WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

April 27, 2025

EARLY START TIME:

MATINS 8AM

DIVINE LITURGY 9AM

Due to the Greek Independence Day Parade today in Boston.

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Thomas Sunday

Orthros/Matins

Click here for a PDF of the Service

Divine Liturgy

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

Feast Celebrated Today

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

The Orthodox Church observes the Sunday of Thomas one week following the celebration of the Sunday of Holy Pascha. The day commemorates the appearance of Christ to His disciples on the evening of the Sunday following Passover. It also commemorates the appearance of the Lord to His disciples eight days later when Thomas was present and proclaimed "My Lord and my God" upon seeing the hands and side of Christ.

This Sunday is also called Antipascha (meaning "in the stead of Pascha," not "in opposition to Pascha") because with this day, the first Sunday after Pascha, the Church consecrates every Sunday of the year to the commemoration of Pascha, that is, the Resurrection. to continue click here

Easter Reflection from His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios

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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: We have seen the Lord!

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!

EARLY START TIME TODAY!!! - With Matins at 8am and Divine Liturgy 9am. This is because of the Greek Independence Day Parade in Boston.

BUS TO GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE IN BOSTON MA – There is a bus leaving from St. Phillips Parish in Nashua NH at 1030am. As of this Publication we dont know if all seats have been reserved.

UPCOMING MEMORIALS - May 4: George Gatzoulis (40 days).

MEMORIAL SERVICE AT PINE GROVE CEMETERY - Please note that this year the Memorial Service at Pine Grove Cemetery for Memorial Day Weekend will take place on Sunday, May 25 (following Divine Liturgy). Fr. Demetri is planning on being at the cemetery at 12:15pm.

SPRING GENERAL ASSEMBLY - Will take place next Sunday, May 4 following Divine Liturgy.

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

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 began support the Soup Kitchen with 4 volunteers. 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!

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

PROSFORA - 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.

SAVE THE DATES – GLENDI 2025 meeting will be held Thursday, April 24 at 6:30pm; Spring General Assembly will be held on Sunday, May 4 following Sunday services.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Tues. Apr 29

Greek PreSchool 4pm

Adult Conversational Greek Class 6pm

Wed. Apr 30

Girl Scouts 6pm

Orthodoxy Answers Your Questions (ZOOM Only) 630pm Click here to register

Thurs. May 1

Do Drop In 930am

DOP Handbag Bingo

Doors open 5pm, games begin 6pm

Sat. May 3

80's Night 7pm

Sunday May 4

Matins 830am

Divine Liturgy 930am

Memorial Service

Sunday School Classes

HS Discussion Group

*Spring General Assembly*

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! We will resume on April 30th.

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. We will resume on April 30. Click here to register

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.

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

RAFFLE ITEMS WANTED – Do you own a restaurant, a hair salon or an insurance agency? Maybe a law firm, a floral shop or some other enterprise? If you do, please consider publicizing your business by donating products or services to either the Mini (under $100 value) or Mega Raffles. It’s a great way to get new customers! And for those of you who have already donated prizes and taken out ads, we appreciate and thank you for your continued patronage.

Religious Education

Bible Study

Our weekly Bible Study will resume at the end of April! We hope you will join us as we learn more about Holy Scripture.

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+

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.

WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

EARLY START TIME:

MATINS 8AM

DIVINE LITURGY 9AM

Due to the Greek Independence Day Parade today in Boston.