Saint George, pray for us!

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God will help, but we can too!God will help, but we can too!God will help, but we can too!God will help, but we can too! Look at the little icon to the

left. It’s not hard to see who is the rich

man. But it’s not hard to find the poor

man either, is it? He’s the one on his

knees, looking for food. This is an icon

that tells a story, a story from the Bible. It

is the story of a rich man, and a poor man

named Lazarus.

You’ll hear that Gospel reading today at

church, but just remember those two men. The rich man had a great life,

but he wouldn’t help the poor man, Lazarus. That rich man must have seen

poor Lazarus many times, but still he wouldn’t help him. He wouldn’t give him

food or clothing or a place to stay.

Did you know the name Lazarus means something? Lazarus means, “God will

help.” Maybe the rich man thought, “Oh well, I don’t need to help that poor guy.

God will help him!” Maybe he even prayed for him. We see people who need

help too. Did you know something? God wants us to pray to Him and ask for

help. But He also wants us to do something, when we can!

In another part of the Bible, we hear that when we see somebody who is hungry

or who doesn’t have good clothes, we can’t just say, “Go in peace; keep warm

and well fed.” We have to do something! We can help him or her. So always remem-

ber, praying is always good. But we can help others with our own two hands, too!

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What’s in an icon?

Can you find these

words in the jum-

ble?

CHURCH

ELECTION

ETHIOPIA

GEORGE

GOSPEL

HELP

LAZARUS

LYDDA

POOR

Here are two icons of Saint George.

The one on the left is from Ethiopia.

The one on the right is from Greece.

What do you see that is the same?

What do you see that is different?

M R E O I X A L Z G L C W X M

L I L C Y D I Y N I H Y Z S H

Q P L W D I P P P U O H U W U

E X P Y P P O O R V O R O L D

K Y L W N K I C V A A A L F L

B J E M P V H R A Z A Y G Q U

E G H O P K T D A M C B E U Z

P A G O S P E L E C T I O N W

C N K I Y R N S X I X M R W X

C O A O B I H I E S X J G R R

F L T Q T S P Q P S A H E A R

Y G B Z T U X B W V C E W V Z

X S M U O A D L Y X T E J W A

W B D W X J V X M W A M P E K

T W G P B I Y R Q J S T K H S

ANOTHER FEAST FOR SAINT GEORGE! THE CHURCH IN LYDDA

Did you know Tuesday is Election

Day in the United States? Next year is a

more important year, when we will elect a new

president. But this week, you might hear about

people who want to be on school boards or have

other positions. Sometimes people have good rea-

sons for getting elected. But sometimes those peo-

ple just want to feel important. Sometimes they

want to get elected to be powerful.

This week we will celebrate another day for our

friend, Saint George. He was a saint who could have been important

and powerful in the Roman army. But he chose to follow Jesus Christ

instead.

Saint George’s big nameday is in April, but on Tuesday we remember

when the people built a church for Saint George. That was 1700 years

ago! We remember that special day even today be-

cause Saint George is such a special saint. That first

church was destroyed. Then it was rebuilt. Then it was

destroyed again and rebuilt again. This last one was

built almost 150 years ago. You can visit it if you ever

go to Palestine, in the Middle East. You can pray in

this amazing place. Saint George’s tomb (his body) is

still there. And you can see how Saint George is

important to us. And his prayers are powerful, too!

We celebrate this feastday on Tuesday, November 3rd.

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