June 2016 - Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church
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June 2016 - Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church
Volume 22 Issue 6 June 2016 The Message SAINT PARASKEVI GREEK ORTHODOX SHRINE CHURCH 1 SHRINE PLACE, GREENLAWN, NEW YORK June 2016 Volume 22 No. 6 PARISH COUNCIL OFFICERS 2016 President - Steve Margarites Vice President - Steve Ramerini 2nd Vice President - Nick Andreadis Treasurer - Dan Doscas Assistant Treasurer - John Ioannou Secretary - Effie Carlucci Assistant Secretary - Dennis Lichas PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS 2016 Elene Batanchiev-George Bennis-Kathryn Dorsey Gigi Franklin-Christine Ilasi-Nick Kontos-Sophia Loizos Dean Koutsoubis-Peter Orfanakos Jason Poulis-Georgia Psilakis-Steve Stavros Jon Varlamos-Helen Varsos CONTENTS FEATURED SAINTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS CHURCH INFORMATION FROM THE DESK OF FR. LOU FROM OUR PARISH COUNCIL PRESIDENT CHOIR NOTES SUNDAY SCHOOL PHILOPTOCHOS GREEK SCHOOL PTO GREEK SCHOOL GREEK AMERICAN PRE-SCHOOL GIRL SCOUTS LITTLE ANGELS GOYA STEWARDSHIP INFORMATION OUR MINISTRY LEADERS Athletics – Wanted Bi-Annual Blood Drive - Angela Arettines Board of Education – George Likourezos Care Ministry - Sophia DeMonte Choir – Pauline Kitsopoulos Church Book Store – John Arettines Girl Scouts – Agape Bell Good Neighbor Fund - Pam Praetorius, Maria Mastrogiacomo GOYA Advisors – Bob Kouroupakis, Janina Nathan GOYAL - Georgina Kostopoulos, Anna Koullias Greek American Preschool – Joanne Kefalas Greek School Principal – Maria Angel Greek School PTO – Anjie Stergakos HOPE – Wanted IOCC - Nikki Larkin, Gloria Stavrakopoulos JOY – Tessie Pando Junior Choir - Kathy Demacopoulos, Erika Gavras Life Ministry – Anastasia Geotes Little Angels – Alexandra Bennis, Effie Poulos, Christine Borzumato Philoptochos – Georgia Constantine Players – Chris Christopher Shrine/Church Beautification – Anastasia Geotes, SUNDAY SERVICES Orthros: 8:30 am Divine Liturgy: 9:45 am * * * WEEKDAY LITURGIES Orthros: 9:00am Divine Liturgy: 10:00am * * * PARAKLESIS TO PANAYIA Every Friday Evening - 6:00pm * * * PARAKLESIS TO ST. PARASKEVI First Friday of every month - 11:00am * * * EUCHELEON SERVICE First Tuesday of every month - 6:00pm * * * All services are listed on the Church Calendar on our website. * * * If you wish to schedule a Memorial, Artoclasia, 40 Day Blessing, or a Fanouropita Service Please contact the Church office. SAINT PARASKEVI GREEK ORTHODOX SHRINE CHURCH, 1 SHRINE PLACE, GREENLAWN, NY 11740 TEL.:631.261.7272 - FAX: 631.261.7295 - EMAIL: SHRINE@STPARASKEVI.ORG - W EBSITE : WWW .S T P ARASKEVI . ORG REVEREND FATHER ELIAS (LOU) NICHOLAS - EMAIL: FRLOUISNICHOLAS@GMAIL.COM JUNE 2016 SUN MON TUE WED THU Spring Blood Drive 3pm Girl Scouts 4:30 pm Philoptochos Board Paraklesis to St. Paraskevi 11am Choir Rehearsal 7:30pm Meeting SAT 4 3 2 1 FRI Paraklesis 6pm Greek School 9:30am Variety Paint Night 3pm 7:30pm 6 5 Sunday of the Blind Man Orthros 8:30am Divine Liturgy 9:45 am 7 Adult Basketball 8:30 pm GOYA 7:30 pm St. Kalliope Stewardship Committee Meeting 7:30 pm Orthros - 8:45am Divine Liturgy 9:30am Executive Board Meeting 8 pm General Assembly Meeting 12:00 pm 12 13 1st Ecumenical Council Orthros 8:30am Divine Liturgy 9:45 am Adult Basketball 8:30 pm 9 8 14 Players Meeting 7 pm Parish Council Meeting 8pm Girl Scouts 4:30 pm 15 11 10 Ascension Orthros - 8:45am Divine Liturgy 9:30am 16 Paraklesis 6pm JOY End of the Year Party 7pm Little Angels/ HOPE 7:00 pm 17 18 Paraklesis 6pm Girl Scouts 4:30 pm GOYA 7:30 pm Good Neighbor Fund Meeting 7 pm Last Day of Greek School 9:30am Saturday of the Souls 9:00am Philoptochos General Meeting 7:30pm 19 20 Pentecost Orthros 8:30am Divine Liturgy 9:45am 21 22 23 Adult Basketball 8:30 pm 26 27 Sunday of The Samaritan Woman Orthros 8:30am Divine Liturgy 9:45 am Adult Basketball 8:30 pm 28 25 Paraklesis 6pm General Assembly Meeting 7:30pm Golf Outing Brookville Country Club 12pm 24 29 30 Daily Bible Readings for June, 2016 6/1/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 13:13-24 Gospel: John 6:5-14 6/14/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 21:26-32 Gospel: Luke 4:22-30 6/27/2016 Epistle: Romans 2:28-29; 3:1-18 Gospel: Matthew 6:31-34; 7:9-11 6/2/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 14:20-28; 15:1-4 Gospel: John 9:39-10:9 6/15/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 23:1-11 Gospel: John 16:15-23 6/28/2016 Epistle: Romans 4:4-12 Gospel: Matthew 7:15-21 6/3/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 15:5-12 Gospel: John 10:17-28 6/16/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 25:13-19 Gospel: John 16:23-33 6/29/2016 Matins: John 21:14-25 Epistle: Corinthians 11:21-33; 12:1-9 Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19 6/4/2016 Epistle: Hebrews 7:26-28; 8:1-2 Gospel: John 10:1-9 6/17/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 27:1-44; 28:1 Gospel: John 17:18-26 6/5/2016 Matins: John 20:11-18 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 16:16-34 Gospel: John 9:1-38 6/18/2016 Epistle: Thessalonians 4:13-17 Gospel: John 21:14-25 6/6/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 17:1-9 Gospel: John 11:47-54 6/19/2016 Matins: John 20:19-23 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11 Gospel: John 7:37-52; 8:12 6/7/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 17:19-28 Gospel: John 12:19-36 6/20/2016 Epistle: Ephesians 5:8-19 Gospel: Matthew 18:10-20 6/8/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 18:22-28 Gospel: John 12:36-47 6/21/2016 Epistle: Romans 1:1-7, 13-17 Gospel: Matthew 4:23-25;5:1-13 6/9/2016 Matins: Mark 16:9-20 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 1:1-12 Gospel: Luke 24:36-53 6/22/2016 Epistle: Romans 1:18-27 Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26 6/10/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 19:1-8 Gospel: John 14:1-11 6/11/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30 Gospel: Luke 10:16-21 6/12/2016 Matins: John 21:1-14 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18, 28-36 Gospel: John 17:1-13 6/13/2016 Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 21:8-14 Gospel: John 14:27-15:7 6/23/2016 Epistle: Romans 1:28-32; 2:1-9 Gospel: Matthew 5:27-32 6/24/2016 Matins: Luke 1:24-25, 57-68, 76, 80 Epistle: Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4 Gospel: Luke 1:1-25, 57-68, 76-80 6/25/2016 Epistle: Romans 1:7-12 Gospel: Matthew 5:42-48 6/26/2016 Matins: Matthew 28:16-20 Epistle: Hebrews 11:33-40; 12:1-2 Gospel: Matthew 10:32-33; 37-38; 19:27-30 6/30/2016 Epistle: Corinthians 4:9-16 Gospel: Matthew 9:36, 10:1-8 From The Desk of Fr. Lou Greetings, Parish Business I pray you are well. On Sunday, June 5th, the parish held its Spring General Assembly meeting. Unfortunately, as you can see from the picture below, we did not have a quorum. Our current Parish by-laws state that we must have 50 Stewards in attendance in order to conduct the business of the community, which cannot be done by the Parish Council alone. As a result, we are forced to convene another General Assembly. This General Assembly is scheduled for: Tuesday, June 21st at 7:30pm I know this is a weeknight and it will be difficult, but I pray that at least 50 people, out of the almost 500 steward families, will be able to attend. A letter has been sent to the entire community informing you of the new meeting. Please RSVP if you will be there. In the future, the Parish Council and myself will make every effort to make theses meetings more efficient and take less of your precious and valuable time. God bless you for your commitment to your Church family, and may He continue to be with you always. LAST GENERAL ASSEMBLY With much love and respect, Fr. Lou Pictured above: The attendance of the most recent General Assembly meeting held on Sunday, June 5th. Only 29 stewards were present. From Our Parish Council President - Steve Margarites Happy summer to everyone: Well the weather is getting nice and warm the sun is shining and the flowers are in bloom. That also means there will be graduations for all our kids. I want wish all the grads congrats and well done . Good luck in the future we are all proud of you. The grads I am talking about are from college, HS, middle school, elementary school, Greek school, Greek American Pre school, those who now have graduated to proper age for the Komubaro club, and most importantly all cheese that has now graduated to proper maturity and now can be enjoyed with your favorite topping J I am so happy to introduce this months Past President report. Michael Love has been a fixture at St. Paraskevi for as long as I can remember. If it wasn’t on the PC, it was behind the altar. He was always at the church. He, like many of our veteran Parishioners, have always had St. Paraskevi as a priority in their lives. Mr. Love truly LOVES St. Paraskevi. Please enjoy the words from Mr. Love ….. God Bless you all and EAT MORE CHEESE From Our Past Parish Council President - Michael Love Dear Fellow Parishioners, My name is Michael Love and I am grateful to have served my Orthodox Church and my various parish, St. Paraskevi, in one capacity or another for most of my life, beginning as a young altar boy of 7, back in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt. After a 3 year long search for a home on Long Island , moving from New Jersey, my family, which includes wife Venus and two daughters Mary Anne and Helen, we settled in 1975 in Huntington, New York , because we were informed about the beautiful parish of Saint Paraskevi , which was close by. Immediately we became stewards and active participants in church groups and functions. I became a member of the Parish Council and served as the Secretary for many years prior to being elected Parish Council President in 1987. As president, I became more deeply involved in the upgrades and maintenance of the church, including the beautification of the Grotto Shrine, the Church proper with its many ongoing needs including expansion of the narthex and choir areas as well as necessary changes in the community center. For my long time service to the Church, His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos of blessed memory bestowed upon me the Medal of St. Paul. Most significant to me though was that I was blessed to serve in the altar with many of St. Paraskevi’s clergy, starting with Father Manny Vasilakis, through the service of Fr. Dimitri Mourelatos. Each Sunday I was overjoyed to help our young altar boys vest and advise them of protocol and procedures during the Divine Liturgy. In 1996 I was extremely humbled that Archbishop Iakovos tonsured me as an official Reader of the Church. Due to health restrictions, I miss attending Church services and seeing many good friends and loved ones, but St. Paraskevi Church will always remain in my heart and soul as a place of joy, fellowship, spirituality and love. God bless you all. CHRISTOS ANESTI! 3RD ANNUAL MEN WHO COOK DINNER DANCE - MAY 7, 2016 THANK YOU FR. LOU for your BLESSINGS, LOVE, and GUIDANCE THANK YOU Fabulous CHEFS who turned our Community Hall into a 5-STAR RESTAURANT!! Michael Akapnitis ( DIX HILLS DINER) - Nick Andreadis - Peter Athanasatos - Lenny Carlucci - Gus Constantine - George Dimitriou - Jim Fakatselis - Ted Heretakis - George Huta - John Ioannou - Bobby Kouroupakis - Andrew J. Leo - Dennis Lichas - Steve Margarites - Louie Misoulis - Steve Noulis- Chris Patronis - Gus Poulis - Nick Poulis Steve Ramerini THANK YOU Parish Council President, STEVE MARGARITES who cooked for us and went through great lengths to be at our event in fun spirit! We appreciate all your love support! THANK YOU DJ, KYRIACOS PARPAS for your great dancing music!! THANK YOU VENUS GREEK RESTAURANT, Northport, NY KYRIACOS PARPAS for the delicious salads!! THANK YOU ST. PARASKEVI FAMILY and GUESTS who wined, dined, and danced with us!! THANK YOU EVERYONE who supported our 50/50 Raffle Philoptochos raised another $500 towards our Kitchen Renovation Project! THANK YOU PHILOPTOCHOS SISTERS WHO HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS!! HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO OUR SPIRITUAL FR. LOU AND TO ALL THE FATHERS!! With all our love, The Ladies Philoptochos submitted by Penny Martakis "Lord, bless our music that it may glorify Your Name; May using it to serve You always be our aim." CHRISTOS ANESTI! ALITHOS ANESTI! CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! It is hard to believe that another Paschal season has come and is almost gone, especially since Easter was May 1st this year and Pentecost is yet to come. We hope that you all had a Kali Anastasi and a Kalo Pascha, and that the moms had a Very Happy Mother's Day. Now we can truly say "Haroumeni Anixi", "Happy Spring", and enjoy the sounds of the season. Sing the glory of His name; give to Him glorious praise! Psalm 66:2 As usual we worked hard to prepare for the Paschal holidays, and when the time came we were happy that we had young people join us to sing the beautiful hymns of the season. Lea Andreadis, who has joined us on other occasions, joined us on Palm Sunday and thenagain on Holy Tuesday, along with Megan Shede and Elizabeth Larkin, to sing the Kassiani Hymn. Of course we were delighted as usual to hear that the Junior Choir sang the hymns of the Saturday of Lazarus and Palm Sunday. Previously the Junior Choir had also joined us up in our loft on Sunday, April 17th, so if we sounded extra wonderful you know the reason why! Hopefully we have future senior choir members in the making! the passings of Peter's brother and sister-in-law, George and Georgia. Eonia I Mni Mi! May their memory be eternal! D.A.D. Federation News EXCERPT from Paschal Message: As you gather with family and friends to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Pascha, I wish you the blessings of this Holy season. Christos Anesti! Maria Keritsis, Chairman National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians COUNCIL MEETING: The last D.A.D. Council Meeting of this Ecclesiastical year will be held for all Federation members on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at St. Paul's Cathedral, Hempstead, NY. Important issues will be discussed, including the 32nd Annual Federation Conference to be held at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary GO Church of the Hamptons, Southampton, LI, November 18-20, 2016. 2016 CONFERENCE: Saturday, May 7th, President Anna Dounelis and Fay Pavlidis met with Fr. Alex Karloutsos, Presv. Xanthi Karloutsos, Fr. Constantine Lazarakis and Choir Director Sophia Saridakis to discuss plans for the upcoming conference. Much progress was made that day, including a visit to the Southampton Inn with Fr. Constantine where attendees will be staying. Rehearsals for this conference have also begun. There will be three Holy Saturday evening we had visitors who joined us up in this spring and then again in the Fall. our loft. It was great to see Athena Margarites with her friend, and choir member Maria Athanasiou's daughter, for- NATIONAL FORUM: This year the Annual Meeting of mer choir member Lisa Soteropoulos and her daughter, the National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musiwho also joined us. It was so nice to see mother, daughter, cians will be held in conjunction with the Clergy-Laity Congress in Nashville, TN from July 3-8, 2016. It is a and granddaughter singing together. very special year as the Forum will be celebrating its' Congratulations are in order for several choir members. 40th anniversary. Congratulations to choir member Ariana Warren upon her graduation from Ithaca State University. Her parents, choir Until we meet again, we would like to wish all the dads a members Marie and Dana are very proud of her accom- Very Happy Father's Day! Stay well and see you on Sunplishments as are we! Next, congratulations to choir mem- day!! ber Sally Economou upon the graduation of her granddaughter, Julie, from Adelphi University. Sally and her Fay Pavlidis family are very proud of Julie, too, an RN, as are we. Last but not least, congratulation to choir member Jean Camas upon the wedding of her son, Gregg, to Johanna. We wish everyone blessings and all the best. Our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies are extended to choir members Peter and Georgia Stavros upon The Good Neighbor Fund was started by a group of friends in 2009. Through private donations and fundraisers we raise money in order to provide financial assistance to individuals and families who are experiencing difficult financial times due to illness, an accident or injury. Since our inception in March of 2009, we have raised several thousand dollars and have helped many families and individuals of varying backgrounds through payments for rent, medicine, surgery, groceries and basic living essentials Each month we would like to spotlight a family or individual who we have helped so you can come to know some of the families and their struggles that are assisted through your support and donations. One of our many cases came to us through Visiting Nurse Service. Patient T is a 27 year old male who is terminally ill with systemic scleroderma , a rare autoimmune disease that causes hardening of the skin and internal organs ( lungs , kidneys , etc.) . He was an athletic young man, working and living in Brooklyn before becoming seriously ill. He now resides with his mother and stepfather and a nurse’s aide who is caring for him. His stepfather , who is also a nurse’s aide, is reduced to working part time due to his own cancer treatment at this time . The Good Neighbor Fund was able to help with this family's PSEG bill and other bills as they struggle to live on one salary. We were also able to help by funding an anti-rejection medication that insurance would not cover at the time . The family is extremely grateful for all the financial support given to them by the Good Neighbor Fund . In turn, the Good Neighbor Fund is thankful to our community here at St. Paraskevi , who make it possible for us to help these families through continued support and donations. If you would like to make a donation to the Good Neighbor Fund please go to our website ;wwwstparaskevi.com/ministry or mail you do- Xristos Anesti! The Greek American Preschool at Saint Paraskevi hopes everyone had a glorious Pascha. Our students learned the letters Xx, Vv and Omega. They read amazing books that tied into their letters such as "Growing Vegetable Soup" by Lois Elhert, "Max Counts in his Chickens" by Rosemary Wells, and "My Mom Has X-ray Vision" by Angela Mcallister. Some other things they learned were parts of the body, rhyming words, flowers and showers, and shape collages. Children decorated eggs, made marshmallow peep kabobs, and did egg counting. Registration is open for Fall 2016/2017 Mommy and Me Wednesdays 10-11:30 Nursery School Tuesday - Friday 9:30-12:30 and Friday Greek) (Wednesday Pre-K Monday-Friday 9:30-12:30 (Wednesday and Friday Greek) 2.5 years old - 4 years old Greek Classes Wednesday and Friday 9:30-12:30 Ta Psarakia Greek Class (Kindergarten in Elementary School) Thursdays 4:30-6:00 Soccer 2.5 years old - 4 years old Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 Teachers all have graduate degrees in education Students will receive 2 days of physical education by a certified gym teacher. Pre K students will receive one on one reading instruction with a certified reading teacher one day per week. Joanne Karipidis Kefalas Director - Greek American Pre-School at St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church. Congratulations to the Greek School Class of 2016!!! Our Annual Greek School Dinner Dance and Graduation Ceremony for the sixth graders will be held on Saturday, June 11th at 6:30pm. Please be sure to purchase your tickets in advance as seating is limited. Final exams will be held on June 4th (there will be no make-up day for final exams). June 11th will be the last day of classes, as well as our Greek School Dinner Dance and Graduation Ceremony that evening. Early registration for the 2016-2017 school year will begin on June 4th. Anyone who has not fulfilled his 2015-2016 tuition and/or paid half his stewardship pledge for 2016 will not be permitted to register. To register in September, three-quarters of your stewardship pledge for 2016 must be paid. The minimum stewardship pledge for 2016 is $640 per the bylaws ($350 for families that are stewards of another Greek Orthodox church). If you have any questions regarding your tuition and stewardship, please call Maria Angel in the church office. I wish everyone a great Summer!!! George Likourezos, Esq. St. Paraskevi Greek School Board of Education President We are in urgent need of gently used clothing for our little clients. We need outerwear, onesies, stretchies and undershirts. Please ONLY sizes newborn to 12 M. If you have large baby items such as cribs, car seats, etc. and you would like to donate them to a very worthy cause, please call Carol Werblin at 631 261-6029. She will come to your house to pick up the items. She personally gives them to families in financial need, so the items will be put to good use. Thank You, Anastasia G. Geotes As we prepare to wrap up another year of Sunday School, we would like to thank everyone who helped to make this year a huge success! Thank you to the students and parents. Thank you to Christina Varlamos for processing registration forms and compiling all of the class lists. Thank you to Lisa Schiede and Helen Rentsch for coordinating and directing the Christmas Pageant. Thank you to Maria Accovelli for running the OCMC Coin Collection fundraiser. We are grateful to all the parents who were always willing to step in to lend a hand whenever they were asked to help with the offering basket, direct class dismissals after Communion, and substitute in the classroom. Finally, to the teachers, who give so much to the kids in teaching them about our Orthodox faith. Sunday School is nothing without all of you: Pre-K: Lisa Schiede and Christina Borzumato Kindergarten: Naouma Tsalios 1st Grade: Nick and Karen Kontos 2nd Grade: Mary Mooney, Athena Mastrogiannis, Cally Schickler 3rd Grade: Flo Ioannou and Demetria Jacobus 4th Grade: Zina Poulis and Kathy Nicholas 5th Grade: Georgia Skiadas and Perri Athanasiou 6th Grade: Argy Koumas 7th Grade: Bill Courbanou 8th Grade: Helen Varsos High School: George Demacopoulos and Chris Varthalamis This month our bulletin board honors three senior graduates. These young women all have a bright future ahead of them. We applaud and are so proud of their accomplishments. May God Bless them always with wonderful things! Our graduates are: Elizabeth Georgakopoulos Christina Marcisak Gina Marcisak We wish everyone a fun and relaxing summer. See you in September! Christos Anesti, I hope that everyone is enjoying the weather and this wonderful season which follows our time in preparation for Easter. Father Lou and our care ministry volunteers visited with our parishioners who are not able to attend the services. This visits are always welcomed with a smile and they are personally rewarding to us. I will keep it brief, until next time. God bless! 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Lou, Presbytera Tammy, John Nectarios & Family Steven Margarites Peter & Helen Orfanakos / Ted & Gena Theodoropoulos Dan & Kathryn Dorsey / Jon & Christina Varlamos Demetrios & Maria Carris / Dean & Lisa Soteropoulos Andre & Nancy Poulis / Jason & Marina Poulis In Memory of Vasilios Paraskevopoulos Chris & Penny Homenides / Ari & Amy Mendrinos Nick & Kathy Chonis / Constantine & Alicia Chonis John & Antigoni Misthos George & Penny Koutsoukos In Memory of Constantin Karkulas Jimmy & Georgia Kaitery Peter & Lola Heretakis Michael & Paris Pappas Gus & Georgia Constantine / Tom & Kathy Karanzias George & Maria Likourezosa Steve & Fran Stavros Len & Effie Carlucci Anonymous Donor Nicholas & Vina Michalopoulos Charles & Effie Bifulco Bill, Alex & Andrew Athanasiou Families Anonymous Donor Gus & Dorothy Poulis / Nick & Zina Poulis Daniel & Christina Ackerler & Family / John & Maria Tavera Billy & Beth Maniatis Dorothy Athanas John & Christine Ballow Loula Kalkines & Family The Psilakis & des Enfants Families Paul & Nikki Larkin Nick & Skevi Giannitsas St. Paraskevi Greek School Board George Katsoulakis James & Niki Kalaitzis Stephanie Maimis Mike & Maria Kelly Nick & Eleni Tiliakos Theologos Tiliakos Kristin Ramerini Steven Ramerini Jamie Ramerini Vasilios & Anna Milonas Steven & Katherine Finkin Saint Paraskevi Basketball & Volleyball Families Peter & Georgia Stavros Michael & Chrisoula Hartofilis In Memory Of Gabriel Karipidis Chris & Harriet Patronis Daniel & Demetra Doscas Louis & Maria Arroyo Paul & Margo Margarites George & Angela Tsolakis Arthur & Kathy Courbanou Stelios & Frangitsa Bertos & Family Bob & Jenny Kouroupakis John & Terri Addamo (In Memory of Harry & Katina Kontos) Vasilios & Maria Vasiliou Loucas & Patricia Pericli Diane Bennis George & Alex Bennis Joseph & Sophia Vitiello Nicholas & Theodora Emanuel (In memory of Aleck & Alice Stanton) James & Pamela Fakatselis Peter Constandy Demitra & Diana Orfanakos Christina & Anthony Theodoropoulos Anthea & Demi Kaitery Lana, Peter & Lucy Maniatis Gregory Paraskevopoulos Marina Paraskevopoulos Daphne Koutsoukos Andreanna, Alexandra & Callista Pappas Nicholas Kameno Antonio, Gianna & Franco Borzumato Escaping Cyprus by Gus Constantine Mavromoustakos Family George & Penny Martakis Michael Kelly Chrysanthe Koumas Athanasios & Voula Vasilopoulos Theofanis & Betty Mitsinikos Nick & Agathi Mitsinikos James & Catherine Andreadis/Michael Pontisakos/Anonymous Katerina Lallos/Bill & Renee Gatsiadis Michael & Venus Love Saint Paraskevi Choir Anthony & Sophia DeMonte Theodore & Elaine Heretakis Alex & Cynthia Amanatides George & Grace Thomas James & Faye Adamis George & Vivian Dimitriou Costa & Joanne Christoforou Alexander & Irene DeBorja Helen Stavros Catherine Tassoulas Vasilios & Ilektra Bogdani Joseph & Denise Ferrazano Emmanuel, Christian & Nicholas Kouroupakis Anonymous Donor Atlex, Steven & Nikaletta Levick In Memory of John Bennis Lukas Vitiello Anastasia Bennis John Bennis Curtis Meyer & Evelyn Kittis Anonymous Donor Andreas, Panayiota & Maria Papachristou George & Janet Manolarakis Bill & Tatiani Pavlides Michael & Helen Marcisak Walter & Dianna Ebe Nick & Rosie Monogioudis Paul & Dorothy Pantason In Memory of Steven Mally In memory of Charles and Angel Tsunis HELLENIC CENTER RENOVATION PLAN GYMNASIUM G1 – GYM REMODELING FLOOR SAND EXISTING FLOOR, REFINISH, PAINT LINES AND LOGOS WALLS REMOVE PANELS, WINDOWS AND OVERHANG BY STAGE AREA FRAME OUT AND CLOSE WINDOW AREA INSTALL IMPACT RESISTANT SHEETROCK INSTALL PADDING MATS ON WALLS AND DOORS REPLACE EXISTING DUCT WITH ARCHITECTURAL CIRCULAR DUCT CEILING STAIN / REFINISH CEILING DOORS NEW DOORS ON CLOSETS AND ENTRY WAYS LIGHTING NEW LIGHTING FIXTURES G2 – NEW TELESCOPIC BLEACHERS 3 ROWS OF SEATING (UP TO 126 SEATS) KITCHEN K1 – KITCHEN REMODELING DEMOLISH EXISTING STORAGE ROOM NEXT TO KITCHEN REMOVE ALL EQUIPMENT EXCEPT: EXISTING STAINLESS STEEL SINK EXISTING STAINLESS STEEL COUNTER TOP CONSTRUCT FLOOR OVER STAIR AT NORTHWEST CORNER CONSTRUCT NEW WALK-IN FREEZER UNIT AT NORTHWEST CORNER ADD 2ND DOOR BETWEEN GYM AND KITCHEN OPPOSITE STAIRS TO BASEMENT CONSTRUCT NEW BROOM CLOSET AND DOUBLE DOOR PANTRY ALONG STAIR WALL AT STAIRS AND WALK-IN UNIT NEW TILE FLOOR NEW TILE WALLS NEW SHEETROCK CEILING AND RECESSED LIGHTING NEW KITCHEN EQUIPMENT EXISTING BATHROOMS B1 - REMODELING OF EXISTING MEN’S BATHROOM FLOOR, WALLS, CEILING AND LIGHTING NEW FIXTURES NEW PARTITIONS CONFIGURATION WILL NOT CHANGE NUMBER OF STALLS AND SINKS WILL NOT CHANGE B2 – REMODELING OF EXISTING WOMEN’S BATHROOM SIMILAR SCOPE TO MEN’S BATHROOM NEW ADA HANDICAP BATHROOM H1 - NEW ADA HANDICAP BATHROOM LOCATE WITHIN FOOTPRINT OF CURRENT LIFE CENTER NEW WALL BETWEEN LIFE CENTER AND ADA BATHROOM NEW DOOR TO HALLWAY CHANGING TABLE STORAGE S1 – NEW STORAGE ROOM AT FORMER STAGE S2 – UPGRADE TO EXISTING 1ST FLOOR STORAGE ROOM CAGES / BINS / SHELVING DIVIDED BY MINISTRY S3 – UPGRADE TO BASEMENT STORAGE CAGES / BINS / SHELVING DIVIDED BY MINISTRY MECHANICAL / ELECTRICAL / PLUMBING (MEP) M1 – REPLACE 15 TON HVAC UNIT FOR GYM (CURRENTLY NEAR PARKING LOT – TO BE RELOCATED TO ROOF) M2 - REPLACE 15 TON HVAC UNIT FOR GYM (LOCATED NEAR LIBRARY) M3 – REPLACE 15 TON HVAC UNIT FOR CHURCH (LOCATED SOUTH OF METER RM) M4 – REPLACE 7.5 TON HVAC UNIT FOR NARTHEX (LOCATED SOUTH OF NARTHEX) RELOCATE INTERIOR CHIMNEY FLUE TO CURRENT LOCATION OF EXTERIOR CHIMNEY UPGRADE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM St Paraskevi Building Committee The design of the Hellenic Center Renovation Project is underway. 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