WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

December 7, 2025

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10th Sunday of Luke

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Saints of the Day:

Saint Ambrose was born in Gaul in 340, and was a member of the Roman Senate. After the death of Auxentius, the Arian Bishop of Milan, a violent dispute arose among the Orthodox and Arians about who would succeed him. Ambrose, desiring as Governor of the province to restore the peace, attempted to mediate between them. As he spoke to the people, eloquently persuading them to elect a new bishop without tumult and disorder, a young child, inspired from on high, suddenly cried out "Ambrose, bishop!" To his astonishment and dismay, the people immediately took up this cry themselves, and over his many protests, he was raised to the episcopal throne of Milan on December 7, 374. A great Father of the Church, he wrote many works in Latin, and was both an unwearying opponent of Arianism, and a fearless accuser of emperors when they transgressed the law of God. Having lived fifty-seven years, he reposed on April 4, on the eve of Pascha, in the year 397.

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The most-venerable and shining new luminary of hymnography, the divinely-inspired hymn writer of the sacred accomplishments of the Saints, a city-founder in the desert of Athos, an inhabitant of the Skete of Little Saint Anna who dwelled together with virtue and divine wisdom, our bright father Gerasimos, who put into practice the shining ray of his theology, and in the end his soul was completely pure. In the world he was known as Anastasios-Athanasios Graikas and born in Droviani in the province of Delvino of Northern Epirus on the 5th of September in the year of salvation 1905. His most pious mother instilled deeply in his heart the teachings of the faith and an ecclesiastical consciousness. He received a comprehensive education in Droviani and Athens with the finest diligence. A monk-lover by nature, he was nourished at a young age by divine eros, and knowing the futility of the temporal he fled to Athos, where he 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!

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 working to resolve this issue.

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.

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!

BE A SANTA TO A SENIOR – We are partnering with Home Instead to provide gifts to local seniors. The tags are in the display outside the church office. Return the wrapped gifts in a gift bag to St. George by WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10. Thank you for your generosity.

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.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Mon. Dec 8

Basketball:

3/4 Coed 5:30pm

7/8 Boys 7pm

BOD 7pm

Tues. Dec 9

Greek Prek Class 4pm

Basketball: 5/6 Boys 5:45pm

Adult Conversational Greek Class 6pm

Wed. Dec 10

Bible Study 11am

Girl Scouts 6pm

Orthodoxy 101 by Zoom 6:30pm

Thurs. Dec 11

Basketball

5/6 Boys 5:30pm

AHEPA 6:30pm

7/8 Boys 7pm

Sat. Dec 13

Basketball Clinic 9am

Sun. Dec 14

Matins 830am

Divine Liturgy 930am

Christmas Pageant following Divine Liturgy

Gingerbread House Decorating following Christmas Pageant

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

SUNDAY SCHOOL INFO

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EVENTS, FLYERS & INFO!!!

CHRISTMAS INFORMATION

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+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.