GOYA NEWS 1) Gyro Sale on Jan. 11
2) first tournament on Jan 17-18 at St. Paul Church.

THE CATACOMB BOOKSTORE Open during coffee hour on Sundays. Copies of the latest edition of “Greek Americans of Cleveland” are now available!



HOUSE BLESSINGS Contact the office to schedule a stop at your house.

50th ANNIVERSARY MEETING Thu., Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Board Room

OPA DODGEBALL Fri., Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. in the Zapis Activity Center. Orthodox Parish Adults (OPA) ages 21 & up are welcome for a night of dodgeball & socializing.

YOUTH NEWS YAL MEETING Fri., Jan. 16 at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Pro-Cathedral, 2101 Quail St., Lakewood. Open to all area young adults 18 & up. 6:30 p.m. Vespers, followed by dinner, discussion and a movie. Contact Gerald Largent at 440-376-7799 or slugger_1997@yahoo.com for directions or other information.

IONIAN VILLAGE VOLUNTEERS The travel abroad camping program of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese is now accepting volunteer staff applications for June 19-Aug. 16, 2009. Volunteers must be Orthodox Christians at least 21 years old; Greek language skills are NOT required. Ionian Village offers roundtrip airfare NYC/Athens and room & board. Download application at www.ionianvillage.org. Submit by Jan. 21, 2009.

SWEETHEART’S BALL Sat., Feb. 7 Sponsored by ΣΕΦ of the Ohio State Univ. at the Hyatt Regency Union Ballroom, 350 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. for hors d’oeuvres, dance from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $25 prepaid tickets; $30 at the door. Kick off party on Fri., Feb. 6 at Karma Night Club (18 & over.) Go to www.sigmaepsilonphi.org.ohio-state.edu

COLLEGE YEAR IN ATHENS Go to www.cyathens.org to find out about this exciting study abroad program. Choose a full semester or 3-week summer session of Modern Greek, geography or archaeology classes in Greece.

CROSS ROAD Session 1: June 20-30; Session 2: July 7-17. This exciting summer vocation exploration program at Hellenic College in Brookline, Mass., is for high school juniors & seniors. Discern your life calling and match your God-given gifts with the needs of the world. Program includes daily classes, Vespers at parishes in the Boston area and service projects. Through various grants, each accepted applicant receives a full scholarship and is only responsible for travel costs to/from Boston. Go to www.crossroad.hchc.edu for application. Apply by March 1, 2009 for first consideration.

HELLENIC COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS This liberal arts college in Brookline, Mass., is celebrating its 40th anniversary with 2 new scholarships starting in the 2009-2010 School Year:
The “Come and See” Scholarship- offers 80% off of tuition for all incoming students to both Hellenic College and Holy Cross Seminary, male or female, for the 2009-10 school year. The scholarship will follow the student through their entire 4-year course of study if they maintain a 3.0 GPA. Normal admissions process applies.
The Chrysostom Scholarship- operating in conjunction with the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival, it is offered to each 1st Place Speaker from each participating parish. Other criteria of the scholarship will be presented to those who enter the Oratorical Festival.
For more information on either scholarship, email gfloor@hchc.edu


3 HIERARCHS & GREEK LETTERS DAY Sun., Jan. 25 in the hall. Luncheon at 12 p.m., following Greek School Open House. $12/adult (Chicken Marsala); $6/child (Chicken tenders.) Honoring Past Teachers and Administrators of the past 50 years (please indicate name when purchasing your tickets.) Presentation of PTO & Anna Poulos Memorial Scholarships. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Victor Papacosma of Kent State University on “Greek: A Changing but Immortal Language.” Tickets will be sold during coffee hours in January.

To keep the cost of the Greek Letters Luncheon a family-friend event, PTO is looking for any of the following items to be donated: 200 chicken breasts, 50 chicken tenderloins, oven French fries, 3 cases vegetable medley, 25 lbs. Uncle Ben’s rice, salad items/dressing, 12 lbs. feta cheese, 5 lbs. olives, 250 each disposable plastic salad bowls, entrée and dessert plates, 300 bread rolls, 1 box of individual butters, 250 pieces of baklava or other dessert, 24 bottles red wine, 150 cans of pop, 30 tablecloths, 200 plastic cups, 150 each styrofoam coffee cups and small plastic wine cups, 250 napkins, 250 sets of plastic silverware, flowers for centerpieces, teachers’ corsages. We also need volunteers to help set-up, serve or clean up. And of course monetary donations are always welcome! Please contact Matina Salamalekis at 440-250-8877 to donate any portion of the above.



EVENTS ELSEWHERE ST. MARY OF EGYPT Tue. Jan 13. 9:30 a.m. Prayer service; 10 a.m. Divine Liturgy. Call Mother Theonymphie at 440-473-3885 for directions.

MARCH FOR LIFE Thu., Jan. 22, join pro-life Orthodox faithful on a day-trip to Washington DC. A bus will leave from Zoe House, 3352 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights very early Thursday morning and return late that night. Call Kathy at 440-888-9990 for more information.

GREEK NIGHTS at Annunciation Party Center, 2187 W. 14th St., Cleveland:
Sat., Jan. 24 hear the sounds of Haroula and Maria, from Thessaloniki. Tickets only $12. Call 216-408-7372 to reserve.
Sat., Feb. 7 – Katerina Topazi, from Athens, with singers Paris Gyparakis and Anthi Aggelou, accompanied by Cleveland’s Karizma Band. Doors open at 9 p.m. $30 general admission. Call Tommy Karakostas (216-832-0472) about tickets or table reservations.

ST. PHOTIOS PILGRIMAGE Celebrate the feastday of St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine in St. Augustine, Fla., on Feb. 6-9, 2009. Events include daily church services, special museum exhibition “Painted with a Needle: Folk Embroidery of Greece,” free House of Worship Walking Tour through St. Augustine and a $50 luncheon with speaker Eleni Gage. For more information go to www.stphotios.com St. Photios Shrine is on the National Historic Site on the U.S. Registry for preserving the history of Avero House, the structure that contains the Shrine built in memory of the first Greek colonists who settled in America in 1768.

GREEK CRUISE Join the 3rd annual Greek Cultural, 7-night, eastern Caribbean Cruise, Feb. 8-15, 2009. Starting at $757 includes Greek dances, music, comedy, movies and food. To book your reservation, call TravelGroup International at 866-447-0750.

www.OrthodoxJobs.com The source for Orthodox Christians seeking employment in a Christian environment. Check out job opportunities at Archdiocese, Dioceses, or Parishes across the country that fall under the jurisdiction of SCOBA, the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas.
ENERGY ASSISTANCE Applications for various energy assistance programs are located in the Narthex magazine rack and in the office.


BOOK DISCUSSION On “For Whom the Bells Toll” by Ernest Hemingway has been postponed until Wed., Feb. 18. Copies of the book are available in the church office this week.