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We are an Orthodox Christian community under the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey...

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Κυριακή 24 Αυγούστου, 2025

11th Sunday of Matthew.

Saint Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal to the Apostles >


  • 8:30 a.m. Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy.


  • Join us in offering memorial prayers for the peaceful repose of the soul of George Dalson (10 years) of blessed memory.


  • Our Philoptochos invites all to our coffee fellowship hour.




Important note: The church offices, hallway, and upstairs bathrooms are closed during the renovation period. Please exit the church through the narthex and go to the hall or downstairs bathrooms via the main hall entrance

OUR MINISTRIES IN ACTION

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Philoptochos 'Nausica' Hosts its Second Annual Grandparents Day on Sunday, September 7th

Grandparents, come with your grandchildren and great-grandchildren (open to all ages). Following the Divine Liturgy, a light reception will be held, with the proceeds benefiting the Grands Stepping Up non-profit organization.

CHURCH ADMINISTRATION NEWS

Summer 2025 Facility Improvements


Our project is progressing quickly. View the latest pictures here.

Please contact or see Dean Dalson during Sunday coffee hour if you would like to view the progress in person.

Have You Updated Your 2025 Stewardship Pledge Yet?


Return your 2025 Pledge Card at the offering plate, by postal mail, or complete/update your pledge online here >

 

Make All Your Church Donations Easy by Giving with Your Smartphone!


  1. Download the Vanco Mobile Faith Engagement app on your smartphone. Search for Annunciation/Evangelismos Church in Elkins Park. 
  2. Make one-time or recurring donations using your debit/credit card or bank account.
  3. Securely and conveniently manage donations using Touch ID, Face ID, or a password.

Stay Connected: Add Our Mobile-Friendly Website as an App to Your Smartphone’s Home Screen


This lets you quickly access the website without opening your browser and navigating to it. On our homepage, you can see our community calendar, the latest weekly bulletin, and links to all upcoming ministry activities. You can also visit each ministry's page with just a few clicks.


Here is how:

On iPhones (using Safari):

1.   Open Safari and navigate to www.anngoc.org.

2.   Tap the share icon (a square with an arrow).

3.   Scroll down and tap "Add to Home Screen".


On Android (using Chrome):

1.   Open Chrome and go to www.anngoc.org.

2.   Tap the three-dot menu icon.

3.   Select "Add to Home Screen."

FOCUS ON OUR CHURCH FAMILY

Celebrations, Milestones, Gratitude, Comfort & Support


Pastoral care: If you or someone you know is sick, homebound, elderly, or scheduled for surgery, please call the church office to inform us so that Fr. John can make a pastoral visit or add someone to the prayer list.


In Our Prayers, “Pray for one another that you might be healed.” (James 5:16): Pantelis, Spiro, Evangelia, Helen, Magda, Bruce, Kleopatra, Dimitra, Vaso Anton, Helen, John, Katharine, Konstantinos, Sarah, Virginia, Lindsay, Gerry, Viola, Dionysia, Vasilis, John, Pauline, Dimitrios, Claire, Patrick, Cecilia, Luca, Beatrice, Leo, Daranee, Rizos.


Names will be kept on this list for approximately three months. Please resubmit Names if needed. Fr. John will include the submitted names at the Psokomide “Offering of Gifts” during the Matins when he prepares the mystical gifts of bread & wine. Our Prayer Partners Ministry members pray for these persons daily. Please also lift these names to the Lord in your personal prayer life.


Prayer for healing: Heavenly Father, physician of our souls and bodies, who has sent our Lord to heal every sickness. Visit and heal us. Grant patience in this sickness, strength of body and spirit, and health recovery. Lord, You have taught us to pray for each other that we may be healed. We pray that You heal, guide, and protect your servants (pray by name for those who are sick) and grant them the gift of complete health. You are the source of healing, and to You we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

 


Happy Wedding Anniversary! to Kathryn and Anthony Limberakis, Dimitra and Achileas Psilos, Joanne and Andrew Markou, Asleigh and Manny Stoupakis, and Despina and George Steiros, who are celebrating this week.

Χρόνια πολλά & ευλογηµένα! God grant you many years!  to Ioannis Gouletsas, Ellen Papacostas, Christina Stathis, George Christodoulakis, George Karanikas, Sophia Loiacono, Eliana Ojeda, Elisa Caporizzo, Marilena Diamantas, Thomas Hatzopoulos, Michael Vafiadis, Stephanos Makris, Georgios Pappas, Hunter Swan, Konstantinos Bezanis, Eleni Kalogrias, Zoe Mountis, Sara Georges, Christos Karagiannis, Anastasia Perry, Michael Chin, George Georgiou, Marissa Georgiou, Theodoros Koltsaklis Jr, George Kyriakodis, George Kyriakodis, Nicole Matraszek, Melissa Prousi, and Christopher Sagias,  who are celebrating this week.

NEWS FROM OUR METROPOLIS AND ARCHDIOCESE

Archons Condemn Israeli Settler Attack on Palestinian Christian Village

Dear Brother Archons and friends of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Mother Agapia Stephanopoulos, a Greek Orthodox nun who has lived in the Holy Land for many years, recently granted a lengthy and detailed interview to journalist Tucker Carlson on the persecution of Christians in the Holy Land.

Archons Condemn Israel's 'Freeze' of Bank Accounts of Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Dear Brother Archons and Friends of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, In keeping with our sacred mission to defend religious freedom everywhere it is threatened, the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (AEP) unequivocally condemn the Jerusalem Municipal Authority's move to "freeze" all bank accounts belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Archbishop News

Latest Encyclicals and Pastoral Messages of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America.

Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey

Latest news and information from the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey.

Orthodox Observer Online News

Latest news and information from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.