All Saints Weekly Bulletin

^{Sunday, November 30th}

^{St. Andrew the First-Called}

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Fellowship Hour hosted by the Kontos Family

Weekly Calendar

Sun. Nov. 30: St. Andrew the First-Called (Fish, Oil, Wine, Allowed)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Mon. Dec. 1: St. Philaret the Merciful (Fish, Oil, Wine Allowed)

7:00pm Virtual Lecture on the World of St. John of Damascus: Christians and Muslims in the 8th century (via Zoom)

Tues. Dec. 2: St. Porphyrios (Fish, Oil, Wine Allowed)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Wed. Dec. 3: Zephaniah the Prophet (Strict Fast)

7:00pm Vigil for St. John of Damascus (with veneration of relics)

Thurs. Dec. 4: Ss. John of Damascus & Barbara (Fish, Oil, Wine Allowed)

Fri. Dec. 5: St. Savas the Sanctified (Strict Fast)

Sat. Dec. 6: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (Fish, Oil, Wine Allowed)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Baptism & Chrismation of Catechumens during the Divine Liturgy

Sun. Dec. 7: 10^th Sunday of Luke (Fish, Oil, Wine Allowed)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

12:00pm Philoptochos Meeting in Parish Hall

Parish Announcements

Baptism & Chrismation of Catechumens – Sat. Dec. 6^th during the Divine Liturgy

Orthodox Catechism – Thursdays @ 8pm (via Zoom)

No Catechism Class this week.

Philoptochos Bake Sale – Order Due Date Dec. 1^st

Our Ladies Philoptochos is having their holiday bake sale! Choose from a delicious assortment of homemade baked goods. To order, contact Kondelo at 309-383-2348, or stop by the parish hall after the Divine Liturgy on Sundays to order in person. Orders need to be received by Dec. 1st, and orders can be picked up on Dec. 13th & 14th. We also have cookbooks for sale downstairs - $10 Mini Cookbooks & $15 Ethnic Cookbooks. Thank you for supporting our Philoptochos!

Library Open – Today, Sun. Nov. 28^th

The Library will be open to check-out books on Sunday, Nov. 28^th following Divine Liturgy.

Sunday School

Sunday School classes for the 2025 – 2026 are underway! We have three classes which will welcome students from Preschool through Highschool. Sunday School students and teachers will approach to receive Holy Communion first, and then go downstairs for class.

Sunday School Christmas Program – Sun. Dec. 21^st following Divine Liturgy

Our Sunday School students will present their Christmas program at the end of Liturgy on Sunday, December 21^st. The next three Sundays our classes will be dedicated to practicing for the program. All children are welcome to participate!

Virtual Lecture on the World of St. John of Damascus: Christians and Muslims in the 8th century – Mon. Dec. 1^st @ 7pm via Zoom

Please join us for a lecture that explores the wider historical setting in which St. John of Damascus lived and wrote. The talk will examine the history and everyday life of the seventh- and eighth-century eastern Mediterranean world, including the rise of Islamic rule, the shifting fortunes of the Byzantine Empire, and the lived experience of Christian communities under the early caliphates. By placing St. John within this broader landscape, the lecture offers a clearer understanding of how to read his works and interpret his life in context. Presented by Prof. Kaleb Herman Adney of the University of Missouri–Kansas City on Monday, December 1, 2025, at 7pm, exclusively via Zoom.

Vigil w/ Veneration of Relics for St. John of Damascus - Wed. Dec. 3 @ 7pm

Philoptochos Meeting – Sun. Dec. 7^th @ 12pm in Parish Hall

Wisdom of the Fathers

Let us all now extol the Apostle of the Lord as a preacher divine and eyewitness of the Word, and a spiritual fisher of the Gentiles indeed. It was he who guided us to the knowledge of Christ: the theologian Saint Andrew. And now unceasingly interceding, he entreats that our souls be saved.

Hymn from Orthros

Let us extol that preacher of the Faith and minister of the Word, Saint Andrew the Apostle. He fishes human beings out of the depths, holding the Cross instead of a pole, and letting down its power instead of a line. And he retrieves souls from the error of the foe, and he offers them to God as an acceptable gift. O believers, let us ever extol him, and the entire chorus of Disciples of Christ, so that he will intercede with the Lord to be merciful towards us on Judgment Day.

Doxastikon of Orthros