Coffee Hour is being hosted by the St. Eugenia Philoptochos Society
We welcome our visitors today. Our ushers are also here to welcome you. Please visit Fr. George with any questions you may have.
You are welcome to participate in today’s service, however, the reception of Holy Communion is only given to Orthodox Christians, who have prepared themselves by fasting and periodic confession, and have not separated themselves from the Church.
If you are a visiting Orthodox Christian from another parish, please be sure to identify yourself when approaching the chalice. Everyone should give their baptismal name to the priest, when approaching the chalice.
First in prominence among the Apostles, and teachers to the Universe, intercede to the Master of all for peace in the world and for our souls great mercy.
Οι τών Αποστόλων πρωτόθρονοι, καί τής Οικουμένης διδάσκαλοι, τώ Δεσπότη τών όλων πρεσβεύσατε, ειρήνην τή οικουμένη δωρήσασθαι, καί ταίς ψυχαίς ημών τό μέγα έλεος.
5th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10
Brethren, God who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God: not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
5th Sunday of Luke
Πρὸς Ἐφεσίους 2:4-10
Ἀδελφοί, ὁ θεός, πλούσιος ὢν ἐν ἐλέει, διὰ τὴν πολλὴν ἀγάπην αὐτοῦ ἣν ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ὄντας ἡμᾶς νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν συνεζωοποίησεν τῷ Χριστῷ - χάριτί ἐστε σεσωσμένοι - καὶ συνήγειρεν, καὶ συνεκάθισεν ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· ἵνα ἐνδείξηται ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσιν τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις τὸν ὑπερβάλλοντα πλοῦτον τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἐν χρηστότητι ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διὰ τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν· θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον· οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἵνα μή τις καυχήσηται. Αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν ποίημα, κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς, οἷς προητοίμασεν ὁ θεός, ἵνα ἐν αὐτοῖς περιπατήσωμεν.
5th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 16:19-31
The Lord said, "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaros, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazaros in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses, and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to them, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"
5th Sunday of Luke
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 16:19-31
Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· ῎Ανθρωπος δέ τις ἦν πλούσιος, καὶ ἐνεδιδύσκετο πορφύραν καὶ βύσσον εὐφραινόμενος καθ᾿ ἡμέραν λαμπρῶς. πτωχὸς δέ τις ἦν ὀνόματι Λάζαρος, ὃς ἐβέβλητο πρὸς τὸν πυλῶνα αὐτοῦ ἡλκωμένος καὶ ἐπιθυμῶν χορτασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ πλουσίου· ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ κύνες ἐρχόμενοι ἀπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ. ἐγένετο δὲ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν πτωχὸν καὶ ἀπενεχθῆναι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἰς τὸν κόλπον ᾿Αβραάμ· ἀπέθανε δὲ καὶ ὁ πλούσιος καὶ ἐτάφη. καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ὁρᾷ τὸν ᾿Αβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ. καὶ αὐτὸς φωνήσας εἶπε· πάτερ ᾿Αβραάμ, ἐλέησόν με καὶ πέμψον Λάζαρον ἵνα βάψῃ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ δακτύλου αὐτοῦ ὕδατος καὶ καταψύξῃ τὴν γλῶσσάν μου, ὅτι ὀδυνῶμαι ἐν τῇ φλογὶ ταύτῃ. εἶπε δὲ ᾿Αβραάμ· τέκνον, μνήσθητι ὅτι ἀπέλαβες σὺ τὰ ἀγαθά σου ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου, καὶ Λάζαρος ὁμοίως τὰ κακά· νῦν δὲ ὧδε παρακαλεῖται, σὺ δὲ ὀδυνᾶσαι· καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις μεταξὺ ἡμῶν καὶ ὑμῶν χάσμα μέγα ἐστήρικται, ὅπως οἱ θέλοντες διαβῆναι ἔνθεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς μὴ δύνωνται, μηδὲ οἱ ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς διαπερῶσιν. εἶπε δέ· ἐρωτῶ οὖν σε, πάτερ, ἵνα πέμψῃς αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου· ἔχω γὰρ πέντε ἀδελφούς· ὅπως διαμαρτύρηται αὐτοῖς, ἵνα μὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔλθωσιν εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον τῆς βασάνου. λέγει αὐτῷ ᾿Αβραάμ· ἔχουσι Μωϋσέα καὶ τοὺς προφήτας· ἀκουσάτωσαν αὐτῶν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· οὐχί, πάτερ ᾿Αβραάμ, ἀλλ᾿ ἐάν τις ἀπὸ νεκρῶν πορευθῇ πρὸς αὐτούς, μετανοήσουσιν. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· εἰ Μωϋσέως καὶ τῶν προφητῶν οὐκ ἀκούουσιν, οὐδὲ ἐάν τις ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ πεισθήσονται.
8:30AM Orthros/Divine Liturgy 5th Sunday of Luke
11:00AM St. Eugenia Ladies Philoptochos Artoklasia for Sts. Cosmas and Damianos
11:30AM Stewardship Guest Speaker John Anayannis
12:30PM General Assembly
7:00PM Bible Study
7:00PM Philoptochos Packing Pastries for Gyro Days
9:00AM Orthros/Divine Liturgy Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the other Bodiless Powers
11:00AM Nov. Gyro Days
6:00PM Great Vespers St. Nektarios (At St. Nektarios Monastery)
8:30AM Orthros/Divine Liturgy St. Nektarios the Wonderworker (at St. Nektarios Monastery)
11:00AM Nov. Gyro Days
9:00AM Orthros/Divine Liturgy St. Arsenios of Cappadocia
11:00AM Nov. Gyro Days
4:00PM Hope/Joy
5:00PM Great Vespers
8:30AM Orthros/Divine Liturgy 8th Sunday of Luke
11:00AM Salvation Army Christmas Stockings Return Date
11:00AM Nov. Gyro Days
11:30AM Stewardship Guest Speaker Sophia Voit
12:00PM Byzantine Choir Practice
Office closed
11:00AM Nov. Gyro Days
7:00PM PC Meeting
9:00AM Orthros/Divine Liturgy St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople
11:00AM Nov. Gyro Days
7:00PM Bible Study
9:00AM Orthros/Divine Liturgy St. Philip the Apostle
11:00AM Nov. Gyro Days
Nativity Fast Begins
11:00AM Nov. Gyro Days
6:00PM Holy Unction Service at St. Nicholas (Baltimore)
9:00AM Orthros/Divine Liturgy St. Matthew the Apostle & Evangelist
11:00AM Nov. Gyro Days
11:00AM Nov. Gyro Days
1:00PM Nativity Family Retreat at St. George, Bethesda, MD
2:00PM National Children's AGAPE Tea
5:00PM Great Vespers (At St. George, Bethesda, MD)
8:30AM Orthros/Divine Liturgy 9th Sunday of Luke
11:00AM Nov. Gyro Days
12:00PM Stewardship Sunday and lunch
Greek School: Dr. George Lountos (Principal). Email: gtlountos@gmail.com or cell: 404-375-3180.
HOPE & JOY Ministry: Please email Christina Summers for details. Email: Mrs.Summers@aol.com
Religious Education: Despina Horst (Interim Principal): horst7213@aol.com. Lessons begin after Holy Communion. We encourage our youth to participate in Sunday School, to learn and live the life of our Holy Orthodox Faith.
Kali Parea: This ministry is for adults 50 years and older. Come and join us! Contact Bess Koutras, email: kikikoutras@yahoo.com or cell: 240-409-1431.
St. Eugenia Ladies Philoptochos: – Mrs. Marie Carras, President. All in the Parish are encouraged to be members of the Philoptochos Society. Contact Marie if interested in joining. Cell: 301-524-7246 or email mmcarras@aol.com
Fellowship Ministry: Sue Manos coordinates Sunday Coffee Hour hosts. Please contact the Church Office if you're interested in hosting a Coffee Hour.
Please join us in prayer today as chant an Artoklasia Service for Sts. Cosmas and Damianos offered by the St. Eugenia Philoptochos Society.
A special tray will be passed today by the St. Eugenia Ladies Philoptochos for the benefit Ecumenical Patriarchate and their ministries.
Our Fall General Assembly will be held today after the Divine Liturgy.
After the divine Liturgy today, please welcome Mr. John Anayannis, our guest speaker on Stewardship, as we gear up for Stewardship Sunday on November 18th.
It is with great joy that we announce that we have reached our goal for the "Bricks in the Belfry" Fundraiser! The response from the community has been resounding. We are now in the process of approving the submitted bid and hopefully beginning work soon. Thank you to all that have contributed!
Join us in prayer for the Feast Day of St. Nektarios, Bishop of Pentapolis and Wonder-Worker at St. Nektarios Monastery (8704 Hampton Valley Road Emmitsburg, MD 21727). Great Vespers begin at 6pm on Thursday, November 8th. Orthros and Divine Liturgy begins at 8:30 am on Friday, November 9th.
A Holy Unction Service will be held at St. Nicholas in Baltimore on Wed. November 15th at 6pm to mark the beginning of the Nativity fast.
Join us for a Nativity Family Retreat "Why Do We Need God?" at St. George in Bethesda, MD on Saturday, November 17th. The registration fee is $20 per family, which includes dinner. Please contact Fr. George if you're interested in attending.
Christmas Salvation Army: Please support the Philoptochos by picking one or two stockings, from the Philoptochos table in the social hall. (to bring a smile to a child’s face on Christmas Day.) Please return your stocking gift to the Church by Sunday, Nov. 11th.
All the faithful are invited to attend the Feastday celebration of St. John Chrysostom, the Patron Saint of the Metropolis of New Jersey, at the Chapel of the Metropolis of New Jersey (215 E. Grove St. Westfield, NJ 07090). Hierarchical Great Vespers begin at 7pm on November 12th and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy begins at 9am on November 13th.
Having worshiped and prayed together, our Sunday Coffee Hour is a wonderful time for fellowship. We are asking all parishioners to sign up and host a coffee hour. Just one Sunday per family will fill all available slots for the year. As a blessing for you and your family, consider sponsoring a Coffee Hour to coincide with your patron Saint's Feast day or any other momentous occasion you happen to be celebrating. Call the church office for assistance.
St. Eugenia Ladies Philoptochos will be selling their baked goods during the November Gyro Days event, if you would like to make a donation toward of pastries, cookies, please contact Marie or contact the Church office for drop off during the week. The proceeds will go to the many outreaches they participate and plan throughout the year. During the November 11th meeting at 7:15 pm the Philoptochos will begin packaging for the event, if you would like to come and help.
Feast Day
National Children's Medical Fund
At the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George