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Saint George Church Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2020-09-06
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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
Lifeoflife
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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 | 646-519-6760

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

 
 
 
 
 
CLICK HERE TO GO TO LIVE STREAM
 
WE ARE NOW PERMITTED TO GATHER WITHIN GUIDELINES
It has been a blessing to see those that have attended. We have missed you all.
 
If you don't come to church, please join us online.
 
Click HERE to download the service for the day.
 
We encourage you to stay safe and not take any risks. The virus has not dissipated, so we need to continue to be vigilant. 
 
So... is it safe to attend Divine Liturgy?
We will do our best to follow guidelines to minimize risk.
Please be aware that opening the church is allowed NOT because there is no further risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus. We are allowed to do so because it has been calculated by the State of New York that the health system can manage the expected increase in new cases resulting from this new permission.
 
Please join us only if your health permits. Elderly members, members with compromised immune systems, respiratory issues, fever or symptoms of the Covid-19 virus or persons exposed to someone with the Covid-19 virus,
should not attend.
 
Masks and social distancing are required (families sit together).
Please sanitize your hands upon entering the church.
Pews and floor will be marked for social distancing.
Please ask for candles and they will be handed to you.
Red candles will be taken to the front by a Parish Council member
Please do not congregate following liturgy, but proceed to your cars.
Only pre-determined individuals may be in the choir loft.
Antidoro will be provided in small wax paper bags - one per family unit.
Please place your offering directly in the slot on top of the candle stand.
 
No tray will be passed. Please place your offering in candle stand, or
you may give by text to 833-396-0633.
 
SUNDAY SCHOOL WILL BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 20
We will meet outdoors with a canopy/tent if needed.
We will practice social distancing and students should wear masks as much as possible.
Alcohol spray or hand Sanitizer will be provided
Parents are welcome to help in supervising children
 
 
GREEK SCHOOL BEGINS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
(We will begin virtually using )
Click HERE to register.
 
 
 
 NOTE: NANNY NEEDED IN OLIVEBRIDGE, NY
A Family in Olivebridge, NY is looking for a nanny to their 5 year old son.
Please contact Eugenia: 908-346-0295.
 

  Thank you for your continued support of our church during these uncertain times.

We have been touched by your generosity. 

Click HERE to see your online giving options.

 

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 and our country. 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 here for 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.

Fr Jim is available as needed by phone or video for pastoral needs. 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.
 
 

 

 Click HERE to see photos of the visit of Archbishop Elpidophoros

 

 

 

“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

 

OUR SAINT GEORGE FAMILY

 

 

 

 

 

 CONGRATULATIONS!!!

TO KATERINA (OUR GREEK SCHOOL TEACHER) AND FR NEO

ON THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON GEORGE.

 

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

 

 

“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

 

WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE 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 2020 Parish Council

Fr Jim, Priest

Phil Lettre, President

Xenakis Loizou, Vice President

Mary Matthews, Treasurer

George Kotzias, Secretary

Stavros Kariolis

Steve Kotzias

Dennis Larios

  Nick Maouris

Anthony Moustakas

Ephie Trataros

John Zacharia

 

 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.

 

 


Fr Jim Speaks to Leadership 100

Click HERE to see the video.

 

 

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 103.24,1.
O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom.
Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 16:13-24.

Brethren, be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. Now, brethren, you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints; I urge you to be subject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos, because they have made up for your absence; for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. If any one has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Gospel Reading

13th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 21:33-42

The Lord said this parable, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to get his fruit; and the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them, saying 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?'"

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Many things does He intimate by this parable, God's providence, which had been exercised towards them from the first; their murderous disposition from the beginning; that nothing had been omitted of whatever pertained to a heedful care of them;...
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 68 on Matthew 21, 4th Century

And observe also both His great care, and the excessive idleness of these men for what pertained to the husbandmen, He Himself did ... and He left little for them to do; to take care of what was there, and to preserve what was given to them.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 68 on Matthew 21, 4th Century

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Saints and Feasts

Lifeoflife
September 06

13th Sunday of Matthew

Allsaint
September 06

Holy Martyr Calodote

Miracleatchonae
September 06

The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colossae (Chonae)

The feast today in honour of the Archangel Michael commemorates the great miracle he wrought when he delivered from destruction a church and holy spring named for him. The pagans, moved by malice, sought to destroy the aforesaid church and holy spring by turning the course of two rivers against them. But the Archangel appeared and, by means of the Cross and a great earthquake that shook the entire area, diverted the waters into an underground course. Henceforth, the name of that place changed from Colossae to Chonae, which means "funnels" in Greek.

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Mode

Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world.

Apolytikion for Miracle of Michael in Colossae in the Fourth Mode

Supreme Commanders of the Hosts of Heavens, we, the unworthy, importune and beseech thee that by thy supplications thou encircle us in the shelter of the wings of thine immaterial glory, guarding us who now fall down and cry to thee with fervour: Deliver us from dangers of all kinds, as the great marshal of the heavenly hosts on high.

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 Fourth Mode

In your holy birth, Immaculate One, Joachim and Anna were rid of the shame of childlessness; Adam and Eve of the corruption of death. And so your people, free of the guilt of their sins, celebrate crying: "The barren one gives birth to the Theotokos, who nourishes our life."
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

Church Musician's Zoom Webinars

08/31/2020

If you’re like many and are wondering what church musicians can do during the COVID-19 crisis, these two Zoom Webinars coming up from the National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians may be of interest to you. Both will feature many practical suggestions!
https://www.goarch.org/-/church-musician-zoom-webinars

Season Premiere of Be the Bee #147 | How to Start (and Keep) a Prayer Rule

08/31/2020

One of the core practices of our spiritual lives is prayer. However, for many young people, starting a daily prayer discipline can seem overwhelming. How much should I pray? When should I pray? Am I doing it wrong? To help, the season premiere of “Be the Bee” addresses this important topic and offers practical, actionable tips to help young people get started (and maintain) a daily habit of prayer.
https://www.goarch.org/-/start-and-keep-a-prayer-rule

Updated Program: 45th Biennial Virtual Clergy-Laity Congress

08/19/2020

Updated Program For 45th Clergy Laity Congress 2020
https://www.goarch.org/-/clergy-laity-congress-updated

From One Spoon to Many

08/05/2020

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Orthodox Church has found itself in an existential crisis. The situation has challenged our traditions and even the way that we receive Holy Communion. One of the points of disagreement that has arisen concerns the manner in which Holy Communion is distributed to the faithful from the common cup by means of a common spoon.
https://www.goarch.org/-/one-spoon-to-many

A Message from the Department of Religious Education

07/29/2020

There is a great deal of uncertainty about what parish life will look like this fall because of the pandemic. In particular, what might happen to traditionally in-person programs? Over the next weeks, I’ll be offering some ideas for your religious education program. They will offer some basic strategies that you might consider implementing for a virtual religious education program.
https://www.goarch.org/-/message-dre-2020
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