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Sunday Bulletin - St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2022-05-01
Bulletin Contents
Calendar
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Announcements
Archdiocese News
Ecumenical Patriarchate News
Wisdom of the Fathers
In Other News
Saints and Feasts
Stewardship
St. Mary's Summer Camp
Bulletin Inserts
Jeremiah
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Sunday Bulletin - St. George Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (651) 222-6220
  • Street Address:

  • 1111 Summit Ave

  • St. Paul, MN 55105

Contact Information

Fr. Perry Kallis


frperry@stgeorgegoc.org

Administrative Assistant Julie Delton

office@stgeorgegoc.org

Bookstore Steve Arsenault


bookstore@stgeorgegoc.org

Newsletter- Glad Tidings Julie Delton

gladtidings@stgeorgegoc.org

Services Schedule

Welcome!

We hope that you will make this your spiritual home. Connect with us on our website, Facebook page, YouTube, or sign-up for our email list at https://tinyurl.com/yc3tp29w.

Worship Sunday Orthros 8:30 am & Divine Liturgy 9:30 am

Confession (by appointment)

Weekday Services (www.stgeorgegoc.org/calendar)

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Fellowship Hour Sunday following Divine Liturgy

Office Hours Tuesday - Friday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Our Mission St. George Greek Orthodox Church is a Christ-centered community that: inspires faith and worship, cultivates spiritual growth and fellowship, and encourages benevolence and outreach.

Our Vision Ascending together to the fullness of Life.

Past Bulletins


Calendar

  • Parish Calendar

    May 1 to May 9, 2022

    Sunday, May 1

    +PROPHET JEREMIAH

    Thomas Sunday

    8:30AM ORTHROS

    9:30AM DIVINE LITURGY

    10:30AM Sunday School

    Wednesday, May 4

    +FAST DAY

    1:00PM Red Cross Blood Drive

    1:30PM Online Daytime Bible Study (via Zoom only)

    Thursday, May 5

    +ST. IRENE

    Friday, May 6

    +PROPHET JOB

    +FAST DAY

    Sunday, May 8

    ST. AMALIA & ST. JOHN THEOLOGIAN

    Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women

    8:30AM ORTHROS

    9:30AM DIVINE LITURGY

    10:30AM Sunday School

    4:30PM M&B Meal for FOCUS

    Monday, May 9

    +PROPHET ISAIAH

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Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal 1st Tone

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and on those in the grave bestowing life.

Apolytikion for Thomas Sun. in the Grave Tone

While the tomb was sealed you shone forth from it as light, O our life, Christ our God. And though the doors were closed you appeared in the midst of your disciples. O resurrection of all, through them restore in us a new spirit in your great mercy.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal 4th Tone

Into the grave you descended, Immortal One, yet you destroyed the power of Hades, and as victor you arose, O Christ our God; you proclaimed to the myrrhbearing women a greeting of joy, you brought peace to your holy apostles, and to the fallen you granted resurrection.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Thomas Sunday
The Reading is from Acts of the Apostles 5:12-20

In those days, many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high honor. And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed. But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in the common prison. But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said, "Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."

Gospel Reading

Thomas Sunday
The Reading is from John 20:19-31

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you." When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe."

Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said: "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

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Announcements

Greeters

Bill Clemons, Richard Kanavati

Prosfora

Elizabeth Poulios

Fellowship Hour

Dino & Stephanie Contolatis

Online Bible Study May 4

The next Bible Study meeting is Wednesday, May 4th 1:30- 3p.m. We will read about Joshua and Moses in Joshua1.1-18. Come and be our Bible buddy for an afternoon. We would love to see you on Zoom! Join Zoom Meeting: https://tinyurl.com/yckwxzcn;  Meeting ID: 890 0619 3672; Passcode: 306647. Or dial +1 312 626 6799.

Pictorial Directory: Last & Final Call for Family/Group Photos

Please contact Stephanie Contolatis by May 5 at  stephanie333chulita@hotmail.com or 952.239.8821 to arrange a photoshoot or submit a family photo.

Graduate in Your Family?

Please send us a photo and info (email office@stgeorgegoc.org) about your high school, college, or university graduate(s) no later than May 5, so we can honor them in a special bulletin insert on May 15. Please provide school, diploma, special awards/achievements, and future plans.

FOCUS Volunteer Opportunity - May 8

Help serve the hungry, Sunday, May 8th for our second St. George meal of the year at FOCUS MN. Meals will be served take-out style, and the time commitment is about 2.5 to 3 hours. Click here for the May Meal Sign-Up - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D49ADA623A0FCC70-may8th - or talk with any member of the Missions and Benevolence Ministry.

Mother’s Day is Next Week - May 8!

Philoptochos would like to help you honor a special woman in your life, it could be your wife, daughter, mother, mother-in-law, godmother, granddaughter, sister, or just a special woman you feel close to, living or departed. To pick up or drop off your form, please stop by the Philoptochos table in the social hall after Liturgy.

Philoptochos Spring Luncheon - May 14

The Philoptochos Spring Luncheon will take place on Saturday, May 14th, from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in the St. George Social Hall. This year our speaker is Deb Korluka and the topic is "The History of Greek Orthodoxy in the Eastern Slavic Nations". Lunch will be catered by Cossetta Eventi. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in the Social Hall following Liturgy. You can also purchase tickets by contacting Lisa Jordan at 651.470.6705 or by email at lisa@jordandrillingsolutions.com. Please RSVP by May 10th. 

Arboretum Trip - May 19

55+ Ministry members are invited to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska for a cafeteria-style lunch and tour of the Arboretum (hopefully tulips!!). Please call Joanne (651-778-2485) by May 5 to RSVP. See flyers in the Inserts section.

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who helped and volunteered during Lent and Pascha: flowers, red eggs, greeting, hosting Lenten meals, cleaning, preparing/serving the Pascha picnic, decorating and cleaning the church, serving as myrhh-bearers, serving the altar, chanting, singing.

If you took photos during the picnic, please add them to this folder! https://photos.app.goo.gl/STcPSycRicNGF8cj7

Chrismated in Christ!

Congratulations to Ryan McMorrow, who was chrismated on April 23; his sponsor is Steve Arsenault. Congratulations also to Emily Christoforides, chrismated on the same day; her sponsor is Maria Paraschou.

Sensory Saturday - June 4

Special needs families, join us on Saturday, June 4 for Divine Liturgy at 9:30 am followed by fellowship and refreshments at 10:30 am in the hall. We will celebrate Liturgy with a softened sensory experience. Please join us after in the hall for fellowship with other special needs families from around the Twin Cities. Please see the flyer for more info.

Vacation Church School at St. Mary’s GOC

Children age 4-entering 6th grade are invited to participate in VCS June 13-17, 2022, from 8:45am-12pm at St. Mary’s GOC in Minneapolis. See flyer: June 2022 Vacation Church School; register here: www.tinyurl.com/stmarysVCS2022

Scholarships for Graduating Seniors

Visit http://www.thefaithendowment.org/scholarships/ to learn about scholarships available to Orthodox high school seniors enrolling in a 4-year accredited US university in fall 2022. Deadline for application is June 20, 2022.

Register for Lighthouse: A Camp for 12th Grade Graduates 

The Metropolis of Chicago has announced registration for Lighthouse: a camp for graduated High School Seniors. Lighthouse aims to prepare campers for the social, emotional, practical, and spiritual challenges they will encounter in the college experience and beyond. The first Lighthouse camp will run from June 25 – July 2 at Carroll University. For more information and to register: https://chicago.goarch.org/lighthouse/

CrossRoad Summer Institute 2022 in San Francisco!

High school juniors and seniors are invited to participate in the Crossroad Summer Institute July 2-12 in San Francisco, CA. See video https://vimeo.com/656833368

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Wisdom of the Fathers

For though the Apostles themselves modestly ascribe it all to this cause, declaring that they did these things in the name of Christ, yet at the same time the life and noble conduct of the men helped to produce this effect. "And believers were more added unto the Lord, multitudes both of men and women." Observe, how he now no longer tells the number of them that believe; at such a rate was the faith making way even to an immense multitude, and so widely was the Resurrection proclaimed. So then "the people magnified them:" but they were now no longer lightly to be despised as once they were: for in a little moment, at a single turn of the scale, such have been the effects produced by the fisherman and by the publican! Earth was become a heaven, for manner of life, for boldness of speech, for wonders, for all besides; like Angels were they looked upon with wonder:
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 12 on Acts IV, 4th Century

For great is the dignity of the priests. ... And hold them very exceedingly in honor; for you indeed care about your own affairs, and if you order them well, you give no account for others; ...
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 86, 4th Century

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In Other News

YAL May Events

The Rochester Young Adult League invites young adults to Rochester May 1 for Liturgy, coffee hour, and then a service day painting the Philoxenia house. Please reach out with any questions! Alexandra Kroll 847-997-4582. See attached flyer for details.  The Twin Cities Y.A.L. invites young adults to the  2022 spring retreat May 20-22! Our theme is balance. Steve Wehr is our speaker and will lead us in some great discussions!  Please contact twincitiesyal@gmail.com with questions. The link to registration is https://forms.gle/FHfhxMLoKcKyYcFx8. See attached flyer for further details.  Connect with us! FacebookInstagram If you have any questions, comments, or event ideas, please email us at twincitiesyal@gmail.comTwin Cities Young Adult League is for 18 to 35 year-olds, married or single.

Community Blood Drive

Lexington-Hamline Community Council will sponsor a Blood Drive in the fellowship hall on Wednesday, May 4, from 1-7 pm. Please consider donating blood; sign up using May 4 date or zipcode 55105 at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time?dt=WB:PL:DR:PM

Pictorial Directory

Thank you to those who participated in the photo sessions. Please make sure the office office@stgeorgegoc.org has your current contact information, including mailing and email addresses and phone numbers before May 5, thank you! The best way to do this is by filling out your 2022 Stewardship pledge card. Make sure to note any information that you would like omitted from the directory!

Orthodox Game League - May 14

Game League resumes the fun on Saturday, May 14 at 7pm, at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 956 Forest Street N, St. Paul. Meet in the Parish Center across the street from the church; please bring a munchie or dessert to share. Game League is for adults ages 18+ to enjoy time with each other and play games. Contact Nikki Beauchamp, 612.910.2943 for more information.

Orthodox Daily Prayer App

Faithtree Resources, an Orthodox non-profit, is introducing a free daily Orthodox prayer app for your phone. Download it and give it a try…then share it with everyone you know. What could be better than praying for our world?  Praying together with 1000’s of other Orthodox Christians!  Download app for Androids: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faithtree&mc_cid=4590ed1f4b&mc_eid=feb26ca396 Download app for Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-encounter/id1596789782?mc_cid=4590ed1f4b&mc_eid=feb26ca396

Support for those in Need

Please contact Fr. Perry or our Ladies Philoptochos if you or someone you know is in need (food, clothing, shelter, etc.). Our Ladies Philoptochos, Missions & Benevolence, Discretionary support, FOCUS MN, etc. are here to help.

Greek Festival Scheduled for July 29-30, 2022

Thank you to Phyllis Kapetanakis for serving as our 2022 festival chairperson! Sub-committee chairs include Dino Contolatis- Food; Jon Kennedy- Operations; George Mastrogiorgis- Communications; Anastasia Mastrogiorgis, Irene Loudas, & Nanette Gomez- Baking; Emilio Kapetanakis- Beverage; Angela Mortari- Entertainment; Stella Hofrenning- Bazaar; Steve Arsenault- Church tours; Yodahe Gamada & Tom Lampros- Staffing. Please contact Phyllis or one of our chairs to get involved.

Festival Lawn Signs 

If you have lawn signs from previous festivals in your house or garage, please return them to the fellowship hall at church; thank you!

Announcing 2022 Roselawn Program Prices

Advance planning can give you and your family peace of mind and is also cost-effective. Annual cost increases are typically at least 2% and have risen over 27% since 2013. The St. George Roselawn Cemetery Program continues to offer lots at Roselawn in Roseville for a 15% discount off list prices. All revenue from lots supports our church and its ministries. These lots are in the St. George section, adjacent to the “Greek” section, and easily identifiable by the monument/altar table. Contact the church office for more information.

2022 Discounted Prices for Parishioners:

$6,715 = Monument Lot (2 Graves)

$4,670 = Flat Lot (2 Graves)

$2,995 = Flat Lot (1 Grave, Limited Availability)

(These prices reflect a 15% off Roselawn Retail Price)

This continues to be one of those great opportunities where you can support the church, save some money and create a legacy for your family all at the same time. Lots for both monument and marker stones are still available. Please follow Roselawn regulations for the care and beautification of your lots.

Ancient Faith Women’s Retreat - November 10-13

This retreat will take place in Bolivar, PA. For more information and to register: https://store.ancientfaith.com/2022-afwr/

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Saints and Feasts

Jeremiah
May 01

Jeremias the Prophet

This great Prophet of God, Jeremias, who loved his brethren and lamented for them greatly, who prayed much for the people and the Holy City, was the son of Helkias of the tribe of Levi, from the city of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. He was sanctified from his mother's womb, as the Lord Himself said concerning him: "Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth from the womb, I sanctified thee; I appointed thee a prophet to the nations" (Jer. 1:5). He prophesied for thirty years, from 613 to 583 B.C. During the last captivity of the people in the reign of Sedekias, when only a few were left behind to cultivate the land, this Prophet remained with them by the permission of Nabuzardan, the captain of the guard under Nabuchodonosor. He wept and lamented inconsolably over the desolation of Jerusalem and the enslavement of his people. But even the few that remained behind transgressed again, and fearing the vengeance of the Chaldeans, they fled into Egypt, forcibly taking with them Jeremias and Baruch his disciple and scribe. There he prophesied concerning Egypt and other nations, and he was stoned to death in Taphnas by his own people about the year 583 B.C., since they would not endure to hear the truth of his words and his just rebukes. His book of prophecy is divided into fifty-one chapters, and his book of lamentation into five; he is ranked second among the greater Prophets. His name means "Yah is exalted."

Thomsund
May 01

Thomas Sunday

Though the doors were shut at the dwelling where the disciples were gathered for fear of the Jews on the evening of the Sunday after the Passover, our Saviour wondrously entered and stood in their midst, and greeted them with His customary words, "Peace be unto you." Then He showed unto them His hands and feet and side; furthermore, in their presence, He took some fish and a honeycomb and ate before them, and thus assured them of His bodily Resurrection. But Thomas, who was not then present with the others, did not believe their testimony concerning Christ's Resurrection, but said in a decisive manner, "Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe." Wherefore after eight days, that is, on this day, when the disciples were again gathered together and Thomas was with them, the Lord Jesus came while the doors were shut, as He did formerly. Standing in their midst, He said, "Peace be unto you"; then He said to Thomas, "Bring hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and bring hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side: and be not unbelieving, but believing."

And Thomas, beholding and examining carefully the hands and side of the Master, cried out with faith, "My Lord and my God." Thus he clearly proclaimed the two natures - human and divine - of the God-man (Luke 24:36-49; John 20:19-29).

This day is called Antipascha (meaning "in the stead of Pascha," not "in opposition to Pascha") because with this day, the first Sunday after Pascha, the Church consecrates every Sunday of the year to the commemoration of Pascha, that is, the Resurrection.

Allsaint
May 01

Tamara (Tamar), Queen of Georgia

Saint Tamara was the only child of King George III. Upon his death in 1184, she became Queen at the age of twenty-four. Despite her youth, she ruled the country with such wisdom and godliness - leading it to unprecedented military triumphs over the neighbouring Moslem countries in defence of her kingdom, fostering arts and letters, and zealously strengthening Orthodoxy - that her reign is known as the Golden Age of Georgia. After her coronation, she convoked a local council to correct disorders in church life. When the bishops had assembled from all parts of her kingdom, she, like Saint Constantine at the First Ecumenical Council, honoured them as if she were a commoner, and they Angels of God; exhorting them to establish righteousness and redress abuses, she said in her humility, "Do away with every wickedness, beginning with me, for the prerogative of the throne is in no wise that of making war against God." Saint Tamara called herself "the father of orphans and the judge of widows," and her contemporaries called her "King" instead of "Queen." She herself led her army against the Moslems and fearlessly defeated them; because of the reverence that even the enemies of Georgia had for her, entire mountain tribes renounced Islam and were baptized. She built countless churches and monasteries throughout her kingdom, and was benefactress also to the Holy Land, Mount Athos, and holy places in Greece and Cyprus. She has always been much beloved by her people, who have memorialized her meekness, wisdom, piety, and obedience, and peace loving nature in innumerable legends, ballads, and songs; the poem written in her honour by Shota Rustaveli, "The Knight in the Panther Skin," is the masterpiece of Georgian literature. The great Queen Tamara departed the earthly kingdom for the heavenly in the year 1212.

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Stewardship

Social-our-spiritual-home-landscape

Our 2022 theme is, "…Our Church Our Spiritual Home." In the words of Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos, "...in the Church we live eternal life starting from now. We do not simply await the life to come, but we experience and enjoy it from the present. The Kingdom of God, according to the Fathers, is not life beyond the grave but communion with God...“

2022 Stewardship Goal

Stewardship Goal

$75,539 of $260,000 (through March)

 

Pledges Received

As of April 14, 2022, 89 families have pledged a total of $159,756.

Make Your Stewardship Pledge Online

Thank you for your continued support! Make your 2022 pledge by visiting https://forms.gle/NjsemfkEqFihqn4F7. Please make sure to note any updates to your contact information as we prepare to publish our new pictorial directory. Please make special note of any information you would like unlisted/omitted from the directory.

Welcome Visitors!

Thank you for joining us in worship. Whether you are an Orthodox Christian or this is your first visit to an Orthodox Church, we are pleased to have you with us! Although Holy Communion is offered only to baptized and chrismated Orthodox Christians, all are invited to receive the Antidoron (blessed bread) at the end of the service. The Antidoron and fellowship hour are reminiscent of the Agape Feast that followed worship in the early Church. One does not have to be of Greek descent, nor speak Greek, to be an Orthodox Christian and member of our parish. All people, of any background, are welcome to join the Orthodox Church. For those interested in learning more about the Christian Faith or becoming a member of our church, please contact Fr. Perry after services or at frperry@stgeorgegoc.org or (651) 222-6220.

You may also sign our Guest Book with your preferred contact and we will follow up. We hope you will join us in our hall upstairs after service this morning for fellowship and refreshments.

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St. Mary's Summer Camp

Summer Camp Registration & Fee Information

Summer Camp will be at Camp Wapogasset, July 2-8, 2022! Registration is approaching fast and will begin on: Bright Tuesday, April 26 (at 10:00am, C.D.T.)!

Registration Fee Schedule: 

  • Early Bird Discount: $485.00, from April 26th through May 10th
  • Standard Registration Fee:  $505.00, from May 11th through May 26th

Scholarships are available from St. George for financial support through the Nickitas Scholarship Fund. We are also working on a subsidy for St. George youth. More info soon.

Follow us on:  www.stmaryscamp.com  andhttps://www.facebook.com/campstmarys

The 2022 Summer Camp Scholarship Essay Contest is open to our entire Pan-Orthodox Community entering grades 6-12. Two Camp scholarship rebate coupons will be awarded in memory of Presvytera Mary Coniaris and James H. Zubulake. Camp registration fees will be rebated to two contest winners following Summer Camp. Please click this link for all the information: https://stmaryscamp.com/2022-summer-camp-scholarship-essay-contest/

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Do you have a child with Special Needs?  Do you know of another Orthodox family who has a child with Special Needs that might be wondering if  Summer Camp is a possibility this year?  While our Summer Church Camp is not a “Special Needs Camp” we love our children with Special Needs and wish to work ahead of time with parents to accommodate those children that we are able, through our Special Needs Process. 

With Camp Registration approaching we would like to remind you that St. Mary’s Camp has an official Special Needs Process in place for all potential new campers AND returning campers with special needs who may not be fully independent in their camp functioning. Examples of campers who may require special needs accommodations include those with health or physical impairments, intellectual/cognitive functioning impairments, communication/language impairments, vision/hearing impairments, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and mental health difficulties (e.g. severe anxiety, depression, ADHD). If you are unsure about the need for accommodations, please consult the following documents:

Ideally, we prefer a full year for this process as we need extra time to evaluate and determine what accommodations might be necessary for our campers with special needs.  Once official registration begins it becomes increasingly difficult to respond to new requests for consideration, and we don’t want you to miss this opportunity for consideration in 2022. Please help us, help you, by starting the process NOW and submitting the Special Needs Information / Consideration Form to Georgi Speliopoulos.  Georgi’s address is on the form. If you have questions about this process or the need to participate in the process (i.e. Do dietary restrictions require special needs accommodations?), please contact Georgi Speliopoulos (612) 483-9292. 

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