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PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY |
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The Philoptochos Society of Prophet Elias consists of faithful
and dedicated women who offer time and energy in pursuit of
the aims and purposes outlined below. The substantial list of
their activities include; support for charitable and missionary
works, support for Church programmes, and visitations to the
sick and aged. Fund raising is conducted through luncheons,
bake sales, and the such.
The Junior Philoptochos is
for younger women and mothers who wish to help but whose time
is more limited by family and other commitments.
The
aims and purposes of the Philoptochos Society are:
“To preserve the sacredness of the Orthodox family through
family concern, service, unity of action; to perpetuate the
Christian concept of marriage and upbringing of the children
and through it perpetuate and promote the Orthodox Faith and
Greek Orthodox traditions in conformity with its doctrines,
canons, discipline, divine worship, usages and customs;
To promote the charitable, benevolent, philanthropic and
eleemonsynary purposes of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto
(Canada) by instructional programming, presentations, lectures,
seminars and educational resources;
To formulate plans and methods to voluntarily aid the poor,
the destitute, the hungry, the aged, the sick, the unemployed,
the orphaned, the imprisoned, the widowed, the handicapped,
the victims of disasters, to undertake the burial of impoverished
persons and to offer assistance to anyone who may need the help
of the Church through special funds or solicitations on the
local level;
and to promote participation in the activities of the Greek
Orthodox community with the cooperation of the Community Priest
and the Community Council.”
(Metropolis Philoptochos By-laws)
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Philoptochos meetings are
held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
The Philoptochos holds Cooking
Classes at various times throughout the year. Classes
are held from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Church hall. The
registration fee of $10 per class must be paid by the Sunday
before the class.
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December 15, 2008
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis Philoptochos Board of Canada
86 Overlea Blvd., Toronto,ON M4H 1C6
Re:
PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY OF PROPHET ELIAS:
CHAPTER ELECTION RESULTS
This is to certify that on 27 November 2008, the Philoptochos Society of Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada elected the following members in good standing to the Board of Directors.
The following members of the Board of Directors of the Philoptochos Society Chapter of Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Mississauga, Ontario have been elected for the term 2009 - 2010 to the following offices: |
Lia Maltas
President
Fotoula Christopher
1st Vice president
Xeni Berdeklis
2nd Vice President
Mary Makris
Secretary
Vicky Kontonikolas
Assistant Secretary and
Event Coordinator
Soula Dodas
Treasurer
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Anna Voutianitis
Assistant Treasurer
Caterine Kolonjari
Outreach Coordinator
Afrodite Ioannidis
Assistant Treasurer
Faye Grapsas
Special Projects Coordinator
Freiteriki Haralampous
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Yours in Christ,
Fr. Peter Mentis Agathi Bakogiannis
Community Priest Election Chair
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