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President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President 2022 PARISH COUNCIL EXECUTIVE BOARD Diane Karavitis Anastasios Dres Peter Tsourianis 2022 PARISH MINISTRY TEAM Music Director Richard Barrett Dormition Family Table Guy & Joanne Bressette Finance Ministry Bill Galatis Fundraising Richard Barrett Treasurer James Pagounes Golden Club Eleni Gangas Assistant Treasurer Secretary Maria Binieris Eleni Raschi Philoptochos Young Adult Ministry Real Estate Development Domenica Karavitaki Demetrios & Efrossinni Kechris Andreas Galbadis COUNCIL MEMBERS Guy Bressette Evangelos Kechris Stewardship Building Maintenance Office Administrator Office Hours Angela Shermanopoulos Kostas Tomadakis/ Nick Boulas Athina Pantelidou 9 a.m.— 3 p.m. Katerina Leventis Angela Shermanopoulos 2022 YOUTH MINISTRY GOYA Adviser Educational Ministry Sunday School Greek School Administrator Parent Teacher Organization GOYA JOY/HOPE Bill Bozaglu Domenica Karavitaki Teacher Committee Christos Kazilas Christiana DeLellis, Dimitra Murphy , Evey Diaz & Carol Hiou Polyxeni Ververis, Fotis Zafiriou Christiana DeLellis If you would like to receive your “Koinotis” by email instead of U.S. Postal Mail, please contact the church office Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church 29 Central Street, Somerville MA 617-625-2222, Fax: 617-628-4529 2
FATHER’S BLESSINGS AND THOUGHTS .... The word tradition comes from the word Traditio which means to hand down from generation to generation. So essentially, everything handed down from one generation to the next could be called tradition. Our Lord identifies two kinds of traditions. Some things that are handed down from generation to generation he calls “traditions of men” (Mark 7:8). The important things that have been handed down from generation to generation he calls “The commandments of God” in the same chapter. The church fathers say that the authentic tradition of the Church is the guidance of the Holy Spirit throughout history. We cannot constantly look back to the 'good old days’, because life is like driving on the highway. There are only two highways in the world that are so straight that one could drive looking into the rearview mirror. It is good and essential to glance in the rearview mirror once in a while but to avoid accidents and disasters on our way we need to look ahead. The Israelites had the same challenge when traveling from Egypt to the promised land. They had to make a decision either to look back to their life in Egypt and replicate the lifestyle they had by building idols or follow the pillar of light that led them day and night to a new and better reality. Tradition gives us the foundation to embrace the future with the guidance of the Life-giving Holy Spirit. As we said, the church's tradition is the guidance of the Holy Spirit throughout history. Where does the bad history come from, then? A bad history is formed by those who turn away from God. When we are in sin, in other words, separated from the source of the good, we automatically start producing evil. Bad history is simply the memory of evil actions that occurred in the past. Those of us who harbor bad memory freeze in the past and cannot move forward, like Lot’s wife who turned into a pillar of salt looking back at sodoma and gomora. It does not matter if we or others are responsible for that negative action in the past. If we harbor bad memories, we become part of bad history and miss the good present and possibilities of a brighter future. This is not an easy task, but the difference between people who are in the process of self-destruction and those who are being saved is decisiveness. Embracing a brighter future is not easy, but if we are decisive and not doubtful, we can separate ourselves from bad history and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Good memories inspire us to move forward. No matter how hard life becomes, good memories remind us that possibilities for joy and hope remain. Better days are ahead, and all we have to do is move forward to get out of the bad patch, no matter how big it is. If we cannot remember anything inspiring from the past, we need to embrace joyful things today so that tomorrow we will have good memories of a beautiful yesterday. As we are finishing the renovation of our beautiful church let us embrace and be inspired by the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ who came in to this world to renew it by His Word, The Good News. 3
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Page 7 and 8: Welcome Our New Parish Council Memb
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Page 13 and 14: Dear Fr. Anthony, Thriving Congrega
Page 15 and 16: Δεν είμαστε μόνοι.
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Page 27 and 28: DORMITION OF THE VIRGIN MARY GREEK
Page 29 and 30: MEMORIAL DONATIONS Carafotes, Sophi
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