General Information
- Phone:
- (661) 325-8694
- Fax:
- (661) 325-8694
- Email:
- secretary@ourparish.us
- Street Address:
- 401 Truxtun Avenue
- Bakersfield, CA 93301-5315
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Sundays:
Orthros - 8:30 a.m.
Divine Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.
Weekdays:
Evening Vespers - 6:00 p.m.
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2021-09-19
- Publish Date:
- 2021-09-12
- Publish Date:
- 2021-09-05
- Publish Date:
- 2021-08-29
- Publish Date:
- 2021-08-22
- Publish Date:
- 2021-08-15
St. George News and Events
Go to God's temple more often, especially when you're in afflictions.
It's good to stand in some dark corner and pray and weep from your heart.
St. Barsanuphius of Optina
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE LAST FESTIVAL MEETING SEPTEMBER 26.
EVERYONE IS NEEDED TO MAKE WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPEN!
September 2021 Stewardship News
Happy Ecclesiastical New Year September 1st!
(The following explanation found on goarch.org)
As the summer comes to an end and fall begins so too does the Church begin it’s ministries for the year. Soon Church School will commence as will other organization meetings and events in the parish. Speaking of events, its Greek Food Festival time of year as well (October 1-3). Let’s all pitch in and lend a hand to make this a successful fundraiser AND outreach event to the community.
Have a Happy New Year!
Stewardship Committee
Click here, to download the 2021 Commitment Card.
Please fill it out and return to the church office or mail it, address at bottom of buletin.
Or you may fill it out the form online and sumbit it online. ---> ONLINE FORM
You may also download here the flyer to read all about stewardship according to the Bible.
Make donation via PayPal <-- Use paypal; (CC or Paypal) to make a donation.
Summer 2021 Stewardship news
(Please read the summer news on our website)
Teacher positions are open for Sunday School. Please let the secretary know if you are interesteded. Thank you!
To get the latest information on meetings and places please contact Stavros at pa@ourparish.us
Orthodox Catechism/Faith Classes
We have our Catechism/Faith Class every Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm via Zoom. This is led by your Priest, and assisted by Stavros Emery. We spend an hour presenting and discussing different aspects of our beautiful Orthodox Faith, as well as her history and practice. Here you will have the opportunity to meet some of our other inquirers as well.
My cell phone is (661) 496-5768 should you have any issues with the connection.
Youth Program: The Relationship Project for Grades 7-12 AGES 12 - 18. Thank you all who participated in the summer session. Part 3 will resume in the fall/winter. Please contact Joyce Cisneros for more information and make sure she has your contact information as well for possible Youth outings and get-togethers.
Monday-Wednesday-Thrursday-Friday at 7pm
Saturday at 4pm
Use the same link as the Bible Study
Parish Council
Next Parish Council meeting is 9/28/2021 at 7:00pm at the back office.
We have an open position on parish council.
If anyone is interested please contact Namaz by phone or email our Parish Council at parishcouncil@ourparish.us
The Investment Committee
We are in the process of starting a new committee called "The Investment Committee".
We are looking for approximately 3 or 4 individuals to be part of the committee.
If you are interested please email Osama Dawood or call him at 916-778-9739.
Social Media & website
Follow and join us on Facebook
St George Greek Orthodox Church of Bakersfield
St George Christian Outreach Facebook Page
St George Greek Orthodox Church of Bakersfield YouTube channel
General Announcements:
The church secretary position is open!
Please contact Osama Dawood or any parish council member if interested.
Click here for job description.
If you need pdf reader, click here, it's free to download.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SET UP
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday day and evenings. Pop-ups, power and signs.
Please talk to Ted Buddy for further details.
Our yearly Greek Food Festival is only a few weeks away!
Let us all give a hand to the hard-working members of our parish to accomplish the great task
Sign up to host a Sunday lunch! See sign up list in the hall bulletin board.
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Dancers have to be committed to be at all practices and available to dance between the actual performance time, to entertain the festival guests and encourage them to dance, or just participate in dancing so guests have something to see.
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Contact Elaine Collis: Email: ecollis@sbcglobal.net, OR Text: (661) 331-6465.
Leave your mark!
Consider naming St. George Church as a beneficiary on your life insurance policy. It's a great legacy gift to your parish and very easy to do...just ask your provider for the change beneficiary form and complete and return to them. The legal name for the church is Hellenic Community St. George Church Tax ID #95-3575365 God bless you.
Click here to read how you can leave a lasting legacy to your parish.
Church Beautification and Capital Improvements. Click here for the 2021 update.
Text Notifications
If you would like to be part of our system, please provide your phone number to the church secreatary at Secretary@ourparish.us.
This service will only be used to notify parishioners of any changes to service times or to provide information on events or occurences that affect the entire parish. We see this as being used infrequently but feel that we need to an effective way to communicate important information quickly.
Father Joseph's Hours
Father Joseph will be in the office Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 to 3:00.
Father will also maintain office hours on Friday evenings from from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for the sacrament of Holy Confession. He will be available to meet in the hall, narthex, or crying room on these nights. Please feel free to send Father Joseph a text message at 661-496-5768 during this time to check his availability. You will receive an estimated wait time if any.
Confessions appointments can be made with Presbytera.
If you need to meet with Father please make appointments during the week. Sunday should be left for Father to have time to visit with parishioners during coffee hour. Please give him the time to do so unless it is an emergency. Thank you for your understanding.
Secretary Presbytera Despina Hours
Tuesday 10-2
Despina will be at the office for only one day a week until a new secretary is hired. Thank you!
Prayers for Thanksgiving-Healing and Help:
Please add to your daily prayers
Orthodox: Bert, George, Abram, Vickie, Elaina, Maher, Nabel, Magdy, Daniel, Natalia and family, Nickolas, Irene, Pamela, Virginia, Paraskevi, Michael, Dimitris Mary, Margarita, Jennifer, Nikolas
Non-Orthodox: Judith, Nayeli and David, Peggy
For the rest of the soul of our departed:
Orthodox: Louise, George, George, Sooad, George, Leonid, Nikos, Vivian, John, Mary, Nektarios, Louise
Prayer
Open the doors and bolts of my heart, that Christ the King of Glory may enter! O my Light, and enlighten my darkness; Enter, O my Life, and resurrect my deadness; Enter, O my Physician, and heal my wounds; Enter, O Divine Fire, and burn up the thorns of my sins; Ignite my inward parts and my heart with the flame of Your love; Enter, O my King, and destroy in me the kingdom of sin; Sit on the throne of my heart and alone reign in me, O You, my King and Lord! Amen.
From our Pastoral Assistant Stavros
Excerpt from the chapter “Insights and Wisdom Gleaned from Papa-Dimitri’s Writings” from the book “Papa-Dimitri, the Man of God”.
On Prayer: “I have witnessed many things in my life, one of them being that prayers, Supplication services and Divine Liturgies have caused many to return to the Church’s fold.”
“Despite being a sinner, I always keep asking God and His Saints persistently, based on the scriptural promise “Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened unto you”.” [Matthew 7:7]
“This is what I have come to understand in my life: ‘What is impossible with men is possible with God.” [Luke 18:27]
On Humility, Obedience, and Love: “How can you not weep when you see how much you have grieved God, the Angels, and the Saints? God and His Saints wait for you in Heaven and benefit you while on earth.”
“Love above all the Most Holy Theotokos - she helps our sinful human race so much.”
On the Contemporary World: “God saved us from communism, but Satan delivered us to materialism.”“Now it is time to weep and pray for the condition of today’s world. We must pray that God may enlighten this generation to comprehend the way of God, the way of truth and of righteousness.”
On Living Faith: “Our Faith is alive, but we have abandoned it, being drawn away by selfishness and materialism.”
“Miracles happen every minute, but we do not perceive them because we are stone-hearted. Soft-heartedness and simplicity are what is needed.”
On Church Services: “The purpose of whatever prayers and services we do is to come closer to God, to get to love Him more.”
On Sickness and Suffering: “I desire this from you: I want you to pray to the Most Holy Theotokos to grant me patience so that I may pass this test with a good score. Once I have received it and have been appointed somewhere, I will then remember my co-workers and help them in whatever way I can.”
“I trouble none of the Saints - I just do not have the right. Did they not all suffer so much - Saint George, Saint Dimitrios, and the others? Nor do I entreat God anymore to heal me. One of my beloved Archangels assured me of my impending death: “Father Dimitrios, it was I who always protected and helped you; however, I cannot shield you from death any longer,” he told me. “Thank you, my child.” I said. “Surely, we cannot keep on getting extensions forever!”
On Monasticism: “I thank God many times over that He made me worthy to also offer a gift to serve the Most Holy Theotokos. She [my daughter] has fulfilled my desire: She has left the world and will have nothing to do with it anymore. She has clung to the work of prayer, which is the highest work of all.”
On Truth: “I think I have grieved them a little, but truth is bitter and it must necessarily be revealed for the benefit and salvation of our souls.”
On Problems of Daily Life: “I have never worried anxiously about anything. I cared for my children, without weariness or anxiety. God, Who gave them to me, also took care of everything for them.”
PROSPHORO offering
Joyce: 1/3, 1/31, 2/28, 4/25, 5/23, 6/20, 7/18, 8/15, 9/12, 10/10, 11/7, 12/5
Olympia: 1/10, 2/7, 4/4, 5/2, 5/30, 6/27, 7/25, 8/22, 9/19, 10/16, 11/14, 12/12
Bessema: 1/17, 2/14, 4/11, 5/9, 6/6, 7/4, 8/1, 8/29, 9/26, 10/24, 11/21, 12/19
Mary: 1/24, 2/21, 4/18, 5/16, 6/13, 7/11, 8/8, 9/5, 10/3, 10/31, 11/28, 12/26
Thank you!
Please make arrangements with Presbytera to bring the offering Saturday night either to the church or Father's home or for any chedule changes.
We are looking for more people to make the blessed bread.
Please approach Father Joseph if interested.
If you want to learn more about how to make Prosphora, you can visit our Prosphoro site
Thank you.
SEPTEMBER
ANNIVERSARIES
9/16 Joshua & Joyce Cisneros
9/17 Hesham & Sahar Ayoub
9/17 Osama & Angela Dawood
9/18 Matthew & Nahrain Antonaros
BIRTHDAYS
9/2 Naguib Mekhel
9/4 Nader Al-Sheikh
9/5 Nehemiah Little
9/9 Jimmy Andrews
9/10 Megan Pearse
9/15 Mary Mekhel
9/15 Nahrain Antonaros
9/19 Zain Ayoub
9/19 Fotini Stevens
9/21 Annette Londquist
9/21 Margaret Papadimitrakis
9/23 Dena Southerd
If your Anniversary or Birthday is not listed and would like to be added or if it's incorrect, please contact Presbytera directly or send her an email at secretary@ourparish.us
PLEASE NOTE: All bulletin announcements must be received each week by 6:00 pm Wednesday to be included in the Sunday bulletin for that week.
If you have ANY kind of a challenge reading this bulletin or ANY part of it, like unable to or know how to open various inserts at the end of the bulletin, PLEASE contact me at editor@ourparish.us
I'll be happy to help you! And any suggestions for improvement are welcome!
Please send email with your request or suggestion to editor@ourparish.us
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Tone. Psalm 18.4,1.
Their voice has gone out into all the earth.
Verse: The heavens declare the glory of God.
The reading is from St. John's First Universal Letter 4:12-19.
No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his own Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because he first loved us.
Προκείμενον. Plagal Fourth Tone. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 18.4,1.
Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν.
Στίχ. Οἱ οὐρανοὶ διηγοῦνται δόξαν Θεοῦ.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Ἰωάννου α' 4:12-19.
θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται· ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει, καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ τετελειωμένη ἐστιν ἐν ἡμῖν. Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ μένομεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ἡμῖν, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν. Καὶ ἡμεῖς τεθεάμεθα καὶ μαρτυροῦμεν ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ ἀπέσταλκεν τὸν υἱὸν σωτῆρα τοῦ κόσμου. Ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ θεῷ. Καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐγνώκαμεν καὶ πεπιστεύκαμεν τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν ἔχει ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν. Ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν, καὶ ὁ μένων ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ, ἐν τῷ θεῷ μένει, καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει. Ἐν τούτῳ τετελείωται ἡ ἀγάπη μεθʼ ἡμῶν, ἵνα παρρησίαν ἔχωμεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως, ὅτι καθὼς ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ. Φόβος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ, ἀλλʼ ἡ τελεία ἀγάπη ἔξω βάλλει τὸν φόβον, ὅτι ὁ φόβος κόλασιν ἔχει· ὁ δὲ φοβούμενος οὐ τετελείωται ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ. Ἡμεῖς ἀγαπῶμεν αὐτόν, ὅτι αὐτὸς πρῶτος ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς.
البروكيمنون. Plagal Fourth Tone. مزمور 18: 4، 1.
في كل الأرض خرج صوتهم
Verse: السموات تذيع بمجد الله
فصل من رسالة يوحنا الجامعة الاولى 4 :12-19.
اَللهُ لَمْ يَنْظُرْهُ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ. إِنْ أَحَبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً فَاللهُ يَثْبُتُ فِينَا، وَمَحَبَّتُهُ قَدْ تَكَمَّلَتْ فِينَا. بِهَذَا نَعْرِفُ أَنَّنَا نَثْبُتُ فِيهِ وَهُوَ فِينَا: أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَعْطَانَا مِنْ رُوحِهِ. وَنَحْنُ قَدْ نَظَرْنَا وَنَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الآبَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَ الاِبْنَ مُخَلِّصاً لِلْعَالَمِ. مَنِ اعْتَرَفَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ ابْنُ اللهِ، فَاللهُ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ وَهُوَ فِي اللهِ. وَنَحْنُ قَدْ عَرَفْنَا وَصَدَّقْنَا الْمَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي لِلَّهِ فِينَا. اللهُ مَحَبَّةٌ، وَمَنْ يَثْبُتْ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ يَثْبُتْ فِي اللهِ وَاللهُ فِيهِ. بِهَذَا تَكَمَّلَتِ الْمَحَبَّةُ فِينَا: أَنْ يَكُونَ لَنَا ثِقَةٌ فِي يَوْمِ الدِّينِ، لأَنَّهُ كَمَا هُوَ فِي هَذَا الْعَالَمِ هَكَذَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً. لاَ خَوْفَ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ، بَلِ الْمَحَبَّةُ الْكَامِلَةُ تَطْرَحُ الْخَوْفَ إِلَى خَارِجٍ لأَنَّ الْخَوْفَ لَهُ عَذَابٌ. وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ فَلَمْ يَتَكَمَّلْ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ. نَحْنُ نُحِبُّهُ لأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَحَبَّنَا أَوَّلاً.
Gospel Reading
The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian
The Reading is from John 19:25-27; 21:24-25
At that time, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 19:25-27, 21:24-25
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, εἱστήκεισαν δὲ παρὰ τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ ἀδελφὴ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ, Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ καὶ Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή. ᾿Ιησοῦς οὖν ἰδὼν τὴν μητέρα καὶ τὸν μαθητὴν παρεστῶτα ὃν ἠγάπα, λέγει τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ· γύναι, ἴδε ὁ υἱός σου. εἶτα λέγει τῷ μαθητῇ· ἰδοὺ ἡ μήτηρ σου. καὶ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνης τῆς ὥρας ἔλαβεν ὁ μαθητὴς αὐτὴν εἰς τὰ ἴδια. Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ μαθητὴς ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ τούτων καὶ γράψας ταῦτα, καὶ οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀληθής ἐστιν ἡ μαρτυρία αὐτοῦ. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς, ἅτινα ἐὰν γράφηται καθ᾽ ἕν, οὐδὲ αὐτὸν οἶμαι τὸν κόσμον χωρῆσαι τὰ γραφόμενα βιβλία. ἀμήν.
يوحنا 19: 25-27، 21: 24-25
25في ذلك الزمان َكَانَتْ وَاقِفَاتٍ عِنْدَ صَلِيبِ يَسُوعَ، أُمُّهُ، وَأُخْتُ أُمِّهِ مَرْيَمُ زَوْجَةُ كِلُوبَا، وَمَرْيَمُ الْمَجْدَلِيَّةُ. 26فَلَمَّا رَأَى يَسُوعُ أُمَّهُ، وَالتِّلْمِيذَ الَّذِي كَانَ يُحِبُّهُ وَاقِفاً، قَالَ لِأُمِّهِ: ((يَا امْرَأَةُ، هُوَذَا ابْنُكِ)). 27ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلتِّلْمِيذِ: ((هُوَذَا أُمُّكَ)). وَمِنْ تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ أَخَذَهَا التِّلْمِيذُ إِلَى خَاصَّتِهِ. 24هَذَا هُوَ التِّلْمِيذُ الَّذِي يَشْهَدُ بِهَذَا وَكَتَبَ هَذَا. وَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ شَهَادَتَهُ حَقٌّ.25وَأَشْيَاءُ أُخَرُ كَثِيرَةٌ صَنَعَهَا يَسُوعُ ، إِنْ كُتِبَتْ وَاحِدَةً وَاحِدَةً، فَلَسْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنَّ الْعَالَمَ نَفْسَهُ يَسَعُ الْكُتُبَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ. آمِينَ.
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal First Tone
لنسبح نحن المؤمنين ونسجد للكلمة المساوي للآب والروح في الأزلية وعدم الابتداء ، المولود من العذراء لخلاصنا . لانه سُر بالجسد ان يعلو على الصليب ويحتمل الموت ، وينهض الموتى بقيامته المجيدة.
Apolytikion for Translation of John the Theologian in the Second Tone
أيها الرسول المتكلم باللاهوت حبيب المسيح الإله أسرع وأنقذ شعباً عادم الحجة لأن الذي تنازل أن تتكئ على صدره يقبلك متوسلاً فإليه ابتهل أن يبدد سحابة الأمم المعاندة طالباً لنا السلامة والرحمة العظمى.
Apolytikion for the Church in the First Tone
As a liberator of prisoners, and as a guardian of the poor, a doctor of the sick, a defender of kings. Trophy bearer, O Great Martyr George. Intercede to Christ our God, and save our souls.
Ως των αιχμαλώτων ελευθερωτής και των πτωχών υπερασπιστής, ασθενούντων ιατρός, βασιλέων υπέρμαχος, τροπαιοφόρε, μεγαλομάρτυς Γεώργιε, πρέσβευε Χριστώ τω Θεώ σωθήναι τα ψυχάς ημών.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone
Calendar
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St. George Greek Orthodox Church Calendar
September 26 to October 10, 2021
Sunday, September 268:30AM Orthros
9:30AM Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, September 286:00PM Vespers
7:15PM Bible Study
Wednesday, September 2911:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
7:30PM Catechism class
Thursday, September 3011:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
Friday, October 15:00PM Evening Office Hours - Sacrament of Holy Confession, No Appointment Necessary
6:00PM Paraklesis
Saturday, October 26:00PM Great Vespers
Sunday, October 38:30AM Orthros
9:30AM Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, October 56:00PM Vespers
7:15PM Bible Study
Wednesday, October 611:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
7:30PM Catechism class
Thursday, October 711:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
Friday, October 85:00PM Evening Office Hours - Sacrament of Holy Confession, No Appointment Necessary
6:00PM Paraklesis
Saturday, October 96:00PM Great Vespers
Sunday, October 108:30AM Orthros
9:30AM Divine Liturgy