Leave-Taking (Apodosis) of the Entrance of the Theotokos, Great-martyr Catherine the all-wise of Alexandria & Thirteenth Sunday of Luke Martyr Mercurios of Caesarea in Cappadocia; Martyr Mercurios of Smolensk Follow us on Instagram: @stgeorgephx. Like us on Facebook: StGeorgePHX. Listen to Sunday’s sermon on YouTube: WarriorSaints. Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church November 25, 2018 Hey hey, Warrior Saints. Welcome to the Way of the Warrior Saint where we unleash great by living a crucifixional life. V. Rev. Fr. Dr. Christopher Salamy, Pastor V. Rev. Fr. Elias Ziton, Emeritus V. Rev. Fr. Jehad Michael, Retired Dr. Gregory Abdalah, Pastoral Assistant Rev. Dn. Raphael Abrahams Rev. Dn. Serafim Grove Rev. Dn. Basil Ritchie Welcome to SAINT GEORGE ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH Parish of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West of The Antiochian Archdiocese of New York and North America 4530 E. Gold Dust Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85028 Office 602.953.1921 www.stgeorgeaz.org offi[email protected]His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America Being a member in good standing at St. George includes being a member in good standing of the Antiochian Archdiocese. The family names published have: 1) Made a 2018 pledge 2) Have contributed to that pledge and 3) Have satisfied their 2018 Archdiocese Dues. If your family name is not in the bulletin, it is likely because one of the aforementioned requirements is not met. If your family name is not published and to track or update a tithe, payment and Archdiocese Dues status, you may view the same electronically through CCB. Or you may contact any member of the Stewardship Team: Salim Shleef at 602.793.8257 or [email protected], Eddie Khoury at 602.316.0965 or [email protected] or Bill Fender at 937.232.9594 or [email protected]Annual TITHE Abdoulah, Connie Agra, Catherine Bazzi, Lina Bousard, Rosaline Dahdal, Samia Doumani, John & Nicole Eid, John Fender, William & Nannette Gebran, Assad & Ilham Gebran, Mario & Amal Gharib, Munira Grove, Dn. Serafim & Mary Haddad, Michael & Valerie Hawileh, Walid Hull, Gary & Suzanne Karadsheh, John & Natascha Khalil, Charles & Esther Khoury, Rida & Sana Khoury, Victor & Mary Matthews, Nick Musallam, Juliet Musallam, Rowana Mushahwar, Juliette Nichols, Richard & Sherry Qaqish, Ziad & Samiyah Ritchie, Dn. Basil & Barbara Romley, Daniel & Jane Saba, Gary Saikley, Darrin & Layla Salamy, V. Rev. Fr. Dr. Chris & Allyson Salem, Kenny & Joy Salem, Raed (Robert) & Buthaina (Beth) Salem, Saman & Ensof (Fadia) Saliba, Anthony & Carrie Saliba, James & Kathleen Sanchez, Phillip Sayegh, Hani & Liana Sayegh, John & Rania Sayegh, Marwan & Manal Sayegh, Sultan (John) & Chinnaz Sayegh, Suzanne Corlett Showah, Beverly Simon, George & Christine Sweilem, Issa & Jennifer Sweis, Sameeh & Janette Sweis, Sameh & Juliette Vintila, Pamela Wells, Rick & Sanaa West, Gray & Deborah Wiebers, Gerry & Santana, Linda Wier, William & Valerie Ziton, Michael & Feirouz
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Leave-Taking (Apodosis) of the Entrance of the Theotokos,Great-martyr Catherine the all-wise of Alexandria & Thirteenth Sunday of Luke
Martyr Mercurios of Caesarea in Cappadocia; Martyr Mercurios of Smolensk
Follow us on Instagram: @stgeorgephx. Like us on Facebook: StGeorgePHX. Listen to Sunday’s sermon on YouTube: WarriorSaints. Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church November 25, 2018
Hey hey, Warrior Saints.
Welcome to the Way of the Warrior Saint where we unleash great by living a crucifi xional life.
V. Rev. Fr. Dr. Christopher Salamy, PastorV. Rev. Fr. Elias Ziton, Emeritus
V. Rev. Fr. Jehad Michael, RetiredDr. Gregory Abdalah, Pastoral Assistant
His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America
Being a member in good standing at St. George includes being a member in good standing of the Antiochian Archdiocese. The family names published have: 1) Made a 2018 pledge
2) Have contributed to that pledge and 3) Have satisfied their 2018 Archdiocese Dues. If your family name is not in the bulletin, it is likely because one of the aforementioned
requirements is not met. If your family name is not published and to track or update a tithe, payment and Archdiocese Dues status, you may view the same
electronically through CCB. Or you may contact any member of the Stewardship Team: Salim Shleef at 602.793.8257 or [email protected], Eddie Khoury at 602.316.0965
Salem, Saman & Ensof (Fadia)Saliba, Anthony & CarrieSaliba, James & Kathleen
Sanchez, PhillipSayegh, Hani & LianaSayegh, John & Rania
Sayegh, Marwan & ManalSayegh, Sultan (John) & Chinnaz
Sayegh, Suzanne CorlettShowah, Beverly
Simon, George & ChristineSweilem, Issa & JenniferSweis, Sameeh & JanetteSweis, Sameh & Juliette
Vintila, PamelaWells, Rick & Sanaa
West, Gray & DeborahWiebers, Gerry & Santana, Linda
Wier, William & ValerieZiton, Michael & Feirouz
RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION (TONE 1)While the stone was sealed by the Jews, and the soldiers were guarding Thy most pure body, Thou didst arise on the third day, O Savior, granting life to the world. For which cause the
heavenly powers cried aloud unto Thee, O giver of life. Glory to Thy Resurrection, O Christ, glory to Thy kingdom, glory to Thy providence, O Thou Who alone art the lover of mankind.
APOLYTIKION OF ENTRANCE OF THE THEOTOKOS (TONE 4)Today is the prelude of God’s goodwill and the heralding of the salvation of mankind.
In the Temple of God, the Virgin is presented openly, and she proclaimeth Christ unto all. To her, then, with a great voice let us cry aloud: Rejoice, O thou fulfillment of the Creator’s dispensation.
APOLYTIKION OF ST. CATHERINE THE GREAT-MARTYR (TONE 5)Let us praise the all-lauded and noble bride of Christ, the godly Catherine, the guardian of Sinai and its defence,
who is also our support and succor and our help; for with the Holy Spirit’s sword she hath silenced brilliantly the clever among the godless; and being crowned as a Martyr, she now doth ask great mercy for us all.
APOLYTIKION OF ST. GEORGE (TONE 4)As deliverer of captives and defender of the poor, healer of the infirm, champion of kings,
victorious Great Martyr George intercede with Christ our God for our souls’ salvation.
KONTAKION OF ENTRANCE OF THE THEOTOKOS (TONE 4)The sacred treasury of God’s holy glory, the greatly precious bridal chamber and Virgin,
the Saviour’s most pure temple, free of stain and undefiled, into the House of the Lord on this day is brought forward and bringeth with herself the grace of the Most Divine Spirit;
her do God’s Angels hymn with songs of praise, for she is truly the heavenly tabernacle.
PROKEIMENON: God is wondrous in His saints. Bless God in the congregations.
THE EPISTLEThe Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians. (3:23-4:5)
Brethren, before faith came, we were confined under the Law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the Law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith
has come, we are no longer under a custodian; for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no better than a slave, though he is the owner of all the estate; but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us; when we were children,
we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. But when the time had fully come, God sent forth His Son, to redeem those who were under the Law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church November 25, 2018
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25th
No Sunday School
1:00-6:00pmIconographyWorkshop
26th 27th 28th
5:30pmTeen Bible Study
6:30pmAdult Bible Study
Orthodoxy 101
29th
7:00pmBible Study at the MacPherson home (8338 N. 50th Drive, Glendale)
30th 1st
10:00am-5:00pmIconographyWorkshop
5:00pm Great Vespers
This Week’s SCHEDULESUNDAY MONDAY T U E S D A Y W E D N E S D A Y T H U R S D A Y F R I D A Y S A T U R D A Y
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TEAThe annual Christmas Tea is
Saturday, December 8th at 10:30am. Tickets are $35 and $20 for children under 12.
If you are interested in purchasing tickets or hosting a table, please call
Sandy Khoury at 480.220.5269.
We are also looking for raffle items to be donated as well.
CHRISTMAS FLOWERSIt’s that time of year again for donating
poinsettias to decorate our church on Christmas eve.
The deadline to donate flowers is Sunday, December 9th.
Please fill out a form located in the narthex and return it to the office or bookstore.
Or follow this link to fill out a form onlinehttps://www.stgeorgeaz.org/christmas-flowers/
Messages from THE LADIES
ST. GEORGE KEYLESS ENTRYSt. George is going keyless! The week after Thanksgiving, we are rekeying the locks and installing keypads to limit the need to pay for rekeying our locks in the future.
The current keys in use will not work once the locks are rekeyed. We are working through a plan for how we will provide codes to those that need access to the buildings.
SUNDAY SCHOOLThere will be no Sunday School today. We will resume on Sunday, December 2nd.
#GIVING TUESDAY#GivingTuesday is an annual, global movement, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving -
November 27th, this year. It is a day of giving, following the shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, kicking off the season of holiday giving.
We invite you to participate in this movement by supporting our Good Samaritan Fund. The Good Samaritan Fund helps members of our St. George family who have fallen
on hard financial times. Supporting these efforts are easy, just follow this link https://www.stgeorgeaz.org/pushpay/ and select #GivingTuesday.
YOUNG MEN’S BIBLE STUDYAre you a young man between 18 and 25? Are you ready for some football and great conversation?
Join us on Sunday, December 2nd at 5:00pm in the teen room as we discuss Jordan Peterson’s trending thoughts and watch the Pittsburgh Stillers take on the Los Angeles Chargers.
Tell a friend and join us!
To include an oblation in the bulletin, text must be submitted to Tricia Urbano Voltz at offi [email protected] by the deadline of Wednesday at noon. All oblations received after the deadline will be included in the following Sunday’s bulletin. Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church November 25, 2018
LITURGICAL OFFERINGS: Kristeen Tibsherany offers Holy Bread in memory of Mary and George Tibsherany, George and Affifi Kalil, Khalil and Marie Chucri, Alex and Joseph Chucri and Edward and Katherine Gosney. May their memory be eternal.
Rasha Kuri offers Liturgical Prayers for her health, Marwan Sayegh and their families. May God grant them many years.
Rosaline Bousard offers Holy Bread in loving memory of her father Rev. George Habib (November 30, 1974). May his memory be eternal. For the health and salvation of the families Habib, Bousard, Baker, Daniolos and Elliott. May God grant them many years.
Messages from FATHER
THE GOSPELThe Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (18:18-27)At that time, a man came testing Jesus and asking, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not bear false witness. Honor your father and mother.’” And the man said, “All these I have observed from my youth.” And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” But when the man heard this he became sad, for he was very rich. Jesus, seeing him sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”
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Many THANKSThe IOCC Run/Walk-a-thon and picnic was a huge success. We couldn’t have done it without
the help and support of our donors, volunteers and athletes. A special thank you to the following:
