WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

December 14, 2025

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11th Sunday of Luke

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Memorial Service

Vayani Mitsou (6 months) & Ioannis Mitsou (5 years)

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Saints of the Day:

On the Sunday that occurs on or immediately after the eleventh of this month, we commemorate Christ's forefathers according to the flesh, both those that came before the Law, and those that lived after the giving of the Law.

Special commemoration is made of the Patriarch Abraham, to whom the promise was first given, when God said to him, "By your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed" (Gen. 22:18). This promise was given some two thousand years before Christ, when Abraham was seventy-five years of age. God called him and commanded him to forsake his country, parents, and kinsmen, and to depart to the land of the Canaanites. When he arrived there, God told him, "I will give this land to your seed" (Gen. 12:7); for this

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Of these, the Martyrs who were from Asia Minor contested for piety's sake during the reign of Decius, in 250. Saint Leucius, seeing the slaughter of the Christians, reproached the Governor Cumbricius, for which he was hung up, harrowed mercilessly on his sides, then beheaded. For boldly professing himself a Christian and rebuking the Governor for worshipping stocks and stones as gods, Saint Thyrsus, after many horrible tortures, was sentenced to be sawn asunder, but the saw would not cut, and became so heavy in the executioners' hands that they could not move it; Saint Thyrsus then gave up his spirit, at Apollonia in the Hellespont. Saint Callinicus a priest of the idols, was converted through the martyrdom and miracles of Saint Thyrsus, and was beheaded. click here to continue

PRAYER LIST

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CHILDREN'S WORD

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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.

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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!

COFFEE HOUR TODAY – Is sponsored in loving memory of Vayani Mitsou and Ioannis Mitsou by Vaya Handras and family.

COMMUNITY CENTER OFFERINGS TODAY – Following the dismissal, please join us in the Community Center as our youth offer the Christmas Pageant. Immediately following the Pageant, those who registered will receive their gingerbread house to decorate. Come see the imaginative ways these houses are decorated.

TO REACH FATHER DEMETRI – The best way to reach Father Demetri is to send an email to frdcostarakis@stgeorgenh.org or to call the office and leave a voicemail message for him. Father is not able to receive or send texts. We are still working to resolve this issue.

ADVENT CHRISTMAS RESOURCE TABLE - We welcome all faithful to visit this area in the Community Center. You will find articles, reflections, and information about this beautiful Season in the life of the Church!

UPCOMING MEMORIALS – January 4: Aphrodite Giotas (3 years) and George Giotas (35 years), January 11: Alice Crusade (5 years) and Edward Crusade (10 years)

BE A SANTA TO A SENIOR – Gifts must be back to the church office by noon tomorrow Monday, December 15!

CADILLAC BALL 50/50 RAFFLE TICKETS – Would you like to be a part of the Cadillac Ball 50/50 Raffle? Then contact Toula Barber to participate! Tickets are $10 each and you do not need to be present to win.

WEEKLY BULLETIN COVER – Vestal Publishing has stopped printing the beautiful weekly bulletin covers that we have been accustomed to providing all of our faithful. We have older copies or we will try to create something that we will print in black and white.

YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY - Please join the Young Adult Ministry every Wednesday in January from 7-8:30pm in the Assumption church hall for our lecture series on Greek culture and history. Tickets are $30 for one evening and $100 for the entire series of four lectures if registering in advance, with proceeds benefiting the Young Adult Ministry's Launch Fund. Please email yam.assumption603@gmail.com for information on topics and registration.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Mon. Dec 15

Basketball:

3/4 Coed 5:30pm

7/8 Boys 7pm

Anagennesis 6:30pm

Tues. Dec 16

Greek Prek Class 4pm

Basketball: 5/6 Boys 5:45pm

Adult Conversational Greek Class 6pm

Wed. Dec 17

St. Dionysios

Divine Liturgy 9:30am

Girl Scouts 6pm

Orthodoxy 101 by Zoom 6:30pm

Thurs. Dec 18

Basketball

5/6 Boys 5:30pm

7/8 Boys 7pm

Fri. Dec 19

Monthly Newsletter Articles Due

Sat. Dec 20

Basketball Clinic 9am

Sun. Dec 21

Sunday Before Nativity

Matins 830am

Divine Liturgy 930am

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. 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!

GREEK EDUCATION INFORMATION – See flyers below about our Preschool Classes as well as Adult Conversational Classes.

Recent Sermons

12/7/25 Youth Sermon

In the Gospel Passage we hear about a woman that had severe back pain for 18 years, this sermonette offers a focus on her, us and our Lord.

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12/7/25 Main Sermon

Christmas js the season of giving and many know that it is better to give than to receive. Receiving something - especially a gift we may think we don‘t deserve - can be a lot to take in.

We have to realize that God offers His Only Begotten Son to …us!

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11/23/25 Youth Sermon

Today our Youth Sermon was offered by Panos Coufos, where he talks about the one Goal our Lord asks of.

What it is it?

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11/23/25 Main Sermon

Today’s sermon is a response to an article in the New York Times on those seeking to convert to Orthodoxy. While the article interviews clergy, recent converts and those seeking to convert, there are some items that were presented (and not presented) in the article that Fr. Demetri felt needed to be stated in a sermon.

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Listen to sermons

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EVENTS, FLYERS & 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.