
Welcome to the web site of St. George Orthodox Church in Trumbull, Connecticut! We are a parish of the Albanian Archdiocese of the Orthodox Church in America. We invite you to explore our web site to learn more about us and about Orthodox Christianity.
Located just north of the Merritt Parkway in Trumbull, we are easily accessible from both Fairfield and New Haven Counties.
We welcome all visitors for worship and fellowship!

On Sunday, February 2nd, St. George celebrated the Feast of The Meeting of Our Lord in the Temple (referred to as “Papandia” in Albanian). For our Teuta Ladies Society, this day is their Patronal Feast, with 2025 marking the 94th year of the Teuta Society’s founding. Traditionally the Teuta Society offers 5 loaves, wheat, wine and oil for the celebration, and grure, (a boiled-wheat confection) for the health of the parish family. Finally, we wish to congratulate and thank Kosta Nani for his first time reading the Gospel lesson in Albanian. Click onto the more information link below to view a few photos.
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On Saturday, January 25th, Elira Joy Buzi was received into the Orthodox Church through the sacraments of Holy Baptism and Holy Chrismation. Elira’s sponsors were Greg Buzi II and Sarah McGrath. Elira was churched the following day, on Sun, Jan 26th. God grant her Many years!. Congratulations to her parents: Gina and Christopher Buzi, her grandparents Sharon and Greg Buzi, and to the extended Buzi and Ferrarese families. Click onto the more information link below to view several photos.
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St. George was deeply saddened to learn that His Beatitude, Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania fell asleep in the Lord on Sat, Jan 25th at the age of 95. St. George served a Memorial for him after Divine Liturgy on Sun, Jan 26th. Memory Eternal! I perjetshem kujtimi!
Bishop Nikodhim, Bishop of Boston and the Albanian Archdiocese, attended the funeral for Archbishop Anastasios. The funeral was Thursday, January 30th. Click onto the more information link below to view a few photos.
The following paragraph is an excerpt from a “Biographical Sketch of Archbishop Anastasios” on the “Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania” website:
…… As Archbishop of Albania (1992 to the present), under tremendously difficult circumstances, he has restored and further developed the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, which had been fully dissolved for 23 years. Together with the work of revitalizing the Orthodox Church, innovative programs were also developed in the areas of health, social welfare, education, agricultural developments, culture and ecology. At the same time, he struggled to assist in relieving the many tensions in the Balkans……
Click onto the following link to view the entire biographical sketch:
https://orthodoxalbania.org/2020/en/2020/04/04/biographical-sketch-of-archbishop-anastasios/
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On Thursday evening, Jan 16th, St. George assisted the Binky Patrol Comforting Covers by donating it’s Church Hall for volunteers to make fleece blankets that will be sent to comfort children impacted by the wildfires in California, especially from the town of Altadena.
Volunteers from our local area were asked to just bring a sharp pair of scissors and a $10 donation to help pay for the fleece, and some pizza and treats for dinner. Across 3 hours, a total of 110 volunteers from our local area participated and 153 blankets (or Binkies) were made.
Numerous parishioners and friends of St. George joined and volunteered to help make blankets and help with the set-up, pizza dinner and kitchen cleanup. Blanket makers include: Caelyn Baird, Susan Batura, Pam Buzi, Kelly Coughlin, Laura Coughlin, Mary Costulas, Luba Csernica, Brooke Dionis, Sophie Dionis, Laura Denisevich, Erin Galich, Melissa Galich, Sue Galich, Cathy Hotova, Karen Masek, Ledi Nani, Nicolas Nani, Kim O’Brien, Heather Uva, Olivia Uva, and Lorraine Vangel. The set-up/dinner/kitchen crew include: Tim Coughlin, Dave Denisevich, Curt Dionis, Joe Galich, and Bob Lazar.
This event is part of one of St. George’s major initiatives called 100 Acts of Service which kicked off this calendar year, recognizing St. George’s Centennial Anniversary year.
Many thanks go to the Binky Patrol Comforting Covers (the Monroe/Trumbull CT Chapter) who coordinated this event, to Al’s Angels (Westport, CT) who is arranging for the shipment of blankets and purchased some of the fleece, and to Crown Pizza of 5663 Main St. in Trumbull, who donated 40% of the cost of the pizzas for this charity event. Finally a big thank you to Jeanne Malgioglio, the Binky Area Coordinator, and to Laura Coughlin who coordinated the event from St. George’s side (their photo is on the left).
Click onto the following links to learn more about the charities that St. George and a local business helped support this night: the Monroe/Trumbull Chapter website of Binky Patrol Comforting Covers, the National organization website link of Binky Patrol Comforting Covers, and the Al’s Angels website link. and the Crown Pizza website.
Clink onto the more information link below to view several photos from the event.
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St. George celebrated the Liturgy for the Feast of Theophany on Sunday, January 12th. (The celebration of this feast was transferred from Mon, Jan 6th). The Great Blessing of Water was held the prior Sunday, Jan 5th - see three updates below for that News Update.
The Troparion for the Feast of Theophany: When You, O Lord were baptized in the Jordan / The worship of the Trinity was made manifest / For the voice of the Father bore witness to You / And called You His beloved Son. / And the Spirit, in the form of a dove, / Confirmed the truthfulness of His word. / O Christ, our God, You have revealed Yourself / And have enlightened the world, glory to You!
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St. George was saddened to learn that a former parishioner, Dennis Schutte passed away on Monday, Jan 6th. We extend our condolences to his sons David and Fr. Dennis, and their extended family. Click onto the following link to view his Obituary. Memory Eternal! I perjetshem kujtimi!
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The parish of St. George extends our thanks to the many people who helped support St. George with their dedicated stewardship work over the past year.
Click onto the more information link below to view details. 2024 Year-end thank yous
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On Sunday, Jan 5th, St. George parish conducted the Great Blessing of Water. The celebration of Divine Liturgy for the Feast of Theophany (normally celebrated on Jan 6th) is being transferred to the following Sunday, Jan 12th. Click onto the more information link below to view several photos.