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:
- 2021-12-12
- Publish Date:
- 2021-11-28
- Publish Date:
- 2021-11-21
- Publish Date:
- 2021-11-14
- Publish Date:
- 2021-11-07
- Publish Date:
- 2021-10-31
St. George News and Events
General Announcements:
Please read the letter at the end of this bulletin
from our new temporary
priests; Fr. Pappas & Fr. Burkhard
And welcome them as they come aboard!
Announcing the 2021 Year End 50/50 Raffle to support the
Parish Ministries at Virgin Mary Life-Giving Spring Orthodox Church
located at 6655 Ming Ave. Tickets are $25.
Drawing on New Year's Day.
Winner need not be present.
501(C)(3) Tax ID #81-4987585
Contact Danny Andrews for tickets 661-331-0723
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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.
If you need pdf reader, click here, it's free to download.
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Sign up to host a Sunday lunch! See sign up list in the hall bulletin board.
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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:
Note: If you don’t have a PayPal account you’ll need to open one.
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2. Once you create your PayPal account, come back to this page and click on the "Make donation via PayPal" link below.
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See links below.
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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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You MUST shop at smile.amazon.com not the amazon.com, same site, but does not give to St. George, the smile.amazon.com has been setup specificaly for donating to your charity, same site, same selection, same prices.
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.
Social Media & website
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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.
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
“The clairvoyant Elder (Saint Seraphim of Viritsa) of the St. Alexander (Nevsky) Lavra quickly became known among the Christians of Petersburg. Father Seraphim usually liturgized at the Lavra cathedral chapel of the Holy Protection. Every day, he confessed the people. The people who wished to discuss with him always waited for him. He received the visitors in his cell. When there were many visitors, or when Father Seraphim was sick, they wrote their problems on papers and sent them to the Elder through his helpers and always received his answers. One woman who frequently visited the elder said that many times when she would come to see the elder, she could not approach him because of the people who awaited him. However, the elder, always on his own, called her without seeing her.
In 1927 Archbishop Alexius Simanski visited Father Seraphim to seek his advice. The Archbishop’s friends suggested that he go abroad. They were ready to help him to save the archbishop from certain imprisonment and probably from execution as well. Before the archbishop even asked his question, the elder Father Seraphim told him:
“Many people today would want to go abroad. But to whom shall they leave Russia? Do not fear anything, Your Eminence. Russia needs you. You will become patriarch and for 25 years you will be at the head of the church. After patriarch Tikhon, we will not have a patriarch for many years. Metropolitan Sergius will not be patriarch even one year and after him, you will be a patriarch. A war will occur, a dreadful war, a World War. This war will make our people return to God. The same people who now have authority in their hands and are closing the churches will then be opening them.”
Many people would come to Father Seraphim for confession. Every day for many hours Father Seraphim confessed the people. From this confession, his feet began hurting. Once, he confessed people for two days and nights straight. The Saint Alexander Lavra and its Elder were a great consolation for the faithful Christians in those years. .. The Elder’s spiritual gifts and his gift of consoling people made him known even beyond the city of Saint Peter. People from all parts of Russia would come to the Lavra to receive his blessing, to be consoled, and to seek his advice. Father Seraphim would say the following about his own self: “I am the storage room where people’s afflictions gather.”
The years were difficult and Passion week came for Saint Alexander Lavra. In one night almost all the Lavra’s monks were captured. Some were exiled, and others were imprisoned in concentration camps. Many had a martyr end. Most of the Lavra monks were sent to Solovki concentration camp.
In 1933 Father Seraphim went to the little city of Viritsa and remained there. They say that a spiritual child of his, a general, helped him to go to Viritsa. The doctors found in Father Seraphim many illnesses, and it seemed that soon the Elder would die. For this reason the authorities left him free and allowed him to stay in Viritsa.
Here in Viritsa all the Elder’s spiritual gifts were fully revealed: his clairvoyance, the grace of prayer, and miracle working.”
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.
DECEMBER
ANNIVERSARIES
12/1 Demetris & Eleni Southerd
12/24 Joseph & Irene Sinopole
12/28 James & Jennifer Dean
BIRTHDAYS
12/3 Zaid Dawood
12/8 Nuha Al-Sheikh
12/14 Despina Chaffee
12/17 Ken Hackleman
12/20 Lynn Budy
12/20 David Yanney
12/22 Laila Ayoub
12/22 Lorin Neesan
12/23 Heather West
12/26 Sara Asmerom
12/27 Marek Pearse
12/27 Erin Strategos
12/31 Sue-Ellen De Fillipe
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. Grave Tone. Psalm 149.5,1.
The saints shall rejoice in glory.
Verse: Sing to the Lord a new song.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26; 6:1-2.
Brethren, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another. Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Προκείμενον. Grave Tone. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 149.5,1.
Καυχήσονται ὅσιοι ἐν δόξῃ
Στίχ. Ἄσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ᾆσμα καινόν.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Γαλάτας 5:22-26, 6:1-2.
Ἀδελφοί, ὁ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις, πρᾳότης, ἐγκράτεια· κατὰ τῶν τοιούτων οὐκ ἔστιν νόμος. Οἱ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, τὴν σάρκα ἐσταύρωσαν σὺν τοῖς παθήμασιν καὶ ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις. Εἰ ζῶμεν πνεύματι, πνεύματι καὶ στοιχῶμεν. Μὴ γινώμεθα κενόδοξοι, ἀλλήλους προκαλούμενοι, ἀλλήλοις φθονοῦντες. Ἀδελφοί, ἐὰν καὶ προληφθῇ ἄνθρωπος ἔν τινι παραπτώματι, ὑμεῖς οἱ πνευματικοὶ καταρτίζετε τὸν τοιοῦτον ἐν πνεύματι πρᾳότητος, σκοπῶν σεαυτόν μὴ καὶ σὺ πειρασθῇς. Ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζετε, καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσατε τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ.
البروكيمنون. Grave Tone. مزمور 149: 5، 1.
يبتهج الأبرار بالمجد
Verse: سبحوا للرب تسبيحة جديدة
فصل من رسالة بولس الاولى الى غلاطية 5: 22-26 6: 1-2.
رَ الرُّوحِ هُوَ: مَحَبَّةٌ فَرَحٌ سَلاَمٌ، طُولُ أَنَاةٍ لُطْفٌ صَلاَحٌ، إِيمَانٌ وَدَاعَةٌ تَعَفُّفٌ. ضِدَّ أَمْثَالِ هَذِهِ لَيْسَ نَامُوسٌ. وَلَكِنَّ الَّذِينَ هُمْ لِلْمَسِيحِ قَدْ صَلَبُوا الْجَسَدَ مَعَ الأَهْوَاءِ وَالشَّهَوَاتِ. إِنْ كُنَّا نَعِيشُ بِالرُّوحِ فَلْنَسْلُكْ أَيْضاً بِحَسَبِ الرُّوحِ. لاَ نَكُنْ مُعْجِبِينَ نُغَاضِبُ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً، وَنَحْسِدُ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً. أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، إِنِ انْسَبَقَ إِنْسَانٌ فَأُخِذَ فِي زَلَّةٍ مَا، فَأَصْلِحُوا أَنْتُمُ الرُّوحَانِيِّينَ مِثْلَ هَذَا بِرُوحِ الْوَدَاعَةِ، نَاظِراً إِلَى نَفْسِكَ لِئَلاَّ تُجَرَّبَ أَنْتَ أَيْضاً. اِحْمِلُوا بَعْضُكُمْ أَثْقَالَ بَعْضٍ وَهَكَذَا تَمِّمُوا نَامُوسَ الْمَسِيحِ.
Gospel Reading
10th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 13:10-17
At that time, Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity." And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and she praised God. But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, and not on the sabbath day." Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to water it? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?" As he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
10th Sunday of Luke
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 13:10-17
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ῏Ην δὲ διδάσκων ἐν μιᾷ τῶν συναγωγῶν ἐν τοῖς σάββασι. καὶ ἰδοὺ γυνὴ ἦν πνεῦμα ἔχουσα ἀσθενείας ἔτη δέκα καὶ ὀκτώ, καὶ ἦν συγκύπτουσα καὶ μὴ δυναμένη ἀνακῦψαι εἰς τὸ παντελές. ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὴν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς προσεφώνησε καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· γύναι, ἀπολέλυσαι τῆς ἀσθενείας σου· καὶ ἐπέθηκεν αὐτῇ τὰς χεῖρας· καὶ παραχρῆμα ἀνωρθώθη καὶ ἐδόξαζε τὸν Θεόν. ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ἀρχισυνάγωγος, ἀγανακτῶν ὅτι τῷ σαββάτῳ ἐθεράπευσεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς, ἔλεγε τῷ ὄχλῳ· ἓξ ἡμέραι εἰσὶν ἐν αἷς δεῖ ἐργάζεσθαι· ἐν ταύταις οὖν ἐρχόμενοι θεραπεύεσθε, καὶ μὴ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου. ἀπεκρίθη οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος καὶ εἶπεν· ὑποκριτά, ἕκαστος ὑμῶν τῷ σαββάτῳ οὐ λύει τὸν βοῦν αὐτοῦ ἢ τὸν ὄνον ἀπὸ τῆς φάτνης καὶ ἀπαγαγὼν ποτίζει; ταύτην δέ, θυγατέρα ᾿Αβραὰμ οὖσαν, ἣν ἔδησεν ὁ σατανᾶς ἰδοὺ δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη, οὐκ ἔδει λυθῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ δεσμοῦ τούτου τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου; καὶ ταῦτα λέγοντος αὐτοῦ κατῃσχύνοντο πάντες οἱ ἀντικείμενοι αὐτῷ, καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος ἔχαιρεν ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐνδόξοις τοῖς γινομένοις ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.
لوقا 13: 10-17
10 في ذلك الزمان كَانَ يسوع يُعَلِّمُ فِي أَحَدِ الْمَجَامِعِ فِي السَّبْتِ، 11وَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ كَانَ بِهَا رُوحُ ضُعْفٍ ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً ، وَكَانَتْ مُنْحَنِيَةً وَلَمْ تَقْدِرْ أَنْ تَنْتَصِبَ الْبَتَّةَ. 12فَلَمَّا رَآهَا يَسُوعُ دَعَاهَا وَقَالَ لَهَا: ((يَا امْرَأَةُ ، إِنَّكِ مَحْلُولَةٌ مِنْ ضُعْفِكِ ! )). 13وَوَضَعَ عَلَيْهَا يَدَيْهِ ، فَفِي الْحَالِ اسْتَقَامَتْ وَمَجَّدَتِ اللهَ. 14فَأَجَأبَ رَئِيسُ الْمَجْمَعِ ، وَهُوَ مُغْتَاظٌ لأَنَّ يَسُوعَ أَبْرَأَ فِي السَّبْتِ ، وقَالَ لِلْجَمْعِ: ((هِيَ سِتَّةُ أَيَّامٍ يَنْبَغِي فِيهَا الْعَمَلُ ، فَفِي هَذِهِ ائْتُوا وَاسْتَشْفُوا ، وَلَيْسَ فِي يَوْمِ السَّبْتِ ! )) 15فَأَجَابَهُ الرَّبُّ وَقَالَ : ((يَا مُرَائِي أَلاَ يَحُلُّ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ فِي السَّبْتِ ثَوْرَهُ أَوْ حِمَارَهُ مِنَ الْمِذْوَدِ وَيَمْضِي بِهِ وَيَسْقِيهِ؟ 16وَهَذِهِ ، وَهِيَ ابْنَةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَدْ رَبَطَهَا الشَّيْطَانُ ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً ، أَمَا كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تُحَلَّ مِنْ هَذَا الرِّبَاطِ فِي يَوْمِ السَّبْتِ؟)) 17وَإِذْ قَالَ هَذَا أُخْجِلَ جَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُعَانِدُونَهُ ، وَفَرِحَ كُلُّ الْجَمْعِ بِجَمِيعِ الأَعْمَالِ الْمَجِيدَةِ الْكَائِنَةِ مِنْهُ.
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Grave Tone
حطمت بصليبك الموت، وفتحت للص الفردوس، وحولت نوح حاملات الطيب، وأمرت رسلك ان يكرزوا ، بانك قد قمت ايها المسيح الاله ، مانحاً العالم الرحمة العظمى.
Apolytikion for Sabbas the Sanctified in the Plagal Fourth Tone
للبرية غير المثمرة بمجاري دموعك أمرعت، وبالتنهدات التي من الأعماق أثمرت بأتعابك إلى مئة ضعف، فصرت كوكباً للمسكونة متلألئاً، ياأبانا البار سابا، فتشفع إلى المسيح الاله أن يخلص نفوسنا.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Third Tone
Calendar
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St. George Greek Orthodox Church Calendar
December 5 to December 19, 2021
Sunday, December 58:30AM Orthros
9:30AM Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, December 76:00PM Vespers
7:15PM Bible Study
Wednesday, December 811:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
7:30PM Catechism class
Thursday, December 911:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
Friday, December 105:00PM Evening Office Hours - Sacrament of Holy Confession, No Appointment Necessary
6:00PM Paraklesis
Saturday, December 116:00PM Great Vespers
Sunday, December 128:30AM Orthros
9:30AM Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, December 146:00PM Vespers
7:15PM Bible Study
Wednesday, December 1511:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
7:30PM Catechism class
Thursday, December 1611:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
Friday, December 175:00PM Evening Office Hours - Sacrament of Holy Confession, No Appointment Necessary
6:00PM Paraklesis
Saturday, December 186:00PM Great Vespers
Sunday, December 198:30AM Orthros
9:30AM Divine Liturgy
Inserts
New priests
Fr. Jim Pappas & Fr. Christian Burkhard