Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost & Thirteenth Sunday of LukeGreat-Martyr James the Persian

Venerable Palladios of Thessalonica; Venerable Nathanael of Nitria in Egypt;James the Wonderworker, Bishop of Rostov

V. Rev. Fr. Dr. Christopher Salamy, PastorRev. Fr. Mansour Azar, Assistant Pastor

V. Rev. Fr. Elias Ziton, EmeritusGreg Abdalah, Youth Pastor

Rev. Dn. Raphael Abrahams • Rev. Dn. Serafim Grove • Rev. Dn. Basil Ritchie

Saliba, KamalSalman, GeorgeSalman, GhaziSarsam, JamalSayegh, Dr. Abraham & ChristineSayegh, Dr. Edward & LumaSayegh, Dr. Steven & MarySayegh, Ghassan & MaySayegh, HyamSayegh, IssaSayegh, JamalSayegh, John & BoliviaSayegh, John & RaniaSayegh, Odeh & VictoriaSayegh, Ralph

Sayegh, Robert & KristineSayegh, Sam & LaraSayegh, Sultan & ChihnazSayegh, SusanSayegh, Suzanne C. Sewa, VencentShowah, BeverlySimon, MichaelSimon, Noha & DonaldSlanta, JohnSola, Mary AnnSolheim, DavidSpanovich, Nick & ElizabethStokich, Daniel & DinaSweilem, Issa & Jennifer

Sweilem, TheresaSweis, NourhanSweis, Sameeh & JanetteSweis, SamehThomas, DanielToronto, Ray & Rose MarieVintila, PamelaVogel, DebbieWeiss, Kate & WilliamWells, RickWest, Gray & DeborahYacoub, Miriam JessicaZananiri, Tawfiq Tony & NajwaZuraikat, Husam (John) & Jennifer

ST. GEORGE ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

A Parish of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West of The Antiochian Archdiocese of New York and North America

4530 E. Gold Dust Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85028 • Office 602.953.1921www.stgeorgeaz.org • office@stgeorgeaz.org

OUR MISSION is powerful at St. George: that as a community we are Educated and instructed by the Commandments of God, Enriched in the fullness of the Gospel and Empowered in our lives to become true servants of God and our fellow man. We call that E3!

OUR VISION is to create a community that embraces the tradition of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We believe that God has a mission too: to restore the fallen world with His coming Kingdom. We also believe that as the Church we are called to participate in God’s mission in a unique way. That way for us finds its fulfillment through E3! Our mission, then, works in concert with God’s mission: 1) to help you discover who you have been created to be as a human being made in God’s image, and 2) to help you find your place in God’s ongoing mission to bring forth His Kingdom in the world.

WE ARE a community of people who are seeking to live as Christ’s Body on this earth, looking for the fullness of His coming Kingdom. We all seek to see and live in God’s world with new eyes and changed hearts. We hope that you will join our life in Christ. Live the Power of E3. S

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m Please note that there will be no Vespers on Saturday, November 26th. Vespers will resume on Saturday, December 3rd.

Join us on Thursday, December 1st at 6:30 pm for the Divine Liturgy celebrated in Arabic. The Divine Liturgy is celebrated in Arabic on the first Thursday of every month.

Join us for Divine Liturgy for St. Nicholas on Tuesday, December 6th at 9 am.

Abbajay, DuaneAbdalah, GregAbdalla, MannalAbdoulah, ConnieAbraham, Dean & ShirleyAbraham, JosephAbrahams, Dn Raphael & RebeccaAbrahams, SimonAfsa, Sr, Michael & CandanceAgra, CatherineAlkhori (Khouri), KholoudAmmari, LeilaAranki, HanaBandak, Christopher & HnadiBeauchamp, Nice & DonnaBenn-Nowaczyk, KristaBishay, JasonBousard, RosalineBrannan, Dr Scott & VeraBronnenkant, AnnaCatanese, JasonCohen, Shelah Robin & Lee RunyonCombs, DavidDahdal, Farid & LourisDahdal, OmarDahdal, Suleiman & DoreenDeRienzo, James & BriggetteDeRienzo, James (Jimi) IIIDeRienzo, NicoleDerienzo, RosalindDoumani, John NicoleEid, JohnFakhouri, FareeseFakhouri, FawazFakhouri, GeorgeFarha, Dr. JimFedak, TimothyFender, WilliamFerris, ScottFlorence, Lorraine Gebran, AssadGebran, Gebran

Gebran, George & AbeerGebran, Mario & AmalGebran, MichaelGeorge, Charles & JoannGharib, KhalidGharib, MuniraGharieb, HiyamGhiz, David & MelanieGhiz, Lewis (Buzz) & JaniceGrove, Dn Serafim & MaryHaddad, Michael & ValerieHaddad, Taysir & Mary KayHaddy, LarryHaddy, RichardHanna-Moussa, AbdullahHasbany, Louis & SandyHogan, Dr. DonnHoran, Adnan & LisaHull, Gary & SuzanneHuntington, JoshuaIacovelli, William (Buzz) & RimaIsaac, Edward & MuniraKalyoussef, GeorgeKanaan, Eugene & DonnaKanaan, RobertKaradsheh, FaroukKaradsheh, John & NataschaKaramouzis, ElizabethKarraz, ShadiKhalil, Charles & EstherKhalil, Dr. JosefKhoury, Eddie & SandyKhoury, Emily & RamzyKhoury, Jack & SamiraKristic-Arabo, Josefina, Arabo, FirasLaBarre, BenjaminLines, JohnMas, MargaretMatthews, Chester & DinaMikhail, MaysounMitchell, Aaron & CorrieMokbel, Halim & Beatriz (Susan)

Mounts, SamiaMusallam, JacobMusallam, JulietMusallam, RowanaMushahwar, Yousef & JulietteNassif, Sam & LoriNassif, SusanNekho, NasserNichols, Richard & SherryOdeh, ImadPeters, Matthew & LauraPlummer, RandyQaqish, Walid & RandaQaqish, Ziad & SamiyahQuomsieh, NadiaRadulovich, Nicholas (Nick)Raymond, MargaretRayyan, Samier & MayRejsa, GlennResley, George & KhalidaRisk, TomRitchie, Deacon Basil & BarbaraRomley, Daniel & JaneSaba, Richard & MarionSabbagh, LamehSahawneh, AmandaSahawneh, HeshamSaigh, Caraline & RaySaigh, FredSaigh, HannaSaigh, Khalil (Chuck) & JenniferSaigh, Najla K.Saigh, Ralph & CamiliaSaigh, RumseySalameh, KenSalamy, JoyceSalamy, V. Rev. Fr. Dr. Chris & AllysonSalem, DannySalem, Saman & EnsofSaliba, Azeez & Roula AssafSaliba, James & KathleenSaliba, John & Marybeth

Congratulations to Sabah Zyadet, the winner of the Ladies’ Thanksgiving raffle.

Don’t forget to drop off non-perishable food in the bin at the front of the church for the community food bank.

The next Ladies’ meeting is Thursday, December 1st at 10:30 am. This meeting will be bible study and the annual Christmas agape gathering.

The 10th Annual Christmas Ladies Tea will be Saturday, December 3rd at 10:30 am. Tickets are $35. For more information contact Sandy Khoury at 480.220.5269.

The Ladies’ election was held on November 10th. Please congratulate the 2017 Officers:

President - Sandra HasbanyVice President - Kelly ResleySecretary - Lillian Macoule Treasurer - Beverly ShowahSunshine Chairwoman - Enaam Hweimel

Apolytikion of St. James the Persian (Tone 4)

Resurrectional Apolytikion (Tone 6)

Thy Martyr, O Lord, in his courageous contest for Thee * received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. * For, since he possessed Thy

strength, he cast down the tyrants * and wholly destroyed the demons’ strengthless presumption. * O Christ God, by his prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.

Kontakion of Preparation of Christ’s Nativity (Tone 3)

When Mary stood at Thy grave, looking for Thy sacred body, angelic powers shone above Thy revered tomb; and the soldiers who were to keep guard became as dead men. Thou led Hades captive and wast not tempted thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst give life to the world, O Thou, Who art risen from the dead, O Lord, glory to Thee.

On this day the Virgin cometh to the cave to give birth to God the Word ineffably, Who was before all the ages. Dance for joy, O earth, on hearing the gladsome tidings; with the Angels and the shepards now glorify Him Who is willing to be gazed on as a young Child Who before the ages is God.

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Apolytikion of St. George (Tone 4)As deliverer of captives and defender of the poor, healer of the infirm, champion of kings, victorious Great Martyr George intercede with Christ our God for our souls’ salvation.

Being a member in good standing at St. George includes being a member in good standing of the Antiochian Archdiocese. To ensure you are current, please keep in mind the Archdiocese Assessment of $60 per person...that’s a 20% savings over last year! It is a requirement to have “annual pledges” paid in full before December 25, 2016 in order to vote in the 2017 Annual Meeting. The family names published have made at least 70% of their annual tithe. If your family name is not published and to track or update a tithe before December 1, payment and Archdiocese dues status may be viewed electronically through CCB or see Stewardship Chairman, Jimi DeRienzo, during Fellowship Hour or call him at 480.241.8850. For year-end tax purposes, “donation letters” will be available electronically through CCB.

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St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church November 27, 2016

Birthdays

Sabreen Odeh 11.27Nick Spanovich 11.27

Sophia Fakhoury 11.28

Esa Rayyan 11.28Michael Abukhader 11.29

Zachary Segui-Sayegh 11.29Jacob Qaqish 11.30Ranya Salem 11.30Hani Sayegh 11.30

Hyam Sayegh 11.30

Nicholas Thomas 11.30Vivienne Zraick 11.30

Inam Dahdal 12.1Mai Rayyan 12.1

Meena Musallam 12.2George Kalyoussef 12.3

Mary Sayegh 12.3

George and Abeer Gebran offer Holy Bread for their health and the health of their children Talia, Zaina and George. For Mike Gebran, Assad and Ilham Gebran and their family,

Gebran and Aleen Gebran and their children Asaad, Ava and Gebran. For Mario and Amal Gebran and their children Mario, Marian and Michael. For Vera Gebran and

her children Gebran, George, Leo and Ilham. May God grant them many years.

Rosaline Bousard offers Holy Bread in loving memory of her father Reverend George T. Habib, Uncle Nick Habib and Aunt Mary T. Saba. May their memory be eternal. For the health

of the Bousard, Baker, Daniolos and Elliot families. May God grant them many years.

Congratulations and God’s blessings to Robert Kanaan and Adelle Bahbah on the baptism of their son, Joseph. May God grant him many years.

Magdoline Khoury and family offer Holy Bread for the health of Magdoline, her children and grandchildren Victor, Becki, Benny, Diego, Eddie, Sandy, James,

Madelyn, Matthew, Michael, Helen and Suzie. May God grant them many years. In loving memory of Banyout, Badi, Rady, Asmahan, Raya, Gabriel, Hanna, Fada, Karma,

Saida, Abraham and the Khoury and Sayegh families. May their memory be eternal.

Those to Remember in PrayerLiturgical Offerings...

Memory Eternal

To include an oblation in the bulletin, all text must be submitted to Tricia Urbano Voltz at office@stgeorgeaz.org by the deadline of Wednesday at noon. All oblations received after the deadline will be included in the following Sunday’s bulletin.

Prokeimenon:

The Epistle

O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance. To Thee, O Lord, have I cried, O my God.

The Gospel

The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians. (2:4-10)Brethren, God, Who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and made us sit with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the

coming ages He might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God—not because of works, lest any man should boast. For, we are His workmanship, created in

Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (18:18-27) At that time, a man came testing Jesus and asking, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not bear false witness. Honor your father and mother.’” And the man said, “All these I have observed from my youth.” And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” But when the man heard this he became sad, for he was very rich. Jesus, seeing him sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”

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St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church November 27, 2016

FELLOWSHIP HOUR

SPONSORSHIPS NEEDED

at 406.855.5088

to find out how easy it is to sponsor Fellowship Hour.

Call Kelly Resley

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Nassif Schaded 11.29.01Rev. George Habib 11.30.74Nettie Francies 12.2.93

St. George Little Warriors is coming soon...just a little later than December 10th.

Stay tuned for more information on this new and exciting ministry to our youth coming in January!