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Saint George Church Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2020-02-02
Bulletin Contents
Welcome to St George Church of Kingston
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News
Preslord
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Saint George Church Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (845)331-3522
  • Mailing Address:

  • PO Box 3062

  • Kingston, NY 12402

Contact Information

Fr Jim Kordaris
Parish Priest

FrJimk@goarch.org | 646-519-6721

Services Schedule

Sunday Matins/Morning Service 9:00 am

Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

Sunday School after Holy Communion - students should sit with their families and come to the Sunday School section when Fr Jim calls them down, just before Holy Communion. They will have a short sermon, those that wish to receive Holy Communion will do so and they will then proceed to the Sunday School area.

 

Week Day Liturgies 10:00 am

Evening Services 7:00 pm

Past Bulletins


Welcome to St George Church of Kingston

 

 

 

 

Presentation of Christ in the Temple

Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

 

Your Spiritual Home

Come home to St George this Sunday!

 

ALL ARE WELCOME

AT SAINT GEORGE CHURCH of KINGSTON, NY

 

Sunday Worship Services:

Divine Liturgy (Eucharist) 10:00 AM

 Put Sunday Worship back in Your Life 

 DIVINE LITURGY BEGINS PROMPTLY AT 10:00

 and Usually Ends around 11:15

 

MEMORIAL TODAY: DIMITRIOS TSIAMIS - 1 YEAR

Fellowship is Hosted by the Tsiamis Family

Please sign up in the Narthex to Host a Coffee Hour

 

In the Gospel of Luke... we read of the man who planned a great feast and invited many people.  When it was time to serve the dinner, they were all too busy – one with his farm, one with his bride, another with his oxen.  We can become so busy making a living that we forget to make a life.  God gets crowded out of our lives over the most unimportant things.

Come to church. Pray. Worship. Learn. Grow in faith.

Stay for the coffee!

 

JOIN US THIS SUNDAY FOR THE

 CUTTING OF THE VASILOPITA

 

 

 

 

Saint George Church

General Assembly/Town Hall Meeting

rescheduled

Sunday, February 23 Following Divine Liturgy

Come hear and be heard.

Share in the Vision and Mission of our Parish!

 

You will be updated on our Ministries and Activities

Your questions, ideas & suggestions are welcome.

NOTE: Only members in good standing are permitted to vote.

See Mary Matthews to check if you are current on your stewardship.

 

 

 

 GREAT LENT BEGINS MARCH 2

 

SAINT GEORGE DINNER DANCE APRIL 26

at the Chateau

Please mark your calendar!

 

Tuesday Greek Dance Class

 

 

The Corporate Paradigm

To refer to the Parish Council as “The Board” is a symptom of our inclination to apply the corporate paradigm to the operation of the Church.  Although some tools used in corporate life may also be useful in the operation of the Church, the corporate paradigm falls short and reduces the local church to something less than she was meant to be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HELLENIC WOMEN’S CLUB CHRISTMAS DINNER

at CHRISTINA'S

 

In place of the gift exchange,

members donated to the

Saint George Philanthropy Fund

in Memory of Loukia Kalimeras

with her family's blessing.

Click HERE to donate.  

 

 

“Every church needs to

grow warmer through fellowship,

deeper through discipleship,

stronger through through worship,

and larger through evangelism."

Rick Warren The Purpose-Driven Church

 

 

JOB OPENING AT SUNY NEW PALTZ

Summers and most holidays off when school is not in session.

Health insurance and 401k. Paid personal time and sick pay.

Contact Odysseus or Yenny for more information 845 338 2864.

 

SAINT GEORGE CHRISTMAS PAGEANT 2019

 

 

 

MORE THAN JUST FOLLOWING RULES....

“…in the end, to be Christian is not simply to follow rules and assent to propositions; to be Christian is to love in the form of the greatest commandment. Like being a dancer, it is to perform love in such a way that love (God) has seized our being.”  

-Dr. Aristotle Papanikolaou

Aristotle Papanikolaou is Professor of Theology and the Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture at Fordham University He is Co-Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University.

 

 

THANK YOU TO ALL THAT

HELPED, ATTENDED AND SUPPORTED

THE ANNUAL SAINT GEORGE GREEK BAZAAR!!!

 

 

 

“Every temple of the Lord is a house of divine Presence and a house of prayer.
Every temple is also a house of peace. May the soul of all those who enter into this holy
temple to take part in the assembly of God, become itself a house of peace.”

from Serve the Lord With Gladness by A Monk of the Eastern Church

 

 

 

Click HERE to see our full-year calendar
and Register Online.
We are studying the Parables of Jesus.

 

Greek School

Click HERE to see our full-year calendar

 
 

 

 

  ONLINE GIVING AT

ST GEORGE KINGSTON

Click HERE

to set up automatic stewardship donations

to our beloved Saint George.

 

“It does not matter how much we give,

but how much love we put into our giving.”

Mother Theresa

 

   Click HERE to visit our church website.

Click HERE to visit, like & follow us on Facebook

 

Please...

REMEMBER ST GEORGE CHURCH IN YOUR WILL OR ESTATE PLAN

 

 

 

 
UPDATING OUR DIRECTORY
Please click HERE to open our online form listing 7 brief questions. When you have completed the form, just click on the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the page. The form should not take more than 5 minutes to complete.
Thank you for your assistance, And thank you to the 40+ households that have responded.
 

 
 

  The Work of Jesus Christ: “…it is our Orthodox teaching that the Church continues the work of Christ on earth.  When laypeople sing in the choir, teach Sunday school, instruct their children to pray, etc., they are doing the work of the Church.”  

- Fr. Stanley S. Harakas, Contemporary Moral Issues

 

“With us everything should be secondary compared to our concern with children, and their upbringing in the instruction of the Lord."

 St John Chrysostom

 

 

 

Your 2019 Parish Council

Fr Jim, Priest

Anthony Moustakas, President

Xenakis Loizou, Vice President

Mary Matthews, Treasurer

George Kotzias, Secretary

Bill Kresser

Phil Lettre

 John Zacharia

  Nick Maouris

Ephie Trataros

Dennis Larios

 

 

 Saint George Church seeks to offer:

  1. A sense of Peace and the Presence of God in worship;
  2. Opportunities to Serve Others;
  3. Meaningful opportunities for Fellowship;
  4. Education in aspects of the Faith for all ages; and
  5. A well-maintained and inspiring place of worship & fellowship
  
 
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Is a Member of our St George Family
in the Hospital, Rehab or Extended Care?
Please contact Fr Jim with the name and location of any members of our Saint George family that may be in the hospital, Rehab or Extended Care/Nursing Home. Please indicate whether the need is urgent. Call Fr Jim's office 646-519-6721 or email FrJimK@goarch.org. Please leave a clear message and a contact number in case additional information is needed.
 
 
 
     “The oil of religion should be used to soothe and heal the wounds of others,
not to ignite the fires of hatred.” 
-Archbishop Anastasios of Albania
 
WHAT IS CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP?
Stewardship is what a person does after saying "I believe," as proof of that belief.

(Williams & McKibben in Oriented Leadership)

 

Saint George E-List We are developing an e-list (listserv) for parish communication. Your email will not be disclosed through the list or to other members of the list. The list will be used for weekly bulletins and timely information. Please send your email to FrJimK@goarch.org and request to be added to the Saint George Kingston e-list.

 

  "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers:

for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."

Hebrews 13:2 (KJV)

 

 

 

  

 

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Third Mode. Luke 1: 46-48.
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
Verse: For he has regarded the humility of his servant.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 7:7-17.

BRETHREN, it is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. Here tithes are received by mortal men; there, by one whom it is testified that he lives. One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him. Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not according to a legal requirement concerning bodily descent but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is witnessed of him, "Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek."

Gospel Reading

The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple
The Reading is from Luke 2:22-40

At that time, the parents brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord") and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons." Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Symeon, and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And inspired by the Spirit he came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

"Lord, now let your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel."

And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him; and Symeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity, and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Simeon the righteous receives Him, and beholding the fulfillment of the divine ordinance now brought to pass, rejoicing he cries aloud, "My eyes have seen the mystery hidden from the ages, made manifest in these latter days, the Light that disperses the dark folly of the Gentiles without faith and the Glory of the newly chosen Israel."
Anatolios
Festal Menaion. Great Vespers.

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Saints and Feasts

Preslord
February 02

The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple

When the most pure Mother and Ever-Virgin Mary's forty days of purification had been fulfilled, she took her first-born Son to Jerusalem on this, the fortieth day after His birth, that she might present Him in the temple according to the Law of Moses, which teaches that every first-born male child be dedicated to God, and also that she might offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons, as required by the Law (Luke 2:22-24; Exod. 13:2; Lev. 12:6-8). On this same day, a just and devout man, the greatly aged Symeon, was also present in the temple, being guided by the Holy Spirit. For a long time, this man had been awaiting the salvation of God, and he had been informed by divine revelation that he would not die until he beheld the Lord's Christ. Thus, when he beheld Him at that time and took Him up into his aged arms, he gave glory to God, singing: "Now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, O Master. . ." And he confessed that he would close his eyes joyfully, since he had seen the Light of revelation for the nations and the Glory of Israel (Luke 2:25-32). From ancient times, the Holy Church has retained this tradition of the churching of the mother and new-born child on the fortieth day and of the reading of prayers of purification.

The Apodosis of the Feast of the Meeting in the Temple is usually on the 9th of February. This, however, may vary if the Feast falls within the period of the Triodion. Should this occur, the Typicon should be consulted for specific information concerning the Apodosis of the Feast.

Allsaint
February 02

Gabriel the New Martyr of Constantinople

Allsaint
February 02

Jordan the New Martyr

Allsaint
February 02

Agathadoros the Martyr of Cappadocia

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

From on high didst Thou descend, O Compassionate One; to burial of three days hast Thou submitted that Thou mightest free us from our passions. O our Life and Resurrection, Lord, glory be to Thee.

Apolytikion for Presentation of Our Lord in the First Mode

Rejoice, thou who art full of grace, O Virgin Theotokos, for from thee hath risen the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, enlightening those in darkness. Rejoice, thou also, O righteous Elder, as thou receivest in thine arms the Redeemer of our souls, Who also granteth unto us the Resurrection.

Seasonal Kontakion in the First Mode

Your birth sanctified a Virgin's womb and properly blessed the hands of Symeon. Having now come and saved us O Christ our God, give peace to Your commonwealth in troubled times and strengthen those in authority, whom You love, as only the loving One.
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

Archbishop Elpidophoros Welcomes His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus

01/29/2020

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America together with Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta and the Greek Orthodox Community of Charlotte welcomed last night, Tue., Jan. 28, 2020, His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, who is visiting the United States for medical reasons.
https://www.goarch.org/-/archbishop-elpidophoros-welcomes-archbishop-of-cyprus

Archbishop Attends Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration

01/28/2020

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day attended last night, Jan. 27, 2020, a commemoration event at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto, CA.
https://www.goarch.org/-/archbishop-attends-holocaust-remembrance-day-commemoration

Center for Family Care National Conference 2020

01/28/2020

Clergy, counselors, pastoral care workers and lay persons from across the United States gathered here Jan. 22-25, to share insights, tools and resources for strengthening marriages and ministering to married couples in times of challenge and crisis. Keynote speakers set the tone for daily workshops, which focused on a variety of marital challenges set in the context of Kairos and Chronos time. Keynote speakers included Dn. Michael and Gail Hyatt, Dn. Stephen Muse, PhD, and Carrie Frederick Frost, PhD.
https://www.goarch.org/-/center-for-family-care-conference-2020
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