THIS WEEK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
 

Sunday, January 12th  
Sunday After Theophany/Martyrs Tatiana & Mertios
8:15am Orthros 
Philoptochos Vasilopitta Luncheon    

Tuesday,  January 14th 
5:30-7:00pm   Greek School

Friday, January  17th  
8:15am  Orthros,     9:00am  Divine Liturgy
GOYA Basketball Tournament in York

Saturday, January 18th  
St. Athanasios & Cyril
8:15am  Orthros,      9:00am  Divine Liturgy
GOYA Basketball Tournament in York

Seven Year Memorial for John T. Mallios and 19 Year Memorial for Dimitra Mallios with Flowers and Coffee Hour on behalf of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Mallios & Mr. & Mrs. Theodoros Grigoriou and Family. May their memory be eternal. 

15 Year Memorial Service for Demetrios Karagiannis with Flowers and Coffee Hour on behalf of his wife, Phyllis Karagiannis and Family.  May his memory be eternal. 

Four Year Trisagion for Panagiotis Paparounis with Flowers and Coffee Hour on behalf of his daughter, Spiridoula Paparounis and Family.  May his memory be eternal. 

Congratulations to our newly elected Parish Council Officers this past Sunday, January 5th.
They are:  Basil Papoutsis – President, George Spanos – 1st Vice President, Nick Theofanis – 2nd Vice President, John Papoutsis – Secretary, Robert Moeller – Treasurer, and Chris Petsinis – Asst. Treasurer.  We wish them the best. 

HOME BLESSINGS!  The clergy are blessing homes/businesses. Forms were mailed out. Please fill out the form and give it to the office to have your home blessed. The Clergy will call you and adhere to the schedule as best as possible.  

“STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY” was on Sunday, November 17th.  Everyone was mailed a Stewardship Package that had your 2025 stewardship form. We are asking you to please fill out your Stewardship Pledge for 2025 with careful and prayerful consideration and please return it to the Church Office. Also, since these are days that we support financially different charities, we should support the Cathedral as the Church should be our charity priority. Also, since last year, the Parish Council discussed and decided for the Leadership Stewards to have recognized contributions starting from $2,200.00 and up. To go online for your stewardship please use this link.    https://tinyurl.com/Htgocsship  

Stewardship Pledges for 2024:  We would like to thank all those who generously have responded with their stewardship contribution to the Church thus far. We thank our 70.4% families who, up to now, December 21st,  have pledged and contributed for 2024 with a total of actual contributions of $470,720. We will finalize the amounts after the cut-off date in the next Source.  May the blessings of the Lord always be with all of you and with our families keeping all safe, healthy, and spiritually strong. Thank you for generously supporting the Cathedral. 

FLAGS: We display the American and Greek flags in our courtyard. The flags are 6’ x 10’ and are replaced 2 to 3 times a year. If you would like to sponsor a flag please contact the Church office or a Parish Council Member. 

Bookstore news:   The Bookstore is open on Sundays after Church. There are many inspirational books, holy icons, and other items that you may wish to buy for your home or give as gifts. Lots of wonderful children’s books on display and books for Adults for gifts for everyone. We just received the “Prologue” that has the lives of the everyday Saints throughout the year!  Please come by and check it out. NEW ITEMS in the bookstore waiting for your browsing and shopping. They have lots of wonderful items.   

Dates to Remember:

• Philoptochos Food Drive started on December 1st till January 14th.   Please make sure that you check your labels. Please do not give expired items. Table will be in the Hall.  This is the last week to bring in items.   Thank you. 
• Philoptochos Meeting on Tuesday, January 21st at 6:00pm. We ask that you bring some dry food items that are suitable also for children that will be given to families that are less fortunate. 
• 16th Annual Pan-Orthodox Great Blessing of the Susquehanna River at City Island next Sunday, January 19, 2025, at 2:00pm.  Reception will follow at our Holy Trinity Cathedral with our warm avgolemono soup.  Free will offering to support the ministries of the Orthodox Christian Charities of Greater Harrisburg (OCCGH). We also need volunteers to help with serving.   

VASILOPITTA SUNDAY with Luncheon will be held TODAY Sunday, January 12th, 2025. We will bless the Vasilopitas in the Hall during the luncheon.  All organizations are invited and requested to offer a donation through their Presidents who will be announced to come forward at the luncheon.  You will be called up when Father cuts a piece.  If you are writing a check, please make your check payable to “St. Catherine’s Philoptochos Society” and put in the memo “Vasilopita”.  Thank you.

Please note that persons wanting to have Altar flowers for the Memorials in Church the cost is $65 payable to the Church. Those persons wishing to sponsor the Coffee Hour in memory of their beloved  ones the cost to the Philoptochos is $50 and up. 

RISE AGAINST HUNGER: March 2, 1:00-3:00 PM
Join us for a fun afternoon with fellow parishioners to assemble more than 20,000 meals sent to countries with people in need of basic nutrition. Our goal is to raise $8400 to make the 20,000 meals and 120 volunteers to participate. Our last campaign for Rise Against Hunger was March 2024, and we raised over $6000 and made over 10,000 meals. Please consider donating via check to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral with Rise Against Hunger in the memo line, or electronically via PayPal or Venmo (see flyer or weekly announcement attachment for QR codes.) Volunteers must sign up ahead of time after church in the social hall beginning January 26th, or with Beth Spanos at 717-576-3018 or Email bcspanos@comcast.net.  

2025 FESTIVAL SAVE THE DATE  - May 16, 17, 18,  2025 - OPA!  Our Annual PA Greek Fest will be held the weekend of May 16th in 2025.  Please save the weekend and keep it free from other activities so you are available to help.  In particular, we need you to take off on Friday, so we have enough help on the first day.  The baking schedule is: Kataifi (3/8), Galaktobouriko (3/15), Dolmathes (3/22), Pastitsio (3/29), Mousaka (4/5), Koulourakia (4/26), Kourambiedes (5/3), and Baklava (5/6 and 5/10). Many volunteers are needed.   Most of the baking days are on Saturday. 

Graduation Sunday will be held on Sunday, JUNE 1st , 2025.   All High School Graduates and College Graduates will be honored and  Scholarships will also be awarded that day.  Please attend. 

Two Cemetery plots are up for sale in the cemetery. If you are interested to purchase them, please call 717-433-1946. 

Cemetery plots in the original Greek section at Harrisburg East Cemetery are for sale. There are 2 plots for sale. These 2 are located in section 43, lot 51 spots 3&4. Selling them for $1800 for the pair which is $1000 off if you purchase them from the cemetery. If interested, please contact Christ Gekas at 717-541-9131  cclgekas@verizon.net.  

The 2025 AHEPA OPA Discount Card is here!

We are happy to announce that the all-new 2025 AHEPA OPA Restaurant Discount card is now available to purchase.   The card features many of the same great restaurants that have participated in the past few years, as well as a number of new places to try.  Please purchase a card, or more,  for your own use, or to give as gifts to friends, that would love to try some of these fine restaurants.     The card costs just $20 and provides a $15 discount off of a $30 food purchase for 20 of our favorite local restaurants, (many that are owned by members of the church).   Funds raised by the card sales will go towards AHEPAs mission to ‘promote the ancient Hellenic ideals of education, philanthropy, civic responsibility, family and individual excellence through community service and volunteerism’.  We have limited the number of cards to 250 this year.  Discounts are available from November 2024 through October 2025. So, pick them up before they completely sell out!   AHEPA will be selling cards on Sundays. Feel free to contact Anthony Ariano (anthonyariano67@gmail.com) if you would like to purchase cards and will not be at church in Sunday.

THIS WEEK'S ATTACHMENTS
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Lord's Voice
Foni Kyriou
Operation Classroom Initiative
River Blessing 2025 Flyer

2025 House Blessing Schedule English / Greek