Saint George O r t h o d o x C h u r c h

A parish of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church of North America

Most Rev. Metropolitan Philip, PrimateVery Rev. Father Joseph Kimmett, Pastor

21 June 2009

SecondSunday

afterPentecost:All Saints

of America

Six Atwood AvenueNorwood, MA 02062

Tel. 781-762-4396Fax. 781-255-1871

StGeorgeNorwood.org

It is our pleasure to welcome visitors and friends to our church. If you would like to know more about our parish, or the Orthodox Church, please feel free to ask.

Orthodox Christians who have confessed their sins and have prepared themselves by fasting are invited to receive Communion.

Everyone is welcome to venerate the cross and share Holy Bread. Following Liturgy, please join us in the parish hall

for coffee and refreshments.

Today - Presentation of Boulis Scholarship Award to Michael Byron and Jenna Weiskerger. Awarding of BSA Saint George Medal to Owen Plouffe. Prayers for safe travel for Caitlin Cassidy.

Thursday - Parish Life Conference begins at the Wyndham in AndoverNext Sunday - NO SERVICES HERE

Hierarchical Liturgy at Conference, 10:00 am

Sunday 12 July - Ladies Meeting after Coffee Hour

Fasting - The Apostles Fast began last Monday and continues until the Feast of Saints Peter & Paul on the 29th.

CALENDAR

Fathers DayHAPPY

TO ALL OUR DADS, GRANDFATHERS, JIDDOS,PAPOUS, GODFATHERS & SPIRITUAL FATHERS

Council & Parish Leaders

Andrew Howard (Chairman)Linda Thomas (Vice Chair)Sharon Weiskerger (Secretary)Leeann Plouffe (Treasurer)

Barbara CampbellMarlene LupaczykJohn Shalbey

NorwoodCouncil@gmail.com

Assistant Treasurers:Beverly DiFlaminiesMarwan Samman

Chanters - Paul Eysie & Erik PotterChoir Director - David Franciosi Christmas Card - Doris CopoulosChurch Custodian - Gerry MullenConstitution Review - Judith Howard

& Linda ThomasEpistle Readers - Lovee Thomas Food Pantry Rep. - Kay MoseleyHoly Bread - Catherine Keches IOCC Rep. - Emily HowardLadies President - Katie Birtwell

NorwoodLadies@gmail.comSacristan - Gheorghe DorosSeminarians - Michael Razook

& Rabee ToumiScholarship Committee - Helen AbrilSchool Superintendent - Rich Plouffe Teen Advisor - Michele Markatos Teen President - Jenna Weiskerger

NorwoodTeens@gmail.comUshers - Andrew Howard

& Marwan Samman Web-Master - Ekaterina Oleinik

HOLY BREAD - The gifts are offered today by Jalal Najm in memoryof Marie Dreik Najm and Bachir Najm. Holy Bread is also given byTom & Joan Cassidy, the Byron Family and Sharon Weiskerger.

COFFEE HOURS - Please stay for refreshments after Liturgy today, hosted by Joan Cassidy,Christine Byron and Sharon Weiskerger.

GIFTS TO SAINT GEORGE Kay Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .in memory of Noel HillRosanne Guson Saleh . . in memory of Freda Franciosi and Edward Kelley

REMEMBER IN PRAYERPray for the good health of the servants of God: Priest Robert,Khouriyee Elizabeth, Khouriyee Joanne, Deacon Elias, Hugh, Claudia,Chris, Elizaebth, Loretta, Eliana, James, Richard, Michael, Frances,Samera, Stephanie, Mary, John, Jeanne, Gregory, Albert, Dimitri, James,Frederick, Anne, Grace, Renee, Robert, Nicole, Mary, Pauline, Ioana,Nicolae, Kathleen, Lillie, Jennifer, Carrie, Sam, Michael, Nancy,Kenneth, Joy, Thomas, Sarah, Nicholas, Charles, Catherine, Joyce,Janice, Barbara, Beverly, John, Katherine, Mary, Beverly, Najlae, Irene,Edmond, Helen, Frances, Felecia, Catherine, Gail, Margaret, Brian,Nicole, Marion, Donna, Linda, Edmond, Emaline, Carrie, Nicholas,Lovee, Sarah, Charles, Jenine, Josephine, George, Sandy, Edward,Michael, Madeline, Rosemary, John, Margaret, Sarah, Nima, Dean,David, Sterling, Mary.

WORD MAGAZINE - The June issue of The Word Magazine contains a beautifully writtenarticle by Mona Disciullo, titled A Priest’s Priest about Father Nifon(pp. 28-38.) There is also a story about Kh. Erin Kimmett and theIconography Camp at Antiochian Village (pp.49-50)

IncomeJune 14

Pledges Donations &Memorials

Tray SpecialCollection

$348.00 $ .00 $140.00 $165.00 N.A.

Prayers of Oblation and DonationsNews at Saint George • The Diocese of Worcester & New England • The Archdiocese

CONGRATS TO OUR 2009 GRADS Blessings and best wishes to Michael Byron, CassandraDiSciullo, Lauren Gallo and Jenna Weiskerger on theirgraduation from high school. Our prayers for them intheir continuing education and future endeavors.

MORE GREAT WORKS BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLEOwen Plouffe is receiving the Saint George Medal today.The Eastern Orthodox Committee on Scouting supportsour youth through an extensive Religious Award pro-gram. It is designed around a scout’s spiritual life.

Caitlin Cassidy is traveling to Tunis, Tunisia for sevenweeks to study Arabic and Tunisian & North Africanculture. She will also be teaching English as a SecondLanguage to Tunisian university students as part of a pro-gram with the Tunisian Ministry of Education. The pro-gram is organized by AMID East, an organization thatseeks to promote better relationships and greater under-standing between the people of the Middle East andNorth Africa and the people of the US.

WALKWAY / PATIO & LANDSCAPINGWork on the new walkway and patio is complete andnow the landscaping portion of the project almost done.If you did not purchase an engraved brick, forms are inthe parish hall -- the plan is to reorder bricks early eachspring, or whenever there are a large number to take tothe engraver. PHASE TWO includes a sign for thechurch and we want you to Design-A-Sign. That’s right,your ideas and vision are needed. Give us a drawing,sketch or computer print out of your plan, then we’llhave your fellow parishioners help pick a winner. Submityour work to a Parish Council member by July 5th.(Sheets with details are in the parish hall.)

SOYO CELEBRATES 40 YEARSA new SOYO 40th anniversary video has been postedonline at: www.antiochian.org

PARISH LIFE CONFERENCE STARTS THURSDAYThe Diocese of Worcester & New England 2009 ParishLife Conference is this Thursday through next Sunday.It is hosted this year by Saint George Church ofLawrence at the Wyndam Hotel in Andover. His GraceBishop ANTOUN is the presiding hierarch.Conference registration forms are available in the parishhall. Schedules and other information are on-line atwww.StGeorgeLawrence.org/Conf2009THERE WILL BE NO SERVICES IN NORWOOD NEXT WEEKEND.

CELEBRATE WITH SAIDNAHis Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP will visit here theweekend of September 19-20. At Sunday Liturgy, amemorial will be offered for Father Nifon Abraham. Saturday evening will be devoted to the 90th anniversarycelebration of the Ladies of Saint George: A banquet willtake place at the Apollo. The coordinating committeefor the evening is Katie Birtwell, Linda Thomas, DoloresElias and Lovee Thomas. Below are the current sub-committees, all of which could use a helping hand:Tickets and Seating: Beverly, Hellas and Chris Byron Decorations: Barbara Campbell and Florence EsperPublicity/Ticket Sales: Olga AbdallahPublicity designs: Kh. Erin KimmettMenus: Dolores Elias and Lovee ThomasProgram Book/History: Linda ThomasPowerPoint: Katie Birtwell

ATTENTION ON-LINE SHOPPERS Over 1,500 stores have agreed to support Saint GeorgeChurch and other non-profit organizations by rebating apercentage of each sale that comes from our website. Allthose stores have been put into one convenient market-place that is linked to our site. Parishioners, friends, fami-ly and others get there by clicking the gold shopping bagon our home page: www.StGeorgeNorwood.org. Whenanybody buys something at any of these stores, we receivemoney – as much as 37% of the sale.

EISODIKONCome, let us worship and bow down before Christ, O Son of God, who art risen from the dead, save us who sing unto thee, Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.

TROPARION OF THE RESURRECTION (TONE 1) The stone being sealed by the Jews, and thy pure body being guarded by the soldiers, thou didst rise on thethird day, O Saviour, granting life to the world. Wherefore, the heavenly powers acclaimed thee, O Giver oflife, crying, Glory to the Thy Resurrection, O Christ! Glory to Thy kingdom! Glory to Thy gracious provi-dence, O thou only Lover of mankind.

TROPARION FOR THE MARTYRED SAINT JULIAN (TONE 4)Thy Martyr, O Lord, by his struggle hath received from thee, our God, imperishable crown; because acquir-ing thy strength, he demolished usurpers and crushed the powerless might of Satan. Therefore, through hisintercessions, O Christ God, save our souls.

TROPARION OF SAINT GEORGE, PATRON OF OUR COMMUNITY (TONE 4)As deliverer of captives, and defender of the poor, healer of the infirm, champion of kings, victorious Great-Martyr George, intercede with Christ our God, for our souls' salvation.

KONTAKION (TONE 4)O Undisputed intercessor of Christians, the mediatrix unrejected by the Creator, turn not away from thevoice of our petitions, though we be sinners. Come to us in time, who cry to thee in faith, with assistance;for thou art good. Hasten to us with intercessions, O Theotokos, who dost ever intercede for those whohonour thee.

EPISTLE AND GOSPEL

Prokeminon and Verse: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just.

The Reading is from the Epistle of ApostlePaul to the Romans (2:10-16; 2nd Sunday)

Brethren, glory and honor and peace for every onewho does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. ForGod shows no partiality. All who have sinned with-out the law will also perish without the law, and allwho have sinned under the law will be judged by thelaw. For it is not the hearers of the law who arerighteous before God, but the doers of the law whowill be justified. When Gentiles who have not thelaw do by nature what the law requires, they are alaw to themselves, even though they do not have thelaw. They show that what the law requires is writtenon their hearts, while their conscience also bears wit-ness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or per-haps excuse them on that day when, according to mygospel, God judges the secrets of men by ChristJesus.You are not your own; you were bought with aprice. So glorify God in your body.

The Reading is from the Holy Gospel accord-ing to Saint Matthew (4:18-23; 2nd Sunday)

As Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw twobrothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew hisbrother, casting a net into the sea; for they werefishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and Iwill make you fishers of men." Immediately they lefttheir nets and followed him. And going on fromthere he saw two other brothers, James the son ofZeb'edee and John his brother, in the boat withZeb'edee their father, mending their nets, and hecalled them. Immediately they left the boat andtheir father, and followed him. And he went aboutall Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preach-ing the gospel of the kingdom and healing everydisease and every infirmity among the people.

In Orthodox tradition, the Second Sunday after Pentecostoften is kept as a feast of the local saints. This celebrationfollows, by one week, the Church’s commemoration of allthe saints world-wide. Among the Saint of America areHerman of Alaska, Innocent of Alaska, Tikhon, AlexisToth, Jacob of Alaska, John of Kochurov, AlexanderHotovitzky, the Priest-martyr Juvenaly, Peter the Aleutand the newly canonized Raphael (Hawaweeny) ofBrooklyn. Below is the troparion and kontakion:

TROPARION OF ALL SAINTS OF AMERICA (1)The first fruits of sanctity sown in this new landwe offer to thee, our Father in Heaven; the blessedascetic Herman of Alaska and Holy HierarchInnocent, Apostle to America, together with themartyrs the Priest Juvenaly and the Aleut Peter,and the unknown holy men and women who didwitness to Thy name in America. Fill Thy Churchwith Heavenly joy. Grant peace to our land andsanctify all those who worship Thee through theprayers of the Theotokos and of all Thy saints Omost Merciful One.

KONTAKION OF ALL SAINTS OF AMERICA (3)Today the choir of saints that were pleasing to Godin our land, stand unseen in the Church and pray toGod for us. Angels give glory with them, all Saintsin the Church of Christ keep festival in Him. Maythey all together pray for us to the eternal God.

The Second Sunday after Pentecost: All Saints of America

Martyr Julian of Tarsus and New-martyr Nikita of Nisyros near Rhodes

21 June 2009 Tone 1 • Eothinon 2