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Bread Altar Offering: The Holy Bread Altar Offering (Corban St. Mark 7:11) will be specially offered for the Holy A message from the Chairman Sanctify of the Divine Liturgy. ~ David Salfiti By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God and Dear Parishioners, Hope you had all a blessed Easter. in Congratulations to AMER & AHLAM ZEIDAN on the On behalf of the Board of Trustees, Myself & the occasion of the Baptism of their Child of God ANGELE MARIA ZEIDAN. Parishioners, I would like to thank Issam Dughman, Nimitallah Shatara & their committee By ZIADEH & ABLA SHAMIEH along with their children for their great effort and help at our Annual ELIAS, EMAN, MARY, FRED and their families in Mother’s Day Luncheon congratulation to GHASSAN JAMAL SHAMIEH on his graduations from Northwestern University Pritzker School of it was a very successful event, We’re looking forward to see Law in Chicago upon receiving his Juris Doctor Degree as well you all at the upcoming events as he was awarded the Leadership award for his school. Alf (Father’s Day Night Out) Mabrook to his proud family JAMAL, WAFA & TAGREED on June 11th, 2016 at Tannourine Restaurant , Please We are all so very proud of you Attorney GHASSAN make sure to reserve your tickets asap. Seats Are Limited SHAMIEH. and Tickets are selling fast. For your reservations &

By the St. George Parish Family for the continued good health Tickets Please Call our Chair committee of SUHAIL JWEINAT Susie Mizirawi @ 650-490-02226 Or Sandra Elgelda @650-892-4636 By the St. George Parish Family for the continued good health of ITAF AWWAD. A Friendly reminder to our PLEDGEES, we are closing By the St. George Parish Family for the continued good health 2015 books, so please it will be greatly appreciated, if you and speedy recovery of ARWA ZEIDAN close it at your end too. Thank you always for your support to your church. By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God for the continued good health of NICOLAS SHATARA. As we progress with the construction of our new Home building. It’s open for the public. we would like By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to god for you to pass by and tour around. the continued good health of FAYEQ KHOURI. ********************************** There are more future events, so please mark your Head of Ushers: Maher Haddad, Basem & Elias Husary & calendars and save the dates Milad Dalo Annual Camp July 31st- August 7th, Altar Boys: Michael Batshon, Adrian Husary, Issa Kaleh, Summer Night ~ August, Annual Picnic ~ September Jason Arbeed **************************** Annual Festival ~ October <;:98( 7"6 1234/5/15 0/(&.( -#,+*)( '&! %$#"! Annual Christmas Party ~ December In additional to a few activities for our Young adults & BB <;:98( 7"6 A@? &> #= Ladies Auxiliary will be posted soon P;@ON8( M+ LKJIHG FAE@;8( $#@?C ADC &> <;:98( 7"6 Thank you again & God bless you all ADC YLXW FSR"O,8(G V"K8( <+ PUT#K8( SRJK8( 7"JO= Q/ PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR SISTER CHURCH _8#,8( L^ Q/ ]#/GR,= \&N! [ AW .V"K8( A,+ Z+(R8( P!R=#;8( ST STEPHAN ORTHODOX CHURCH E 7"6G .cR8( V@;.#+ 0U,J! M6) _@b? aAE@` A@? MEON8 AT THEIR 4TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL <+ Mh*A6 #OON8 FRg? QOf[( $#@?)( <+ A,e d! [ <;:98( THIS SATURDAY, MAY 28TH FROM 11AM- 9:00PM n&mA+ *l#,8 P=#Wk j=A6 #O6) iRXN8( P!A@;8( $#@?)( SUNDAY MAY 29TH FROM 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM Two Days of great food, Family entertainment, fun and your $#@?)( <+ <;:98( 7"6 A@? ZqGG _@;pH \k ._@Uo*GC chance to win great prizes. \$*)( Ru6 Q/ t$#:J?( sO= V@;.( L:? P!rR8 Rg? QOf[( With many vendors for shopping Admission $3.00 .M=[xG M@UE wH v8k Sunday Of The Samaritan Woman How great are thy works, O Lord ! Thou hast made all +*)('&%$ #"! things in wisdom. Bless the Lord, O My Soul. =.<;:%$ ).29%$ '8"7* 6*#5%$ 43'21 0( /.-,$ Section from the Acts of the Saintly and Pure Apostles (11:19 to end) (@B-A-@) )?'>%$

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The biblical story of this event and the dialog between Christ and the woman is found in the Gospel of Saint John 4:5-42. One of the most ancient cities of the Promised Land was Shechem, also called Sikima, located at the foot of Mount Gerazim. There the Israelites had heard the blessings in the days of Moses and Jesus of Navi. Near to this town, Jacob, who had come from Mesopotamia in the nineteenth century before Christ, bought a piece of land where there was a well. This well, preserved even until the time of Christ, was known as Jacob's Well. Later, before he died in Egypt, he left that piece of land as a special inheritance to his son Joseph (Gen. 49:22). This town, before it was taken into possession by Samaria, was also the leading city of the kingdom of the ten tribes. In the time of the Romans it was called Neapolis, and at present Nablus. It was the first city in Canaan visited by the Patriarch Abraham. Here also, Jesus of Navi (Joshua) addressed the tribes of Israel for the last time. Almost three hundred years later, all Israel assembled there to make Roboam (Rehoboam) king. When our Lord Jesus Christ, then, came at midday to this city, which is also called Sychar (John 4:5), He was wearied from the journey and the heat. He sat down at this well. After a little while the Samaritan woman mentioned in today's Gospel passage came to draw water. As she conversed at some length with the Lord and heard from Him secret things concerning herself, she believed in Him; through her many other Samaritans also believed. Concerning the Samaritans we know the following: In the year 721 before Christ, Salmanasar (Shalmaneser), King of the Assyrians, took the ten tribes of the kingdom of Israel into captivity, and relocated all these people to Babylon and the land of the Medes. From there he gathered various nations and sent them to Samaria. These nations had been idolaters from before. Although they were later instructed in the Jewish faith and believed in the one God, they worshipped the idols also. Furthermore, they accepted only the Pentateuch of Moses, and rejected the other books of Holy Scripture. Nonetheless, they thought themselves to be descendants of Abraham and Jacob. Therefore, the pious Jews named these Judaizing and idolatrous peoples Samaritans, since they lived in Samaria, the former leading city of the Israelites, as well as in the other towns thereabout. The Jews rejected them as heathen and foreigners, and had no communion with them at all, as the Samaritan woman observed, "the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans" (John 4:9). Therefore, the name Samaritan is used derisively many times in the Gospel narrations. After the Ascension of the Lord, and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the woman of Samaria was baptized by the holy Apostles and became a great preacher and Martyr of Christ; she was called Photine, and her feast is kept on February 26. Orthodox Christian Celebration of the Feast of the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman The Sunday of the Samaritan Woman 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..." Kontakion (Plagal of the Fourth Tone): The Samaritan Woman, having come to the well in faith, beheld You, the Water of Wisdom from which she drank plentifully and inherited the Heavenly Kingdom as one who is blessed forever.

Pachomius the Great

Saint Pachomius was born in 292 in Thebes (Luxor, Egypt) to pagan parents.[3] According to his hagiography, at age 21, Pachomius was swept up against his will in a Roman army recruitment drive, a common occurrence during this period of turmoil and civil war. With several other youths, he was put onto a ship that floated down the Nile and arrived at Thebes in the evening.[4] Here he first encountered local Christians, who customarily brought food and comfort daily to the impressed troops. This made a lasting impression, and Pachomius vowed to investigate Christianity further when he got out. He was able to leave the army without ever having to fight, was converted and baptized (314).

Pachomius then came into contact with several well known ascetics and decided to pursue that path under the guidance of the hermit named Palaemon (317). One of his devotions, popular at the time, was praying with his arms stretched out in the form of a cross.[4]

After studying seven years with Palaemon, Pachomius set out to lead the life of a hermit near St. Anthony of Egypt, whose practices he imitated until Pachomius heard a voice in Tabennisi that told him to build a dwelling for the hermits to come to.[5]

An earlier ascetic named Macarius had created a number of proto-monasteries called lavra, or cells where holy men would live in a community setting who were physically or mentally unable to achieve the rigors of Anthony's solitary life.

Pachomius established his first monastery between 318 and 323 at Tabennisi, Egypt.[6]

His elder brother John joined him, and soon more than 100 monks lived nearby. Pachomius set about organizing these cells into a formal organization. Until then, Christian asceticism had been solitary or eremitic with male or female monastics living in individual huts or caves and meeting only for occasional worship services. Pachomius created the community or cenobitic organization, in which male or female monastics lived together and held their property in common under the leadership of an abbot or abbess.

Pachomius realized that some men, acquainted only with the eremitical life, might speedily become disgusted if the distracting cares of the cenobitical life were thrust too abruptly upon them. He therefore allowed them to devote their whole time to spiritual exercises, undertaking all the community's administrative tasks himself.

The community hailed Pachomius as "Abba" (father), from which "Abbot" derives.

The monastery at Tabennisi, though enlarged several times, soon became too small and a second was founded at Pabau (Faou).[5] After 336, Pachomius spent most of his time at Pabau.

Though Pachomius sometimes acted as lector for nearby shepherds, neither he nor any of his monks became priests. St Athanasius visited and wished to ordain him in 333, but Pachomius fled from him. Athanasius' visit was probably a result of Pachomius' zealous defence of orthodoxy against Arianism.[4] Basil of Caesarea visited, then took many of Pachomius' ideas, which he adapted and implemented in Caesarea.

This ascetic rule, or Ascetica, is still used today by the Eastern Orthodox Church, comparable to that of the Rule of St. Benedict in the West.

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