Sunday of Great and All-Holy Pascha

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SAINT GEORGEANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Parish of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West of The Antiochian Archdiocese

of New York and North America

4530 E. Gold Dust AvenuePhoenix, AZ 85028 Offi ce 602.953.1921

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His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America

Chris & Hnadi Bandak offer Pascha flowers for the health of Chris, Hnadi, Roman, Yasmeen, Julius and Seela Bandak; Robert and Lynne Bandak; Fayez and Yasmin Fakhouri. In memory of Salim and Efterpy Bandak; George Fakhouri, Feras and Fakre Fakhouri; Ibrahim, Saliba

and Khouloud Sayegh and Moheb Mikhail.

Daniel and Jane Romley offer Pascha flowers for the health of Daniel, Jane, Troy, Kristie, Lisa, Jamie, Steve, Jillian, Misadeh, Souzan, John, Dana, Denise and Dale. In memory of Issa, Richard, Jeries, Joseph, Jim, Rose, Misadeh, Mariam, Maher, Maha, Josephine, Francis, Scott

and Laila.

William & Ensaf Sayegh offer Pascha flowers for the health of William, Ensaf, Musa, Noura, Louiey and David. In memory of Musa, Issa, Rifga.

Richard and Sherry Nichols offer Pascha flowers for the health of Richard, Sherry and family. In memory of John and Eva Nichols; George and Mary David and Julie Annett.

Jim and Kathy Saliba offer Pascha flowers for the health of Jim, Kathy, Tony, Carrie, Ava, Lexi, MacKenzie, Katie, Ryan, Bibiana and Amer-ah. In memory of James & Nelly Saliba, James and Rosemary McKeever.

Eugene & Donna Kanaan offer Pascha flowers for Gene, Donna, Doug, Kathryn, Kanaan and Kelly, Michael, Julia & Lauren Meyers. In memory of Badia & James Kanaan, John & Theresa Thimons.

Rasha Kuri offers Pascha flowers for Rasha Kuri, Amjed, Kathy, Raya, A.J, Andrea, Jeremy, George, Joane, Jackson, Ella, Daniel, Chrissy, Nelson, Jaden, Nathan, Mateo, Evie, Dina, Linda, Salim, Lara, Stella, Nasser, Marwan, Magdoline. In memory of Ibrahim Kuri, Ayed,

Katrina, Raya, Gabriel, Sida, Karma, Leila, Laiya, Badiah, Yacoub.

Marwan & Manal Sayegh offer Pascha flowers for the health of Marwan, Manal, Danny, Schnabel, Amanda, Magdoleen, Anthony, Zaina. In memory of Gabriel, Raya, Odeh, Amal, George, Faris, Nadia, Samman, Kathria, Karma, Sida, Mike, Nasser, Hanna.

Pascha Flowers OFFERED BY (CONTINUED)

V. Rev. Fr. Dr. Christopher Salamy, PastorV. Rev. Fr. Elias Ziton, Emeritus

V. Rev. Fr. Jehad Michael, RetiredDr. Gregory Abdalah, Pastoral Assistant

Valerie Haddad, Director of Ministry, Growth & Development

Rev. Dn. Raphael AbrahamsRev. Dn. Serafim GroveRev. Dn. Basil Ritchie

PASCHAL APOLYTIKION (TONE 5)Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!

HYPAKOE OF PASCHA (TONE 4)They who were with Mary came before the dawn, found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher, and heard the angels say

unto them: Why seek ye Him as man with the dead, Who dwells in light eternal? Behold the grave wrappings; make haste and declare to the world that the Lord is risen, and hath caused death to die; for He is the Son of God, the Savior of mankind.

KONTAKION OF PASCHA (TONE 8)O Immortal One, when Thou didst descend into the tomb, Thou didst destroy the power of Hades;

and Thou didst rise victorious, O Christ God. Thou hast said to the ointment-bearing women: Rejoice! And Thou gavest peace to Thy Disciples, O Bestower of Resurrection to those Who had fallen.

PROKEIMENON: This is the day which the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad therein!

O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; His mercy endureth forever.

THE EPISTLEThe Reading from the Acts of the Apostles. (1:1-8)

In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when He was taken up, after He had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles whom He had chosen.

To them He presented Himself alive after His passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them He charged them not to depart from Jerusalem,

but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, “You heard from Me; for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” So when they had come together, they asked Him,

“Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come

upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.”

THE GOSPELThe Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (1:1-17)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was

a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. The true light that enlightens every

man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world knew Him not. He came to His own home, and His own people received Him not. But to all who received Him, who believed

in His Name, He gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have

beheld His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to Him, and cried, “This was He of Whom I said, ‘He Who comes after me ranks before me, for He was before me.’”) And from His fullness have we

all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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Samia Dahdal offers Pascha flowers for the health of Samia, Rami, Rebecca, Emelia, Adele, Kevin, Ace, Jax, Nader, Alice, Fatten, Wafa, Susan and their families. Farid, Juliet, Lydia, Rimon, Adib and their families. In memory of George, Issa, Sulieman, Mariam, Sabah, Nadia, Joseph, Katrina, Elias, Hannah, Louris, Hanneh, Dalal, Tawfic, Musa, Nicholas.

Theresa Sweilem offers Pascha flowers for the health of Theresa, Issa, Jennie, Noah, Andrew and Chloé; all brothers & sisters with families, Truscott family. In memory of Elia, Sheikha, Izzat, Laila, Farid, Jeries, Sammy and Albert; all departed souls of the Sweilem, Khoury, Sweis and Truscott families.

Beverly Showah offers Pascha flowers for the health of Lisa, Bob, Amira, Brandon and family. In memory of Sam Showah.

Lorraine Florence offers Pascha flowers in memory of Bruce Florence; my parents and brother George, Ramza and Robert Ziton.

Joe & Louise Abdelnour offer Pascha flowers for the health of Joe, Louise, Kimla, George, Gabriela, Michael, Sophia, Brent, Donna, Grace, Jacob, Sam, Gabriel, Dana, Nathan, Joey and Maggie. In memory of George & Selma Abdelnour and Jean & Grace Neil.

Elia, Maya & Mary Najim offer Pascha flowers for the health of Mary, Elia, Maya, baby Michael, Dolly, Ghassan, Salwa, Miray, Sara and their families in Canada, Lebanon, Syria and America. In memory of Abdallah, Najim, Issaf, Kirouz and all the departed souls of the Najim & Kirouz families in Syria, Lebanon, America and Canada.

Tawfiq and Najwa Zananiri offers Pascha flowers for he health of Steven and Michael and Roseen, Mathew and Joseph and Siham and Samya. In memory of Rose and Jmilah, Ibrahim, Tawfiq, Hanna, George, Elias, Laila and Claudia.

Louis & Sandra Hasbany offer Pascha flowers for the health of Louis & Sandra Hasbany and families, Alex, Stephanie, Michael, Maria, Archer, Myah, Renee, Nadia, Michael, Savannah, Amelia, Denise, Ray, Dennis, Leon, John. In memory of Fred & Linda Nahat, Kahil & Sandra Hasbany, Ida & Nicholas Zakaib, Eugene & Traute Newton, Habib & Nazaharra Nahat, Deeb & Rose Haddad, all Nahat, Habib, Haddad, Zakaib & Newton families.

Joyce Salamy offers Pascha flowers for the health of Fr. Chris, Khouriyee Allyson, Sophia and Amelia Salamy. The Moujaes family. In mem-ory of Raymond Salamy, Mitry & Elizabeth Ajalat, Shafik Karadsheh.

Sameeh and Janette Sweis offer Pascha flowers for the health of Sameeh, Janette, Raja, Feryal, Nicholas, Lukas, Andy, Aftehar, Alivia & Sweis family. In memory of Rev. Boulds, Rev. Elias, Eid, Shakeh, Kafa, Munjed, Sa’ad, Yusra.

Ghaleb & Nawal Salman offer Pascha flowers for the health of Ghaleb & Nawal Salman, George, Natalie, Abby, Josh, Jaxon, Andrew, Aleena, Audrey, Ava & Amer Salman.

Ray & Rose Marie Toronto offer Pascha flowers for the health of children, grand children and great grandson. In memory of the Toronto, Hamway, Ricciardi, McBride, Marra and Sakey families.

Pam Vintila offers Pascha flowers for the health of Jeorse, Shi, Anderson, Odin, Josette & George Lund; John Vintila and all surviving members of the Vintila & Jeorse families and Madeline Summers. In memory of John, Mary, Perter & Josie Vinila; John, Sofia, Waler, Robert & Johny Jeorse; Victoria, John & Johnny Stoica, and all deceased members of the Vintila and Jeorse families.

John & Jean Blair offer Pascha flowers for the health of Laurie Blair. In memory of John R. Blair III.

Pascha Flowers OFFERED BY (CONTINUED)

Many THANKSThank you to Najla, Hanna and Rumsey Saigh and Robert & Buthaina Salem

for sponsoring our Paschal breakfast! We look forward to seeing you all there after Liturgy.

V. Rev. Fr. Elias Ziton offers Pascha flowers for the health and spiritual well-being of our beloved Father and Metropolitan JOSEPH; for the health and spiritual well-being of beloved family members: Michael, Feirouz, Michael, Jr., Juliana, Gray, Deborah, Nina, Eli, Marina, David,

Nesrin and Paris Sophia; for the health and well-being of all the many family members here and everywhere; for the health and spiritual well-being of all the Clergy of St. George, together with the entire St. George Parish Family. May the special blessings of the Resurrected Christ be with everyone during the Holy Pascha Season, and throughout the year. In loving memory of: Khourieh Lorraine Ziton, most

beloved wife, mother, grandmother, God-mother, family member; beloved parents: Elias and Julia Ziton, Michael and Josephine Haddad; and all the beloved departed family members who have gone to their rest in hope of the Resurrection. May the memory of all the departe be

eternal.

Dn Serafin and Mary Grove offer Pascha flowers for the health of Dn Serafim, Mary, Jeremy and Stephanie Grove, their godchildren, and for all the Grove, Lazun, Hessinger, Nelson and Makar families. In memory of their parents Joseph & Julia Hessinger and Warren & Moni-

ca Grove; their sister-in-law Michelle, nephew Matthew, George Rusanescu, and Bert Nelson.

Elizabeth Karamouzis offers Pascha flowers for her good health and salvation and for the good health and salvation for John Karamouzis and James Karamouzis; Rima Iacovelli (on the occasion of her recent birthday); Brenda Rupert; Pam Spitler; Angie Guidi; Karen Clark; Ni-cole; Sawsen; Cheryl; Pat and Demetri VanWalleghen; Rocky; Reesa Stutzman; Pam Vintila; Phillip Hashen; Dennis Hilkhuijsen, Kristina Spears; Fotoula Xaralambous and for all her family and friends not listed. For her godchildren Michael Guidi; Markus, Devin, and Nikki

Perry; and Lauren Speer and for their families. For all our clergy and family at St George. In loving memory of her mother Mary Karamouz-is, and for Richard Barrett; Rick Hulbert; Elight Sanders and all departed family and friends not listed; and departed family members of St.

George; may their memories be eternal.

Michael and Valerie Haddad offer Pascha flowers For the health of: Michael, Valerie, Georgina, Gabriel, Aziz, Samar, Taysir, Mary Kay, and Adam Haddad, Ron, Rose, Peter, Ronnie, Melissa, Christina, and Autumn Samore, Michael, Amanda, David, and Elaine Araj and for all

the Haddad, Bitar, Samore, Rizk, Audey, Moussa, Araj, Kalyoussef, Alhaddad, and Plympton families. In memory of: Ibrahim Haddad, George and Jeanette Bitar, John and Nellie Samore, Peter and Skee Rizk, George Moussa, and Aida Kalyoussef

Nasser & Evone Sayegh offer Pascha flowers for the health of Nasser, Evone, Gabriel, Robert, Ayman, Steven, Nicolas, Janet, Jeannine, Raya and Noora. In memory of Gabriel, Ibrahim, Amineh, Raya, Riad, Nasser and Shafiq.

Richard and Marion Saba offer Pascha flowers for the health of Richard, Marion, Kimberley, Alfred, Richard Jr, Brian, Alyssa, Ashley, Lou, Matthew, Anthony, AnnaRose, Will and Nicholas. In memory of our son Scott, Emil, Freeda, Richard, David, Adele, Ramzy, Peggy, Marina,

George, Neoma, Bernice, Mary, Bruce and Mary.

Karen Bennion offers Pascha flowers for the health of John & Kathy Keller; Crystal & Erwin Gonzales; Mike & Debbie Paetz; Michael, Brianna, Konnor, Lucien, Matthew, Rosealee and Samantha Munster.

Monica & Phil Brewer offer Pascha flowers for the health of Mireya Cardenas. In memory of Antonio Cardenas and Andrew & Prudence Brewer.

Walid & Randa Qaqish offer Pascha flowers for the health of Walid Qaqish, Randa, all kids, grand kids; Ziad, Samiyah all kids and grand kids. In memory of Mary, Elias, Halim, Taman, Hanna, Hala, Suliman, Refa, Ibrahim, Sasri, Ibrahim and Jeremy.

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Pascha Flowers OFFERED BY (CONTINUED)Those to Remember in Prayer

LIVING: Romy, Gloria, Larman, Don, Mary, Joshua, Peter, Philip, Richard, Marwan, Moira, Mac, Nick, Joe, Samuel.

LITURGICAL OFFERINGS: Bay Leaves for Holy Saturday are offered for the health of Ray and Rosemarie Toronto, their children and grandchildren, Robin, Renay, Ryan, Romy, Joe, Michael, Brooke, Joe, Brennan, Tyler, Collin, Joey, Christina, Ashlynn, Chase, Lauren, Halle, Taylor, Nikki, Ryan, Keefer and the Abraham, Florence, Karmouzis, Romley, Saba and Vogel families. May God grant them many years. In loving memory of their beloved family and friends, Anne, George, Salvatore, Clara, Joseph, Nancy, Rosa, Louis, Rose, Joseph, Mary, Lil, Amy, Loretta, Ray, Bernie, Jim, Bruce, Yvonne and Scott. May their memory be eternal.

Eggs for Holy Pascha are donated by Delores Haddy in loving memory of Albert Haddy’s 10 years passing.

Elizabeth Karamouzis offers the Holy Oblation for her good health and salvation and for the good health and salvation for John Karamou-zis and James Karamouzis; Rima Iacovelli (on the occasion of her recent birthday); Ellie; Daniel Romley; Keith; Brenda Rupert; Pam Spitler; Angie Guidi; Karen Clark; Nicole; Sawsen; Cheryl; Pat, Zek and Demetri VanWalleghen; Rocky; Reesa Stutzman; Pam Vintila; Phillip Hashen; Dennis Hilkhuijsen, Kristina Spears; Fotoula Xaralambous and for all her family and friends not listed. For her godchildren Mi-chael Guidi; Markus, Devin, and Nikki Perry; and Lauren Speer and for their families. For all our clergy and family at St George. In loving memory of her mother Mary Karamouzis, and for Richard Barrett; Rick Hulbert; Elight Sanders and all departed family and friends not listed; and departed family members of St. George; may their memories be eternal.

Denise Nahat and Ray Johnson offer Holy Bread in remembrance of our families, and the health of the Nahat, Johnson, Hasbany, Khoury, and Simon Families for a blessed Easter. And may God Grant Connie Abdoulah continued good health for many years.

Nasser Sayegh and family offer holy bread for departed servants of God Ibrahim, Gabriel, Raya, Amineh, Riad, Nasser. For good health and salvation for Nasser, Evone, Gabriel, Robert, Ayman, Nicolas, Steven, Janet, Jeannine, Raya, Noora, Shafiq and Nadia

Holy Bread offered by Najla S. Saigh for her health and for the health of Buthaina, Khalil, Jennifer, Rumsey, Hanna, Robert, Jennifer, John, Joseph, Kristen, Samir, Grace, Jacob, Brooklyn, Sammy and Luke. It is also offered in loving memory of Suleiman, Raphael, Fuda, Ibtihaj, Hanna, Frieh, Futha and George.

Pascha Flowers OFFERED BYFr. Chris, Khouriyee Allyson, Sophia and Amelia Salamy for their health and the health of the Salamy, Ajalat, Raya, Jabour, Armelli, Karadsheh, Ovando and Matthews families. May God grant them many years. In loving memory of Raymond, Lutfy, Eileen, Mitry, Elizabeth, Fritz, Jean, Mary, Elias, Adeeb, Joseph, Emily, Salim, Sophie, Edmon, Shafik, Jubran, Lucille, Sonia, Philip, David, Nellie and Chet. May their memory be eternal.