WEEKLY ONLINE BULLETIN

October 19, 2025

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3rd Sunday of Luke

Orthros/Matins

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Divine Liturgy

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Memorial Service

Anastasia Vailas (1 year)

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Saints of the Day:

The Prophet Joel, whose name means "Yah is God," was of the tribe of Reuben, the son of Bathuel, and lived from 810 to 750 B.C. (but some say in the 7th century B.C.). His book is divided into three chapters, and is the second in order of the minor Prophets. He foretold the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost (Joel 2:28, and quoted by the Apostle Peter in Acts 2:17), and the saving power of the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Joel 2:32).

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Saint Varys contested for the sake of Christ during the reign of Maximian, in the year 304. He was a soldier in the service of the Emperor Maximian, and held in honour for his courage. While in Egypt, he visited the Christians held in prison and comforted them. Among them, he visited seven monks imprisoned together; when one of them died from his torments, Saint Varys took his place. When this became known to the governor, Saint Varys was arrested and tortured to death.

Saint John of Kronstadt was a married priest, who lived with his wife in virginity. Through his untiring labours in his priestly duties and love for the poor and sinners, he was granted by our Lord great gifts of clairvoyance and miracle-working, to such a degree that in the last years of his life miracles of healing--both of body and soul--were performed countless times each day through his prayers, often for people who had only written to him asking his help.

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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

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Click Here for This Week’s Theme: God doesn't want sadness!

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 ALTAR BOY/SERVER MEETING - A short meeting for all current and those seeking to assist in the Altar are to attend this brief meeting.

GOYA MEETING TODAY - Following the Altar Boy/Server meeting.

TAILGATE SUNDAY TODAY - If you forgot to bring your clothes and tailgate items you of course can still join us (there might be enough time for you to go home, change and come back)!

COLLEGE STUDENT ADDRESSES – We will be making care packages to be sent to our college students. Please email college student names and addresses beth@stgeorgenh.org by Monday, November 3.

ST. NICHOLAS PRESENTS – Today at 12pm, Fr. Robert Arida, former dean of the OCA Cathedral in Boston, along with his wife, Mat. Susan, will be coming to deliver a talk that will be both dogmatic in nature, as well as addressing contemporary challenges between church and state with gleanings from the Russian empire in Western Europe, as well as 21st century USA. Lunch will be provided.

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 at this time. We are working to resolve this issue.

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.

2025-2026 SUNDAY SCHOOL REGISTRATION IS OPEN – All children Pre-K through grade 12 (Sunday School and High School Ministry) are invited to register for the 2025-2026 Sunday School program. Please see the enclosed flier for more information or register here.

ST. GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL DISCUSSION GROUP CO-LEADER WANTED – Would you like to co-lead the High School Discussion group? The discussions are very organic and extremely enjoyable, covering topics relevant to what is happening in the world and how it impacts our youth. If you have any questions regarding what the expectations would be, feel free to reach out to Bill Hughen at bhughen2427@gmail.com.

THANK YOU FROM THE SENIOR CHOIR – The Senior Choir would like to thank the family and friends of Marie Dovas and Olga Mikolaities for their generous donations. May their memory be eternal! God bless you all, The Senior Choir

UPCOMING MEMORIALS – October 26: George Gatzoulis

SPONSORED COFFEE HOUR – October 19: In memory of Anastasia Vailas, October 26: In memory of George Gatzoulis

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. Oct 20

Board of Directors 7pm

Tues. Oct 21

Greek for Young Learners 4pm

Adult Conversational Greek Class 6pm in the Library

Wed. Oct 22

Bible Study 11am

Divine Liturgy of St. James @ Assumption Parish 6pm

Thurs. Oct 23

Orthodoxy 101 on ZOOM 630pm REGISTER HERE

Sun. Oct 26

St. Demetrios

Matins 830am

Divine Liturgy 930am

Memorial Service

Library Speaker Series 12:15pm

(see flyer below for all info)

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. Starting on Sunday, January 28th from 430-630pm they once again began support the Soup Kitchen with 4 volunteers. 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 below about our Preschool Classes as well Adult Conversational Classes.

Recent Sermons

SUNDAY SCHOOL INFO

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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.