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SPONSORS NEEDED FOR COFFEE HOUR
Please contact the Church office at:
773.626.3114 or email at: office@assumptionchicago.org if you would like to sponsor a coffee hour in memory of a loved one, a special occasion or just because.
Available dates for April - June: May 19, 26 – June 9, 16, 23, 30
Thank you to our beloved parishioners and friends of Assumption Panagia for your continued love and support!
DONATIONS NEEDED FOR HOLY WEEK SERVICES
Daffodils for Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross (April 7)
1 Wreath for the Veneration of the Holy Cross (April 7) $200
5 sets of Palm Arches for Church Aisle - $200 per set (includes set up and delivery) - see photo.
Palm Leaves for Palm Sunday (April 28) - $750.00
Palm Buds for making of Crosses to be distributed to the faithful on Palm Sunday - $200
Flowers for the Icon of Palm Sunday (April 28) - $200
Flowers for Large Icon of the Last Supper (Eve of Holy Wednesday - May 1) - $400
1 bag of Flour and Olive Oil along with 7 candles for the Sacrament of the Holy Unction (Holy Wednesday - May 1) - $50.00
4 Wreaths (Eve of Holy Thursday May 2) - $300 per wreath
1 Wreath for the Crucifix in St. Catherine’s Chapel (Eve of Holy Thursday May 2) - $300
3 sets of Candles for Crucifix (2 upstairs & 1 downstairs) - $60 per set
Rose Petals for the Service of the Apokathelosis (Afternoon of Holy Friday)
Full & King Size Sheet for the Service of the Apokathelosis (Holy Friday)
Red and White Carnations to be distributed to the faithful (Holy Friday Eve) - $250
Flowers for the Icon of the 1st Anastasi (Holy Saturday Morning) - $250
5 Baskets of Flower Petals for 1st Anastasi Service - Mixed large bags of flower petals mixed with Palm leaves strewn in Church during service - $150/basket
Flowers for the Icon of the Holy Resurrection (Holy Saturday) - $400
Flowers for the Resurrectional Banner, Lavaron (Holy Saturday) - $275.00
12 Large Potted Easter Lilies for Great and Holy Pascha (May 5) - $100 per plant
2 Clergy Paschal Candles - $275 per candle
Flowers for the Epitaphio
We need families to contribute toward the cost of flowers for the Epitaphio. You may place your offering in the acrylic box located on the Pangari as you exit the church or visit our website at: www.assumptionchicago.org to donate online. If you would like, you may also contact the Church office to donate. Thank you and God bless!
GIFT OF LIGHT
Please give the “Gift of Light” to Assumption Panagia’s Church. We need a family or an individual to sponsor, per week, the lighting of our vigil lamps and candles in both of our holy Altars of Panagia and Saint Catherine. This includes the daily lighting of both of our Holy Altars throughout the week. Suggested donation for this ministry is $100.00. Through our Church’s Website, sign up can be made through our Tithe.ly platform. simply click on the big green GIVE button, request your week and make your donation.
Please contact the church office to sponsor a week for the health and well-being of your family or in loving memory of a loved one.
PHILOPTOCHOS CORNER
LAST CALL for EASTER BAKE SALE PRE-ORDERS – It would be most helpful to receive orders by Saturday morning, April 20. Pre-order and payment must be received by Sunday, April 21, final deadline.
Orders can be submitted online or on Sunday during coffee hour. Order pickup - Sunday, April 28, after Palm Sunday Liturgy, St. Catherine’s meeting room.
LENTEN SWEETS - If you are able to provide Lenten desserts for the Palm Sunday Luncheon, April 28, please contact Valerie Green – 847-337-5687 or greenva926@gmail.com.
RED EGGS – Many thanks to those providing dyed eggs! Please remember to bring them to Church on Good Friday or Holy Saturday morning. Leave them in St. Catherine’s meeting room with your name written on one of the cartons.
Any questions, contact Betty Tsiolis – 847-813-6491 or james.tsiolis@gmail.com.
Your help with is most appreciated!
2024 STEWARDSHIP
Thank you to all who have submitted their 2024 Stewardship Pledge Cards. If you have not yet submitted your stewardship card, packets are available on the Pangari in the Narthex.
Please fill out the pledge card (it is important that you enter a pledge amount) and the information card completely and return it in the enclosed envelope. Thank you for supporting our beautiful parish of Panagia!
A WORD ABOUT CREMATION
Orthodox Christians should reject cremation, in accordance with the Church’s teachings about the sanctity of the human body and its role in our salvation. Orthodox Christians believe that in the General Resurrection, our bodies and souls will be restored to each other. Cremation is the deliberate desecration and destruction of what God has made and is viewed as the denial of the Resurrection. Cremation treats the body violently, without the respect due to it as the temple of the Holy Spirit. Those who voluntarily request cremation upon death will not receive an Orthodox funeral, either in the church, or the funeral home or any other place. Memorial services with kolyva are not allowed since the connection of the “kernel of wheat” as a sign of the Resurrection has been intentionally destroyed. It is an honor for Orthodox Christians to have a church funeral - our salvation and the state of our souls and bodies should always be at the forefront in our lives and for the lives of our loved ones.
COMMUNITY PRAYER LIST
Prayers for: Sophia, Panagioti, Madalyn, Petros, Elaine, Kristine, Jon, Steve, Anastasia, Kathryn, Demetri, Andrea, Matthew, Elaine, James, William, Anastasios, Polyxeni, Peter, and Sophia
Lord our God, Who by word alone did heal all diseases, Who cured the mother in law of Peter, You Who chastise with pity and heal according to Your goodness; grant aid to these Your servants (Names) and heal them of every sickness of which they are grieved; lift them up from their pain, and send down upon them Your great mercy. For to you we send up Glory: to Father, and to Son, and to Holy Spirit, both now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.
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