The July food pantry will be on Wednesday, July 1. Distribution will remain the same: a drive-thru from 9 am to 11 am. All updated information related to food pantry is available on our website and on Facebook by searching for “St. George New Kensington”. You can also call the church at 724-335-9988 and leave a message.
If you are in need of emergency food or would like to become a pantry client please call the church at 724-335-9988. We are here to help. God Bless.
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!
Christos Anesti! Alithos Anesti!
Almaseeh qam! Haqan qam!
Christos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese!
Hristos a Inviat! A Deverat a Inviat!
Le Christe est Resucite! En verite Il est Resucite!
Icristo ha Resucitado! En verdad ha Resucitado!
Kristo ame fukuka! Kweli ame fukuka!
Now we magnify thee,
O Lord Jesus our King;
and we venerate thy Passion and Burial
for therewith hast thou delivered us from death.
Just a few months ago, we had a full house of volunteers from the PA Virtual Charter School helping us to distribute food to our food pantry recipients. We are grateful for their help as well as the help we get from our church, community and Valley High School volunteers.
This month we adjusted our method of distribution to adhere to COVID-19 social distancing and sanitation standards. The Westmoreland County Food Bank was kind enough to have the boxes all packed and organized for each food bank recipient. We unloaded them from the delivery truck and put them into the trunks of our recipients’ cars as they drove through our parking lot.
Our Food Panty is the first Friday of every month.
St. George Orthodox Church food bank will be as scheduled this Friday April 3rd starting at 9 a.m. It will be a drive-thru only in the parking lot.
Please stay in your car, and volunteers will assist you.
Please enter the parking lot on via the upper entrance on Victoria Ave. Food bank volunteers will be there to direct you to drive down the lot to the alley where other volunteers will put boxes of food in the trunk of the car. Once the food is in the car, volunteers will direct you to exit to the left down the alley.
“In the 11th century, the Muslim Caliph Al-Hakim decreed the closure of all Churches in Egypt for nine years. It was a time of great distress for all Christians. One day, the Caliph was walking through the streets where Christians resided and he heard their voices praising and praying in each house. Then he said, “Open their churches again and let them pray as they please. I wished to close a Church in every street. But today I discovered that when I made this decree, a church was opened in every home.”
– Fr Stephen
On Sunday, March 22nd, we celebrated the Feast of the Holy Cross, which the Church appoints for the third Sunday of Great Lent. Here are some photos from today’s service and a short video of the Procession of the Holy Cross.
Video from the service: https://youtu.be/5ZXM-RjGetM
St. George is responding to the rapidly evolving initiatives to curtail the spread of the novel Coronavirus. As directed by our Archdiocese, in compliance with CDC and Presidential guidelines, and in Christian love:
Let us not be distracted from our Lenten journey and the meaning of our Christian mission as a whole. As always, please feel free to reach out to any of our clergy for guidance.
Additionally, there are some wonderful resources at the website of the Archdiocese and on Ancient Faith Radio. There are also streaming services you can watch at the Cathedral in Charleston. Service texts can be found at the LITURGICS section of the Archdiocesan website.
Be assured that we are all acting in Christian love by taking these measures. May we answer the call as we plead for God’s strength and mercy.
Please join us for our beautiful Lenten services at 7:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays throughout Lent.
Monday: Great Compline
Wednesday: Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts
Friday: Akathist
Don’t wait — this is a blessed Lenten opportunity that our church provides for additional spiritually enriching services during the week. We hope you can join us!
We’ll be having our Lenten vegan lunches again this year from 11am to 3pm on:
Please see the flier below for full details, menu and prices. We hope you can join us for delicious food and fellowship.
Read more about the Sunday of the Prodigal Son at the Antiochian Archdiocese website
Remembering St. George in Your Will
Our church has been a beacon of faith and hope for you and the generations before you that came here to worship in the Orthodox Christian tradition. You can help ensure that it will be here to serve future generations by remembering St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, of New Kensington, PA in your will. Click below to download the brochure to learn more information or contact our church office at 724/335-9988.
Click here to download the brochure