General Information
- Phone:
- (661) 325-8694
- Fax:
- (661) 325-8694
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Street Address:
- 401 Truxtun Avenue
- Bakersfield, CA 93301-5315
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Sundays:
Orthros - 8:30 a.m.
Divine Liturgy - 9:30 a.m.
Weekdays:
Evening Vespers - 6:00 p.m.
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2024-04-07
- Publish Date:
- 2024-03-31
- Publish Date:
- 2024-03-24
- Publish Date:
- 2024-03-17
- Publish Date:
- 2024-03-10
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- 2024-03-03
St. George News and Events
Sunday Service
Orthros 8:30 am
Divine Liturgy 9:30 am
General Announcements
Please see the registration form and general info documents at the end of this bulletin.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
Sunday School has started, Sunday October 29th.
If anyone is interested in being a teacher please contact Stavros at 808-778-3757.
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2023 Morning Star schedule:
Please contact Joyce if you can help any of the 2024 dates.
Thank you and God bless you!
The next volunteer opportunities with
Morningstar Fresh Food Ministry
Coming soon
Youth Group Announcements
*Donations to St. George Youth Group are always welcome!
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Stavros will continue with evening reader services
Thursday through Saturday 6pm
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Secretary office hours are 9 am to 1 pm, Monday through Friday.
Please note these hours may need to be adjusted on occasion.
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OUR BOOK STORE, GIFT SHOP & LIBRARY
Open every Sunday following Divine Liturgy and by appointment, by calling 661.342.2407
Special orders available.
ALL are welcome, stop by, check out the variety of gifts, books & icons.
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Senior Zoomers
Our 55 and over group, self named The Senior Zoomers, meets Wednesdays at 11:00am on Zoom. Join us for good conversation and activity planning during our weekly meetings. To join us click the follow link, or go to Zoom.us and enter the meeting ID and passcode located below.Click --> Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 843 4423 5872
Passcode: 510033
By Phone Dial: (669)900-9128
Morning Bible Study
Meet with Fr. Jim Pappas Wednesday at 9:30am on ZOOM for Morning Bible Study. We look forward to studying God’s word together.Click --> Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 863 0526 5618
Passcode: 537328
By Phone Dial: (669)900-9128
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Sign up to host a Sunday lunch!
See sign up list in the hall bulletin board. Coffee hour donations go towards scholarship/funding for our kids to attend summer camp. Please donate. See flyer at end of this bulletin
Stewardship
2024 Stewardship News
Donate here via paypal or Credit Card
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"Every Christian, without exception, ought to dwell always in prayer."
- St. Gregory Palamas
Click here to read more and get the app for daily prayer
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Parish Council
Congratulations to our 2023 Parish Council members.
You may visit our website for the list of members & officers at Parish Council
Next Parish Council meeting is 12/28/23 at 7:00pm at the back office.
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Social Media & website
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Legacy
Leave your mark!
Consider naming St. George Church as a beneficiary on your life insurance policy. It's a great legacy gift to your parish and very easy to do...just ask your provider for the change beneficiary form and complete and return to them. The legal name for the church is Hellenic Community St. George Church Tax ID #95-3575365 God bless you.
Endowment
Click here to read how you can leave a lasting legacy to your parish.
Church Beautification and Capital Improvements. Click here for the 2021 update.
Text Notifications
If you would like to be part of our system, please provide your phone number to the church secretary at [email protected].
This service will only be used to notify parishioners of any changes to service times or to provide information on events or occurrences that affect the entire parish. We see this as being used infrequently but feel that we need to an effective way to communicate important information quickly.
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Prayers for Thanksgiving-Healing and Help:
Please add to your daily prayers
Orthodox: Chris Paul, Penny, Kyriakos, Eleni, Spiros, Fred, John, Ernie, George, Abram, Vickie, Elaina, Maher, Nabel, Magdy, Daniel, Natalia and family, Nickolas, Irene, Pamela, Virginia, Paraskevi, Michael, Dimitris, Margarita, Jennifer, Nikolas, Pamela.
Non-Orthodox: Judith, Nayeli and David, Peggy, Patricia
For the rest of the soul of our departed:
Orthodox: Penny, Fr. Daregas, Vasiliki, Vasilli, Fouad, Bert, Nicolas, Louise, George, George, Sooad, Leonid, Nikos, Vivian, John, Mary, Louise, Nektarios, Nicholas, Elephtheria, Kyriakos, Candess, George Lardakis.
2024 PROSPHORO OFFERING
Father Jim would like the Prosphoro brought to the church Sunday morning between 7:30 AM and no later than 8:30 AM. We are looking for more people to make the blessed bread. Please approach Father if interested to be put on the 2023 baking schedule for prosphora then let Joyce Cisneros know. Learn More
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DECEMBER
ANNIVERSARIES
12/1 Demetris & Eleni Southerd
12/24 Joseph & Irene Sinopole
BIRTHDAYS
12/3 Zaid Dawood
12/8 Nuha Al-Sheikh
12/14 Despina Chaffee
12/17 Ken Hackleman
12/20 Lynn Budy
12/20 David Yanney
12/22 Laila Ayoub
12/22 Lorin Neesan
12/23 Heather West
12/26 Sara Asmerom
12/27 Marek Pearse
12/27 Erin Strategos
12/31 Sue-Ellen De Fillipe
If your Anniversary or Birthday is not listed and would like to be added or if it's incorrect, please contact the editor at [email protected]
PLEASE NOTE: All bulletin announcements must be received each week by 5:00 pm Wednesday to be included in the Sunday bulletin for that week.
A note from the publisher: PLEASE READ CONTENT AFTER THE CALENDAR, THERE MAY BE MORE, there may be inserts of interest!
If you have ANY kind of a challenge reading this bulletin or ANY part of it, like unable to or know how to open various inserts at the end of the bulletin, PLEASE DONOT HESITATE, contact me at [email protected]
I'll be happy to help you! And any and all suggestions for improvement are welcome!
Please send email with your request or suggestion to [email protected]
TEMPORARILY THE CALENDAR WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE BULLETIN WHILE WE ARE UPDATING. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. Plagal Second Tone. Psalm 27.9,1.
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Verse: To you, O Lord, I have cried, O my God.
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 4:5-8.
TIMOTHY, my son, always be steady, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry.
For I am already on the point of being sacrificed; the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Προκείμενον. Plagal Second Tone. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 27.9,1.
Σῶσον, Κύριε τὸν λαὸν σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου.
Στίχ. Πρὸς σἐ, Κύριε, κεκράξομαι ὁ Θεός μου.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Τιμόθεον β' 4:5-8.
Τέκνον Τιμόθεε, νῆφε ἐν πᾶσιν, κακοπάθησον, ἔργον ποίησον εὐαγγελιστοῦ, τὴν διακονίαν σου πληροφόρησον. Ἐγὼ γὰρ ἤδη σπένδομαι, καὶ ὁ καιρὸς τῆς ἐμῆς ἀναλύσεως ἐφέστηκεν. Τὸν ἀγῶνα τὸν καλὸν ἠγώνισμαι, τὸν δρόμον τετέλεκα, τὴν πίστιν τετήρηκα· λοιπόν, ἀπόκειταί μοι ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης στέφανος, ὃν ἀποδώσει μοι ὁ κύριος ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ δίκαιος κριτής· οὐ μόνον δὲ ἐμοί, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάσιν τοῖς ἠγαπηκόσιν τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν αὐτοῦ.
البروكيمنون. Plagal Second Tone. مزمور 27: 9، 1.
خلص يالله شعبك وبارك ميراثك
Verse: إليك يا رب صرخت، إلهي
فصل من رسالة بولس الثانية الى اهل تيموثاوس 4: 5-8.
يَا وَلَدي تِيمُوثَاوُس، اصْحُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ. احْتَمِلِ الْمَشَقَّاتِ. اعْمَلْ عَمَلَ الْمُبَشِّرِ. تَمِّمْ خِدْمَتَكَ. فَإِنِّي أَنَا الآنَ أُسْكَبُ سَكِيباً، وَوَقْتُ انْحِلاَلِي قَدْ حَضَرَ. قَدْ جَاهَدْتُ الْجِهَادَ الْحَسَنَ، أَكْمَلْتُ السَّعْيَ، حَفِظْتُ الإِيمَانَ، وَأَخِيراً قَدْ وُضِعَ لِي إِكْلِيلُ الْبِرِّ، الَّذِي يَهَبُهُ لِي فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الرَّبُّ الدَّيَّانُ الْعَادِلُ، وَلَيْسَ لِي فَقَطْ، بَلْ لِجَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ ظُهُورَهُ أَيْضاً.
Gospel Reading
Sunday before Epiphany
The Reading is from Mark 1:1-8
The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophets, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way; the voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.' John was baptizing in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leather girdle around his waist, and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
Sunday before Epiphany
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 1:1-8
᾿Αρχὴ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ, υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ. ῾Ως γέγραπται ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου· φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου, εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ, ἐγένετο ᾿Ιωάννης βαπτίζων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν. Καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο πρὸς αὐτὸν πᾶσα ἡ ᾿Ιουδαία χώρα καὶ οἱ ῾Ιεροσολυμῖται, καὶ ἐβαπτίζοντο πάντες ἐν τῷ ᾿Ιορδάνῃ ποταμῷ ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐξομολογούμενοι τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν. Ἦν δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης ἐνδεδυμένος τρίχας καμήλου καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐσθίων ἀκρίδας καὶ μέλι ἄγριον. Καὶ ἐκήρυσσε λέγων· ἔρχεται ὁ ἰσχυρότερός μου ὀπίσω μου, οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς κύψας λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτοῦ· ἐγὼ μὲν ἐβάπτισα ὑμᾶς ἐν ὕδατι, αὐτὸς δὲ βαπτίσει ὑμᾶς ἐν Πνεύματι ῾Αγίῳ.
مرقس 1: 1-8
1 بَدْءُ إِنْجِيلِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ ابْنِ اللَّهِ،2كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ: (( هَا أَنَا أُرْسِلُ أَمَامَ وَجْهِكَ مَلاَكِي، الَّذِي يُهَيِّئُ طَرِيقَكَ قُدَّامَكَ. 3 صَوْتُ صَارِخٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ: أَعِدُّوا طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ، اصْنَعُوا سُبُلَهُ مُسْتَقِيمَةً)). 4كَانَ يُوحَنَّا يُعَمِّدُ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَيَكْرِزُ بِمَعْمُودِيَّةِ التَّوْبَةِ لِمَغْفِرَةِ الْخَطَايَا. 5 وَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعُ كُورَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَأَهْلُ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَاعْتَمَدُوا جَمِيعُهُمْ مِنْهُ فِي نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِخَطَايَاهُمْ. 6 وَكَانَ يُوحَنَّا يَلْبَسُ وَبَرَ الإِبِلِ وَمِنْطَقَةً مِنْ جِلْدٍ عَلَى حَقَوَيْهِ، وَيَأْكُلُ جَرَاداً وَعَسَلاً بَرِّيّاً. 7وَكَانَ يَكْرِزُ قَائِلاً: ((يَأْتِي بَعْدِي مَنْ هُوَ أَقْوَى مِنِّي ، الَّذِي لَسْتُ أَهْلاً أَنْ أَنْحَنِيَ وَأَحُلَّ سُيُورَ حِذَائِهِ. 8أَنَا عَمَّدْتُكُمْ بِالْمَاءِ ، وَأَمَّا هُوَ فَسَيُعَمِّدُكُمْ بِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ)).
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal First Tone
لنسبح نحن المؤمنين ونسجد للكلمة المساوي للآب والروح في الأزلية وعدم الابتداء ، المولود من العذراء لخلاصنا . لانه سُر بالجسد ان يعلو على الصليب ويحتمل الموت ، وينهض الموتى بقيامته المجيدة.
Apolytikion for Afterfeast of the Nativity in the Fourth Tone
ميلادك أيها المسيح إلهنا قد أطلع نور المعرفة في العالم لأن الساجدين للكواكب به تعلموا من الكوكب السجود لك يا شمس العدل وأن يعرفوا أنك من مشارق العلو أتيت يا رب المجد لك.
Apolytikion for Sun. after Nativity in the Second Tone
يا يوسف بشر داوود جدّ الإله بالعجائب الباهرة لأنك قد رأيت بتولاً حاملاً فمع الرعاة مجدَّت ومع المجوس سجدت وبالملاك أوحي إليك. فابتهل إلى المسيح الإله أن يخلص نفوسنا.
Apolytikion for Apodosis of Nativity in the Fourth Tone
ميلادك أيها المسيح إلهنا قد أطلع نور المعرفة في العالم لأن الساجدين للكواكب به تعلموا من الكوكب السجود لك يا شمس العدل وأن يعرفوا أنك من مشارق العلو أتيت يا رب المجد لك.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Third Tone
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