WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

August 30, 2026

Join us for worship!

Matins 830am Divine Liturgy 930am

13th Sunday of Matthew

Click here for digital copies of the Divine Services

For those that are not able to join us in person we welcome you to participate virtually by clicking here

Saints Celebrated Today

Alexander, John, and Paul the New, Patriarchs of Constantinople

Saint Alexander was sent to the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea as the delegate of Saint Metrophanes, Bishop of Constantinople (see June 4), to whose throne he succeeded in the year 325. When Arius had deceitfully professed allegiance to the Council of Nicaea, Saint Alexander, knowing his guile, refused to receive him into communion; Arius' powerful partisans threatened that they would use force to bring Arius into the communion of the Church the following day. Saint Alexander prayed fervently that God might spare the Church; and as Arius was in a privy place relieving nature, his bowels gushed forth with an effusion of blood, and the arch-heresiarch died the death of Judas. Saint Alexander was Bishop from 325 until 337, when he was succeeded by Saint Paul the Confessor, who died a martyr's death at the hands of the Arians (see Nov. 6). The Saint John commemorated here appears to be the one who was Patriarch during the years 562-577, surnamed Scholasticus, who is also commemorated on February 21. He was from Antioch, where he had been a lawyer (scholasticus); he was made presbyter, then was sent to Constantinople as representative (apocrisiarius) of the Patriarch of Antioch, and was appointed Patriarch of Constantinople by the Emperor Justinian. Saint Paul was Bishop of Constantinople during the years 687 - 693, in the reign of Emperor Justinian II, and presided over the Quinisext Council in 692. Taken from goarch.org.

PRAYER LIST

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Click here to download A PRAYER IN TIME OF NEED

Click here to download a PRAYER FOR THOSE GOING THROUGH DEPRESSION

CHILDREN'S WORD

Click on the image above to download the current or previous Children's Word publications.Click Here for This Week’s Theme: Our Christian friends

Virtual Tour of our St. George

We ask all members of our Parish Family to share this virtual tour (18 minutes) which explains everything one may see inside our Cathedral of St. George.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE TOUR

Light a Virtual Candle

Did you know that you can light a Virtual Candle from your computer?

YOU CAN!!!

Simply click on the picture and you will be taken to our website where you can light virtual candles. There are 3 easy steps:

Take your computer mouse over the candles on the table.
Click on a candle to pick it up and bring it the the virtual flame.
Light your candle and hover over the candlestand until the base is highlighted, click on your mouse and the candle will be placed in the virtual sand!

We thank the Library/Museum Committee for overseeing the setup of the online program and of course the Internet Ministries Department of the Archdiocese who is able to make this happen!

WELCOME FR. JOHN VAPORIS who is our substitute priest for the day.

PROSPHORA SUPPLY IS LOW! – We invite you to be a provider of prosphora to be used for The Divine Liturgy. We use 4 loaves on average for each Sunday Divine Liturgy. We appreciate your help with this special offering. Please click here to learn how to bake this beautiful offering.

RAFFLE ITEMS, PLEASE! – Glendi is around the corner! Helen and I are available to accept your donations to the Mega and Mini Raffles. It’s not too late to get involved. Keep in mind both booths are clear profit for Glendi. Donations include cash, gift certificates, kitchen appliances, services, and tech items. We count on your generosity. We have the best parishioners at St. George!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. -Liz

Each household is invited to pick up a complimentary copy of The Divine Liturgy Explained in the community center during coffee hour.

Our thanks to Fr. Peter Chamberas for all his hard work that produced this wonderful resource.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Sun. Sept 6

Matins 8:30am

Divine Liturgy 9:30am

**if substitute priest available

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY - The Families in Transition (FIT) Soup Kitchen serve hundreds of families and individuals in the community who need help. The Assumption Parish has requested to help on the 4th Sunday of every month. Anyone who is 16 or order can volunteer to help! If you are passionate about making a difference in your community, there is no better time than right now to join our volunteer team! Please contact Sophia Koustas Sophia.koustas@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering!

2026 Stewardship...

Have YOU filled out YOUR Form?

Instructions

The pledge form is a fillable PDF that needs to be completed, downloaded, then emailed to us.

STEPS:

1. Click on the form image above or click here (PDF will open in a new tab)

2. Fill out the PDF

3. Download the completed PDF

Attach the PDF to an email and send it to stewardship@stgeorgenh.org

Simply click on the image or click here and follow the directions from PayPal, whether you would like to make a one-time, a weekly or a monthly offering of your treasure for the 2026 Stewardship year.

Listen to sermons

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EVENTS, FLYERS & INFO!!!

GLENDI NEWS

Volunteer for Glendi: Your smiles and enthusiasm are needed at this year’s Glendi. Click here or complete a form available in the Narthex or outside the church office.

Mini Raffle Items: Please consider making a donation to the Glendi Mini Raffle. Ideas: New items, gift cards, monetary donations (we’ll do the shopping for you). Donations may be dropped off in the office. Thank you!

Mega Raffle Items: We'd love your support for our Mega Raffle. Most of our prizes are donated by our own generous parishioners. Help us make the Mega Raffle bigger and better! We know we can count on our St. George Family. GLENDI is around the corner!!!!!

Cooking/Baking Schedule:

Sept 14, Mon Spanakopita

Sept 15, Tues Spanakopita

Sept 16, Wed Galaktoboureko

Start time is 9am unless otherwise noted.

+PROSPHORO+

Bread has been the emblem of God’s providence for us, throughout humanity’s history. Both physical (bread as food) and spiritual - the επιούσιον (epiousion) or “supersubstantial” bread of the Lord’s prayer, the bread of Holy Communion.

In the Orthodox Christian church, the pinnacle of our worship is union with Christ, both spiritually but also physically, by consuming the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Since the Last Supper, before every Divine Liturgy, one or more of the faithful prepare and bring bread to church to be used as the Body of Christ in the Eucharist. The Orthodox church is liturgical. For those of us who bake prosphoro, the liturgy begins as we prepare to bake!

Prosphoro is an offering to God, made from His material gifts to us, and prepared lovingly and prayerfully.

A special website is available to share with the faithful this ‘proper’ method of preparation of the holy gift according to the Greek Orthodox tradition. Please click here to learn how to bake this beautiful offering.