Wednesday – May 27, 2020 – Bible Studies via Zoom from 6 pm. Thursday – May 28, 2020 – Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ – Divine Liturgy from 9:30 am. Friday – May 29, 2020 – Church Board Meeting from 10:30 am. Friday – May 29, 2020 – Canon to the Theotokos from 6 pm. Saturday – May 30, 2020 – Divine Liturgy from 9:30 am. Sunday – May 31 – Divine liturgy from 10 am.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! Christ is Risen!
We would like to inform you that our beloved sister in Christ, Natalie Gruber has reposed in the Lord this morning on 5/15/2020. She was one of our oldest Parishioners and loved by many. May our good Lord accept her soul into the bosom of Abraham and give her the Kingdom of Heaven!
The full funeral service shall be served at Mount Lebanon Cemetery from 10 am on May 21, 2020.
Due to the pandemic, the funeral will be attended only by the closest family members and friends.
May God grant her Memory Eternal! Vjecnaja Pamjat!
A timely message to our parishioners: We are all familiar with the phrase/saying “out of sight – out of mind”, hopefully “out of mind” does not apply to us either in prayer or support of our church. Although attendance at church at this time is not an option, our bills continue to mount in the absence of Sunday’s offering. If this is financially feasible for you, please consider mailing in your weekly offering today, so when things return to some degree of normalcy our debt will be manageable. We are in this together and this too will pass, with God’s help.
You can mail your weekly donation on 120 East Weidman St. Lebanon PA, 17046.
With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Irinej, the Department of Religious Education, in conjunction with the Department of Internet Ministries, will be offering a number of LIVE lectures via Facebook! The following speakers and topics are currently scheduled:
These lectures are meant to be interactive – that means our moderator, Fr. Aleksa Pavichevich, will be sharing YOUR inquisitive and relavent questions during a Q&A session following the lecture. Yes, that’s right – YOU will be able to ask our presenters questions in real-time by making comments on the Facebook Live stream, and your comment/question may ‘pop-up’ for our presenter and viewers to see.
So join us LIVE on “Orthodoxy Live” and engage with your Orthodox Christian faith in a new way… starting this Sunday at 7pm! https://easterndiocese.org/news_200507_3
THE HOLY GREAT-MARTYR GEORGE This glorious and victorious saint was born in Cappadocia, the son of wealthy and virtuous parents. His father suffered for Christ, and his mother then moved to Palestine. When George grew up he entered the military, where he attained, in his twentieth year, the rank of tribune, and as such he was in the service of the Emperor Diocletian. When Diocletian began his terrible persecution of Christians, George came before him and courageously confessed that he was a Christian. The emperor had him thrown into prison and ordered that his feet be placed in stocks and that a heavy stone be placed on his chest. After that, the emperor commanded that George be tied to a wheel, under which was a board with large nails, and he was to be rotated until his whole body became as one bloody wound. After that, they buried him in a pit with only his head showing above the ground, and there they left him for three days and three nights. Then George was given a deadly poison to drink by a magician. But through all of these sufferings, George continuously prayed to God, and God healed him instantly and saved him from death, to the great astonishment of the people. When he also resurrected a dead man through his prayers, many accepted the Christian Faith. Among these were Alexandra, the wife of the Emperor Diocletian; the chief pagan priest; the farmer Glycerius; and Valerius, Donatus and Therinus. Finally the emperor commanded that George and his own wife Alexandra be beheaded. Blessed Alexandra died on the scaffold before being beheaded, and St. George was beheaded in the year 303 A.D. The miracles which have occurred over the grave of St. George are countless. Numerous are his appearances, both in dreams and openly, to those who, from that time to today, have invoked him and implored his help. Inflamed with love for Christ the Lord, it was not difficult for this saintly George, for the sake of this love, to leave all: rank, wealth, imperial honor, his friends and the entire world. For this love, the Lord rewarded him with a wealth of unfading glory in heaven and on earth, and with eternal life in His kingdom. In addition, the Lord bestowed upon him the power and authority to assist all those in afflictions and difficulties who honor him and call upon his name.
Saturday – May 2, 2020 – Vespers from 6 pm; Sunday – May 3, 2020 – Divine Liturgy from 10 am – Myrrh-Bearing Woman; Wednesday – May 6, 2020 – Divine Liturgy from 9:30 am – St George the Great Martyr. Friday – May 8, 2020 – Canon to the Theotokos from 6 pm Saturday – May 9, 2020 – Vespers from 6 pm; Sunday – May 10, 2020 – Divine Liturgy from 10 am – Sunday of the Paralytic;
