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The Martyr
St. George Orthodox Church
5490 Main Street, Trumbull, CT 06611  Office: 203-268-1968  Hall: 203-268-4900
Archpriest Dennis Rhodes, Rector
749 Garfield Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06606  cell: 203-598-4678  email: [email protected]
February 1, 2015
Up-coming Services and Events
Today: Sunday of the Publican & Pharisee
9:45 a.m. General Confession
Church School
10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy
2: The Meeting of the LORD in the Temple
10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy
3: 7:00 a.m. Matins
4: 6:30 p.m. Akathist
5: 7:00 a.m. Matins
6: 7:00 a.m. Matins
7: 4:00 p.m. Great Vespers
8: Sunday of the Prodigal Son
9:45 a.m. Church School
10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy
9: 7:00 a.m. Matins
10: 7:00 a.m. Matins
11: 6:30 p.m. Akathist
12: 7:00 a.m. Matins
13: 7:00 a.m. Matins
14: 10:00 a.m. Memorial Divine Liturgy
4:00 p.m. Great Vespers
15: Sunday of the Last Judgment
(last day to eat meat)
9:45 a.m. Church School
10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy
Eileen Bochino; Serge Bouteneff; Diana Breaz;
Debi Polena Broadus; Sharon Buzi; Elvira
Chadwick; Joyce Chadwick; Frank Chamberlain;
Dan Christianson; Bobby Christo; Tara Coppola;
Charles Basil Csernica; Donald Darling; Armando
Dias; James Dionis; Elsie Gartsu; Lynn Graceski;
Sue Hicky; Nicholas Hotova; Nancy Hurd; Kiril
Ivanov; Meni Kyriacou; Christy Lambert; June &
Michael Lopen; Nicolas Lucas; Thomas Matthews;
Jaimie McCarvill; Anthony Moreno; Theodore
Morrison; Michael Nastu; Deborah Owen; James
Pando; Eleanor Polena; Violet Polena, David
Ricciardi; Linda Rich; Mason Ruszkowski; Mary
Sak; Gloria Sawyer; David Schutte; Noella
Sidarweck; Angie Soter; Charles & Joann Soter;
Tessie Sotir; Thomas Spero; Joan Sutyak; Helen
Tallcouch; Richard Taylor, Jr.; Cheryl, Mary &
Peter Themel; Thalia & Leonora Thomas; William
Thomas; Louisa Todeasa; Margaret Torre; Tanya
Valis; Alice & William Vasil; Ann Vitale; Barbara
Vitelli; Robert Volpe; Jennifer Waterman; Vasili
Zargos.
Please submit the name of the person for whom you wish
to pray – and remember, when the prayers have been
answered take that name off the list as well.
Prayers in Memoriam
40 Days
Kevin Broadus; Archpriest John Garvey
Prayers for Blessings and Health
Bishops Paul and John of Aleppo captive in Syria.
Kirsten Battachio (USMC) and Dimitri Ndini
(USMC), serving in our armed forces.
Those who are sick: His Eminence Archbishop
Nikon; Fr. Thomas Hopko; Fr. Daniel
Montgomery; Fr. Stephen Siniari; Christy Adams;
Michael, Mildred & Michael Arendacs; Paul Betts;
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Alexandra Cotmil (1947)
Loni Perestere (1974)
Anastasia (“Cile”) Vissar (1999)
Olga Ellen Vani (1954)
Coffee Hour
Today:
8:
15:
22:
The Parish Council
Teuta Ladies’ Society (Papandia)
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If you would like to sponsor Coffee Hour, please sign up
on the poster in the Church Hall.
Parish Membership Meeting
Our Parish Membership Meeting will be held in
the Church Hall today following the Divine
Liturgy.
Please attend and participate!
The week of the Publican and Pharisee
During this coming week, since the Pharisee is so
proud of the fact that he fasts twice a week,
Orthodox Christians do not. Wednesday and
Friday are non-fasting days.
Enjoy!
House Blessing
Father Dennis is now trying to catch up with those
on the annual House Blessing schedule whose
homes have been missed due to sickness or
weather. He will be making telephone calls this
week to schedule them.
If your home was not on the schedule and you
would like to be added to it, please call him at
(203) 598-4678.
Bible Study
This Wednesday, the Akathist Service and Bible
Study will be held as usual. The Akathist will be
celebrated at 6:30 p.m., followed by Bible Study at
about 7:00 p.m., lasting until about 8:30 p.m.
We are reading the Old Testament Book of
Genesis.
If you have a copy of the Revised Standard Version
of the Bible, please bring it with you.
Valentine’s Day Dance
There will be a Valentine’s Day Dance in the
Church Hall starting at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday,
February 14th. Tickets are $10.00 per person.
For information and tickets, contact Nardi Tollkuçi
(203-895-4263) or Aida Çorbaxhi (203-685-7231).
Lakror for sale
Lakrors — Leek and Spinach — are now available
for purchase in the Church Hall. The cost is $50.00
each. Also, Sauerkraut Lakrors are available by
advance order.
See Laura Denisevich or Laura Chadwick to make
a purchase or to place an order
Pre-Lenten Memorial Service
The first Memorial Saturday of 2015 is February
14th. The Divine Liturgy will be celebrated that
morning and the names of all departed friends and
family members of our parishioners will be
remembered.
Please submit the names of the people you would
like remembered and a $10.00 donation to Vi
Bowe as soon as possible.
Mission Trip Support
Again this June, Father Dennis will be traveling to
Albania to perform mission work at the Home of
Hope in Shen Vlash. If you would like to make a
donation to support his trip, go to
http://bit.ly/1zTMjDh or contact him directly. Any
checks should be made payable to the OCMC.
February Charity Collection
During the month of February, our Charity
Collection will help support the Orthodox
Christian Mission Center, an organization that
supports Orthodox missions around the world.
Please be generous!
Today’s Scripture Readings
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Leximi për sot nga Shkrimit të Shenjtë
2 Timothy 3:10-15
2 Timotheut 3:10-15
My son Timothy, you have followed my teaching,
my behavior, my faith, my long-suffering, my
love, my patience, my persecutions, my afflictions
– such as befell me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra,
such persecutions as I suffered: and out of them
all, the LORD delivered me. And all who want to
live piously in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
But the wicked and impostors will go from bad to
worse, erring and leading into error. As for you,
keep on with the things you have learned and
which have been entrusted to you, and remember
from whom you have learned them. For you have
known from infancy the Sacred Scriptures which
are able to give you instruction for your salvation
by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
O bir Timothe, ti i re prapa mësimit tim,
sjelljeve, qëllimit, besimit, zemërgjerësisë,
dashurisë, durimit, përndjekjeve, pësimeve, që
më ndodhën në Antioki, në Ikoni, në Listër.
Çfarë përndjekjesh hoqa! Dhe ZOTI më shpëtoi
nga të gjitha. Po edhe gjithë sa duan të rrojnë
me përkushtim në Jisu Krishtin do të përndiqen.
Po njerëzit e ligj e gënjeshtarë do të shkojnë
mbarë në më të ligën, duke gënjyer të tjerë e
duke gënjyer veten. Po ti qëndro në ato që
mësove e u vërtetove, duke ditur prej cilit i ke
mësuar; edhe se që nga foshnjëria i di shkronjat
e shenjta, të cilat mund të të bëjnë të ditur për
shpëtim me anë të besimit që është në Jisu
Krishtin.
Luke 18:10-14
Llukait 18:10-14
The LORD told this parable: “Two men went up
to the Temple to pray, the one and Pharisee and
the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and
began to pray thus within himself: ‘O God, I
thank You that I am not like
the rest of men, robbers,
dishonest, adulterers, or
even like this publican. I
fast twice a week; I pay
tithes of all I possess.’ But
the publican, standing far
off, would not so much as
lift up his eyes to heaven,
but kept striking his breast,
saying, ‘O God, be merciful
to me a sinner.’ I tell you,
this man went back to his
home justified rather than
the other; for anyone who
exalts himself shall be
humbled, and anyone who
humbles himself shall be
exalted.”
ZOTI u tha këtë paravoli: “Dy njerëz u ngjitën në
tempull që të faleshin; njëri ishte Farise dhe tjetri
tagrambledhës. Fariseu ndenji e falej me veten e
tij, duke thënë: ‘O Perëndi, të faleminderit, se nuk
jam si njerëzit e tjerë,
rrëmbyes, të paudhë, të
përdalë, ose edhe si ky
tagrambledhës. Agjëroj dy
herë në javë, jap të dhjetën
nga gjithë ç’kam.’ Edhe
tagrambledhësi
kishte
ndenjur larg e nuk donte as
sytë të ngrinte përpjetë në
qiell, po rrihte krahërorin e
tij duke thënë: ‘O Perëndi,
përdëllemë mua mëkatarin.’
Po ju them juve, se ky zbriti
në shtëpinë e tij më i drejtësuar se ai, sepse kushdo që
ngre lart veten e tij, do të
përulet; dhe ai që përul
veten e tij, do të ngrihet
lart.”