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Xristos Anesti! We have received this letter from His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston announcing the new Dean of the Annunciation Cathedral as well as the appointment of a new Interim Parish Council. Please join us in welcoming Father Drossos on Sunday, May 18, when His Eminence will come to the Cathedral to officially install the new Dean and to offer the affirmation of office to the new interim Parish Council.         Annunciation Cathedral of New England | 162 Goddard Ave | Brookline, MA 02445 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice

  On Sunday, March 9th, our Annunciation Community celebrated the Sunday of Orthodoxy and the triumph of the faith at the 7th Ecumenical Council and the preservation of the tradition of Holy Iconography. After the service, our youth participated in a procession around the church with their favorite icon.

  Our Boston Metropolis Philoptochos recently published a cookbook, "Around the Metropolis Table", Family Recipes from the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston. The cookbook is available for purchase at our Cathedral Bookstore for $40.00. Please see Maria Theodore to purchase. Καλή σας όρεξη!

The Cathedral Philoptochos is pleased to announce that Sunday School student Jacob Madjarov and Stephanie (Badavas) Tobin were the lucky winners of the Vasilopita coins. We wish them much happiness in 2025 and thank the community for the donations they made during the special collection tray. All proceeds from last Sunday's collection will support St. Basil Academy and youth and young adult programs throughout the Archdiocese.

  The Ladies Philoptochos Board thanks the community for generously donating children's coats and toys for The Dimock Center. The donations were dropped off and will be distributed to the children who are served by The Dimock Center's early intervention, Head Start, and preschool programs, which serve more than 100 children from infants up to 5 years of age. The Dimock Center, located in Roxbury less than 2 miles from the Cathedral, provides health and support services to children, adults, and families. In addition to the donated coats and toys, the Philoptochos Board voted to donate $1,000 in gift cards using proceeds from the successful St. Nicholas luncheon so The Dimock Center could ensure that each child had a gift to open on Christmas morning. The staff at The Dimock Center was grateful for our Cathedral community's support.

  The St. Nicholas luncheon is an annual tradition that the Cathedral Philoptochos hosts. Our community looks forward to celebrating together during this festive season. Proceeds from this event are used to help organizations that support disadvantaged children and youth. For example, the Philoptochos used proceeds from the 2023 event to make a donation to the St. Basil Academy Experience Fund, which supports enrichment activities for the children and youth at the academy so they can take dance lessons, therapeutic art classes, and special excursions to places like the museum, aquarium, or zoo. We were also able to make a donation for a scholarship to the Metropolis of Boston summer camp.  Thank you to the Toubekis and Akrivlellis families for generously donating the meal in memory of Nick Toubekis, who passed away in 2023. He was a kind man, who volunteered at the Cathedral, and enjoyed attending the St. Nicholas luncheon every year. We miss him dearly.  Thank you to Fra...

"Do not withhold goods from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act . (Proverbs 3:27) The Annunciation Cathedral's Philoptochos is excited to announce the start of its Annual Giving Tree in support of the Dimock Center. Please bring the items to the Church by Sunday, December 15th! How it Works: Pick up an ornament from the Christmas tree and purchase the gift listed on the ornament. Then, leave the gift unwrapped under the Christmas tree and keep the ornament as a gift. What is the Dimock Center? The Dimock Center serves communities in Boston and across the state, providing health and community care, behavioral health services and child and family services to more than 19,000 people annually. You can learn more about the Dimock Center HERE .

  On December 1, 2024, our Annunciation Cathedral community was blessed to be visited by our former dean, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden, and all of Scandinavia. May God grant His Eminence many years! Εισ πολλα ετη Δεσποτα!

Join us on Sunday, December 1st as we welcome former Cathedral Dean, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and all of Scandinavia, who will preside over services for the 14th Sunday of Luke. Hierarchical Divine Liturgy begins at 10:00am.  November 20, 2024 Dear Cathedral Family, It is with great pleasure that our Cathedral Community welcomes H.E. Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia, The Very Reverend Cleopas Strongylis to officiate The Liturgy on Sunday, December 1, 2024. H.E. Metropolitan Cleopas Strongylis served as Dean at our Cathedral from 2009 to 2014. During His tenure at our Cathedral, Fr. Cleopas worked collaboratively with all our Cathedral constituents. He aimed to strengthen our Youth Programs, introduced a Children’s Musical Group, strengthened our Greek School, Sunday School and GOYA Programs, and introduced the very successful monthly Speaker Series Program. He was instrumental in collaborating with several organizations among the Greek American Co...

  This past Monday another group of parishioners served meals to veterans at the New England Center and Home for Veterans.

    OCTOBER 28, 1940!     This Day in History § The Morning of OXI Day! At 3:00 am on the morning of October 28, 1940, Italian ambassador Emmanouel Grazzi in Athens gave  a war ultimatum , set to expire in three hours, to Greece’s Prime Minister, Ioannis Metaxas at his home in Kifissia.     The ultimatum stated that Italy wanted to occupy “some strategic points on Greek territory respecting Greek sovereignty over the rest of the territory.”   Greece’s Prime Minister, Ioannis Metaxas carefully read the directive and with a stern voice rejected the ultimatum with the words   “Alors, c’est la guerre” (French for “ then it is war!” “ OXI.” At 5:30am on October 28 th , 1940, the Italian army was crossing the border to Albania with Greece.     At 6:00am, Metaxas proceeds to a national radio announcement informing the country that Italy had declared war on Greece and called for every Greek man of age to enlist in defense of Greece.  ...