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Eleni Jiavaras and Elizabeth Katsivelos spent a wonderful afternoon with our beloved long time Philoptochos member, Athena Stamataky. Athena still lives in the same apartment on Seaman Avenue where she has lived for many years. She enjoys the view of Inwood Park and with the changing of the seasons the trees put on a beautiful show for her. As you can see from the above picture, Athena is doing well and still radiates her same sweet personality. We enjoyed traveling down “memory lane” with her as she shared pictures of her late husband, John, her sons, Harry and Evan and her treasured grandchildren. We showed her pictures of some of the present Philoptochos ladies and she was delighted each time she recognized a familiar face. She sends everyone her love and we are sure she would enjoy other visits.
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Sundae Ice Cream Sunday was a Success! Thank you all Parishioners for their stewardship contribution.
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January 6, 2023
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We play basketball at St. Spyridon basketball court!
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October 2, 2022
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September 25, 2022
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August 28, 2022
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August 24, 2022
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August 14, 2022
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July 10, 2022
Fathers Loukas hieromonk and Pachomios deacon from the Holy Monastery of Xenophon joined Father Gregory for the Sunday Divine Liturgy. We celebrated Father Gregory Stamkopoulos' Birthday from July 7.
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June 26, 2022
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President: Vickie Adams Vice President: Lydia Vagelos-Callimanis Treasurer: Spyridoula Tsoukala Assistant Treasurer: John Psaltos Secretary: Effie Drake |
Members: John Apostolos Nick Chrysantem Nikita Drakotos Dino Diakolios Gus Klostri Jerry Tsekas |
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June 14, 2022
June 5, 2022
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May 15, 2022
May 8, 2022
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April 24, 2022, Holy Easter
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April 22, 2022, Holy Friday
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April 21, 2022, Holy Thursday
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April 17, 2022, Palm Sunday
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April 10, 2022
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Young Adult Professionals visit Saint Nektarios Monastery 2021
Our Saint Spyridon Young Adults Professionals organized a trip, a spiritual pilgrimage, to Saint Nektarios Monastery in Roscoe, NY. They enjoyed a day at the monastery filled with friends, fellowship, and faith. Glory to God for all things!
May the intercessions of Saint Nektarios be with us all!
Sunday School Graduation 2021!!!
Community Palm Making 2021
Thank you to our beloved St. Spyridon family for helping to make Palm Crosses and for decorating our beautiful Church for Palm Sunday!
Palm Sunday 2021
Blessed Palm Sunday with His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of Sardes
Sunday of Orthodoxy 2021 - Visit of His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of Sardes
Our community was honored and blessed to celebrate the triumph of our faith, the Sunday of Orthodoxy, with His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of Sardes who graced us with his presence on this glorious day. May God grant him many blessed years!
Sunday, March 21, 2021
2021 St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival
Our community representative is Evdokiya Tsekas of the Senior Division. Congratulations!!!
November 6 & 7, 2020:
Our Greek Fest is underway!!! We began with an Agiasmo, our souvlakia are on the grill, our delicious food is ready to go and we are waiting for you! Come and join us!
November 5, 2020:
Our Ladies Philoptochos working tirelessly in preparation for our Grab-n-Go Greek Fest this weekend! We thank them for their love and dedication! Please come out and support our community! We look forward to seeing you!
November 1, 2020:
October 4, 2020:
Sunday School began today with a beautiful Agiasmos service. Our children prayed with us during the Divine Liturgy and received the blessing of our Lord, our Panagia, and our patron saint, St. Spyridon for a productive school year. It was so wonderful to see many of our children brighten our church and our classrooms again. Our community is blessed with dedicated Sunday School teachers, faithful parents, and exceptional students who are eager to learn about Christ. May God continue to bless all who diligently serve our Sunday Scool and may He enlighten and protect our children.
September 27, 2020:
A beautiful, fun, and relaxing picnic with our Young Adult Professionals group. So blessed to be with such wonderful and faithful young adults. We look forward to a great year of ministry together.
September 27, 2020:
Visit of His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia
September 14, 2020:
St. Spyridon celebrates the Exaltation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Holy Cross.
September 6, 2020: Νέα εποχή για τον Άγιο Σπυρίδωνα με τον διορισμό του π. Γεωργίου Καζούλη
Read it here: https://www.anamniseis.net/nea-epohi-gia-ton-agio-spiridona-me-ton-diorismo-tou-p-georgiou-kazouli/
September 1, 2020: Happy Ecclesiastical New Year from our parish, St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church! We began our first day with Agiasmos and we welcomed Fr. George and Presvytera Dimitra. We look forward to working together with everyone to spread the word of Christ and help this historic community prosper and grow. May you have a blessed month and a spiritually prosperous new year! Καλό μήνα και ευλογημένο το εκκλησιαστικό έτος!
August 10, 2020: Archbishop Elpidophoros of America delivers the sermon at St. Spyridon Paraklesis.
We wish you all a Merry and Blessed Christmas, as well as a Happy and Healthy New Year!
December 15, 2018: Article in the Greek News
Read it here in English: "Archbishop Demetrios in the name of Saint Spyridon in Manhattan"
Read it here in Greek: "Ο Αρχιεπίσκοπος Δημήτριος στα ονομαστήρια του Αγίου Σπυρίδωνα στο Μανχάταν"
November 19, 2018: Today, volunteers from the Emmaus House Harlem came and picked up the 45 turkeys our community was able to collect. A special thank you to our Parish Council (they offered 20 turkeys) and to all the people who contributed to our Thanksgiving donation project.
October 21, 2018: Article in the Greek News
Read it here in English: "Blessing of Sacred Icons in the Historical Community of Saint Spyridon"
Read it here in Greek: "Καθαγιασμός των ιερών εικόνων στην ιστορική κοινότητα του Αγίου Σπυρίδωνα"
October 15, 2018: Article in Ethnikos Kiris
Read it here in English: "Celebration of Iconography Restoration of Saint Spyridon Church"
Read it here in Greek: "Εορτασμός αποκατάστασης αγιογράφησης του Ιερού Ναού Αγίου Σπυρίδωνος"
October 14, 2018: Video of the Restoration Celebration
September 19, 2018: Article in the Manhattan Times
Read it here: "The Rebirth of St. Spyridon"
Saint Spyridon Church is highlighted in the July-August 2018 issue of the Orthodox Observer!
Read it here: "Inner-City Church, Once the Archdiocese's Largest, Adapting to 21st Century"
May 3, 2018: Thank you to Mr. Dionysios Mamalos and CorfuTV for this wonderful video about our church's Restoration Project.
March 29, 2018: Exciting News... the scaffolding has come down to reveal the most magnificent iconography at Saint Spyridon Church. We invite you to come and witness the beauty of our church. It will leave you speechless!!!
November 12, 2017: 86th Anniversary & Parochial School Reunion
September 2017: Read about the restoration on page 22 of the June-July-Aug 2017 issue of the Orthodox Observer:
December 24, 2017 CHRISTMAS PAGEANT: The Sunday School children wrote and performed in a wonderful Christmas Program. View the photos here!
June 18, 2017: CONGRATULATIONS to our Sunday School children as we celebrate the end of another year. We're so proud of you and we're looking forward to seeing you all again in September!
May 21, 2017: The Parish Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Father Nicolas Kazarian as our full time priest beginning June 1st, 2017.
Please join us in welcoming Father and his family to our Saint Spyridon Community.
May 7, 2017: The National Herald honored our Parish Council President, Mrs. Lydia Vagelos-Callimanis, in the April edition of the monthly magazine Γυναίκα. This is a well deserved honor for Lydia and a great opportunity to highlight the restoration project of our beautiful church.
(Γυναίκα - Greek version) (Γυναίκα - English version)
April 16, 2017: A special THANK YOU to the following businesses, organizations and individuals for their donations towards our Holy Week services:
- Antony's Florist - for the Palms Donation
- Mrs. Bessie Bartzos - for the decoration of the Icon of the Resurrection
- Columbia Florist - for the Lillies to decorate our church
- Mr. Gus Klostri - for the Priest's Anastasi Lambada
- Mr. and Mrs. Petros Klostri - for the Rose Water, Olive Oil and Holy Communion Wine
- Philoptochos Ladies - for the decoration of the Epitaphios
- Rainbow Florist, Mr. Harry Nicolaou - for the Icon of the Bridegroom, the rose petals and the bay leaves.
- Skokos Flower Shop - for the Palms Donation
- Mr. and Mrs. Pericles Tsumas - for the white carnations for the angels.
- Mr. Avram Ververis, Mr. Nick Siarres and Mr. Miltiades Vlachos - for the Easter Eggs
March 5, 2017: The Parish Council is pleased to announce that the restoration of our beautiful church has begun! The iconographer has started with the icons of Saint Spyridon and Saint Gerasimos which were generously donated by two parishioners. We are in the process of having a brochure printed which will allow everyone to see the opportunities available to help with this wonderful project. This week, we cleaned out the choir loft. We had a garbage truck come and we loaded it up. A big thank you to John Apostolos, Christos and Luz for helping with this project.
February 27, 2017: Kathara Deftera was a beautiful start to the Lenten season. Led by Meropi Nikolakakos, Philoptochos board members and wonderful general members prepared a delicious Lenten Meal which was enjoyed by all. Joining us was Father George Kolios of St. George and St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church at 103rd Street and Lexington Avenue.
February 19, 2017: Jennifer Constatin, President of the Direct Diocesan Board of Philoptochos attended our church, visited with us during coffee hour and participated in the Ladies Philoptochos Society board meeting. She was impressed with the work of our Philoptochos chapter and encouraged us to broaden our charitable efforts to include a variety of different efforts such as donating phone cards to servicemen and sponsoring a coat drive next year. She is a gifted leader and a great help to our chapter always taking our calls and offering excellent suggestions. Members of the Philoptochos Board generously contributed new clothes, cash cards and toiletries for Project Hope. Project Hope is a Philoptochos district campaign to assist battered and trafficked women currently in a shelter by providing them with basic necessities to leave the shelter and hopefully start a better life.
February 12, 2017: The Ladies Philoptochos Society Valentine’s Day Luncheon was a successful event. In spite of the severe weather we hosted approximately 100 guests. A light lunch and dessert were offered and all the ladies and girls received red carnations. Available for the taking was information about heart health in both English and Greek, thanks to Spyridoula who once again provided the translation.