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5 THE SHEPHERD • AUGUST 2020 • SAINT SPYRIDO N GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF SAN DIEGO AT THE CORONADO FERRY LANDING 619.435.1225 WWW.SPIROSCAFE.COM Best Greek food in the region Draft beer varieties Imported & domestic wine Spacious indoor/outdoor seating Panoramic views of S.D. Bay Catering Available BEST GREEK FOOD SINCE 2002 Your greetings help make the publishing of this newsletter possible. Send your congratulatory and personal greetings and announcements for any occasion such as Name Days, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Engagements, etc., but also messages for sad circumstances and wishing well. Visit theshepherdnews.com for more details and to submit your greeting online. Or, email Marian at mkdougenis@prodigy.net. Thank you for your support! Personal Greetings! 619.435.1225 WWW.SPIROSCAFE.COM Coming Soon in La Jolla! To My Dear St. Spyridon Family, ank you so very much for your lovely presentation on Sunday, July 5th. ank you Fr. Andrew for your beautiful article in the Monthly Newsletter and your beautiful words about me on Sunday. ank you for presenting me with the beautiful icon of Saint Spyridon. We will hang it in our home on Paros and will think of all of you. ank you Jim Gilpin and all the Parish Council Board members for your support and for the gi of love. ank you also to Marian Dougenis and all the Philoptochos Ladies for your generous monetary gi . I’m going to miss working at the church o ce and all of you, but it’s time to start a new chapter in my life. I would like to thank God for keeping me healthy way over my retirement years. I would also like to thank Spero for being there and helping me since I rst started working without any Ameri- can experience. It was not an easy ride but I managed to learn and to like my job. I was happy to come to work every day and enjoyed working through the challenges I faced. I learned a lot over the years from all of you wonderful volunteers and I thank you. I’m happy to leave the o ce in the very good hands of Tina as I trained her well and she is ready to take over. We plan to be in Greece until the end of October and I look forward to seeing you when we come back. Be safe and stay healthy and pray that this virus will be over soon. Best regards and lots of love to all of you, Vicky Ragousis My Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities (Romans 13:1). I would like to take this opportunity to publically thank our Return Commit- tee for a job well done during the four weeks we are permitted to hold “in-per- son” services. ey took the time and made the dedicated e ort to assist our faithful and escorting them in and out of our Sanctuary. Much debate, time, e ort, re ection, prayer and concern went into deciding what we all felt best with regard to our protocol for a safe, secure and rewarding experience before, during and a er the divine services of the Church. us, a big thank you goes out to our Return Committee: Art and Gina Ba- lourdas, Greg Balourdas, Rhad Brown, Ben De La Riva, Jim Gilpin, Jim and Stella Pappas, Stephen iros and Spero Tzathas. I would also like to thank the support team(s) under their direction: Andreas Capetanakis, Robert Den- nis, Constantine Dougenis, John Kalas, Vlassi Kouris, Anthony Kyriakidis, Konstantino Sarras, Christoforos Savvides, and J. Welker. Also, thank you to our entire Parish Council for their unending support during this unique, historical and concerning time. ank you to all the faithful who entrusted us and supported our e orts, and to all those who also may have had a di ering opinion. We will re ect upon all the comments o ered and we will be even better prepared and e cient as we await the next opportunity to be in-person in our Sanctuary. Be safe and stay healthy, +A . PRAYER FOR PROTECTION AGAINST A PANDEMIC Please be advised that the Corona Virus and Lord’s Prayer Daily Prayer Call which took place daily at noon has been cancelled for the summer. We will resume again in the fall. ank you.