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:
- 2021-12-19
- Publish Date:
- 2021-12-05
- Publish Date:
- 2021-11-28
- Publish Date:
- 2021-11-21
- Publish Date:
- 2021-11-14
- Publish Date:
- 2021-11-07
St. George News and Events
General Announcements:
New Year's celebration
Hosted by Virgin Mary Life-Giving spring Orthodox church
See flyer at end of bulleting.
Deadline for RSVP 12/15/21
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Please welcome
Natalie Becerra
as our new secretary
Secretary hours: (subject to change w/o notice)
Tues - Thurs 9-2
Please call the office for updated hours.
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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
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.
How to open a PayPal account
2. Once you create your PayPal account, come back to this page and click on the "Make donation via PayPal" link below.
3. Enter your donation amount.
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2. Enter your donation amount.
3. Complete your credit card information.
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For both methods you’ll receive an email confirmation after you donate.
See links below.
Make donation via PayPal <-- Use paypal; (CC or Paypal) to make a donation.
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 12/23/21 at 7:00pm at the back office.
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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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.
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
Excerpt from the book “Life - Miracles - Prophecies of Saint Seraphim of Viritsa, the New Saint of Orthodox Russian Church, 1866-1949”. . .
“The war had not yet finished and the elder was thinking of what life would be after the war and he gave various counsels to people how to better arrange their lives after the war. He said that things would change, that churches and monasteries would be open, and faith would be rekindled in the hearts of people.
In 1945, nun Seraphima who once was Basil’s wife, reposed in the Lord. This nun Seraphima, was near the elder and helped him all the years he was in Vinitsa. They buried her next to the Church of the all Holy Virgin Mary of Kazan and the elder then said: “I will also be here with her.”
The war ended. Every day very many people visited the elder at this home in Vinitsa. Father Seraphim was then very weak. For this reason he received the people lying down on his bed.
Not only the inhabitants of Viritsa visited him but also the people from the surrounding area, even from Leningrad, bringing to him their pain and their afflictions. The Elder received everyone. Every day one could see outside his home, people who awaited their turn to speak with the Elder.
Most people asked about their relatives missing in action. Then the Elder, to whom God revealed what was the fate of these people, used to say: “Pray for health”, or “for repose you must pray”. To one woman who made such a question to him, Father Seraphim said: “From where can I know with what train he will come? Now in Leningrad, he is embarking on the train. I don’t precisely know with which one he will come with this or or with the next one.” Truly at that moment the woman’s son was entering the train to go to his home in Viritsa.
Once one of the Elder’s spiritual children, a woman, visited the Elder and asked him about her husband from whom she did not have any news for a long time: “Your own little Nicholas will return home in a bit, but his little head will be hurting very much.” Truly Nicholas returned but had a serious wound on his head.
A woman, named Lyubov (Love), says the following: “Towards the end of the war, I learned that my husband was killed. I did not want to believe this. I had two children and it would be very difficult in that post war time for me to raise them on my own. So, I did not believe, that I remained alone; I thought that a mistake took place and that my husband would return. In 1947 together with an acquaintance of mine - whose husband was missing in action, - we went to Father Seraphim. First my friend asked him: ‘Dear Father, my husband was killed and I’m thinking of getting married a second time.’ Father Seraphim threateningly moved his finger and smilingly, said, ‘Don’t think of it. Your own one is alive and when he returns, you might have problems.’ Then the Elder returned to me and told me to sit closer. Without asking me anything he told me: ‘You don’t believe, and nevertheless, your husband died. You must marry again. Why shouldn’t you get married, since a good man is interested in you?”
The Elder to his own spiritual children used to say that they should build hostels in Viritsa, in other words, homes for people, who visited him. Usually they began without having either money or materials, but with the Elder’s blessing everything would be found. Truly they built such homes where the Elder began sending his visitors to stay at night.
After the war, there was in all the land a great housing problem. For many years people searched for a home and couldn’t find any. Many came to Father Seraphim with tears in their eyes and sought help. Father Seraphim blessed them, giving them courage and after a little while, the people would find housing.
One day a woman visited the Elder. During the whole time of the war she was in the front line and fought. When she returned, she couldn’t find a house to stay and a job to make ends meet. “These unimportant things we should not think too much about,” the Elder told her. “You will have them all; just don’t forget God.” Truly in a but, she found both work and a home."
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 Secretary to bring the offering Saturday night either to the church or for request any chedule changes.
We are looking for more people to make the blessed bread.
Please approach Father 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 Ephesians 5:8-19.
Brethren, walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart.
Προκείμενον. Grave Tone. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 149.5,1.
Καυχήσονται ὅσιοι ἐν δόξῃ
Στίχ. Ἄσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ᾆσμα καινόν.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἐφεσίους 5:8-19.
Ἀδελφοί, ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε - ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματος ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ - δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ κυρίῳ· καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς ἀκάρποις τοῦ σκότους, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε· τὰ γὰρ κρυφῆ γινόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν καὶ λέγειν. Τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς φανεροῦται· πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστίν. Διὸ λέγει, Ἔγειρε ὁ καθεύδων καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ Χριστός. Βλέπετε οὖν πῶς ἀκριβῶς περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι, ἀλλʼ ὡς σοφοί, ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν. Διὰ τοῦτο μὴ γίνεσθε ἄφρονες, ἀλλὰ συνιέντες τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου. Καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστὶν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματι, λαλοῦντες ἑαυτοῖς ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾄδοντες καὶ ψάλλοντες ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ κυρίῳ.
البروكيمنون. Grave Tone. مزمور 149: 5، 1.
يبتهج الأبرار بالمجد
Verse: سبحوا للرب تسبيحة جديدة
فصل من رسالة بولس الى أَفسس 5: 8-19.
يَُّا إِخْوَة، اسْلُكُوا كَأَوْلاَدِ نُورٍ. لأَنَّ ثَمَرَ الرُّوحِ هُوَ فِي كُلِّ صَلاَحٍ وَبِرٍّ وَحَقٍّ. مُخْتَبِرِينَ مَا هُوَ مَرْضِيٌّ عِنْدَ الرَّبِّ. وَلاَ تَشْتَرِكُوا فِي أَعْمَالِ الظُّلْمَةِ غَيْرِ الْمُثْمِرَةِ بَلْ بِالْحَرِيِّ وَبِّخُوهَا. لأَنَّ الأُمُورَ الْحَادِثَةَ مِنْهُمْ سِرّاً ذِكْرُهَا أَيْضاً قَبِيحٌ. وَلَكِنَّ الْكُلَّ إِذَا تَوَبَّخَ يُظْهَرُ بِالنُّورِ. لأَنَّ كُلَّ مَا أُظْهِرَ فَهُوَ نُورٌ. لِذَلِكَ يَقُولُ: ((اسْتَيْقِظْ أَيُّهَا النَّائِمُ وَقُمْ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ فَيُضِيءَ لَكَ الْمَسِيحُ)). فَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ تَسْلُكُونَ بِالتَّدْقِيقِ، لاَ كَجُهَلاَءَ بَلْ كَحُكَمَاءَ، مُفْتَدِينَ الْوَقْتَ لأَنَّ الأَيَّامَ شِرِّيرَةٌ. مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ لاَ تَكُونُوا أَغْبِيَاءَ بَلْ فَاهِمِينَ مَا هِيَ مَشِيئَةُ الرَّبِّ. وَلاَ تَسْكَرُوا بِالْخَمْرِ الَّذِي فِيهِ الْخَلاَعَةُ، بَلِ امْتَلِئُوا بِالرُّوحِ، مُكَلِّمِينَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً بِمَزَامِيرَ وَتَسَابِيحَ وَأَغَانِيَّ رُوحِيَّةٍ، مُتَرَنِّمِينَ وَمُرَتِّلِينَ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ لِلرَّبِّ.
Gospel Reading
11th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 14:16-24
The Lord said this parable: "A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; and at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for all is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.' And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.' And another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and there is still room.' And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet. For many are called, but few are chosen.'"
11th Sunday of Luke
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 14:16-24
Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τήν παραβολὴν ταύτην· Ἄνθρωπός τις ἐποίησε δεῖπνον μέγα καὶ ἐκάλεσε πολλούς· καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ τῇ ὥρᾳ τοῦ δείπνου εἰπεῖν τοῖς κεκλημένοις· ἔρχεσθε, ὅτι ἤδη ἕτοιμά ἐστι πάντα. καὶ ἤρξαντο ἀπὸ μιᾶς παραιτεῖσθαι πάντες. ὁ πρῶτος εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἀγρὸν ἠγόρασα, καὶ ἔχω ἀνάγκην ἐξελθεῖν καὶ ἰδεῖν αὐτόν· ἐρωτῶ σε, ἔχε με παρῃτημένον. καὶ ἕτερος εἶπε· ζεύγη βοῶν ἠγόρασα πέντε, καὶ πορεύομαι δοκιμάσαι αὐτά· ἐρωτῶ σε, ἔχε με παρῃτημένον. καὶ ἕτερος εἶπε· γυναῖκα ἔγημα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐ δύναμαι ἐλθεῖν. καὶ παραγενόμενος ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ἀπήγγειλε τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτοῦ ταῦτα. τότε ὀργισθεὶς ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης εἶπε τῷ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ· ἔξελθε ταχέως εἰς τὰς πλατείας καὶ ῥύμας τῆς πόλεως, καὶ τοὺς πτωχοὺς καὶ ἀναπήρους καὶ χωλοὺς καὶ τυφλοὺς εἰσάγαγε ὧδε. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ δοῦλος· κύριε, γέγονεν ὡς ἐπέταξας, καὶ ἔτι τόπος ἐστί. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος πρὸς τὸν δοῦλον· ἔξελθε εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς καὶ φραγμοὺς καὶ ἀνάγκασον εἰσελθεῖν, ἵνα γεμισθῇ ὁ οἶκος μου. λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων τῶν κεκλημένων γεύσεταί μου τοῦ δείπνου. Πολλοί γὰρ εἰσιν κλητοί, ὀλίγοι δέ ἐκλεκτοί.
لوقا 14: 16-14
16قَالَ الرب هذا المثل : ((إِنْسَانٌ صَنَعَ عَشَاءً عَظِيماً وَدَعَا كَثِيرِينَ،17وَأَرْسَلَ عَبْدَهُ فِي سَاعَةِ الْعَشَاءِ لِيَقُولَ لِلْمَدْعُوِّينَ: تَعَالَوْا لأَنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قَدْ أُعِدَّ. 18فَابْتَدَأَ الْجَمِيعُ بِرَأْيٍ وَاحِدٍ يَسْتَعْفُونَ. قَالَ لَهُ الأَوَّلُ: إِنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ حَقْلاً ، وَأَنَا مُضْطَرٌّ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ وَأَنْظُرَهُ. أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُعْفِيَنِي. 19وَقَالَ آخَرُ: إِنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ خَمْسَةَ أَزْوَاجِ بَقَرٍ ، وَأَنَا مَاضٍ لأَمْتَحِنَهَا. أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُعْفِيَنِي. 20وَقَالَ آخَرُ: إِنِّي تَزَوَّجْتُ بِامْرَأَةٍ ، فَلِذَلِكَ لاَ أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَجِيءَ. 21فَأَتَى ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدُ وَأَخْبَرَ سَيِّدَهُ بِذَلِكَ. حِينَئِذٍ غَضِبَ رَبُّ الْبَيْتِ ، وَقَالَ لِعَبْدِهِ: اخْرُجْ عَاجِلاً إِلَى شَوَارِعِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَزِقَّتِهَا ، وَأَدْخِلْ إِلَى هُنَا الْمَسَاكِينَ وَالْجُدْعَ وَالْعُرْجَ وَالْعُمْيَ.22فَقَالَ الْعَبْدُ: يَا سَيِّدُ ، قَدْ صَارَ كَمَا أَمَرْتَ ، وَيُوجَدُ أَيْضاً مَكَانٌ. 23فَقَالَ السَّيِّدُ لِلْعَبْدِ: اخْرُجْ إِلَى الطُّرُقِ وَالسِّيَاجَاتِ وَأَلْزِمْهُمْ بِالدُّخُولِ حَتَّى يَمْتَلِئَ بَيْتِي،24لأَنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ : إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ أُولَئِكَ الرِّجَالِ الْمَدْعُوِّينَ يَذُوقُ عَشَائِي)). 14لأَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ يُدْعَوْنَ وَقَلِيلِينَ يُنْتَخَبُونَ)).
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Fourth Tone
انحدرت من العلوّ ايها المتحنن وقبلت الدفن ذا الثلاثة الايام لكي تعتقنا من الآلام فيا حياتنا وقيامتنا يارب المجد لك.
Apolytikion for 11th Sun. of Luke in the Second Tone
لقد زكَّيت بالإيمان الآباء القدماء، وبهم سبقتَ فخطبتَ البيعة التي من الأمم، فليفتخر القديسون بالمجد، لأن من زرعهم أينع ثمر حسيب، وهو التي ولدنكَ بغير زرعٍ، فبتوسلاتهم أيها المسيح الإله ارحمنا.
Apolytikion for Spyridon the Wonderworker in the First Tone
لقد ظهرت عن المجمع الأول مناضلاً وللعجائب صانعاً يا أبانا اسبيريدون المتوشح بالله فلذلك خاطبت الميتة في اللحد وحولت حية إلى ذهب وعند ترتيلك الصلوات المقدسة كانت لك الملائكة شركاء في الخدمة أيها الكلي الطهر فالمجد للذي مجدك المجد للذي كللك المجد للفاعل بك الأشفية للجميع.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Third Tone
Calendar
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St. George Greek Orthodox Church Calendar
December 12 to December 26, 2021
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
Tuesday, December 216:00PM Vespers
7:15PM Bible Study
Wednesday, December 2211:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
7:30PM Catechism class
Thursday, December 2311:00AM Father Joseph Office Hours
6:00PM Vespers
7:00PM Parish Council Meeting
Friday, December 245:00PM Evening Office Hours - Sacrament of Holy Confession, No Appointment Necessary
6:00PM Paraklesis
Saturday, December 256:00PM Great Vespers
Sunday, December 268:30AM Orthros
9:30AM Divine Liturgy
Inserts
New Year's celebration
At: Virgin Mary Life-Giving Spring Antiochian Orthodox Church 6655 Ming Ave. - Bakersfield, CA 93309 661.755.5363 Adult drinks included: Choice; Arak & Johnnie Walker Black label. Deadline for RSVP 12/15/21
New priests
Fr. Jim Pappas & Fr. Christian Burkhard