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8 THE SHEPHERD • MARCH 2022 • SAINT SPYRIDON GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF SAN DIEGO SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunday School Updates! Middle And High School Saints Fair! Our Middle and High School created presentations on Saints to share with our community! Keep an eye out for information on our in-person Holy Friday Retreat (Passport to Pascha!) and Saturday of Lazarus Breakfast and Palm Cross folding event! During Lent, we will be collecting coins for OCMC! Coin Boxes will come home soon! Lent! e Lenten spring shines forth, the ow- er of repentance! Let us cleanse ourselves from all evil, crying out to the Giver of Light: “Glory to You, O Lover of Man!” – From Cheesefare Wednesday vespers It begins... e beginning of the Triodion was last month, and it is a period of prepara- tion that will lead us to Pascha and the Lord’s Resurrection. As Y2am’s Steve Christoforou states: We’ll pray more. Fast more. Give more alms. We’ll do everything the Pharisee did, but, of course, we don’t want to be like the Phari- see. We don’t want to fall into the deception of turning inwards, congratulating ourselves for “being good” and trusting in our own spiritual accomplishments. Instead we want to turn our attention to wise and holy teachers who can help us grow as Christians. e bookstore has a great selection of re- sources to help us grow in our journey through lent. Archimandrite Papavassiliou’s Meditation for Great Lent is a gem of a book to inspire you for the Fast and to give you encouragement as you pursue your Lenten period. Meditations for Holy Week is an in- sightful read to help us enter fully into the most rich and intense period before Pascha. Other teachers to consider are Alexander Schmemann’s Great Lent: Journey to Pas- cha, or omas Hopko’s e Lenten Spring. A great addition to all Orthodox homes to enter into the Lenten mindset is e Lent- en Triodion. We also have a nice selection of Lenten fasting cookbooks: Fasting as a Fam- ily, A Lenten Cookbook, e Festive Fast, Lenten Monastery recipes. Also, look for our display table with wonderful children’s Paschal books, including Orthodox Activity books, and Orthodox coloring books. A long road is ahead of us as we prepare for Pascha, come take a look, and pick up a book that will help you and lead you on the right path. A blessed Lent to all! Stephanie Mourafetis, Mary Mastorakos, Pat Tsopanoglou, Collette Pepelis, and Francesca Captain BOOKSTORE ZATHAS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS One of the primary purposes of the Zathas Foundation is to provide nancial assistance to high school graduating seniors, community college students transferring to a 4-year college, and to full-time undergraduate college / university students. e amount of the scholarship awards, to be granted to a few qualifying students, varies from $500.00 to $1,500.00 each. e requirements are as follows: 1. Completed applications must be received before May 1, 2022 . 2. Eligibility is limited to high school graduating seniors, community college students transferring to a 4-year college, and to full-time undergraduate 4-year college / university students. 3. Scholarships will be granted only to quali ed members of the Greek Orthodox faith residing in the County of San Diego. 4. Scholarships MUST be applied for tuition. 5. Scholarships will be paid directly to the college /university on the student’s behalf. 6. e primary criterion for granting scholarships will be nancial need. Other criteria will be prior academic performance, scores of tests, character, motivation, potential, honors, and activities. If you would like an application, please contact Spero Tzathas at spe1@cox.net CLASSIFIEDS Need someone to take care of your elderly? I speak Greek, I drive, and I can provide the care they need. Give me a call! Christina Kourte: 858.261.8330