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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Ένωσαν τις φωνές τους και συγκίνησαν τα παιδιά με ειδικές ανάγκες

Άρθρο του Αλέξανδρου Κολόμβου στον εθνικό Κήρυκα της 23ης Σεπτεμβρίου, 2015




10 Common Men’s Grooming Problems from MEN'S SCIENCE

Reproduction: www.menscience.com
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10 Common Men’s Grooming Problems

Sunburn

Summer is here and so is the heat. Instead of turning into a tomato, turn to MenScience TiO2 Sunblock SPF 30 for strong protection against the sun’s harmful UVA and UVB rays. There’s no need to waste money on ineffective SPF 50 or SPF 100 lotions; research shows that anything above SPF 30 provides little to no additional protection.

Thinning Hair

MenScience Daily Shampoo can provide your hair with volume and help restore its luster with its unique combination of vitamins and softeners. Use it daily and see the results for yourself.

Back Acne

Take your shirt off at the beach with confidence and say goodbye to red bumps on your back. How?MenScience Advanced Acne Pads are infused with salicylic acid, one of the strongest acne ingredients available. Apply these pads to affected areas and watch your skin go from bumpy to smooth.

Blackheads

Nose blackheads can ruin an otherwise perfect complexion. Fortunately, there’s a little something called exfoliation. Exfoliation with MenScience Microfine Face Scrub can provide the deep cleaning necessary to bid these annoyances adieu.  For more info about this skincare technique, click here.

Rough Skin Patches

The itchiness and irritation of dry skin can leave you looking pretty patchy. In cases like this, moisture is your best friend. Applying a men’s moisturizer such as MenScience Advanced Body Lotion or Advanced Face Lotion will help damaged skin and leave it looking younger and revitalized.

Chapped Lips

Few things are as frustrating as chapped lips. Whatever you do, don’t lick your lips; doing so will only make the irritation worse. The next time you’re dealing with sun-damaged lips, reach for MenScience Advanced Lip Protection.Not only does it repair lip damage, but it also provides SPF protection to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Ingrown Hairs

Welcome to the one of the most annoying grooming issues known to man. Every guy has experienced the frustration of ingrown hairs at least once.  Luckily, there’s a proven way to ensure ingrown hairs don’t creep up: Post-Shave Repair. This powerful product can reduce irritation, redness and other shaving issues that have plagued men for centuries.

Puffy Eyes

Puffy eyes can make it look like you’re hungover all the time – definitely not the impression you want to leave on your boss or partner. Tackle this grooming problem with a powerful product combo: Eye Gel Mask and Eye Rescue Formula. The temperature manipulation of the Eye Gel Mask and the advanced anti-aging ingredients in Eye Rescue Formula will help you look years younger and hide the aftereffects of any wild nights.

Dark Spots

Dark spots on your skin are also known as hyperpigmentation. As your skin ages and is continuously exposed to sunlight, these dark spots tend to become more and more common. When you notice these spots appearing, you have a powerful ally at your side: retinol. This powerful anti-aging ingredient is found in MenScience Pigmentation Repair Formula. Regular use of this product can help fade these marks and restore your skin’s natural appearance.

Looking Great on the Road

With airlines nickel-and-diming you for every little thing, it may seem impossible to bring along your skincare arsenal on your vacation. Did you know that MenScience has travel-sized versions of your favorite products? When you need to look great on the road, simply bring your MenScience Travel Kit and breeze right through the TSA lines. Click here to learn more.  
 
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

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What Is The Armenian Contribution To Hellenism And Orthodoxy? By Catherine Tsounis

Reproduction: Queens Gazette

100 Year Armenian Genocide Banner.
100 Year Armenian Genocide Banner.           I was walking on second ave by N YU Langone hospital and saw a banner of “100: The Armenian Genocide.” I did not realize till later that I was in front of the St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral at 630 2md Ave. I remembered the unique contribution to Eastern Orthodox and Hellenism the Armenian nation played. Few persons know that they carried a St. Vartan Cathedral, NYC.
St. Vartan Cathedral, NYC.lantern of light in the Byzantine Empire throughout its history.

            The Byzantine Empire was multi-cultural. Nations and races were united under the Greek language, civilization and Orthodox faith, calling themselves ROMANS. “Due to centuries of foreign domination, much of Armenian history has been neglected and surprised,” according to” http://peopleofar.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/armenians-of-byzantium-part-1/.  “As such much of the influence Armenians had on the Byzantine Empire has been swept under the rug by the Ottomans and later the Soviets. Nevertheless the contributions of Armenian people to the Byzantine Empire have been more than significant. As the historian P. Charanis (1959) says: “The important role played in the history of Byzantium by that talented minority, the Armenians, has been generally unrecognized.” Even though Armenia was only in part a vessel of Byzantium, many Armenians became successful in the Byzantine Empire. From bishops, architects, important military figures and even Emperors, Armenians where represented in all walks of Byzantine life. In fact one out of five Byzantine emperors and empresses were ethnically full or in part Armenian.”

         Basil the Bulgar Slayer.
Basil the Bulgar Slayer.   “The best example of this is Emperor Heraclius, whose father was Armenian and mother Cappadocian. Emperor Heraclius began the Heraclean dynasty (610-717 A.D.).,” according tohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Armenia .The Akathistos Hymn sung during Orthodox Lent commemorates his victory and saving of Constantinople with the help of Our Lady, Virgin Mary. Basil, “The Bulgar Slayer “became one of the strongest Byzantine emperors, winning territory in the Balkans, Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Georgia,” according tohttp://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Basil+II+The+Bulgar-Slayer.  “He was noted for his victory (1014) in the war with Bulgaria, which ended with his blinding all the soldiers in the defeated Bulgarian army. He increased his domestic authority by attacking the landed interests of the military aristocracy and of the church.”
             The Armenian military power, to some scholars, was the basis of the stability and Byzantine Armenian soldier.
Byzantine Armenian soldier.longevity of Byzantium. A strong army was needed. Armenia was the source. “From the 5th century forwards, the Armenians were regarded as the main constituent of the Byzantine army,” stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Armenia.

               In the article, “Armenia, Byzantium, and the Byzantine Armenians” (http://www.looys.net/byz_arm.html), “another example of the impact of Armenians within the Byzantine Empire is the Great Church known as Hagia Sophia. As  Rummel explains, ‘After the great earthquake of October 25, A.D. 989, which ruined the great dome of Hagia Sophia, the Byzantine emperor Basil II asked for the Armenian architect Trdat (or Tiridates), creator of the great churches of Ani and Agine, to repair the dome. The magnitude of the destruction in Hagia Sophia.Hagia Sophia.the church caused reconstruction to last six years. The church was re-opened on May 13, 994.’ The magnificent reconstructed dome designed by Trdat in the tenth century remains aloft the “Great Church” to this day.” We must not only remember the 100 year genocide, but the unique contribution of Armenians as carriers of the Greek language, civilization and Eastern Orthodoxy.   Link:
http://larsbrownworth.com/blog/2010/12/18/did-the-armenians-control-byza...

Why The Asia Minor Catastrophe Is Still Important Today? By Catherine Tsounis

Reproduction: Queens Gazette
2015-09-23 / Front Page

Aphrodite Xidas, shows book on her parents from Asia Minor to Physical Therapist Kosta Koutsoubis.

Aphrodite Xidas, shows book on her parents from Asia Minor to Physical Therapist Kosta Koutsoubis.astern Christians? They were eliminated recently by ISIS, the Armenian genocide in 1915, first expulsion of Asia Minor Greeks in 1914 and the final Asia Minor Catastrophe 1922. The role of the Western Powers is explained in detail by Christos Papoutsis landmark book, “Ships of Mercy” that changed history. 1922 Mytilene (Lesvos) was attempting to save an enormous refugee wave from Aivali and Asia Minor coast. A statue to the Micrasiatic Mother surrounded by her three children stands in the harbor.
The refugees of a hundred years ago were Ionian Greeks, who George Varsam and Paraskevi Macrides wedding in 1929.
George Varsam and Paraskevi Macrides wedding in 1929.spoke Greek and were Greek Orthodox. The Northeast Aegean islands are in the midst of a catastrophic refugee crisis that will change the face ofEurope. The Republican Presidential Campaign Debate on Wednesday night echoed the idea that we should not have caused the breakdown of established governments that is destroying civilians.

Micrasiatic Association of America Dance, 1926.
Aphrodite Xidas, a retired paralegal compiled a unique book on her parents from Asia Minor. She shared her scholarship with us at Physical Therapist Kosta Koutsoubis office in Flushing New York. “No one ever expressed interest in my book before,” said Aphrodite. Her book has passports, naturalization documents, visa, photos and original legal documents of the era. This will valuable to present historians.
Micrasiatic Association of America Dance, 1926.“My father George Varsam (Valsamides) was born in a village outside of Prousa (Bursa) called Kouvouklion in 1901,” she said. “In 1922-3, there was an exchange of populations between Turkey and Greece. Many settled around Serres. My father never did not go to Greece, but came to the U.S. from France in 1920.”
In George Varsam’s own words, written by Aphrodite and her sister Sophia Rallis, he says he came “from the family Barsamoglou. In Greece it is Balsamidou...my parents were Hatzi Anastasi and Hatzi Sophia. We were 6 children 4 boys and 2 girls: George, Nicholas, Anastasis, Garofalia, Theodore and Malamo who was lost during the catastrophe in Asia Minor in 1922…I came to America in 1921 and got my citizenship papers in 1926. The judge was an American who spoke Greek very well. He said to me that I didn’t need the “oglou” part of my name and shortened it to Varsam. I got married in 1929 end of November. We lived in the Bronx. God gave us three children, Aphrodite, Fotos and Sofia…we bought a house inAstoria in 1945.”
Fotine S. Nicholas wrote an outstanding biography called “Land Where MY Fathers Died” that chronicles the fate of Kouvouklia, Prousa. “Kouvouklia was situated fifteen kilometers from Prousa (Boursa), the former capital of the Ottoman Empire, whose province has been considered one of the choicest areas of Asia Minor as far back as Byzantine times,” she said. She describes the 1922 slaughter, resettlement inGreece. She concluded, “Farewell traditions that are over a thousand years old.”
Aphrodite’s mother, Paraskevi Macrides and her sister Panagiota were the daughters of John Micrasiatic Association of America Board of Directors, 1941.
 Links:
https://picasaweb.google.com/105743188183721570894/AphroditeXidasPhotos - photos
http://www.helleniccomserve.com/papoutsychrisbooksmasterpageone.html- Christos Papoutsy books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Constantinople occupation of Constantinople in 1918
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Smyrna- refugees.
Micrasiatic Association of America Board of Directors, 1941. Links: https://picasaweb.google.com/105743188183721570894/AphroditeXidasPhotos - photos http://www.helleniccomserve.com/papoutsychrisbooksmasterpageone.html- Christos Papoutsy books. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Constantinople occupation of Constantinople in 1918 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Smyrna- refugees. and Fotica Macrides from Aristsou in Kolpo Nikomidias near Constantinople…the came to Ellis Island on July 14, 1920 aboard the ship Patris.  A visa dated June 4, 1920 from the British High Commission from Constantinople, June 4, 1920, states” Paraskevi Macridis is a Greek Ottoman on route to theUnited States of America through the Allied Military Authorities and given a visa”. The naturalization papers states he was from the Republic of Turkey. Many of us cannot get dual Greek citizenship, because of such official documents.
They recreated life in their Greek village through , family ties, their church of St. Constantine in Brooklyn in the 1920’s and the Micrasiatic Association of America, Aphrodite’s 1929 photos of her parents, the Micrasiatic dance and Association officers are priceless. A letter about a raffle from the Federation of Micrasiatic and Thracian Societies of the United States andCanada, March 1, 1961, shows they had memberships inChicago, according to Anthony J. Miller. It is now nearly one hundred years. Family documents such as Aphrodite Varsam Xidas are invaluable, showing a Greek society from Western Anatolia holding on to the culture in the United States.
“Humanity has no ethnic favorites or political affiliations,” Roger Jennings, grandson of Asa K. Jennings, who saved the Greeks of Smyrna and the hero of Christos Papoutsy’s book, said.  Mr. Jennings explained in an email that “One of the best books written about Smyrna is by an Australian heart doctor Dr. Con Aroney.  His family left in Sept. 1922. He tells the story of life before the tragedy and their escape.  The book is not sold in the U.S., but Dr. Aroney says he hopes to have Amazon carry it.  The book title is “Flames on the Water Tears in the Sea.”
“I don't recall if I told you, but I traveled around Greece and Turkey interviewing people on camera about what they know about Smyrna,” Mr. Jennings explained. “All were totally ignorant, including a professor of history in Athens.  I was shocked.  The only person who knew the facts was Admiral "Dannys" Theofanides of the Greek Navy.  He has since died.  I spent a wonderful day with him.  Even the people who run the 1922 Refugee Museum on Lesbos knew little.  I had a wonderful visit with them.  They were most gracious... are too generous.” He is publishing a book in the spring 2016 based on Mr. Asa Jennings official documents.
A poor Greece offered solace to destitute Greeks of Western Anatolia one hundred years ago. Today, The Greek government is attempting to save Syrians destroyed by their own country and the interference of the Major Powers in their countries. Greece is meeting this humanitarian crisis with compassion.  On the 93rd Anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, we must remember the ancient Christian communities that were betrayed by their government, because of interference by the Allied Powers.

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Grow a mustache this November and support the cause for Men's Health!!! THIS NOVEMBER IS MOVEMBER!!!

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LEEDS BECKETT PROFESSOR HEADS-UP MOVEMBER RESEARCH

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ISIS, Heritage, and the Spectacles of Destruction in the Global Media by Ömür Harmanşah

https://www.academia.edu/15615683/ISIS_Heritage_and_the_Spectacles_of_Destruction_in_the_Global_Media



"Θεία Λειτουργία για Παιδιά με Ειδικές Ανάγκες" του Αλέξανδρου Κολόμβου


Thursday, September 10, 2015

World Suicide Prevention Day


Men's Suicide Notes: Movember Message on Men's Mental Health

Suicide notes talk too late

SUICIDE NOTES TALK TOO LATE
When life throws some challenges your way, having a conversation is a good thing. It's a simple fact, but talking things through with someone you trust can mean the difference between staying in a dark place and giving yourself the opportunity to understand that things will get better. 

Men are pretty good at talking about sport, work, movies or the latest gadget, but we need to get better at talking about the significant stuff going on in our lives - things like losing a job, the breakdown of a relationship or becoming a father for the first time. These things happen to all of us, and for some, they prove challenging to the point where they have the potential to derail us.
Tragically, for too many men, the first and only time they talk about how these changes have affected them is in a suicide note. So today, on World Suicide Prevention Day, we have a simple message - Men, we need to talk, especially when things get tough. 



Sunday, September 6, 2015

The Story of Transpersonal Psychology - Science of the Soul


Πώς γίνεται προσευχή με κομποσκοίνι;

Κάνε κλικ στον σύνδεσμο για να διαβάσετε το άρθρο:  http://hellas-orthodoxy.blogspot.com


Το κομποσκοίνι δεν είναι αποκλειστικότητα των μοναχών.




Friday, September 4, 2015

Θεία Λειτουργία για τα Παιδιά με Ειδικές Ανάγκες


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Αγία Αικατερίνη Αστορίας (Νέα Υόρκη)
Του Αλέξανδρου Κολόμβου, CRC, MA, MPS, MA Ed
Εκπαιδευτικού και ψυχολόγου-συμβούλου αποκατάστασης Α.Μ.Ε.Α.

Όσοι από εμάς εργαζόμαστε στο χώρο της εκπαίδευσης και των ψυχοκοινωνικών υπηρεσιών για τα άτομα και κυρίως τα παιδιά με ειδικές ανάγκες, διαπιστώνουμε καθημερινώς ότι ολοένα και περισσότεροι από τους μαθητές και ασθενείς μας έχουν κάποια ιδιατερότητα ή κάποιο πρόβλημα, πολλές φορές ούτε καν διαγεγνωσμένο.  Είναι γνωστό ότι οι ελληνικές οικογένειες αποδέχονται το πρόβλημα του παιδιού τους δυσκολότερα και βιώνουν το στίγμα εντονότερα σε σύγκριση με οικογένειες από άλλες εθνότητες και φυλές.  Αποφεύγουν να πάνε τα παιδιά τους στον ψυχολόγο και να ενταχθούν τα παιδιά τους σε τάξη ειδικής αγωγής. 

Η ιδέα ξεκίνησε όταν μια ομάδα εθελοντών επαγγελματιών του χώρου των παιδιών με ειδικές ανάγκες ήρθε σε επαφή με τους ιερείς του Καθεδρικού Ναού του Αγίου Δημητρίου και αποφάσισαν να συμβάλλουν αφιλοκερδώς στην ενημέρωση και διαφώτιση της κοινής γνώμης και δη των ομογενών σε θέματα που αφορούν τις ειδικές ανάγκες και ιδιαιτερότητες και πως μπορούν οπι γονείς να βοηθήσουν τα παιδιά τους με τον καλύτερο τρόπο και με συνέλληνες επιστήμονες και ειδικούς.  Επίσης αφιλοκερδώς, το MGTVUSA (www.mgtvusa.com) ανέλαβε το ντοκιμαντέρ για το έργο της ομάδας και το πρόβλημα των ελληνικών οικογενειών με παιδιά με ειδικές ανάγκες, που περιλαμβάνει εμπεριστατωμένο ρεπορτάζ και συνεντεύξεις.  Έτσι συστάθηκε σταδιακά μια ομάδα αποτελούμενη από έμπειρους και κατηρτησμένους ομογενείς επιστήμονες στο χώρο των παιδιών με ειδικές ανάγκες δίνοντας ελπίδα σε πολλές οικογένειες της Ομογένειας.  Την ομάδα αποτελούν οι: Δρ. Ανδρέας Λιβάνης, BCBA-D, Αδειούχος ψυχολόγος της Πολιτείας της Νέας Υόρκης, Μιχάλης Αμοργιανός, Αδειούχος δίγλωσσος σχολικός ψυχολόγος, Ειρήνη Καμουζά, MS, CCC-SLP, Λογοπαθολόγος με εξειδiκευση στην Πρώϊμη Παρέμβαση (για παιδιά προσχολικής ηλικίας), και Αλέξανδρος Κολόμβος, CRC, MA, MPS, MA Ed, Medicaid Service Coordinator (MSC) αδειούχος εκπαιδευτικός και ψυχολόγος-σύμβουλος αποκατάστασης των Α.Μ.Ε.Α. (Ατόμων με Ειδικές Ανάγκες) και άλλα νέα μέλη.  Την ομάδα υποστηρίζει ο μη-κερδοσκοπικός οργανισμός Carnival of Love Foundation, με ιδρύτρια και πρόεδρο την Διονυσία Σλαββάκη.       

Συγκεκριμένα, η ομάδα μπορεί να βοηθήσει νήπια, παιδιά, εφήβους και ενήλικες με μία ή και περισσότερες από τις παρακάτω διαγνώσεις συμφώνως με την 5η έκδοση του Διαγνωστικού και Στατιστικού Εγχειριδίου της Αμερικανικής Ψυχιατρικής Εταιρείας (DSM-V): διαταραχές της ανάπτυξης (developmental disabilities), καθυστέρηση της ανάπτυξης (developmental delay), αυτισμός (autism) και (δια)νοητική αναπηρία  (intellectual disability), όρος ο οποίος χρησιμοποιείται σήμερα και που απαντάται και ως «νοητική στέρηση» ενώ ακόμη πιο ευρέως γνωστός είναι ο όρος διανοητική καθυστέρηση (“mental retardation”), ένας απηρχαιομένος και ολίγον τι σκληρός όρος που δεν χρησιμοποιείται πια, αν και για πολλούς στον χώρο το ίδιο ή και περισσότερο σκληρός θεωρείται ο όρος «(δια)νοητική αναπηρία».  Δεδομένου λοιπόν της δύναμης που έχουν οι λέξεις και ειδικά η ιατρική και ψυχοδιαγνωστική ορολογία, είναι πασιφανές και φυσικό επόμενο να υπάρχει τόσο στίγμα και ετικετοποίηση όχι μόνο στα άτομα με ειδικές ανάγκες, αλλά και στους γονείς, συγγενείς και φίλους, ακόμη και στους επαγγελματίες του χώρου.   Για άλλη μια φορά, να επαναλάβουμε ότι οι ελληνικές οικογένειες αποδέχονται το πρόβλημα του παιδιού τους δυσκολότερα και βιώνουν το στίγμα εντονότερα σε σύγκριση με οικογένειες από άλλες εθνότητες και φυλές.  Αποφεύγουν να πάνε τα παιδιά τους στον ψυχολόγο και να τα εντάξουν σε τάξη ειδικής αγωγής. 

Στόχος λοιπόν της ομάδας είναι να ενώσει τις οικογένειες αυτές των ομογενών που αντιμετωπίζουν κοινές προκλήσεις και δυσκολίες στην καθημερινή τους ζωή  δίνοντας τους την ευκαιρία να κοινωνικοποιηθούν και να χτίσουν φιλίες και ουσιαστικές ανθρώπινες σχέσεις προσφέροντας τις υπηρεσίες τους αφιλοκερδώς. 
Ήδη έχει ξεκινήσει ένας κύκλος συναντήσεων της ομάδας με γονείς στον Ιερό Ναό Αγίας Αικατερίνης και Αγίου Γεωργίου στην Αστόρια της Νέας Υόρκης.  Μια φορά το μήνα και ημέρα Σάββατο, 9:00 π.μ., όπου τελείται Θεία Λειτουργία ειδικά για τις οικογένειες των παιδιών με ειδικές ανάγκες.  Συγκεκριμένα, έχει πργραμματιστεί να γίνει Θεία Λειτουργία και αμέσως μετά εκδήλωση στην αίθουσα της κοινότητας: στις 12 Σεπτεμβρίου, 3 Οκτωβρίου, 7 Νοεμβρίου, και 5 Δεκεμβρίου, πάντα Σάββατο στις 9:00 π.μ.  Εν συνεχεία, ιερείς, γονείς και παιδιά έρχονται σε επαφή με την ομάδα και ακολουθεί συζήτηση σχετικά με τα προβληματα και τις ανάγκες που έχουν και τις υπηρεσίες που μπορούν να τους προσφερθούν κατά περίπτωση.  Προσφέρεται πρόγευμα με σνακ και αναψυκτικά. 

Έκδηλο ενδιαφέρον εξέφρασαν γνωστοί επιχειρηματίες της Ομογένειας, όπως ο γνωστός και καταξιωμένος επιχειρηματίας και πρώην υποψήφιος πολιτευτής, κ. Κωνσταντίνος Πρέντζας, ο οποίος προτίθεται να προσφέρει κέρασμα στο κατάστημα του “FRESKO Frozen Yogurt Shop” στην Αστόρια. Επίσης, ο Σύλλογος Ελλήνων Εκπαιδευτικών «Προμηθεύς», με πρόεδρο του τον καθηγητή Δημοσθένη Τριανταφύλλου και με προτροπή του υπεύθυνου του Γραφείου Τεχνολογίας και Ηλεκτρονικού Τύπου, κ. Αλέξανδρου Κολόμβου, ενημερώνει τα μέλη του για την ομάδα και τα καλεί να συνδράμουν στο σημαντικό αυτό έργο. 


Καλούνται όλοι οι ομογενείς να συμμετάσχουν στις εκδηλώσεις αυτές και τις ιεροπραξίες και ειδικά όσες οικογένειες έχουν ανάγκη την βοήθεια της ομάδας.  Είναι μια προσπάθεια να δωθεί μια νότα αισιοδοξίας και ελπίδας σε ανθρώπους που το έχουν ανάγκη με τη δύναμη του Θεού και την αμέριστη συμπαράσταση του κλήρου και των ειδικών.  Ας βοηθήσουμε όλοι στην προσπάθεια αυτή που αποτελεί καινοτομία και θεάρεστο έργο και ας συμπροσευχηθούμε μαζί τους για την ανακούφιση και αποκατάσταση των οικογενειών αυτών στο δύσκολο στίβο της ζωής τους.