WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

June 8, 2025

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HOLY PENTECOST

Orthros/Matins

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Divine Liturgy

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Kneeling Vespers to follow

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

The Feast of Holy Pentecost is celebrated each year on the fiftieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha (Easter) and ten days after the Feast of the Ascension of Christ. The Feast is always celebrated on a Sunday.

The Feast commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles on the day of Pentecost, a feast of the Jewish tradition. It also celebrates the establishment of the Church through the preaching of the Apostles and the baptism of the thousands who on that day believed in the Gospel message of salvation through Jesus Christ. The Feast is also seen as the culmination of the revelation of the Holy Trinity. to continue click here

PRAYER LIST

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Click here to download A PRAYER IN TIME OF NEED

Click here to download a PRAYER FOR THOSE GOING THROUGH DEPRESSION

CHILDREN'S WORD

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Click Here for This Week’s Theme: Do you need help?

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!

UPCOMING MEMORIALS - June 22: Dorothy Karandanis (1 year)

ADULT CONVERSATIONAL GREEK CLASS - On Tuesdays from 6pm-7pm in the library, join us to learn to speak Greek.

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!

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.

RAFFLE ITEMS WANTED – The Mini and Mega Raffle tables need to be filled with goodies! YOU can help by donating something: make up a themed basket (pasta night, coloring, etc.), check out clearance sections, bring in that new-in-box item you haven’t used at home, or donate a gift card (your favorite restaurant, craft store, grocery store, gas station, etc.). Do you work at a restaurant, a hair salon or an insurance agency? Maybe a law firm, a floral shop or some other enterprise? If yes, ask them to consider donating products or services to either the Mini (under $100 value) or Mega ($100 and above) Raffles. It’s a great way to get new customers and get their name out there! And for those of you who have already donated prizes and taken out ads, we appreciate and thank you for your continued patronage.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Mon. June 9

GLENDI Cooking:

Stuffed Peppers 9am

Board of Directors 7pm

Tues. June 10

Adult Conversational Greek Class 6pm in the Library

Thurs. June 12

Do Drop In 930am

Fri. June 13

Gardening Ministry 9am

Sunday June 15

All Saints

Matins 830am

Divine Liturgy 930am

Father's Day

THANK YOU – To our volunteers who supported the efforts to prepare and cook pastitsio on Saturday, May 31, we want to send a warm thank you! We so much appreciate your dedication and time. You are a blessing to our church and community. -The Pastitsio Crew

“DO DROP IN” ON THURSDAYS – The final gathering for the season will be this Thursday, June 12. We will resume in the fall!

GREEK HERITAGE NIGHT AT THE RED SOX – There are tickets available to go to the Red Sox game, Contact the office if you would like to come – there is room on the bus for you!

SPONSORED COFFEE HOUR SUNDAY, JUNE 15 – Anagennesis is sponsoring the last coffee hour of the season on Father’s Day, June 15. All are invited!

CHOIR’S LAST SUNDAY – Come enjoy the sounds of the choir as they sing for the last Sunday of this season. Thank you for the music, choir!

GARDENING MINISTRY – Come help with this ministry! The next gathering is Friday, June 13, at 9am. Dress to work and get dirty - all help accepted. Let us know if you want to help but are unable to come with the group.

PROSPHORA - 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.

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.

SUMMER YOUTH INFO

+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.