St. Mark Of Ephesus

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St. Marks Welcomes You

Our mission has been in witness to Christ since 1983

Parish Priest: Father James Robinson

Church phone: (781) 585-8907
Father James: (339) 204-3074 (paisius1@verizon.net)

Liturgy: Sunday mornings 10:00 am (followed by coffee hour)

Vespers: first Saturday of each month 6:00 PM

DATE CHANGE:

Our Orthodox Book Study will be meeting on Sunday, September 24th (NEW DATE) during coffee hour. Please see Catherine for additional information. catherinecondrick@gmail.com

Vespers will be served by Father Bacon on Saturday August 19th at 5:00 PM

Julie Bacon Sutton is organizing another weekend retreat for any and all- the weekend of August 18-20 at St. Marks. The itinerary will be similar to last year. Please contact Julie with any questions. jebsutton@gmail.com Julie’s cell: 508-341-7289

Many interesting Saints/Feasts listed below - check them out!!!

sad news

Fr. Bacon has informed us that George Papas (an old friend of St. Marks) has gone to be with the Lord.

https://www.ccgfuneralhome.com/obit/george-k.-pappas

(Some of you may remember that Betty's brother Nicholas Douzanis passed away in 2010)

May his Memory be Eternal!

Location

261 Main Street; Kingston, MA
Detailed Map

Directions

From the North

Take Route 3 South to Exit 9 (route 3A). Take a right at the end of the ramp towards Kingston. After passing two stoplights you will come to a fork - bear left onto routes 106 and 27. That is Main Street. Proceed approximately 1/2 mile. After passing the Police Station on your left, our Church will be 50 yards up on your right.

From the South

Route 3 North to Exit 9 (route 3A) Take a right at the end of the ramp towards Kingston. After passing two stoplights you will come to a fork - bear left onto routes 106 and 27. That is Main Street. Proceed approximately 1/2 mile. After passing the Police Station on your left, our Church will be 50 yards up on your right.

JULY edition of our Diocesan newsletter

The most recent edition of Orthodox New England newsletter may be found here

Saints and Feasts for the Month

click on the words to the right of the Saint or Feast to learn more - now this opens a new windowso you don't have to hit "Back"

Aug 16 Translation of the Image “Not-Made-By-Hands” of our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople info here

Aug 20 Prophet Samuel info here

Aug 31 The Placing of the Cincture (Sash) of the Most Holy Mother of God info here

Sep 1 Church New Year info here

Sep 2 Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves info here
Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves info here
Martyr Mamas of Caesarea in Cappadocia info here one of the Patron Saints of animals

Sep 5 Prophet Zachariah the father of St John the Baptist info here
Righteous Elizabeth the mother of St John the Baptist info here

Sep 6 Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae info here

Sep 8 The Nativity of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary info here

Sep 9 Holy, Righteous Ancestor of God, Joachim info here
Holy, Righteous Ancestor of God, Anna info here

Sep 14 The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross info here

Sep 17 Martyr Sophia and her three daughters at Rome info here

Sep 22 Prophet Jonah info here

Sep 24 Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska info here
Martyr Peter the Aleut info here
Martyr Juvenal of Alaska info here

Sep 25 Repose of the Venerable Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh info here

Sep 26 Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian info here

Sep 30 Hieromartyr Gregory the Bishop of Greater Armenia, Equal of the Apostles and Enlightener of Armenia info here

Oct 1 The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary info here

three excellent short resources

Short pamphlet on preparing for Orthodox marriage files/CrownedBooklet.pdf (175kb)

Short pamphlet on Chhurch Etiquette files/ParishEtiquetteBooklet.pdf (96kb)

Finishing the Race (by Concilar Press) files/FinishingRaceBooklet.pdf (282kb)

Diocesan Newsletter

If you would like to receive an electronic copy of the Diocese newsletter, email Father Joshua Mosher, editor at

frjmosher@sspeterpaul.org

Axios!

Our elected Council is as follows for 2017:

President: Laura Geigle

Treasurer: John Rusinak

Reporting Secretary: Julie Bacon Sutton

At-Large: George Haddad

At-Large: Subdn. Gregory Arnold

At-Large: Ron LePage

At-Large: Alexandra "Sandy" Laferte

At-Large: Catherine Condrick

At- Large: Katina Manning

Nancy Haddad, Dan Bacon & Subdeacon Gregory Arnold have been elected to the Finance Committee

as well as Anna Wozniak as our auditor

Catherine Condrick will be managing the bookstore as wel as our lending library.

Saint Mark of Ephesus parish cookbook available!

St. Mark's Cookbook is on sale! Over 200 of our favorite recipes in an easy-to-read format!

Contact Women's Group Co-Presidents Cookie Bakas or Nancy Haddad

$15 cash or check made payable to: "St. Mark's Women's Group"

ministries

St. Mark’s Ministries 2017

If you are interested in serving the church, please contact the names listed below:

Clergy: Major Orders:

Pastor: Fr. James Ransford Robinson

Fr. John T. Bacon, retired Archpriest, attached to St. Marks

Fr. R. Antony Gori, retired (living in Maine), attached to St. Marks

Fr. Vasily Gilbert, attached to Holy Annunciation, Maynard

Fr. John Bernardi, attached to St. Marks, resides in Arizona

Protodeacon Nicholas Drobot, attached to Norwich, CT, ROCOR

Minor Orders:

Subdeacon Gregory (Douglas) Arnold

Subdeacon Peter Condrick

Subdn. Nicholas Vantangoli

Reader Daniel Bacon (Diocesan Council Member)

Acolytes:

Lawrence Reardon, Evan Shortes, Nicholas Haddad, Simon Margitich, Peter Rusniak, Nicholas Williams, George Williams

Parish Council:

President: Laura Geigle

Treasurer: John Rusinak

Reporting Secretary: Julie Bacon Sutton

At-Large: George Haddad

At-Large: Subdn. Gregory Arnold

At-Large: Ron LePage

At-Large: Alexandra "Sandy" Laferte

At-Large: Catherine Condrick

At- Large: Katina Manning

Nancy Haddad, Dan Bacon & Subdeacon Gregory Arnold have been elected to the Finance Committee

as well as Anna Wozniak as our auditor

Catherine Condrick will be managing the bookstore as wel as our lending library.

Choir Director: Gina Margitich (please speak to Gina about joining the choir)

Substitute Directors: Laura Geigle, Susan Homyk (summers)

Church School Director: Jen Paulin Assistant: Julie Sutton

Women’s Group Co- Presidents: Cookie Bakas & Nancy Haddad Secretary: Nancy Haddad Treasurer: Diana Masood

Webmaster: George Sowpel

Bookstore Manager & Lending Library: Catherine Condrick

Sacristan/Mower: Mark Margitich & Simon Margitich

Vestment Care: Maria Mojica

Food Pantry Box- Subdn. Gregory & Elaine Arnold

Church Cleaners

January - Margitich
February - LePage
March - Haddads
April - ALL (Pascha month!)
May - Laferte
June - Arnold
July - Ed Carlier.
August - Geigle
September - Condrick
October - Haddads
November - Zotos
December - Vantangoli

Coffee Hour Hosts - Rusinak Geigle Vantangoli Mojica Robinson Haddad Arnold Shortes Kwong Masood

Please send any comments or suggestions for the website to George Sowpel at orthodox@comcast.net

Resources to check out...

excellent short film on prayer - be sure to watch part two...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnlXsWoE_Zw&feature=share

view a wonderful video featuring our Church click here

An interesting and informative article on church eitiquette can be found here:http://www.theologic.com/oflweb/inchurch/etiquet.htm

Interesting video from Serbia - Christos Voskrese song click here

Please look at the MINISTRIES tab on the right for ways to get involved!

A wonderful link to a good basic primer/dictionary on Orthodoxy is: http://www.stots.edu/these_truths_we_hold.html

A good online Bible with commentary approved by the Orthodox Church is at http://orthodoxstudybible.com/

Church Cleaning List

January - Margitich February - Ron and Carolyn Lepage March - Haddads
April - ALL (Pacha month!) May - Laferte June - Subdeacon Gregory and Elaine

July - Ed Carlier August - Laura September - Subdeacon Peter and Catherine

October - The Haddads November - Nancy Zotos December - Vantangolis

IF YOU NEED A KEY TO GET INTO THE CHURCH, SEE LAURA GEIGLE