“Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them,

and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

But it shall not be so among you:

but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto,

but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:25-28, KJV)

The word the Athenians used for their Assembly was Ekklesia, the same word used in the New Testament for Church
(and it is the greatest philological irony in all of Western history that this word,
which connoted equal participation in all deliberation by all members,
came to designate a kind of self-perpetuating, self-protective Spartan gerousia -
which would have seemed patent nonsense to Greek-speaking Christians of New Testament times,
who believed themselves to be equal members of their Assembly.)

- Thomas Cahill, Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter



ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΟ: THE GREEK SECRET

Monday, June 11, 2012

ΠΑΝΤΑ ΑΧΙΟΙ !!!

Dear Parishioners,

Your newly elected parish council completed the oath of office yesterday and will begin fulfilling our commitment to you effective immediately. We have met and elected officers. They are as follows:

  • President - Dimitrios Tsagaris 

  • 1st Vice President – Dr. Philip Kithas 
  • 2nd Vice President – Dr. Demetrios (Tykie) Skedros 
 
  • Treasurer - Gus Colessides 

  • Assistant Treasurer - Chris Sakellariou 
 
  • Secretary - Alicia Kastanis Mares 
 
  • Corresponding Secretary – Dr. Maria Oneida-Hardwick 
Our goal is to unite the community and return it to the vibrant Greek Orthodox Church and community it once was. We have a lot of work ahead of us and we are confident that each of you will help us in any way you see fit. We will communicate with you and keep you informed on ALL community issues as soon as we engage in the transition process and have a better understanding of the current status. We thank you for giving us the opportunity to be of service.

Your Parish Council,

George Adondakis - Gus Colessides - Steve Gamvroulas - Dr. Maria Oneida Hardwick - Dr. Phillip Kithas - Alicia Kastanis Mares - Thomas Peters - Chris Sakellariou - Sakis Sakellariou* - Pete Saltas - Pete Sefakis - Dr. Demetrios (Tykie) Skedros - Dimitrios Tsagaris
  • One of the top priorities of the new board is to have the remaining elected board members, Mr.Nick Bapis and Mr. Yannis Armaou be ratified and join us.
*Moderator's Note: Mr. Sakis Sakellariou will be sworn in upon his return from Greece where he is visiting a gravely ill relative.

Posted by TOCB Moderator at 1:54 PM

2 comments:

Bill Rekouniotis said...

Call a Special Assembly and let the people ratify Mr. Bapis & Mr. Armaou.

June 11, 2012 at 9:23 PM
Bill Rekouniotis said...

With a new board what am I going to do? What am I going to say? What will I do? Got it, congratulations to the Rev. Kouremetis for 250,000 hits on this blog, cause without you it would never have happened Marshal. Giddy up!

June 14, 2012 at 6:14 PM

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