Greek Byzantine Choir at St Vasilios; Jan 20th On Sunday, January 20th 2008, The Greek Byzantine Choir of Greece, that has been touring the United States to great acclaim will accompany as Chanters during the 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy at Saint Vasilios under the direction of Lykourgos Angelopoulos.
The Greek Byzantine Choir is probably the most well known Byzantine choir in the world and definitely the choir with the most concerts in history (more than 1000).

You will have the opportunity to hear 18 professional chanters sing the responses during the Divine Liturgy as never heard before.

Orthros 8:00 a.m.
First Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m.


Godparents Sunday Godparents Sunday will be on Sunday, March 2nd more information to follow. Please save the date.


Please watch www.stvasilios.org, WCVB Channel 5 and TheBostonChannel.com for cancellation of Church services or church related activities.


Sr. GOYA Announcements To kick off the New Year, the St. GOYA’s first meeting of 2008 will be a New Year’s spaghetti dinner and vasilopita tonight January 13th. Bring your appetite! We look forward to seeing you! Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will run no later than 8:00 p.m.
Cheer on our Peabody GOYA Boys basketball team as they challenge the GOYA Boys team from the Annunciation Cathedral in Boston. The game begins at 3:30 p.m. All games are played in the gymnasium on the campus of Hellenic College/Holy Cross School of Theology in Brookline. For more information about the youth basketball ministry of the Metropolis of Boston visit:
http://boston.goarch.org/youth _ministries/sports_ministry.html



Jr. GOYA Announcement Meeting scheduled for January 20th in the Parlor Room from 4-5:30 p.m. We will be discussing our upcoming events. We will also be distributing cookie dough orders to anyone who has not received their orders yet. Hope to see you there!

JOY NEWS The next JOY meeting will be on Sunday, February 2nd at 3:30


Divine Liturgy at the Rosewood Nursing Home “Our next Divine Liturgy at the Rosewood Nursing Home in Peabody will be on Saturday, January 25th, at 10: 30 am.  All are invited to attend liturgy and meet our brothers and sisters living at Rosewood.”


St. Vasilios Apokreatiko Glendi The 2nd Annual
St. Vasilios Apokreatiko Glendi
7 p.m.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Rev. Andrew J. Demotses Educational Center
Mezedakia, Cash Bar
Live Music & Dancing by Orfeas
Tickets only $25 each
Students $15 each
Tickets will be on sale during the month of February


MEN’S CLUB June 14th—Men’s Club Ladies Night at Angelicas
July 21st—32nd Annual Men’s Club Golf Tournament at Georgetown Country club.


PTA NEWS Please join us at coffee hour for our PTA meeting today, all are welcome.  
Our up coming fundraiser will be the Prize-a-Rama which will be held on Thursday, February 28th, save the date! More information to come in the next few weeks.
The Holiday visit with the Veterans has been rescheduled for January 19, 2008. Please join us for a short visit and help pass out the Christmas gifts and cookies collected in December. All members of the PTA and the parish at large are welcomed. We will meet in the Education Center @ 1 p.m.



BIBLE STUDY; Fr Chris & Deacon Michael Fr. Chris’s bible study will meet on Tuesday afternoons from 2:30-4:00.

Deacon Michael’s bible study will meet on Thursday afternoons from 1 - 2:30. The topic will be St. Paul’s 1st Epistle to the Corinthians. The first meeting will be on Thursday January 17th.


Feast of Three Hierarchs; Tuesday, Jan 29th 6:30 p.m. St. Vasilios to Celebrate
Feast of Three Hierarchs
 On Tuesday January 29th at 6:30 p.m., His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios and many area priests will join us in honoring Saint Vasilios along with Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Gregory the Theologian (The Three Hierarchs) with Great Vespers. Since the Three Hierarchs are the patron saints of education, the students of our Greek school, together with the Greek School of St. George Greek Orthodox Church of Lynn, will celebrate Great Vespers as a group. Students are to meet their teachers in their classrooms at 6:00 p.m. where attendance will be taken. Then we will proceed to church together, each class with their teacher. The combined youth and adult choirs of Haverhill, Newburyport, Ipswich, Peabody and Lynn will sing the responses. After the Great Vespers service, A light collation will follow where EVERYONE is welcome, in the Rev. Andrew J. Demotses St. Vasilios Educational Center in honor of our Patron St. Vasilios. Also, the Greek School will have a brief program at the reception honoring this special day. Please remember that when attending church with the Greek School, students are to dress appropriately.


PREPARING FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD; Fr Panteleimon PREPARING FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Studies in St. Paul’s Letters to the Philippians and Colossians
Why did Saint Paul write his letters to the churches in Philippi and Colossae? What can we learn from Saint Paul about the kingdom of God and what qualifies him to be the teacher? What can these epistles also teach us about patience and suffering for the sake of the gospel of Christ? Join us as we sit at the feet of Paul, learning about the life-giving kingdom of God from the apostle to the Gentiles.
We will meet on Mondays at 11 a.m. and also at 7 p.m. in the Parlor Room for anyone who cannot attend the early session. We look forward to seeing you there!
+ Fr. Panteleimon
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Centennial History Album Gift This year, we have an opportunity for a unique gift during this holiday season, our Centennial history album. This album is not only a permanent record of the Centennial year, but also contains a comprehensive history of our parishes first 100 years. In addition, the album contains information about our organizations, a section honoring our veterans, and a section dedicated to those who made a special Centennial gift to our Endowment Fund.
To place your Christmas order, please call the church office at 978 531 0777.Give a gift to someone special and help St Vasilios at the same time!
For Only: $ 25


Resource Center The icons which are  displayed on the shelf in the Narthex are available for purchase.  Please enclose  payments in the envelopes on the shelf and put on the candle tray.  Please call Kaye @978-531-2928 or Stephanie @ 978-531-1998 with any questions.


GREEK TRADITIONS & CUSTOMS BOOK Mary Franggos (978-531-1336) has copies of “A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America” by Mary Rouvelas for sale at $30/copy.


St. Stephen’s Volunteers The St. Stephen’s volunteers have begun visitations for The Holy Season of Christmas. Fr. Panteleimon and Deacon Michael will also be visiting the home-bound to administer the sacrament of Holy Communion. These visitations will continue through January 7, 2008.

If you are aware of a parishioner of St. Vasilios who is in need of a visitation by the St. Stephen’s Volunteers or one of the clergy please telephone the church office at 978-531-0777.


NO PARKING DO NOT PARK WHERE IT IS LEGALLY MARKED: NO PARKING". You will receive a ticket from Peabody Police Dept. reserved spots for New England Market when you attend our services. Violators will be towed. They are great neighbors and we don't want to offend them!