St. George News and Events
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Hymns of the Day
Calendar
Dealing with difficult people
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:
- 2021-11-28
- Publish Date:
- 2021-11-14
- Publish Date:
- 2021-11-07
- Publish Date:
- 2021-10-31
- Publish Date:
- 2021-10-24
- Publish Date:
- 2021-10-17
St. George News and Events
General Announcements:
If you would like to add your family's name to our annual St. George Christmas card, please contact Joyce Cisneros either in person at church, or by text 661-203-7007. It is a $10 donation per family. She will need all the names of your family members. Feel free to give an extra donation for a family in need or shut-ins. All proceeds will go to the Bishop Anthony Philoptochos Student Aid Endowment Fund and St. George Benevolence Fund. Cash, check, or paypal is accepted.
If you wish to use PayPal, click here, please note "Christmas Card" in the notes and the names & address of the additional family(s) you're donating for if any.
DEADLINE IS NOV. 28
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The church secretary position is open!
WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A SECRETARY
Please contact Osama Dawood or any parish council member if interested.
Click here for job description.
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Read November 2021 Stewardship News on our site (click here)
We thank you for your continued support of your Church, and do encourage you to challenge yourselves by increasing last year contribution by 1%, and increase your engagement in the life of church. Please contact Father Joseph or any member of the Parish Council if you are interested in helping with time and talent.”
If you have not yet fulfilled your stewardship commitment you can easily give on line using your credit card. There are two ways to donate; using your Paypal Account or your Debit/Credit Card:Using a PayPal account:
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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.
Stewardship@ourparish.us
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Sunday School classes are going.
For more info or to register contact Stavro 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 11/25/2021 at 7:00pm at the back office.
We wish to congratulate Tom Dorlis for accepting the open position on the Parish Council!
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.
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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.
Presbytera Despina is no longer our Secretary, we DO NOT have one.
Calls are currently routed to volunteers or voice mail picked up by volunteers.
Prayers for Thanksgiving-Healing and Help:
Please add to your daily prayers
Orthodox: Ernie, Bert, George, Abram, Vickie, Elaina, Maher, Nabel, Magdy, Daniel, Natalia and family, Nickolas, Irene, Pamela, Virginia, Paraskevi, Michael, Dimitris Mary, Margarita, Jennifer, Nikolas, Pamela
Non-Orthodox: Judith, Nayeli and David, Peggy
For the rest of the soul of our departed:
Orthodox: Nicolas, Louise, George, George, Sooad, George, Leonid, Nikos, Vivian, John, Mary, Louise, Nektarios, Nicholas, Elephtheria.
From our Pastoral Assistant Stavros
“By the end of the first week of November (1991), the respite was over. From then on, every moment turned into martyrdom. Despite his bodily suffering, he strove to keep vigil and pray. Prayer- incessant prayer- was the only thing he asked from God. God might well have allowed all those diseases to afflict the elder, but He had also bestowed upon him abundant strength to pray. The elder prayed fervently, deeply experiencing and living the joy of the Resurrection. Many times he would shed tears of joy and gratitude to God. The monks who passed his cell at night or in the morning on their way to the service saw him shedding abundant tears, yet his overall expression was that of gladness. A young monk was alarmed the first time he saw the elder in that condition and asked him: “Elder, are you all right? Are you in pain?” What could the God-seer answer? How could he explain to the young shoot of the angelic life the gifts God had given him? “No, my child! It’s only that I was just concelebrating with saints and angels. In sanctuaries that human words cannot describe!”
He could not offer theological explanations, but his very mien demonstrated his direct, living contact with God. He never entertained any thoughts about preaching, but he was himself a living sermon. Anyone possessing spiritual eyes and a wakeful heart could see in him a manifestation of God’s presence and divine energies on earth.
His words and his counsels were plain and practical- no analyses or elaborations. He used short phrases, often elliptic, even incomplete. But to anyone who got to know him, it was soon apparent that any words were, in fact, superfluous: it was sufficient to gaze at the elder to benefit one’s soul. Indeed, it was a rare, holy pleasure, a blessing from God.
The above does not mean that his words were in any way deficient. On the contrary, they possessed divine power and penetrating ability that comforted and enlightened the hearts of his listeners. It was no coincidence that all were eager to drink in every word he said. The grace filling the elder’s soul imparted in his words a divine breath that touched the human soul. Ultimately, a word has no beneficial effect in itself: it all depends on who utters it- as is the case with the words of the Gospel, which had great power exactly because they came out of the divine mouth of the Lord."
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.
NOVEMBER
ANNIVERSARIES
11/5 Jose & Namaz Pimenel
11/3 Molly Dean
11/8 Nick & Pam Valos
11/9 Donald & Annette Londquist
11/9 George & Nahla Demestihas
11/10 Fr. Joseph & Despina Chaffee
BIRTHDAYS
11/1 Anastasia Drulias
11/3 Molly Dean
11/10 Nicole Strategos
11/10 Julie Pierucci
11/10 Stella Strategos
11/15 Chris Andrews
11/18 Nicolas Cisneros
11/16 Bianca Gomez
11/17 Demetri Southerd
11/20 Nikoloas Exarchoulakos
11/20 Mary Fotis
11/23 Andriani Paraskevi Seraphina Frazier
11/25 Alexandra Shackleford
11/27 Wyatt Luke West
11/27 Virginia Liascos
11/30 Patrick Hayes
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. Third Tone. 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 9:1-7.
BRETHREN, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, which contained a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made, the priests go continually into the outer tent, performing their ritual duties; but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.
Προκείμενον. Third Tone. Λουκάν 1:46-48.
Μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἠγαλλίασε τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ σωτῆρί μου.
Στίχ. Ὅτι ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης αὐτοῦ.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 9:1-7.
Ἀδελφοί, εἶχεν ἡ πρώτη σκηνὴ δικαιώματα λατρείας, τό τε ἅγιον κοσμικόν. Σκηνὴ γὰρ κατεσκευάσθη ἡ πρώτη, ἐν ᾗ ἥ τε λυχνία καὶ ἡ τράπεζα καὶ ἡ πρόθεσις τῶν ἄρτων, ἥτις λέγεται ἅγια. Μετὰ δὲ τὸ δεύτερον καταπέτασμα σκηνὴ ἡ λεγομένη ἅγια ἁγίων, χρυσοῦν ἔχουσα θυμιατήριον, καὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆς διαθήκης περικεκαλυμμένην πάντοθεν χρυσίῳ, ἐν ᾗ στάμνος χρυσῆ ἔχουσα τὸ μάννα, καὶ ἡ ῥάβδος Ἀαρὼν ἡ βλαστήσασα, καὶ αἱ πλάκες τῆς διαθήκης· ὑπεράνω δὲ αὐτῆς Χερουβὶμ δόξης κατασκιάζοντα τὸ ἱλαστήριον· περὶ ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν νῦν λέγειν κατὰ μέρος. Τούτων δὲ οὕτως κατεσκευασμένων, εἰς μὲν τὴν πρώτην σκηνὴν διὰ παντὸς εἰσίασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς, τὰς λατρείας ἐπιτελοῦντες· εἰς δὲ τὴν δευτέραν ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ μόνος ὁ ἀρχιερεύς, οὐ χωρὶς αἵματος, ὃ προσφέρει ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ ἀγνοημάτων·
البروكيمنون. Third Tone. لوقا 1: 46-48.
تعظم نفسي الرب وتبتهج روحي بالله مخلصي
Verse: لأنه نظر إلى اتضاع أمَته
فصل من رسالة بولس الى العبرانيين 9: 1-7.
يَُّا إِخْوَة، إِنَّ الْعَهْدُ الأَوَّلُ كَانَ لَهُ أَيْضاً فَرَائِضُ خِدْمَةٍ وَالْقُدْسُ الْعَالَمِيُّ، لأَنَّهُ نُصِبَ الْمَسْكَنُ الأَوَّلُ الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ ((الْقُدْسُ)) الَّذِي كَانَ فِيهِ الْمَنَارَةُ، وَالْمَائِدَةُ، وَخُبْزُ التَّقْدِمَةِ. وَوَرَاءَ الْحِجَابِ الثَّانِي الْمَسْكَنُ الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ ((قُدْسُ الأَقْدَاسِ)) فِيهِ مِبْخَرَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَتَابُوتُ الْعَهْدِ مُغَشًّى مِنْ كُلِّ جِهَةٍ بِالذَّهَبِ، الَّذِي فِيهِ قِسْطٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فِيهِ الْمَنُّ، وَعَصَا هَارُونَ الَّتِي أَفْرَخَتْ، وَلَوْحَا الْعَهْدِ. وَفَوْقَهُ كَرُوبَا الْمَجْدِ مُظَلِّلَيْنِ الْغِطَاءَ. أَشْيَاءُ لَيْسَ لَنَا الآنَ أَنْ نَتَكَلَّمَ عَنْهَا بِالتَّفْصِيلِ. ثُمَّ إِذْ صَارَتْ هَذِهِ مُهَيَّأَةً هَكَذَا، يَدْخُلُ الْكَهَنَةُ إِلَى الْمَسْكَنِ الأَوَّلِ كُلَّ حِينٍ، صَانِعِينَ الْخِدْمَةَ. وَأَمَّا إِلَى الثَّانِي فَرَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ فَقَطْ مَرَّةً فِي السَّنَةِ، لَيْسَ بِلاَ دَمٍ يُقَدِّمُهُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَعَنْ جَهَالاَتِ الشَّعْبِ.
Gospel Reading
The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
The Reading is from Luke 10:38-42, 11:27-28
At that time, Jesus entered a village; and a woman called Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve you alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her." As he said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that you sucked!" But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 10:38-42, 11:27-28
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, εἰσῆλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς κώμην τινά· γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι Μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς. καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη Μαρία, ἣ καὶ παρακαθίσασα παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ ἤκουε τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ. ἡ δὲ Μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν· ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπε· Κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλιπε διακονεῖν; εἰπὲ οὖν αὐτῇ ἵνα μοι συναντιλάβηται. ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· Μάρθα Μάρθα, μεριμνᾷς καὶ τυρβάζῃ περὶ πολλά· ἑνὸς δέ ἐστι χρεία· Μαρία δὲ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο, ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς. ᾿Εγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ λέγειν αὐτὸν ταῦτα ἐπάρασά τις γυνὴ φωνὴν ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου εἶπεν αὐτῷ· μακαρία ἡ κοιλία ἡ βαστάσασά σε καὶ μαστοὶ οὓς ἐθήλασας. αὐτὸς δὲ εἶπε· μενοῦνγε μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ φυλάσσοντες αὐτόν.
لوقا 10: 38-42، 11: 27-28
في ذلك الزمان دَخَلَ يسوع قَرْيَةً فَقَبِلَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ اسْمُهَا مَرْثَا فِي بَيْتِهَا. 39وَكَانَتْ لِهَذِهِ أُخْتٌ تُدْعَى مَرْيَمَ ، الَّتِي جَلَسَتْ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْ يَسُوعَ وَكَانَتْ تَسْمَعُ كَلاَمَهُ.40وَأَمَّا مَرْثَا فَكَانَتْ مُرْتَبِكَةً فِي خِدْمَةٍ كَثِيرَةٍ . فَوَقَفَتْ وَقَالَتْ: ((يَا رَبُّ ، أَمَا تُبَالِي بِأَنَّ أُخْتِي قَدْ تَرَكَتْنِي أَخْدِمُ وَحْدِي؟ فَقُلْ لَهَا أَنْ تُعِينَنِي!)) 41فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَها : ((مَرْثَا ، مَرْثَا ، أَنْتِ تَهْتَمِّينَ وَتَضْطَرِبِينَ لأَجْلِ أُمُورٍ كَثِيرَةٍ ، 42وَلَكِنَّ الْحَاجَةَ إِلَى وَاحِدٍ. فَاخْتَارَتْ مَرْيَمُ النَّصِيبَ الصَّالِحَ الَّذِي لَنْ يُنْزَعَ مِنْهَا)). 27وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا ، رَفَعَتِ امْرَأَةٌ صَوْتَهَا مِنَ الْجَمْعِ وَقَالَتْ لَهُ: ((طُوبَى لِلْبَطْنِ الَّذِي حَمَلَكَ وَالثَّدْيَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ رَضَعْتَهُمَا)). 28أَمَّا هُوَ فَقَالَ: ((بَلْ طُوبَى لِلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلاَمَ اللهِ وَيَحْفَظُونَهُ)).
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 Entry of the Theotokos in the Fourth Tone
اليوم البتول التي هي مقدمة مسرة الله وابتداء الكرازة بخلاص البشر قد ظهرت في هيكل الله علانية وسبقت مبشرة للجميع بالمسيح فلنهتف نحوها بصوت عظيم قائلين: افرحي يا كمال تدبير الخالق.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Tone
Calendar
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St. George Greek Orthodox Church Calendar
November 21 to December 5, 2021
Sunday, November 218:30AM Orthros
9:30AM Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, November 236:00PM Vespers
7:15PM Bible Study
Wednesday, November 2411:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
7:30PM Catechism class
Thursday, November 2511:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
7:00PM Parish Council Meeting
Friday, November 265:00PM Evening Office Hours - Sacrament of Holy Confession, No Appointment Necessary
6:00PM Paraklesis
Saturday, November 276:00PM Great Vespers
Sunday, November 288:30AM Orthros
9:30AM Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, November 306:00PM Vespers
7:15PM Bible Study
Wednesday, December 111:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
7:30PM Catechism class
Thursday, December 211:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
Friday, December 35:00PM Evening Office Hours - Sacrament of Holy Confession, No Appointment Necessary
6:00PM Paraklesis
Saturday, December 46:00PM Great Vespers
Sunday, December 58:30AM Orthros
9:30AM Divine Liturgy
Dealing with difficult people
Dealing With Difficult People
For All Middle/Junior High and High School Students