May the Name of the Lord be blessed! On September 16/29, the Holy Orthodox Church commemorates the Great Martyr Euphemia the All-Praised; Martyrs Victor and Sisthenes at Chalcedon; St. Sebastiana the Disciple of St. Paul martyred at Heraclea; Martyr Melitina at Marcianopolis; St. Dorotheos the Hermit of Egypt; Martyr Ludmilla, grandmother of St. Wenceslaus, Prince of [...]
Triantafillia Kourtis was called by the Lord to Himself on September 11 in the 72nd year of her earthly life. She was the beloved mother of Eleni Georgia Rodas (husband, Georgios); loving grandmother of Konstantinos, Vasilia, and Alexandros Rodas. Friends will be received at Pumphrey's Bethesda-Chevy Chase Funeral Home, 7557 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD on [...]
Virginia Theakos was called by rhe Lord to Himself on September 11 in the 91st year of her earthly life. She was the beloved wife of the late Dimitrios Theakos, the sister of the late Despina Condoleon and seven other elder siblings who preceded her in death. She was the cherished aunt of Patrick and [...]
Dear Sunday School families, We are looking forward to the first day of Sunday School this Sunday, September 15th. As informed in our previous correspondence, this year, St. George is launching the “Parenting in the Pews Project”, an initiative we’ve adopted to engage younger children to worship together with their families during the Divine Liturgy. Starting this [...]
VIEW THE SEPTEMBER 15TH BULLETIN [PDF] WHY DO ORTHODOX EXALT THE CROSS? The Great Feast of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross that we celebrate this Saturday, September 14, reveals an important lesson: there is a difference between the Cross as a theological construct – and the Cross as a lived experience. Fr. [...]