ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE The Vicariate For P/J Christian Orthodox Communities In America %<;:98 76 '$54,(! '$#$312+"! '$10/.-,(! '$+*)(! '&%$#"! St. George Orthodox Church/San Francisco .<1$15!:6 B%)/ A.$?,@%? >;=*"! '1$#0 Archiepiscopal Vicar Father George Jweinat Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Damaskinos Alazrai The Very Rev. Father Issa Awwad Rev. Father Hanna Khoury Office Phone:# 415-334-2234 Fr. George’s Cell: 415-860-4447 Home Phone# 650-692-4519 Office Fax: # 415-334-2275 Sunday April 30th, 2017 Myrr Bearer Sunday Tone 2 / .-,(' +*)(' &%$#! "! Volume 25 Number 17 www.Stgeorgesf.org [email protected]

Christ Is Risen... Indeed He Is Risen … ('& '*) .. ('& %$#"! Christos Anesti .. Alethos Anesti... ********************** The -bearers had brought funeral spices and ointments to finish committing ’s body to the grave. They were the first to see the and were instructed by the risen Lord to bring the joyful news to the apostles. Sts. and are also commemorated on this day. There are eight women who are generally identified as the myrrh-bearers. Each of the four gives a different aspect of the roles of these eight women at the cross and at the tomb on morning, perhaps since the eight women arrived in different groups and at different times. The eight were: , Mary, the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary), Joanna, Mary the wife of (mother of James) , (sister of Lazarus), of Bethany (sister of Lazarus) These eight women had been together throughout ’ public ministry. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna, and others (:3) are described as providing for Jesus out of their possessions. These same women also faithfully followed him from and came up with him to Jerusalem. (Tone 2) – The Noble Joseph, When he had taken down Your most pure Body from the tree, Wrapped it in fine linen and anointed it with spices, And placed it in a new tomb. But You did rise on the third day, O Lord, Granting the world great mercy. Troparion (Tone 2) – The came to the myrrhbearing women at the tomb and said: Myrrh is meet for the dead; But Christ has shown Himself a stranger to corruption! So proclaim: the Lord is risen, Granting the world great mercy! (Tone 2) – You did command the myrrh-bearers to rejoice, O Christ! By Your Resurrection, You did stop the lamentation of Eve, O God! You did command Your apostles to preach: The Savior is Risen! This SATURDAY April 29th, 2017 SEMI-ANNUAL CRAB FEED At St. George’s Orthodox Church- Parish Hall @6:00pm $50/per person For Your Tickets Please Call Any Board Member Or The Office @ 415-334-2234 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" St. George Orthodox Church 399 San Fernando Way San Francisco, Ca 94127

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********************** Bread Altar Offering: The Holy Bread Altar Offering (Corban St. Mark 7:11) will be specially offered for the Holy For the continued good health of SAMI , JALELEH Sanctify of the . & JAMILEH NAZZAL & All the NAZZAL By ALICE DUDUM, Her Children & Their Families in Families; Also in blessed Memory of HANNA, blessed 11 years memorial of the Beloved Husband, Father & Grandfather MANUEL DUDUM. May His Blessed Memory Be HELANEH, ELIAS, NAHEEL, NAZZAL, JABRA, Eternal. MISADEH, FARIDEH, MIRIAM, YASMEEN, MANWEL & MIRIAM. May Their Blessed Memory Be By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God and Eternal. in Congratulations to JAD & LENNA MOGANNAM on the occasion of the Baptism of their Children of God JULIA 54%3*) 21/*) 0/. (-%,+*) ('&%$#"! ANNE & JALAL JAMES MOGANNAM. BA@? >4)=-' <%1 6;#4: +092 8 76-' 5&4)-' &321 +0/' .-, +*$)(' &%$#"!! By The St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God and S2F&9R-' +'0Q-' P49O N0)( MAL KAJ-' <)D I% +'0%H' <9G1 &%$#"F ED0C8 in Congratulations to ZEYAD & LYDIA ABOUATA on the E- $=/' 5&4)-' YXW% V-U' T4R/' &321 occasion of the Baptism of their Child of God ZARA N$RO _^(' YQ]/' \[02 Z, 54%3*) 21/*) 0/. :98' 7'6+*) ('&%$#"! ABOUATA. A@G Yk VWl0k VW4jF i04h P% YQ( Z&]g? Vf-F e4`d-' c@ba .`" I% AC&X-' c9:A-' >4p" >-&W-' &)(&% i*&2 o&21 cnmJ- <9G E#g- $2$O The St. George Parish Family is deeply saddened by the &]r&% Z0gD Z1 >2$W-' &321 A@Q-' .-, <-^( <#q I;-F!54%3*) 21/*) 0/. <)6;+*) passing into eternal life the Servant of God BISHARA <`G e4X-' +m%&: 50R#`-F V-U' T4R/' &321 &@-&s <9GF >4)=-' 50G <9X: E(' 8, KUBEIN. Our Deepest Sympathies To All the KUBEIN c%&4Q-' SWG'0-' T(&% &2 omR-' <@CF E`[A-F I:Ak' Families. May His Blessed Memory Be Eternal.

By His Beloved Wife NAWAL, Children NIDAL & SAQER, Thank You Suzie Mizirawi , MAHA, LINA, MUNA, RANA, Brother FARID, Sister FARHA & Sandra AlGelda & Your Committee Their Families & All the MUADI Families in blessed One Year Memorial For the Servant of God ISKANDAR SAKER MOUADI. For A Wonderful Paint Night. It Was Filled Also For the Repose of HANNEH MUADI May His Blessed With Great Instruction, Laughter & Great Memory Be Eternal. Energy! Significant Attendance & Delicious By All the SAMARA, AWWAD & SHQAIR Families in Food.. ! A Night To Remember ... blessed memory of Dr. ISAM, BASIM, BASIMA, KAMAL, NABEEL & JOSEPH. May Their Blessed Memory Be Eternal.

By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God for the continued good health of SAMIRA KAWAS. By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God Accepting resumes for a part time position for the continued good health of NAIMEH DUGHMAN. of “Event Coordinator”. By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God for the continued good health of KARIMEH RAFIDI. Hospitality degree/certificate preferred but not required. 2 years experience required. By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God for the continued good health of NABEEHA SAHOURIEH. Please submit your resume or for more ********************************************************************* Head Ushers: Maher Haddad, information [email protected] Ushers: Milad Dalo, Basem Husary & Elias Husary Thank you Head of Altar Boys: Batshon, Altar Boys: Sami & George Totah, Omar Jweinat, Sami Khoury Jr. LIVE IN LADY TO HELP ELDERLY COUPLE ~ & Jason Arbeed. 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But go, tell his disciples S GL777777h+* U+^ qMf'777777&> Z777777_^ {,u'777777+% AG777777:V)777777+ CL777777!% Ä777777E6Q7777774 and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee; there .qM+ v1! 1xI Z_%,# Å13E% you shall see him, as he told you. But they going out, n [75555T,7+* Cy7#A7R. [7!% ;z,74% 215555`7>,7? ,'f7+* C75555: C7555<,7m4 fled from the sepulcher. For a trembling and feat had seized them: and they said nothing to any man; for they .N1ja1R CI Cy_w 21cGH [ow CLf> q+% DFE[+*% were afraid. The Myrrh Bearer Sunday

About the beginning of His thirty-second year, when the Lord Jesus was going throughout Galilee, preaching and working miracles, many women who had received of His beneficence left their own homeland and from then on followed after Him. They ministered unto Him out of their own possessions, even until His crucifixion and entombment; and afterwards, neither losing faith in Him after His death, nor fearing the wrath of the Jewish rulers, they came to His sepulcher, bearing the myrrh-oils they had prepared to anoint His body. It is because of the myrrh-oils that these God-loving women brought to the tomb of Jesus that they are called Myrrh-bearers.

Of those whose names are known are the following: first of all, the most holy Virgin Mary, who in Matthew 27:56 and Mark 15:40 is called "the mother of James and Joses" (these are the sons of Joseph by a previous marriage, and she was therefore their step- mother); Mary Magdalene (celebrated July 22); Mary, the wife of ; Joanna, wife of Chouza, a steward of ; Salome, the mother of the sons of ; Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus; and Susanna. As for the names of the rest of them, the evangelists have kept silence (Matthew 217:55-56; 28:1- 10. Mark 15:40-41.

Luke 8:1-3; 23:55-24:11, 22-24. John 19:25; 20:11-18. Acts 1:14.) Together with them we celebrate also the secret disciples of the Savior, Joseph and Nicodemus. Of these, Nicodemus was probably a Jerusalemite, a prominent leader among the Jews and of the order of the , learned in the Law and instructed in the Holy Scriptures. He had believed in Christ when, at the beginning of our Savior's preaching of salvation, he came to Him by night. Furthermore, he brought some one hundred pounds of myrrh-oils and an aromatic mixture of aloes and spices out of reverence for the divine Teacher (John 19:39). Joseph, who was from the city of Arimathea, was a wealthy and noble man, and one of the counselors who were in Jerusalem. He went bodly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and together with Nicodemus he gave Him burial. Since time did not permit the preparation of another tomb, he placed the Lord's body in his own tomb which was hewn out of rock, as the Evangelist says (Matthew 27:60).

Icon of the Sunday of the Holy

The of the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers depicts the biblical story of the women arriving at the tomb to anoint the body of Christ. The angel is seated upon the stone that covered the tomb, and he is pointing to the empty garments showing that Christ has risen from the dead. Orthodox Christian Celebration of the Feast of the Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers

The Sunday of the Holy Myrrhbearers is celebrated with the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom. On this Sunday and throughout the Paschal period until the Apodosis or leave-taking of Pascha, the day before the Feast of the Ascension, the services begin with the chanting of the troparion of Pascha, "Christ is risen..." Scripture readings for the feast are the following: At Orthros: :1-12; At the Divine Liturgy: Acts 6:1-7 and Mark 15:43-16:8. Hymns of The Feast Apolytikia (Second Tone)

When You did descend unto death, O Life Immortal, then did You slay Hades with the lightening of Your Divinity. And when You did also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, all the power in the Heavens cried out: O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to You. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. The noble Joseph, taking Your immaculate body down from the Tree, and having wrapped it in pure linen and spices, laid it for burial in a new tomb. But on the third day You did arise, O Lord, granting great mercy to the world. Now and forever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Unto the myrrh-bearing women did the Angel cry out as he stood by the grave: Myrrh-oils are meet for the dead, but Christ has proved to be a stranger to corruption. But cry out: The Lord is risen, granting great mercy to the world.

Kontakion (Second Tone)

When You did cry, Rejoice, unto the Myrrh-bearers, You did make the lamentation of Eve the first mother to cease by Your Resurrection, O Christ God. And You did bid Your Apostles to preach: The Savior is risen from the grave.

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