100th Anniversary
GOYA 2019

Schedule your HOUSE BLESSING:

Father Dean will begin the Blessing of the Homes, Starting, Wednesday, January 8^th. Listed below are the dates that Father will be in your area, please make an appointment with the church office 216-861-0116 to have your home blessed.

Εάν θέλετε τον πατέρα Κωνσταντίνο Διαμαντάκη, να έρθει και να αγιάσει το σπίτι σας, σας παρακαλούμε επικοινωνήσετε με το γραφείο της Εκκλησίας 216-861-0116 για να ορίσετε την ημέρα σας.

LET US BE MINDFUL THAT FATHER IS BRINGING US THE "BLESSING OF THE JORDAN" AND THAT UNLESS GOD PROTECTS OUR HOMES, WE LABOR IN VAIN. PSALM 127.R

SCHEDULE FOR BLESSING OF HOMES 2020

Wed., Jan. 8^th thru Friday Jan 10^th CLEVELAND

Mon., Jan. 13^th thru Thurs., January 16^th BROOKLYN

Fri., Jan. 17^th BROOKPARK

Mon., Jan. 20^th thru Wed., Jan. 22nd SEVEN HILLS / INDEPENDENCE

Thurs., Jan. 23^rd – Fri., Jan. 24th BRECKSVILLE/BROADVIEW HTS

Mon., Jan. 27th, Tues. Jan. 28th, and Wed., Jan. 29th PARMA, PARMA HTS.

Mon., Feb. 3rd – Thurs., Feb. 6^th PARMA HTS. – MIDDLEBURG

Fri., Feb.7^th Mon. Feb. 10th NORTH ROYALTON, STRONGSVILLE

Tues., Feb.11th HINCKLEY, BRUNSWICK

Wed., Feb. 12^thThurs., Feb. 13^th NORTH OLMSTED, OLMSTED FALLS

Fri., Feb. 14^th Mon., Feb. 17th LAKEWOOD

Tues., Feb. 18th FAIRVIEW PARK & ROCKY RIVER

Wed., Feb. 19^th WESTLAKE & BAY VILLAGE

Thurs., Feb., 20th - CLEVELAND HTS., MAYFIELD HTS., EUCLID, & S. EUCLID

Mon., Feb. 24^th WICKCLIFFE & MENTOR

Tues., Feb. 25th MEDINA & KRON

Welcome to the Annunciation Website, a ministry of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Cleveland, Ohio. On behalf of the faithful of our parish, we are extremely blessed that you are visiting our website.

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Upcoming Events:

The Annual Vasilopita & Family Breakfast

Donation: $6 Adult $3 Children

Celebration is sponsored by the Philoptochos

Society to Benefit: St. Basil Academy Hellenic College & Holy Cross Second Tray will pass in church to benefit St. Basil’s home for children

BORDER & SOULS a film by Takis Bardakos

Saturday, January 25th 12pm-2pm At Michael Angelo’s Winery 5515 Broadview Rd., Richfield, OH

Tickets $15 per person

Film Screening & Greek America Fundraiser

Please join us for a fundraiser in support of Greek America Foundation as we learn from GAF Founder and Executive Producer of this award winning documentary, Mr. Gregory Pappas.

We welcome Mr. Pappas to Cleveland, OH for the weekend as he will be speaking at the Greek Letters/Three Hierarch Celebration at Annunciation Cleveland on Sunday. Greg will share with us how we can become involved in the #ChildrenOfGreece Campaign supporting six Greek charities through their summer volunteer programs and Project Hope for Greece.

Visit www.greekamericafoundation.org for more information.

Come enjoy a glass of wine or a cappuccino at the beautiful Michael Angelos Winery in RIchfield, OH. The event and film screening will be shown in the Vineyard room. We will begin promptly at noon with a few intoductory remarks by Mr. Pappas to our community and youth followed by the film screening (app. 1 hour).

Food and beverage available for purchase at the cafe/tasting bar.

About Gregory Pappas:

Mr. Gregory Pappas is a PR and event planner in New York City. He is the founder of the Greek America Foundation and publisher of the website, The Pappas Post. Additional titles associated with Greg include film producer and public speaker. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Greg lives in Chicago for almost 20 years before moving to NYC. He produces major international events like The Gabby Awards, the National Innovation Conference, and the Forty Under Forty Awards weekend all under the umbrella of the Greek America Foundation. Mr. Pappas is passionate about his Greek heritage and wants to share it with the world.

About the fillm:

The fim Border Souls by Takis Bardakos is a documentary about the beauty of the refugee tragedy and solidarity in the chaos of Eidomeni.

From the absurdity of war and the refugee tragedy, to the dramatic passage from the Aegean to the northern border of Greece, the pitiable of Eidomeni΄s camp becomes “Europe’s shame.”

When Europe closes its borders to Greece, trapping the impoverished refugees, they become invisible to the outside world. They become the “Border Souls.”

But hours away from the mayhem, one peaceful man, elder Christodoulos, and the nuns of the Panagia-Fovera Prostasia (Virgin Mary of Great Protection) Monastery unite with the surrounding villages of Halkidiki to share their generosity and solidarity with the isolated refugees, illuminating the capacity of a crisis-ridden society to change the world with fewer words and more action...

Director - photography: Takis Bardakos

* editor:Chronis Theocharis,* music composer: Michalis Grigoriou

*sound design - mixing Nick Angelopoulos,

* colourist:Gregory Arvanitis

*executive producer: Gregory C. Pappas

World Premiere : New York City Greek Film Festival(1/10/2017)

Awards

Around Best Documentary: Around International Fim Festival, Paris(July 2017)
Best Photography Award at the 11th Greek Documentary Film Festival
Special jury award at the 11th Greek Documentary Film Festival

Festival Screenings: Thessaloniki Documentary Festival* Doc Fest Χαλκίδας* Barcelona Planet Film Festiva Roma Cinema DOC * Los Angeles Cine Fest * Around International Film Festival, Paris * ARFF Amsterdam Film Festival, *Kastelorizo 3rd International Festival "Beyond the Borders 2018 *New Delhi India, 7th Delhi International * Chania, 6h Chania Film Festival 2018CFF)

Director’s biography

Born in Greece, Takis Bardakos studied Camera & Photography at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens

Thank you!

Thank you to those who donated poinsettias to help beautify our church during the Nativity of Our Lord, and to all the volunteers who beautifully decorated the Christmas tree and the doorways. We also wanted to say a HUGE Thank you to everyone who donated to our Annual Christmas Card this year. This this year we raised over $3100!!! We wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year!!!

Θέλουμε να ευχαριστήσουμε όλους για την οικονομική προσφορά σας στην Χριστουγεννιάτικη Κάρτα της εκκλησίας μας. Σας ευχαριστούμε και σας ευχόμαστε Χρονιά Πολλά με υγεία και χαρά και ένα Ευλογημένο Νέο Χρόνο με Ειρήνη, Υγεία και Ευτυχία!

Memorials

When scheduling a memorial please call the church office 216.861.0116

To order a Memorial Tray

Please contact:

Vivian Kyriazis 440.915.2070

Angie Tsigas 440.716.9072

Coffee Social for Memorials:

Memorial Coffee hour will be held in the lower level social hall. Use of the Banquet hall is subject to caters availability and Fees. Please contact Philoptochos Ellie Skoutas 440.570.7538 or

Despina Sarantopoulou 216.269.7272

If you would like to host the coffee social in loving memory of your loved one