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10748 E. 116th Street • Fishers, Indiana 46037 (317) 845-7755 • www.stgindy.org
V. Rev. Father Nabil L. Hanna, Pastor (317) 919-0841 • [email protected]
Rev. Joseph S. Olas, Deacon (317) 201-8151 • [email protected]
A Parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America • Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America
His Grace Bishop ANTHONY, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Toledo
TONE 1 DECEMBER 15, 2019 EOTHINON 4
HIEROMARTYR ELEUTHERIOS, BISHOP OF ILLYRIA SUNDAY OF THE FOREFATHERS (ANCESTORS) OF CHRIST
MARTYR ANTHIA, MOTHER OF ELEUTHERIOS • VENERABLE PAUL OF LATRA STEPHEN, BISHOP-CONFESSOR OF SUROZH • VENERABLE TRYPHON OF PECHENGA
Saint Eleutherios, the son of an illustrious Roman citizen, was raised in Christian piety by his mother Anthia (also known as Evanthia). She herself had been instructed by Saint Paul, believed in Christ and was baptized by the Apostle.
Eleutherios’ virtue was such that at the age twenty, he had been elevated to bishop of Illyria (present-day Albania).
In the reign of the emperor Hadrian (ruled 117-38 AD), Saint Eleutherios was tortured for his bold preaching about Christ, then was beheaded at Rome with his mother Anthia. The Eparch Caribus, who had tortured them, also came to believe in Christ and was executed.
L I T U RGY VA R I AT I O N S
3RD ANTIPHON (TROPARION OF THE RESURRECTION, TONE 1)
While the stone was sealed by the Jews, and the soldiers were guarding Thy most pure body, Thou didst arise on the third day, O Savior, granting life to the world, for which cause the heavenly powers cried aloud unto
Thee, O Giver of life: Glory to Thy Resurrec-tion, O Christ, glory to Thy Kingdom, glory to Thy providence, O Thou Who alone art the Lover of mankind.
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
During Sunday Matins
Or by Appointment Remember to turn cell phones off!
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.
A Warm Welcome to Our Guests We are glad you are worshipping with us. Please note that participation in Holy Communion is limited to members of the Orthodox Church in good standing, who have prepared through 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 (from 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.
APOLYTIKIA AFTER THE ENTRANCE
Troparion of the Resurrection (Tone 1) • القيامة روباريةط
إَن الَحَجَر لمَّا ُخِتَم ِمَن الَيهوِد، وَجَسَدَك الطَّاِهَر ُحِفَظ ِمَن الُجْنِد، ُقْمَت في الَيْوِم الثَّاِلِث أيُّها الُمَخلِ ُص، ماِنحًا العاَلَم ماوات َهَتُفوا إليَك يا واِهَب الَحياة: الَحياة. ِلذِلَك ُقوَّاُت السَّ
يح، الَمْجُد ِلُمْلِكَك، الَمْجُد الَمْجُد ِلِقياَمِتَك أيُّها الَمس .ِلَتْدبيِرَك، يا ُمِحبَّ الَبَشِر َوْحَدك
Troparion for the Forefathers (Tone 2)
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.
Troparion for St. Eleutherios (Tone 5)
Being comely adorned in thy sacred priestly robes and newly drenched with the streams of thy pure and sanctified blood, thou didst soar aloft to stand before thy Master, Christ;
hence never cease to intercede for those honoring with faith thy mighty and blessed contest, thou Overthrower of Satan, O wise and blessed Eleutherios.
Troparion for St. George (Tone 4, Byzantine)
Liberator of captives, Defender of the poor, the Physician of the sick and the Champion of kings, O Trophy-bearer, Great-martyr
George, intercede with Christ our God that our souls be saved.
Kontakion in Preparation for the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Tone 3)
The Virgin cometh today to the cave to give birth, ineffably to bring forth the Word eter-nal. 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
Prokeimenon (Psalm 115.5, 3 LXX)
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints Verse: What shall we render unto the Lord for all that He hath rendered unto us?
Reading from St. Paul’s 2nd Epistle to Timothy (1.8-18; St. Eleutherios)
TIMOTHY, MY SON, do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his pris-oner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God, Who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago, and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, Who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know Whom I have believed, and I am sure that He is able to guard until that Day what has been
entrusted to me. Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus; guard the truth that has been en-trusted to you by the Holy Spirit Who dwells within us. You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, and among them Phygelos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphoros, for he often refreshed me; he was not ashamed of my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me. May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.
Holy Gospel according to St. Luke (14.16-24; 11th Sunday of Luke/the Forefathers)
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 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 house-holder 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.”
HOLY OBLATIONS AND PRAYER REQUESTS
• By Hana Musleh and all the Musleh family, for the repose of husband/father/grandfather Fouad Musleh (9-day memorial).
A sign-up sheet for baking and offering the prosphora (altar bread) is posted on the bulletin board, next to the elevator. You can also contact Thelma Hoover at (317) 782-1633.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ANNUAL STEWARDSHIP RE-COMMITMENT
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 re-evaluate 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 opera-tional support of our church for the coming year and is separate from the building fund/mortgage pledge.
Our drive concludes today, our “Pledge Sunday,” as we step forward at the end of Liturgy and renew our commitments to sharing in the Lord’s work by making our pledges for 2020. Then, after the Church School Christmas Pageant, our stewardship committee will serve brunch in thanksgiving for our stewards.
Please fill out your pledge card prayerfully, and drop it into the pledge box at the end of Liturgy, or mail it directly to the church office. Please know that your pledge is confidential, and only the office staff will open the pledge box or your pledge envelope.
We hope everyone is striving to reach a goal of at least 10% of 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.
Father Nabil, the parish council and stewardship committee are asking for 100% participa-tion from all members of St. George Parish. Please help us reach our goal!
The Stewardship Committee, Duke Haddad and Patrick Koers
FOR ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, THE “GOD-BEARER”
Divine Liturgy at 10 am Friday, December 20.
CHURCH SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
Immediately following the Liturgy—before refreshments are served—our children will put on a new, original Christmas program.
You may grab a quick cup of coffee, then please take a seat in front of the stage as quickly as possible. We will begin as soon as the clergy arrive.
JOIN US FOR FELLOWSHIP FOLLOWING THE LITURGY TODAY
Coffee hour is hosted today by the Parish Council and Stewardship Ministry Team.
Sign up for hosting coffee hour on the bulletin board next to the elevator. (Something simple is all that’s expected, though you may do more, if you want, for a special occasion.)
TO SEND OUR YOUTH TO CAMP
Our Campers have coupons for Crew Car Wash, just in time for Christmas gifting.
Coupons don’t expire, and Crew will give 50% back for our youth to go to camp. See any member of our Teen SOYO during coffee hour for Car Wash coupons.
FROM YOUR CHARITY MINISTRY TEAM:
Our Christmas Giving Tree for Local Families
We are sponsoring children for Christmas from families needing extra cheer! This year we are sponsoring families from Anna’s House, IPS school #48, Brightwood Community Center (which is located in our old Church’s neighborhood) and of course some of our own parishioners.
• Return your gift, wrapped, TODAY. (Please do not put your own name on the tag, as the gift is from the entire parish, but please keep the original tag with the gift, so we can identify who should receive it!) If you forgot to bring back today the items for which you took tags, please bring it to church by Tuesday, or make arrange-ment with Hala Bannourah, (317) 627-1980.
• We will also use funds from your generosity in the Christmas card for food for the sponsored families!
• We will be delivering the presents to the families on December 21. If you would like to be one of Santa’s helpers, please contact Hala Bannourah at [email protected]
Stocking the Pantry for the Needy
As part of our participation in World Food Day and our Archdiocese’s commitment to helping those who suffer from poverty and hunger, to ensure food security and nutritious diet for all, we are collecting CANNED, NON-PERISHABLE FOOD and other needed items for our FOOD PANTRY. Please only bring items whose expiration date is in late 2020 or after.
October 20: Canned Soups (you may include a can opener if you’d like)
October 27: Pasta meals, Canned Sauce, Bread, Salt, Pepper, Broth, Mrs. Dash, Oil
November 3: Mac and Cheese, instant mashed potatoes
November 10: Canned Fruits and Vegetables
November 17: Allergy Friendly Foods, i.e.: Gluten Free, Dairy Free, or low sodium canned goods
November 24: Flour, sugar, Cornmeal, Rice, Noodles, Dry Beans, Peanut Butter, Jelly and Cracker
December 1: Powdered Milk, Cereals, Breakfast Bars, Pancake and Muffin Mixes, Juice Boxes
December 8: Baby Diapers and Wipes
December 15: Household Cleaning supplies and Paper products
December 22: Toiletries and gently used coats for men and women
Please place items on the table in the lobby, next to the elevator.
Last year we collected 547 lbs. through your generous donations. Let us all work together to surpass that number this year, and we ask God to bless you and your families always!
FOR OUR NEW PARISH DIRECTORY
Pick up Your 8x10 Photos
If Lifetouch Photographers took your photos for our directory, we have your free 8x10 pho-tos in the church office. (Note that if you also ordered other prints, your free photo probably got mailed to you with the rest of your order.)
GROUP PHOTOS Rescheduled to January 12
A number of people gave us feedback that there was too much going on for group photos as well on Sunday, so we have rescheduled group photos for January 12. We will take photos of our various organization and ministry groups, including:
• Parish Council • Clergy and Altar Servers • Choir and Chanters • Church School Teachers and Students
• Ladies of St. George • Knights of St. George • Charity Ministry Team, etc.
Make sure our information is correct
All our parishioners will be listed in the directory, including those who didn’t take or submit pictures.
1. If you’ve moved recently, are moving soon or have any other up-dates to your contact information, please make sure to update our records in the church office at [email protected]
2. We will print the name of each family member, the address and telephone numbers and emails of adults. Please let us know if you don’t want some of your contact information printed by informing the church office at [email protected]
PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS: PRE-CHRISTMAS FAST
November 15 marked the first day of the NATIVITY FAST, which runs for forty days, until Christmas. During this time, we abstain from meat and dairy products. Then the last few days of the fast—Dec. 20-24—become stricter, when fish, wine and oil are also excluded. Everyone should also plan to make their confession sometime during the fast.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22: CHRISTMAS CAROLING
Our choir and Teen SOYO invite every-one to join in Christmas Caroling. We will be visiting some of our older pa-rishioners who are homebound or in nursing homes. It’s only a couple of hours after Liturgy, but it means so much to our shut-ins.
Please let Fr. Nabil know of any parishioner who is unable to get out right now and who might appreciate a stop by the carolers or some other type of assistance for Christmas.
Christmas Eve Schedule: Tuesday, December 24
With the angels, the shepherds, the wise men and all the saints, then, let us come to adore Him Christmas Eve.
8:30 a.m. Royal Hours of Christmas
10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy (Paramon of Christmas) While we encourage all to come to both the morning and night services (which are not the same), this may be an excellent opportunity for young children and entire families to celebrate the birth of Christ together, especially if attendance at the late service be impossible.
8:30 p.m. Christmas Matins
10:00 p.m. CHRISTMAS DIVINE LITURGY In celebration of the Feast and as a token of our love and appreciation of you, Fr. Nabil and Khouriyah Elaine will host dinner in the church hall immediately following Liturgy, assisted by our parish council.
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS
So that we might join the wise men in offering gifts to the newborn King, please bring in or mail back your “Christmas Gift to My Church” card by Sunday, December 22. Extra copies are available at the candle stand, or make your offering online at tinyurl.com/ChristmasGiftChurch
Include the names of the living and departed whom you wish to have commemorated at the preparation of the Holy Gifts. We will also print the names of those offering and those being remembered in the bulletin for the Christmas Liturgy.
Our Christmas offerings—separate from our tithes—are dedicated this year to the $350k matching gift challenge for iconography and mortgage. We are already at $136k to-ward the match, and we look forward to Dr. Kordis returning in early 2020 to complete the last five panels of the nave as well as the narthex, prior to our hosting the Midwest Diocese Parish Life Conference in June. With the match, we will also retire the second mortgage.
COLLEGE CONTACT
Our Ladies of St. George are looking for updated college
addresses. We know that college students move a lot, to different dorms and apartments. To stay in touch with our students away from home (including snail-mailing care packages), please provide Winter 2020 semester mailing addresses and email to Maria Nimri ([email protected]).
PICK UP 2020 CALENDARS IN NARTHEX
Our new church icon calendars are now available. Please take one. The calendar grid includes each day’s scripture readings and indicates fasting days and commemora-tions, and it includes space for your own notes and ap-pointments.
IN CASE OF SNOW
When it’s cold or wet/snowy, kindly enter via the glass lobby doors instead of the big church doors (so we don’t let in a big blast of cold air or track in water). It’s also much safer and more convenient to use our nice, covered drop-off.
If we ever have to cancel a service or event on account of weather, we will send out a parish-wide email, and we’ll post a notice on our website (www.stgindy.org) and on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/stgindy).
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 kept for 40 days, the date indicated after the name, and may be renewed upon request.)
LIVING Fr. Patrick Kinder, 1/13
Elias Al-Tawil, 1/3
James Barnes II, 12/26
Marjorie Mesalam, Manor Care, 12/22
Alice Capshaw, Chris’ mother, 1/18
Tom Fuller, friend of Al and Martha Sleder, 1/17
Christina Nash, daughter of Jamise Kafoure, 1/16
Hayfa Assalley, Thomas’ mother, 1/14
Onda and Everett Gregory, Matthew Lyon’s grandparents, 12/24
Kathleen Carr, Elise Sumner’s sister-in-law, 12/17
The suffering people in Hong Kong, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria
All those suffering from illness, violence or want in this country and throughout the world
DEPARTED Elder Ephraim of Philotheou, friend of Al
and Martha Sleder, 1/18
Fouad Musleh, 1/17
Kh. Ann Patricia Beauchamp, 1/13
Suha, sister of Samar Srour, 1/15
Peter Yff, friend of Samir Kanazeh, 12/23
Christine Cataldo, aunt/godmother of Liza Nahas, 12/22
The victims of violence throughout the world
ST. GEORGE PARISH CALENDAR
December 2019
Sun. 15
Stewardship Recommitment Sunday
Matins, 8:50 am
Choir practice, 9 am
Divine Liturgy, 10 am
• Church School Christmas Pageant
• Appreciation Lunch
Tue. 17 Parish Council, 7 pm
Wed. 18
Vespers, 6:30 pm
• Dinner
• Adult Study class
Fri. 20 Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch
Divine Liturgy, 10 am
Sat. 21 Charity Gift Delivery, 10 am
Great Vespers, 5 pm
Sun. 22
St. Ignatius Sunday
Matins, 8:50 am
Choir practice, 9 am
Divine Liturgy, 10 am
• Christmas Caroling to shut-ins
Tue. 24
Christmas Eve
Royal Hours of Christmas, 8:30 am
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil/Paramon of Christmas, 10 am
Christmas Matins, 8:30 pm
CHRISTMAS DIVINE LITURGY, 10 PM
• Breaking the Fast
Wed. 25 Christmas Day
NO Services
Sat. 28 Great Vespers, 5 pm
SEE THE FULL CALENDAR and latest additions and updates at www.stgindy.org/calendar
