“This is none other than the House of God. Alexander, John, and Paul the New, Patriarchs of And this is the Gate of Heaven” Genesis 28:17 Saint Alexander was sent to the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea as the delegate of Saint Metrophanes, of Con- stantinople (see June 4), to whose throne he succeeded in the year 325. When Arius had deceitfully professed allegiance to the Council of Nicaea, Saint Alexander, knowing his guile, re- fused to receive him into communion; Arius' powerful partisans threatened that they would use force to bring Arius into the communion of the Church the following day. Saint Alexander prayed fervently that God might spare the Church; and as Arius was in a privy place relieving nature, his bowels gushed forth with an effusion of blood, and the arch-heresiarch died the death of Judas. Saint Alexander was Bishop from 325 until 337, when he was succeeded by Saint Paul the Confessor, who died a martyr's death at the hands of the Arians (see Nov. 6). The Saint John commemorated here appears to be the one who was during the years 562-577, surnamed Scholasticus, who is also commemo- rated on February 21. He was from , where he had been a lawyer (scholasticus); he was made presbyter, then was sent to Constantinople as representative (apocrisiarius) of the Patriarch of Antioch, and was appointed Patriarch of Constantinople by the Em- peror Justinian. Saint Paul was Bishop of Constantinople during the years 687 - 693, in the reign of Emperor Justinian II, and presided over the Quinisext Council in 692.

THE LORD’S PRAYER (In English and Phonetic Arabic)

ur Father who art in heaven, Hallowed-be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who tres- O pass against us, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

ABANA’L LATHEE FILL SAMAWAT; LEE YATA KADASS ISMUK LEE YATEE MALA KUTUK; LEE TAKUN MASHI ATUK St. George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Cathedral ﮐﺎﺘﺩﺭﺍﺌﻴﺔ ﺍلقديس جﺎوﺭجﻴوس ﺍألنطﺎكﻴَّﺔ ﺍألﺭثوذكسﻴَّﺔ KAMA FILL SAMA KADHA LEEKA ALA’L-ARD KHUBZANAL JAOHARI ATINA’L YAOM;WATRUK-LANA MA ALAINA 3754 Woodley Rd. Toledo, Ohio 43606-1159 Phone: 419-475-7054 KAMA NATRUKU NAHNU LIMAN;LANA ALAIH Fax: 419-475-3502 WALA TUD KHILINA FI TAJRIBA;LA KIN-NAJJINA-MINA’L SHIRIR www.saintgeorgetoledo.com Sunday August 30, 2020 Wishing all of you who were born in the month of August ﺍألﺏ مﺎيكل شﺎهﻴن Dean/Pastor A Very Happy Birthday! Father Michael G. Shaheen Phone: 419-260-1621 Metropolitan JOSEPH, Archbishop of Alyssa Earhart 02 Cody Goldyn 03 [email protected] the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America [email protected] Lauren Kallil 05 Erica Sommer 05

St. George Choir Director Bishop ANTHONY Michaels Mackenzie Melnik Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest Claudia Ghammoh 07 Alayna Pedro 07

Father Michael G. Shaheen Chanters Jennifer Conrad 09 Joy Hosny 10 Tony Khoury, Nadeem Khoury, Dean/ St. George Cathedral

Wafeek Khoury, William Swade Joseph Hosny 11 Luke Zogaib 11 Sunday August 30, 2020 Sub Deacons Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost & Christopher Haddad; Michael Saba Twelfth Sunday of Matthew Leave- Lori Skaff 14 Evangelina Nicholas 15

taking of the commemoration of the Altar Captains Beheading of St. John the Baptist Carlos Ghammoh 16 Ayana Haddad 16 Tony Sommer, Mathew Ade, Alexander, Paul the New, and John, Pa- Tony Pedro, Christopher Hughes triarchs of Constantinople; Venerable Christine Swade 17 Brayden Ansara 22 Phantinos of Calabria; repose of Vener- Social Media Coordinator able Alexander of Svir; translation of the Emily Hughes relics of Alexander Nevsky, prince of Christina Joseph 23 Lydia Swade 23 Pan Orthodox Toledo Coordinator Novgorod; Cyril and Makarios, patri- Anita Skaff archs of Serbia. Paula Haddad 24 Randa Adamo 25 Tone III Eothinon I Concierge Troparion for the Resurrection III Michael Goodman 419-324-4115 Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be Gus Nicholas 25 John Yarad 25 glad, for the Lord hath done a mighty act The St. George Parish Council with His own arm. He hath trampled Cheryl Vinciguerra 26 Cynthia Hairabedian 26 Chair: Nadia Swade down death by death, and become the

Vice Chair: Tony Sommer first-born from the dead. He hath deliv- Treasurer: John Ellis ered us from the depths of Hades, grant- Joseph Zogaib 27 Jasmine Hajjar 30 Secretary: Rhonda Saba ing the world the Great Mercy. Chancellor: Mitchell Howard, Daniel Czerniak 30 Ayman Ghammoh 31 Keith Haddad, Sub Dn. Michael Saba, بﺎللحن ﺍلثﺎلث ٌِتفش ْح اٌسّاوَّٚااو و ٚتاِاتا ِٙا ْض اتس،األااو و ر ت اْ اٌاش ا ,Andrea Bassett, David Joseph Fred Goldyn 31 َصَٕ َغ ػ ًزا بسو ػِ ِذ ِٖ ٚٚطيء اٌّا ْٛ َ باوٌاّا ْٛ ِ ر ٚصاو َس ,Brad Mc Arthur, Ryan Sommer بى َش اتِٛا ِ ر ٚأٔ َمزَٔو ِِٓ َجٛ ِف اٌجذألُ ٚ ََِٕا َخ اٌاؼاو ٌَاُ ,Karyn Hajjar, Sabah Mitri اٌش ْدّةَ اؼٌو ْظ َّى. .Dr. Hassan Seaman

Troparion for John The Baptist Beheading II The memory of the righteous is celebrated with songs of praise, but the Lord’s testimony is sufficient for thee, O Forerunner. Thou wast shown indeed to be the most honorable of the prophets, for in the waters thou didst baptize Him Who had been proclaimed. Af- ter suffering with joy in behalf of the truth, thou didst proclaim even to those in Hades the God Who appeared in the flesh, Who takest away the sin of the world, and granteth us the Great Mercy. Troparion for St. George IV 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 salvation.

Kontakion of the Nativity of the Theotokos IV By thy holy nativity, O pure one, Joachim and Anna were delivered from the reproach of barrenness; and Adam and Eve were delivered from the corruption of death; thy people do celebrate it, having been saved from the stain of iniquity, crying unto thee: The bar- ren doth give birth to the Theotokos, who nourisheth our life.

The Epistle

Sing praises to our God, sing praises. Clap your hands, all ye nations. The Reading from the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians. 15:1-11 Brethren, I would remind you in what terms I preached to you the Gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold it fast— unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He rose on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. Then He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then He appeared to James, then to all the Apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared also to me. For I am the least of the Apostles, unfit to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God, which is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

The Holy Gospel The Reading is from The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew “We offer unto thee, in behalf of all and for all” 19:16-26 t that time, a young man came up to Jesus, kneeling and saying, “Good For mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?” And He said pardon and remission of Sins… to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, The Child Rose Hajjar, The Child Marcus Thurm, The Child Cooper Towns, The Child Angelo Ledesma, The Child Lawson Joseph Lindner, Mary Joseph, God. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” He said to Him, A Samira McKarus, George Saba, Dawn Shaheen, Veronica Elchert, Ralph Vin- “Which?” And Jesus said, “You shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you ciguerra, Tanya Ansara, Anita Skaff, Natalie, Malake Ansara, Alexei Karam, shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, honor your father and mother, and George and Beverly Bardwell, Jodee Scannapieco, George & Michelle Prephan, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” The young man said to Him, “All these I Leila Aldakar, Geneva Yarad, Marie Russell, Amy Fenton, Wafeek Khoury, Joe have observed; what do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, Mancinotti, Sami Choukri Eid, Nuha Rafeedie, Nick Mancy, Ernest & Shirley go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; George, Issam Ghareeb, Carol Ghareeb, John Szczepanik, Stacey Meifert, Na- and come, follow me.” When the young man heard this, he went away sorrowful; jat Swade, Michelle Diane Ansara, Schlee, Mary Janick, Julie Assally Brown, for he had great possessions. And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, it Wajeh Mouaikel, Wanda & Rose Marie Skaff, Tanya Ansara. will be hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the All doctors, nurses, hospital workers, first responders, care givers who put kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, say- themselves at risk helping those who suffer from this dreaded virus. ing, “Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Our Expecting Mother Jana Fuller ﺍألحد ﺍلثﺎني عشر من مﺘَّى Second Collection Today إنجﻴل ﺍلﻴوم: مﺘَّى )ص 19: ع 16 – 26( For those who are suffering in Lebanon في رٌه اٌزِوْ دٔو إٌى َّسٛع شو ٚجثو ٌٗ لوئل ً: أَُّّٙو اؼٌّ ِ ٍُ اٌصوٌخر ِورا أػًّ ِٓ اٌصلح ٌتىْٛ ٌي اٌذألوة اتبذَّة* فموي ٌٗ: ٌّورا تذٛػٔي صوٌذو ِٚو صوٌخ إالا ٚادذ ٛ٘ٚ هللا. ٌٚىٓ إْ وٕت تشَّذ أْ تذخً اٌذألوة فودفظ Servants of God of Blessed Memory who founded this Holy Temple and for those ا ً ”who have departed this life in the hope of the Resurrection & Life Everlasting اٌٛصوَّو* فولً ٌٗ: أَّاة ٚصوَّو؟ لوي َّسٛع: ال تمتًر ال تزْر ال تسشقر ال تشٙذ بوٌزٚس* أوشَ أبون ٚأ اِهر أدِب لشَِّه وٕفسه* لوي ٌٗ اٌشو : وً ٘زا ٚلذ دفظتٗ ِٕز صِوئي فّورا َّٕمصٕي بؼذ* لوي ٌٗ َّسٛع: إْ وٕت تشَّذ أْ ,The Thrice Blessed Memories of the Archbishops; VICTOR, SAMUEL ً ,ANTHONY, MICHAEL & PHILLIP; Archimandrite Ananias Kassab تىْٛ ووِل فور٘ب ٚبغ وً شئ ٌه ٚأػطٗ ٌٍّسووألٓ فألىْٛ ٌه وٕز في اٌسّوء. ٚتؼوي اتؼِٕي* فٍ اّو سّغ اٌشو ٘زا Archimandrite Michael Howard, Priest Elias Saba, Archpriest George Shaheen اٌىلَ ِضى دزَّ ًٕو ت أٗ ووْ را ِوي وثألش* فموي َّسٛع ٌتلِألزٖ: اٌذ اك ألٛي ٌىُ إ أٗ ؼَّسش ػٍى اٌغٕي دخٛي ٍِىٛ Archdeacon Andrew Kallil & اٌسّٛا * ٚأَّ ًضو ألٛي ٌىُ إ اْ ِشٚس اٌجًّ ِٓ ثم ِب اإلبشة تسًٙ ِٓ دخٛي غٕي ٍِىٛ اٌسّٛا * فٍ اّو سّغ

تلِألزٖ بٙتٛا جذًّا ٚلوٌٛا: َِّٓستطألغ إرْ أْ َّخٍص* فٕظش َّسٛع إٌألٚ ُٙلوي ٌُٙ: أ اِو ػٕذ إٌوس فل َّوستطوع ٘زا. ٚأ اِو ػٕذ هللا فىً شئ ِستطوع. Today's Memorial 40 days for Mariam Khoury & Janet Marie Mancinotti TODAY’S INSPIRATION Mariam Khoury (40 dys), Janet Marie Mancinotti (40dys), Louie Sommer, “Don't be deceived regarding the knowledge of what will be after your Richard O Joseph Jr., George, Corrine and Paul Joseph, death: what you sow here, you will reap there. After leaving here, no members of the Joseph family, Iyman Swade, Bassili Semaan one can make progress. Here is the work, there the reward; here the struggle, there the crowns.”

(St. Barsanuphius the Great, Instructions, 606)