WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN
 

March 16, 2025

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2nd Sunday of Great Lent

St. Gregory Palamas


Orthros/Matins 830am

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Divine Liturgy 930am

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Please note that the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil is celebrated on the Sundays of Great Lent


Memorial Service

George Malls (3 years), Agoritsa Apostolos (5 years), Eleni Apostolos (9 years), Elias Apostolos (26 years)

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

Feasts & Saints Celebrated Today

Click below to learn more about what we celebrate on this day:

On the Second Sunday of Lent the Orthodox Church commemorates our Holy Father Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica, the Wonderworker. The feast day of Saint Gregory Palamas is November 14, however, he is commemorated on this Sunday as the condemnation of his enemies and the vindication of his teachings by the Church in the 14th century was acclaimed as a second triumph of Orthodoxy. to continue click here

Saint Christodulus, who was from the region of Nicaea of Bithynia, was the son of Theodore and Anna, and was given the name John. He assumed the monastic habit in his youth and was renamed Christodulus ("slave of Christ" in Greek). At first, he lived the ascetical life in various places, then he received permission and   to continue click here

PRAYER LIST


Click 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: Pay Attention

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:

  1. Take your computer mouse over the candles on the table.
  2. Click on a candle to pick it up and bring it the the virtual flame.
  3. 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!

STORYTIME AT THE LIBRARY - Will take place today following Sunday School Classes.


PROSFORA NEEDED - You are invited to make this offering to be used for The Divine Liturgy. We use 5 loaves for every Sunday Divine Liturgy. We appreciate your help with this wonderful opportunity. See the more info below in this bulletin.


BIBLE STUDY - Our weekly Bible Study is gathering on its regular day and time, Wednesdays at 11am. We hope you will join us as we learn more about Holy Scripture!


COMMUNITY CENTER CLOSED SUMMER 2025 - The community center will b e unavailable from approximately the middle of June through the middle of August for maintenance.


NH CHRONICLE FEATURES THE ST GEORGE LIBRARY - NH Chronicle featured a spotlight on the Greek community of Manchester and the St. George Library. If you missed it click here to watch and please share it with others


WAYPOINT DONATION DRIVE - March 9-17, the Anagennesis group is collecting gently used and new items for Waypoint. Please see the flyer in the Church window for more information.


BLOOD DRIVE - The next blood drive will be this Thursday, March 20.


“DO DROP IN” ON THURSDAYS – Is back and we welcome everyone to enjoy the fellowship that takes place on these days!


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. Starting on Sunday, January 28th from 430-630pm they once again nbegan support the Soup Kitchen with 4 volunteers. Anyone who is 16 or oder 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!

WEEK IN REVIEW


Mon. Mar 17

Great Compline 6pm

Men's Basketball 715pm


Tues. Mar 18

Greek Preschool 4pm

Basketball: 3/4 Coed 530pm


Wed. Mar 19

PreSanctified Liturgy 930am

Bible Study 11am

Girl Scouts 6pm


Thurs. Mar 20

Do Drop in Social 930am

Choir Rehearsal 6pm

Basketball 5/6 & 7/8 6pm


Fri. Mar 21

Salutation Service 6pm


Sun. Mar 23

Sunday of Holy Cross

Matins 830am

Procession of Holy Cross

Divine Liturgy 930am

Sunday School

HS Discussion Group


HOLY WATER BOTTLES – Are available to be taken home, one per household is plenty (as you can pour the water into other containers). If there is a drop of Holy Water left in the bottle it can be refilled and sanctify the new water added to it.


MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE

The choir meets on Thursday at 6pm to practice. Please come make a joyful noise with us - no experience necessary! Come to practice and try it out. Please see Cathy our Choir Director for more information.


CALENDAR ITEMS - Please go to the St. George website calendar (click here) for the up-to-date calendar. Sometimes the schedule changes after the monthly calendar has been printed.


SPONSOR A BOOK – Please consider sponsoring a copy of Introducing the Orthodox Church: Its Faith and Life by Anthony M. Coniaris. By sponsoring a printed copy at $32 or a Kindle copy at $10, someone interested in learning about the Orthodox faith will receive a complimentary copy.
Click here to Register

GREAT LENT 2025

Bible Study

Our weekly Bible Study has resumed on Wednesdays at 11am! We hope you will join us as we learn more about Holy Scripture.

Click on the flyer above to participate!

Main Sermon 3/9/25


Today we celebrate the Triumph of Orthodoxy remembering the restoration of Holy Images - Iconography.

In the sermon Fr Demetri asks an individual to see how many icons he sees in a particular pew? Want to know the answer and how we are to see each person in this life?


Click here to listen or download

Youth Sermon 3/2/25


When you think of treasure, what comes to your mind? 

Is it gold?

Special artifacts?

Jewels?

Pirates?


Have you ever thought of Heaven as treasure?


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Main Sermon 3/2/25


Today, the day before Great Lent begins is known as Forgiveness Sunday, and in the Gospel Passage today we hear our Lord giving us the lessons we need to learn before we start Great Lent, so we can be "clean" and ready for this beautiful Lenten Journey.


What are the lessons?


Click here to listen or download

YOUTH INFORMATION

Takes place every Sunday


We ask that all parents/legal guardians register their child(ren) for the 2024-25 year by simply clicking this link

+PROSPHORO NEED+

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.

UPCOMING EVENTS & INFO!!!

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