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October 26, 2025

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6th Sunday of Luke

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Memorial Service

George Gatzoulis

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Saint of the Day:

Saint Demetrios was a Thessalonian, a most pious son of pious and noble parents, and a teacher of the Faith of Christ. When Maximian first came to Thessalonica in 290, he raised the Saint to the rank of Duke of Thessaly. But when it was discovered that the Saint was a Christian, he was arrested and kept bound in a bath-house.

While the games were under way in the city, Maximian was a spectator there. A certain friend of his, a barbarian who was a notable wrestler, Lyaeus by name, waxing haughty because of the height and strength of his body, boasted in the stadium and challenged the citizens to a contest with him. All that fought with him were defeated.

Seeing this, a certain youth named Nestor, acquaintance of Demetrius', came to the Saint in the bath-house and asked his blessing to fight Lyaeus single-handed.

Receiving this blessing and sealing himself with the sign of the precious Cross, he presented himself in the stadium, and said, "O God of Demetrius, help me!" and straightway he engaged Lyaeus in combat and smote him with a mortal blow to the heart, leaving the former boaster lifeless upon the earth. Maximian was sorely grieved over this, and when he learned who was the cause of this defeat, he commanded straightway and Demetrius was pierced with lances while he was yet in the bath-house, As for Nestor, Maximian commanded that he be slain with his own sword. taken from goarch.org

Here is a GREAT RESOURCE page for this Great Saint of the Church

The great earthquake commemorated here took place in Constantinople in 740, during the reign of Leo the Isaurian, the first of the Iconoclast emperors.

PRAYER LIST

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CHILDREN'S WORD

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Click Here for This Week’s Theme: Playing by the Rules

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!

TODAY’S COFFEE HOUR - is sponsored in memory of George Gatzoulis by his family. May his memory be eternal!

ST. GEORGE LIBRARY SPEAKER SERIES TODAY – In observance of National Church Music Month, the Library is presenting an exhibition and discussion on the history of our choirs over the years. Please join us today at 12:15pm following coffee hour as we welcome Father Peter Chamberas

BOARD OF DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS – Please bring your completed nomination form with $1 to the office no later than Tuesday, November 4 at 7pm to be a candidate in the elections for the board of directors.

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.

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.

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.

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

Tues. Oct 28

OXI Day Celebration 4pm

Adult Conversational Greek Class 6pm

Wed. Oct 29

Bible Study 11am

Orthodoxy 101 on ZOOM 630pm REGISTER HERE

Sat Nov 1

Ordination of Vasili Panagopoulos at Sts. Anargyroi in Marlboro, MA

Library Fall Bus Trip to Brookline, MA 8:30am check in

Sun. Nov 2

Matins 830am

Divine Liturgy 930am

Library Story Time

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.

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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.