General Information
- Phone:
- (732) 775-2777
- Fax:
- (732) 775-0109
- Email:
- frandrew@stgeorgeap.org
- Street Address:
- 1033 West Park Avenue
- Ocean, NJ 07733
- Mailing Address:
- 1033 West Park Avenue
- Ocean, NJ 07733
Contact Information
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2022-03-13
- Publish Date:
- 2022-02-27
- Publish Date:
- 2022-02-20
- Publish Date:
- 2022-02-13
- Publish Date:
- 2022-02-06
- Publish Date:
- 2022-01-30
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Second Tone
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Tone. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4.
Brethren, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions. One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for God is able to make him stand.
Προκείμενον. Plagal Fourth Tone. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 75.11,1.
Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Γνωστὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μέγα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς ῾Ρωμαίους 13:11-14, 14:1-4.
Ἀδελφοί, νῦν ἐγγύτερον ἡμῶν ἡ σωτηρία ἢ ὅτε ἐπιστεύσαμεν. Ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν· ἀποθώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, καί ἐνδυσώμεθα τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός. Ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, εὐσχημόνως περιπατήσωμεν, μὴ κώμοις καὶ μέθαις, μὴ κοίταις καὶ ἀσελγείαις, μὴ ἔριδι καὶ ζήλῳ. Ἀλλʼ ἐνδύσασθε τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, καὶ τῆς σαρκὸς πρόνοιαν μὴ ποιεῖσθε, εἰς ἐπιθυμίας. Τὸν δὲ ἀσθενοῦντα τῇ πίστει προσλαμβάνεσθε, μὴ εἰς διακρίσεις διαλογισμῶν. Ὃς μὲν πιστεύει φαγεῖν πάντα, ὁ δὲ ἀσθενῶν λάχανα ἐσθίει. Ὁ ἐσθίων τὸν μὴ ἐσθίοντα μὴ ἐξουθενείτω, καὶ ὁ μὴ ἐσθίων τὸν ἐσθίοντα μὴ κρινέτω· ὁ θεὸς γὰρ αὐτὸν προσελάβετο. Σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων ἀλλότριον οἰκέτην; Τῷ ἰδίῳ κυρίῳ στήκει ἢ πίπτει. Σταθήσεται δέ· δυνατὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς στῆσαι αὐτόν.
Gospel Reading
Forgiveness Sunday
The Reading is from Matthew 6:14-21
The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
"And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Forgiveness Sunday
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 6:14-21
Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· ᾿Εὰν γὰρ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, ἀφήσει καὶ ὑμῖν ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἀφήσει τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶν. ῞Οταν δὲ νηστεύητε, μὴ γίνεσθε ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ σκυθρωποί· ἀφανίζουσι γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὅπως φανῶσι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύοντες· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἀπέχουσι τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι,ὅπως μὴ φανῇς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων, ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ, καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι ἐν τῷ φανερῷ. Μὴ θησαυρίζετε ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅπου σὴς καὶ βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται διορύσσουσι καὶ κλέπτουσι· θησαυρίζετε δὲ ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐν οὐρανῷ, ὅπου οὔτε σὴς οὔτε βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται οὐ διορύσσουσιν οὐδὲ κλέπτουσιν· ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρὸς ὑμῶν, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν.
News & Events
Welcome to Saint George Church!!!
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Sunday, March 6, 2022, Forgiveness Sunday
8:30 am Orthros
9:30 am Divine Liturgy
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Memorial
Niko Papanikolaou ~ 1 year
May his memory be eternal
Today's coffee hour is sponsored in Loving Memory of Niko Papanikolaou by his family
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Sunday, March 6 ~ 2nd Tray passed for Ukrainian Relief Effort
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022, Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
7:00 pm
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Friday, March 11, 2022, 1st Salutations to Our Most Holy Theotokos
7:00 pm
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Saturday, March 12, 2022, 3rd Saturday of Souls
8:30 am Orthros
9:30 am Divine Liturgy
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Today we commemorate:
43 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia
Finding the Precious Cross by Saint Helen
Hesychios the Wonderworker
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Welcome Newcomers & Visitors!
All liturgical services will also be live streamed
Live Stream on Facebook, use this link during services
(Facebook membership NOT required)
or visit our website: www.stgeorgeap.org & click on Live Stream
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"Light A Candle & Say A Prayer" for Sunday's Liturgy. Visit our webpage https://saintgeorgenj.square.site/ & Be sure to include names so Father Andrew may silently pray for them during Liturgy
To Light a Candle
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Encylical of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Start of Great Lent, 2022
Please Read below
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Stewardship
Stewardship is the lifeblood of our St. George. Without your support of Time, Talent & Treasure, we cannot have a church. Your voluntary contributions are critical to its maintenance & operation. If you have not filled out a Stewardship/Pledge form, please do that from your heart & to the best of your ability.
“Let everyone give as his heart tells him, neither grudgingly, nor under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (II Corinthians 9:7)
Please see attached Stewardship Form along with
"Why you should become a Steward of St. George"
Life happens in the community, and it takes our entire community to continue the life of our St. George Greek Orthodox Church! Thank you to all our faithful and loyal stewards for your continued support
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Caring for God’s Creation ~ Environmental Stewardship & Protection Group
Documentary Film Program ~ Saturday, March 5 ~ 2 pm - 4 pm
Cultural Center
Screening of 2 short documentary films about the Christian Church's witness to environmental stewardship
Titles: The Face of God & In Catholicism and the Challenge of Ecology
Contact Christina Eliopoulos celiop99@mac.com (732)406-2907 to attend
Flyer with more info below
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Video Presentation & Discussion with Father Andrew
Library ~ 12pm
Forgiveness Vespers to follow in the Church
Begin Great Lent as a Family
See Flyer Below
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Saint George Philoptochos
Diaper & Wipes Drive 2022 ~ All of March
**Larger size diapers preferred
Deposit your donations in bins outside church office
To Benefit Pinwheel Place, Eatontown
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GOYA ~ Screening of 'The Man of God' ~ Monday, March 28 ~ 7 pm
Cinemark, Hazlet
Amazing Movie about the life of St. Nektarios of Aegina
Join St. George Families
Use SignUp Genius to reserve seats & to pay for tickets
Must sign up by March 25
Use this link
Tickets will NOT be held without payment
More info? Efthymi Kiafoulis: efthymi@verizon.net
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Saint George Annual Lenten Retreat & Luncheon
Friday, April 1 & Saturday, April 2 ~ Times & Location in Flyer
'Saving Relationships'
Guest Speaker: Father Evan Armatas
RSVP via SignUp Genius is Required: Use this link
Details in flyer below
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Sundays in the Library ~ 12:00 pm ~ Taught by Nicholas C. Ruvelas
Coffee & Light refreshments follow ~ See website flyer for details
Saint George Philoptochos Society
Palm Sunday Bake Sale 2022 ~ Saturday, April 16 (Pickup of Pre-Orders only)
Please see attached flyer to order & for other details
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St. George Scholarship Sunday
Sunday, June 5, 2022
Deadline for application submission ~ Sunday, May 15, 2022
Applications to be available on church website ~ March 15, 2022
Get transcripts & letters of recommendation ready!
Scholarship Committee to expand Scholarship Donors ~ Please Consider It!!!
All scholarships need to carry a $500 minimum
To become a donor, please contact church office ~ (732) 775-2777 for details
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Fellowship of Prayer
Use this link to pray for those who are in need of prayer at this time
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The Mustard Seed Bookstore
Store hours: Every Sunday following Divine Liturgy & weekdays 9 am - 5 pm
Incense, Charcoal, Books, Icons, Wedding Crowns, Children's Books
For inquiries, please contact Teri Lalli lalliptds@gmail.com
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Bible Study
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 ~ 7 pm - 8 pm
Book of Ruth / 1 John Chapter 1 - 3
Contact Teri Lalli lalliptds@gmail.com for Zoom ID/password
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Kali Parea
Save the Date!
Returning on Thursday, March 10, 2022 ~ 12 noon - 3 pm
Youth Lounge
All Welcome!!! Contact Lela Panas 732-531-9561
Fasolada Luncheon
Flyers
Stewardship 2022
Stewardship Form 2022
Why you should become a Steward of St. George
Why you should become a Steward of St. George
Introduction to Orthodoxy
Adult Education about our Faith & Traditions Taught by Nicholas Ruvelas Schedule & Subjects Sundays following Divine Liturgy on dates shown on flyer
Philoptochos Palm Sunday Bake Sale 2022
Philoptochos Palm Sunday Bake Sale 2022 Information & details in the flyer
2022 Annual Lenten Retreat
Friday, April 1 & Saturday, April 2 Guest Speaker: Father Evan Armatas
Forgiveness Sunday 2022 ~ March 6, 2022
Forgiveness Sunday 2022 Video Presentation & Discussion with Father Andrew in the Library 12 pm Forgiveness Vespers to follow in the Church Begin Great Lent as a Family
Protecting Our Earth Flyer 2022
The film documentaries of screening Caring for God's Creation Saturday, March 5, 2 pm - 4pm Cultural Center
Philoptochos March Diaper & Wipes Drive 2022
St. George Philoptochos Diaper & Wipes Drive 2022 ~ All of March **Larger size diapers preferred Deposit your donations in bins outside church office To Benefit Pinwheel Place, Eatontown
Start of Great Lent 2022 ~ by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Start of Great Lent 2022 by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew