On Sunday, December 11, the parish community of St. Andrew’s was filled with joy in celebrating the baptism, chrismation, and reception into the Holy Orthodox Faith of the servant of God, Eric, who took the name John in baptism.
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Memory Eternal: Theodosis Calpakis
With great sadness we announce the repose of the servant of God Theodosis on Thursday, September 29. Teddy was a beloved part of our community for many years and will sorely be missed. The funeral arrangements are as follows:
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Celebrating the Holy Dormition
On Monday, August 15, the community of St. Andrew’s gathered together for the Great Feast of the Holy Dormition – the celebration of the repose, and translation to everlasting-life, of the Mother of God.
This year, despite the difficulties faced by work days and summer camp schedules, Fr. John encouraged the faithful to keep the feast, and indeed 30 of us gathered together for the Festal Divine Liturgy, after which we celebrated the blessing of new flowers and herbs (traditionally in full blossom at this time of year and blessed on this feast). Afterward, we broke bread with a beautiful festive agape meal overseen by Andrea Filak.
This year’s celebration was made all the more beautiful and enriching thanks to the completion of a full set of new blue vestments and altar cloths; a color which is traditionally associated with the Theotokos and her feasts, and which were used for the first time during this celebration. The parish greatly appreciates the generosity of the donors who established this project in memory of their loved ones. We hope that all were spiritually nourished by the fullness of this celebration, and that in the years to come, we will always mark this Great Feast with zeal and love for the Mother of God.
St. Andrew’s Celebrates a Joyous Summer Feast
Our parish was honored with the visit of His Eminence, Archbishop Michael of New York on July 26, 2015. In connection with His Eminence’s visit, our parish celebrated our annual summertime Parish ‘Mini’ Picnic. We also give thanks to God for two other wonderful events which occurred during this archpastoral visitation: His Eminence tonsured the servant Richard (John) into the ranks of the clergy and ordained him to the rank of Reader, and received the servant Eric into the ranks of the catechumen. We pray that they both will grow in grace and beauty before the Lord!
Memory Eternal: John Jerosh
We were saddened to learn this morning of the repose in Our Lord of one of our parish’s founders, +John Jerosh, around 3:00 AM. John had been suffering from heart failure, and had been admitted to hospice on Monday. Please find the funeral arrangements below.
Wake – Sunday January 19
2:00 – 4:00 PM
7:00 – 9:00 PM, with a Memorial Service at 8:00 PM.
A.L. Jacobsen Funeral Home
1380 New York Avenue, Huntington Station, NY 11746
Funeral – Monday January 20
10:00 AM, with burial to follow.
St. Andrew’s Orthodox Church
1095 Carlls Straight Path, Dix Hills, NY 11746
May the newly-departed John’s memory be eternal!