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Matins 9:30 am
Divine Liturgy 10:30am
2587 W. 14th St.
Cleveland, OH 44113
(216) 781-9020
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church
2587 West 14th Street v Cleveland, OH 44113-4408
216-781-9020 office@stgeorgecleveland.org
Metropolitan Arch-Bishop PHILIP, Primate
Right Reverend MARK, Bishop, Diocese of Toledo & the Midwest
Very Rev. Fr. Jean Dib El-Ojaimi, Pastor
frjojaimi@msn.com (440) 846-1590
Cellular: (440) 665-6724
Rev. Archdeacon Yarid Sahley
dndeek@sbcglobal.net (216) 221-6550
Sub-Deacons: Sam Elias & Labib El-Bardawil
Sunday, October 26, 2008 –
19th Sunday after Pentecost and The Great Martyr Demetrios the Myrrh-Streaming
On this day, we commemorate: Great-martyr Demetrios the myrrh-streaming of Thessalonika; Venerable-martyr Joasaph of Dionysiou monastery on Athos
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We welcome our visitors and guests! Please let us know who you are!
While only Orthodox Christians may approach the chalice for Holy Communion, everyone is
welcome to partake of the Holy Bread after Liturgy.
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Bread of Oblation is offered for the repose of the soul and in memory of Jeannette Husson (40 days), sister of the late Rose Bourjaily by Bart & Lila Ansley and for the repose of the soul and in memory of Aunt Mary Vesnesky by The Cole Family.
Prayers for the Health & Spiritual Welfare of: Houda Abdelkarim, Melissa Blank Aboid, Tommy Amato, Mary Assad, Naissef & Rita Courey, George & Mary Dawed, Dee DeGeorge, Ann Deeb, Emilie Easa, James Eassey,Helena Elias, Sarah Elias, Vera Elias, Norman Fadil, Peter Farage, AnneMarie, Dave & Altair Gann, Minerva Gantose, Leo & Christine George, Peter George, Pauline Hanna, Ava Harb, Samia Harb, Yasmine Harb, Norman & Theresa Isaac, George Karim, Marwan Karim, Hanadi Khouri, Helen Lambert, Eleanor McKibben, Joyce & Marie Nader, Kaukab Nader, Virginia Nader, Mary Namy, Nijmeh Rafeedie, Jennie Sadallah, Christopher Fadel-Samuel, George Sarkes, Betty Selby, Alice Shiekh, Alvera Shiekh, Linda Simon, Helen Thomas, Georgine Trombetto, & Asma Zaboura.
Mabrouk! Jeremy Charles Jesri, son of Roubir & Tara Jesri was Baptized on Sunday, October 12th. God grant them many years!
Candles offered for the Health, Safety & Spiritual Welfare of:
- Jane Sahley by Archdeacon Yarid & Diane & family
- Philip Sahley by Archdeacon Yarid & Diane & family
- Minerva Gantose by her husband and by Jennie Sadallah & family
- Ghassan, Ghada, Gino, Giovanni, Marwan, Eliane, Gihane & family & sister Heleneh by Ghassan & Ghada Karim
Candles offered for the Repose of the Servants of God:
· Laila Nader by her children and grandchildren
· Edward Fadel by his wife, Rita & family
· Wadia Ameen (2 yrs) by his wife Mary & family
· Mounir Nader by his children & grandchildren & his sisters
· Maggie, Edma & Elias Aboumrad by George & Nayla Aboumrad & family
UPCOMING DIVINE SERVICE
Saturday, November 1, 2008 Vespers Service @ 5:30PM
Sunday, November 2, 2008 Matins @ 9:30AM. Divine Liturgy @10:30AM
Sunday November 2, 2008 Bible Study is canceled due to Diana Abdulkarim’s wedding
Announcements
St. George Liturgical Choir PLEASE join us in singing praises to God. Contact Milan, the choir director, Charlie Haddad, Choir Chairman or George Shiekh if interested in joining. Rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings from 7-8:30PM. and Sunday morning from 10:00 to 10:30AM
St. George Teens & Sunday School children will meet each Sunday following Communion.
Wall of Remembrances: There are still spaces available for you to remember someone in your family or a good friend. It may be a wish for health & safety, someone who has gone to eternal rest, or just a wish of love. Let us complete this wall as a tribute to our families. Please see Deacon Yarid for details.
Liturgical Page for Sunday, October 26, 2008
Little Entrance
TROPARION Tone 2
When thou didst submit thyself unto death, O Thou deathless and immortal one, then Thou didst destroy Hell with Thy Godly pow'r, and when Thou didst raise the dead from beneath the earth, all the pow'rs of heaven did cry aloud unto Thee O Christ thou giver of life glory to Thee.
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The Entrance Hymn (Eisodikon):
O come let us worship and fall down before Christ, O Son of God, who art risen from the dead, save us who sing unto thee: Alleluia
After the Entrance we chant:
TROPARION Tone 2
When thou didst submit thyself unto death, O Thou deathless and immortal one, then Thou didst destroy Hell with Thy Godly pow'r, and when Thou didst raise the dead from beneath the earth, all the pow'rs of heaven did cry aloud unto Thee O Christ thou giver of life glory to Thee.
St. Demetrios
Tone 3
Verily, the inhabited world found thee a great succour in tribulations and a vanquisher of nations, O fight-bearing one. Wherefore, as thou didst demolish the arrogance of Lahosh, and on the battle-field didst hearten Nestor, beseech O Saint, Christ God to grant us the Great Mercy.
Troparion of St. George Tone 4
As deliver of captives and defender of the poor, healer of the infirm, champion of kings, victorius great martyr George, intercede with Christ our God, for our souls’ salvation
Kontakion of the Theotokos Tone 4
O Undisputed intercessor of Christians, the mediatrix unrejected by the Creator, turn not away from the voice 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 who honor thee.
The Trisagion
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal one, have mercy on us
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal one, have mercy on us
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal one, have mercy on us
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit: both now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Holy Immortal one, have mercy on us.
Dynamis! (With Strength)
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal one, have mercy on us.
The Megalynarion:
It is truly meet to call thee Blessed, Lady Theotokos; Lady ever greatly blessed, and most perfect in innocence, and the Mother of our God. Lady more precious than the Cherubim and more glorious beyond all measure than the Seraphim. That without corruption gavest birth to God the Word, and art truly Theotokos. We magnify thee.
The Koinonikon
Praise ye the Lord from the Heavens; praise ye Him in the highest. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Post-Communion
We have seen the true light; we have received the heavenly Spirit. We have found the true Faith. Worshipping the undivided Trinity; for he hath saved us.
Great Dismissal
The Life Of The Saints
GREAT MARTYR DEMETRIOS THE MYRRH-FLOWING AND WONDER WORKER. He was a Christian and the son of the military commander of Thessalonica in the early fourth century. When his father died, Demetrios was appointed by Emperor Maximian to follow in the footsteps of his father and become a military commander. Maximian instructed Demetrios to persecute and kill the Christians in that city. Instead, Demetrios preached Christianity. Maximian heard of this, and when he went to Thessalonica, he called for Demetrios. Demetrios confessed his belief as well as his disgust for the idols. He was imprisoned, and knowing his fate, he had his servant Lupus give his wealth to the poor.
An angel of God appeared to Demetrios saying, "Peace be with you, O sufferer for Christ; be brave and strong!" Soldiers came into the cell and killed him with spears. Christians buried him, and his relics began producing a healing fragrant myrrh. A small church was built over his relics, and when a nobleman was healed there of an incurable disease, he built a much larger church.
When Emperor Justinian attempted to move the saint's relics to Constantinople, flames shot out of the tomb and a voice commanded them, 'Leave them there, and don't touch!" Another time, a young man responsible for the candles of the church was stealing them and reselling them at his home. Demetrios appeared to him and told him that he was doing much harm to himself and the church. The embarrassed young man obeyed for a time. One day, when he was about to steal some large candles that had just been lit near the tomb of Demetrios, a booming voice said, "Are you doing this again!" He fell over unconscious, and when he awoke, he related the whole story.
Epistle
Timothy 2:1-10 (St. Demetrios)
The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord
O God hear my prayer
The reading is from Saint Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy
Timothy, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as preached in my gospel, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.
Gospel
Luke 8:27-39 (6th of Luke)
At that time: Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. And as he stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not torment me." For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him; he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying, "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
الرّسالَة
II Timothy 2:1-10 (St. Demetrius, October 26)
1فَتَقَوَّ أَنْتَ يَا ابْنِي بِالنِّعْمَةِ الَّتِي فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. 2وَمَا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنِّي بِشُهُودٍ كَثِيرِينَ، أَوْدِعْهُ أُنَاسًا أُمَنَاءَ، يَكُونُونَ أَكْفَاءً أَنْ يُعَلِّمُوا آخَرِينَ أَيْضًا. 3فَاشْتَرِكْ أَنْتَ فِي احْتِمَالِ الْمَشَقَّاتِ كَجُنْدِيٍّ صَالِحٍ لِيَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ. 4لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ وَهُوَ يَتَجَنَّدُ يَرْتَبِكُ بِأَعْمَالِ الْحَيَاةِ لِكَيْ يُرْضِيَ مَنْ جَنَّدَهُ. 5وَأَيْضًا إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يُجَاهِدُ، لاَ يُكَلَّلُ إِنْ لَمْ يُجَاهِدْ قَانُونِيًّا. 6يَجِبُ أَنَّ الْحَرَّاثَ الَّذِي يَتْعَبُ، يَشْتَرِكُ هُوَ أَوَّلاً فِي الأَثْمَارِ. 7افْهَمْ مَا أَقُولُ. فَلْيُعْطِكَ الرَّبُّ فَهْمًا فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ. 8اُذْكُرْ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ الْمُقَامَ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ، مِنْ نَسْلِ دَاوُدَ بِحَسَبِ إِنْجِيلِي، 9الَّذِي فِيهِ أَحْتَمِلُ الْمَشَقَّاتِ حَتَّى الْقُيُودَكَمُذْنِبٍ. لكِنَّ كَلِمَةَ اللهِ لاَ تُقَيَّدُ. 10لأَجْلِ ذلِكَ أَنَا أَصْبِرُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لأَجْلِ الْمُخْتَارِينَ، لِكَيْ يَحْصُلُوا هُمْ أَيْضًا عَلَى الْخَلاَصِ الَّذِي فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، مَعَ مَجْدٍ أَبَدِيٍّ
إِلانْجِيل
Luke 8:27-39 (6th Sunday of Luke)
27وَلَمَّا خَرَجَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ اسْتَقْبَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ كَانَ فِيهِ شَيَاطِينُ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ طَوِيل، وَكَانَ لاَ يَلْبَسُ ثَوْبًا، وَلاَ يُقِيمُ فِي بَيْتٍ، بَلْ فِي الْقُبُورِ. 28فَلَمَّا رَأَى يَسُوعَ صَرَخَ وَخَرَّ لَهُ، وَقَالَ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ:«مَا لِي وَلَكَ يَا يَسُوعُ ابْنَ اللهِ الْعَلِيِّ؟ أَطْلُبُ مِنْكَ أَنْ لاَ تُعَذِّبَنِي!». 29لأَنَّهُ أَمَرَ الرُّوحَ النَّجِسَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ. لأَنَّهُ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ كَثِيرٍ كَانَ يَخْطَفُهُ، وَقَدْ رُبِطَ بِسَلاَسِل وَقُيُودٍ مَحْرُوسًا، وَكَانَ يَقْطَعُ الرُّبُطَ وَيُسَاقُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ إِلَى الْبَرَارِي. 30فَسَأَلَهُ يَسُوعُ قِائِلاً:«مَا اسْمُكَ؟» فَقَالَ:«لَجِئُونُ». لأَنَّ شَيَاطِينَ كَثِيرَةً دَخَلَتْ فِيهِ. 31وَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ لاَ يَأْمُرَهُمْ بِالذَّهَابِ إِلَى الْهَاوِيَةِ. 32وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ قَطِيعُ خَنَازِيرَ كَثِيرَةٍ تَرْعَى فِي الْجَبَلِ، فَطَلَبُوا إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُمْ بِالدُّخُولِ فِيهَا، فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ. 33فَخَرَجَتِ الشَّيَاطِينُ مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ وَدَخَلَتْ فِي الْخَنَازِيرِ، فَانْدَفَعَ الْقَطِيعُ مِنْ عَلَى الْجُرُفِ إِلَى الْبُحَيْرَةِ وَاخْتَنَقَ. 34فَلَمَّا رَأَى الرُّعَاةُ مَا كَانَ هَرَبُوا وَذَهَبُوا وَأَخْبَرُوا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَفِي الضِّيَاعِ، 35فَخَرَجُوا لِيَرَوْا مَا جَرَى. وَجَاءُوا إِلَى يَسُوعَ فَوَجَدُوا الإِنْسَانَ الَّذِي كَانَتِ الشَّيَاطِينُ قَدْ خَرَجَتْ مِنْهُ لاَبِسًا وَعَاقِلاً، جَالِسًا عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْ يَسُوعَ، فَخَافُوا. 36فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَيْضًا الَّذِينَ رَأَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَصَ الْمَجْنُونُ. 37فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ كُلُّ جُمْهُورِ كُورَةِ الْجَدَرِيِّينَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ عَنْهُمْ، لأَنَّهُ اعْتَرَاهُمْ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ. فَدَخَلَ السَّفِينَةَ وَرَجَعَ. 38أَمَّا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي خَرَجَتْ مِنْهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ فَطَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَهُ، وَلكِنَّ يَسُوعَ صَرَفَهُ قَائِلاً: 39«ارْجعْ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ وَحَدِّثْ بِكَمْ صَنَعَ اللهُ بِكَ». فَمَضَى وَهُوَ يُنَادِي فِي الْمَدِينَةِ كُلِّهَا بِكَمْ صَنَعَ بِهِ يَسُوعُ.
2008 Oratorical Festival.
Keeping in mind The 2008 Conference Theme; "At the beginning He made them male and female. 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh."
Senior Division:
Speak about people being male and female in the image of God and about
the role of masculinity and femininity in personal life and in the
Mystery of Marriage in Christ.
By Hiba Ojaimi
I adore weddings. I love sitting, watching two people so in love, choking up with the pure joy of the moment, and yet solemnly committing themselves to each other for life. It’s that moment of magic, when tears of joy begin to fall from family and close friends and the whole congregation sighs as one and can start breathing again; the moment the priest announces them husband and wife. I look at these two people before me and wonder if God now perceives these two as one- united in soul, spirit, heart and mind. At that point this passage comes to mind, “ At the beginning He made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh.”
When two become one there is now oneness: of purpose, of direction, of life. A combined unit. 4 hands, 2 heads, 1 life. “In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself ( Ephesians 5:28).” Your actions, and decisions have an immediate impact on someone else. When she is sick, rather than going out you stay and take care of her. When you snore at night, she stays awake all night. In marriage there are two people, yet one entity. The wife gentle and obedient, loving her husband. The man loving his wife, ready to give up his very life for her.
We exist as male and female in relationship. Our capacity to love and be loved, is intimately related to our creation in the image of God. “ But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God ( Corinthians 11:3).” This does not mean that the fairer sex must be the weaker sex, but here St. Paul is telling us that both men and women must submit themselves to God as one entity and have him as the head of the household guiding their lives according to his teachings. Just like Christ is to the Father, women is to men.
Trinity is a shortened form of the word “triunity” which seeks to capture the idea that God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit, are all distinct people with distinct roles in the Bible, and yet God in reality is one, that there is but one God, and that Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all inherently God. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them (Genesis 1:27).” God is the Trinity in one essence that’s exactly how we should be in his image and likeness, together in oneness just as the father son and Holy Spirit act as one.
“And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto man (Genesis 1:22).” The rib from a man made a woman uniting them as one. The Church in the New Testament and in the liturgical services is addressed as the bride of the bridegroom Jesus Christ. The church was born from the side of Jesus when he was pierced on the cross and water and blood came out as Eve from the side of Adam at the creation. We commune with him by having his body and flesh becoming one with him as members of his own body; the Church. “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him (John 6:56).”
The definition of masculinity; Is the fact of being a man or having qualities considered typical of a man. The definition of femininity is the fact of being a woman or having qualities considered typical of a woman. What’s a typical man? What’s a typical woman? Who are we to judge? Only God can judge.
In today’s society both men and women are of equal. They have the same rights and partake in the same jobs. The Bible does not teach that God created men and women identical, but as complementary to one another. Men can not take on the role of motherhood. Like wise, women can not take on the role of fatherhood. A functional family must consist of a mother and father in order for kids to have a balanced, emotional, and sentimental life. Men are to be the head of their families, Providing and taking care of them. Where as women are to nurture and receive strength from the men. Homosexuality throws off this balance. In the world we live in today kids who grow up with parents of the same sex or even a single parent lead a dysfunctional life, always searching within themselves; questioning who they are.
Beauty commands attention and therefore influence. To expresses true femininity or masculinity in the world we live in today, I have seen you must always look presentable and beautiful at all times. I know before I leave the house I look in the mirror a million times and see if my hair looks nice, my make up is good, my outfit is right, so on and so forth. St. Peter writes , “Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel—rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands (1 Peter 3: 3-5).” In God’s sight it’s inner beauty not outer beauty that is very precious and that is true femininity and masculinity; not worrying about how you may look to others for in the end it’s how you are in God’s eyes that prevails over all.
“For in fact the body is not one member but many. That there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually (1 Cor 12:14, 25-27).” Just as the Orthodox churches have multiple churches because of the diversity of languages and cultures, in the end we are one because the Church is the one Body of the Christ, the head. In the same manner, in marriage the goal is to form a micro church where the husband and wife and children become members and at all times Jesus is the head in one flesh. The Orthodox family is the work of Christ on earth, and the image of His presence in the society.
The story of Halloween
Halloween has changed over time, discover how and why.
Halloween is a traditional festivity, celebrated every year in Anglo-Saxon countries, on the 31st of October. It’s taken most seriously in the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK, based on pagan celebrations of the Ancient Celts Civilization.
According to historic manuscripts, Halloween dates back to traditions and customs of the civilization that occupied Gaul from the years 600 a.c to 800 a.c, where today is Portugal, Spain, Italy and Britain’s Islands. The lit up pumpkins and door to door trick or treating became popular in the United States.
Traditionally, Halloween was not related to witches. It was a festival marked on the Celts calendar, today a land we call Ireland, by druid priests, who joyfully commemorated their Gods and the dead – The Samhain festival, Lord of the dead, celebrated on the 1st of November. The festival also marked the end of summer, the coming of a new year and the abundance of crops.
They believed that on the eve of October the 31st, Samhain summoned all the spirits that for the past twelve months had been doomed to live in the bodies of animals.
On that very night, the community would gather around a fire offering their crops and animals, they were sure that it was then that the earth and the spiritual world collided. So they wore animal heads and skin as disguises to scare the spirits that were looking for human bodies.
To get ride of the spirits, the druids had to offer them food or other gifts. If the spirits were happy with what they got, they would leave the population alone, but if they were not, they would play a trick or cast a spell, destroying the people who lived there.
As Samham was a pagan celebration, it was not allowed in the rest of Europe during the Middle Ages; those who insisted on celebrating were tracked down and condemned to the fire by the Inquisition.
The trick or treating began in Ireland just a few centuries back, naturally based on the druid’s customs. A group of farmers of a small village got together and decided to honor their Gods by throwing a Halloween party. They went door to door begging for food to have at the party, the kind givers were whished good luck, but the ones that didn’t give any food were threatened.
As the celebration takes place over night, 31st of October to November the 1st, the name Halloween is believed to have come from the combination of Hallow Evening, taken to America by Irish emigrants (Celts) during the 19th Century.
For over two thousand years Halloween has become a tradition in many countries because of the American cultural influence. This date is now a celebration where children and adults dress up in the scariest costumes and go out trick or treating.
Black, orange and purple are the colors that symbolize Halloween. The main impersonations are of ghosts, witches, vampires, Jack-O-lantern, pumpkins, bats, skulls, skeletons, monsters, demons, spiders and other elements related to fear and magic as well as places our imagination takes us like cemeteries, haunted houses and other dark places.
The icon symbol is the sculpted pumpkin, lit by a candle on the inside and put on our door steps. Legend has it that an Irish folk man, named Jack, was forced to walk alone and never to let the candle blow out so that his path always had light. In order to do so he sculpted a turnip and put the candle in. And because there are no turnips in the Unites States, people started using pumpkins instead, hence the world’s famous symbol!
GEORGE PARISH COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2008-2009
DATE & TIME SPONSORED BY EVENT
2008
- Oct. 31 Teens Hike & Trick or Treat @ Antiochian Village
- Nov. 8 Teen Volunteers Assist in setting up for Thanksgiving Dinner
- Nov. 9 Teen Volunteers Serving for Thanksgiving Dinner
- Nov. 9 following Divine Liturgy Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
- Nov. 13 @7:00PM Antiochian Women Meeting & cooking class @Liz Nassiff’s.
5710 Loripath, Broadview Hts.
- Nov. 15 Teens Dave & Busters or Movie
- Nov. 17 @7:00PM Greater Cleve. Orthodox Clergy Assoc. Holy Unction Service @ St. George Orthodox Church of Cleveland
- Nov. 23 Church School Bake Sale
- Dec. 5 Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) Christmas Party @ Yarid Hall All Parish college students invited to attend
- Dec. 5 @7:00PM Antiochian Women Hanging of the Greens
- Dec. 6 @3:00PM Church School St. Barbara & St. Nicholas Day
- Dec. 14 @7:00PM Antiochian Women Rockettes Christmas Spectacular
State Theater (see Diane Sahley)
- Dec. 21 Church School Christmas Pageant (all children participate)
2009
- Jan. 31 @6:00PM Antiochian Women POOR MAN’S REVERSE RAFFLE
- Feb. 14 Church School VALENTINE PARTY
- Feb. 21 Church School PREPARATION OF FOOD/ /CARDS FOR SHUT-INS
- April 24-26 Parish Council SAINT GEORGE WEEKEND
- Month of Marc Antiochian Women LADIES MONTH/USHER & READ EPISTLE
- April 12 Church School PALM SUNDAY PROCESSION W/BANNERS
- April 16@6:30pm Church School HOLY THURSDAY WASHING OF THE FEET
- April 25 Church School PLAY /PRESENTATION St George Weekend
- May 9 @7:00 Antiochian Women “HOLY CHEFS” COOK OFF
- August 14 @7:00 Antiochian Women ST. MARY’S DAY DINNER
- June 6 Church School PICNIC/ @ HUNTINGTON BEACH PARK
- July 1-5 2009 Midwest Diocese Parish Life Conference, is hosted by St. James Antiochian Orthodox Church @The Sheraton Cincinnati North Hotel, 11320 Chester Rd. Cincinnati, Ohio, To reserve call the hotel @ 1-866-716-8103 or log on www.stjamesloveland.org
- (Also tentative are, a Mystery Bus Trip & Fashion Show)
OTHER CHURCHES CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2008-2009
- Oct. 26 Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Women’s Club Fall Fashion Show, Silent Auction & Bakery Sale 6822 Broadview Rd., Parma – (Fashions by Chico’s) Donation $10.
- Nov. 9 St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church Annual St. Michael’s Day Banquet Immediately following Divine Liturgy @ St. Michael’s Woodside Party Center
- Nov. 8-29 St. Inocent Orth. Church Holiday Pastry Sale (see flyer in Yarid Hall)
- Nov. 15 St. Elias Ladies Guild - Holiday Cooking Class, Lunch served after class - $35
- Dec. 31 St. Maron Church Annual New Year’s Eve Party Refer to flyer in Yarid Hall
- Dec. 31 St. Theodosius Orthodox Christian Cathedral is sponsoring a New Year’s Eve Dinner/Dance @ Ridge Manor Party Center in Brooklyn, Ohio. Refer to flyer in Yarid Hall.
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