WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

January 11, 2026

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Sunday After Theophany

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Memorial Service

Alice Crusade (5 yr) and Edward Crusade (10yr)

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

Saints of the Day:

Saint Theodosios the Great had Cappadocia as his homeland. He lived during the years of Leo of Thrace, who reigned from 457 to 474. The Saint established in the Holy Land a great communal monastery, wherein he was the shepherd of many monks. While Saint Sabbas was the head of the hermits of Palestine, Saint Theodosius was governor of those living the cenobitic life, for which reason he is called the Cenobiarch. Together with Saint Sabbas, towards whom he cherished a deep brotherly love in Christ, he defended the whole land of Palestine from the heresy of the Monophysites, which was championed by the Emperor Anastasius and might very well have triumphed in the Holy Land without the opposition of these two great monastic fathers and their zealous defense of the Holy Council of Chalcedon. Having lived for 103 years, he reposed in peace.

St. Vitalios, a monk of the Monastery of Saint Seridos, arrived in Alexandria when Saint John the Merciful (November 12) was Patriarch of Alexandria.

When he was sixty years old, he undertook an extraordinary task: he wrote down from memory the names of all the prostitutes of Alexandria and he began to pray for them.

He worked from morning to evening, earning twelve copper coins each day. In the evening the Saint bought a single bean, which he ate after sunset. Then he would give the rest of the money to one of the harlots, whom he visited at night and said, "I beg you, take this money and do not sin with anyone tonight." click here to continue

PRAYER LIST

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Click here to download a PRAYER FOR THOSE GOING THROUGH DEPRESSION

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!

VASILOPITA CUTTING TODAY - We ask that all faithful come to the community center following dismissal as we will celebrate the annual Vasilopita Cutting. There will be breads on each table and as you sit with loved ones, you may have your own table cutting and enjoy the fellowship with those around you! We thank the Anagennesis Ladies for sponsoring the breads on those tables and we thank all those who baked/cooked the various Vasilopites that will be used for the official cutting!

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.

PRAYER LIST UPDATE – The prayer list is being updated. Please let us know which names to keep on the list.

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

POINSETTIAS LOOKING FOR HOMES - Pleas take a poinsettia for yourself and/or bring one to someone who will enjoy them. No with the Christmas season is complete, they need to find new homes.

TO REACH FATHER DEMETRI – The issue with texting Father Demetri has been fixed.

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.

Today’s coffee hour is sponsored in memory of Alice and Edward Crusade by their family.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Mon. Jan 12

Basketball:

3/4 Coed 5:30pm

7/8 Boys 7pm

BOD 7pm

Tues. Jan 13

Greek Prek Class 4pm

Basketball: 5/6 Boys 5:45pm

Adult Conversational Greek Class 6pm

Wed. Jan 14

Bible Study 11am

Girl Scouts 6pm

Orthodoxy 101 on ZOOM 630pm Click here to register

DOP 6:30pm

Thurs. Jan 15

Basketball:

5/6 Boys 5:30pm

7/8 Boys 7pm

Sat. Jan 17

Basketball Clinic 9am

Feast of St. Anthony

Divine Liturgy 9:30am

Sun. Jan 18

St. Athanasios the Great

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!

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

Recent Sermons

1/4/26 Youth Sermon

In two days we will celebrate the Feast of Holy Theophany/Epiphany, in which we remember the Baptism of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the River Jordan.

There is so much that we learn from this wonderful Feast, and one of them is the example of St. John the Baptist.

What was his example and how is it important for us today?

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1/4/26 Main Sermon

On this First Sunday of the New Year you might think that you would hear a sermon of new focus and direction. Yet this is not what we hear in the chosen Epistle Reading in the Church calendar today, instead we hear how St. Paul knew his time on earth was coming to a completion and he shares his wise words with St. Timothy (and us).

What does he say?

What does this have to do for us in 2026?

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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.