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Welcome to St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral Sunday, Dec 18, 2016 Orthros 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
Transcript of Welcome to St. George Greek Orthodox CathedralSt. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral 650 Hanover Street...
Welcome to
St. George Greek Orthodox
Cathedral
Sunday, Dec 18, 2016
Orthros 9:00 a.m.
Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m.
The Happy Name day: St. Spyr idon the Wonderworker
( Dec12), St. Eugene (Dec 13), St. Eleutherios (Dec 15), St. Susan-
na (Dec 15), St. Daniel the Prophet (Dec 17), St. Dionysios of Aegi-
na (Dec 17), and St. Sebastian the Martyr (Dec 18).
The two Altar Candles today are being offered by Christine,
Franceen, and John in loving memory of George and Mabel Ballas.
Cadillac Banquet "50/50 Raffle Tickets: Will be on sale spon-
sored by your Cadillac Committee, every coffee hour starting this
Sunday, Dec 4th through the month of January. Raffle is open to
EVERYONE, need not attend the event to win! $10 a ticket with
only 500 tickets to be sold. Grand prize potential of $2500, plus
several gift certificates will be awarded. These raffle tickets will
make great stocking stuffers! Look for our table at coffee hour or
contact Elaine Setas for tickets at 603.289.4975.
Cadillac Banquet Ad Book: If anyone is interested in placing an ad in the Cadillac Banquet ad book, please contact Cathy Moufarge at [email protected] or Ted Setas at 206-5300. The price of ads is 1/4 page is $75.00, 1/2 page ad is $150.00, and a full page ad is $300.00.
Last Sunday’s Contribution’s
Trays: $326.00
Candles: $455.00
Flowers: $50.00
Attendance: 225
Community Activities
for the Week of
Dec. 19th—Dec. 25th, 2016
Mon. Dec. 19th
Greek Pre-School in CC 4:30 p.m.—5:30 p.m.
Adult Greek School in CC 6:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m.
5th/6th Basketball in CC 6:00 p.m. –7:30 p.m.
HS Basketball in CC 7:30 p.m.—9:00 p.m.
Tues, Dec. 20th
3rd/4th BB in CC 6:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m.
Girls CYO BB in CC 7:30 p.m.—9:00 p.m.
Wed. Dec. 21st
No Bible Study or Orthodox Life Class
Cub Scout Meeting in CC 6:00 p.m.
Thurs. Dec. 22nd
Girl Scout Mtg. at Annex 5:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m.
HS Basketball in CC 6:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m
Fri. Dec. 23rd
Royal Hours of Christmas 10:00 a.m.
Church Office Closed for Christmas Holiday
5th/6th Basketball in CC 6:00 p.m.—7:30 p.m.
Boy Scout Meeting at Annex 6:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 24th Christmas Eve
Basketball Clinic in CC 9:00 a.m.—10:30 a.m.
Great Vespers of Christmas 7:00 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 25th Merry Christmas
Orthros 9:00 a.m.
Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.
No Sunday School
Schedule of Services for Christmas
Service of Royal Hours of Christmas
Friday, December 23, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Service of Great Vespers
Christmas Eve
Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great
Christmas Day
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Orthros at 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy at
10:00 a.m.
Basketball Clinic
started on
Saturday, December 17th from
9:00 a.m. –10:00 a.m.
Anyone interested in signing up
please come during clinic or sign
up at Church office.
Coffee Hour Volunteers Needed
Family, Friends and Parishioners:
It’s that time of year again that we plead for more assistance at Coffee Hour. But before we begin, Please let us start by thanking all of those who are or have served on a Coffee hour team. Much grati-tude to you all!
As a community we used to have 8 and 10 teams and now we are down to only 5. How does that hap-pen? We all want the opportunity to have coffee with our friends and family. We all want the oppor-tunity to have a paid Memorial, yet this is all only possible with everyone’s support. If we continue to drop teams we will be forced to remove coffee hour as a benefit to our members and community. We are looking for those who are able to rise to the occa-sion and support our St. George community. The more teams we can create the less often each team is scheduled.
Every effort has been made to make Coffee Hours as simple and easy as possible. There is always a veteran to help you along. Join the Fun… Set, Serve, Clean up… Done!
Please take this as your opportunity to help our community and meet other members.
Everyone is welcome to join: Men, Women, Teens!
Call Tracy Terrio at 603-623-0847 or email at [email protected]. Any and all volunteers are welcome.
Save the Date
Apokreatiko Celebration
Saturday, February 18, 2017
More details to come!
St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral 650 Hanover Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03104
+Very Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Agathonikos M. Wilson, Cathedral Dean
Church Phone: (603) 622-9113 Father’s Cell Phone: (603) 856-6749
Website: www.stgeorge.nh.goarch.org Father's E-mail: [email protected]
The Epistle Reading – Sunday, December 18, 2016
Blessed are you, O Lord, God of our forefathers.
For you have always dealt righteously with us.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews (11:9-10; 32-40).
Brethren, through faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise, as in a
foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same
promise. For he looked forward to the city which has foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.
And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak,
Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets - who through faith
conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of
lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of
weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received
their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that
they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging,
and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two,
they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats,
destitute, afflicted, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering
over deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was
promised, since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us
they should not be made perfect.
St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral 650 Hanover Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03104
+Very Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Agathonikos M. Wilson, Cathedral Dean
Church Phone: (603) 622-9113 Father’s Cell Phone: (603) 856-6749
Website: www.stgeorge.nh.goarch.org Father's E-mail: [email protected]
The Gospel Lesson – Sunday, December 18, 2016
The Sunday before the Nativity / The Gospel according to Saint Matthew 1:1-25
The book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of
Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and
Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of
Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of
Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by
Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and
Jesse the father of David the king.
And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, and Solomon the
father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father
of Asa, and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram,
and Joram the father of Uzziah, and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham
the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, and Hezekiah the father of
Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, and
Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to
Babylon.
And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and
Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, and Azor the father
of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, and
Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the
father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom
Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and
from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the
deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had
been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with
child of the Holy Spirit; and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling
to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this,
behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of
David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is
of the Holy Spirit; she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he
will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord
had spoken by the prophet: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and
his name shall be called Emmanuel"(which means, God with us). When Joseph
woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took his
wife, but knew her not until she had borne a son; and he called his name Jesus.
