St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church

سينيكيدرألا ةيألاطلألن سيدقرواسنكيدقلا ةسينك915-584-9100 / 9101 www.stgeorge-elpaso.org Fax. 915-760-5547

REVEREND FATHER GEORGE M. AL-DEHNEH, PASTOR Very Reverend Father Jehad T. Michael, Pastor Emeritus

Very Reverend Father Bob Bethoney, Attached

A warm welcome to our visitors and guests

St. George is an Eastern Orthodox Church of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

We are glad to have you worshipping with us today. We minister to Orthodox Christians of all backgrounds. Holy Communion is a sign of our full unity of faith. Therefore, only Baptized and Confirmed Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves through prayer and Sacramental Confession may partake of this Sacrament. However, all are wel-come to partake of the Blessed Bread of Fellowship and receive a Priest blessing at the end of the Divine Liturgy. We also invite you to join us for light refreshments and coffee following the Service, where we will be happy to meet with you and answer any question you may have about the Orthodox Faith.

MAY 19, 2013

Third Sunday of Pascha Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women,

Pious Joseph of Arimathea & Righteous Nicodemus

Tone 2 Eothinon 4

Sunday Service: Orthros 8:20 AM, Followed by the Divine Liturgy. On this day, we commemorate: Hieromartyr Patrick, Bishop of Prussa & the Priest-Martyrs Acacius, Menander and Polyaenus with him; Venerable Cornelios of Komelsk; Grand Prince Dimitry Donskoy of Moscow.

Epistle: Aida Salloum.

Ushers: Upon Availability.

Altar Boys: All are encouraged and welcome to serve.

THE EISODIKON (ENTRANCE HYMN) OF PASCHA In the congregations bless God the Lord, from the springs of Israel. Save us, O Son of God, Who art risen from the dead, who sing to Thee: Alleluia.

RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION (TONE TWO) When Thou didst submit Thyself unto death, O Thou deathless and immortal One, then Thou didst destroy hell with Thy Godly power. And when Thou didst raise the dead from beneath the earth, all the powers of Heaven did cry aloud unto Thee: O Christ, Thou giver of life, glory to Thee.

APOLYTIKION OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA (TONE TWO) The pious Joseph, having brought down Thy pure body from the Tree, wrapped it in fine linen, embalmed it with ointment, provided for it, and laid it in a new tomb. But Thou didst verily rise after three days, O Lord, granting the world Great Mer-cy.

APOLYTIKION OF MYRRH-BEARING WOMEN (TONE TWO) Verily, the angel came to the tomb and said to the ointment-bearing women, the ointment is meet for the dead, but Christ is shown to be remote from corruption. But cry ye: The Lord is risen, granting the world the Great Mercy.

TROPARION OF ST. GEORGE (TONE FOUR) As the deliverer of captives and defender of the poor, healer of the infirm and champion of kings, victorious great martyr George intercede with Christ our God for our souls salvation.

KONTAKION OF PASCHA (TONE EIGHT) O Immortal One, when Thou didst descend into the tomb, Thou didst destroy the power of Hades; and Thou didst rise victorious, O Christ God. Thou hast said to the ointment‑bearing women: Rejoice! And Thou gavest peace to Thy Disci-ples, O Bestower of Resurrection to those Who had fallen.

درمينحيقام!يييييييييييييييييييحألايقام!ي ي

ARABIC:

AL-MASEEH QAM! Haqqan Qam!

English:

CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN!

GREEK:

CHRISTOS ANESTI! ALITHOS ANESTI!

RUSSIAN

KRISTOS VOSKRESE! VOISTINU VOSKRESE!

SPANISH

CHRISTO HA RESUCITADO! EN VERDAD HA RSUCITADO!

Aramaic

Mchiha aka ; ʽAminjjate aka

Armenian

Christos haryav i mérélotz ; orhnyal é haroutiounen Christossi

Hungarian

Krisztus feltàmadott ; valóban feltàmadott

Indian (Malayalam)

Christu uyirthezhunnettu! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu

THE EPISTLE

The Lord is my strength and my song. The Lord has chastened me severely.

The Reading from the Acts of the Saintly and Pure Apostles. (6:1-7) In those days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured

against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the Twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this du-ty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Ho-ly Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaos, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multi-plied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

THE GOSPEL

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (15:43-16:8) At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was

also himself looking for the Kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if He were already dead; and sum-moning the centurion, he asked him whether Jesus was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that He was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud, and taking Him down, wrapped Him in the linen shroud, and laid Him in a tomb, which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where He was laid. And when the Sabbath was passed, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices so that they might go and anoint Him. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were say-ing to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, “Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Naza-reth, Who was crucified. He has risen, He is not here; see the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His Disciples and Peter that He is going before you to Galilee; there you will see Him, as He told you.” And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trem-bling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

DONATIONS

Bryan Haddad: For Recovery and good health of Mitchell Abraham. Bryan Haddad: For good health of Ward Esper. Bryan Haddad: For Recovery and good health of Annette Haddad.

In Memory of Julian Borschow Gilbert Sr. & Haifa Malooly & family

PASCHA Flower Donations Jamell Bettor Eddie & Eva Mowad Michael Davis Jr. Dennis Zacour

Good Friday Donations Jamell Bettor Yani & Susana Payides Michael Davis Jr.

Food For The Hungry Jamell Bettor

Archdioceses Dues Faika, Naida & Jehan Dallo

Holy Bread will be offered by:

Brahim & Layla Salloum: For their good health & the good health of their children, Jeanette, Aida & Nassim; Drs. Hassan & Maha Salloum & children; David, Dalal & Grace Young; and all St. George Church Parishioners. May God grant them all many years.

MANY THANKS

To Nahed Khouri who took the responsibility and action to clean, level and press the whole area of the Church Dirt Parking lot and get it ready for the May Festival. He donated all materials and labor needed for that pur-pose. His great faith and love to help his St. George beloved Church is greatly appreciated by all. May the Resurrected great and loving God grant him and his family many years of health and happiness.

Attention Parishioners Sunday Service on May 19, 2013 will be an Hour Earlier due to the May Festival.

Sunday, May 19, 2013 (No Coffee Hour - Festival)

MAY FESTIVAL Final Meeting WILL BE ON TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 AT 7:00 PM IN THE HALL. ALL WORKERS, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND TEENS PLEASE ATTEND THIS IMPORTANT MEETING. St. George Festival Committee

Cabbage Donations

Lon Silagi Skee Rizk Mahassen Salloum Samira Raheb Sub-Deacon Michael Sifuentes Dalal Young Sudie Nasser Deanna Nasser Layla Salloum Salma Farah Jeanette Abraham

The Bake Table For the Festival To All St. George Parishioner, please bring your baked sweets for the bake table (No Graibeh, Please). Containers are available as always for your con-venience. Thank you and God bless you.

With your generosity, the bake table is becoming very rich. Bake Table Donations Jamell Bettor Virginia Aziz Lana Ulrich Salma Isaac Dalal Young Blanca Anaipakos Layla Salloum Hana Sayegh The Dallo family

May is a Choir / Chanters month for Refreshments following the Divine Liturgy.

Attention St. George Parishioners

The Church parking spaces during the May Dinner & Festival will be Re-served ONLY for handicapped and elderly Parishioners. All others, Please park on Festival Drive. Thank You

THANK YOU

To all who helped in the rolling of cabbage on Saturday, May 11, 2013. God bless all of you.

TO ALL MAY DINNER BOOTHS COORDINATORS Please come on Friday, May 17, 2013 to set up your booths and organize your needs so you can be ready and up to serve people on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Because we are very short on helpers, we have NO TIME to send anybody to get what you are missing. Please help us in understanding this issue. May God reward all volunteers and helpers with His great blessings.

May Dinner Sponsors

The May Dinner committee Members would like to thank all the following who sponsored the differ-ent booths. May the Lord God grant them all with their families many years of health. They are as follows:

Esau Halow Entertainment Booth Drs. Hassan & Maha Salloum Entertainment Booth CMD Endeavors, Inc. Entertainment Booth Tropicana Homes Advertisement Sponsor Handumy Tahan Bake Table Sponsor George & Mary Esther Salom Gyro Booth Sponsor Chubby's Bronx Deli Falafel Booth Sponsor Adib & Helen Dayoub Falafel Booth Sponsor Ramsey & Wafaa Esper Tabouleh Booth Sponsor Bryan & Annette Haddad Beverages Sponsor George Farah (The Law Offices of Guerra and Farah, PPLC) Falafel Booth Sponsor Gilbert Sr. & Haifa Malooly & Family Baklawa Sundae Booth Sponsor Salloum Law Firm PC Beverages Sponsor Matthew & Shannon Elias Festival General Sponsor Habib & Mahassen Salloum Festival General Sponsor Elegant Penguin Enterprises Festival General Sponsor Dr. Raed & Sylvana Aldouri Festival General Sponsor Hirby Pest Control (Rose Beard) Festival General Sponsor Sami & Antoinette Esper Festival General Sponsor Dr. George Halow Festival General Sponsor

May Dinner Donations

The May Dinner committee Members would like to thank all the following who Donated money and materials to cut the cost of the May Dinner Expenses. May the Lord God grant them all with their families many years of health. They are as follows:

Salma Isaac Lon Silagi Omar & Anne Thomas Salma & Eddie Farah Albert & Jameelie Dayoub Mahassen Salloum & Salma Farah Alan Malooly Paul Zacour Edward Elias Mitchell & Georgette Abraham Susan E. Assi Charlie Mansour Yousuf & Hend Odeh Carmen Reyes-Naifeh

To sign up to work for the May Festival; please contact Patricia Borschow: 203-5101 May 18, 2013 and May 19, 2013: Times: 11:30-2:30 2:30- to 5:30 & 5:30-Close 11:30-2:30 2:30- to 5:30 & 5:30-8:00

Parish Life Conference for the Diocese of Wichita & Mid‑America

June 5‑8, 2013 ‑ Kansas City, Missouri at the fabulous Westin Crown Center

Hosted by: St. Basil Antiochian Orthodox Church We hope you plan to join us July 5-8. Blessings to each of you, as Bright Week ends, it should be a re-minder that we are getting very close to our June 5th-8th Conference in Kansas City. Have you reserved your room yet for the 2013 DOWAMA Parish Life Conference? Rooms are going fast-reserve yours now!

http://plckc2013.com/hotel.html Conference info at: www.PLCKC2013.com or https://www.facebook.com/ParishLifeConference2013

Of special note is Friday evening, June 7th which will be the

Grand Banquet 6:30-9:30

and Hafli 9:30-11:30 Featuring Amir Askander from New York

Congratulations!

I am pleased to announce that the students listed below have qualified as finalists in this year’s Creative Festivals Writing Festival in their grade level.

Rose Barakat Sam Salloum William Shaghoury Christian Khouri Christopher Al-Dehneh Ashly Daioub Kristen Madsen

The winners will be announced during the awards presentation at the Parish Life Conference. I hope the-se students will be able to receive their awards and a blessing from the Bishop in person. Please encourage these students and their families to attend this year’s PLC.

Thank you for working with your students on this year’s festival and guiding our children in a deeper understanding of their faith and being able to clearly witness to their faith.

Yours in Christ,

Martha Cook Writing Coordinator Holy Trinity, Santa Fe NM

MAY DINNER TICKETS & EXPENSES

Please turn in your receipts and money for the tickets that you have bought or sold by Friday, May 17, 2013. Thank You

MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO GIVE THEIR 3 T’S TO ST. GEORGE CHURCH

(TITHE, TIME, TALENT)

The Paschal Greeting

During the forty days of PASCHA, Orthodox Christians greet one an-other with the words, “Christ is risen!” They likewise respond with the words, “Indeed He is risen!” And to show that the Good News of the Resurrection is for all of mankind, we often exclaim the Paschal Greeting in many different languages.

St. George Church Sunday School

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO WERE PRE-SENT AT THIS PAST SUNDAY’S CHURCH SCHOOL SESSION:

Pre-School: Grades Kinder/1: Grades 2/3: Sami Odeh, James Isaac. Grades 4/5: Joseph Odeh, Rylee Isaac. Grades 6/7: James Shaheen, Johnny Odeh. Grades 8-12+: Christopher Al-Dehneh, William Shaghoury, Michelle Shaheen, Colette Khouri, Christian Khouri, George Haddad, Sam Salloum, Kristen Madsen.

St. George Church School

Due to the annual St. George Festival, there will be NO Sunday School on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Classes will resume as usual on Sunday, May 26, 2013, which will be the last Sunday School session for the year.

St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church of El Paso, Texas Edward Abraham Scholarship Application

The Edward Abraham scholarship was established by the approval of the Parish Council in memory of our beloved brother Edward Abraham. May his memory be eternal. The amount of $1,000 has been donated to the Edward Abraham Scholarship fund. Awarded scholarships will receive an equal distribution from this allocated amount. The scholarship will be awarded each year to local high school graduates pursuing a bachelor’s degree. If there are no high school candidates, the scholarship will be redirected to college students pursuing a bachelor’s degree only. All applications will be reviewed and approved by the Edward Abraham Scholarship Committee. Applications must be received prior to or by May 31, 2013 to be considered by the committee. No applications will be accepted after this date.

Scholarship requirements:

1- Must be a member of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church of El Paso and be in good standing.

2- Must be involved in Sunday School and have a 90% attendance record for the school year. 3- Must be an active member of the Teens Organization and show participation in their sponsored

projects, and have a 90% attendance record for the year. 4- Altar boy servers must have a 90% attendance record for the year. 5- Must submit an essay stating educational goals and objectives.

Applications must be submitted to Fr. George by the stated application deadline.

MAY FESTIVAL —It is that time of year again as we plan for our Annual May Dinner and Festival. It will be held on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, 2013. Your help is needed in many ways. --Pre-Sale tickets are an important part of our fund raising for this event. Please support this effort by selling tickets given to you or purchasing them. If you need any tickets, please contact The Church Of fice @ 584-9100. --The Bake table items are the most popular of the Festival. Please join us as we have few bake ses-sions Or feel free to bake at home for the bake table. If you wish to donate baked goods, please con-tact Jeanette Zacour or the Church office. --In order to help reduce our expenses, your donations, either in needed items or monetary dona-tions, Is very much appreciated. If you wish to donate to the Festival, please contact Fr. George or the Church Treasurer, Jeanette Salloum. --Help is always needed during the set-up of the Festival and during the Festival. If you would like to work during any of these days, please contact Patricia Borschow @ 203-5101. Your help is always appreciated as we all work for our beloved St. George Church. (One Church….one family). Thank you

Edward Abraham Application Name: ____________________________________________________________________ Last First Middle Current Address:_________________________________________________________________

Street ______________________________________________________________________________

City State Zip

Phone: ( ) _______________________________

High School graduation Grade Point Average (GPA):_________________________

____________________________________________ Signature of High School Registrar

College Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA):____________________________ (Only required for college students. Unofficial transcript must accompany scholarship application. Must maintain a minimum of 3.00 cumulative GPA or higher)

College Major: ______________________ College Minor:___________________________

Degree: _______________________________________________________________________

College Classification: _________________________________ Total College Hours Completed: _________________________ Expected Graduation Date from College: _____________________________________________ Please list any scholarships, awards, honors you have received for this upcoming year: ______________________________________________________________________________ Community Service: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Extracurricular Activities:_________________________________________________________ I certify that the information on this application is correct to the best of my knowledge. _________________________________________________________________________

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To be completed by the Edward Abraham Scholarship Committee:

Date Application Received: ______________________

Amount Awarded:_______________________________ Date:____________________________

Print Name Applicant’s Signature Date

Support for Abducted Syrian Hierarchs

The Archdiocese encourages all of her members to show their contin-uing support for kidnapped archbishops Paul and John of Aleppo, first and foremost through heartfelt prayer. We also encourage people to sign and promote the online petition available here at the website of the White House, calling for United States government action on behalf of the abduct-ed metropolitans. Please use the petition at this link.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/appeal-president-obama-and-his-government-release-two-abducted-orthodox-christian-archbishops-syria/xNskxL1q

Support and attention for Archbishop Paul and Archbishop John continues to grow. The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America has published their joint letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry here. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese has published Ecumenical Patri-arch Bartholomew's call for the release of the archbishops. The Russian Orthodox Church has published several statements, including the patriar-chal message from Patriarch Kirill to Patriarch John X available here. Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church prayed for the release of the metro-politans, as announced here. The Archdiocese is grateful for these and all other ongoing efforts for the sake of Archbishop Paul and Archbishop John, and all our brothers and sisters suffering in the region.

MAY 2013 (GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA IS MAY 05, 2013)

SUNDAY ORTHROS 8:20 AM Followed by the DIVINE LITURGY

SUN MON TUES WED THU FRI SAT

1

GREAT AND HOLY WEDNESDAY

(HOLY UNCTION)

2

GREAT AND HOLY THURSDAY

(12 PASSION GOSPELS)

3

GREAT AND HOLY FRIDAY

4

GREAT AND HO-LY SATURDAY

5

GREAT AND HOLY

PASCHA

6

FAST FREE

7

FAST FREE

8

EVENING DIVINE LITURGY FOR ST.

GEORGE @ 6:00 PM (OUR PATRON

SAINT)

9

PARISH COUNCIL MONTHLY MEETING

@ 7:00 PM

FAST FREE

10

FAST FREE

11

FAST FREE

12

THOMAS SUNDAY

13

14

15

16

17

18

MAY DINNER & FESTIVAL

19

SUNDAY OF THE MYRRH-BEARING

WOMEN MAY DINNER &

FESTIVAL

20

21

CONSTANTINE AND HELEN,

EQUAL-TO-THE APOSTLES

22

23

24

25

26

SUNDAY OF THE

PARALYTIC

27

28

29

MID-PENTECOST

For Pastoral Emergencies, or to notify the Clergy of ill or hospitalized pa-rishioners, please call:

Fr. George Al-Dehneh: 345-9800 Fr. Jehad Michael: 203-2831 Fr. Bob Bethoney: 892-8200

Bulletin Deadline is Thursday @ 12:00 PM

To request a Dome Lighting, please contact Bill or Nada Aziz @ 497-0190 or 533-0287.

“The donation is $ 50.00 per lighting”

To offer refreshments for any Sunday please call Fr. George or the office @ 584-9100.

SUNDAY MAY 19 ONLY

MATINS 8:20 AM Followed by the DIVINE LITURGY.