February This time the subject will be ldquoFamousGreeksrdquo Monitor your email for the specific dates ContactNicholas Nikas 203-554-5570 niketesyahoocom

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Fr Harry and other clergy were invited by Fr Andrew Awad (hostpastor in middle) to attend and speak at the Memorial for Coptic Orthodox Christians killed on Dec 18 in Egypt at Saints Peter ampAndrew Church (Dec 21)

We are so proud ofthe 40+ childrenfrom Church SchoolGreek SchoolGOYA andHopeJoy who participated in theChristmas Pageantand thank EvelynLolis JanieKonidaris amp AnnaLempesi for all theirhelp organizing(Dec 18)

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

12 The Herald

$2000000

6 The Herald

Ladies Philoptochos SocietyWe held our annual Christmas brunch on Saturday morningDec 3rd with a delicious meal and wide range of desserts Thisjoyous celebration with 45 women and guests in attendancewas extra special because representatives from the charities thatbenefited from the proceeds of our very successful TurkeyBingo were in attendance They shared information about theirgood work benefiting the poor seniors veterans those in crisisaround the world and children with cancer and were givenchecks for $1600 each The charities are Open Door Home forthe Brave Silver Source Americares and Friends of KarenMany thanks to Annie Konidaris and Natalie Kulukundis whochaired the brunch and to those who donated desserts andhelped with set-up and clean-up The annual Vasilopita breadsale was also a big success Thank you for your orders Prepay-ments were especially helpful A big thank you to EugeniaZavras and Maryanne Kardaris for managing the bread salePlease pay your membership dues for 2017 and considerincreasing your donation to our chapter because most of theannual dues amount goes to our National and District Philopto-chos offices Philoptochos will host the Vasilopita receptionafter liturgy on Sunday Jan 8th Volunteers are needed We willnot have a chapter meeting in January Look for an announce-ment of the February meeting date soon Happy New Year toall Contact Marion Vanson 914-234-9420

Church SchoolThe Church School program joined children of other youth min-istries for a beautiful celebration of our Lordrsquos nativity thatincluded a brief performance - a showcase of carols and instru-ments and many active and silent roles The Church Schoolwould like to thank all faculty ministry leaders parents andchildren who helped contribute to the success of this beautifulcross ministry festivity We are so proud of our children andtheir many talents The program is currently in the process ofplanning for the second half of our academic year We look for-ward to continuing with our monthly Music Ministry Philan-thropy Sundays as well as starting to prepare for our annualOratorical Festival and Childrenrsquos Good Friday Retreat A cal-endar of events is forthcoming Wishing all families a happy andhealthy New Year filled with renewal continued blessings andhope Kali Xronia Contact Evelyn Bilias Lolis(ebiliasaolcom)

Children were excited by a special visit from Santa Claus (SteveValassis) or should we say St Nicholas (Dec 10)

Stacy Valassis her two children Maddie and Alki and Steve Sarigianis sing Christmas carols with families at the Youth MinistryChristmas Party at the Norwalk Inn (Dec 10)

Philoptochos Christmas Luncheon with awarding of Proceeds fromTurkey Bingo to 5 area charities (Dec 3)

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Greek SchoolThis past month the Greek school children wrote Christmascards to their parents and had a great time learning the Christ-mas Kalanta and performing on Dec 18th with all the other min-istries On January 16th we have planned a morning at ChelseaPiers for all the children of Archangels The cost is $25 perchild for a two-hour activity Lunch will be served within thefacility at All Star Cafeacute for $10 per child On January 29th theArchangels Greek School will celebrate the Feast of the ThreeHierarchs and Greek Letters On this day we congratulate Stu-dents Teachers and Parents for their successes throughout theyear Next PTO Meeting is January 10th at 530 pm Contact -PTO Board Rebecca Kelesidis RebeccaKelesidiscom

Little AngelsOn December 10th Little Angels joined JoyHope at the Nor-walk Inn for its annual Christmas Party The children were filledwith the Christmas spirit as they sung carols danced Greekmade nativity crafts and enjoyed Santarsquos visit Many thanks goto Chris and Luisa Nanos for their generosity and hard work tothe HandrinosDeVito families for providing a beautiful spacefor our gathering to the Greek and Church Schools for supportand to Vasso Spanos for putting together a fun family raffle Weare extremely grateful to Steve Sarigianis for his leadership andattention to our ministry We hope everyone had a wonderfulChristmas holiday Christ is born Glorify Him

In the coming year we look forward to an adult gathering on anevening in February to discuss parenting in the Orthodox faithWe will be guided by Presvytera Kerry and if possible FatherHarry Details about the reading and the date will follow in aLittle Angels email

Lastly we urge all of our young families to consider becomingmore actively involved in our ministry not simply by attendingbut by planning and helping to carry out our events and activi-ties for young children The benefit to the children and theadults is vast We need your help Please reach out regarding thetime and talents you can offer Contact Anastasia Valassisavalassisgmailcom

Preschool children have fun learning how two primary colors makea secondary one (Dec 16)

Fr Harry sits down with the children in Preschool for a faith teaching lesson about icons and saints (Dec 5)

Children watch attentively as Sunny the Clown performs somemagic tricks at the Christmas Party (Dec 10)

8 The Herald

HopeJoyWhat a wonderful Christmas season we shared together OnDecember 10th our Church held its annual Youth Christmasparty at the Norwalk Inn The event was a collaborative effortbetween multiple ministries including Little Angels Hope ampJoy and the Greek School The event featured fun and gameswith Sunny the Clown Nativity crafts delicious food Christ-mas carols in English and Greek and Santa Claus who gavegifts and took photos with all of the children As we head intothe New Year we have two upcoming events that we encourageall members to attend On Friday January 13th at 600 pm wewill have our next meeting which includes dinner and activitiesat our sister Parish Church of the Annunciation Then on Satur-day February 11th be sure to save the date for our annualldquoValentine Visitrdquo to Atria Senior Living facility Children willmake Valentinersquos Day cards with the residents there and theyare also welcome to sing or play a song for those at the gather-ing If you have any questions or ideas for 2017 please feel freeto contact us by e-mail at cnanosoptonlinenet or by phone at203-249-7403 Hope you have a happy New Year Chris ampLuisa Nanos

GOYAChrist is Born Glorify Him

December was another busy month for our GOYA We had awonderful Meeting amp Nativity Discussion on Sunday Dec 4ththat brought together a dozen teens for meeting food fellow-ship and a discussion about Christrsquos birth in our own lives Wewere pleased that the teens themselves ran the meeting and thatso many offered their thoughts and feelings on their faith Wewish to thank all those who participated in our DOMUS GivingTree gift-drive this year On Thursday Dec 8th several teenscame together with advisors Bill amp Diane to prepare the 150donated gifts for distribution We learned that is always better to

give than receive On Saturday Dec 10th our GOYAns helpedwrap hundreds of Christmas gifts for children in need atINSPIRICA (a local non-profit outreach organization) ndash whichwas both fulfilling and fun Finally 9 teens participated in theYouth Ministry wide Christmas Pageant the Sunday beforeChristmas and we are thrilled at their participation and leader-ship Over 40 children were involved and without our GOYAthis would not have been possible We are thankful for fruitfulyear together in 2016 We pray for peace love joy and strengthto all for the New Year 2017

Teens smile for a group shot on Dec 10 at the INSPIRICA holiday giftwrapping where they wrapped hundreds of gifts for less fortunatechildren alongside dozens of other volunteers

Tina and Bella Hlebogiannis enjoy their time wrapping gifts withGOYA at INSPIRICA (Dec 10)

Zach Muraskin James Pease and Niko Giantomidis sell Christmaswreaths to parishioners after Sunday Liturgy on behalf of the GOYA(Dec 4)

And considering the new year upon us please note the following

bull Wednesday Jan 11th ~ Officers Meeting in library 7pm

bull Sunday Jan 15th ~ Trip to 911 Memorial amp St Nicholascarpool at 2pm

bull Friday Jan 20th ~ Lock-In Church 7pm (finishes Satmorning 9am)

Contact Diane Skoparantzos skoparantzosdoptonlinenetBill Giantomidis billgiant1yahoocom or Steve Sarigianisstevearchangelsgocorg

AYASteve is organizing a young adult small group to begin thismonth time date and location is to be announced after theNew Year To get connected reach out to himstevearchangelsgocorg or 203-623-5896

AthleticsThe Connecticut Eastern Orthodox Basketball League(CEOBL) 2017 season has now begun and the ConnecticutEastern Orthodox Volleyball League (CEOVL) is gearing upWe hope to have another deep playoff run like we had last sea-son Practices have already started and games will begin the firstweek of January If you or your children are interested in play-ing on the church teams please contact John Skoparantzos(203- 550-6894) or Steve Sarigianis (stevearchangelsgocorg)Come join the fun

The Herald 9

GOYAns Lucas and Niko Giantomidis President Amalia Skoparantzos and Vasili Seitaridis prepare 150 gifts donated by ourparishioners for DOMUS (Dec 8)

John Pasvankias enjoys time with his adorable daughters Emilia(left) and Sophia (right) in the hall at coffee hour following theChristmas Pageant (Dec 18)

Left to right Sophia DeVito Katie Zoumboulis and Zoina Tzavarnasdress as angels for this years Christmas Pageant (Dec 18)

10 The Herald

Greek Language Classes for AdultsThe world is shrinking with globalization and the internet Nowis a great time for adults to learn Modern Greek We are blessedto have an excellent instructor in Dr Eugenia Zavras a biologyProfessor at Fairfield University and past teacher and director ofthe Greek School For information and registration contact herdirectly at (203) 322-9561 or call Jane in the church office203-348-4216

Pilgrimage to RussiaFr Harry and Fr Steve Tsichlis presiding priest of St PaulrsquosGreek Orthodox Church in Irvine CA will co-lead a Pilgrim-age to Russia from Mon May 22 2017 to Sat June 3 Fr IlyaGotlinsky a native Russian Orthodox priest serving a parish inBinghamton NY will be our tour guide The itinerary includesall major holy sites significant cultural centers and periods ofrelaxation

bull St Petersburg Cathedrals ndash Our Lady of Kazan St IsaacSt Nicholas Monasteries ndash St Alexander Nevsky St John ofRila (relics of St John of Kronstadt modern Orthodox Saint)Nvodevichiy Convent Museums ndash Russian Museum and TheHermitage (Icons Rembrandt paintings ndash especially the

Prodigal Son) Smolensk Cemetery (relics of St Xenia) BoatTour through some canals of the city Apartment of Fyodor Dostoyevsky amp his grave (one of greatest modern writers)

bull Moscow (5 full days) The Kremlin ndash Cathedrals (DormitionAnnunciation Archangel Michael) Tomb of Lenin Cathedralsndash St Basilrsquos (Red Square) Kazan Christ the Savior Monas-teries ndash Donskoy (grave of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and relicsof St Tikhon of America) Mary amp Martha Convent (foundedby St Elizabeth modern Saint) Holy Trinity Lavra (relics ofSt Sergius of Radonezh amp St Innocent of America) Museumndash Tretyakov Gallery (with world famous icon of Trinity by StAndrei Rublev along with Russian art through the centuries)Memorial prayers at Butovo where thousands were executedunder Communism including many now considered as Martyrs

Members of both parishes are invited to participate but space islimited to a total of 30 Already a number have indicated inter-est Preliminary price of $3000-$3300person includes every-thing except airfare (which from JFK airport right now is $775on Delta) Contact Fr Harry for further information and toreserve a space now

FuneralsAthina Natsi on Dec 10th who fell asleep in the Lord onDec 7th at 92 years old

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

PARISH NEWS

AHEPAAs we have done in the last three years we plan to show DVDsof an educational lecture series on six FridaysSaturdays in January and February This time the subject will be ldquoFamousGreeksrdquo Monitor your email for the specific dates ContactNicholas Nikas 203-554-5570 niketesyahoocom

The Herald 11

Fr Harry and other clergy were invited by Fr Andrew Awad (hostpastor in middle) to attend and speak at the Memorial for Coptic Orthodox Christians killed on Dec 18 in Egypt at Saints Peter ampAndrew Church (Dec 21)

We are so proud ofthe 40+ childrenfrom Church SchoolGreek SchoolGOYA andHopeJoy who participated in theChristmas Pageantand thank EvelynLolis JanieKonidaris amp AnnaLempesi for all theirhelp organizing(Dec 18)

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

12 The Herald

$2000000

The Herald 7

Greek SchoolThis past month the Greek school children wrote Christmascards to their parents and had a great time learning the Christ-mas Kalanta and performing on Dec 18th with all the other min-istries On January 16th we have planned a morning at ChelseaPiers for all the children of Archangels The cost is $25 perchild for a two-hour activity Lunch will be served within thefacility at All Star Cafeacute for $10 per child On January 29th theArchangels Greek School will celebrate the Feast of the ThreeHierarchs and Greek Letters On this day we congratulate Stu-dents Teachers and Parents for their successes throughout theyear Next PTO Meeting is January 10th at 530 pm Contact -PTO Board Rebecca Kelesidis RebeccaKelesidiscom

Little AngelsOn December 10th Little Angels joined JoyHope at the Nor-walk Inn for its annual Christmas Party The children were filledwith the Christmas spirit as they sung carols danced Greekmade nativity crafts and enjoyed Santarsquos visit Many thanks goto Chris and Luisa Nanos for their generosity and hard work tothe HandrinosDeVito families for providing a beautiful spacefor our gathering to the Greek and Church Schools for supportand to Vasso Spanos for putting together a fun family raffle Weare extremely grateful to Steve Sarigianis for his leadership andattention to our ministry We hope everyone had a wonderfulChristmas holiday Christ is born Glorify Him

In the coming year we look forward to an adult gathering on anevening in February to discuss parenting in the Orthodox faithWe will be guided by Presvytera Kerry and if possible FatherHarry Details about the reading and the date will follow in aLittle Angels email

Lastly we urge all of our young families to consider becomingmore actively involved in our ministry not simply by attendingbut by planning and helping to carry out our events and activi-ties for young children The benefit to the children and theadults is vast We need your help Please reach out regarding thetime and talents you can offer Contact Anastasia Valassisavalassisgmailcom

Preschool children have fun learning how two primary colors makea secondary one (Dec 16)

Fr Harry sits down with the children in Preschool for a faith teaching lesson about icons and saints (Dec 5)

Children watch attentively as Sunny the Clown performs somemagic tricks at the Christmas Party (Dec 10)

8 The Herald

HopeJoyWhat a wonderful Christmas season we shared together OnDecember 10th our Church held its annual Youth Christmasparty at the Norwalk Inn The event was a collaborative effortbetween multiple ministries including Little Angels Hope ampJoy and the Greek School The event featured fun and gameswith Sunny the Clown Nativity crafts delicious food Christ-mas carols in English and Greek and Santa Claus who gavegifts and took photos with all of the children As we head intothe New Year we have two upcoming events that we encourageall members to attend On Friday January 13th at 600 pm wewill have our next meeting which includes dinner and activitiesat our sister Parish Church of the Annunciation Then on Satur-day February 11th be sure to save the date for our annualldquoValentine Visitrdquo to Atria Senior Living facility Children willmake Valentinersquos Day cards with the residents there and theyare also welcome to sing or play a song for those at the gather-ing If you have any questions or ideas for 2017 please feel freeto contact us by e-mail at cnanosoptonlinenet or by phone at203-249-7403 Hope you have a happy New Year Chris ampLuisa Nanos

GOYAChrist is Born Glorify Him

December was another busy month for our GOYA We had awonderful Meeting amp Nativity Discussion on Sunday Dec 4ththat brought together a dozen teens for meeting food fellow-ship and a discussion about Christrsquos birth in our own lives Wewere pleased that the teens themselves ran the meeting and thatso many offered their thoughts and feelings on their faith Wewish to thank all those who participated in our DOMUS GivingTree gift-drive this year On Thursday Dec 8th several teenscame together with advisors Bill amp Diane to prepare the 150donated gifts for distribution We learned that is always better to

give than receive On Saturday Dec 10th our GOYAns helpedwrap hundreds of Christmas gifts for children in need atINSPIRICA (a local non-profit outreach organization) ndash whichwas both fulfilling and fun Finally 9 teens participated in theYouth Ministry wide Christmas Pageant the Sunday beforeChristmas and we are thrilled at their participation and leader-ship Over 40 children were involved and without our GOYAthis would not have been possible We are thankful for fruitfulyear together in 2016 We pray for peace love joy and strengthto all for the New Year 2017

Teens smile for a group shot on Dec 10 at the INSPIRICA holiday giftwrapping where they wrapped hundreds of gifts for less fortunatechildren alongside dozens of other volunteers

Tina and Bella Hlebogiannis enjoy their time wrapping gifts withGOYA at INSPIRICA (Dec 10)

Zach Muraskin James Pease and Niko Giantomidis sell Christmaswreaths to parishioners after Sunday Liturgy on behalf of the GOYA(Dec 4)

And considering the new year upon us please note the following

bull Wednesday Jan 11th ~ Officers Meeting in library 7pm

bull Sunday Jan 15th ~ Trip to 911 Memorial amp St Nicholascarpool at 2pm

bull Friday Jan 20th ~ Lock-In Church 7pm (finishes Satmorning 9am)

Contact Diane Skoparantzos skoparantzosdoptonlinenetBill Giantomidis billgiant1yahoocom or Steve Sarigianisstevearchangelsgocorg

AYASteve is organizing a young adult small group to begin thismonth time date and location is to be announced after theNew Year To get connected reach out to himstevearchangelsgocorg or 203-623-5896

AthleticsThe Connecticut Eastern Orthodox Basketball League(CEOBL) 2017 season has now begun and the ConnecticutEastern Orthodox Volleyball League (CEOVL) is gearing upWe hope to have another deep playoff run like we had last sea-son Practices have already started and games will begin the firstweek of January If you or your children are interested in play-ing on the church teams please contact John Skoparantzos(203- 550-6894) or Steve Sarigianis (stevearchangelsgocorg)Come join the fun

The Herald 9

GOYAns Lucas and Niko Giantomidis President Amalia Skoparantzos and Vasili Seitaridis prepare 150 gifts donated by ourparishioners for DOMUS (Dec 8)

John Pasvankias enjoys time with his adorable daughters Emilia(left) and Sophia (right) in the hall at coffee hour following theChristmas Pageant (Dec 18)

Left to right Sophia DeVito Katie Zoumboulis and Zoina Tzavarnasdress as angels for this years Christmas Pageant (Dec 18)

10 The Herald

Greek Language Classes for AdultsThe world is shrinking with globalization and the internet Nowis a great time for adults to learn Modern Greek We are blessedto have an excellent instructor in Dr Eugenia Zavras a biologyProfessor at Fairfield University and past teacher and director ofthe Greek School For information and registration contact herdirectly at (203) 322-9561 or call Jane in the church office203-348-4216

Pilgrimage to RussiaFr Harry and Fr Steve Tsichlis presiding priest of St PaulrsquosGreek Orthodox Church in Irvine CA will co-lead a Pilgrim-age to Russia from Mon May 22 2017 to Sat June 3 Fr IlyaGotlinsky a native Russian Orthodox priest serving a parish inBinghamton NY will be our tour guide The itinerary includesall major holy sites significant cultural centers and periods ofrelaxation

bull St Petersburg Cathedrals ndash Our Lady of Kazan St IsaacSt Nicholas Monasteries ndash St Alexander Nevsky St John ofRila (relics of St John of Kronstadt modern Orthodox Saint)Nvodevichiy Convent Museums ndash Russian Museum and TheHermitage (Icons Rembrandt paintings ndash especially the

Prodigal Son) Smolensk Cemetery (relics of St Xenia) BoatTour through some canals of the city Apartment of Fyodor Dostoyevsky amp his grave (one of greatest modern writers)

bull Moscow (5 full days) The Kremlin ndash Cathedrals (DormitionAnnunciation Archangel Michael) Tomb of Lenin Cathedralsndash St Basilrsquos (Red Square) Kazan Christ the Savior Monas-teries ndash Donskoy (grave of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and relicsof St Tikhon of America) Mary amp Martha Convent (foundedby St Elizabeth modern Saint) Holy Trinity Lavra (relics ofSt Sergius of Radonezh amp St Innocent of America) Museumndash Tretyakov Gallery (with world famous icon of Trinity by StAndrei Rublev along with Russian art through the centuries)Memorial prayers at Butovo where thousands were executedunder Communism including many now considered as Martyrs

Members of both parishes are invited to participate but space islimited to a total of 30 Already a number have indicated inter-est Preliminary price of $3000-$3300person includes every-thing except airfare (which from JFK airport right now is $775on Delta) Contact Fr Harry for further information and toreserve a space now

FuneralsAthina Natsi on Dec 10th who fell asleep in the Lord onDec 7th at 92 years old

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

PARISH NEWS

AHEPAAs we have done in the last three years we plan to show DVDsof an educational lecture series on six FridaysSaturdays in January and February This time the subject will be ldquoFamousGreeksrdquo Monitor your email for the specific dates ContactNicholas Nikas 203-554-5570 niketesyahoocom

The Herald 11

Fr Harry and other clergy were invited by Fr Andrew Awad (hostpastor in middle) to attend and speak at the Memorial for Coptic Orthodox Christians killed on Dec 18 in Egypt at Saints Peter ampAndrew Church (Dec 21)

We are so proud ofthe 40+ childrenfrom Church SchoolGreek SchoolGOYA andHopeJoy who participated in theChristmas Pageantand thank EvelynLolis JanieKonidaris amp AnnaLempesi for all theirhelp organizing(Dec 18)

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

12 The Herald

$2000000

8 The Herald

HopeJoyWhat a wonderful Christmas season we shared together OnDecember 10th our Church held its annual Youth Christmasparty at the Norwalk Inn The event was a collaborative effortbetween multiple ministries including Little Angels Hope ampJoy and the Greek School The event featured fun and gameswith Sunny the Clown Nativity crafts delicious food Christ-mas carols in English and Greek and Santa Claus who gavegifts and took photos with all of the children As we head intothe New Year we have two upcoming events that we encourageall members to attend On Friday January 13th at 600 pm wewill have our next meeting which includes dinner and activitiesat our sister Parish Church of the Annunciation Then on Satur-day February 11th be sure to save the date for our annualldquoValentine Visitrdquo to Atria Senior Living facility Children willmake Valentinersquos Day cards with the residents there and theyare also welcome to sing or play a song for those at the gather-ing If you have any questions or ideas for 2017 please feel freeto contact us by e-mail at cnanosoptonlinenet or by phone at203-249-7403 Hope you have a happy New Year Chris ampLuisa Nanos

GOYAChrist is Born Glorify Him

December was another busy month for our GOYA We had awonderful Meeting amp Nativity Discussion on Sunday Dec 4ththat brought together a dozen teens for meeting food fellow-ship and a discussion about Christrsquos birth in our own lives Wewere pleased that the teens themselves ran the meeting and thatso many offered their thoughts and feelings on their faith Wewish to thank all those who participated in our DOMUS GivingTree gift-drive this year On Thursday Dec 8th several teenscame together with advisors Bill amp Diane to prepare the 150donated gifts for distribution We learned that is always better to

give than receive On Saturday Dec 10th our GOYAns helpedwrap hundreds of Christmas gifts for children in need atINSPIRICA (a local non-profit outreach organization) ndash whichwas both fulfilling and fun Finally 9 teens participated in theYouth Ministry wide Christmas Pageant the Sunday beforeChristmas and we are thrilled at their participation and leader-ship Over 40 children were involved and without our GOYAthis would not have been possible We are thankful for fruitfulyear together in 2016 We pray for peace love joy and strengthto all for the New Year 2017

Teens smile for a group shot on Dec 10 at the INSPIRICA holiday giftwrapping where they wrapped hundreds of gifts for less fortunatechildren alongside dozens of other volunteers

Tina and Bella Hlebogiannis enjoy their time wrapping gifts withGOYA at INSPIRICA (Dec 10)

Zach Muraskin James Pease and Niko Giantomidis sell Christmaswreaths to parishioners after Sunday Liturgy on behalf of the GOYA(Dec 4)

And considering the new year upon us please note the following

bull Wednesday Jan 11th ~ Officers Meeting in library 7pm

bull Sunday Jan 15th ~ Trip to 911 Memorial amp St Nicholascarpool at 2pm

bull Friday Jan 20th ~ Lock-In Church 7pm (finishes Satmorning 9am)

Contact Diane Skoparantzos skoparantzosdoptonlinenetBill Giantomidis billgiant1yahoocom or Steve Sarigianisstevearchangelsgocorg

AYASteve is organizing a young adult small group to begin thismonth time date and location is to be announced after theNew Year To get connected reach out to himstevearchangelsgocorg or 203-623-5896

AthleticsThe Connecticut Eastern Orthodox Basketball League(CEOBL) 2017 season has now begun and the ConnecticutEastern Orthodox Volleyball League (CEOVL) is gearing upWe hope to have another deep playoff run like we had last sea-son Practices have already started and games will begin the firstweek of January If you or your children are interested in play-ing on the church teams please contact John Skoparantzos(203- 550-6894) or Steve Sarigianis (stevearchangelsgocorg)Come join the fun

The Herald 9

GOYAns Lucas and Niko Giantomidis President Amalia Skoparantzos and Vasili Seitaridis prepare 150 gifts donated by ourparishioners for DOMUS (Dec 8)

John Pasvankias enjoys time with his adorable daughters Emilia(left) and Sophia (right) in the hall at coffee hour following theChristmas Pageant (Dec 18)

Left to right Sophia DeVito Katie Zoumboulis and Zoina Tzavarnasdress as angels for this years Christmas Pageant (Dec 18)

10 The Herald

Greek Language Classes for AdultsThe world is shrinking with globalization and the internet Nowis a great time for adults to learn Modern Greek We are blessedto have an excellent instructor in Dr Eugenia Zavras a biologyProfessor at Fairfield University and past teacher and director ofthe Greek School For information and registration contact herdirectly at (203) 322-9561 or call Jane in the church office203-348-4216

Pilgrimage to RussiaFr Harry and Fr Steve Tsichlis presiding priest of St PaulrsquosGreek Orthodox Church in Irvine CA will co-lead a Pilgrim-age to Russia from Mon May 22 2017 to Sat June 3 Fr IlyaGotlinsky a native Russian Orthodox priest serving a parish inBinghamton NY will be our tour guide The itinerary includesall major holy sites significant cultural centers and periods ofrelaxation

bull St Petersburg Cathedrals ndash Our Lady of Kazan St IsaacSt Nicholas Monasteries ndash St Alexander Nevsky St John ofRila (relics of St John of Kronstadt modern Orthodox Saint)Nvodevichiy Convent Museums ndash Russian Museum and TheHermitage (Icons Rembrandt paintings ndash especially the

Prodigal Son) Smolensk Cemetery (relics of St Xenia) BoatTour through some canals of the city Apartment of Fyodor Dostoyevsky amp his grave (one of greatest modern writers)

bull Moscow (5 full days) The Kremlin ndash Cathedrals (DormitionAnnunciation Archangel Michael) Tomb of Lenin Cathedralsndash St Basilrsquos (Red Square) Kazan Christ the Savior Monas-teries ndash Donskoy (grave of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and relicsof St Tikhon of America) Mary amp Martha Convent (foundedby St Elizabeth modern Saint) Holy Trinity Lavra (relics ofSt Sergius of Radonezh amp St Innocent of America) Museumndash Tretyakov Gallery (with world famous icon of Trinity by StAndrei Rublev along with Russian art through the centuries)Memorial prayers at Butovo where thousands were executedunder Communism including many now considered as Martyrs

Members of both parishes are invited to participate but space islimited to a total of 30 Already a number have indicated inter-est Preliminary price of $3000-$3300person includes every-thing except airfare (which from JFK airport right now is $775on Delta) Contact Fr Harry for further information and toreserve a space now

FuneralsAthina Natsi on Dec 10th who fell asleep in the Lord onDec 7th at 92 years old

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

PARISH NEWS

AHEPAAs we have done in the last three years we plan to show DVDsof an educational lecture series on six FridaysSaturdays in January and February This time the subject will be ldquoFamousGreeksrdquo Monitor your email for the specific dates ContactNicholas Nikas 203-554-5570 niketesyahoocom

The Herald 11

Fr Harry and other clergy were invited by Fr Andrew Awad (hostpastor in middle) to attend and speak at the Memorial for Coptic Orthodox Christians killed on Dec 18 in Egypt at Saints Peter ampAndrew Church (Dec 21)

We are so proud ofthe 40+ childrenfrom Church SchoolGreek SchoolGOYA andHopeJoy who participated in theChristmas Pageantand thank EvelynLolis JanieKonidaris amp AnnaLempesi for all theirhelp organizing(Dec 18)

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

12 The Herald

$2000000

And considering the new year upon us please note the following

bull Wednesday Jan 11th ~ Officers Meeting in library 7pm

bull Sunday Jan 15th ~ Trip to 911 Memorial amp St Nicholascarpool at 2pm

bull Friday Jan 20th ~ Lock-In Church 7pm (finishes Satmorning 9am)

Contact Diane Skoparantzos skoparantzosdoptonlinenetBill Giantomidis billgiant1yahoocom or Steve Sarigianisstevearchangelsgocorg

AYASteve is organizing a young adult small group to begin thismonth time date and location is to be announced after theNew Year To get connected reach out to himstevearchangelsgocorg or 203-623-5896

AthleticsThe Connecticut Eastern Orthodox Basketball League(CEOBL) 2017 season has now begun and the ConnecticutEastern Orthodox Volleyball League (CEOVL) is gearing upWe hope to have another deep playoff run like we had last sea-son Practices have already started and games will begin the firstweek of January If you or your children are interested in play-ing on the church teams please contact John Skoparantzos(203- 550-6894) or Steve Sarigianis (stevearchangelsgocorg)Come join the fun

The Herald 9

GOYAns Lucas and Niko Giantomidis President Amalia Skoparantzos and Vasili Seitaridis prepare 150 gifts donated by ourparishioners for DOMUS (Dec 8)

John Pasvankias enjoys time with his adorable daughters Emilia(left) and Sophia (right) in the hall at coffee hour following theChristmas Pageant (Dec 18)

Left to right Sophia DeVito Katie Zoumboulis and Zoina Tzavarnasdress as angels for this years Christmas Pageant (Dec 18)

10 The Herald

Greek Language Classes for AdultsThe world is shrinking with globalization and the internet Nowis a great time for adults to learn Modern Greek We are blessedto have an excellent instructor in Dr Eugenia Zavras a biologyProfessor at Fairfield University and past teacher and director ofthe Greek School For information and registration contact herdirectly at (203) 322-9561 or call Jane in the church office203-348-4216

Pilgrimage to RussiaFr Harry and Fr Steve Tsichlis presiding priest of St PaulrsquosGreek Orthodox Church in Irvine CA will co-lead a Pilgrim-age to Russia from Mon May 22 2017 to Sat June 3 Fr IlyaGotlinsky a native Russian Orthodox priest serving a parish inBinghamton NY will be our tour guide The itinerary includesall major holy sites significant cultural centers and periods ofrelaxation

bull St Petersburg Cathedrals ndash Our Lady of Kazan St IsaacSt Nicholas Monasteries ndash St Alexander Nevsky St John ofRila (relics of St John of Kronstadt modern Orthodox Saint)Nvodevichiy Convent Museums ndash Russian Museum and TheHermitage (Icons Rembrandt paintings ndash especially the

Prodigal Son) Smolensk Cemetery (relics of St Xenia) BoatTour through some canals of the city Apartment of Fyodor Dostoyevsky amp his grave (one of greatest modern writers)

bull Moscow (5 full days) The Kremlin ndash Cathedrals (DormitionAnnunciation Archangel Michael) Tomb of Lenin Cathedralsndash St Basilrsquos (Red Square) Kazan Christ the Savior Monas-teries ndash Donskoy (grave of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and relicsof St Tikhon of America) Mary amp Martha Convent (foundedby St Elizabeth modern Saint) Holy Trinity Lavra (relics ofSt Sergius of Radonezh amp St Innocent of America) Museumndash Tretyakov Gallery (with world famous icon of Trinity by StAndrei Rublev along with Russian art through the centuries)Memorial prayers at Butovo where thousands were executedunder Communism including many now considered as Martyrs

Members of both parishes are invited to participate but space islimited to a total of 30 Already a number have indicated inter-est Preliminary price of $3000-$3300person includes every-thing except airfare (which from JFK airport right now is $775on Delta) Contact Fr Harry for further information and toreserve a space now

FuneralsAthina Natsi on Dec 10th who fell asleep in the Lord onDec 7th at 92 years old

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

PARISH NEWS

AHEPAAs we have done in the last three years we plan to show DVDsof an educational lecture series on six FridaysSaturdays in January and February This time the subject will be ldquoFamousGreeksrdquo Monitor your email for the specific dates ContactNicholas Nikas 203-554-5570 niketesyahoocom

The Herald 11

Fr Harry and other clergy were invited by Fr Andrew Awad (hostpastor in middle) to attend and speak at the Memorial for Coptic Orthodox Christians killed on Dec 18 in Egypt at Saints Peter ampAndrew Church (Dec 21)

We are so proud ofthe 40+ childrenfrom Church SchoolGreek SchoolGOYA andHopeJoy who participated in theChristmas Pageantand thank EvelynLolis JanieKonidaris amp AnnaLempesi for all theirhelp organizing(Dec 18)

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

12 The Herald

$2000000

10 The Herald

Greek Language Classes for AdultsThe world is shrinking with globalization and the internet Nowis a great time for adults to learn Modern Greek We are blessedto have an excellent instructor in Dr Eugenia Zavras a biologyProfessor at Fairfield University and past teacher and director ofthe Greek School For information and registration contact herdirectly at (203) 322-9561 or call Jane in the church office203-348-4216

Pilgrimage to RussiaFr Harry and Fr Steve Tsichlis presiding priest of St PaulrsquosGreek Orthodox Church in Irvine CA will co-lead a Pilgrim-age to Russia from Mon May 22 2017 to Sat June 3 Fr IlyaGotlinsky a native Russian Orthodox priest serving a parish inBinghamton NY will be our tour guide The itinerary includesall major holy sites significant cultural centers and periods ofrelaxation

bull St Petersburg Cathedrals ndash Our Lady of Kazan St IsaacSt Nicholas Monasteries ndash St Alexander Nevsky St John ofRila (relics of St John of Kronstadt modern Orthodox Saint)Nvodevichiy Convent Museums ndash Russian Museum and TheHermitage (Icons Rembrandt paintings ndash especially the

Prodigal Son) Smolensk Cemetery (relics of St Xenia) BoatTour through some canals of the city Apartment of Fyodor Dostoyevsky amp his grave (one of greatest modern writers)

bull Moscow (5 full days) The Kremlin ndash Cathedrals (DormitionAnnunciation Archangel Michael) Tomb of Lenin Cathedralsndash St Basilrsquos (Red Square) Kazan Christ the Savior Monas-teries ndash Donskoy (grave of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and relicsof St Tikhon of America) Mary amp Martha Convent (foundedby St Elizabeth modern Saint) Holy Trinity Lavra (relics ofSt Sergius of Radonezh amp St Innocent of America) Museumndash Tretyakov Gallery (with world famous icon of Trinity by StAndrei Rublev along with Russian art through the centuries)Memorial prayers at Butovo where thousands were executedunder Communism including many now considered as Martyrs

Members of both parishes are invited to participate but space islimited to a total of 30 Already a number have indicated inter-est Preliminary price of $3000-$3300person includes every-thing except airfare (which from JFK airport right now is $775on Delta) Contact Fr Harry for further information and toreserve a space now

FuneralsAthina Natsi on Dec 10th who fell asleep in the Lord onDec 7th at 92 years old

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

PARISH NEWS

AHEPAAs we have done in the last three years we plan to show DVDsof an educational lecture series on six FridaysSaturdays in January and February This time the subject will be ldquoFamousGreeksrdquo Monitor your email for the specific dates ContactNicholas Nikas 203-554-5570 niketesyahoocom

The Herald 11

Fr Harry and other clergy were invited by Fr Andrew Awad (hostpastor in middle) to attend and speak at the Memorial for Coptic Orthodox Christians killed on Dec 18 in Egypt at Saints Peter ampAndrew Church (Dec 21)

We are so proud ofthe 40+ childrenfrom Church SchoolGreek SchoolGOYA andHopeJoy who participated in theChristmas Pageantand thank EvelynLolis JanieKonidaris amp AnnaLempesi for all theirhelp organizing(Dec 18)

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

12 The Herald

$2000000

FuneralsAthina Natsi on Dec 10th who fell asleep in the Lord onDec 7th at 92 years old

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

PARISH NEWS

AHEPAAs we have done in the last three years we plan to show DVDsof an educational lecture series on six FridaysSaturdays in January and February This time the subject will be ldquoFamousGreeksrdquo Monitor your email for the specific dates ContactNicholas Nikas 203-554-5570 niketesyahoocom

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Fr Harry and other clergy were invited by Fr Andrew Awad (hostpastor in middle) to attend and speak at the Memorial for Coptic Orthodox Christians killed on Dec 18 in Egypt at Saints Peter ampAndrew Church (Dec 21)

We are so proud ofthe 40+ childrenfrom Church SchoolGreek SchoolGOYA andHopeJoy who participated in theChristmas Pageantand thank EvelynLolis JanieKonidaris amp AnnaLempesi for all theirhelp organizing(Dec 18)

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

12 The Herald

$2000000

The Data (as of December 21 2016) Total Commitments $2000000

Total Commitments Paid $1607000

Total Number of Households 136

The RequirementsThe General Assembly of May 4 2015 set the following hur-dles to be reached before the commencement of construction

Total Commitments Hurdle $1500000

Cash in Hand Hurdle $ 726000

Both hurdle requirements have been met

Donors should ideally spread pledges over a three-yearperiod For new pledges that would be between 2016 and2018 Pledges may be accompanied by an initial donationtoward the first yearrsquos pledge though remitting the entirefirst yearrsquos pledge amount can be done later in the course of2016 if preferred

The ExpensesThe Campaignrsquos expenses to date include Assistance fromthe Archdiocese Development Office architectural fees pro-duction of solicitation materials and event planning These are in addition to salary amp benefits forparish office support hired on in September 2014 The Campaignrsquos responsibility for seeding thisoffice support expense terminates on October 1 2017

Inasmuch as funds are likely to be required on a regular basis once construction commences theGeneral Assembly gave the Campaign Committee the right to go to a bank and discount anyunpaid pledge amounts in order to have funds available to meet expenses Preliminary plans forthe remodel are on display in the Hall

The Matching GrantWe achieved the $250000 Matching Grant hurdle and the donor has delivered the matching fundsWe are ever grateful for this creative and impactful gesture on the part of the donor

PLEDGES Anonymous (6)Evangeline AdamsMichael and Jena AnthonyGeorge and Katina AntipasAngelo and Dena AravidesArchangels SeniorsGeorge BadoyannisDemetri and Constance BegetisMichael and Mimika BlancTheodore Burtt Jr and Sophia GevasSophie CaloutasNitsa ChagarisPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChochosJames W and Margaret CocolisGlenn and Angie ColarossiHarry CondosSavet ConstantineNicholas DaifotisDr James and Deborah DamascusGregg and Mary Beth DemetrosMatthew and Maria De VitoElias and Anna DiamantisPeter and Ruth DiamondStephen and Margaret FornaciariPeter Gabriel and Mary BadoyannisStephen and Tina GeorgeouEffie GianosWilliam GrossoRita HaralambidisTimothy and Sophia HartchBrian Irizarry and Gigi PerimenisWillian and Mary JanochaDenton and Rachel Jones

William and Bertha JonesJames and Sylvia KambasChris and Elaine KanosJohn KantzasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSophia KaridasGeorge KhouriArthur and Elaine KiratsousAnnie KonidarisJason and Janie KonidarisNick and Pauline KounevelisPam KoutroubisElias N KulukundisStewart and Kim LeonardPeter and Yolanda LicopantisGeorge and Angie LinesElias and Evelyn LolisJ Andrew MacEntire Family Charitable FundBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMarc and Maria MagliacanoJames and Kyriaki MarcarelloEric and Lea MedowRita MehosNicholas MoisiadesDr Alan and Marietta MorelliTom and Melissa MoulketisChris A and Luisa NanosChris P and Pam NanosChristopher P and Christine NanosGeorge and Amy NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosPeter C NanosTheodore and Ann Nanos

Theophilos and Friderika NicolisNicholas NikasMark and Maria OtisGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Presbytera PappasPeter and Joan PaspalisKimon and Julie PassiosTom and Nike PassiosJohn PasvankiasGeorge and Jane PerkinsKatie PerimenisDr Peter and Carmen PerimenisStefanos and Stamatia PetsasFather George and Presbytera PoulosMaria PoulosPeter and Geri PoulosStephen and Susan RootLee and Maria SampanisJoseph and Rebecca SamraPericles and Erika SentementesRobert and Branislava ShekhdarKen and Maria ShepardTheodore and Diane SierpinaLouis and Anna SiolesCatherine SofronasAgesilaos and Molly SotireSotiris and Nicoletta SouliosDemosthenes and Anthea SperidakosKonstantinos and Bonnie SpetsarisHelen StamatiadesEvan and Roula StergiannisDr Stelios Theofanides andDr Elizabeth SideridesDemetrios and Leda Tsapralis

Katina and Margaret TsirantonakisAlkiviadis and Matoula ValassisSoulafreda ValassisDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisSteven and Antonia ValassisBasil and Terri VanechNadine VasilacopoulosJohn and Medina VasilyArgyris and Ann VassiliouAngelica VersesJane VorvisPeter M VorvisPaul and Goldie WinnNicholas and Kyriaki YoranidisNicole Yoranidis

NON-PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONSLadies Philoptochos SocietyChurch of the ArchangelsArchangels Greek School P T OAnonymous (3)Peter and Christine AntipasEvangelos Aposporis and VictoriaDe Melo PazMary Louise BennettDean BouloukosPeter Cholakis and Teresa CassidyHelen ChagarisJeanette ChagarisJames and Marge CocolisPopi DemakosKatherine FerentinosGeorge and Pauline GalurisPeter GalurisPeter and Soulafreda Hantes

Chris and Athena HarisisTim and Sophia HartchJim and Sylvia KambasMaryanne KardarisDr Anna KaridasSteve KatsetosBasile KatsikisAnnie KonidarisJanie KonidarisJohn KonidarisMiles and Joan KulukundisNatalie KulukundisNick and Vicki KyriakosStacy and John LouizosJohn and Joella LykouretzosBob and Cassie MacFarlaneMichelle MarmarinosNikephoros MatthewsMr and Mrs Jerry MinetosChris and Luisa NanosChris and Pam NanosChristopher and Christine NanosGeorge and Any NanosPaul and Debbie NanosPenny NanosNicholas NikasPhil and Frederika NikolisJohn PantelJohn and Evanthia PanulasGeorge and Cindy PaparisFather Harry and Kerry PappasKimon and Julie PassiosJohn PasvankiasStephen and Ana RippDr Nicholas and Serene RomasScott and Helen Santoro

Nancy SavaidesAristotle SentementesNestor SgourosKen and Maria ShepardBob and Ann SimonAggie and Molly SotireJim and Freda StantonDr Steven and Anastasia ValassisDennis and Marion VansonJohn and Medina VasilyEvangelos and Denise VenturasStephanie-Eva VenturasJoanne VersesHelene and Manoucher Yektai

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS James W and Margaret CocolisPopi DemakosSharon FornaciariGeorge and Larissa GentekosChristos and Demetra HalkiasWilliam and Mary JanochaMargot KalaizesAnnie KonidarisElias N KulukundisJohn and Stacy LouizosWilliam and Diana MihaltseNicholas NikasTom and Nike PassiosTimothy and Maria ScanlonDiane SierpinaMihai and Cristina Smina

The Capital Campaign CommitteeElias N Kulukundis Chairman JasonKonidaris Vice Chairman Father Harry PappasMary Badoyannis Peter Cholakis WilliamGrosso Timothy Hartch James W KambasGeorge Khouri Peter Licopantis Penny NanosChris A Nanos Chris P Nanos George PaparisThomas Passios Gigi Perimenis Katie Perimenis Jane Dragonas Perkins R J VassiliouBasil N Vanech

The Capital CampaignThe goal is to raise $2200000 over a three-yearperiod from 2014 to 2017 now extended to2018 The purpose of the Campaign is to fundupgrading and renewal of the church campusand ministry with specific emphasis on theChurch Hall and offices and minor cosmeticimprovements in the Church itself bringing ourcampus into the 21st Century In addition theamount includes the sum of $150000 to fundthe salary and benefits of an AdministrativeAssistant for the Church for three years afterwhich the Church will take over funding thatcost from stewardship There are no plans to utilize any of these funds for repairs or improvements to the Greek Cultural Center

C H U R C H O F T H E A R C H A N G E L S C A P I TA L C A M PA I G N

OUR GOAL$2200000

The Contributors (as of December 21 2016)

12 The Herald

$2000000