St. George

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church

2587 W. 14th Street, Cleveland OH 44113

Serving the Orthodox Christian Communityof Greater Cleveland

Apostles Silas

St. George

Antiochian

Orthodox Church

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The mission of St. George

Antiochian Orthodox Church

Is to serve God and the community

by commitment to the Gospel’s

command to grow in the knowledge

of Jesus Christ through faith,

hope, and love. It is a parish of the

Self –Ruled Antiochian Orthodox

Christian Archdiocese of North

America.

The Orthodox Church follows the

faith and practice of the apostles

and disciples of Christ handed

down by the ancient Christian

fathers and twenty centuries of

Church tradition. Genuine Christian

life nurtures and stimulates our

spiritual and moral development.

The liturgical life of the Orthodox

Church has been developing over

the last 2000 years. By taking part

in the mysteries of Christ’s life,

death and resurrection at the

liturgical services, the community

members are drawn to repentance

and the gradual change of their

inner selves.

To join the community of St.

George or to find out more

information, please fill out the

Guest Book in the Narthex. We

hope this day will be spiritually

rewarding for you. Fr John will be

happy to answer any questions.

Join us in the hall after Liturgy for

our Coffee Hour and Fellowship.

V. Rev Father John Ojaimi, Pastor

Office: (216) 781-9020 Fax: (216) 781-9545

Cellular: (440) 665-6724

Archdeacon Yarid Sahley

Subdeacon Sam Elias

www.stgeorgecleveland.com

Pastor’s E-Mail: frjojaimi@msn.com

Parish E-Mail: office@stgeorgecleveland.com

Sunday July 30, 2017

Tone 7/ Eothinon 8

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost& Eighth Sunday of Matthew

Apostles Silas, Silvan, Crescens, Epenetosand Andronikos of the Seventy; Hieromartyr

Valentine, bishop of Terni in Italy and hisdisciples; John the warrior at Constantinople;uncovering of the relics of Venerable Herman

of Solovky; Angelina, Sovereign Lady ofSerbia

WELCOME TO OUR GUESTS

We are glad you are worshiping with us

today. There are Service Books in the pews.

Orthodox Christians must be prepared for

Holy Communion through Confession,

Fasting, Prayer and by being at peace with

others. Please seek and give forgiveness

before receiving Holy Communion. At the

conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, please join

us for coffee hour in the Parish Hall.

Bread of Oblation, Trisagion Prayers & Wheat are offered in memory of JoniAbdallah (40 days) by her Family

Candles are offered for the Health, Safety & Spiritual Welfare of:Family & Friends by George & Joie Haddad

Candles are offered in Beloved Memory of:Michel Hayek by the Hayek FamilyMy Beloved, Mother Mary, Father Abraham, Brothers Emile and James, SittehZaineh & Uncle Kaiser by Emilie L. EasaWadia Ameen by his wife Mary & FamilyEdward Haddad by his wifeEdward Fadel by his wife & family

UPCOMING DIVINE SERVICES

Paraklesis Service During the Dormition Fast Mondays & Fridays @ 6:30 pm

Sunday August 06, 2017 Holy Transfigurations Feast. Matins Service @ 9:30 am,Divine Liturgy @ 10.30 am

Confessions will be heard on Sundays Morning before Liturgy starts or by appointment.

“Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying,How can this man give us His flesh to eat? So Jesus saidto them, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat theflesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have nolife in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My

blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on thelast day”. John 6:52-54

“With fear of God, faith And love draw near”.Come to Church, Jesus loves you, we love you

we are waiting for you.

Sign up and take your turn in offering a Coffee Hour.

Pick a birthday, memorial, anniversary etc..

or just a day that no one has sponsored.

for the sick, sufferings,shut-ins , needy, homeless, victims of disasters,

war and violence in the whole universe.

This Bulletin was printed on Monday July 17, 2017. If you called after this date toadd any name, your loved ones will prayed for in today’s Liturgy although not listed.

Divine Liturgy Variables on Sunday July 30, 2017Tone7/ Eothinon 8; Eighth Sunday after Pentecost & Eighth Sunday of Matthew

Apostles Silas, Silvan, Crescens, Epenetos and Andronikos of the Seventy; Hieromartyr Valentine, bishop ofTerni in Italy and his disciples; John the warrior at Constantinople; uncovering of the relics of Venerable Herman

of Solovky; Angelina, Sovereign Lady of Serbia

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5975 Canal Rd. Valley View OH 44125 Independence and benefit our Church October 07, 2017 Our Annual Clam Bake @ 6:00 pm November 19, 2017 Our Annual Hierarchical Divine Liturgy and Thanksgiving Banquet ^ƵŶĚĂLJĞĐĞŵďĞƌϬϯ ϮϬϭϳ ŝůĞŶƚƵĐƟŽŶΛ ƚŚĞŽī ĞĞ, ŽƵƌ;hŶŝƋƵĞ, ĂŶĚŵĂĚĞ/ƚĞŵƐͿ ^ƵŶĚĂLJĞĐĞŵďĞƌϭϳ ϮϬϭϳ ŶƟŽĐŚŝĂŶt ŽŵĂŶĂŬĞ ĂůĞ

Apostle Silas of the SeventyCommemorated on July 30

The Holy Apostles of the Seventy Silas, Silvanus, Crescens,

Epenetus and Andronicus were disciples of the Savior.

Saint Silas was a respected figure in the original Church at

Jerusalem, one of the “chief men among the brethren” (Acts

15:22). The Council of the Apostles was convened at Jerusalem in

the year 51 to deal with the question of whether Gentile Christian

converts should be required to observe the Mosaic Law. The

Apostles sent a message with Paul and Barnabas to the Christians

of Antioch, giving the decision of the Council that Christians of

Gentile origin did not have to observe the prescriptions of the Mosaic Law. Nonetheless,

they were told that they must refrain from partaking of foods offered to idols, from things

strangled and from blood, to refrain from fornication (Acts 15:20-29). Together with Saints

Paul and Barnabas, the Council of the Apostles sent Saints Silas and Jude to explain the

message in greater detail, since they both were filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit. Saint

Jude was later sent back to Jerusalem, but Saint Silas remained at Antioch and zealously

assisted Saint Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles, on his missionary journeys preaching the

Gospel. They visited Syria, Cilicia, Macedonia.

In the city of Philippi they were accused of inciting unrest among the people, and for this

they were arrested, beaten with rods, and then thrown into prison. At midnight, when the

saints were at prayer, suddenly there was a strong earthquake, their chains fell off from

them and the doors of the prison opened. The prison guard, supposing that the prisoners

had fled, wanted to kill himself, but was stopped by the Apostle Paul. Then, he fell down

trembling at the feet of the saints, and with faith accepted their preaching about Christ. He

then led them out of the prison and took them to his own home, where he washed their

wounds, and was baptized together with all his household.

From Philippi Saints Paul and Silas proceeded on to the cities of Amphipolis, Apollonia and

Thessalonica. In each city they made new converts to Christ and built up the Church.

At Corinth the holy Apostle Silas was consecrated as bishop, and worked many miracles and

signs, and there he finished his life.

Church Level

Church’s HallLevelStreet Level

The Teens GroupMeets everySunday after

ChurchIn The Teens Room

If you’re a TeenJoin us

For fun andEducation

ANTIOCHIAN WOMENOF ST. GEORGE

We will be having our nextMeeting on

Monday, August 07, 201712:00 p.m.

In Yarid Hall at theChurch.

God willing, see youthere !

St. George Orthodox

Young Adult MinistyThursday August 10, 2017

7- 8:30 pm

St. George Antiochian Orthodox

Church 2587 W.14th St. Cleveland.

St. George’sMen’s Club

Meets every

First Sunday of theMonth

In The Yarid Hall@ 7:30 pm

Join us forFellowship & Fun

“For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom menhave committed much, of him they will ask the more.” (Luke 12:48)

Thank you to previous years wish list contributors.2017 List

The Elevator and The Outside Ramp Project started 01, 02, 2017. The cost is $154000.

We already received $102779

Anonymous 25000 In memory of EdwardKhouri by Son Clifford

1000 Imad Nader 1200

Pierre Aboukaled 500 Dr. Salim Hayek 1200 Archdeacon Yarid 100

Dr. Adib Al Souss 1000 Dr. Marwan Hilal 1000 Ted Ziton 1200

Dr. Amir Alamir 2000 James Hussney 1000 George Dawed 200

Greg Caraboolad 150 Elias Karsheh 3000 Dr. George Hawwa 1000

Fadi Chaccour 250 Rami Karsheh 1000 Edward Caroll 30

Dr. Bachar Dergham 1500 Dr. Wael Khoury 3000 St. George Fundraiser 9104

Sub. Sam Elias 200 Hani Nader 3500 Jerry Koncz 100

George Sarkes 5500 LSAJL of Cleveland 125 Dr. Fadi Bashour 4000

Anonymous 2000 Dr. Afaf Zayat 1000 Tony Abdulkarim 1000

Leo Koury 1000 Dr. Bassem Zraik 500 Archdn. Yarid Sahley 100

Anonymous 1000 Dr. Emile Sabbagh 1500 Fred Koury 2500

Nagi Abdulkarim 100 Anna Deeb 100 Dr Ghassan Ashkar 1000

Dr. Lutfi Nassar 100 Dr. Basem Haddad 500 Awwad Khourieh 500

Barbara Sevchek 100 Joyce Nader 200 Joseph & Audrey Bendetto 25

Fr. John Ojaimi 500 Ronnie Harb 100 Azar Khouri 500

Ripepi Funeral Home 500 Najdat Asad 100 Dr. Khalil & Alma Korkor 100

Daniel & Claudia Tanoos 100 Irene Georgantas 150 Norma &Amelia Jacob 100

Dr. Dergham Dergham 500 George Bouchahine 500 Dr. Ibrahim Bshara 1000

In memory of SamirAbdelkarim

250 Ronald Makhol 1000 American LebaneseCommunity Council

200

Elias Haddad 100 Linda Ziton 20 Dr. George Jurjus 1000

Drs. Fadi & Samar Bashour 1500 Dr. Gaby & Lea Khoury 100 Eric & Georgina Barnett 150

The Arthur Gallagher Found. 500 Joseph Maalouf 1000 Nuha Karsheh 300

Please Help us to reach our Goal, we have to raise $51221 more.

Also needed Two Cases of Orthodox Liturgical Wine for Communion $240 paid by William Tegreene

3 Communion Spoons and the Star for the Offering Tray $350 paid by BarbaraAboid

Change the Yarid Light Hall Bulbs to LED $800 paid By Anonymous

Remodeling the bathroom under the Church Labor are donated by Mazhar Kanneh$500 needed for construction materials

Fixing damaged walls and Painting the Yarid Hall $1840

Replace the damaged carpet in the rear end of Church , and replace the burned spot onthe runner $2250

Replace the carpet on Church's Stairs, both sides, and in Yarid Hall $1785

Six cases of Taper Candles $89 each

Forty Altar Pure Liquid Paraffin Quarts $8.50 each

Change the carpet on the stairs and the entry to Church area along with the Yarid HallPart

Change the rear end carpet in Church and fix the middle Runner.

Sell the rest of the memorial tiles at the entrance of the office area. $150 each

Replace the Carpet at the Rectory

Change The Metropolitan Hall Light Bulbs to LED

Replace the Aluminum Entry Door, back entrance to the Sunday school $4690

Thank you and may God bless you all.

George & Joie Haddad 250 Beverly George 200 Jennie Sadallah 1000

William & Laverne Ameen 250 Mary Abdallah 25 Dr. Helen Hattab 1000

Mary Ameen in memory ofWadia Ameen

300 George & ChristianeAbdulkarim

100 Drs. Hassan & JuliaAbbass in memory of Fr.Youssef Maalouly

1000

The Namy Family 3000 David & Kathy Jones 2000 In memory of SuheirHanna

700

Juliet Thomas 300 Steve &Amanda Diedrik 100 Dr. Robert Haddad &Family

200

Drs. Bassam & NatalieHaddad

500 In memory of JoyceNader

500

What is Orthodoxy?

First of all, Orthodoxy is right faith in God; it is that mighty power which makeseach truly believing Orthodox Christian unwavering on the righteous and piouspath of his life. To be Orthodox means to know correctly with the mind, to believecorrectly with the heart, and to confess correctly with the lips all that God Himselfhas revealed to us about Himself, about the world and man, and about the tasksand aims of our life in the teaching on the attaining of our spiritual union with Himand our eternal salvation. Without such right faith, according to the word of theApostle Paul, it is impossible to please God (Heb 11:6).

Orthodoxy is not only right faith and a right confession of the fundamental truthsand dogmas of the Church of Christ, but also a right and virtuous life, founded onan unshakable law: the fulfilling of God’s commandments, the permeating of theheart with humility, meekness and love for one’s neighbor, the rendering of help tothe needy and unfortunate, and the serving of one’s church. The Apostle Jamesteaches: “Faith without works is dead” (James 2:26). The Lord Jesus ChristHimself, the future Judge of the whole world, promises to “reward every manaccording to his works” (Matt. 16:27). The Apostle Paul testifies that “every manshall receive his own reward according to his own labor” (1Cor. 3:8). Here is theOrthodox point of view. Right faith must be expressed in deeds, and deeds mustserve as a manifestation of faith. One must be closely united with the otherindissolubly, like soul and body. This only, then, is the Orthodox, the correct wayleading us to God.

Orthodoxy is not only right faith and a life according to faith, but also correctservice to God. Our Lord Jesus Christ expressed the essence of the right worshipof God in these brief but profound words: “God is Spirit, and those who worshipHim must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4:24). Only the inspired divineservice of the Holy Orthodox Church, which is permeated by prayer, has realizedthis sacred worship of God in truth. Moreover, Orthodoxy is strict proportionalityand correctness in the manifestations of all the powers of soul and body. InOrthodoxy, a proper place is allotted to everything: to the intellect, to the wantsand needs of the heart, to the manifestations of man’s free will, to labor andprayer, to abstinence and watchfulness, in a word, to everything of which man’slife consists.