Date | Event |
1902 |
First Greek people arrive in Lancaster. |
1909-1921 |
Liturgical services are held in various halls until St. John Evangelical Church is used. |
1921 |
Ground is purchased for $2500 on Vine Street. The Methodist Church is purchased for $14,500. |
1921, Sept. 9 |
Church charter is signed. |
1921, June 15 |
First parish council is elected: Names of the first parish council: [ Skip: Jump to the next date-event ]
| OFFICERS: |
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| President: | Evangelos Manolakis |
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| Vice-President: | Constantine Mantis |
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| Treasurer: | Michael Mastros |
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| Secretary: | Nicholas Lucatos |
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MEMBERS: |
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| Antonios Sachos | Panagiotis Stathopoulos |
| E. Charalambous | Emmanuel Frangakis |
| Constantine Mandros | John Mastros |
| Drossos Skylas | Eustratios Vafiadis |
| John Hatzithomas | Constantine Macridis |
| George Leflas | Demetrios Nicholaou |
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AUDITORS: |
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| Antonios Sachos | Eustratios Vafiadis |
| George Leflas |
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1922, Mar. 25 |
Feast Day of the Annunciation
First Divine Liturgy is performed. |
1924 |
Greek Language School is organized. |
1925 |
Ladies's Society is organized. |
1926 |
Order of Ahepa is chartered. |
1936 |
First choir is organized under Fr. Michael Thomas. |
1938 |
Maids of Athena is chartered. |
1939 |
Sunday School is organized. |
1949 |
Daughters of Penelope is chartered. |
1954 |
Senior GOYA is organized. |
1954 |
Building Fund Committee begins activities. |
1956 |
Parent-Teachers Association of the Greek Language School is organized |
1958 |
Lot at 64 Hershey Avenue is purchased for $16,000. |
1959, July 5 |
Archbishop Iakovos breaks ground for the new church building. |
1960, June 5 |
First Divine Liturgy is performed in the new church building. |
1961 |
Parish accepts the Constitution of the Archdiocese. |
1963 |
Parish Free-Lending Library of religious and inspirational books is initiated. |
1964 |
Two women are elected to the parish council for the first time. |
1965 |
A program for decoration for the church interior with authentic Byzantine art begins. |
1965 |
Our parish directs a lecture tour through 75 parishes of our Archdiocese for Bishop Nankyamas of Uganda, East Africa, on behalf of his Orthodox Mission. |
1965 |
A Christian Stewardship Program of supporting the church ministry is initiated. |
1966 |
Annunciation Church becomes one of the first eleven churches to officially support the Social Ministry of Lancaster County. |
1966 |
Fr. Paul de Balester, a missionary priest of Mexico and Central America, lectures in sixty parishes.
His tour is organized and supported by our parish. |
1967 |
A new Building Fund drive begins for an All-Purpose Educational Building. |