WORSHIP SCHEDULE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHRIST IS RISEN!

PASCHA PICNIC at ALEXIOS RETREAT CENTER

Saturday April 18, 12 PM Agape Vespers, followed by Pascha lunch with roasted lamb, music, dancing, fishing, canoeing, hiking, basketball. Bring the whole family for a beautiful casual picnic with Metropolitan Sevastianos. RSVP to Marlene 864-732-1532, with your church name and number of people. Fr Anthony and Presvytera are going! Located in Salem, South Carolina - click here to view ARC

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

Thursday May 7, 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM at The Classic Center, with Keynote Speaker Gov. Brian Kemp. $35 per person includes hot breakfast and free parking. Buy Tickets Here

OCF

• Chew & Chat Tuesday, April 14 6:30 PM at the McClain's, 202 Plantation Rd, Bishop GA. Elections for 2026-27 officers
• ALUMNI EVENT Sunday, April 26,5:15 PM at the church. Open to current and all past OCF members for food and fellowship.
• OCF FORMAL DANCE Saturday, May 2, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at The Clayton School, 335 E Clayton St, Athens, GA. See flyer below for how to buy tickets and more info, or go to UGA GroupMe.

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME!

Friday, May 22 - St Philothea Group Night at the Gwinnet Stripers vs Charlotte Knights. There will be fireworks at end of game. Group Rate $18 per person, free for kids 3 and under, $6 for parking (50% off). Please help us plan the number of tickets by filling out this form: GWINNET STRIPERS GAME

REGISTRATION FOR TLAA NOW OPEN Read more

TEAM LISTS: CLICK HERE.

If you would like to be added or removed from a team, text Presvytera at 706-340-6366. Remember...you are not required to be on a team, and everyone is welcome to stay and eat whether on a team or not. This is an AGAPE meal!

THE COUNCIL OF MINISTRIES

VIEW THE CoM CHART HERE

Philanthropy & Outreach

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING -this week!

Apr 15 at 7:00 PM

ST OLYMPIA SISTERHOOD FELLOWSHIP

Next gathering date is Apr 23 (note date change!) All women of the parish are invited to come for refreshment and fellowship. Call Presvytera to be added to the GroupMe to get all the details. 706-340-6366

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP

Apr 20 at 7:00 pm at church. You can obtain your discussion book, “Memory Eternal” from the church bookstore.

ACTS FOOD BANK **FIRST Tuesday every other month

June 2, 9:00 to 1:00 pm to stock shelves at the Area Churches Together Serving food bank of Oconee County. 130 E Thompson St, Bogart **Come-and-Help

SPAGHETTI DINNER

Thursday May 14, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

OCF CHEW & CHAT DINNERS - SIGN UP

2026 Schedule: Consider sponsoring dinner for the college students on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month - Apr 14. We are a big group this year and we encourage co-hosting with other families. See SIGN UP DATES HERE

BIGGER VISION DINNERS **4th Monday- NEXT: Apr 27.

We provide a protein, vegetable, starch and serve at the Bigger Vision homeless shelter. To learn more about it go to our BV webpage ...and... Join the BV GroupMe.

Education

SUNDAY SCHOOL & CGS NEWS WEBPAGE

• Parent Volunteers: Flower Donations for Atrium - Sign Up HERE

BYZANTINE CHANT LESSONS

For beginners to learn Byzantine notation. Wednesday evenings after church. (approx. 7:00 pm).

INQUIRER'S CLASS

This is open to those who want to learn more about the Orthodox Church. Please email prchristine@ilicons.us for more information. Class runs from September to January then Lenten services are the practicum for Inquirers. We will schedule a meet and greet with new inquirers probably after Pascha. Stay tuned.

CHOIR & YOUTH CHOIR

New voices welcomed.

BOOKSTORE & LENDING LIBRARY

are in need of volunteers to keep up these ministries. See Regina if you would like to offer your talents in these areas. View our library holdings here

VIEW THE COUNCIL of MINISTRIES CHART here 

Don't see your name on the Chart? Contact Presvytera Christine to be added.

OTHER NEWS

JOIN THE ONLINE PRAYER GROUP

to post prayer needs and to be a prayer warrior. To join send your email address to rose@lieffring.com. You will receive emails when someone posts a prayer request or you can post to st-philothea-prayer-group@googlegroups.com

A WORD ABOUT CHURCH SEATING - please...

• Leave the front row for people with special needs
• Leave the back 2 rows, right and left, for families with children
• Fill in all the rows by moving in towards the center aisle.
• Our pews fit 5 or 6 persons, so be mindful of families so they can sit together.
• Single persons should fill in rows that have may have one or two seats left.
• ...and thank you!

CEMETARY PLOTS

St. Philothea section in the Oconee Memorial Park in Watkinsville. Burial Plots available at our special group price. Please see the flyer below.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE ORTHODOX OBSERVER

News from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. OrthodoxObserver.org

STEWARDSHIP

Please remember to turn in your 2026 Stewardship Pledge Card

We embrace the principles of stewardship as a fundamental aspect of our spiritual journey. Stewardship is not merely a financial obligation, but a way of life rooted in love, gratitude, and responsibility towards God and our community.

Holy Cross, Brooklyn, NY

SUNDAY April 12 - Great and Holy Pascha  

WE COMMEMORATE:

Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium, Sergius II, Patriarch of Constantinople, Anthousa the Righteous of Constantinople, Akakios of Kavsokalyvia

"Christ is risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life."

Entrance Hymn Mode 2

Bless God in the churches, the Lord from the fountains of Israel. Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead. We sing to You, Alleluia.

Kontakion of Pascha Mode pl. 4

Though You went down into the tomb, O Immortal One, yet You brought down the dominion of Hades; and You rose as the victor, O Christ our God; and You called out “Rejoice” to the Myrrh-bearing women, and gave peace to Your Apostles, O Lord who to the fallen grant resurrection.

Hymn to the Theotokos Mode 1

The Angel cried aloud to the Lady full of grace: Rejoice, O pure Virgin; and again I say Rejoice. Your Son has truly risen from the grave on the third day.

Arise, shine! Arise, shine, O new Jerusalem! Shine! * For the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. * Zion, exult and be glad now. * O pure Mother of God, rejoice, celebrating * the resurrection of Christ your Son!

Prokeimenon. Mode Plagal 4

Psalm 117.24,29

This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Verse: Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.

In the first book, O Theophilos, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me, for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit."



So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of lsrael?" He said to them, "it is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth."

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light.

The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.



And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to him, and cried, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.'") And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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