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GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL: SEPTEMBER 24, 25, 26
Get your program book page in color this year! Our 2010 program book is set to include color and information on the dances, traditions, and unique cultural aspects of Greece and the Greek Orthodox Faith. We would welcome individuals who wish to provide written cultural explanations of the various dances performed by the dance groups, as well as the other information noted above. Festival program book contracts were mailed to everyone on the Cathedral’s mailing list during the month of June. Please complete and return them as soon as possible. Look for the special food festival mailing that will be going out this month. This festival mailing will include four free passes to the festival, a schedule of the entertainment, a volunteer form, another program book contract with prices on the various options, a cooking schedule and two raffle books, which will include descriptions of this year’s raffle prizes. Please check your mailboxes for this special mailing, and please let your friends know about this eventful weekend, to. Help us sell those raffle tickets! If you wish additional books, just call us at 415 864-8000 or stop by the Cathedral office. We don’t want anyone left out. Each year, the food festival is an activity that unites the entire community. Food festivals foster camaraderie among fellow parishioners. In order to make this year’s food festival a successful one, as past festivals have been, we will need the help of the entire community. This is, in essence, an offering back to God of our time and talents, as we lend support to our parish programs and introduce our faith and culture to the wider community. As everyone knows, there is always a need for more and more volunteers, especially this year. Next year, God willing, we will be in the process of building the church and, so, the festival may be scaled down, limited to the community center and some of the classrooms, or possibly held at another location. Therefore, take the opportunity now to enjoy the kinds of food festivals we’ve enjoyed in recent years. Meanwhile, we are reprinting the cooking schedule (which can also be found at the pangari):
OFFICIAL: SEPTEMBER 12 SPECIAL PARISH ASS EMBLY TO CONSIDER THE CATHEDRAL’S BUILDING PROJECT September 12 has been set for the special Parish Assembly, which will approve the Cathedral’s proposed building project. Therefore, members of the Cathedral, who are in good standing, are invited to participate in the Cathedral’s first Parish Assembly for 2010. The Assembly will be convened following the Divine Liturgy, and will take place in the Chapel. The agenda for the meeting is as follows: Opening
Prayer Please note: “members” of the Cathedral are those who are contributing stewards of the parish, and who are current with respect to their financial support of the parish. "In good standing" means adherence to the tenets of the Orthodox Faith. Both are defined more fully in the Regulations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (2005), Article 18, pages 33-34. A quorum for the purposes of enacting business is either 12 members of the Parish Council, 12 other parishioners in good standing, and the Dean of the Cathedral or, if there are fewer than 12 members of the Parish Council present, a total of 75 parishioners, plus the Dean of the Cathedral. GULF OF MEXICO, SINS AGAINST GOD AND NATU RE: HIS ALL HOLINESS ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW WRITES: “WE ARE ALL ACCOUNTABLE FOR IGNORING THE GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION":
“Once again, in a matter of only a few years, the eyes of the world are turned with suspense toward the Gulf Coast. Sadly, the oil spill is following a path similar to Hurricane Katrina and threatening the coast of Louisiana as well as neighboring states. As citizens of God’s creation, we perceive this monumental spill of crude oil in the oceans of our planet as a sign of how far we have moved from the purpose of God’s creation. Our immediate reaction is to pray fervently for the urgent and efficient response to the current crisis, to mourn painfully for the sacrifice of human life as well as for the loss of marine life and wildlife, and to support the people and communities of the region, whose livelihood directly depends on the fisheries of the Gulf. But as the first bishop of the world’s second- largest Christian Church, we also have a responsibility not only to pray, but also to declare that to mistreat the natural environment is to sin against humanity, against all living things, and against our creator God. All of us—individuals, institutions, and industries alike—bear responsibility; all of us are accountable for ignoring the global consequences of environmental exploitation. Katrina—we knew—was a natural calamity. This time—we know—it is a man-made disaster. One deepwater pipe will impact millions of lives in several states as well as countless businesses and industries. Therefore, we must use every resource at our disposal to contain this disaster. But we must also use every resource to determine liability for the fact that 11 people have died and 5,000 barrels of oil are flowing daily into the delicate ecology of the Gulf of Mexico. In exchange for the benefits and wealth generated by deep underwater drilling, individuals, institutions, and industries assume responsibility for protecting the earth and its creatures from well-known potential hazards. In this instance, they have clearly failed in those responsibilities; that failure must be acknowledged and strong measures taken to avert future catastrophes. Although we are halfway around the world from this incident, our interest in it is deeply personal. We visited Louisiana and its bayous only four months after its devastation by Hurricane Katrina and we returned there just last October to convene our Eighth Religion, Science, and the Environment Symposium, “Restoring Balance: The Great Mississippi,” in New Orleans. At that time, we noted: Although the time we have been on the planet is insignificant in the context of the life of the planet itself, we have reached a defining moment in our story. Let us remember that, whoever we are, we all have our part to play, our sacred responsibility to the future. And let us remember that our responsibility grows alongside our privileges; we are more accountable the higher we stand on the scale of leadership. Our successes or failures, personal and collective, determine the lives of billions. Our decisions, personal and collective, determine the future of the planet. In the spirit of responsibility, the White House and certain Congressional leaders have declared that, before beginning new offshore drilling for oil, there must be greater understanding of the environmental impact and responsibility for such endeavors. We support this approach. For, as confident as interested parties were that a disaster like this could not occur because of watertight controls and fail-safe mechanisms installed, those controls and mechanisms failed, with the horrific results we witness unfolding each day. Until such understand and responsibility have been determined, may God grant us all the strength to curtail the spill, the resources to support the region, and the courage to make the necessary changes so that similar tragedies may be avoided in the future." WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE BUILDING PROGRAM As soon as the aforementioned Parish Assembly meeting has taken place on September 12 and the community has voted to go forward with the project of rebuilding the Cathedral, the next step in the process of rebuilding will be to establish a Capital Campaign Committee. The purpose of this committee will be to 1) Communicate with the greater Cathedral community what gifts need to be raised and solicit them, and 2) Set the example for fundraising by offering contributions to the project themselves. In addition, starting this September, Father Anthony Scott will be visiting the Cathedral community for three days each month to assist in the Capital Campaign. In addition to the upcoming work required for the new building project, the week of June 11th, a meeting took place between Goldman Architects and the City of San Francisco’s building department, asking, in writing, for specific portions of the building code, a preliminary step in acquiring a permit to build. We are embarking on an historic and monumental task in the history of our parish, nothing less than building the Lord a sanctuary that He may dwell among us. (Exodus 25:8) This task will be a part of the salvific work of the Lord for our community and the whole world. We must work with the Him by offering our time, talents, and treasure to this endeavor, in order for this to reach fruition. Please pray for our community’s very special project, and stay tuned for forthcoming updates. OUR EXISTING FACILITY: GYM FLOOR REPAIRED, RESTRIPED, RESURFACED Thanks to the efforts of our parish council, the gym floor has been completely repaired after suffering damage from water leakage earlier this year. Between the dates of June 14-July 9 the warped wood was torn out, replaced by brand new planks, which were then cut and refinished. As of the week of July 11, the entire gym floor was also restriped and resurfaced, resulting in the beautiful new product that you can see today. The gym was reopened on July 18. Thanks once again to our parish council for helping contact the insurance companies, and finding the right gym floor specialists to repair our gym floor. (Needless to say, we need everyone’s help if we are going to maintain our beautiful gym. The very least we can do, if we drop something, like food, during coffee hour, or spill something, is to pick it up or wipe it up. Don’t leave it for someone else to do. In this way, we can enjoy our beautiful facilities for a long time to come.) DAMPERS ADDED/DEFECTIVE FIRE SPRINKLERS REPLACED When the Cathedral Parish Council asked Nibbi Bros. Construction to do a walk-through of our facilities and give an estimate of how much the building project would cost, the workers also noticed that several of the fire sprinklers in our building had been recalled because of a defect. Nibbi Bros. replaced each of these defective sprinklers for us and replace them with new ones, as well as added new dampers to our system. Even though we are currently embarking on a building project, repairs and upgrades of our current building was a welcomed addition.
NEXT COMMUNITY LINK AUGUST 21 Please join us for our upcoming Community Link on Saturday, August 21. We meet at the Cathedral at 9am for prayer and visit assignments, followed by visits (usually in pairs), concluding by Noon. Our visitations to home-bound parishioners are very special to us and to those we visit. They bring joy to our seniors who are experiencing isolation from their community due to illness, loss or hardship. Community Link is an excellent way for all of us -- children, adults and families -- to engage with one another and to share the message of God’s love. If you know someone who would like a visit, or to RSVP, please email me. Community Link dates for the remainder of 2010 are: August 21, September 18, October 23, November 20, December 18. All dates are Saturdays. AUGUST, THE MONTH OF PANAGHIA Midway during the period of fasting, known as dekapentavgousto (i.e. the first 15 days of August), the Church celebrates another ancient feast, that of the Transfiguration. In the Gospel of Matthew we read that Jesus took his disciples Peter, James and John up to Mount Tabor, where He revealed Himself to be divine as well as human. In other words, He was transfigured before their eyes- He changed (in Greek of course, this feast is known as the Metamorphosis) The icon of the Transfiguration shows Moses and Elias appearing on either side of Christ, which is also mentioned in the Scriptures, and connects this event of the New Testament with the salvific work of the Old Testament. The appearance of Moses evokes the theophany described in the Book of Exodus, where God spoke to Moses through the Burning Bush. The burning bush has often been taken to mean the Theotokos, for just as the burning bush contained God but was not consumed by fire, so too, did the Theotokos carry God in her womb, and was also not consumed by fire. The Feast of the Transfiguration falls on August 6th. Therefore, on Friday, August 6, the Service of Orthros will be celebrated beginning at 9am, followed by the Divine Liturgy, at 10am Let us remember that the Theotokos is a holy mother and fervent supporter of all God’s children, and listens to our prayers, interceding with God on our behalf. The dates of the aforementioned services can be found on the monthly calendar at the end of this bulletin. Please join us in celebrating these two great feasts of the Church and this festal season by praying with us this August. Services & Sacraments At The Cathedral B A P T I S M Vasiliki Katerina Maria, daughter of Justin Constantine and Afroditi Denise (Masouras) Kyriacou, was baptized at the Cathedral on July 18. Her sponsors are Demetri and Valerie Roumeliotes and Michael and Thalia Hohenthal. Na mas Zisi! (Long life!) F U N E R A L S Salim Hanna Qamar, who fell asleep in the Lord on June 17, was buried on June 21. He is survived by his wife, Juliette Musallam Qamar and their children and grandchildren. Theodore Louis Petropoulos, who fell asleep in the Lord on July 3, was buried on July 9. He is survived by his sister, Deborah Petropoulos. Lillian (Lygeri) Nichols, who fell asleep in the Lord on July 18, was buried on July 22. She is survived by her children, Christine Gregory and Nick Nichols and their families. Aionia I mnimi! (Eternal memory) C O N D O L E N C E S The Cathedral extends condolences to Loula Vorrises and her family upon the recent loss of her mother, Ioanna. In addition, the Cathedral extends condolences to Vasso Moulas and her family upon the recent loss of her brother Dino.
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Following the tremendous
success of the Annunciation
Cathedral’s
food festivals in the past, its 2010 Food Festival will take place at the
Cathedral, 245 Valencia Street, September 24, 25 and 26 (Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday). Andrew Dimitriou will serve as this year’s Food
Festival Chairman, assisted by Michael Canellos, Co-chair, and an
active committee
of dedicated workers. They have been hard at work this summer preparing
and planning the event. Plans are underway to expand the scope of
the festival by providing more activities for young and old, alike.
In addition
to traditional
Greek dancing and musical entertainment, we are planning to expand
our offerings of Greek Folk Music and Choral Music, including Byzantine
chant
in the chapel,
led by Nick Tarlson. We also hope to have additional events for children,
to create an even greater atmosphere of fun for families. 
Immediately
following the massive oil spill currently spreading from
the ruptured
Deepwater Horizon wellhead in the Gulf
of Mexico, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
issued a message which is timely, instructional, and inspirational.
Although the wellhead appears to be contained, nearly 90
dates later, the Patriarch’s message is important
food for thought. We reprint it here in its entirety? 
According
to Holy Tradition, when the Theotokos sensed that the
end of her life
drew near, she went to the Mount of Olives to pray to God. In
the two weeks prior to her death, she prayed to God
so intently, that many
icons depict the trees and plants on the Mount bending slowly
towards her. The
Church commemorates her falling asleep, her Dormition or Koimisis
(known in the West as her Assumption) in the Lord on
the 15th of August. The
icon depicting the falling asleep of the Theotokos shows her
surrounded by the
Lord’s disciples, and Jesus Himself, holding a small baby which represents
her soul. The Church commemorates this period of August 1-15th as a fasting
season, celebrating the Panaghia’s life and falling asleep in the
Lord. The office of Supplication (Paraklesis) will be sung at the Cathedral
on Monday, August 2nd and Wednesday, August 4th, as well as Monday, August
9th and Wednesday, August 11th, at 10am