Welcome to St George Church of Kingston

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

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MEMORIAL TODAY:

Marie Matthews - 40 years

and Sarantos "Sam" Matthews - 16 years

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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!

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.

“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

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We are studying the Parables of Jesus.

Greek School

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ONLINE GIVING AT

ST GEORGE KINGSTON

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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

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REMEMBER ST GEORGE CHURCH IN YOUR WILL OR ESTATE PLAN

UPDATING OUR DIRECTORY

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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:

A sense of Peace and the Presence of God in worship;

Opportunities to Serve Others;

Meaningful opportunities for Fellowship;

Education in aspects of the Faith for all ages; and

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)

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. First Mode. Psalm 32.22,1.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.

The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15.

TIMOTHY, my son, you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions, my sufferings, what befell me at Antioch, at lconion, and at Lystra, what persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today
The Reading is from Luke 18:10-14

The Lord said this parable, "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Wisdom of the Fathers

If there is a moral quality almost completely disregarded and even denied today, it is indeed humility. The culture in which we live constantly instills in us the sense of pride, of self-glorification, and of self-righteousness ... Even our churches - are they not imbued with that same spirit of the Pharisee? Do we not want our every contribution, every 'good deed,' all the we do 'for the Church' to be acknowledged, praised, publicized? ... How does one become humble? The answer, for a Christian, is simple: by contemplating Christ..."

Fr. Alexander Schmemann

Great Lent, pp. 19-20., 20th Century

It is possible for those who have come back again after repentance to shine with much lustre, and oftentimes more than those who have never fallen at all, I have demonstrated from the divine writings. Thus at least both the publicans and the harlots inherit the kingdom of Heaven, thus many of the last are placed before the first.

St. John Chrysostom

AN EXHORTATION TO THEODORE AFTER HIS FALL, 4th Century

Saints and Feasts

February 09

Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today

The Pharisees were an ancient and outstanding sect among the Jews known for their diligent observance of the outward matters of the Law. Although, according to the word of our Lord, they "did all their works to be seen of men" (Matt. 23:5), and were hypocrites (ibid. 23: 13, 14, 15, etc.), because of the apparent holiness of their lives they were thought by all to be righteous, and separate from others, which is what the name Pharisee means. On the other hand, Publicans, collectors of the royal taxes, committed many injustices and extortions for filthy lucre's sake, and all held them to be sinners and unjust. It was therefore according to common opinion that the Lord Jesus in His parable signified a virtuous person by a Pharisee, and a sinner by a Publican, to teach His disciples the harm of pride and the profit of humble-mindedness.

Since the chief weapon for virtue is humility, and the greatest hindrance to it is pride, the divine Fathers have set these three weeks before the Forty-day Fast as a preparation for the spiritual struggles of virtue. This present week they have called Harbinger, since it declares that the Fast is approaching; and they set humility as the foundation for all our spiritual labors by appointing that the parable of the Publican and the Pharisee be read today, even before the Fast begins, to teach, through the vaunting of the Pharisee, that the foul smoke of self-esteem and the stench of boasting drives away the grace of the Spirit, strips man of all his virtue, and casts him into the pits of Hades; and, through the repentance and contrite prayer of the Publican, that humility confers upon the sinner forgiveness of all his wicked deeds and raises him up to the greatest heights.

All foods are allowed the week that follows this Sunday.

February 09

Teilo, Bishop of Llandaff

February 09

Leavetaking of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple

February 09

Nicephoros the Martyr of Antioch

This Martyr, who was from Antioch in Syria, contested during the reign of Gallienus, about the year 260. Through the working of the evil one, his friendship with a certain Christian priest named Sapricius was turned to bitter hatred. Nicephoros, repenting of his enmity, tried both through intermediaries and in person to be reconciled with Sapricius, but to no avail. Later, when the persecution broke out under Valerian and Gallienus, Sapricius was seized as a Christian. When Saint Nicephoros learned that Sapricius had been arrested by the pagans and was enduring torments for Christ, he sent intermediaries to Sapricius, begging his forgiveness; but Sapricius would not forgive him. Later, as Sapricius was being taken to beheading, Nicephoros, hoping that Sapricius, at his end, in such a holy hour, would at last forgive him, met him on the way, fell before him, and fervently asked his forgiveness; but Sapricius forgave him not. Wherefore, though Sapricius had passed through many sufferings, and the crown of martyrdom was now awaiting him, because he disdained the chief commandments of love and forgiveness, the grace of God, which had been strengthening him in his torments, departed from him, and he told his executioners he would sacrifice. Nicephoros immediately confessed Christ before them, and being himself beheaded, took the crown that Sapricius had cast away.

Should the Apodosis of the Feast of the Meeting in the Temple fall on this day the service to Saint Nicephoros is chanted on the 8th.

February 09

Markellos, Philagrios, & Pankratios the Hieromartyrs

Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Mode

When the stone had been sealed by the Jews and the soldiers were guarding Thine immaculate Body, Thou didst arise on the third day, O Saviour, granting life unto the world. Wherefore, the powers of the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Lifegiver: Glory to Thy Resurrection, O Christ. Glory to Thy Kingdom. Glory to Thy dispensation, O only Friend of man.

Apolytikion for Apodosis of the Presentation 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.

Hymn of Saint George in the Fourth Mode

'Ως των αιχμαλωτων ελευθερωτης, και των πτωχων υπεραπιστης, ασθενουντων ιατρος, βασιλεων υπερμαχος, Τροπαιοφορε Μεγαλομαρτυς Γεωργιε, πρεσβευε Χριστω τω Θεω, σωθηναι τας ψυχας ημων.

Liberator of captives, defender of the poor, physician of the sick, and champion of kings, O trophy-bearer, Great Martyr George, intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.

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.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

Archiepiscopal Encyclical for the Feast of St. Photios and the Saint Photios National Shrine (02/06/2020)

02/06/2020

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we celebrate Saint Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople, throughout our Archdiocese, we also remember our first National Shrine, named in his honor. The Saint Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine, founded by Archbishop Iakovos of blessed memory, commemorates the first known Greeks who came to America in the 18th century, long before their distant cousins would begin arriving nearly one hundred years later.

https://www.goarch.org/-/archiepiscopal-encyclical-for-the-feast-of-st-photios-and-the-saint-photios-national-shrine-02-06-2020-

Responding to the Crisis of Homelessness in the New York Metro Area

02/05/2020

NEW YORK – On February 12, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America will be hosting an event focused on homelessness at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (337 E 74th St, New York, NY 10021). The event will feature a panel, including His Grace Bishop ...

https://www.goarch.org/-/responding-to-the-crisis-of-homelessness-in-the-new-york-metro-area

Archbishop Elpidophoros Meets Catholic University of America Officials

02/04/2020

https://www.goarch.org/-/archbishop-elpidophoros-meets-catholic-university-of-america-officials

General Information

Contact Information

Services Schedule

Past Bulletins

Welcome to St George Church of Kingston

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Gospel Reading

Wisdom of the Fathers

Saints and Feasts

Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today

Teilo, Bishop of Llandaff

Leavetaking of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple

Nicephoros the Martyr of Antioch

Markellos, Philagrios, & Pankratios the Hieromartyrs

Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Mode

Apolytikion for Apodosis of the Presentation in the First Mode

Hymn of Saint George in the Fourth Mode

Seasonal Kontakion in the First Mode

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

Archiepiscopal Encyclical for the Feast of St. Photios and the Saint Photios National Shrine (02/06/2020)

02/06/2020

Responding to the Crisis of Homelessness in the New York Metro Area

02/05/2020

Archbishop Elpidophoros Meets Catholic University of America Officials

02/04/2020