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St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church The Reverend Father Michael Corbin, Pastor Saturday Vespers: 5:00 PM Sunday: Matins 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Great Feast Days: 6:30 PM (on eve of Feast)

1 St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church The Reverend Father Michael Corbin, Pastor Saturday Vespers: 5:00 PM Sunday: Matins 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Great Feast Days: 6:30 PM (on eve of Feast) Cherry Ave. N.E. Canton, Ohio Church Office Phone: (330) Fax: (330) Website: stgeorgecanton.com Office Hours: Monday through Friday - 9 AM to 1 PM Fr. Michael Corbin - Home: Cell: abumeesh@hotmail.com Welcome Visitors Thank you for coming and praying with us today. In the Orthodox Church, Holy Communion is reserved for Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves through prayer, fasting and regular confession. We invite you to introduce yourself to Fr. Michael at the end of the Liturgy and receive a piece of the blessed bread (Antidoron). We look forward to seeing you again and encourage you to learn more about the Orthodox Faith.

2 February 23, 2014 Sunday of the Last Judgment (Meat Fare) Hieromartyr Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna; Venerable Gorgonia, sister of Gregory the Theologian; Venerable Zebinas, Polychronios, Moses and Damian near Cyrrhus in Syria; Venerable Damian of Esphigmenou monastery on Mount Athos Holy Bread is offered by: Duke and Marilyn Kanam for the health of Duke and Marilyn Kanam and Family. In memory of: Fred Martin, Jr., Fred Martin, Sr. and Jeanette Martin. Holy Bread is offered by: Jim and Sadie Kannam for the health of Alex Zenedes. In memory of: Abe Abraham, Beatrice Bea Davis, Josephine Albert. Holy Bread is offered by: the children of Emily Albert for the health of living members of the Albert, Issac, Cory and George Families, Louis Albert. In memory of: Emily and Al Albert and the departed members of the Albert, Issac, Cory and George Familes. Prayers at the table of oblation are offered by: George and Sally Michael for the health of George, Sally, Andria, Nick, Alex and Mareena Michael. In memory of: Louis, Mareena and Ronda Michael, Ayub, Skundara and Delores Shaheen and Mary "Bahia" Haddad. Prayers at the table of oblation are offered for the health and safe return of captives: Metropolitan Boulos Yazigi, Metropolitan Youhanna Ibrahim, Fr. Isaac Maher Mahfouz and Fr. Michael Kayyal, Mother Pelagia and the nuns of St. Thekla Convent in Maaloula, Syria. PRAYERS OFFERED AT THE TABLE OF OBLATION For the health and salvation of: Elias Abuzakhm, Louis Albert, Tess Azar, Carol Brower, Abraham Brownie Brown, Aria DiSabato, Barbara Esber, Celia Esber, Janet Esber, Sidney and Takla Farah, Joe Helaney, Emily Herraiz, Virgil and Carol Huggett, Lori and Michael Jacobs, Jamil Jasser, George and Mary Joseph, Zella Kanam, Gottfried Knetsch, Joyce Liliestedt, Dennis Martinez, Shane Mckinney, Sally Michael, Charlie Ringer, Betty Shaheen, Charles D. Shaheen, Fred Shaheen, Helen Shaheen, Jamie Shaheen, Lori Shaheen, Alexander Shaheen, Nahie Shaheen, Pauline Shaheen, Wedad Shaheen, Clarence Simpson, Brian Smith, Edna Stamatoff, Amy Stebner, Faria Summers, Theresa Suranski, Melanie Wakser, Faiza Megali Wasef, Carolyn Wires, Claudia Zeldin, Alex Zenedes, Linda Ziton. Armed Forces: Richard Bertram, Jim O Dell, Justin Rowley. In memory of: Archbishop +MICHAEL, Fr. George Aswad, Fr. John Elias, Abe Abraham (Grand Rapids, MI), Elizabeth Betros. Trisagion Service for: Emily Albert (40 days) Trisagion Service for: Fred Martin, Jr. (4 years)

3 Coffee Hour sponsored by Duke and Marilyn Kanam and Family EVENTS Sunday, February 23, Matins 9:00 am, Liturgy 10:00 am Tuesday, February 25, Making meat/cheese for the Mid-East Dinner Wednesday, February 26, Educational Class, Our Lenten Journey, 6:30 pm Choir practice for Sunday of Orthodoxy, 6:30 pm, Holy Trinity Thursday, February 27, Arabic Class 6-7pm Saturday, March 1, Vespers, 5:00 pm Sunday, March 2, Matins 9:00 am, Liturgy 10:00 am Teen SOYO meeting, 4:30 pm Forgiveness Vespers 6 pm Monday, March 3, Dabke Troupe Practice 5:30-6:30 pm Great Compline 6:30 pm Tuesday, March 4, Great Compline 6:30 pm Wednesday, March 5, Presanctified Liturgy 6:30 pm St. George Massillon Thursday, March 6, Arabic Class 5:30-6:30 pm Great Compline 6:30 pm Friday, March 7, Madayeh Service, 6:00 pm followed by Teen SOYO Lenten Buffet Saturday, March 8, Vespers, 5:00 pm, Holy Trinity Sunday, March 9, Sunday of Orthodoxy, Matins 8:30 am, Liturgy 9:30 am, Holy Trinity HOLY BREAD COFFEE HOUR March 2 Donna Abood Rhonia Shaheen March 2 Jennie Kannam March 9 Sunday of Orthodoxy - Holy Trinity March 16 Holy Bread Needed Pam Huggett Troparion for the Resurrection - Tone 2 When Thou didst submit Thyself unto death, O Thou deathless and immortal One, then Thou didst destroy hell with Thy Godly power. And when Thou didst raise the dead from beneath the earth, all the powers of Heaven did cry aloud unto Thee: O Christ, Thou giver of life, glory to Thee. Troparion of St. George - 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 for Sunday of Last Judgement - Tone 1 When Thou comest, O God, to earth with glory, and all creatures tremble before Thee, and the river of fire floweth before the Altar, and the books are opened and sins revealed, deliver me then from that unquenchable fire, and make me worthy to stand at Thy right hand, O righteous Judge.

4 THE EPISTLE The Lord is my strength and my praise. The Lord has chastened me sorely. The Reading from the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians. (8:8-9:2) Brethren, food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. Only take care, lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. For if any one sees you a man of knowledge at table in an idol s temple, might he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. Thus, sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food is a cause of my brother s falling, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall. Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. THE GOSPEL The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (25:31-46) The Lord said, When the Son of man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. Before Him will be gathered all the nations, and He will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and He will place the sheep at His right hand, but the goats at the left. Then the King will say to those at His right hand, Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed Me, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me. Then the righteous will answer Him, Lord, when did we see Thee hungry and feed Thee, or thirsty and give Thee drink? And when did we see Thee a stranger and welcome Thee, or naked and clothe Thee? And when did we see Thee sick or in prison and visit Thee? And the King will answer them, Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me. Then He will say to those at his left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome Me, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me. Then they also will answer, Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to Thee? Then He will answer them, Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to Me. And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

5 الرسالة ق وتي وت سب ح تي الر ب أ د با أ دب ني الر ب فصل من رسالة القديس بولس الرسول الا ولى إلى أهل آورنث وس (9:1-2 ;8:8-13) يا إخوة إ ن الطعام لا ي ق ر ب نا إلى االله. لا ن ا إن أ آل نا لا ن زيد وإن لم ن ا آ ل لا ن ن ق ص * ولكن انظ روا أ ن لا يكون س لطان كم هذا م عث ر ة للض ع ف اء * لا ن ه إن را ك أح د يام ن له الع ل م م ت ك ي ا في بيت الا وثان أفلا ي ت ق وى ض م ير ه وهو ض عيف على أآل ذباي ح الا وثان * ف ي هل ك بسب ب علم ك الا خ الض ع يف الذي مات الم س يح لا جل ه * وهكذا إذ ت خط ي ون إلى الاخوة وت جر ح ون ض ماي ر ه م وهي ض ع يف ة إن ما ت خط ي ون إلى المسيح * ف ل ذل ك إ ن آان الطعام ي ش ك ك أخي فلا ا آ ل ل حما إلى الا ب د لي لا أ ش ك ك أخي* ألست أنا رسولا. ألست أنا ح را. أما رأ يت يسوع المسيح ر ب ن ا. ألست م أنت م ع م لي في الر ب* وإن لم أآ ن رسولا إلى ا خ ر ين فا ن ي رسول إليك م. لا ن خات م ر س التي هو أنت م في الر ب. الا نجيل فصل شريف من بشارة القديس متى الا نجيل ي البشير والتلميذ الطاهر (25:31-46) قال ال ر ب متى جاء ابن الب ش ر في م جد ه وجميع الملاي كة القديسين م ع ه ف ح يني ذ ي جل س على ع رش م جد ه * وت جم ع إليه آ ل الا م م ف ي م ي ز ب عض ه م من ب عض آما ي م ي ز الراعي الخ راف من الجداء * وي قيم الخ راف عن ي م ين ه والج داء عن ي سار ه * حيني ذ يقول الم ل ك للذين عن ي مين ه ت عال و ا يا م ب ار آي أبي ر ثوا الم لك الم ع د لكم منذ إنشاء الع ال م * لا ن ي ج عت فا طع مت موني وعط شت فس ق يت موني وآنت غريبا فا ويت موني* وع ريانا فكس وت موني ومريضا ف ع د ت موني ومحبوسا فا تيت م إل ي* حيني ذ ي ج يب ه الص ديقون قاي لين يا ر ب متى رأ يناك جاي عا فا طع من اك أو عطشان فسقيناك ومتى رأيناك غريبا فا ويناك أو ع ريانا ف ك س وناك * ومتى رأ يناك م ريضا أو محبوسا فا تينا إليك في جيب الم ل ك ويقول لهم: الح ق أقول لكم بما أن ك م ف ع لت م ذ ل ك با ح د إخوتي هو لاء الصغار ف بي ف ع لت م وه * حيني ذ يقول أيضا للذي ن عن ي سار ه اذهبوا عن ي يا ملاع ين إلى النار الا ب دي ة الم ع دة لا بليس وملاي ك ت ه * لا ني ج عت فلم ت طع م وني وع ط شت فلم ت سق وني * وآنت غ ريبا فلم ت و ووني وع ريانا فلم ت كس وني ومريضا ومحبوسا فلم ت زور وني* حيني ذ ي جيب ون ه هم أيضا قاي لين يا ر ب متى رأيناك جاي عا أو عطشان أو غريبا أو ع ريانا أو مريضا أو محبوسا ولم ن خد م ك * حيني ذ ي ج يب ه م قاي لا الح ق أقول لكم بما أن كم لم ت فع لوا ذلك با حد هو لاء الصغار فبي لم ت فع ل وه * فيذهب هو لاء إلى العذاب الا بد ي والص ديقون إلى الحياة الا ب دي ة.

MARCH IS LADIES MONTH SUNDAY, MARCH 2 EPISTLE READERS: Arabic, Summer Michael; English, Pam Huggett TRAY COLLECTORS: Leila Andrews and Marilyn Shaheen SUNDAY, MARCH 9 - SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY - CHURCH

6 MARCH IS LADIES MONTH SUNDAY, MARCH 2 EPISTLE READERS: Arabic, Summer Michael; English, Pam Huggett TRAY COLLECTORS: Leila Andrews and Marilyn Shaheen SUNDAY, MARCH 9 - SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY - CHURCH CLOSED SUNDAY, MARCH 16 EPISTLE READERS: Arabic, Lama Mitri; English, Susan Kanam TRAY COLLECTORS: Samira Abood and Sadie Gazil SUNDAY, MARCH 23 EPISTLE READERS: Arabic, Kh Mira Corbin; English, Robin Cazantzes TRAY COLLECTORS: Rita Cassidy and Shafeeka Shaheen SUNDAY, MARCH 30 EPISTLE READERS: Arabic, Majida Albaba; English, Marilyn Kanam TRAY COLLECTORS: Sadie Shaheen and Helen Leonhardt HOME BLESSINGS If you would like your home blessed, Contact Fr. Michael or the office to set up an appointment. Creative Festivals 2014 We are missing one of our big pots. If anyone has borrowed a pot from the social hall kitchen, please return as soon as possible. Thank you! Please continue to help your children complete their Creative Writing and Poetry at home. We will be moving on to Artwork this month. Thank you for your help! Michelle Wires

TEEN SOYO NEWS Midwest SOYO Humanitarian Project Teen SOYO is collecting bottle caps (metal) and can tabs.

Session 3 July 13-25 Session 4 July 27 - Aug. 8 Early registration for camp due by March 1, 2014.

7 TEEN SOYO NEWS Midwest SOYO Humanitarian Project Teen SOYO is collecting bottle caps (metal) and can tabs. Please return by March 2 to lower level. (donations will go to Ronald McDonald House Charities) Teen SOYO is selling. T-shirts! Cost - $11.00 Proceeds will go to the camp fund! Antiochian Village Summer Camp Schedule 2014 Summer Camp Dates Session 1 June Session 1 (one week) June Session 2 June 29 - July 11 Session 3 July Session 4 July 27 - Aug. 8 Early registration for camp due by March 1, (ages 9-17) You can register and pay your $100 deposit on line. Website to register. Let the church office know once your child is registered, so that we can pay the remaining balance. Don t miss out! Sanctity of Life Please return the baby bottles for the Pregnancy Support Center!

Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday) The foregoing two parables -- especially that of the Prodigal Son -- have presented to us God's extreme goodness and love for man.

8 Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday) The foregoing two parables -- especially that of the Prodigal Son -- have presented to us God's extreme goodness and love for man. But lest certain persons, putting their confidence in this alone, live carelessly, squandering upon sin the time given them to work out their salvation, and death suddenly snatch them away, the most divine Fathers have appointed this day's feast commemorating Christ's impartial Second Coming, through which we bring to mind that God is not only the Friend of man, but also the most righteous Judge, Who recompenses to each according to his deeds. It is the aim of the holy Fathers, through bringing to mind that fearful day, to rouse us from the slumber of carelessness unto the work of virtue, and to move us to love and compassion for our brethren. Besides this, even as on the coming Sunday of Cheese-fare we commemorate Adam's exile from the Paradise of delight -- which exile is the beginning of life as we know it now -- it is clear that today's is reckoned the last of all feasts, because on the last day of judgment, truly, everything of this world will come to an end. All foods, except meat and meat products, are allowed during the week that follows this Sunday. Attention Boys & Girls: Anyone interested in being on the Dabke Troupe - practice will begin on Monday, March 3rd from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the social hall. If you don't know how to dabke - no worries - you will learn and have fun learning. If you already know how to dabke - great - we need your talent! Junior Dabke Troupe - ages 6-12 (Natalie Kanam, Dance Instructor) Teen Dabke Troupe - ages (NEEDED, Dance Instructor) If you have any questions, please feel free to ask Liz Macris or Natalie Kanam. Let s Dabke!

St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church The Reverend Father Michael Corbin, Pastor

St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church The Reverend Father Michael Corbin, Pastor Saturday Vespers: 5:00 PM Sunday: Matins 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Great Feast Days: 6:30 PM (on eve of Feast) 1118-1122