Service Times

Service Times

Sunday Divine Liturgy - 10:00 am   Saturday Vespers - 5:00 pm

The Life of St. 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 in his twentieth year, attained the rank of a Tribune and as such was in the...

Welcome to St. George

Welcome to St. George

Saint George Cathedral is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America. Our parish traces its beginnings back to 1938 when Macedonian and Bulgarian immigrants who had come to Toledo sought to establish an Orthodox parish.The parish was formally founded in 1948 and placed under the patronage of the H...

Service times

Wednesdays, Compline 6:30 pm
Saturdays, Vespers 5:00 pm
Sundays, Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

Calendar

  • Vespers
    September 04, 2010 (5:00 pm)
  • Divine Liturgy
    September 05, 2010 (10:00 am)
  • Vesperal Liturgy
    September 07, 2010 (6:30 pm)
    Feast of Nativity of the Holy Theotokos; fast after eating your noon meal if you are receiving communion.
  • Vesperal Liturgy
    September 07, 2010 (6:30 pm)
    Feast of Nativity of the Holy Theotokos; fast after eating your noon meal if you are receiving communion.
  • Vespers
    September 11, 2010 (5:00 pm)
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Come Visit Us

St. George Orthodox Cathedral
738 Glenwood Road
Rossford, Ohio 43460
Phone: (419) 662-3922

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St. George Orthodox Cathedral - The Orthodox Church in America
Weekly Bulletin, August 29, 2010 Print E-mail


WELCOME! If you are a first time visitor to Saint George’s today. We are glad to have you! Please stay for the coffee social in the parish hall after liturgy so we can get acquainted.

SCRIPTURE READINGS THIS WEEK
Aug 30th  Ss. Alexander, John, & Paul the New, Patriarchs of Constantinople
                 Galatians 2:11-16   Mark 5:24-34
Aug 31st  Hieromartyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage; St. Gennadius, of Constantinople
                 Galatians 2:21-3:22  Mark 6:1-13
Sept 1st    Church New Year; St. Simeon the Stylite and mother the Venerable Martha
                 1 Timothy 2:1-7   Luke 4:16-22
Sept 2nd   Venerable Anthony and Theodosius of the Kiev Caves; Martyr Mamas
                 Galatians 3:23-4:5   Mark 6:30-45
Sept 3rd   Hieromartyr Anthimus & Companions; Martyr Ariston
                 Galatians 4:8-21   Mark 6:45-53
Sept 4th   Hieromartyr Babylas & Martyrs Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonius
                1 Corinthians 4:17-5:5  Matthew 24:1-13

Activities/Services this Week:
Compline/Akathist: Wednesday, September 1st, 6:30 PM, at the church
Great Vespers: Saturday, September 4th, 5 PM, at the church

Last Sunday, August 22nd, 53 Adults and 18 Youth attended Divine Liturgy

The Sanctuary Lamp is burning this week for the health of Joanne Pentsos who just celebrated her birthday. Liturgical wine was donated recently in memory of Alvin & Gretchen Haulund.  Following the August 29th, liturgy, Trisagion Prayers will be offered in memory of Fr. Raphael Biernacki and Marjorie Haulund. Her husband Tom is sponsoring Coffee Hour in her memory.

For the month of September, please bring flour or sugar in whatever amount you can afford to donate for the All Saints Food Pantry. Starting Sunday, August 29th, we would like to take up a collection once a month to establish a gas fund for college students who may need some help with gas money to get them to church and help out in a small way with expenses they have. Thank you for your support!

Fr. Paul will be at St. Gregory’s Monastery from Monday afternoon thru Wednesday morning. He will return by early afternoon on Wednesday.


The Rossford/Toledo and Bowling Green Book Clubs will resume meeting during the month
of September.

ST. GEORGE MEMBERS: We need your help!  Family Day is September 19, 2010. This year we are planning a “Memory Book” as a community activity. We need any old and new
pictures of St. George members, their family, and friends to be included in the book. Our memory book will be called “OVER THE YEARS” and will be a photo historical document of our membership over the years. As you begin to gather some pictures, plan on creating a page for the book. Barb Pappas will be guiding us in this process. Nancy Angin will be collecting the pictures. If you have any questions, speak with Nancy or Barbara.

ST GEORGE FAMILY DAY ANNOUNCEMENT
We invite you and your family to participate in activities scheduled for the 2nd Annual St. George Family Day on Sunday, September 19th, beginning at 11:30 AM, right after liturgy. Free lunch will start the afternoon activities. There will be a variety of games for the children. Inside and outside games will allow for everyone to get involved.
Plans are underway to get Mom and Dad involved as well. A “Memory Book” is planned for this year’s community project. This book when completed will be enjoyed by all. Last year, backgammon games and Turkish coffee brought the old country atmosphere to St George. So we will make that available this year as well. To complete a wonderful afternoon, at 3 PM we will begin line and Bulgarian dancing; a nice way to end the day.

September 1 is the first day of the Orthodox Church calendar. On this day we remember Joshua, the son of Nun, who succeeded Moses as Israel's leader and took the people into the Promised Land. The Book of Joshua describes his exploits as commander of the armies of Israel that marched into Canaan and followed God's instructions: "But in the cities...that the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes, but you shall utterly destroy them, the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites...that they may not teach you their abominable practices which they have done in the service of their gods" (Deuteronomy 20: 16-18a).

Some commentators see these verses as examples of the "bloodthirsty" Old Testament God who is so different from the merciful God of the New Testament that they can hardly be the same deity. Joshua, to these commentators, is a killer and no hero.

But archaeological research has shown that the Canaanite civilization was deeply decadent. Child sacrifice, sexual perversion and gruesome cruelty to slaves and conquered enemies were common. We know that the Israelites were susceptible to the influence of their neighbors. For example, they wanted a king, as we read in I Samuel 8: 5, because all the other nations had kings. There was a real danger of Canaanite practices and attitudes infecting and eventually consuming Israel, a danger that Canaan might "teach you their abominable practices."

The Canaanites had had plenty of warning about what Israel could do. We know this from the words of Rahab, a harlot who lived in the big Canaanite city of Jericho and who had sheltered the two spies Joshua sent to "spy out" the land before Israel attacked. (The fall of Jericho is famously described in Joshua 6:20). Rahab says, "For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed" (2: 10). She asks Joshua to let her family escape, and he honors his promise to do so. Hebrews 11:31 mentions Rahab as a woman of faith who "did not perish with those who were disobedient." Unlike the repentant Ninevites in the Book of Jonah, the disobedient Canaanites chose not to change their ways.

Joshua saw his duty to God in total obedience. He seems to acknowledge, speaking shortly before he dies, that it is not always an easy choice to obey God. But his own decision is unequivocal: "And if you be unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" (24: 15).
Taken from: http://dce.oca.org/page/bulletins/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Church Membership and All Parish Meetings Print E-mail
In the last two years that I have been here, I have engaged in a number of discussions with different people at different times regarding what it means to be a member of the Orthodox Church; particularly a member of St. George in Rossford, OH. In this community three levels of membership have been identified: 1) Active or General Members as defined in the Parish Constitution; 2) Voting Members as defined in our Constitution and By-laws; and 3) Inactive Members. The one that is causing the most discussion is the category of Voting Member. Article VI (a) of our Parish By-laws defines the financial stewardship requirement of the parish to be the “submission of a pledge.”  It doesn’t specify a specific amount one must give; only that it be submitted with an amount that you believe you are able to give at this time. Voting membership is based on whether this requirement has been met. 
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The Giving Mind, the Giving Heart Print E-mail

The story is told that some farmers once were plowing the earth behind their oxen, when they saw a king pass by, majestically clad in purple and resplendent in his shining crown, and surrounded by an enormous crowd of body guards. Since there was nothing at hand for them to present to their ruler, one of them immediately scooped up some water in this hands – for there was abundant water flowing nearby – and brought it to the king as a gift. The king said to him, “What is this you bring me, my son?” And the peasant boldly replied, “I bring what I have, since I thought it best not to let my poverty hide my eagerness to give. You have no need of our possessions, nor do you desire anything from us but good will. But for us, giving you a gift is both a duty and a praiseworthy gesture; for glory has a way of coming to those who show themselves grateful.” The king was filled with wonder, and praised the man’s wisdom; he received the farmer’s act of kindness graciously, and bestowed on him many generous gifts in return. (From a homily of St. John of Damascus on the Dormition of the Mother of God)

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Has our Pursuit of the "American Dream" Become a Ball and Chain? Print E-mail

Both of my parents were born and raised in the same small village in Northern Greece. They both received the equivalent of a 6th grade education. My dad came to the states in 1919 and my mom in 1948, after they were married in their village in Greece. They settled in Detroit and gave birth in the early 1950s to my older sister and me. They came here and worked hard for a better way of life. They wanted their children to get a good education and go to college so they could get decent jobs and enjoy a better standard of life than they did. Something like “I don’t want my kids to have suffer like I did” way of thinking. This in a nutshell is the “American Dream”.  It still motivates many who immigrate to this country today. It is a major value that still motivates those who have been born here and their families.

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What Does it Mean to “Baptize a Culture?” Print E-mail

Over the years I have heard different clergy and lay people use this above phrase to characterize how Orthodox saints of the past have approached bringing the Apostolic Faith to new countries. On May 11th our church will be hosting an event that honors Ss. Cyril & Methodius (9th century saints) who are very dear to both Macedonians and Bulgarians for bringing the Orthodox Faith to their lands in their own native tongue. These saints also supplied them with their own written alphabet that they never had before. Is this what it means to baptize a culture? I will speak more about Cyril and Methodius as “baptizers of a culture” at the May 11th event at our church. But I want to cite another quote from St. Paul in 1 Corinthians and share some thoughts on the idea of baptizing the culture we live in today.

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