THE HOLY APOSTLE ANDREW, THE FIRST-CALLED

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1 10748 E. 116 th Street Fishers, Indiana Office: (317) Fax: V. Rev. Father Nabil L. Hanna, Pastor (317) V. Rev. Father Radoslav Filipovich, Attached (317) Rev. James A. Childs, Deacon (317) Joseph Hazar, Subdeacon, Pastoral Assistant (607) A Parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America TONE 8 NOVEMBER 30, 2014 EOTHINON 3 THE HOLY APOSTLE ANDREW, THE FIRST-CALLED FRUMENTIOS, ARCHBISHOP AND ENLIGHTENER OF ETHIOPIA ALEXANDER, BISHOP OF METHYMNA St. Andrew is known as the first-called Apostle because he was first a disciple of St John the Baptist, but then when St John said, Behold the Lamb of God, pointing to Jesus, St Andrew went and followed Christ before any of the others. He was the brother of the Apostle Peter and son of Jonah. After Pentecost, it fell by lot, i.e. by the Holy Spirit, that St. Andrew should preach the Gospel in Byzantium. He preached and converted many to Christ in Byzantium (the town that would later become New Rome, a.k.a. Constantinople) and throughout Thrace, along the Danube and into Russia around the Black Sea, and in Epirus, Greece, and the Peloponnese, where he suffered and was crucified.

2 PA RT I : L I T U RGY VA R I AT I O N S 3 RD ANTIPHON: TROPARION OF THE RESURRECTION (TONE 8) From the heights Thou didst descend, O compassionate One, and Thou didst submit to the three-day burial that Thou mightest deliver us from passion. Thou art our Life and our Resurrection, O Lord, glory to Thee. From the heights Thou didst descend. APOLYTIKIA AFTER THE ENTRANCE Troparion of the Resurrection (Tone 8) Schedule of Regular Weekly Services Sundays: Matins, 8:50 AM Divine Liturgy, 10 AM Wednesdays: Vespers, 6:30 PM Saturdays: Great Vespers, 5 PM Confession: After Saturday Vespers See Calendar for Feast Days and Other Weekday Services Scheduled Order for Holy Communion Members of the Orthodox Church age seven and above must prepare for Holy Communion with a recent confession, prayer, fasting from all food and drink from midnight (unless medical condition preclude it), being in church before the Epistle and Gospel readings, and being at peace with everyone. CHILDREN going to church school and their teachers should come down the center aisle first. (Small children may need to be assisted by their parents.) ALL OTHERS should wait until an usher dismisses your row from the center aisle. Then return to your place by a side aisle for the prayers of thanksgiving and the final blessing and dismissal. Please let choir members pass when they come down for Communion. During Sunday Matins Or by Appointment A Warm Welcome to Our Guests We are glad you are worshipping with us. Please note that Holy Communion is limited to members of the Orthodox Church in good standing, who have prepared with prayer, fasting and confession. For all others though we cannot share Communion with you, since it is an expression of membership and full unity in faith you are welcome to come forward after the dismissal, receive a blessing and partake of the blessed bread (in the large bowls). Please also sign our guest book, and introduce yourself to Fr. Nabil during the coffee hour. You may inquire with him how you can become a member.

3 Troparion for St. Andrew (Tone 4) As the first-called of the Apostles and brother of their leader, O Andrew, entreat the Mater of all that peace be granted unto the world and great mercy to our souls. Troparion for St. George (Tone 4, Russian) 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 of Preparation of Christ s Nativity (Tone 3) The Virgin cometh today to the cave to give birth, ineffably to bring forth the Word eternal. Therefore, rejoice, O earth at the message. With the angels and shepherds give glory to Him who shall appear by His own will as a young child, He who is from eternity God. SCRIPTURE LESSONS Their sound has gone forth into all the earth. Verse: The heavens declare the glory of God! Prokeimenon (Psalm 28.11, 1 LXX; Tone 7) Reading from St. Paul s First Epistle to the Corinthians (4.9-16; St. Andrew) BRETHREN, God has revealed us, the apostles, last of all, as those appointed to death; for we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ s sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are glorified, but we are dishonored. Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, we are naked, and are buffeted, and are restless; and we labor, working with our own hands. While reviled, we bless; while persecuted, we endure; while blasphemed, we exhort; we have become the filth of the world and the off-scouring of all things, even until now. I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children; for though you have a myriad of tutors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for I begat you in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I beseech you, therefore, be imitators of me. Holy Gospel according to St. John ( ; St. Andrew) AT THAT TIME John was standing with two of his disciples; and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God! The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, What do you seek? And they said to Him, Rabbi (which means Teacher), where art Thou

4 staying? He said to them, Come and see. They came and saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter s brother. He first found his brother Simon, and said to him, We have found the Messiah (which means Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, So you are Simon the son of Jonah? You shall be called Cephas (which means Peter). The next day, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And He found Philip and said to him, Follow Me. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathaniel, and said to him, We have found Him of Whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. Nathaniel said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathaniel said to Him, How do you know me? Jesus answered him, Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you. Nathaniel answered Him, Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God! Thou art the King of Israel! Jesus answered him, Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these. And He said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. REFRAIN OF THE COMMUNION HYMN (PSALM 18.4 LXX; TONE 8) Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. HOLY OBLATIONS AND PRAYER REQUESTS By Salim and Paula Najjar and Kameel and Rula Najjar and their families, for the repose of mother Angelle Najjar (9-day memorial). By Sypridon Samer and Norma Nahas, for the repose of Norma s aunt, Josephine Girji (1-year memorial). By Michael Nebesny, Alan Nebesny and family, Anna Nebesny-Fender and family, in memory of Stefana Nebesny (memorial) on her birthday November 22 and their sister and aunt Natalia Galan (memorial), Vladomiro Galan, Nikifor Nebesny, Maria Nebesny, Marika Nebesny, Ana Ostachuk, Leonardo Ostachuk, and Estanislav Ostachuk. By Andeberhan and Zaid Gebar, for the health of all their family. By Larry and Armanda Risk and family, for the health of daughter Karima.

5 PA RT I I : A N N O U N C EMENTS PLEASE JOIN US FOR FELLOWSHIP AFTER THE LITURGY Coffee hour this morning is hosted by Michael Nebesny. The sign-up sheet for hosting coffee hour in 2015 is now posted on the bulletin board next to the elevator. THE PRE-CHRISTMAS FAST CONTINUES Remember that in her holy wisdom, the Church gives us a 40-day period of preparation for Christmas. We fast from November 15 until the Christmas Liturgy (although we make a special dispensation for Thanksgiving). During this time we abstain from all meat and dairy products, AND we increase our prayer, reading of Scripture and almsgiving for the poor. ST. BARBARA AND ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS Join us for Liturgy on the eve of their feast: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Introduction to Orthodoxy class and the Who is Jesus? class, together with the Teen Chat, will begin right after Liturgy. ST. NICHOLAS DAY: BAPTISM, LITURGY, CHILDREN S PROGRAM We celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas this Saturday: 9 am Matins 10 am Baptism of Ethan Dooley and Emma Fadel with Liturgy Visit of St. Nicholas Lunch/Reception Children s Program You can leave your shoes in the coat closets off the narthex, and you can come into church with just socks on your feet this Saturday. St. Nicholas may have a surprise for you! During this Liturgy, Doug and Janice Fadel s grandchildren, Ethan Dooley and Emma Fadel (children of Sean & Christa Dooley and Billy & Amanda Fadel) will be baptized. The entire parish is invited after Liturgy for a lunch reception in the fellowship hall along with a special St. Nicholas day program for our Church School kids (grades Preschool-6 th grade), which will include practice for our Christmas Pageant. We hope to see you all there!

6 FROM YOUR CHARITY MINISTRY TEAM Wow! Thank you for generously supporting the international children of need. 24 shoebox gifts are now being air lifted to countries in need. This in conjunction with Samaritan s Purse and Heritage Christian Church. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO THIS CHRISTMAS FOR THE NEEDY HERE IN TOWN? 1. Christmas Card: Please donate to the Christmas card. Your name will appear on the St. George Christmas card that is mailed to each parishioner. All donations for the Christmas card funds all the charity needs throughout the year. There is no set amount, but please be generous. Envelopes were mailed and are available at the candle stand. Please fill out the card, place it in the return envelope with your donation, and return it to the church in the collection basket or by mail by December 7. You can also submit your Christmas card donation online at 2. Christmas tree for our local needy families. This year we are supporting children from needy families in Indianapolis, as identified by our own Hala Bannourah, Counselor at IPS School #42. a. Thanks to all who already took tags from the Christmas Giving Tree. There are many tags remaining as the need is great. If an item says Wish list those are items wished for by the child. If it does not say wish list, those are items deemed needed by the parent. b. Return your gift, wrapped, by December 7. Please keep the original tag with the gift, so we can identify who should receive it and what has been purchased. c. We will use funds from your generosity in the Christmas Card to purchase fresh food items and items not taken from the tree. 3. Canned and Non-perishable Food. From now until Christmas, as part of our parish participation in the Archdiocese-wide World Food Day program, we ask you to bring in canned vegetable and meats, pasta, soups, etc. You can place them on the table in the main lobby. We report to the Archdiocese the total received, but we keep the items for our own food pantry to help the needy in our own area (including parishioners). Delivery date for our local needy will be December 20 th. If you are interested in being a part of the charity committee and delivering please let Diana Najjar know

7 OUR ANNUAL STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN This is the time of year when we reflect upon our many blessings and give thanks to our almighty God. It is also the time to reevaluate our stewardship commitment for the coming year. This commitment is in the form of our annual stewardship pledge. This is the pledge we make to continue the operational support of our new church for the coming year and is separate from the building fund pledge. We would hope everyone is striving to reach a goal of at least 10% of their total income as a pledge. If you can t reach 10%, please consider increasing your pledge from last year and continue to work toward 10% in the future. All parishioners will receive a pledge card in the mail. We will also have pledge cards available at the candle stand. Please fill out your pledge card for the coming year and deposit it into the locked wooden box located at the candle stand. You may also mail it directly to the church office. Please know that your pledge is confidential and only our office staff will open the pledge box or your pledge envelope. Today, November 30, David Sumner will speak on stewardship. Our pledge drive will culminate on Sunday, December 14, 2014 with our annual Pledge Sunday followed by a light brunch sponsored by our stewardship committee. We would like to receive all pledge cards on or before December 14 th. Father Nabil, the parish council and stewardship committee are asking for 100% participation from all members of St. George Parish. Please help us reach our goal! The Stewardship Committee, Samir Kanazeh, Patrick Koers, David Sumner, Kathy Tingwald MORTGAGE PLEDGE CAMPAIGN Please note that we have to keep our operating fund separate from our building fund and capital campaign. Thus we ask everyone to fill out separate cards for your regular pledge and for the mortgage. We pray every family will participate in both. Last Sunday we announced that we had met the matching challenge of an anonymous donor for $50k from the time they made the challenge. Thank you to everyone who stepped up and responded, so we could garner that generous annual pledge for the mortgage. But, while that was an important milestone, we can t stop yet. Please check the thermometer during coffee hour for our progress. You will see that we re just over half way to covering our monthly mortgage.

8 LADIES OF ST. GEORGE MEETINGS Our wonderful, active Ladies will meet after coffee hour next Sunday (always the first Sunday of each month). They will also meet for Tea and Discussion at 2p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. NEW IN THE ST. GEORGE BOOKSTORE! Check out the bookstore, located off the downstairs lobby. New books include: Holy Joy, the Heartbeat of Faith, Coniaris The Christian Old Testament, Farley Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy, Damick The Ascetic Lives of Mothers, a prayer book for Orthodox Moms, Boyd The Ancient Faith Prayer Book For Advent and Christmas, we have: Meditations for Advent, Papavassiliou Boxed Cards Ornaments Icons Children s books and workbooks Carved olive wood items LEARN HOW TO BAKE PROPSHORA (ALTAR BREAD) Mark your calendars: We have scheduled a class on baking Prosphora for Saturday, January 24. Several Holy Offering Bread stamps have been borrowed from the church for people to use at home when offering bread for the Liturgy, but they have not come back. Please look, and see if you have one. Please bring it back to Fr. Nabil.

9 TEEN BASKETBALL TEAM Any teens interested in forming a St. George Basketball team should contact Subdeacon Joseph Hazar by ing jh@stgindy.org. Details such as schedule, age restrictions, cost, etc. will become available as interest is shown and we have a meeting so please respond if interested right away. This team will be the core group that goes to Canton, OH for the Basketball retreat in January. THE NUTCRACKER HAS BECOME A TRADITION FOR OUR YOUTH Katie Sankey, Adriana Iglendza and Audrey Burdick (granddaughter of Pat & Diane Koers) will be performing in The Nutcracker Ballet presented by CIDE on December 12th, 13th and 14th at the Zionsville Performing Arts Center. We are able to purchase tickets at the group rate of $18/adult and $15/children if we have at least 10 or more people purchasing tickets to any of the performances. For more information, please contact CIDE tickets at and tell them you are part of the St. George group. Thank you for your support!

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12 PARISH PRAYER LIST Please include in your daily prayers the following those struggling with acute illness and those newly departed this life from our parishioners and those for whom they have requested our prayers. (Names are maintained for 40 days and may be renewed upon request of the patient/family.) LIVING Metropolitan Paul and Archbishop John Fr. Athanasius Wilson, 2/28 Nun Theophania, 12/31 Persecuted Christians and All people suffering violence or sickness in Iraq, Syria and throughout the world Diane Koers, 1/5 Thelma Hoover, Waters at Indy, 12/28 Marcianna Scott, 12/28 Marcella Koroneos, 12/24 Timothy Ott, 12/24 Jack Joseph, 12/23 Fouad Musleh, Kindred Care at Bridgewater, 12/22 Helen Janice Fadel, Kindred Care at Bridgewater, 12/20 Karima Risk, 1/8 Kh. MaryAnn Wingenbach, 1/8 Fadi Khashram, nephew of Mireille Mustaklem, 1/3 Skylar Phillips, nephew of Karen Najjar in NICU, 1/1 Fareed Nimri, Waleed's uncle, 12/26 Alexander Azar I, Alex II s father, 12/8 Simon, nephew of Samir Kanazeh, 12/4 Sasha, Fr. Radoslav s nephew, 11/30 DEPARTED Fr. Gabriel Ashie, 12/4 Angelle Najjar, Mother of Salim and Kameel, 1/4 Robert Lawrence, Lisa s father, 12/31 Araksie Zetouine, mother of Marie-Rose Corey, 12/29 Malakeh Sayegh, Atallah's mother, 12/26 Constance Tarasar, professor at St. Vladimir s Seminary, 12/17 Helmy Hanna, Fr. Nabil s uncle, 12/7 Victims of violence everywhere ST. GEORGE PARISH CALENDAR Wed. 3 Thu. 4 Sat. 6 Sun. 7 Wed. 10 Thu. 11 December 2014 Eve of the Feast of St. Barbara and St. John of Damascus Divine Liturgy, 6:30 pm Adult Christian Education, Teen Chat Rocky Road and family night Knights of St. George Breakfast at Sunrise Café, 6 am Lecture by Frederica Mathewes- Green at IU Oak room, 8 pm Feast of St. Nicholas Matins, 8:50 am Baptismal Divine Liturgy, (Baptism of Ethan Dooley and Emma Fadel) 10 am Lunch Reception Church School Program for St. Nicholas Great Vespers and Confession, 5 pm Matins, 8:50 am Choir practice, 9 am Divine Liturgy, 10 am Church School, after communion Ladies of St. George meeting Vespers, 6:30 pm Adult Christian Education, Teen Chat Rocky Road and family night Knights of St. George Breakfast at Sunrise Café, 6 am See the full calendar and the latest additions and updates at