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We have a great opportunity to participate in a remarkable retreat with Paul Karos, a highly regarded Orthodox retreat leader.We are all busy, especially on Saturday mornings, but this will be time well spent. Our retreat begins Friday evening, April 12, with a Lenten supper at 6:00 PM, followed by Little Compline with Akathist at 7:00 PM at St. George. Paul Karos will give the homily. Then, please join us Saturday morning, April 13, beginning at 9:30 AM for coffee & registration, followed by 2 sessions and lunch with Paul Karos at Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Summary of LENTEN SERVICES 2019 In Addition to the regular, weekly services: Saturday Vespers and Confession, 5 p.m. Sunday Matins: 8:50 a.m. • Sunday Divine Liturgy: 10 a.m. Lent starts with Forgiveness — We start Lent at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 10. We celebrate the rite of mutual forgiveness as we start the journey to the Resurrection. Mondays — On Mondays in Lent we will serve Great Compline at 7 p.m. • The first week of Lent, Great Compline is served on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights with portions of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete. Wednesdays — Join us at 6:30 p.m. for the Presanctified Liturgy. Bring one Lenten item to share for a pitch-in after Liturgy, so we can break bread together after fasting from all food and drink at least from noon. A short spiritual discussion will follow, and we’ll have you out by 8:45. Fridays — Little Compline with the Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos at 7 p.m. This will be preceded by a Lenten Supper at 6 p.m. prepared by one of our organizations or families. • The fifth Friday, Holy Trinity clergy and faithful will join us for dinner and the service, and the homily will be given by our retreat speaker, Paul Karos. Sunday Evenings — Vespers will be held at 5 p.m. at a different church each week (see the calendar for location). The First Sunday, March 17, is the Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers at Holy Trinity (now designated a cathedral), with Metropolitan Nicholas presiding. A dinner reception will follow. The First Saturday, March 16 — On the first Saturday of Lent, we serve the Liturgy in commemoration of St. Theodore and the miracle of the boiled wheat, including a memorial for All Souls: Matins 9 a.m./Liturgy and Memorial at 10:00 a.m. You are invited to bring koliva and a list of the names of your departed to be remembered. The Fifth Saturday, April 13 — Lenten Retreat co-hosted by the Ladies of St. George and the Holy Trinity Philoptochos. For both men and women, the retreat will be held at Holy Trinity Cathedral, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm, with Paul Karos as guest speaker. Lazarus Saturday, April 20 — Matins/Liturgy, Falafel Lunch and annual cleaning and polishing God’s house. Palm Sunday, April 21 — His Grace, Bishop Anthony, will preside. Liturgy will include the traditional procession, and a fish dinner will follow.

WINTER ADULT STUDY STARTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Adult Study program on Wednesdays. • 6:30 pm Vespers – We start with a short Evening Prayer service • Dinner will be provided – you can take a turn preparing, or contribute to help those preparing the meal • 7:15 pm Bible Study: St. Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians o Children are welcome to do homework or play

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2: GREAT FEAST OF THE MEETING OF THE LORD We celebrate the Great Feast of the Meeting of the Lord (or the Presentation of Christ in the Temple) Matins, 9 am • Divine Liturgy, 10 am (Note that the pizza lunch and creative arts "Super Saturday" that were to follow Liturgy have been canceled.) When the Child Jesus was forty days old, Mary and Joseph took Him to be Presented in the Temple, where He was recognized by holy people – those who had eyes to see – as the promised Christ of God.

Whether you have children of your own or are part of the "village" it takes to raise the future generation: Join us 1:00-4:30 pm Saturday, February 9, 2019 For an inspiring talk and conversation on the theology and mechanics of raising children. St. George Orthodox Church 10748 E. 116th Street • Fishers, Indiana Discussion with Ecumenical Panel Questions/Answers and Discussion with Audience Reception • Vespers Service Follows Free and Open to the Public

Please Note: We are trying to fix it as soon as possible, but our online calendar (at www.stgindy.org/calendar) is not working properly right now. Thus Sunday Liturgy and all our other regular, weekly events are missing from the calendar. THEY ARE, OF COURSE, STILL HAPPENING!

The church driveway and parking lot have been plowed and treated, though residual ice remains on our direveway and even on main roads. We’re open for services for all who can make it safely. The Lord keep you and yours safe, in His care!

We are canceling Saturday vespers this evening on account of the roads and church driveway now icing up. Sunday Matins and Liturgy are still expected to be ON, as usual. The Lord keep you all safe!

THURSDAY MORNING: DIVINE LITURGY If you can, join us at 10 am on January 17 for the Feast of St. Anthony the Great. This is our Bishop Anthony’s nameday and birthday. God grant him Many Years!

The church driveway and parking lot have been plowed and treated, though some residual icy slush inevitably remains here and even on main roads. Nevertheless, you should have no trouble, if you’re careful. The Lord keep you and yours safe, in His care!

SERVICES FOR THE EPIPHANY Friday, Jan. 4: Royal Hours • Royal Hours of the Epiphany 10 am Saturday, Jan. 5: Paramon of the Feast – strict fasting • Divine Liturgy, 10 am (we will serve this Liturgy ½ English, ½ Arabic/عربي) • Great Vespers, 5 pm Sunday, Jan. 6: Great Feast of the Epiphany • Matins, 8:45 am • Divine Liturgy and Great Blessing of Water, 10 am

Join us, as we join the angels, the shepherds, the wise men and all the saints: Come, let us adore Him! CHRISTMAS EVE SCHEDULE: Monday, December 24 8:30 a.m. Royal Hours of Christmas 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy (Paramon of Christmas) 8:30 p.m. Christmas Matins 10:00 p.m. CHRISTMAS DIVINE LITURGY And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, "Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:8-11)

Our elves were out this morning delivering gifts on behalf of our parish family to those who may have needed a little extra cheer this year. Much thanks to @HalaAntonShomali-Bannourah and the Charity Ministry Team for organizing this fabulous event.

ST. NICHOLAS WILL VISIT TONIGHT Liturgy on the Eve of the Feast: 6 pm Wednesday, December 5. (Note that Liturgy starts at 6:00, not 6:30.) Children of all ages are invited to leave their shoes in the coat rooms (you can just come into church in your socks). After Liturgy, you may find that St. Nicholas has put something in them! Salmon Dinner, Celebration and Visit by St. Nicholas follow. Dinner will include also child-friendly items including popcorn shrimp and spaghetti. After dinner, our adult classes continue: • The “Faith and Practice” class will study Spirituality - Love, Prayer, Fasting, Almsgiving • The Sacred Places class will “visit” Mount Athos

Our Ladies and our Charity Ministry Team work with grace & gratitude to bring our parish family together.

VIGIL FOR ST. RAPHAEL OF BROOKLYN We commemorate our first Antiochian Orthodox saint of America with a special vigil on the first Friday night of November. • Starting 9 p.m. Friday, November 2 • Vespers • Matins • Divine Liturgy • Concludes with Breakfast ~1 am Feel free to leave after the first part or to stay for all of it, through Liturgy and breakfast. In preparation for Holy Communion, eat a light, early dinner before you come. This icon of St. Raphael, painted by Dr. George Kordis, adorns the wall of our church in Fishers, Indiana.

"Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done." Proverbs 19:17 We would love to meet & exceed our food drive goal of collecting 600 lbs of goods! Have you participated yet? Please bring an item or two from this week's list and check out our previous lists in the comments. Thank you for your generosity!

NEW AND IMPROVED FALAFEL NIGHT THURSDAY, 5-8 PM, OCT. 25 Join us for Falafel Night on October 25, hosted by the Knights of St. George. We’ve adding Chicken Shawarma to the menu. Spare yourself having to cook a meal after a busy day at work or school.

Our Ladies and our Charity Ministry Team work with grace & gratitude to bring our parish family together.

For the body is not one member, but many. -1 Corinthians 12:14 We came together as one to help out many. 50 buckets of cleaning supplies filled & ready for delivery! International Orthodox Christian Charities

2018 St. George Festival is OPEN!!

Please enjoy this video tour of our parish, St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Fishers, IN. You are always welcome to visit in person.

Our beautiful church school children singing "Let there be peace on earth!" last Sunday, Dec. 14, as part of their world premier performance of the play entitled "Raphael to the Rescue," written by our own Natalie Ashanin. Of course St. Raphael saves Christmas by being the peacemaker he always was.

Dr. George Kordis sketches the outlines for the icon of the Nativity. He works amazingly fast!

Fr. Nabil has been waiting a long time for this milestone day to come.

In this video, Constantine Stade demonstrates playing the bells for our new church. This is a joyful peal, such as may be used in a Paschal procession. Constantine set up the five new bells from Russia, along with our bell from the original St. George Church, on the lawn temporarily, so he could begin teaching us. He also advised us how best to set up the mounting and platforms in the bell tower, so the bells could be accessed and played.

In this video, Constantine Stade demonstrates playing the bells for our new church. This is a joyful peal, such as may be used in a Paschal procession. Constantine set up the five new bells from Russia, along with our bell from the original St. George Church, on the lawn temporarily, so he could begin teaching us. He also advised us how best to set up the mounting and platforms in the bell tower, so the bells could be accessed and played.

This video shows one of the steel beams being raised into place and the beginning of bolting it. After all the beams are installed, then all bolts will be tightened, and everything will be welded together. Everything was going great, but then we hit a technical difficulty with the crane in the early afternoon, so please keep the prayers going! They will be bringing in another crane first thing Thursday morning. (What is that language they're speaking, you ask? The crew that fabricated the steel and is installing it came down from Chicago, but they are originally from the eastern part of Syria. They are Assyrian Christians, and they're speaking Aramaic. These guys have a deep devotion to St. George, so they love working on our church.)