Dear Friends,
This will be our third Sunday on which we worship and pray together but at a distance. We continue to adjust to this new reality and the uncertainty it brings.
Following the direction of Archbishop Elpidophoros, church services will be closed for the forseeable future. Fr Jim will celebrate regular services with assistance from Stavros and others as needed. Faithful should pray from their homes. This drastic measure is being taken in order to “flatten the curve” and halt the continued spread of this virus, lessening its deadly consequences. The churches will remain closed during Holy Week. We encourage your to join us online.
Please notify those whom you know that may not have access to this information.
We have installed a new, professional streaming system. We first used it on Friday for the Salutations service. Unfortunately, there was a loud buzzing sound which should be corrected by this Sunday morning.
Click HERE to access our streaming of the Divine Liturgy this Sunday at 10:00 AM. If you do not have a Facebook account, you can click on "skip" to access the live stream. Please follow along and join in with the prayers and the hymns. We have made liturgy books available to be picked up outside the front door of the church if you would like to have a book with which to follow along.
There will be no Greek School, Sunday School, Greek Dance, Fellowship Hour or other gatherings. Parish Council and Hellenic Women's Club will be moving to online video conferencing or teleconferencing.
Fr Jim is available as needed for pastoral needs. He may be limited by regulations in his ability to visit hospitals and nursing homes, but he will do his best. He may be reached by email at FrJimK@goarch.org or at his office 646-519-6760. If you leave a message at his office, he will also receive an email with your voice message.
We have set up a LIGHT-A-CANDLE option on our online giving page. You may choose a candle type and submit names for prayers. Click HERE to go to our Online Giving Page.
Please pray for our community, our Church, our country and all those afflicted and affected by this pandemic.
This is the time to make your home a place of prayer. Saint Paul tells us that the home is a “small church.” Your home is a place of holiness.
With the closing down of so much of our society, perhaps this is a time we can think of as a Sabbath – a time in which we can focus once again on the essentials of our lives as Christians; praying together as families, reading Scripture and the lives of the Saints together in our homes.
Please pray for those who are under the threat of the Coronavirus, those who are suffering and those who are recovering. Pray for the nurses, doctors and researchers, to keep them healthy.
We are assembling a team of volunteers and a plan of action to assist those members of our Saint George family that may need assistance. If you would like to assist or know of someone in need please email me at FrJimK@goarch.org. If you would like to support this initiative financially, please click HERE and donate to the philanthropy fund.
5th Sunday of Lent
SUNDAY OF Saint Mary of Egypt
Sunday Worship Services:
Divine Liturgy (Eucharist) 10:00 AM
SATURDAY OF LAZARUS
THIS SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM
SAINT GEORGE DINNER DANCE APRIL 26
HAS BEEN POSTPONED
“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
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
ONLINE GIVING AT
ST GEORGE KINGSTON
Click HERE
to set up stewardship donations
to our beloved Saint George.
You may also give online to the following:
Lent-HolyWeek-Easter Donation
St George Philanthropy Fund
NEW! Light-a-Candle / Request a Prayer
General Fund to Support our Ministries
Click HERE for Online Giving
“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.
Jim Speros
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 2020 Parish Council
Fr Jim, Priest
Phil Lettre, President
Xenakis Loizou, Vice President
Mary Matthews, Treasurer
George Kotzias, Secretary
Vinnie Fiorello
Stavros Kariolis
Steve Kotzias
Angelo Lallis
Dennis Larios
Nick Maouris
Anthony Moustakas
Ephie Trataros
John Zacharia
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.
Members of the Executive Committee of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America have reached a consensus concerning Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Pascha (Easter).
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Office of Ionian Village regretfully announce today the cancellation of all Ionian Village Summer 2020 programming due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic across the globe. This includes IV Next as well as both sessions of the Archdiocese’s annual summer camp in Greece.
On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, the Holy Eparchial Synod convened via teleconference, in order to be informed and to discuss significant matters that affect the Archdiocese of America, and unanimously decided the following.
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced today the postponement of the Apostolic Visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the United States due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
For the Life of the World presents a way of reaching out across social distancing at a time of global calamity in order to address the role of the Church at a time of spiritual crisis, challenge, and concern.