St. George Church
Publish Date: 2024-10-06
Bulletin Contents
Parish Calendar
Church Announcements
Hymns of the Day
Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
Prayer List
Flyers of Interest

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St. George Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (734) 283-8820
  • Fax:
  • (734) 283-8866
  • Street Address:

  • 16300 Dix Toledo Highway

  • Southgate, MI 48195
  • Mailing Address:

  • 16300 Dix Toledo Highway

  • Southgate, MI 48195

Contact Information

Priest Fr. John Sakellariou


[email protected] | 734-283-8820

Services Schedule

Sundays:

9 am - Orthros

10:15 am - Divine Liturgy

 

Weekday Services:

Please check the Services schedule in the bulletin or call the Church office.

Past Bulletins


Parish Calendar

  • Church Calendar

    October 6 to October 13, 2024

    Sunday, October 6

    8:50AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    12:00PM Choir Spaghetti Luncheon in Apollo Hall

    Monday, October 7

    6:00PM Greek Festival Wrap Up Meeting

    Thursday, October 10

    7:00PM Parish Council Meeting

    Saturday, October 12

    25th Anniversary Enthronement Banquet for Metropolitan Nicholas

    Sunday, October 13

    8:50AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:45AM JOY/HOPE Parent Meeting

    12:00PM Greek Dance Practice

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Church Announcements

October 6, 2024 is National Church Music Sunday! - Choir Spaghetti Fundraiser Luncheon

This Sunday is designated as 2024’s National Church Music Sunday in our Archdiocese. Please join us in supporting our Choir by attending its annual Choir Spaghetti Fundraiser Luncheon on Sunday, October 6, immediately following the Divine Liturgy in the Apollo Hall. Open seating. Adults 12 & up: $12; children ages 11 and under.

In honor of this day, our Archbishop has sent us an inspiring video message about the value of our faith’s sacred music and the important role church musicians play in supporting worship and prayer in the parishes.

https://churchmusic.goarch.org/events/churchmusicsunday


Memorial Area Update

We are pleased to announce that the landscaper broke ground this past week for the Memorial Area near the entrance of the Church. The estimated time of completion for the project is about 6 weeks depending on the weather. In addition, landscaping will also be done around the sanctuary and church hallway leading into the office area.

The original pavers that were donated will be re-engraved on new granite pavers so that all the pavers will match.  For families who have donated a paver in the past, please reach out to the office if any information on your current paver should be changed. Otherwise, the new paver will be done to match the existing paver. After engraving the new paver, the family may keep the prior paver. In the near future, information will be provided for anyone wishing to donate a memorial paver. Additional information will be provided as the project moves along. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to the church office or contact Fr. John. 


Final Greek Fest Meeting

Please join us for our final in-person/Zoom Greek Festival meeting this Monday, October 7 @ 6 pm.

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Fall General Assembly

Our Fall General Assembly will be held on Sunday, October 27, immediately following Divine Liturgy. In order to participate, you must have paid your 2024 Stewardship of $300 in full or a minimum of $250. For seniors, you must have paid your 2024 Stewardship of $200 in full or a minimum of $150. A light luncheon will be served to those in attendance. If you have any questions on your stewardship, please contact the church office. 


JOY/HOPE Parent Meeting

JOY/HOPE will hold a meeting next Sunday, October 13, during coffee hour. All parents are invited to the meeting to talk about the JOY/HOPE calendar.


Seniors Luncheon

The 55 & Over Club will meet on Thursday, October 17, at noon, in the Activity room. Lunch is $9. If you plan to attend, you must call Mary Frosinos @ 313.581.7969 to make a reservation (please leave her a voice mail).


Sunday School Meeting

There will be a Sunday School meeting on Sunday, November 17, at noon in the Library.


Sunday School

Sunday School will take place following Holy Communion and we encourage all students and their families to sit in the diagonal pews located on the left side facing the altar. 

If you haven't already registered your child(ren), please do so ASAP by clicking HERE.


Family Assistance Fund (FAF)

The church has a separate fund to help those in our community and surrounding areas who are in need of financial help with rent and utilities. You can help donate to this fund on the home page of our website under "support our ministries" or by clicking here.


Scholarship Information

Graduating High School Seniors Scholarship

Dear Parents and Sunday School Students,

It is a great joy for the parish of St. George to reward our students for their commitment to our Parish and our Orthodox Faith. The Saint George Scholarship for high school seniors would like to be a part of the child’s success and future as they continue their education. Applications will be made available starting in the early spring of 2025 and be eligible for the Saint George High School Graduating Scholarship, these are the following requirements:

• Family of Student(s) be in good standing (in case of hardship see parish priest).

• Student(s) must be enrolled in Sunday School and must have regular Sunday School attendance which will be determined by the student(s) Sunday School teachers and the parish priest.

• Be active participants in the ministries of the Church such as GOYA, church outreach, and volunteering opportunities for the needy.

Active participation in our religious institutions are valuable and vital building blocks for the individual and the community in large. We are always happy to see these young people grow up in Church and move on to their next chapter in life.

The Scholarship Committee of St. George, Southgate, MI


College Student Scholarships

College Scholarships

Dear Parents and College Students,

The parish of Saint George would like to reward our college students who are actively participating in their Orthodox Faith and being a witness and the light of Christ to the world. This scholarship is available to all our students who are going into their sophomore, junior and senior years of college or continuing education. In addition, this scholarship can be awarded up to three times for those who qualify. Applications will be made available starting in the early spring of 2025. To be eligible for the Saint George College Scholarship, these are the following requirements:

• Students must have been an active member of Sunday School and ministries of the Saint George parish during their high school studies. Exceptions can be made for students who have moved to our parish or have recently been baptized/chrismated in the Orthodox Faith.

• Student(s) must be an active member in their Orthodox Church. If the student is studying and living in another city, the parish priest of that city must provide a letter stating that the student is a participating member of the parish and its ministries.

• Students must be enrolled in OCF and an active participant if available.

Active participation in our religious institutions are valuable and vital building blocks for the individual and the community in large. We are always happy to see these young people grow up in Church and move on to their next chapter in life.

The Scholarship Committee of St. George, Southgate, MI


Visitation for Shutins

If you would like Fr John to visit and spend time with a loved one who's a shut-in, please don't hesitate to contact the church office or to reach out to Fr. John directly to arrange a time. 


Prayer / Candle Requests

If you would like for us to light a candle in the Church in prayer for you and your family, please use the Prayer/Candle Request form found here or on the home page of the church website. You can pay by credit card or send a check in the mail to the Church.


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Second Mode

When the angelic powers appeared at Your grave, the soldiers guarding it feared and became as dead. And standing by the sepulcher was Mary who was seeking Your immaculate body. You devastated Hades, not afflicted by it. You went to meet the virgin, and granted eternal life. You resurrected from the dead. O Lord, glory to You.

Apolytikion for Apostle Thomas in the Third Mode

O Holy Apostle Thomas, intercede with the merciful God that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offences.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
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Saints and Feasts

October 06

The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas

The name Thomas means, "twin." He was one of the Twelve, a Galilean by birth. Sophroneus (not the famous Patriarch of Jerusalem [7th Century, celebrated March 11], but a friend of Jerome's), quoted also by Jerome, says that Saint Thomas preached to the Parthians, Pesians, Medes, Hyrcanians, Bactrians, and neighbouring nations. According to Heracleon, the Apostle died a natural death; according to other accounts, he was martyred at Meliapur His tomb was known by Saint John Chrysostom to be at Edessa in Syria, to which city his holy relics may have been translated from India in the fourth century.

October 07

Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria

These holy Martyrs were Romans of high rank in the service of the Emperor Maximian, to whom it was reported that they did not take part in the festivals of the idols. When he called them into his presence, they confessed their Faith in the one God. He had them arrayed in women's clothes and paraded through the streets in mockery. They were afterwards scourged, from which Saint Bacchus died. This was about the year 296. Saint Sergius was then taken to Resapha in Syria, where he was tortured and beheaded. His tomb in Resapha became a very famous shrine, to which pilgrims came from as far away as Western Europe; Resapha was later renamed Sergiopolis in his honour.

October 08

Pelagia the Righteous

This Saint was a prominent actress of the city of Antioch, and a pagan, who lived a life of unrestrained prodigality and led many to perdition. Instructed and baptized by a certain bishop named Nonnus (Saint Nonnus is commemorated Nov. 10), she departed for the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, where she lived as a recluse, feigning to be a eunuch called Pelagia. She lived in such holiness and repentance that within three or four years she was deemed worthy to repose in an odour of sanctity, in the middle of the fifth century. Her tomb on the Mount of Olives has been a place of pilgrimage ever since.

October 09

James the Apostle, son of Alphaeus

The holy Apostle James was one of the Twelve, and preached Christ to many nations, and finally suffered death by crucifixion.

October 09

Andronicus & his wife Athanasia of Egypt

Saints Andronicus and Athanasia were from Antioch, and finished their lives in asceticism about the year 500.

October 09

Abraham the Righteous & his nephew Lot

The holy Patriarch Abraham, born a pagan, ten generations after Noah, when the knowledge of God had perished from among men, became the beginning of God's dispensation for the universal renewal and salvation of man. He was called out of his country--the land of the Chaldees, that is, Mesopotamia--to the land of Canaan, and received the promise that through his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed; through his singular faith in the promises of God, he was justified before the giving of the Law and the coming of Grace; through his willingness to sacrifice Isaac, he portrayed the love wherewith God loved the world in sacrificing His only-begotten Son. The greatness of Abraham, and the trials that he and his righteous nephew Lot underwent, are set forth in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament, chapters twelve through twenty-five. See also the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers, December 11-17.

October 10

Eulampios & Eulampia the Martyrs

The Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia were from Nicomedia, and contested for Christ during the reign of Maximian, in the year 296.Reset to Default

October 11

Philip the Apostle of the 70, one of the 7 Deacons

Saint Philip, who had four daughters that prophesied, was from Caesarea of Palestine. He preached throughout Samaria; it was he also who met the eunuch of Candace, the Queen of the Ethiopians, as the eunuch was reading the Prophet Esaias, and he instructed and baptized him (Acts 8:26-39). He reposed in Tralles of Asia Minor while preaching the Gospel.

October 12

Symeon the New Theologian

Saint Symeon became a monk of the Studite Monastery as a young man, under the guidance of the elder Symeon the Pious. Afterwards he struggled at the Monastery of Saint Mamas in Constantinople, of which he became abbot. After enduring many trials and afflictions in his life of piety, he reposed in 1022. Marvelling at the heights of prayer and holiness to which he attained, and the loftiness of the teachings of his life and writings, the church calls him "the New Theologian." Only to two others, John the Evangelist and Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople, has the church given the name "Theologian." Saint Symeon reposed on March 12, but since this always falls in the Great Fast, his feast is kept today.

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Fourth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:1-12

On the first day of the week at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking spices, which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise." And they remembered His words and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the Apostles; but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home wondering at what had happened.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Second Mode. 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 the Corinthians 4:6-15.

Brethren, it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.

Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke," we too believe, and so we speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

Gospel Reading

3rd Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 7:11-16

At that time, Jesus went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"

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Wisdom of the Fathers

He who truly wishes to believe in God must be lifted above himself, his mind, and even the whole world. For this reason, the value of faith is considered higher than the value of man. It is even higher than the value of the whole world. Therefore, the reward of faith should be higher than all of man's possessions along with the glories of this world. The reward of faith is God.
Fr. Matthew the Poor
Orthodox Prayer Life: The Interior Way, p. 74, 20th century

That dead man was being buried, and many friends were conducting him to his tomb. But there meets him Christ, the Life and Resurrection, for He is the destroyer of death and of corruption; He it is "in Whom we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28); He it is Who has restored the nature of man to that which it originally was; and has set free our death-fraught flesh from the bonds of death.
St. Cyril of Alexandria
Commentary on the Gospel of St. Luke, Homily 36.42, p. 153., 5th Century

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Prayer List

 

Please remember in your prayers the following: Nick Gerazounis

Please contact the church office to add your name to the Prayer List. Thank you.

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Flyers of Interest

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