Announcements and Key Dates

Worshipping at Home?

All services are livestreamed from our YouTube channel, and we invite you to worship with us from home or wherever you are!

Watch services online

 

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Upcoming Events 

For a full schedule of liturgical services, view our Parish Calendar.
For the full Youth Schedule, view our Youth News/Events

Register your children for Sunday School here

PARISH EVENTS

December 21, 2024 - Austin Community Meal

December 22, 2024 - St. Euphrosynos Meal Delivery - Meal Preparation and Delivery

January 3-4, 2025 - Winter Family Retreat at St. Iakovos Retreat Center and Wilmot Ski Resort 

January 18, 2025 - Theophany Dive for the Cross at Oak Brook Park District Aquatic Center

February 22, 2025 - Prosphora Baking Demonstration in Plato Hall After Saturday of Souls Divine Liturgy

YOUTH AND FAMILY EVENTS

January 3-4, 2025 - Winter Family Retreat at St. Iakovos Retreat Center and Wilmot Ski Resort 

January 18, 2025 - Theophany Dive for the Cross at Oak Brook Park District Aquatic Center

February 22, 2025 - Prosphora Baking Demonstration in Plato Hall After Saturday of Souls Divine Liturgy

YAL EVENTS (Young Adults ages 18-35)

(YAL Kafeneio events are always directly after Sunday Liturgy)

December 21, 2024 - Home Fellowship (Fousekis Home)

December 29, 2024 – YAL Kafeneio

All young adults are invited and encouraged to attend.

 

 

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Announcements 

Sunday Bulletin

Read the Sunday Bulletin for the latest news and announcements at Panagia. 

Reminders

GIFT OF LIGHT

Please give the “Gift of Light” to Assumption Panagia’s Church. We need a family or an individual, to sponsor, per week, the lighting of our vigil lamps and candles in both of our holy Altars of Panagia and Saint Catherine. This includes the daily lighting of both of our holy Altars throughout the week. Suggested donation for this ministry is $100.00. Reservations, with your donation to Assumption Church, can be made through the church office. Simply, ask for the week you desire and remember to offer the names of your loved ones, both the living and those who have fallen asleep, so that they may be commemorated at the Prothesis Table of Oblation) during the Sunday Orthros of that week.

An acknowledgement in the weekly bulletin will be printed. Please specify if you would like your donation posted either in memory of… or for the health and well being of…. Our Church is blessed to have two consecrated Altars. During the Consecration service, and forever after, the Lord entrusts to the angelic powers to keep the holy Altar pure and holy. As Saint Symeon of Thessaloniki reminds us, the Holy Altar is the border between heaven and earth, it is the throne of glory and the dwelling place of God and the workshop of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We all need prayers, and your “Gift of Light” will help.
-Father Apostolos

Wedding Anniversaries

Did you know that the Orthodox Church has a prayer service for Wedding Anniversaries?  While planning with your spouse what you will do on your day of remembrance, don’t forget to contact the Church Office to set-up an appointment for the prayer service with Father Apostolos. While it is suggested that the prayer be read on your Wedding Anniversary, it may also be read on Sundays after Church services.

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Questions?

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