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PRESENTATION OF CHRIST
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
CURRENT
APRIL 2020
Dear Parish Family,
On Holy Saturday April 7, 2018 the hillside next to our
church collapsed, leaving over 30 families homeless.
In this moment, the Lord was calling our community to action. You responded. And
your response began new relationships with our neighbors, and new ministries within
our Church.
Today our neighborhood and the entire world are faced with the threat of the COVID-
19. As He did in April of 2018, the Lord is calling us to live out our faith by loving our
neighbors.
Once again, you are responding. Many of us have taken time to look in on one another
within our Church family. A small group of non-high-risk members of our Outreach
Ministry Team have intensified our monthly distribution of prepared meals. The same
team also increased the number of Food Pantries we have each month.
We are responding to our neighbors’ needs, but this calling is two-fold. The Lord has
allowed this lock-down to occur in the middle of Great Lent. By doing so, He has made
time in our busy schedules for the pillars of our fasting: prayer, repentance, alms-
giving, and dietary changes. We can choose to spend our new found time binge-
watching TV shows, or we can use it to examine our hearts, meditate on Scripture, and
grow closer to Him. Let us respond to this as well!
God is directing us to be attentive to the needs of our neighbors, and to His Word. Let
us also be attentive to the words of our medical professionals and spiritual leaders by
following to the protocols in place until directed otherwise. Pray for one another, pray
for the whole world, and may these circumstances grant us an even more spiritually
fruitful journey to the Resurrection.
See you at (Virtual) Church!
Fr. Dean
A Note from President and Stewardship
Chairman Steve Markantone
Interesting
Times
There is an old Chinese curse “may you live in interesting Times”. In the
past several years we have seen several interesting phenomenon. Nothing
can be more interesting than the effects of the coronavirus. At times it
seems as if everything is out of our control. We experience episodes of
frustration, anger and self-pity. It is at these times that it is most important
that we remain committed to our core beliefs in God, the church, and each
other.
When you cannot control what is happening. Challenge yourself to control
the way you respond to what is happening.
This may be a great time to practice the lessons we learn both in the Bible
as well as in church. Random acts of kindness either a smile, calling an old
friend, or helping someone that is shut in; can go a long way.
Ypapanti is a special community, if you are in need, please do not hesitate
to reach out to anyone in our church. I am sure that they will be more than
glad to lend a hand. Who knows you reaching out may just be what they
needed as well.
37TH ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF CHRIST CHURCH
GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL - AUGUST 20, 21, 22, 23 - 2020
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FOR PAYMENT WITH A CREDIT CARD, CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE AT 412-824-9188
DEADLINE: JULY 30, 2020 • THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
“Oh Lord I have loved the beauty of Your House, the place
where Your Glory abides.”
Join us! On Saturday of Lazarus
(Matins 8:30/Divine Liturgy 9:30)
As we prepare our church grounds in anticipation of Holy Week
And Pascha!
GARDEN CLEAN-UP
MULCH PARTY
CHURCH CLEANING DAY
Good Friday Memorial
Please list first names only of your beloved
deceased below. Please print clearly and return
the list to the church office before the
Good Friday evening service.
ALL SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE
TO WATCH ON
It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!
No Facebook account
necessary!
1. Visit www.facebook.com/
2. PresentationOfChrist
3.
If you do not already have
a FB account, select
“Decline” when prompted
to create a new account
4. Scroll down the page to
the live video feed
Tentative Holy Week Worship Schedule
Sunday, March 12th to Saturday, March 18th
Services Daily – See Bulletin or Website for Latest Updates
Palm Sunday
th
April 12 8:30 AM, Matins - 9:30 AM, Divine Liturgy - 5:00 PM, Bridegroom Service
Holy Monday
th
April 13 6:00 PM, Bridegroom Service
Holy Tuesday
th
April 14 9:30 AM, Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts - 6:30 PM, Bridegroom Service
Holy Wednesday
th
April 15 9:30 AM, Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts - 6:30 PM, Service of Holy Unction
8:00 PM, Matins of Holy Thursday
Holy Thursday
April 16th 9:30 AM, Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts - 6:30 PM, Service of the Twelve Passion Gospels
and Matins of Holy Friday
Holy Friday
th
April 17 9:30 AM, Kouvouklion Decorating - 3:00 PM, Removal From the Cross and
Vespers of Holy Saturday - 6:30 PM, Lamentations Service/Matins of Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday
th
April 18 9:30 AM, Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil - 11:00 PM, CHRIST IS RISEN!
Resurrection Service and Agape Meal
Pascha Sunday
Agape Vespers - 11:30 AM
Presentation of Christ Greek Orthodox Church
1672 Electric Ave.| East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 412-824-9188 | www.presentationofchristpgh.orgGreat and Holy Lent 2020 - WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Beginning the week of Monday, March 2nd
Services Daily First Week of Lent – See Bulletin or Website
Mondays
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Great Compline, 5:00 PM
Wednesdays
March 4, 18
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gift, 6:00 PM
Orthodox Adult Education, 7:30 PM
Fridays
March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3
Salutations to the Mother of God/Akathist Hymn, 6:30 PM
Presentation of Christ Greek Orthodox Church
1672 Electric Ave.| East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 412-824-9188 | www.presentationofchristpgh.orgIf you wish to sponsor one or more of the following items for
Lent and/or Holy Week, please complete this form and return it, along with your
preferred form of payment, to the church office.
Easter Lily …………………………………………………………………… $20
Number of Plants _______ x $20 = Total Lily Donation $_______
Pascha Card…………………………………………………………………. $15
Name as Listed on Card _________________________________
Cartons of Eggs for coloring …………………………………...………….. $25
Egg Dye and other decorations for the eggs …………………………….. $25
Beeswax Altar Candles for Holy Week Services…………………………. $75
Epitaphian Candles………………………………………………………….. $50
Flowers for Salutations Services (each service)…….…………………… $50
Incense for use throughout the year……………………………………….. $100
Olive Oil for Holy Wednesday………………………………………………. $25
Palms for Palm Sunday……………………………………………………… $50
Rose Petals for the First Resurrection and Epitaphion Services……….. $100
Rosewater for Great and Holy Friday……………………………………… $25
Veneration of the Cross Flowers…………………………………………… $150
Winding Sheet for the Body of Christ………………………………………. $75
Wreath of the Bridegroom Icon……………………………………………… $75
Any Item! Any amount $__________
Total Amount
Name: of Donation: $
Phone: Cash Check
You can also sponsor items using the church’s on-line giving feature!
Visit www.presentationofchristpgh.orgFestival Food Ingredients
Sponsor a portion (or all!) of your favorite dish - all of us have one! Select the ingredient
by circling it and enter the amount you wish to donate. You can also sponsor items using the
church’s on-line giving feature! Visit www.presentationofchristpgh.org
Gyros Pastries
Gyro Meat $4,000 Flour $100
Tzatziki $700 Sugar $50
Pita Bread $850 Eggs $200
Souvlakia Butter $1,500
Lamb $1,000 Walnuts $500
Chicken $1,600 Milk $300
Pork $2,000 Honey $300
Charcoal $500 Spanakopita/Triopita
Beverages Filo $500
Beer $1,200 Feta Cheese $1000
Wine $1,200 Spinach $250
Main Dishes Other Cheeses $500
Chicken Greco $1,300 Moussaka/Pastitsio
Fish Plaki $1,500 Pasta $250
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Lamb Shanks $1,000 Ground Beef $1,500
Sides Eggplant $200
French Fries $500 Pantry
Rice $300 Vegetables $1,500
Dinner Rolls & Butter $500 Herbs & Spices $1,000
Grape Leaves $750 Olives $200
Desserts Oils $650
Ice Cream $400 Lemons/Lemon juice $150
Total Amount
Name: of Donation: $
Phone: Cash CheckAs we continue to practice social distancing
and shelter in our homes, I encourage all of
you to increase, or establish, a daily prayer
rule.
Should you wish to hold “Reader’s Services”
in your homes, Service texts can be found at
http://www.agesinitiatives.com/dcs/public/
dcs/dcs.html
As always, your priest is available to bring
you the Eucharist. -- FRDK
S
YASOU News
YASOU MEMBERS INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN THEM
* Saturday, April 25 --1:00 Woodland Hills High School Musical --"Jesus Christ Superstar”
Contact Mary Doreza for tickets - $12.00 – and scheduling updates
* Thursday, May 21 --2:00 Pittsburgh Public Theatre --"Barefoot in the Park"
Contact Mary Doreza for tickets - $20.00 – and scheduling updates
* Saturday, July 11 --All day bus trip to Erie Greek Festival
Contact Deborah Grysiak for price information and scheduling updatesGreek Food Festival – Pastry Schedule
As of March 20, 2020
Product Date Day Time Chairperson
Kourambiethes April 7, 2020 Tuesday 9:00 AM Baking Committee
Kourambiethes April 23, 2020 Thursday 9:00 AM Baking Committee
Koulourakia May 5, 2020 Tuesday 9:00 AM Lucy Koutsavlis
Koulourakia May 14, 2020 Thursday 9:00 AM Lucy Koutsavlis
Karithopita June 8, 2020 Monday 10:00 AM Alaina & Paulina
Karithopita June 9, 2020 Tuesday 10:00 AM Alaina & Paulina
Pasta Flora July 14, 2020 Tuesday 9:00 AM Baking Committee
Baklava July 21, 2020 Tuesday 9:00 AM Baking Committee
Finikia TBD
Finikia TBD
Greek Food Festival – Food Schedule
As of March 20, 2020
Product Date Day Time Chairperson
Spanakopita
May 18, 2020 Monday 10:00 AM Sandy Rosvanis, Kathy Athans
(Prep)
Spanakopita May 19, 2020 Tuesday 9:00 AM Sandy Rosvanis, Kathy Athans
Spanakopita May 20, 2020 Wednesday 9:00 AM Sandy Rosvanis, Kathy Athans
Tiropita June 2, 2020 Tuesday 9:00 AM Sandy Rosvanis, Kathy Athans
Tiropita June 3, 2020 Wednesday 9:00 AM Sandy Rosvanis, Kathy Athans
Souvlakia TBD
Pastitsio TBD
Moussaka TBD
Lamb Shanks TBD
Souzoukakia TBDPRESENTATION OF CHRIST CHURCH 37TH ANNUAL YPAPANTI GREEK FOOD
FESTIVAL - AUGUST 20TH TO THE 23rd, 2020
Join the Team to Contribute your TIME, TALENT, and TREASURE in any way
you can! First Festival Meeting is MONDAY, MARCH 23, at 7:00 PM (in the
Olympia Hall Library)
Ways You Can Contribute
• Enjoy the fellowship of working together as an “Ypapanti Team” and attend
the baking & cooking sessions or volunteer for one more shift than you did last
year at the Festival. And don’t forget help is always needed for set-up and
clean-up of the Festival!
• Share the Joy! Invite your friends and family to join you for a meal at the
festival; or, encourage them to volunteer for a festival shift.
• Publicize the festival! Share on social media, distribute festival tri-fold flyers to
local businesses & gathering places or display a lawn sign in your yard during the
month of August.
• The Album Ad Book! Sell an album ad to a business or sponsor an album ad for
your family.
• Ingredient Sponsorships! Help support the cost of the food ingredients by
sponsoring part, or all, of your favorite!
• Festival Dollars! Purchase “festival dollars” and give them as gifts throughout
the summer.
• Be welcoming and share your festival energy with our guests.
• Pray that God will bless Ypapanti with the BEST FESTIVAL EVER!
The festival is the Parish’s largest fundraiser. Your help is very much
appreciated.
Mary Doreza, 2020 Festival Chairperson Rev. Fr. Dean Kokanos, Parish Priest
1672 Electric Avenue, PO BOX J. East Pittsburgh, PA 15112 • Tel: (412) 824-
9188 • www.PresentationOfChristPgh.orgFESTIVAL VOLUNTEER SIGN -UPS
Please circle the shifts you are available to work - All effort will be made to accommodate your preference
Please return this form to Mary Doreza or the church office by July 30, 2020.
Your assignment will be emailed to you in August.
Saturday, August 15th Set-up Noon
Wednesday, August 19th Set-up 10:00 AM or 6:00 PM
Thursday, August 20th
(A) 8:00 AM to Noon (B) 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (C) 3:00 PM to 7 PM (D) 6:00 PM to 10 PM
Station Preference:
Friday, August 21st
(A) 8:00 AM to Noon (B) 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (C) 3:00 PM to 7 PM (D) 6:00 PM to 10 PM
Station Preference:
Saturday, August 22nd
(A) 8:00 AM to Noon (B) 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (C) 3:00 PM to 7 PM (D) 6:00 PM to 10 PM
Station Preference:
Sunday, August 23rd
(A) 8:00 AM to Noon (B) 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (C) 3:00 PM to 7 PM (D) 6:00 PM to 10 PM
Station Preference:
Monday, August 24th Clean-up 10:00 AM or 6:00 PM
NAME.............................................................................. PHONE .........................................
ADDRESS.................................................................................................................................
E-Mail...............................................................................................................................................
If you are not available to work any of the above shifts; please indicate another 3- or 4-hour
shift which is more convenient for you. Example: Thursday-5:30-9:30HOUSE AND BUSINESS BLESSINGS 2020
Every year, on the Feast of Theophany, Orthodox Christians around the world have a
blessing of the waters to celebrate the Baptism of Christ and the revealing of the Holy
Trinity to mankind.
We then receive the blessing of this Holy Water to renew ourselves in Christ and to
remind ourselves that through Christ all things are again made clean. We also extend
this blessing to our homes and businesses to wipe away temptations and attacks that
might lead us away from Christ.
If you wish to have Fr. Dean bless your home and/or business, please complete the
form below and return it to the Church.
Name:_____________________________________________________________________________
Phone:_____________________________________________________________________________
Street Address:______________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip:______________________________________________________________________
Please Suggest three (3) dates that might work for a house blessing.
1.)________________________________________________________________________________
2.)________________________________________________________________________________
3.)________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for taking the time to complete this form. You may place it in the Sunday
collection basket, mail it to the Church, or email it to Fr. Dean at
FatherDeanKokanos@gmail.com
1672 Electric Avenue PO BOX J East Pittsburgh, PA 15112Did you turn
in your 2020
pledge card!
Just click the “online giving!” Tab on the website!
(You can still do it at Church or through the mail - Don’t forget to fill out the back!)
Every card gets us closer to completing our icon!
98 of 136 Pieces are in Place! Is yours?Lenten Parish Project
WE ARE STILL COLLECTING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS
for the McKeesport Homeless Shelter
Supplies needed to prepare 125 Hygiene Care Packages include:
125 Cotton Hand Towels 51 Still Needed
125 Cotton Washcloths Goal Reached!
125 Tubes of Lip Balm (sealed) 67 Still Needed
125 Nail Clippers Goal Reached!
125 Bath Size Bars of Soap (sealed) Goal Reached!
125 Toothbrush (packaged) 22 Still Needed
1,250 Standard Size Band-Aids 200 Still Needed
125 Gallon size Zip Lock Bags Goal Reached!
ITEMS FOR THE PROJECT may be DONATED through an Amazon Registry
(https://amzn.to/2VQrEnO)
or
Items can be PURCHASED and brought to the CHURCH collection area in the
foyer of Olympia Hall
The church is also accepting TWIN BED FITTED SHEETS and new or used
ADULT SIZE COATSPresentation of Christ Greek Orthodox Church
1672 Electric Avenue, PO Box J, East Pittsburgh, PA 15112 - 412-824-9188
Website: www.PresentationofChristPgh.org …… Follow us on Facebook
@PresentationofChrist
Under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, His Eminence Elpidophoros
Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and His Eminence Metropolitan Savas.
The mission of the Presentation of Christ is to proclaim with joy the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to
teach and spread the Orthodox Christian Faith and to be a community devoted to and energized
by the love of God and our neighbor.
Rev. Fr. Constantine Kokanos Sunday Services
Cell Phone: 412-760-7203 Matins – 8:30 AM
Email: FatherDeanKokanos@gmail.com Divine Liturgy – 9:30 AM
Stefanos Giannikas, Chanter Paraklesis Service – Wednesday at 6:30 PM
Filia Arvanitis, Chanter Orthodox Adult Education - Wednesday at 7:30 PM
Thomas Rosvanis, Chanter
Nancy Philpot, Admin Assistant Email: PresentationOfChristOffice@gmail.com
Nancy’s Office Hours: 9 to 3, Tuesday to Friday Office Phone: 412-824-9188
Office Fax: 412-824-9740
2020 Parish Council Members
Steve Markantone 724-325-1729 Paula Borsch 412-721-1840
President Treasurer
Stan Prestogeorge 412-824-5033 Anastasia Andrews 412-398-3194
Vice President Treasurer
Tom Rosvanis 412-373-5057
Vice President
Peter J Anthony 412-596-5348 Petros Mantzouridis 412-780-0201
Tasso Athans 724-864-5252 Jaime Orfanopoulos 412-302-1495
Deborah Grysiak 412-371-2465 Tootie Pranis 412-373-1270
Ernie Kampetis 412-892-9096 Richard Voltz 412-798-8177
Sophie Koutsavlis 412-461-8246
Organizations & Committees
Y.A.S.O.U. Tootie Pranis, Co-President; Mike Orson, Co-President
Philoptochos Sylvia Graziano, President
Choir Tom Rosvanis, Director & President
Organists Marguerite Ellis; Roula Kyros
Young Professionals Steve and Chris Burns
Y.A.L. Nick Stupakis; Dean Leventopoulos
Grecian Odyssey Mary Doreza, Director; Elias Bardis, President
Dancers
Junior Olympian Michelle Kotsagrelos, Director; Jamie Orfanopoulos, Director; Elias
Dancers Bardis, Asst. Director; Maria Bardis, Asst. Director
GAPA Elias Bardis, President
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