ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE The Vicariate for P/J /Christian Orthodox Communities In America ةبايلان ةيف)اقس ةيسكذوث)ار ةينيلسطلاف ةي)اندر يف اكيمأر كثدارئية القديس جاورجيوس / ديلي سيتي St. George Orthodox Cathedral/ Daly City ARCHIEPISCOPAL VICAR FATHER GEORGE JWEINAT The Very Rev. Father Hanna Khoury Office Phone# 650-991-2234 Fr. George’s Cell: 415-860-4447 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday August 8th, 2021 Volume 30 No 32 "ا$# (%ا)'& $*) %اة+*-, %ا/01 ٦ 6+ 345 ' ٧ .7th Sunday After Pentecost Tone 6 Eothina 7 ******************************************** **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** The Orthodox Church commemorates today Virgin-Martyr Saint Paraskevi. Patron Saint of Eyes Patient 89: ر' ة%ا$=6> ةر'%ا< -) 6AB@?ا FGE- D * 6 CA ن4%ا6* Saint Paraskevi was born in a suburb of Rome, under Emperor Hadrian, and was raised by pious and affluent parents, Agathon and Politea. They called her Paraskevi (“Friday”) because she was born on the sixth day of the week. However, according to her Apolytikion (Dismissal Hymn), her virtuous lifestyle was worthy of her name. She studied every day the spiritual study of the permanent union with the Bridegroom Christ, cultivating the gifts that the Holy Spirit had given her.After the death of her parents, the saint became a nun. She responded to the call of the Lord and followed the apostolic way of preaching, which was finally meant to be the way of her martyrdom. The association of the saint with the human eyes and their healing is due to her modesty, which made her keep her eyes away from the view of muttering empty things. She performed a great miracle in front of the eyes of King Anthony, who was finally converted to Christianity. The Holy Martyr Paraskevi continued her preaching and her work for a few more years until she fell asleep in the Lord, after being beheaded. Her virtuous, holy life and martyrdom is a milestone for those who want their lives to be a true “preparation” for eternity and the Kingdom of God. Apolytikion in the First Tone: Appropriate to your calling, O Champion Paraskevi, you worshipped with the readiness your name bears. For an abode you obtained faith, which is your namesake. Wherefore, you pour forth healing and intercede for our souls. **************************************************************************************************** ST. GEORGE ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL 1617 SOUTHGATE AVE DALY CITY, CA 94015 Saint Anna was the "! !آ" %$ إون (!ت -,+ . - ( , daughter of Matthan the ا0/س 34و ( ز 6(6ا87 ;(:69او <?$راو> CAB @" priest, who was of the tribe of مDFGاE Levi. St Anna's family came from Bethlehem. St Anna lived $#"! &إ' *#(ا ل,أ- with her husband Joachim at -/م 1ا$, 43ا2ا- ٨/٨/٢٠٢١ ً LE +I-J" Nazareth in Galilee. They wereذ ه !N$0ا First Week & Forty Days Memorial For the Servant of God childless into their old age and MUFEED IBRAHIM AHWAL all their life they grieved over This Sunday August 8th, 2021 this. They had to endure deri- By his Beloved Wife SUAD, Brothers MOUSA & SHAWKI, Sister sion and scorn, since at that BASMA, Nephews IBRAHIM FUAD, KHALIL, MARWAN, time childlessness was consid- OSAMA, IBRAHIM SHAWKI, GEORGE, RAND, ISAM, AMJAD & ered a disgrace. RAMI, Nieces WEDAD, HALA, NAJWA, RANDA, SUZIE & SOUZAN They never grumbled, but fervently prayed to God, humbly & All the AHWAL & HABEEB Families in blessed First Week & trusting in Him. Once, during a great feast, the gifts which Forty Days Memorial for the Servant of God our Brother in Christ Joachim took to Jerusalem as an offering to God were not MUFEED IBRAHIM AHWAL. May his Blessed Memory Be Eternal. accepted by the priest Reuben, who considered that a child- **************************************************************************** less man was not worthy to offer sacrifice to God. This BREAD ALTAR OFFERING: The Holy Bread Altar Offerings (Corban St. Mark 7:11) will be specially offered for the holy Sanctify of the divine Liturgy: pained the old man very much, and he, regarding himself By The St. George Board, Auxiliaries & Parish in Thanksgiving to the most sinful of people, decided not to return home, but God for the continued good health of our Vicar The Very Rev. to settle in solitude in a desolate place. When St Anna Father George Jweinat. learned what humiliation her husband had endured, she sorrowfully entreated God with prayer and fasting to grant By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God for the her a child. In his desolate solitude the righteous Joachim continued good health of MARY IBRAHIM. also asked God for this. The prayer of the saintly couple was By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God for the heard. An angel told them that a daughter would be born to continued good health of BUTROS, JOANNE & SUMAYA NASRAH. them, Who would be blessed above all other women. He By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God for the also told them that She would remain a virgin, would be continued good health and speedy recovery of ISSA ASMAR. dedicated to the Lord and live in the Temple, and would give birth to the Savior. Obeying the instructions of the By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God for the heavenly messenger, Sts Joachim and Anna met at the Gold- continued good health and speedy recovery of RASMI ZEIDAN. en Gate in Jerusalem. Then, as God promised, a daughter By the St. George Parish Family in Thanksgiving to God for the was born to them and they named her Mary. St Joachim continued good health of FARIS NASSER. died a few years later at the age of 80, after his daughter **************************************************************************** RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE SIX went to live in the Temple. St Anna died at the age of 70, two years after her husband. Sts Joachim and Anna are The angelic powers were at Thy tomb; the guards became as dead men. often invoked by couples trying to have children. According Mary stood by Thy grave, seeking Thy most pure Body. Thou didst capture to tradition, Anna, the ancestor of God, lived for sixty-nine hell, not being tempted by it. Thou didst come to the Virgin, granting life. years, and her spouse Joachim, for eighty; according to one O Lord, who didst rise from the dead: glory to Thee! account, Saint Joachim died two yearsbefore Saint Anna. The Theotokos had been orphaned of both her parents '9 و & ; ر / = =!;#<ا? A@B<;& <اد;سC ِ already when she was eleven years of age, when she was إ Pن اGRQQQQQQQ6ات اEQQQQQQQYX .Wّ-JQQQQQQQUTQQQQQQQDوا @Eِ [QQQQQQQ/ ZI َك اEQQQQQQQ/ّ GQQQQQQQD. واEP QQQQQQQ.6ا َس ^QQQQQQQ(رو ا GQQQQ!<)QQQQL living in the Temple. Saint Anna is invoked for conceivingات. و!QQQQ_EQQQQ َ` و/04QQQQQ@Qِ aBَ QQQQ اQQQQ,QQQQQَ 3َ Wً [QQQQ6)QQQQb Eِ [RQQQQ6 0َ َك اaَ ّ-َ[QQQQ,+ .EQQQQd)cQQQQ6 .children, and for help in difficult childbirth ِ اeQQ6.- َ` و EP QQegُ `ْ QQ6َ ْب Y4QQ!Q(. و^QQ(د+aَ QQ اG9[QQ6 َل !QQA)QQ.(ً اQQ6.-(ة. +QQ/ "ْ QQ!Qَ )-QQ( َم St. George Church Parish is seeking !" $ ِ? ا>!Gات. _( رب اn6 0eD. .m parishioner sponsorship for future luncheons ُ Your generous donation would be greatly 9'و&;ر/= ا<? ّ$/C= &'اI3 I"#HG ا<@BA ا1ول oQQQ$ appreciated for the continued prosperity of our beloved( أ aِ I>QQQ3 nِ QQQAّ اnِ 9ِ -o,9QQQ6 )oً QQQUTQQQ! nِ QQQ!Qَ )o9QQQd أEQQQFز ِت اoQQQ_q(ن ا4J,QQQ! `QQQ_GRQQQ6(ً ، QW Q t$ Q) Q _Q Qn Q QIs6Q Q +Q church community. 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