WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN
 

March 23, 2025

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3rd Sunday of Great Lent

Holy Cross


Orthros/Matins 830am

Click here for a PDF of the Service


Procession of the Holy Cross

Will take place when it should - during the Doxology prior to The Divine Liturgy


Divine Liturgy 930am

Click here for a PDF of the Liturgy

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


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 Third Sunday of Great and Holy Lent, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Services include a special veneration of the Cross, which prepares the faithful for the commemoration of the Crucifixion during Holy Week. to continue click here

Saint Nicon was from Neapolis (Naples) in Italy. His father was an idolater and his mother a Christian. At first he was a soldier, but later he went to the East, where he was baptized and in time became a bishop. After some years, he returned to the West and came to Sicily, where he and many of his disciples were put to death by beheading because they would not worship the idols. 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: Christ Understands

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!

SERVICE SCHEDULE UPDATES - Please note that there will be NO Services here at St. George on Monday evening March 24, or on Wednesday morning March 26.


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!


ORTHODOXY ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS - All are invited to participate in this question and answer discussion group that takes place every Wednesday evening on Zoom at 6pm. Click here to register


UPCOMING MEMORIALS - March 30: Julie Tsirimokos (1 year); April 6: Fr. Peter D. Costarakis (3 years), Pres. Mary Costarakis (26 years)


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.


“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!


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

Everyone is asked to Register HERE so we can properly prepare and welcome all for our District Lenten Retreat!

WEEK IN REVIEW


Mon. Mar 24

Great Vespers at Annunciation Parish in Dover NH 630pm

Men's Basketball 715pm


Tues. Mar 25

FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION

Matins 830am

Divine Liturgy 930am

Greek Preschool with Greek Program for March 25th 4pm


Wed. Mar 26

Bible Study 11am

Girl Scouts 6pm

Orthodoxy Answers YOUR Questions (Zoom only) 6pm

Register HERE


Thurs. Mar 27

Do Drop in Social 930am

Choir Rehearsal 6pm

Basketball 5/6 & 7/8 6pm


Fri. Mar 28

District One Retreat

Beginning with Salutation Service 6pm


Sun. Mar 30

Sunday of St. John the Ladder

Matins 830am

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.

GREAT LENT 2025

Great & Holy Week; Pascha & St. George
 

Religious Education

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.

Youth Sermon 3/16/25


We are blessed once again to have our Metropolis Youth & Young Adult Director Panos with us this morning.


Today's youth sermon (which begins at the 30 second mark) focuses on the Saint we remember on this 2nd Sunday of Great Lent, St. Gregory of Palamas and a practice that is done at MBC.


What is this practice?


Click here to listen or download

Main Sermon 3/16/25


St. Gregory of Palamas focused on stillness and finding time to be alone with God.


What is our stillness like? Do we spend quality time with our spouse? With our children?


One highlight of this sermon is the following quote:


"If the devil can't make you sin, he can make you busy."


Click here to listen or download

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 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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