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+++ UPCOMING EVENTS
Greek Fest 60th Anniversary --- Friday-Sunday, June 13, 14, 15 at State Fair Park. Hours will be 11AM-9PM on Friday and Saturday and from 11AM-6PM on Sunday. We need volunteer helpers. Anyone interested in leading a booth or volunteering should reach out to Festival Chairman Michael Stavropoulos or connect with a tent chairman to confirm your volunteering efforts. Please see the flyer for more information!
+++ PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Catherine "Cathy" Cavros fell asleep in the Lord on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at the age of 96. The Funeral Service at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church will be held on Tuesday, May 27 at 11:00am, with visitation preceding at 10:00am. Burial prayers will be offered at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Cemetery.
Presvytera Joanne A. Gavrilos fell asleep in the Lord on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at the age of 79. The Funeral Service at St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in Sheboygan, WI, will be held on Friday, May 30 at 11:00am, with visitation preceding at 9:00am.
Congratulations to Gabriel Tsioutsiopoulos and his parents, Dimitrios & Despina Tsioutsiopoulos, for the 40-day churching on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Gabriel was born on Sunday, April 6, 2025.
Congratulations to Gracelyn (Charitina) & Elizabeth Evans for being baptized into the Orthodox Christian faith on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Gracie’s godparents are Rachel & Dennis Fournogerakis. Ellie’s godparents are Olivia & Michael Pagedas.
CHURCH OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR --- Regrettably, the new highly qualified hire as our full-time Church Office Administrator accepted another position before beginning work at Annunciation. We thank our devoted volunteers for helping us this past week and helping us manage our office needs going forward, including the March/April Koinonia (Newsletter). Considering our current office challenges, we ask everyone for your understanding, patience and cooperation as we are now again and very actively looking for the right person to be hired for this much-needed full-time position. The link to our job-posting, in case you (or a qualified person you know) are (is) interested, is https://jobs.jopilot.net/job/Od0gb5UB_CyF9o_0C-OU0325
Sarah Kojis, our part-time Financial Admin, can be reached for all financial and stewardship matters at accounting@annunciationwi.org or 414-279-0379 on Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays.
STEWARDSHIP --- As of Friday, May 23, 2025, we have received 217 Stewardship Pledges totaling $322,249.80. To date, we received $184,164.83 from Pledged Households and $33,284.75 from non-pledged households and donors. Help us reach our goal of $450,000. If you haven’t already done so, please submit your 2025 Pledge form ASAP, so we reach our goal of 400+ Pledged Households before summer. The 2025 Stewardship Pledge Form is available in the Office, in each Koinonia edition, and you can also submit your pledge form ONLINE on our website www.annunciationwi.org.
2025 PHILOPTOCHOS MEMBERSHIP FORM --- Available in the past Koinonias online, and in the display bins opposite the bookstore.
FANARI SUMMER CAMP --- 5 Sessions/Weeks – June 15 to July 19, 2025
Learn more and register now at https://www.fanari.camp/summer-camp
Fr. Ciprian & Pres. Maggie will be attending/helping Fanari Session/Week 5 (Sun, July 13 to Sat, Jul 19, 2025). Lighthouse runs June 22-June 29.
LIGHTHOUSE CAMP --- Sat, June 21 – Sat, June 28, 2025 (High School Graduates Only)
Learn more and register now at https://chicago.goarch.org/lighthouse
As usual, our parish will be hosting all the High School Light House campers at our parish for the Divine Liturgy of Sunday, June 22nd, which is part of their program.
GREEK FEST APPAREL SALE --- The 60th Anniversary of GreekFest is fast approaching. The Apparel sale is continuing today in the Cultural Center after Liturgy. Youth and adult T-shirts are only $10.00. Sweatshirts are priced at $25.00. The pre-sales will end on Sunday, June 8. The festival pricing will be $15.00 for all t-shirts and $30.00 for all sweatshirts after June 8th and on the fairgrounds. The Annunciation gray long sleeve t-shirts will also be available for $20. The festival chairman is asking all volunteers to wear the 60th anniversary shirts while working at the festival. Contact Loretta at lorettakrenitsky@gmail.com or 262-366-2332 with any questions. Please see the flyer for more information!
Confirming the Evangelical Spirit of our Holy Metropolis --- To read this Follow-up Encyclical on Catechumen Prayers by His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HHb7X3kzMIyEOILOi7RGeSbv1HgovID8/view?usp=drive_link.
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