Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, Hamilton, NJ PUBLISH DATE: December 18, 2011

Epistle Reading
St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:9-10; 32-40

BRETHREN, by faith Abraham sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac ...Read Full Text >

Gospel Reading
Matthew 1:1-25
Sunday before Nativity

The book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Abraham ...Read Full Text >

Sebastian the Martyr & his Companions
December 18 ...Read Full Text >

Sunday before Nativity
DECEMBER 18, 2011 ...Read Full Text >

Ignatius the God-Bearer, Bishop of Antioch
December 20 ...Read Full Text >

Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow
December 21 ...Read Full Text >

Anastasia the Great Martyr
December 22 ...Read Full Text >

The tribes of Judah and Levi were united by a fusion of their lines of descent, and that is why Matthew assigns  ...Read Full Text >
-St. Ambrose of Milan, Seven Exegetical Works, 4th Century


Thus, from the tribe of Levi may be counted a heritage that is priestly and filled with holiness, while from the  ...Read Full Text >
-St. Ambrose of Milan, Seven Exegetical Works, 4th Century


Pray, my brethren, to the Mother of God when the storm of enmity and malice bursts forth in your house. She, Who  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ: Part 1, Holy Trinity Monastery pg. 179, 19th century


How could the human race go to God if God had not come to us? How should we free ourselves from our birth into  ...Read Full Text >
-Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, IV, 33,4, Sources Chretiennes, Cerf, Paris found in The Roots of Christian Mysticism by Olivier Clement, p. 37., 130-208


This is the reason why the Word of God was made flesh, and the Son of God became Son of Man: so that we might  ...Read Full Text >
-Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, III. 19,1, Sources Chretiennes, Cerf, Paris, as found in The Roots of Christian Mysticism by Olivier Clement, p. 38, 130-208


Through their prayers for, and alms on behalf of, the deceased, Christians display the relationship between this  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John of Damascus, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, Book 4: Chapter 13; Eerdmans pg. 83, 8th century


The Lord has given us a sign 'as deep as Sheol and as high as heaven', such as we should not have dared to hope  ...Read Full Text >
-Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, III, 19.3 (SC 211, p. 380), 130-208


His love for me brought low His greatness.
He made Himself like me so that I might receive Him.
He made
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-42 hymns discovered in 1905 in a Syriac Manuscript. Written in Greek for the Christian communities of Syria., Odes of Solomon 7 (The Odes and Psalms of Solomon R. Harris adn A. Mingana II, pp. 240-1), Early 2nd Century


That God should have clothed Himself with our nature is a fact that should not seem strange or extravagant to  ...Read Full Text >
-St. Gregory of Nyssa, Catechetical Orations, 25 (Patrologia Graeca, Migne.), Found in The Roots of Christian Mysticism by Olivier Clement, New City Press, NY, pp. 37-38, 330-395


Most of all we should marvel, that being Son of the Unorginate God, and His true Son, He suffered Himself to be  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 2 on Matthew 1: 1-25, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 344/354-407


I too will proclaim the greatness of this day: the Immaterial become incarnate, the Word is made flesh, the  ...Read Full Text >
-St. Gregory the Theologian, Oration 38, For Christmas (Patrologia Graeca, 36, 664-5) found in The Roots of Christian Mysticism by Olivier Clement, New City Press, NY, p. 41, 330-390


Great indeed was the faith of Abraham. . . It was necessary to go beyond human reasoning. . . to manifest also  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily XXV on Hebrews XI, 1,2. translation found in The Bible and the Holy Fathers for Orthodox, Monastery Books, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, Crestwood, NY 2003, p. 955., 4th Century


Lift up your voice, O Zion, holy city of God,
Proclaim the divine memory of the Fathers.
With Abraham,
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-Orthros of the Sunday before the Nativity, Translation from "The Winter Pascha" SVS Press

Matins
9:00am (8:30a.m.in the summer starting on June 22, 2008

Liturgy
10:00am 9:30a.m.in the summer beginning on Father's day

Bible Study
Sessions on Scripture (SOS)
Alternate Thursday evenings at 8 p.m.
in the Blazakis Hellenic Community Center classrooms

Parish Information
Saint George Greek Orthodox Church
1200 Klockner Road
Hamilton, NJ 08619

Phone: (609) 586-4448
Fax: (609) 586-6316
Website: www.stgeorgetrenton.nj.goarch.org
Email: margueritestgeorge@verizon.net

Proistamenos: Rev. Economos Basil C. Gikas
Email: frbillstgeorge@verizon.net

Other Parish Info
Religious Education every Sunday after Holy Communion

 

December 16, 2011
Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord 2011
December 25, 2011


The Nativity of Christ



What shall we offer You, O Christ,

Who for our sakes has appeared on earth as man?

(Vespers of the Feast)

To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and
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SUNDAY December 18, 2011
TODAY’S EVENTS
6 Month Memorial for Nikolaos Parliaros
1 Year Memorial for Anthony Stathis
2 Year Memorial for Michael Demetriou
9 Year Memorial for Konstantinos Topsis
Religious Education Christmas Program
PTO Santa’s Breakfast
Daughters of Penelope, Alters Chapter 163 Ornament
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National Phioptochos Medical Fund Luncheon Awards Over $204,000 for Children's Heath and Research

December 14, 2011
The Thirteenth National Philoptochos Children’s Medical Fund Luncheon was held Saturday, December 3, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Old Greenwich, CT with more than 650 attendees from throughout the United States. ...Read Full Text >

Enthronement Address of His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh

December 9, 2011
"The unwaning light of Orthodox Christianity has been shining forth throughout this Sacred Metropolis from the day of its inception, in the service and synergy of the holy hierarchs, the reverend clergy, and the pious faithful laboring together for the glory of our Triune God." ...Read Full Text >

Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh Enthroned in St. Nicholas Cathedral

December 9, 2011
His Eminence Metropolitan Savas was enthroned yesterday Dec. 8, as Metropolitan of Pittsburgh during a magnificent and traditional ceremony at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Pittsburgh. ...Read Full Text >

FAREWELL FATHER BILL!
               As Fr. Bill announced his reassignment to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Wyckoff, NJ last week, we will be scheduling a farewell event for Fr. Bill and Presvytera in the near future. Please stay tuned for details coming soon.


ST. GEORGE GREEK-AMERICAN PRE SCHOOL
The full day bilingual Greek-American Preschool for 3 and 4 year old children on our grounds is providing a safe, warm, nurturing and cheerful learning environment that develops the whole child by 1) providing educationally structured and age-appropriate learning activities, 2) creating opportunities for the development of social skills and 3) promoting the Greek Language, and cultural and spiritual values in conjunction with the church. OUR ADVANTAGE: Bilingual Education; Children learn Greek, the original language of the Gospels and the universal language of science and higher learning;
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