On Thursday, November 25th, which is also the Thanksgiving holiday - St. George wishes to congratulate Fr. Sergei Bouteneff on the 44th anniversary of his ordination into the Priesthood. Many Years! Për Shumë Vjet!

St. George celebrated the Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple on Sunday, November 21st.  The Feast commemorates when Mary, as a young child, was taken – presented – by her parents Joachim and Anna into the Temple in Jerusalem. Mary was solemnly received into the temple by the High Priest Zacharias.

To listen/view Fr. Sergei’s sermon about this feast, click onto the following link to view the Divine Liturgy stream from this feast day on St. George’s Facebook page.  The sermon begins at approximately the 23 min 30 second mark.

St. George wishes to acknowledge and thank the following people for their service and continued support to the parish:

Many thanks to Jim Bowe, who paints small decorative items, stools, Christmas ornaments every year to sell at the Fall Bazaar, donating the proceeds to the Teuta Ladies Society.  Due to the COVID pandemic restrictions, the Fall Bazaar has been cancelled the past 2 years, but Jim continued to paint.  He recently brought in his wares to sell at coffee hour.  Jim has raised over $700 to date which he is donating to the church. Jim still has items to sell so please support him and his efforts.

Fr. Sergei pointed out to the parish his personal thanks to Louise Karoli Gallagher and Bob Lazar who changed the table vestments for the Nativity Fast period.  Both Louise and Bob faithfully change the vestments to the appropriate color during the liturgical year.  Fr. Sergei specifically noted that they continued to change the vestments in 2020 when services were cancelled during the height of the COVID pandemic, just to keep the church prepared and ready for the time we would reopen for services.

Finally, many of you saw the large hole next to the entrance into the church on Sunday.  Sewer blockage outside of the church from root infiltration into our sewer line required major excavation, root cutting, and sewer line replacement to re-establish functioning restrooms and the church hall kitchen sinks.  Many thanks to Joe Galich, Bill Kovachi, and Bob Lazar who spent hours at the church over a 10-day period so workers could have access to make the repairs.

On Sunday, November 14th (3 days after Veteran's Day), St. George recognized and thanked the parish's Veterans after Divine Liturgy.  We extend our heart-felt gratitude to all those who serve and have served our country in the Armed Forces. Many Years! Për Shumë Vjet!  

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