6TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
THE HOLY, GLORIOUS AND ALL-PRAISED LEADERS OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL
ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF KASPEROV
THE END OF THE APOSTLES' FAST
Confessions heard, Third and Sixth Hours, 9:00 AM
Divine Liturgy – 9:30 AM
Sunday, July 12th, Divine Liturgy offered:
For the Health of:
Peter, Anna, Nicholas, Alaric, Natalia, Alexei, Elya, Andrew, Vadim (Yukhnavets/Seas holtz) by Seasholtz Family
For the Memory of Departed servants:
+Reader Samuel (Sokoluk, Jr) by Alexei, Lucia & Amelia
+Nicholas (Zubko) by Alexei, Lucia & Amelia
+Joseph (Kowal) by Dennis Starr
+Jerome (Grzybowski) on the Fifth Anniversary of his falling asleep in the Lord by Dennis Starr
Services Schedule:
• Sunday July 12 – Divine Liturgy 9:30 am
• Sunday July 19 – Divine Liturgy 9:30 am, at Camp Fellowship 110 Sycamore Ave. Marlton NJ 08053
St. Michael Annual [Once again] Outdoor Divine Liturgy and Picnic: As we did last year, we will serve Divine Liturgy under God's sky at 9:30 am on July 19 at Camp Fellowship in Marlton , NJ with our St. Michael Picnic to follow Liturgy. The Camp has really nice swimming and boating facilities on the lake with lifeguards attending. The Camp is located at 110 Sycamore Ave., Marlton, NJ 08053. We need volunteers to help with set up, picnic work, and tear down. Please contact our council president Suzanne Veres to help to make this event even more enjoyable than it was last year.
Hermitage of the Holy Protection: Fr. Gregory will serve an akathist and moleben to the Hawaiian Iveron Icon on Wednesday, July 27, at 7:00 pm. The Skete is located at 333 Weymouth Rd, Buena, NJ 08310, All are invited.
Troparion of the Sunday, Tone V Let us, the faithful, praise and worship the Word, / Co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, / born for our salvation from the Virgin, / for He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh, / to endure death / and to raise the dead by His glorious resurrection.
Kontakion of the Sunday, Tone V Thou didst descend into hell, O my Savior, / shattering its gates as almighty; / resurrecting the dead as Creator, / and destroying the sting of death. / Thou hast delivered Adam from the curse, O Lover of Man, / and we all cry to Thee: "O Lord, save us!"
EPISTLE. ROMANS 12:6-14 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
GOSPEL MATTHEW 9:1-8 So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own city. Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you." And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, "This Man blasphemes!" But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins-then He said to the paralytic, "Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house." And he arose and departed to his house. Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men.