WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

July 26, 2026

Join us for worship!

Matins 830am Divine Liturgy 930am

8th Sunday of Matthew

Click here for digital copies of the Divine Services

Memorial Service

Kathy Soulios (40 days)

Nada Awad (recently fell asleep)

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

Saints Celebrated Today

Saint Paraskeve, who was from a certain village near Rome, was born to pious parents, Agatho and Politia. Since she was born on a Friday (in Greek, Paraskeve), she was given this name, which means "preparation" or "preparedness" (compare Matt. 27:62, Mark 15:42, Luke 23:54, and John 19:31, where 'Friday' is called "the day of the preparation"). From childhood she was instructed in the sacred letters and devoted herself to the study of the divine Scriptures, while leading a monastic life and guiding many to the Faith of Christ. During the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius, she was apprehended because she was a Christian and was urged to worship the idols, but she answered with the words of Jeremias: "Let the gods that have not made heaven and the earth perish from off the earth" (Jer. 10:11). Because of this she endured exceedingly painful torments, and was beheaded in the year 140. The faithful pray to her for the healing of eye ailments.

Click here to learn how St. Paraskevi healed a blind man in New York

Click here for a Resource Page dedicated to this Great Martyr of Christ

Saint Hermolaus and those with him were priests of the Church in Nicomedia, living in hiding after the Emperor Maximian had burnt to death the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia (see Dec. 28). It was Hermolaus who converted Saint Panteleimon to Christ. When Saint Panteleimon was seized as a Christian and was asked by Maximian who it was that had turned him from the idols, the Saint, enlightened by God that the time of his teacher's martyrdom also was at hand, revealed to Maximian that it was Hermolaus the priest. Saint Hermolaus was taken with Saints Hermippus and Hermocrates, and when they had confessed Christ to be the only true God, they were beheaded in the year 305. Saint Hermolaus is one of the Holy Unmercenaries.

PRAYER LISTClick Here to offer your prayers for those in need of prayer.

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: The pieces left over

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!

SAINT PAISIOS SHOWING IN MUSEUM LIBRARY– There will be 2 showings every Friday evening at 6pm. Come see the Greek television show, which will have English subtitles.

GARDENING MINISTRY - The next Gardening Ministry session will be held on July 30 at 5:30pm.

PROSPHORA – 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.

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

Fri. July 31

St. Paisios Video Presentations

6pm Showing (2 episodes)

Sun. Aug 2

Matins 8:30am

Divine Liturgy 9:30am

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

Click on the image to find a recent sermon that has been offered

Main Sermon 7/12/26

Every Divine Liturgy we know that we gather as the Body of Christ to participate in the Mystical Supper and to receive Holy Communion.

Did you know though that there is a second feeding that happens though in the Liturgy prior to Holy Communion?

Want to know that it is?

Click here to listen or download

Main Sermon 7/5/26

In the Epistle Reading today we hear about the nine fruits of the Spirit and they are given to all by Almighty God to shape us and to grow more in His Image and likeness.

What are they?

Listen...

Click here to listen or download

EVENTS, FLYERS & INFO!!!

GLENDI NEWS

Next Meeting: August 20 at 6pm in the Library

Souvenir Book Ads: DUE THIS FRIDAY, JULY 31! Thank you to all who helped find over a dozen new patrons for last year's Souvenir Book. Since the program was so successful, we thought we’d ask our parishioners to again find new advertisers. Remember: you get TWO free dinner tickets for every new ad, which you can keep or perhaps give to the new supporter as a “thank you”. Packets for new prospects are located in the Narthex with all the information you need. Thank you for your ongoing support, and good luck!

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:

Aug 11, Tues Finikia

Aug 18, Tues Kourambiethes

Aug 25, Tues Koulourakia

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.