Blessing of The Crosses

The Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church in Port Washington, NY celebrated its new home with a Blessing of the Crosses Agiasmo service on Sunday, June 5th, 2011. The crosses on the domes of the new sanctuary were blessed by Father Dennis Strouzas, Protopresbyter, and Father Evan Evangelidis, with some help from the Port Washington Fire Department as both priests were lifted in a fire truck and guided close to the crosses. Construction of the church interior continues. The Blessing of the Crosses was followed by the 2nd Annual Community Barbeque, hosted by the Archangel Michael Parish Council. Our community enjoyed an afternoon of good food, fellowship and camraderie in the surroundings of our new home.

Join our Listserv

We are so pleased to implement a new listserv email program. This is a wonderful way to bring information to our community. It’s a modern day form of communication and it’s paperless. Each list that you join will bring you information relating to that organization as well as general Parish news and information. We encourage you to join as many listserv lists that relate to you and your family, or if you just want to hear all the news about our community organizations, you can join them all! Click here to join.

AED/CPR Renewal-Recertification Course

The renewal/recertification course for the AED/CPR program will be Wednesday, February 1st at 7:30 PM at the church’s coffee-hour room. It is an abbreviated version of the first course taken; therefore, it will take less time to complete.

The second course offering will be Saturday, February 4th at 9:30 AM and is the full course, offered to both first-timers and those who need to renew. Unfortunately, those who need to renew will have to stay for the full course. Obviously, for those in need of recertification, it is in your best interest to take the course on Wednesday evening.

Please R.S.V.P. to Nick Kokinakis at nicholas.kokinakis@zurichna.com or call Nick at (516) 365-1028 by Monday, January 30th. You can also contact the church office.

Sunday School News

Please click here for our Sunday School Calendar.

JOY Sports News

The JOY Basketball League is holding a trip to see a college basketball game at Madison Square Garden on February 18th at 1 PM to see St John's Red Storm play against UCLA Bruins. The cost of each ticket is $20. If interested, please respond to Chrissa Harris at ctgame166@yahoo.com. Deadline is January 22nd! Tickets are distributed on a first come first serve basis.

Goya Sports News

If you are between the ages 13 and 17 and are interested in playing basketball this season, please contact:

Junior & Senior Girls - Bill Haralampoudis: (917) 589-0325
Junior Boys - John Papaporfiriou: (516) 317-6378 or Fewy@aol.com
Senior Boys - Nick Tzoumas: Ntzoumas@hotmail.com

Practices begin shortly. Season starts in November.

Donate a Brick and Build a Church

A special commemorative wall of our Church will be adorned with engraved bricks from the members of our community. To learn more about this wonderful opportunity to commemorate the people who have touched our lives, please click here. To donate a brick, please click here.

And for information about an exciting program to get our children involved, please click here. Children who would like to participate in this worthwhile endeavor need to pick up a receipt booklet, available at Greek School, Sunday School, or the church office.

Bible Study & Orthodox Christianity 101

Please check the calendar for the schedule of the Orthodoxy 101 classes and the Bible Classes, both of which are on Wednesday nights at 7:30pm.

Byzantine Youth Choir

The youth choir sings the liturgy at our church on the first and third Sunday of every month.

Lost and Found

Have you perhaps left an item behind? Gloves, scarf etc.? Please call the church office to ask if the item is in our lost and found area.

Memorials For Sunday, January 29th

There are no memorials this week.