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St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church 237 Long Hill Rd, Little Falls, NJ 07424 Matins 8:45 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Parish Office (973)256 8961 Pastor Office (973)256-9475 Church Website:

1 St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church 237 Long Hill Rd, Little Falls, NJ Matins 8:45 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Parish Office (973) Pastor Office (973) Church Website: Church office The Most Reverend Metropolitan JOSEPH V. Rev. Father Dimitri Darwich Rev. Father Jeremiah Phillips Sub-deacon Chris Dillon Parish Council Officers Amin Amireh (Chairman) Elie Saade (Vice Chairman) Michael Nafash (Treasurer) Donna Starke (Secretary) 1 St. George s Organizations Ladies Society Ikhlas Munayyer Teen SOYO Donna Starke (609) Young Adult Marlene Bassil (Advisor) George Juzdan (President) Choir Director Jane Tadros Sunday School Co-Directors Claire Levash Mary Ellen Saba churchschool@stgeorgenj.com PTA Mary Ellen Saba Suzy Kukutanov Charity Committee Julie Abboud immalbert@aol.com Hall Rental Maher Louis hallrental@stgeorgenj.com Capital Campaign Fund Souhel Shehady Stewardship Committee Paul Juzdan pjuzdan@gmail.com

2 Church Service for this Month Day Time Service Sundays 8:45am Matins 10am Liturgy Mondays 7:30pm Arabic Bible Study Friday, December 4:00 pm Royal Hours of the Feast of our Lord 22 nd Jesus Christ - Nativity Sunday, December Tone 3 24 th Altar Servers 8:45 am Matins 10:00 am Divine Liturgy 6:45 pm Matins for the Feast of the Nativity 8:00 pm The Liturgy for the Feast of the Sunday of the Forefathers of Christ 2 Nativity Eothinon 6 Tareq Abawi, Peter Batarseh, Andrew Louis, Anthony Louis, Antonio Nasri, Mark Tarazi. RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE THREE Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad, for the Lord hath done a mighty act with His own arm. He hath trampled down death by death, and become the first-born from the dead. He hath delivered us from the depths of Hades, granting the world the Great Mercy. طروبارية القيامة على اللحن الثالث لتفرح السماويات وتبتهج االرضيات, الن الرب صنع ع از بساعده, ووطئ الموت بالموت, وصار بكر االموات, وأنقذنا من جوف الجحيم, ومنح العالم الرحمة العظمى.

3 APOLYTIKION OF THE FOREFATHERS IN TONE TWO Thou hast justified by faith the ancient Forefathers, and through them Thou hast gone before and betrothed unto Thyself the Church of the Gentiles. Let the saints, therefore, take pride in glory; for from their seed sprouted forth a noble fruit, and she it was who gave birth to Thee without seed. Wherefore, by their pleadings, O Christ God, save our souls. طروبارية األجداد على اللحن الرابع قد زكيت باإليمان اآلباء القدماء و بهم سبقت فخطبت الكنيسة التي من األمم فليفتخر القديسون بالمجد ألن من زرعهم أينع ثمر حسيب وهو األم التي ولدتك بغير زرع فبتوسالتهم أي ها المسيح اإلله خل ص نفوسنا. TROPARION OF SAINT GEORGE IN TONE 4 As deliverer of captives, as defender of the poor, healer of the infirm, champion of kings, Victorious, Great Martyr George, intercede with Christ our Lord, intercede for the soul s salvation. طروبارية القديس جاورجيوس الالبس الظفر )باللحن ال اربع( بما أن ك للمأسورين م ح ر ر وم عتق وللف ق ارء والمساكين عاض د وناصر وللمرضى طبيب وشاف وعن المؤمنين م كاف ح وم حار ب.أي ها في الش هداء جاورجيوس الم ظ ف ر.ت شف ع إلى المسيح اإلله في خالص نفوسنا. العظيم KONTAKION OF PREPARATION OF CHRIST S NATIVITY IN TONE THREE Today the Virgin cometh to the cave where she will give birth in an ineffable manner to the Word Who is before all the ages. Rejoice, therefore, O universe, when thou hearest it heralded: Glorify Him, with the angels and the shepherds, Who chose to be seen as a new-born babe, the God Who is before all the ages. القنداق للميالد ( باللحن الثالث ) المغارة إلى تأتي العذ ارء اليوم الكلمة ل ت ل د قب ل الذي فافر ح ي بها ي ن ط ق وال ت ف س ر ال والدة الد ه ور أيتها المسكونة س م ع ت إذا المالئكة مع ومجد ي والرعاة الذي س ي ظ ه ر بمشيئ ت ه اإلله وهو جديدا طف ال 3 الد ه ور. قب ل الذي

4 EPISTLE Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our Fathers. For Thou art just in all that Thou hast done for us. The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians. (3:4-11) Brethren, when Christ, Who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you; fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these, the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walked, when you lived in them. But now put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices and have put on the new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its Creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeman, but Christ is all, and in all. الرسالة ما أعظم أعم ال ك يا رب كل ها بحكمة صنعت باركي يا نفسي الرب. فصل من رسالة القديس بولس الرسول إلى أهل كولوسي. يا إخوة م تى ظ ه ر الم سيح الذي هو ح يات نا ت ظه رون أنت م أيض ا مع ه في م جد ه. أميتوا إذ ا ما هو أرض ي فيك م كالز نى والف سق واله وى والش هوة الر ديئ ة والفجور فهو ع باد ة األوثان وت لك أ مور ت جل ب غض ب اهلل على أبناء الم عصية. كذل ك كان ت حال ك م فيما مضى حين ك نت م ت عيشون فيها. أم ا اآلن فتخ ل صوا من ك ل ما فيه غ ضب ونقم ة وخ بث وش تيم ة. ال ت ت لف ظوا ب الك الم الب ذيء وال يكذ ب ب عض ك م على ب عض ألن ك م خ ل عت م اإلنسان الق ديم وك ل أعمال ه ول ب ست م اإلنسان الج ديد الذي يت ج د د في الم عر ف ة على ص ور ة خال ق ه. فال ي بقى ه ناك ي هود ي أو غ ير ي هود ي وال م ختون أو غ ير م ختون وال أعج م ي أو ب رب ر ي وال ع بد أو ح ر ب ل الم سيح الذي هو ك ل شيء وفي ك ل شيء. THE GOSPEL The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke (14:16-24) The Lord spoke this parable: A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been 4

5 invited, Come; for all is now ready. But, one by one, they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame. And the servant said, Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room. And the master said to the servant, Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet. For many are called, but few are chosen. اإلنجيل فصل شريف من بشارة القديس لوقا اإلنجيل ي قال الرب هذا المثل:»أقام ر ج ل وليمة كبيرة ود عا إل يها كثير ا م ن الناس. ث م أرس ل خاد م ه ساع ة الوليمة ي قول ل لمدع و ين : ت عال وا فك ل شيء م هي أ! فا عتذ ر وا ك ل ه م. قال ل ه األو ل : ا شت ري ت ح قال وي ج ب أن أذه ب أل اره أرجو م نك أن ت عذ ر ني.وقال آخ ر : ا شت ر يت خ مسة ف دادين وأنا اآلن ذاه ب أل جر ب ها أرجو م نك أن ت عذ ر ني. وقال آخر : ت زو ج ت ا م أرة فال أقد ر أن أجيء. فرج ع الخاد م إلى س ي ده وأخب ر ه ب ما ج رى فغ ض ب ر ب الب يت وقال ل خاد م ه: ا خر ج م سر ع ا إلى ش وار ع المدينة وأز ق ت ها وأدخ ل الف ق ارء والم شو هين والع رج والع ميان إلى ه نا. فقال الخاد م : ج رى ما أم ر ت ب ه يا س ي دي وب ق ي ت م قاع د فار غ ة. فأجاب ه السي د : أ خر ج إلى الط ر قات والد روب وألزم الناس بالد خول حتى ي مت لئ ب يتي. أقول لك م: ل ن ي ذوق عشائي أح د من أولئك الم دع و ين ألن المدعوين كثيرون والمختارين قليلون!» Today s Thought "There is one God Who created man from dust. He has ordered all things, both visible and invisible, by His Word and His Spirit. The Word is the Son of God, Who came down upon the earth on account of our sins. He was born of a Virgin, He lived among men, and suffered and died for our salvation, and then He arose from the dead, and He has resurrected the human race with Him. We believe that He is One in Essence with the Father, and equal to Him in authority and honor. 5

6 We believe this without any sly rationalizations, for it is impossible to grasp this mystery by human reason." -- St. Spiridon Today s Saint (December 17) The holy hierarch, Saint Dionysius, who was born and reared on Zakynthos, was the son of pious and wealthy parents, Mocius and Paulina by name. In his youth he entered the ancient monastery of the Strophada Islands, which lie south of Zakynthos, and there he donned the monastic habit. Later, he was appointed Archbishop of Aegina, and adorned its throne for a considerable time. Thereafter he returned to his homeland. One incident in his life especially reveals to what virtue he attained. A man came to him in desperation, witnessing that he had committed a murder, and was being pursued by the slain man's family. He asked Saint Dionysius to give him refuge. The Saint agreed to this, upon learning that it was his own brother whom the man had slain, he said nothing, but concealing the agony of his grief, hid him. When the Saint's kinsmen arrived at the monastery, he told them that the Murderer had gone by such and such a way. When they had departed, he admonished the man concerning the gravity of his sin, instructed him in repentance, and sent him off in peace having forgiven him his brother's murder. According to local tradition, this man later returned and became a monk at this same monastery. Saint Dionysius reposed in peace in 1621, leaving behind his sacred and incorrupt relics as a treasure for his fellow citizens. Parish News Holy Bread The Holy Bread is being offered today in memory of: Saleem & Natalia Elmasri by their children and their families. Romi Bader by his mother, Salimi Bader, his brothers and their families. Memorial Service Memorial Service will be offered today for the servant of God fallen asleep in the Lord Romi Bader, offered by his mother Salimi Bader, his bothers and their families. May the memory of Romi be eternal and may the Lord grant the Bader family many healthy years to come. 6

7 Donations In memory of Raid Hinnawi offered by Farah & Hanan Munayyer, Michael & Sawsan Fakes and family, Wadia Juzdan, Souhel & Yola Shehady, John & Nadia Joubran, Ziad & Claudia Barghash, Mark & Jackie Salotti, Robert & Pearl Nahass. Jihan Tannous in memory of Antoinette Dieaa. The Spirits of the Righteous Made Perfect Thomas Balish, Jennie Nabba, Michael Kashey, Shafika Gorab, ary Zayat, Ferris Kawash, Kabalan Fadil, Genevieve Andalaft, Ruth Salotti, Charles Zagheb, Ibrahim Akel, George Shahadi, Makram Joubran, Salem Joubran. May the Lord God rest their souls in peace and grant comfort to their families. Parish Council Meeting The Parish Council will always welcome any ideas or suggestions from our parishioners if it benefits the church. Please do not hesitate to contact Amin Amireh or any member of the PC, so that it will be discussed at the PC Meetings. Parish Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at 7:30 pm. CHURCH SCHOOL BREAKFAST with SANTA, TODAY, at 12:30 pm. Come join us for a buffet breakfast, DJ and welcome our special quest Santa himself. Tickets are $10 per person, children under 5 are $5. Today is the last day of Sunday School until January 7 th. On December 24 th and 31 st, we encourage all children to attend the entire morning Liturgy services as well as 8pm Christmas Eve Liturgy. All of the teaching staff wishes you and your families a Blessed nativity and a Happy, Healthy New Year. Antiochian Village at Home, Saturday, Mach 17th, at 9:00am. Creative arts Festival Workshop for all children, Sunday, January 28 th, 11am-2pm. 7

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Sunday of the Forefathers (Ancestors) of Christ

Sunday of the Forefathers (Ancestors) of Christ December 16, 2018 2 Saints of the Day: Prophet Haggai; Theophania the empress; Modestos, archbishop of Jerusalem RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE FOUR