GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF WEST ISLAND OF MONTREAL

PROGRAM OF DIVINE LITURGIES

MAY 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023

• 20 May 5 p.m.   School of Byzantine Ecclesiastical Music of Montreal . Musical Presentation – PATRIARCHAL OCTOECHOS’23
• 20 May. Patronal Feast of our church.  Following the Vespers, the Ladies Philoptochos will offer sweets and refreshments to the congregation.
• 27 May. 7 p.m. Festal Banquet at the Church Hall. Live music, dance, selective  cuisine.
• The following marriages will be celebrated in the month of May 2023
• 6 MAY 1 p.m. KYRAS CHRISTOPHER & ANDREIASI ALEXANDRA
• 6 MAY 2 p.m.  ARAUJO ANTHONY & VAFIADES STELLA 
• 6 MAY 4 p.m.  IATROS JORGE & CUEILLEIRRIER SAMATHA
• 13 MAY 4 p.m. DIMITRAKOPOULOS NICKOLAOS / JEAN ISABELLE
• 27 MAY 2 p.m. HATZIGEORGIOU SEAN & CHRISTINA KALOS
• 27 MAY 3 p.m.  VILLELLA FABIO & RIGAS ANNA

 With the Lord’s blessing

Father Lambros

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MEMBERSHIP

You can now make your membership subscriptions on-line, you can pay your membership on line and also make on-line Donations. All payments are done through the Secure PayPal on-line system. Visit our Home page: Click on “LEARN MORE” under “BECOME A MEMEBER TODAY” that brings you to the membership page. Open that page, select on-line membership application for individual or family. You can also download the membership form in PDF format, fill it up and send it to us by regular mail with a check payment.

Please renew your annual membership for 2022 by visiting our office at the church, or on-line in our home page

DONATION ENVELOPES

They are available at the office. If you would like to receive a tax-receipt at the end of the year, obtain a box of envelopes and write the number that has been assigned to your name at the office. i.e. if your name has been assigned with number 42, write the number 42 on the envelope, for every envelope that you provide a donation. To obtain the number see the office secretary.

PARKING 

Please park only in the designated areas and do not park in areas where you may interfere with the parking of others and emergency vehicles.

DO NOT PARK:

• IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH
• ON THE PARKING DRIVE WAY AROUND THE CHURCH

Now you can witness the results or of our hard work and dedication in the completion of the church renovation and expansion. Please continue to support our fundraising effort to pay-off our banking obligations . Tax receipts shall me provided for all donations.

YOUR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT

• The spiritual development of the Greek-Canadian family
• The education of our children within our faith and cultural heritage
• The development of our orthodox faith and the transfer of our our spiritual values.
• The safe access to our church and community hall to person with special needs, elders and families with young kids.

Your active support confirms your participation in our faith, in the Church of Christ and his Saints, in Orthodoxy and your involvement in the transmission of our faith to our children and grandchildren. All these values were kept alive by the sacrifices or our ancestors, during the darkest periods of our history. Your financial contribution will ensure the survival of our Community, through the presence of which lives on the heritage left to us by all those who upheld these everlasting values and past them on as a precious legacy. By becoming a member you show how much you care for the continuation of this living presence of the gifts bestowed on us by those preceded us.