INS IDE TH IS

I S SUE :

October

Calendar

2

President’s

Corner

3

Community

News

5

Stewardship

Update

6

Assembly

Notice

9

Lives of the

Saints

13-

16

S A I N T G E O R G E G R E E K S A I N T G E O R G E G R E E K S A I N T G E O R G E G R E E K S A I N T G E O R G E G R E E K

O R T H O D O X C H U R C HO R T H O D O X C H U R C HO R T H O D O X C H U R C HO R T H O D O X C H U R C H

The Trophybearer O C T O B E R 2 0 1 5 V O L U M E 5 I S S U E 9

C H U R C H S T A F F

•Parish Priest: Fr. Michael

Constantinides

•Chanter: Deacon Paul Speed

•Caretaker: Jason Leon

•GOYA Advisors: Dr. Vicky Pyevich/

Anne Kirpatrick

•HOPE/JOY Advisors: Pres. Maria

Constantinides/Candice Elias

•After Church Club: Loukia Constan-

tinides

•Outreach and Evangelism Chair:

Angela Spurgetis

•Parish Council President: Mary

Rankin

•Philoptochos President: Susan Coin

•Prayer Ministry: Gus Pappas

•Sunday School Director: Deacon

Paul Speed

•Senior Ministry: Kay Coin

PASTORAL MESSAGEPASTORAL MESSAGEPASTORAL MESSAGEPASTORAL MESSAGE

My Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,

It is indeed a good thing for us to come together once again, now that all the va-

cations are done and the kids are back to school. We enter into our routines

and wait patiently for summer to come once again. Routines are indeed com-

forting because they bring structure to our chaotic life.

The danger with routines is that we become mindless in our habits and are not

able to even look around to see the world we live in, or the Church we worship

in. We forget that we have a responsibility that cannot be routine for us as Or-

thodox Christians. Our responsibility is given to us directly from the Gospel of

Matthew “..go out and make disciples of all nations…”

How can we do this, especially when we ourselves do not really know what we

believe? Many times we think we know, yet do we really know what the Church

teaches or do we deceive ourselves into thinking that simply because we have

always believed this then it has to be what the Church teaches? Brethren the

time to do things simply because our parents told us to is done. The why for us

is just as important as the what to do. This is what we should learn, and learn it

well, because this is the only way that we can teach others what it is to be an

Orthodox Christian.

Let us then use this month that the Lord gives us to do everything we can to

first learn then teach the faith; to first open our hearts and then open our doors

to let all in to worship the Name of the Lord, in whom there is no male or fe-

male, Jew or Greek.

In His Service,

Father Michael Constantinides, Economos

October 2017

SundaySundaySundaySunday MondayMondayMondayMonday TuesdayTuesdayTuesdayTuesday WednesdayWednesdayWednesdayWednesday ThursdayThursdayThursdayThursday FridayFridayFridayFriday SaturdaySaturdaySaturdaySaturday

1

2nd Sunday of

Luke

Choir Appreciation

Sunday

8:30a.m. Orthros

10:00 a.m.

Divine Liturgy

Sunday School

Class following

Holy Communion

HOPE/JOY

barbecue following

Sunday School

2

3

4

Fast Day

10:00 a.m.

Orthodox Study

Forum

5

5:00 p.m. Chanting

Class

6:00 p.m. Orthodox

Study Forum

6

Fast Day

7

8

3rd Sunday of

Luke

8:30a.m. Orthros

10:00 a.m.

Divine Liturgy

Sunday School

Class following

Holy Communion

Altar boy Meeting

9

10

11

Fast Day

10:00 a.m.

Orthodox Study

Forum

12

6:00 p.m. Orthodox

Study Forum

13

Fast Day

14

15

Sunday of the

Fathers of the

7th Ecumenical

Council

8:30a.m. Orthros

10:00 a.m.

Divine Liturgy

Sunday School

Class following

Holy Communion

16

17

7:00 p.m.

Parish Council

Meeting

18

Saint Luke the

Evangelist

Oil and Wine

Allowed

8:30 a.m. Orthros

followed by the Di-

vine Liturgy at Saint

George Church

No Morning

Orthodox Study

Forum

19

5:00 p.m. Chanting

Class

6:00 p.m. Orthodox

Study Forum

20

Fast Day

21

5:00 p.m. Wine Tasting

22

6th Sunday of

Luke

8:30a.m. Orthros

10:00 a.m.

Divine Liturgy

Sunday School

Class following

Holy Communion

23

24

Metropolitan’s

Name Day Dinner:

Chicago

25

Fast Day

No Morning

Orthodox Study

Forum

Evening Meal

26

Feast Day of Saint

Demetrios

Name Day of

Archbishop

Demetrios

Name Day of

Bishop Demetrios of

Mokissos

9:00 a.m. Orthros

followed by the

Divine Liturgy at the

Assumption Church

Senior Event

6:00 p.m. Orthodox

Study Forum

27

Fast Day

28

29

7th Sunday of

Luke

8:30a.m. Orthros

10:00 a.m.

Divine Liturgy

Sunday School

Class following

Holy Communion

30 31

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Wine tast ing

Event: As you have

read in other sec-

tions of this newslet-

ter, the wine tasting

event is rapidly ap-

proaching on Satur-

day, October 21. At

a cost of $25 - $30

per person, consider

purchasing tickets for

your friends you

would like to invite,

but don’t want to

have to do the enter-

taining at home with

all the food shopping,

preparat ion and

cleaning beforehand!

Thank you so much

to all of the parish-

ioners who gave so

selflessly for the fes-

tival to have another

successful year! The

council would like to

thank the following

people for help get-

ting the church spiffy

before the festival:

Kay Coin for seeing

a need to have the

church building, ga-

rage and patio ele-

ments cleaned and

then hiring and pay-

ing for parishioner

Nick Gnatovich’s

firm to power wash

them. Thanks so

much, Kay!

Joe Burmeister,

Elaine Burmeister,

and Gary Zalaznik

for their hard work

sprucing up the

grounds (mulching,

filling sinkholes, etc.)

before the festival.

Thanks to all three

of you!

At the November

12 General As-

sembly , Festival

Chair Gus Pappas

will give a full list of

festival acknowledg-

ments and thanks. A

full festival report

will also be given at

the assembly, so plan

now to attend the

assembly.

In addition to the

Nov. 12 Assembly,

Stewardship Sun-

day will be Novem-

ber 19, and Parish

Council Elections

will be held on Sun-

day, December 3.

If you are interested

in participating on

the council, please

contact Father Mi-

chael. While all are

welcome to run for

the council, the par-

ish would particularly

be fortunate to have

additional “younger”

parishioners to par-

ticipate in this vital

ministry!

Yours in Christ,

Mary RankinMary RankinMary RankinMary Rankin

M a r y R a n k i n

Parish Council Presi-

dent

Serving on

the

Council is

an honor!

If anyone is

interested

in serving

please see

Mary

Rankin or

Father

Michael

P A G E 4 T H E T R O P H Y B E A R E R

Fellowship

and fun!

“O Lord, open my lips and

my mouth shall show forth

your praise!”

Anyone interested in being

an epistle reader should

contact the church office!

Epistle Readers Sunday,

October 1, 2017

2nd Sunday of Luke

Michael Pyevich

Sunday,

October 8, 2017

3rd Sunday of Luke

Stephanie Elias

Sunday,

October 15, 2017

Fathers of the Seventh

Ecumenical Council

Alexa Florence

Sunday,

October 22, 2017

6th Sunday of Luke

Angela Spurgetis

Sunday, October 15,

2017

hosted by:

Family of Ted Bagatelas

Sunday, October 22,

2017

hosted by:

Maria and Rachel Dooley

Sunday, October 1,

2017

hosted by:

Ted and Deb Kutsunis

Sunday,

October 8, 2017

hosted by:

The Elias Family

Sunday, October 15,

2017

Joe Burmeister,

Mary Kay Eckert

Mary Rankin

Ken Stiegel

Sunday, October 22,

2017

Brad Crosson,

Mariellen Crosson

Mike Patramanis

Ted Pitsoulakis

Sunday, October 1,

2017

Brad Crosson,

Mariellen Crosson

Mike Patramanis

Ted Pitsoulakis

Sunday, October 8,

2017

John Mekus,

Dennis Spurgetis,

Diane Spurgetis

Nick Coin

Parish Council Sunday Duty

Coffee Hour Hosts for October 2017

Sunday,

October 29, 2017

7th Sunday of Luke

Loukia Constantinides

Sunday, October 29,

2017

John Mekus,

Dennis Spurgetis,

Diane Spurgetis

Nick Coin

Sunday, October 29,

2017

hosted by:

Presbytera Maria

Just as the poor

should give thanks to

God and return rich

love to those who

assist them, so all the

more should the

wealthy give thanks,

for through God's

providence they are

able to perform acts

of charity and so are

saved both in this age

and in the age to be.

For without the poor

they cannot save their

souls or flee the temp-

tations of wealth.

St. Simeon the New

Theologian

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 5 I S S U E 9

Community News CHOIR NEWS

Sunday October 1, 2017,

we recognize those

women and men who

h a v e h e a r d a n d

responded to the Lord’s

invitation to be church

musicians: that is, parish

chanters and choir singers.

As church musicians, these

people represent the laity

in the liturgical dialogue of

our worship services. In

glory to God, the Holy

Trinity, they commit

themselves to learning the

hymns of our Orthodox

faith, understanding the

sequence of our liturgical

worship, and actively of-

fering their prayers in

song to enhance the

beauty of our worship.

We ask each of them, and

our congregation as well,

to be mindful of the spe-

cial ministry they fulfill in

singing the hymns of our

faith and leading us to

worship.

PARISH COUNCIL

MEETING

The Parish Council Octo-

ber meeting will be on

Tuesday, October 17,

2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the

Green room.

ORTHODOX STUDY

FORUM

Come and join us as we

look into the inner mean-

ing of the Scriptural texts

and see how they apply

with the teachings of the

Fathers, the Tradition of

the Church and with our

lives today. Join us also as

we examine the traditions

of the Church and com-

pare them with what our

parents taught us. We

meet every Wednesday

morning at 10:00 a.m. and

Thursday evening at 6:00

p.m. So bring your Bibles,

your questions and your

friends as we continue our

Orthodox Study Forum.

WINE TASTING

Keep in mind that there

will not be a Wine Tasting

at the Festival. Only after

careful consideration by

the Festival Co-Chairman

and at the recommenda-

tion of the Wine Tasting

team the decision was

made to hold a Wine

Tasting event separate

from Our Big Fat Greek

Festival. The date of which

is October 21, 2017

Our Saint George Parish Community

Helen Corelis

Stella Cudworth

Elaine Froumis

Pat Grevas

Judy Pappas

Jim Patton

Xenia Patton

Effie Skafidas

Janice Smirles

Gordon Smith

Helen Smith

Jim Tsagaris

PRAYERS FOR

OUR SHUT-INS

October 1, 2017

Michael Diamandakis: 12 Years

Mary Angeline Kalomas: 32 Years

October 8, 2017

Fahima Elias: 4 Years

Choukri Elias: 17 Years

October 15, 2017

Ted Bagatelas: 1 Year

October 29, 2017

Constantine Kalimeras: 40 Days

Memorials for October

October 1, 2017

Diakonissa Romilie

October 8, 2017

Patti and Doug Kenyon

October 15, 2017

Presbytera Maria

October 22, 2017

John Stratton

October 29, 2017

Francie Liras

Prosphora Makers for October

P A G E 6 T H E T R O P H Y B E A R E R

Sunday School News

Our Sunday School year

started on the 24th with

Ice Cream Sundae Sunday.

Students and teachers

were treated to ice cream

and fixings to celebrate

the year.

We have our regular team

as teachers for the time

being but can always use

another helping hand, to

substitute teacher or to

team teach. Please prayer-

fully consider joining us in

strengthening the next

generation.

I would like to encourage

any one with children,

grandchildren, God chil-

dren or any other young

person in mind, to invite

them to Sunday School. As

well, if you know some

one that doesn't attend

but might if we reached

out, let me know so we

can make contact.

God considers

His own self

constantly obli-

gated for what-

ever charities

you do to your

fellow men.

Saint Basil the

Great

For our October out-

ing, there is a very spe-

cial treat planned for

our Senior Citizen

Group. On Thursday,

October 26th we are

invited by our Parish

Council President, Mary

Rankin, to her new

home in Muscatine for

lunch. We will be meet

at the Church at 9:30

a.m. and travel by van

or bus to Muscatine,

Senior Ministry NEWS

arriving at about 10:30

a.m. Mary will give us a

m o t o r t o u r o f

Muscatine followed by

lunch at her new home,

a true rehab project.

We will arrive back at

the church at about

2:30 p.m. Please RSVP

to Kay Coin at (309)

786-0240 so we can let

her know how many to

plan for

EVENING MEAL VOLUNTEERS

October 25-Mary and Bill Rankin

November 8-Dena Manta and Alexa Florence

December 4-Fr. Michael, Presbytera Maria and family

Anyone interested in participating in this worthwhile ministry should contact Dena Manta at 332-1684.

St. Philip the Deacon is the

patron saint of Religious

Education. He was an in-

spired evangelist and

teacher whose missionary

work brought a multitude

of new believers to Christ

in Samaria and other cit-

ies. along the coast of Pal-

estine

Parish Family News

•Congratulations to Irene Mekus who of-

fered a short presentation, her Honors

Capstone Project, Augustana College,

"Greek Identity Past and Present in the

Quad Cities" during our fest and donated a

book to St. George.

•Congratulations to Connie Contes recipi-

ent of the Ruth V. McGregor award in rec-

ognition of her support of women in the

law!

•Father Michael and Presbytera Maria wish

to thank our Parish family for the prayers

and thoughts during this sad time. Knowing

that we have our Saint George family with

us is indeed a blessing!

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 5 I S S U E 9

P A G E 8 T H E T R O P H Y B E A R E R

Festival Donors

Sanitary Cleaners

Stern Beverage

Honorable & Mrs. James

Teros

Dr. George Patramanis

Mr. George Karoules

Mr. & Mrs. Harry Coin

Dr. & Mrs. William Rankin

Dr. & Mrs. Peter Caras

Miss Cathy Coin

Mr. & Mrs. Scot Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. Mike Patramanis

Van Hoe Funeral Home

The Family Restaurant

Xenotronics

First Midwest Bank

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Nichols

Friendship Manor

Mr. & Mrs. Dale Allison

Mr. & Mrs. A.J. Andrews

Mr. & Mrs. Pete Gust

Mr. Thomas Hammar

Mr. & Mrs. Nick Spurgetis

Mel Foster Co.

Mrs. Peter Dalamaggas

Miss Nicolina Pappas

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Coin

Ms. Veronica Tolescu

Mr. John Callas

Pappas O'Connor

Drs. Mike & Vickie Pyevich

Theo's Java Club Café

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Joan-

nides

Carpentier, Mitchell, God-

dard & Co

LCV Greek & Mediterra-

nean Grocery

Quad Cities USA Family

Restaurant

Wheelan-Pressly Funeral

Home

Please

patronize

our very

generous

donors!

2017 FALL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AGENDA

Sunday, November 12th, 2017

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. OPENING PRAYER

3. STEWARDSHIP REPORT

4. PHILOPTOCHOS REPORT

5. FESTIVAL REPORT

6. 2018 BUDGET

7. 2017 AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

8. AUDIT COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

9. SET DATE FOR BOARD ELECTIONS

10. OLD BUSINESS

11. NEW BUSINESS

12. CLOSING PRAYER

13. ADJOURNMENT

Notification of the Fall Parish Assembly on Sunday November 12, 2017

Dear St. George Stewards,

On Sunday, November 12th, 2017, following the fellowship and

coffee hour, we will be convening our Fall General Assembly in

the Gold Room. Please make every effort to attend.

As a reminder, the General Assembly is a meeting of all mem-

bers in good-standing. A member in good-standing is defined

by the Uniform Parish Regulations of the Archdiocese as any

person eighteen years of age or older who was baptized ac-

cording to the rites of the Orthodox Church, or was received

into the Orthodox Church by Chrismation, who lives accord-

ing to the faith and canons of the Orthodox Church, who has

met his or her stewardship obligation for 2016 and abides by

the Uniform Parish Regulations of the Archdiocese and the by-

laws of the Parish. Members in good-standing, in attendance,

constitute a quorum of the General Assembly.

A new member may vote in the General Assembly provided

that they have been in good-standing at least three (3) months

prior to the date of the General Assembly. If you would like

to vote on any of the motions made during the General As-

sembly, you must be present. Absentee ballots will not be

counted.

Mary Rankin Fr. Michael Constantinides

Parish Council President Parish Priest

P A G E 9 T H E T R O P H Y B E A R E R

P A G E 1 0 T H E T R O P H Y B E A R E R

P A G E 1 1 V O L U M E 5 I S S U E 9

P A G E 1 2 T H E T R O P H Y B E A R E R

The Church’s Services

Across

1. The twenty stanzas into

which the Orthodox Psalter

is divided.

6. The Service of the prepa-

ration of the elements of

bread and wine before the

Divine Liturgy is known as

___________.

10. A hymn of praise consist-

ing of 24 stanzas sung at the

Salutations services.

Down

2. This is a short verse from

the scriptures, especially the

psalms, sung or recited in the

Divine Liturgy and other ser-

vices.

3. A hymn of praise in honor of

the Mother of God. In Greek it

is called the Megalynarion.

4. A hymn which refers to or

praises the Theotokos is known

as a ________.

5. A prayer sung by the chanter

or choir in honor of the cele-

brant bishop or presbyter.

7. Another name for the

A k a t h y s t H y m n i s

______________.

8. A liturgical verse or scrip-

tural passage sung or read be-

fore the reading of the Epistle

9. These special hymns are sung

during the Service of Matins.

Liturgical Items

Blessing Cross Candles

Deacons Doors Crozier

Antimension Censer

Iconostasis Orlets

Tabernacle Diskos

Royal Doors Spear

Exapteriga Icons

Prosphora Spoon

Prothesis Altar

Trikirion Aer

Antidoron

Asterisk

Cathedra

Dikiron

Chalice

Answers To Last Month’s Test Your Faith...

Test Your Faith... TRUE OR FALSE

1. In the Orthodox Church,

we feel that material things

are bad and only spiritual

t h i n g s a r e g o o d .

__________

2. The bishops acting within

the church are not capable of

making mistakes, they are

infallible. ___________

3. The Orthodox Church

believes that God is one in

substance but three in per-

sons. ________

4. Christ was born perfect

God and perfect man.

__________

5. The Orthodox Church

allows only one baptism.

_________

6. The Virgin Mary is the

Birth-giver of Christ the Man

and not of Christ God.

_________

7. The salvation of man needs

the cooperation between

God and man. _________

8. We fast because we are

commanded to do so by

Christ; fasting starves the

body to feed the soul and

brings us closer to God.

_______

Service and Liturgical

Books

Across

3. The service book containing

the canons and hymns of the

eight tones or modes of Byzan-

tine Music is called the

_____________.

5. This liturgical book contains

instructions about the order of

the various Church services and

ceremonies in the form of a

perpetual calendar.

6. A brief biography of a saint

read in the church on occasions

of his feast day is called the

__________.

8. This liturgical book contains

all the prayers, hymns and ser-

vices performed during the pe-

riod of fifty days between Easter

and Pentecost.

9. This liturgical book contains

the prayers and ceremonial or-

der of the various church ser-

vices including the Divine Lit-

urgy for the priest.

10. The Greek term for the

G o s p e l B o o k i s t h e

____________.

Down

1. A liturgical book containing

the hymns, prayers and services

of the movable feast before

Easter, beginning with the Sun-

day of the Publican and the

Pharisee until Easter Sunday.

2. The liturgical Book contain-

ing the various Apostolic

(Epistle) Readings is called the

_________.

4. The Liturgical book contain-

ing the different services and

prayers of the hours of the day

is called _________.

7. A liturgical book containing

the lives of the saints and the

special hymns (Stichera) for the

feast-days of the Orthodox

Saints. It is divined into twelve

volumes, one for each month.