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ST. GEORGE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF PRESCOTT (928) 777-8750

Priest: Fr. John A. Peck Emeritus: Fr. William John Clark

Parish Council: Dr. George Rizk, Raymond Zogob, Kris Wells, Kally Key, Bob Hunt, Robert Frisby, Dr. Andrew Gusty, Jelena Timotijevic, Liz Winney. Choir Director: Pres. Deborah

Find us online at www.prescottorthodox.org

!../5.#%-%.43 The Vespers Service of Forgiveness will begin

immediately after Announcements

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This is the first week of Great Lent. Make time to participate in the events of this week!

Mon. March 7 6:30 pm Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Tue. March 8 6:30 pm Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Wed. March 9 6:30 pm Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

ALSO DEADLINE Registration Deadline for Pysanky Class

Thu. March 10 6:30 pm Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

Fri. March 11 10 am Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

Sat. March 12 11 am Catechumen Class

Sat. March 19 11 am LIVING FAITH Class: Traditional Ukrainian Pysanky: Easter Egg Decorating Wkshop

THE BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE Today, after our Fellowship hour, join us for a tour of a possible new home for our parish. The Spire Drive property will be open for a walk through by you!

Forgiveness Sunday commemorating

The Expulsion from Paradise Sun. March 6, 2011 Tone 8

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Matins Gospel: John 20:1-10

Resurrection Hymn - Tone 8 From the heights Thou didst descend, O Compassionate One, and Thou didst submit to the three day burial that Thou might deliver us from passions. Thou are our life and resurrection, O Lord, glory to Thee.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and

to the Holy Spirit,

Hymn of GreatMartyr George - Tone 4 Liberator of captives, defender of the poor, physician of the sick, and champion of kings, O trophy-bearer, Great Martyr George, intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.

now and ever and unto ages of ages.

Amen.

Hymn of the Theotokos - Tone 8 Thou who for our sake was born of a Virgin, And didst suffer crucifixion, O Good One, and didst despoil death through death, and didst reveal resurrection. Despise not those Whom Thou hast created with Thine own hand; Show forth Thy love for mankind, O Merciful One, Accept the intercessions of Thy Mother, the Theotokos for us, and save Thy despairing people, O our Savior!

Prokeimenon in the 8th Tone (Ps 76) Pray and make your vows before the

Lord our God!

In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel!

Epistle: Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4

B RETHREN, 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. +

Date Readers

3-6 Mike Winney & Bob Frisby

3-13 Virgil Aurand & Mike Winney

3-20 Bob Frisby & Virgil Aurand

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Alleluia in the 7th Tone (Ps 92)

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Thy Name, O Most High!

To declare Thy mercy in the morning, and Thy truth by night!

Gospel: Matthew 6:14-21

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men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will for-

give 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."+

The Expulsion from Paradise

Adam sat before Paradise and, lament-

ing his nakedness, he wept: 'Woe is me!

By evil deceit was I persuaded and led

astray, and now I am an exile from

glory. Woe is me! In my simplicity I was

stripped naked, and now I am in want.

O Paradise, no more shall I take pleas-

ure in thy joy; no more shall I look upon

the Lord my God and Maker, for I shall

return to the earth whence I was

taken. O merciful and compassionate

Lord, to Thee I cry aloud: I am fallen!

Have mercy on me!' Sticheron at Lord, have I cried..., Saturday Vespers.

Adam was cast out of Paradise through

eating from the tree. Seated before the

gates he wept, lamenting with a pitiful

voice and saying: 'Woe is me, what

have I suffered in my misery! I trans-

gressed one commandment of the

Master, and now I am deprived of every

blessing. O most holy Paradise, planted

for my sake and shut because of Eve,

pray to Him that made thee and

fashioned me, that once more I may

take pleasure in thy flowers.' Then the

Savior said to him: 'I desire not the loss

of the creature which I fashioned, but

that he should be saved and come to

knowledge of the truth; and when he

comes to me I will not cast him out.' Sticheron at the Aposticha, Saturday Vespers.

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LIVING: : : :

Chad, Aidan, Victoria, Anastasia, Basil, Cassian, Luke, and Garet Trenham, Carrie, Griffin, Nolan, Grayson, Olivia Salicos & family, Kathy Hunt, Scott & Katie Windsor, Benjamin Peck, Gail & Vicki Brannock, Jennifer, Diane Berkholtz, Jerry Spires, Fr. Thomas Williams, Robin Hyduke, Nathan & Merilee Peck, Dan Thanos, Stephan Landis, Irene Teneralli, Connie, Crystal, Tom & Kymie Bowden, James Anthony, Jim Burns, Alex, Sandy, Adrian, Melanie Schlapfer, Bill Mueller, Judy Raessler, Viola Hammerstrom, Kris Wells, Helen Vlahakis, Ovi Lungu, Bill Kountanis, Darrell and Patty Bostic, Deon Christensen and fam-ily, Helen Ko, Campbell Mackenzie, Betty Dudney, Will Degenhart & family, Stephen & Cassandra Landis, Sky Rizk, Dumitri Popita, Susan Hill, Tanya, Darlene, Glenn, Fr. Hans & Susan Jacobse, Fr. Bill Clark, Steve Brooks, Tom & Geris Kourkoumelis, Kristi Thanos, Philip Winney, Lindsay, George Peter Rizk, Barbara Wright, Boyd Jackson, Marnie Butts, Luke Glen, Charity Books, the Borza family, Elizabeth, Seraphima, Macrina, Mary, Silas, Fr. Daniel & Theresa, Gray, Susana, Robert, Kayla, Briana, Joel, Kelsey, Shaun, Theresa, Chris’ 2 grandmothers, Raymond Zogob’s father, Diane Robertson, Kathy & Chris Hough.

DEPARTED:

Julianne Windsor, Allan Fairbanks, Robert Dery, George Nassimos, George Komashko, Archpriest Antony Vladimir, Lambrini, Dominic Teneralli Sr., Dominic Teneralli Jr., Rose Bachmann, Janine, George Hicha, Lola Christie, Jackie Pelkey, Helen Shugrue, Eugenia, Elizabeth Higbee, Janet Maissen, Nat, Amanda, James, Abp Job, Abp Anthony, Don, Anastasia Jones, Jack Christensen, Ethel Hunt, Child Nicho-las, John, Delores, Lydia (Letitia) Preda, Fr. Gabriel Cooke, Richard & Larry Peck, Chuck, Lisa Covington, Andrew Lubnick, Dennis Kontanis, Julia Sedon, Ariel Borza, Michael Hicha, Tom Pallad, Peter Rizk; Demos Vlahakis; Rhonda Dawson; Nicholas, Peter, Kay, Shirley, George Cosmakos, Andrew Degenhart, Annuncio Aaflaq; Bishop Innocent (Gula); Fr. Michael St. Andrew.

Parish Prayer List

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Visitors We are happy that you joined us today, and we want you to know the following;

• Visitors and children are always welcome at all of our worship services.

• You won't be asked to do anything that would make you uncomfortable.

• We don't expect visitors to contribute anything financially to support our parish.

• Our children worship with us, and we love having them here.

If you are an Orthodox Christian, please introduce yourself to Fr. John before the ser-vice begins, so that, if possible, you may receive the Holy Mysteries of our Lord Jesus Christ.

If you are not an Orthodox Christian, we invite you to partake of the blessed bread distributed at the end of the service, to fill out a “Welcome” card (available in the Narthex), and to join us after the service for some hospitality!

THE BRIDGE TO OUR FUTURETHE BRIDGE TO OUR FUTURETHE BRIDGE TO OUR FUTURETHE BRIDGE TO OUR FUTURE

Come and see, today!Come and see, today!Come and see, today!Come and see, today!

We will be touring a possible location for

our new parish home today immediately

after our Fellowship Hour.

Join us!

Today we will depart our Fellowship Hour Pot Luck at around 12:30pm

for a tour of the Spire Drive property we presented at our

BRIDGE TO OUR FUTURE gathering last Friday night.

Everyone should join us! Don’t miss it!

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Pysanky are intricately decorated Easter Eggs, traditionally made in Ukraine. We have

the great opportunity to offer a class in Traditional Ukrainian Easter Egg making

Bob Thommen, the husband of our new member, Valentina Thommen, will be here

offering a hand-on, how to class for making Pysanky (highly decorated Easter Eggs)

using the traditional wax resist (batik) method.

This requires registration and a $15 kit (includes shipping).

When you register, we will order your kit, and they will be available the day of the

workshop. The class will be 3-4 hours long. Fresh eggs and beeswax candles will be

provided by the Church.

Deadline for Registration is Wed. March 9th

Class will be on Sat. March 19th Due to the ordering and shipping of the necessary kit, this

is a hard deadline for registration. Sign up today!

L I V I N G F A I T H C L A S S

Pysanky Making!

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The Penitential Canon of St. Andrew of Crete is celebrated during the first four evenings of Great Lent. This penitential service is rich with Biblical imagery and typology, and starts Great Lent incompa-rably well for the soul.

A highly recommended beginning to your Lenten activities, especially for new members. For this service, prepare to make lots of prostrations (everyone who can), and be sure to wear loose, comfortable clothing.

Mon-Thurs. March 7th-10th

Starting at 6:30 pm

These services occur one every year. Don’t miss them!

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2011 LENTEN VESPERS SERVICES

Sponsored by the Arizona Council of Eastern Orthodox Churches

All Vespers Services Begin at 6:00 PM

Forgiveness Vespers (New This Year) March 6, 2011 Church: Holy Trinity Cathedral, 1973 E. Maryland Avenue, Phoenix

The Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy March 13, 2011 Church: St. George Antiochian Church 4530 E. Gold Dust Ave. Phoenix

The Second Sunday of Lent March 20, 2011

Church: Assumption Greek Church, 8202 E. Cactus Rd., Scottsdale

The Third Sunday of Lent March 27, 2011 St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church 4436 E. McKinley Street, Phoenix

The Fourth Sunday of Lent April 3, 2011

Sts. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church, 1614 E. Monte Vista Rd., Phoenix

The Fifth Sunday of Lent April 10, 2011 St. John Romanian Orthodox Church, 3749 W. Behrend Drive, Glendale

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What is Pysanky?What is Pysanky?What is Pysanky?What is Pysanky?

Pysanky are Ukrainian Easter eggs, tradition-ally decorated using a wax-resist (batik) method. The word comes from the verb pysaty, “to write”, as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax. The art form of producing elaborately-decorated eggs is also common through Central and Eastern Europe. Pysanky are traditionally made during the last week of Lent, Holy Week on the Orthodox calen-dar.

History

The art of the decorated egg or the “pysanka” dates back to pre-Christian times. No actual examples exist, as eggshells are fragile. However, folk tales reveal that peo-ple who lived in the region now known as Ukraine worshipped the sun. It warmed the earth and therefore was a source of all life. Eggs decorated with symbols of nature were chosen for sun worship ceremonies and became integral to spring rituals as benevolent talismans.

With the acceptance of Christianity in 988 AD, the decorated pysanka continued to play an important role in Ukrainian rituals. Many symbols of the old sun worship sur-vived and were adapted to represent Easter and Christ’s Resurrection.

Eggs decorated with nature symbols be-came an integral part of spring rituals, serv-ing as benevolent talismans.

In modern times, the art of the pysanka was carried abroad by Ukrainian emigrants to North and South America, where the custom took hold.

However, during the communist regime, it was banished as a reli-gious practice, where it was nearly forgotten. Many museum collec-tions were destroyed both by war and by Soviet cadres. Since Ukrainian Independence in 1991, there has been renewed interest in the art form.

Method

The most popular method for creating pysanky is by wax resist or batik. A special-ized instrument called the “kistka” is used to write the design with hot wax.

The egg is then placed into a colored dye bath, which covers all areas of the white egg shell that have not been protected with wax. The progression of colors proceeds from the lightest to the darkest hues, so that each subsequent color covers the pre-ceding.

After each dye bath the areas that are to remain that color are covered in wax, and then dipped into the next darker dye, with the process repeated. The final color is al-ways the darkest, and is one that provides a background that effectively contrasts with all of the other previously utilized colors.

When the final color has been applied, the egg is carefully heated by a candle to melt the various layers of wax so that it may be easily removed. The colorful patterns and designs of the pysanky are then revealed.

The egg is then coated with layers of varnish to give it a glossy-like finish.+

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Sundays in Great Lent Each Sunday in Great Lent is devoted to a particular theme.

Next Sunday: Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy - This Sunday’s theme is the triumph of the true faith of the Incarnation of Christ - God in the flesh, and God’s glory over falsehood and idolatry! A very Christian theme!

Second Sunday: Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas - This Sunday’s theme honors St. Gregory for his explicit teach-ing that God Himself interacts with His Creation for our salvation, but remains unknowable in His essence, preserving the truth that God Himself is both immanent, and inconceivable.

Third Sunday: Veneration of the Holy Cross - halfway through Lent, we lift up the Holy Cross of the Lord, and take solace in Christ’s victory over sin and death. The Cross brings joy to Christians be-cause of Christ’s victory over sin & death, and as we struggle against sin, it strengthens us.

Fourth Sunday: Sunday of St. John of the Ladder - On this Sunday the theme is the book by St. John “Climacus” identifying the ascent of virtue to holiness, readying us for the remainder of our Lenten journey. It is a sobering reminder of what is necessary to fulfill the Commandments of Christ, and a joyful map to holiness.

Fifth Sunday: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt - The theme of this final Lenten Sunday is the story of St. Mary, a great sinner who became a great saint, and teaches us that the time to repent is now. Even at the eleventh hour, God receives those who repent, and lovingly grants them great grace to overcome every adversity!

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Forgiveness is conditional

Forgiveness VespersForgiveness VespersForgiveness VespersForgiveness Vespers takes place immediately after Divine Liturgy on this day.

We hear of the Lord's teaching about fasting and forgiveness and enter the season of the Great Fast forgiving one another so that God will forgive us. After the dismissal at Vespers, The priest stands before the ambon, and the faithful come up one by one making a prostration (if they can) and asking forgiveness, first of the priest, and then of each other, saying “Forgive me, a sinner.” The person responds, “God forgives” and receives a blessing from the priest, then steps to the side to await the next person. In this way, every member of the Church has the opportunity to ask every other member of the Church for forgiveness, and has the chance to forgive as well, remembering the words of our Lord Je-sus Christ,

If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you; but if

you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father

forgive you your trespasses (Matt. 6:14).

Today we commemorate the Expulsion of Today we commemorate the Expulsion of Today we commemorate the Expulsion of Today we commemorate the Expulsion of Adam and Even from ParadiseAdam and Even from ParadiseAdam and Even from ParadiseAdam and Even from Paradise

Cheesefare Sunday Cheesefare Sunday Cheesefare Sunday Cheesefare Sunday (last day for dairy) On this last Sunday before Great Lent, the last day that Orthodox Christians eat dairy products until Easter, the Church remembers the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise. God commanded them to fast from the fruit of a tree (Gen. 2:16), but they did not obey. In this way Adam and Eve and their descendants became heirs of death and corruption. We remember this event, that we may learn the lesson on fasting as we begin Great Lent.