WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

February 1, 2026

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Triodion Sunday

Sunday of Publican & Pharisee

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Memorial Service

V. Rev. Fr. Peter D. Costarakis (4yr), Sabastian Oliver Kariolis (40 days), departed Sons of Pericles

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Saints of the Day:

The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee is the first Sunday of a three-week period prior to the commencement of Great Lent. It marks the beginning of a time of preparation for the spiritual journey of Lent, a time for Orthodox Christians to draw closer to God through worship, prayer, fasting, and acts of charity. It is also on this day that the Triodion is introduced, a liturgical book that contains the services from this Sunday, the tenth before Pascha (Easter), to Great and Holy Saturday.

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The Holy Martyr Trypho was from Lampsacus in Phrygia, and as a young man he tended geese. Being filled with the gifts of the Holy Spirit, he also healed sufferings and cast out demons. During the reign of the Emperor Decius, about the year 250, he was betrayed as a Christian and taken to Nicaea, where he was beaten, bound to horses and dragged over rough ground, then dragged naked over nails; his sides were burned with torches; finally he was sentenced to beheading, but gave up his holy soul in his torments before the stroke of the sword. Saint Trypho is one of the Holy Unmercenaries, and is also invoked for the protection of gardens from insects and pests.

When Ireland was newly converted to the Christian Faith, the Holy Abbess Bridget devoted herself to the establishment of the monastic life among the women of her country, and founded the renowned convent of Kildare-Kil "Cell (or Church)" Dara "of the Oak." She was especially renowned for her great mercifulness, manifested in her lavish almsgiving and in miracles wrought for those in need. The Book of Armaugh, an ancient Irish chronicle, calls Saint Patrick and Saint Bridget "the pillars of the Irish" and says that through them both, "Christ performed many miracles." She reposed in peace about the year 525.

PRAYER LISTClick 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: God is with us!

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!

Today is Stewardship Sunday. Every household is invited to bring their Commitment form up to the Solea area, and a prayer will be offered over our commitments. Additional forms are available in the Narthex for those who would like to fill them out.

Today’s coffee hour is sponsored in memory of the departed Sons of Pericles members by the Sons of Pericles.

GOYA DATES TO NOTE – GOYA will meet on Sunday, February 8. Come to their bake sale on Sunday, February 15.

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 I the bottle in can be refilled and sanctify the new water added to it.

NOTIFICATION OF DELAYS/CANCELLATIONS – St. George will notify the community of a delay or cancellation of a church event by WMUR and by email.

UPCOMING MEMORIAL SERVICES – February 22: George Gatzoulis (1 year)

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.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Sun. Feb 1

Triodion Sunday

Matins 830am

Divine Liturgy 930am

Memorial Service

Stewardship Sunday

Mon. Feb 2

Presentation of our Lord in the Temple

Divine Liturgy 930am

Basketball :

3/4 Coed 5:30pm

7/8 Boys 7pm

Tues. Feb 3

Greek Prek Class 4pm

Basketball: 5/6 Boys 5:45pm

Adult Conversational Greek Class 6pm

Wed. Feb 4

Bible Study 11am

Girl Scouts 6pm

Orthodoxy 101 on ZOOM 630pm Click here to register

Thurs. Feb 5

Do Drop In 9:30am

Basketball:

5/6 Boys 5:30pm

7/8 Boys 7pm

Sat. Feb 7

Basketball Clinic 9:30am

Sun. Feb 8

Matins 830am

Divine Liturgy 930am

GOYA Meeting

Valentine's Breakfast

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!

Please make sure you or someone from our household picks up the NEW 2026 Church Calendars!

Each household is invited to pick up a complimentary copy of The Divine Liturgy Explained in the community center during coffee hour.

Our thanks to Fr. Peter Chamberas for all his hard work that produced this wonderful resource.

Recent Sermons

1/25/26 Main Sermon

Zacchaeus teaches us that we always make time for what truly matters. Stewardship of time is not about finding extra hours—it is about choosing Christ intentionally: prayer, worship, reading of Holy Scripture, caring for our neighbor.

When Zacchaeus makes time for Christ, Christ stops, looks up, and calls him by name and then goes to his home.

When we make room for God in our life, our lives change for the better and this is stewardship.

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1/18/26 Main Sermon

Today we hear the Gospel Passage of the 10 that were all healed by Christ when they asked for His mercy. Much can be said about these verses, those with leprosy, how all were healed, only one came back to give thanks and so much more. Today‘s sermon focuses on us.

How?

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Listen to sermons

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EVENTS, FLYERS & INFO!!!

Click the image above to RSVP for the Valentine Breakfast. Pick up your tickets and pay for them at coffee hour or send payment to the church office, attention Anagennesis Ladies Society.

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SAVE THE DATE

GOYA Bake Sale

February 15

+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.