We recently completed the May & June charity collection held this year which was in support of a project that one of our Altar Servers, Kosta Nani, is running.  Kosta has put together a project to donate school supplies for a school called Shkolla “6 Dëshmorët” in Kamenice-Korçë, or “6 Martyrs” School which is in Kamenicë, a community in Korçë County, southeastern Albania.  Parishioners made direct purchases and donations of various supplies along with a total of $600 of cash, which was collected in the weekly Charity baskets. Kosta purchased additional supplies with the cash donations.  The detailed list of supplies can be found in the following link:  Final list of donated school supplies.

The Nani family has packed up all of the supplies into 7 different suitcases/backpacks (1 large suitcase, 4 carry-on suitcases, a backpack, and likely a final 2nd backpack will be needed) which they will take with them on their flight to Albania.  The total weight of the supplies they are transporting is about 247 lbs!  The Nani family leaves for Albania the middle of the week of July 20th - we wish them well on their vacation and look forward to hear how the delivery of supplies was received. 

As always, we wish to thank all the parishioners for their support of this charity project, along with all the others during the year. Click onto the more information link below to view a few photos.

On Sunday, June 22nd, St. George celebrated its 100th Anniversary with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy and Anniversary Banquet.
 
We wish to welcome and thank the following who celebrated with us for St. George's 100th Anniversary:  Bishop Nikodhim - Bishop of Boston and the Albanian Archdiocese; Nikollaq Lako - Assistant to Bishop Nikodhim;  Fr. Mark Doku - Chancellor of the Albanian Archdiocese and Rector of St. Mary's Church in Worcester, MA;  Fr. John Kreta - Chancellor of the Diocese of New England and Priest at All Saints of North America Church in Salisbury, CT along with his wife Evelyn (Leka) Kreta who was a past Choir Director here at St. George;  Fr. George Coca - Retired past Priest from St. Dimitrie Church, Easton in the Romanian Episcopate along with his wife Mariana Coca - both are long-term friends of St. George; of course Fr. Sergei Bouteneff. 
 
St. George received a relic of St. George from the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America. The St. George relics were enshrined in a small reliquary at the bottom of a new icon of St. George that was commissioned and recently received. After Divine Liturgy, a short service was held with a procession and blessing of the relics and icon. Click onto the following link to view a short video showing the procession around the perimeter of the church with the icon and relics: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x7218OYILrU  Our thanks go out to Dave Denisevich who built an oak icon stand that matches our others and will hold the St. George relics.
 
An Anniversary Banquet was held in the afternoon at Tashua Knolls Club in Trumbull where parish members, families and friends celebrated with a cocktail hour with appetizers, a dinner, and dancing. We wish to thank Peter Dacey who served as our Master of Ceremonies, and our speakers:  Laura Coughlin, Bishop Nikodhim, Bill Kovachi, and Curt Dionis.
 
Our final thank you goes out to the Anniversary Committee who worked countless hours to develop and plan, schedule, communicate, and bring about a wonderful array of events and programs culminating with this day of celebration.  The committee comprised of Laura Coughlin and Curt Dionis as co-chairmen, Diane Cryan, Peter Dacey, Jennifer Goetz, Cathy Hotova, Bob Lazar, Karen Masek, and Kim O’Brien.  The parish wishes to specifically acknowledge and thank Laura Coughlin for her leadership, diligence, and energy over the past year to pull off this milestone day for St. George.
 
Click onto the following link to view a photo slideshow of numerous photos from our parish life over the years - it's about a 30 minute slideshow.  Thanks go out to TJ Coughlin for putting together the loop, to Evelyn (Leka) Kreta and Laura Coughlin for digging out all the historical photos, and to Diane Cryan, Peter Dacey and Cathy Hotova for all their help scanning photos. St. George Trumbull 100th Anniversary Historical Photo Slideshow 

Click onto the more information link below to view photos from the day's events. 

St. George recognized Fathers’s Day on Sunday, June 15th during Divine Liturgy.  Prayers were offered for all of the living and departed fathers, stepfathers, sons, stepsons, husbands, brothers, stepbrothers, great grandfathers, great grandsons, grandfathers, grandsons, great-uncles, uncles, nephews, godfathers, and all those who "fathered" us in our time of need. Many Years! Për Shumë Vjet! Click onto the more information link below to view a few photos.

Congratulations to our 2025 Graduates who recently completed their studies and graduated. We extend our best wishes to them for continued success!

Jessica Chadwick - graduated with Master of Science in Addiction Studies from Western Connecticut State University

Lauren Dionis – will be graduating in a few days from Greenwich High School

James Goetz - earned a Master in Finance from the University of Maryland

St. George celebrated the Feast of Pentecost on Sunday, June 8th with Divine Liturgy, immediately followed by the Kneeling Vespers. The Feast commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit and is also seen as the culmination of the revelation of the Holy Trinity. St. George’s icon of this feast is located on the left. The Troparian for Pentecost:  Blessed art You O Christ Our God / You have revealed the fishermen as most wise / By sending down upon them the Holy Spirit / Through them You drew the world into Your net / O Lover of Man, Glory to You!  Click onto the more information link below to view a few photos.

The St. George parish marked the end of the Church School year with a short Recognition Ceremony & Commencement on Sunday, June 1st after Divine Liturgy.  The ceremony acknowledged and congratulated the students and our Altar Servers for their efforts over the past year.  Additionally, special thanks go to Curt Dionis for coordinating the Church School program, and to Pauline Dionis, Nicole Dionis, Brooke & Sophie Dionis for all their efforts with teaching and assisting with the program coordination this past year. Click onto the more information link below to view a few photos.

St. George commissioned an icon of St. George for our 100th Anniversary year.  St. George was notified that we will be receiving a relic of St. George from the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America during Divine Liturgy on June 22nd  (the day we are celebrating our 100th Anniversary).  The St. George relics will be enshrined in a small reliquary at the bottom of this icon.  
On Sunday May 25th after Divine Liturgy, St. George received the icon from Dhimitri Cika, the iconographer who “wrote” the icon for us (in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, icons are said to be "written," not painted, emphasizing a spiritual and theological process rather than a purely artistic one).  The reliquary will be enshrined in this icon and blessed during our 100th Anniversary celebration, and will be prepared for a final location in our church for parishioners to venerate.   Click onto the more information link below to view a few photos of the receipt of this icon.

We congratulate the members of our 2025 Parish Council who were installed into office today after Divine Liturgy by Bishop Nikodhim.  They are: Laura Coughlin, Luba Csernica, Peter Dacey, Curt Dionis, Joseph Galich, Louise Karoli Gallagher, Catherine Hotova, Robert Lazar, and William Kovachi.  Many Years! Për Shumë Vjet! Click onto the more information link below to view a few photos.