SAINT GEORGE ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH His Eminence Metropolitan , Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America His Grace ANTHONY, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest Rev. Andrew Honoré, Pastor 334 LaGrave Ave., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 (616) 454-7558 office (714)-913-8051 Father’s Email: [email protected] Secretary’s Email: [email protected] Parish Website: www.stgeorgegr.com WELCOME VISITORS! E at George Parish welcome you and are pleased to have you worship God, the Wall-Holy Trinity, with us today. If you are an Orthodox Christian, you are welcome to receive the immaculate Body and precious Blood of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ if you are properly prepared by prayer, fasting, and sacramental confession. If you are not yet Orthodox, we encourage you to learn about our parish family and the Orthodox Church. We have an assortment of classes, activities, and social events that will interest you. Although you may not receive Holy Communion, at the end of the you may come forward to receive some of the blessed bread from the priest. Please stay and join us afer the Divine Liturgy for the coffee hour. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU AGAIN. TODAY’S SERVICE:JUNE 28, 2020

Tird Sunday of Matthew Tone 2 „ Eothinon 3

Today’s Calendar of : Recovery of the of Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries; Papios; Paul the Physician of Corinth; Venerable the ; Venerable Sergios and Herman, wonderworking abbots of Valaam.

Troparion of the Resurrection Tone 2 When Tou didst submit Tyself unto death, O Tou deathless and immortal One, then Tou didst destroy hell with Ty Godly power. And when Tou didst raise the dead from beneath the earth, all the powers of Heaven did cry aloud unto Tee: O Christ, Tou giver of life, glory to. Troparion 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. Ordinary Troparion Tone 2 O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the Creator most constant, O despise not the suppliant voices of those who have sinned; but be thou quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession, and speed thou to make supplication, thou who dost ever protect, O Teotokos, them that honor thee.

. THE EPISTLE For Third Sunday after Pentecost) The Lord is my strength and my song. Te Lord has chastened me sorely. Te Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans. (5:1-10) BRETHREN, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Trough Him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. While we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man—though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die. But God shows His love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we are now justified by His blood, much more shall we be saved by Him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

THE GOSPEL For Third Sunday of Matthew Te Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (6:22-33) Te Lord said, “Te eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Terefore, I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not the soul more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of heaven: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon himself in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? Terefore, do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.”

THE SYNAXARION

On June 28 in the Holy Orthodox Church, we commemorate the recovery of the precious relics of the holy and wonderworking Unmercenaries Cyrus and John. Verses Te bones now appeared of the Unmercenary Gush forth mighty torrents of unmercenary marvels. On the twenty-eighth appeared Cyrus with fellow contender John. Cyril, of , prayed fervently to God to destroy the idolatrous impurity in the town of Menuthis where a pagan temple was located and where the power of the demons ruled. An angel of God appeared to the patriarch and told him that Menuthis would be cleansed of its impurity if he translated the relics of Saints Cyrus and John fom Canopus to that town. Te patriarch did this immediately and built a church there in their honor. Ammonius, the son of Julian the mayor of Alexandria, was healed of scrofula; a Teodore was healed of blindness; the wife of Teodore fom poisoning, a Eugenia of dropsy as well as many other people were healed of various diseases and torments by the relics of these saints. Tis all occurred in 412. On this day, we also commemorate the holy martyr Papios; Paul the Physician of Corinth; Venerable Moses the anchorite; and Venerable Sergios and Herman, wonderworking abbots of Valaam. By their intercessions, O Christ God, have mercy upon us. Amen. THE PARISH PRAYER LIST

Of your charity please remember the following persons in your God-pleasing prayers:. Te Living (who are ill or in other needs): Vera [Salnyk]; Lucille [Downer]; Josh [Foster]; Lila [Tckaczyk]; Julie []; Joe [Sarver]; Jacqueline [Hull]; Soad [Clark]; Eva [Youngs]; Mitch [Laham]; Dr. Francis; Rob [Leach]; Ryan; Margaret [Simon]; Gary [Balcer]; Elias [Estephan]; Joseph [Zacharia]; George [Fine]; Joyce [Hanna Gutierrez]; Hatem [Karadsheh]; Tami [Vidro]; Marcia and Rick [Geenen]; Kelli [Schwab]; Dn Teodore; Meghan [Powers]; Stella [Kallil]; Helena [VanGilder]; Phyllis []; Tarah [Miller] and Martha [Laham]; Lauren [Kallil];Lena [Kallil]; Jonathan [Herrema]; Caitlin [Sall];Kirsten [Khoriaty]; Elias [Khoriaty].

Te Departed: Father John Winfrey

THIS WEEK’S SERVICES & EVENTS As we reopen church to a limited number of parishioners per service, please click here or visit the St. George website to register to attend.

Sunday, June 28 9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy Monday, June 29 (SS. Peter and Paul) 9:00am Divine Liturgy Tuesday, June 30 10:00am Zoom Youth Cathechism 6:00pm Divine Liturgy Wednesday, July 1 6:00pm Zoom Bible Study Tursday, July 2 9:00am Divine Liturgy Saturday,July 4 9:00am Divine Liturgy Sunday, July 5 9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy ANNOUNCEMENTS

• THE CHURCH OFFICE will be closed from July 2 through July 27. Please contact Father Andrew directly through email or phone. Both are listed on the first page of the bulletin. • WEEK 3 SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER VIRTUAL CAMP is available. Visit avcamp.org or the Archdiocese website for details.