Christ is Risen! Truly He has Risen!
The Fourth Sunday After Pascha
The Sunday of the Paralytic
Apostle Karpos of the Seventy; Apostle Alphaeus and his children, Martyrs Abercius and Helen
Jesus Heals the Paralytic
Introduction
The fourth Sunday of Holy Pascha is observed by the Orthodox Church as the Sunday of the Paralytic. The day commemorates the miracle of Christ healing a man who had been paralyzed for thirty-eight years. The biblical story of the event is found in the Gospel of John 5:1-15.
Background
Close to the Sheep’s Gate in Jerusalem, there was a pool, which was called the Sheep’s Pool. It had five porches, that is, five sets of pillars supporting a domed roof. Under this roof there lay very many sick people with various maladies awaiting the moving of the water. The first person to step in after the troubling of the water was healed immediately of whatever malady he had.
It was there that the paralytic of today’s Gospel was lying, tormented by his infirmity of thirty-eight years. When Christ beheld him, He asked him, “Will you be made whole?” And he answered with a quiet and meek voice, “Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool.” The Lord said unto him, “Rise, take up your bed, and walk.” And straightaway the man was made whole and took up his bed. Walking in the presence of all, he departed rejoicing to his own house. According to the expounders of the Gospels, the Lord Jesus healed this paralytic during the days of the Passover, when He had gone to Jerusalem for the Feast, and dwelt there teaching and working miracles. According to Saint John the Evangelist, this miracle took place on the Sabbath.
Read the entire story on the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese website.
Services and Events This Week
- SUN May 19 — SUNDAY OF The MYRRH BEARING WOMEN Divine Liturgy Orthros 8:30am / Liturgy 9:30am LIVE STREAM
- Tue May 21 — STS CONSTANTINE AND HELEN Divine Liturgy 6:00am LIVE STREAM
- Wed May 22 — Early Divine Liturgy 6:00am LIVE STREAM
- Fri May 24 — Men of St. Paisios 7:00pm
- Sat May 25 — Great Vespers 5:30pm LIVE STREAM
Thank You From Aspen Elizabeth Kerr
Dear Saint Peters Family,
Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!!
I would like to thank all of you for the immense love and support you have shown towards me, in helping me reach my financial goals for my Project Mexico trip this summer! Thank you all so much for your support and prayers!! Please continue to pray for me as I prepare for my trip in early July.
With Love,
Aspen Elisabeth Kerr
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SOCIAL HALL ALL STARS
MAY 2024
TEAM #2 Margie Zimmerman Group for May 2024
May 05 — Pascal Dinner at 1:00pm
May 12 — Coffee, Donuts and Mixed Fruit
May 19 — Coffee, Cookies and Mixed Fruit
May 26 — Coffee, Coffee Cake and Mixed Fruit*
Church attendance on Sundays in the summer can be a little lighter. Similarly the Social Hall All Stars teams can be short staffed in the summer months. Therefore we will have a somewhat lighter and easier menu – as follows – for our Sunday coffee hours after Divine Liturgy during the months of June, July, and August. Thank you for your understanding.
JUNE 2024
TEAM #3
Sunday, June 2 – Coffee and bagels
Sunday, June 9 – Coffee and donuts
Sunday, June 16 – Coffee and Father’s Day cake
Sunday, June 23 – Coffee and cookies
Sunday, June 30 – Coffee and bagels
JULY 2024
TEAM #1 – Barb Dionysopoulos Group
Sunday, July 7 – Coffee and donuts
Sunday, July 14 – Coffee and cookies
Sunday, July 21 – Coffee and coffee cakes
Sunday, July 28 – Coffee and bagels
AUGUST 2024
TEAM #2 – Margie Zimmerman Group
Sunday, August 4 – Coffee and donuts
Sunday, August 11 – Coffee and cookies
Sunday, August 18 – Coffee and coffee cakes
Sunday, August 25 – Coffee and bagels
For Special Events/Koliva please contact BARBARA SASEN and give her a completed Special Events Form which is found in the lobby of the church.
The Social Hall All Stars are the men and women that make St. Peter’s Social Hall happen. Thank you All Stars!
MAY
- SUN May 19 — SUNDAY OF The MYRRH BEARING WOMEN Divine Liturgy Orthros 8:30am / Liturgy 9:30am LIVE STREAM
- Tue May 21 — STS CONSTANTINE AND HELEN Divine Liturgy 6:00am LIVE STREAM
- Wed May 22 — Early Divine Liturgy 6:00am LIVE STREAM
- Fri May 24 — Men of St. Paisios 7:00pm
- Sat May 25 — Great Vespers 5:30pm LIVE STREAM
- SUN May 26 — SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTIC Divine Liturgy Orthros 8:30am / Liturgy 9:30am LIVE STREAM
- Wed May 29 – June 01 — Fr. Hans Out of Town
- Wed May 29 — CANCELLED
Early Divine Liturgy 6:00am LIVE STREAM
- Fri May 31 — CANCELLED
Men of St. Paisios 7:00pm
- Sat Jun 01 — CANCELLED
Great Vespers 5:30pm LIVE STREAM
Current Prayer List
Ruth (Mudd)
Barbara (Duskas)
Doug S (Duskas)
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Ken John (Eaton)
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William (Semeretis)
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Maria (Orfanos)
William (Long)
George (Chionis 11-1)
Haley
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Mark (Chionis 11-1)
Katheryn (Chionis 11-1)
Jacob (Chionis 11-1)
Ken (Chionis 11-1)
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Christos
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Irene and newborn baby (Tsikitas 1/23)
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William (Brubaker 8/22)
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Robert (Jarvis)
George (Corey)
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Apostolos
How should we pray for the sick? Remember them daily. Say their names (first names are sufficient) and ask God to bestow mercy and grace on them.
Add or remove names and print this list for easy reference during your prayer time on the St. Peter website.
Sunday Readings
EPISTLE
Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
Clap your hands, all you nations.
The Reading from the Acts of the Apostles. (9:32-42)
In those days, as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed. And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.” And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity. In those days she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him entreating him, “Please come to us without delay.” So Peter rose and went with them. And when he had come, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping, and showing tunics and other garments, which Dorcas made while she was with them. But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, rise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive. And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
GOSPEL
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (5:1-15)
At that time, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate apool, in Hebrew called Bethsaida, which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids,blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel of the Lord went downat certain seasons into the pool and troubled the water; whoever stepped in first, after the troublingof the water was healed of whatever disease he had. One man was there, who had been ill for 38years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time, He said to him,“Do you want to be healed?” The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into thepool when the water is troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me.” Jesus saidto him, “Rise, take up your pallet, and walk.” And at once the man was healed, and he took up hispallet and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured, “Itis the Sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet.” But he answered them, “The man whohealed me said to me, ‘Take up your pallet, and walk.’” They asked him, “Who is the man whosaid to you, ‘Take up your pallet, and walk’?” Now the man who had been healed did not knowwho it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. Afterward, Jesus foundhim in the temple, and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse befallsyou.” The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus Who had healed him.
