WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

November 16, 2025

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St Matthew the Evangelist

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

Saint of the Day:

This Apostle, who was also called Levi, was the son of Alphaeus and had Galilee as his homeland. A publican before being called by Christ, he became one of the Twelve Apostles, and an Evangelist. While still in Palestine, he wrote his Gospel first in Hebrew, being also the first of all to write the Gospel. When he is depicted in icons, there is portrayed next to him the likeness of a man, one of the symbolic living creatures mentioned by Ezekiel (1.10), which, as Saint Irenaeus writes, is a symbol of our Saviour's Incarnation.

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

Click on the image above to download the current or previous Children's Word publications.

Click Here for This Week’s Theme: God gives gifts to all

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!

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.

BOARD OF DIRECTOR ELECTIONS – This year the Elections for the Board of Directors will take place on Sunday, November 23, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Any member in good standing with the Cathedral who wishes to participate in these elections, but who will not be in town, or who may not be able to come to Church because of illness or any other reason, may use an absentee ballot. You may request an Absentee Ballot Application be sent to you by calling the Cathedral office at 603-622-9113 or emailing the Cathedral office beth@stgeorgenh.org as soon as possible with your name and address. ABSENTEE BALLOTS WILL NOT BE COUNTED IF RECEIVED AFTER 4PM ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21. Click here to Meet the Candidates.

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!

SAVE THE DATE – Join us on Sunday, December 14, in the Community Center for Christmas Pageant following Divine Liturgy and before the Gingerbread House decorating.

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.

UPCOMING MEMORIALS – November 23: Evangelos B. Tsingos

PROSPHORA REQUESTED – The church supply of prosphora over the past few months has diminished. This means it is a wonderful opportunity for you to make this offering to be used for The Divine Liturgy. We use 5 loaves for each Sunday Divine Liturgy. We appreciate your help with this special need.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Mon. Nov 17

Basketball:

3/4 Coed 5:30pm

7/8 Boys 7pm

Anagennesis 6:30pm

Tues. Nov 18

Greek Prek Class 4pm

Basketball: 5/6 Boys 5:45pm

Adult Conversational Greek Class 6pm

Wed. Nov 19

Bible Study 11am

Girl Scouts 6pm

Orthodoxy 101 on ZOOM 630pm REGISTER HERE

Monthly Newsletter Articles Due

Thurs. Nov 20

Basketball:

5/6 Boys 5:30pm

7/8 Boys 7pm

Fri. Nov 21

Presentation of the Mother of God in the Temple

Divine Liturgy 930am

Absentee Ballot Deadline 4pm

Sun. Nov 23

Matins 830am

Divine Liturgy 930am

Memorial Service

BOD Elections 11am

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

Youth Sermon Nov. 9

Everything we do in this life follows time. We set our alarm for a certain time. We need to be in school/class at a certain time. We have lunch at a certain time and we go to bed at a certain time.

With all this talk about time, including the time change we did last Saturday night, in which we "gained" an hour. Do we give any time to be with God?

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Main Sermon

Nov. 9

This morning on this the Feastday of St. Nektarios, Fr. Demetri shares a personal story about a miracle that happened to his own mother. The reflection/words that he is reading this morning were written by his dad, Fr. Peter of blessed memory.

Miracles DO & STILL HAPPEN IN THIS LIFE!!!

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SUNDAY SCHOOL INFO

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EVENTS, FLYERS & INFO!!!

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For the Christmas Card, Christmas Cookie Decorating, and to reserve your Gingerbread House!

+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.