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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND THANKING FATHER ANDREW G. GEORGE FOR 40 YEARS OF

FAITHFUL SERVICE TO GOD AND THE PARISH OF THE CHURCH OF THE

ANNUNCIATION

     Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale,
Edwards, Ajello, Fellela, Vella-Wilkinson, Boylan, and Corvese

     Date Introduced: June 07, 2023

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Fr. Andrew George was born and raised in Monessen, Pennsylvania, where

he grew very active in parish life at St. Spyridon Parish. He is a graduate of Hellenic College and

Holy Cross Seminary with a Master’s degree in Theology; and

     WHEREAS, Since 1965, Fr. George has been active with Orthodox summer camp

programs with the Pittsburgh, Detroit and Boston Dioceses, and for five years, was also involved

with the Ionian Village in Greece, serving as Assistant Director for three years. He also traveled

with the Hellenic College-Holy Cross Summer Good-Will Tour for three summers, and served as

lay assistant to the priest and youth coordinator in Toledo Ohio; and

     WHEREAS, Fr. George also worked with St. Spyridon Parish during a 6-month interim

of an assignment of a priest at the parish, and in 1977, he was ordained to the diaconate and

assigned to St. George community in Maine; and

     WHEREAS, In 1983, Fr. George began his service with the Church of the Annunciation

in Cranston. Over the course of the following four decades, he proved to be an outstanding

administrator and spiritual leader. His perseverance and collaborative skills have provided his

parish and parishioners with numerous improvements and celebrations including, expansion of

the Rev. Peter Mihailides Community Center, accomplishing major upgrades to the Church

grounds, oversight of the Church’s centennial celebration in 2005, and enhancing the Church’s

interior for its 50th Anniversary in 2018; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his devotion to God and the Annunciation Parish, Fr. George

is a loving family man. He was the husband of the late Presvytera Maria, the proud father of

Anthony Nektarios and Kassiane Eleni, and her husband, Michael Campopiano, Esq., and the

doting grandfather of Giulian Andrew and Lucia Maria; and

     WHEREAS, Father George has spent his life in devout service to God and through that

unification, he has served and blessed the faithful, enriched the spiritual lives of many Rhode

Islanders, and earned our total respect and admiration for his piety and service; now, therefore be

it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

honors and thanks Father Andrew George for forty years of faithful service to the Church of the

Annunciation and wishes him good health and many more years of benevolent service to his

fellow man; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Father Andrew G. George.

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