Orthros at 8:45 am & Divine Liturgy at 10am
A special Memorial Service is being offered today in all the Greek Orthodox parishes for the repose of the souls of those who have lost their lives in the devastating fires in Attica, Greece. We share the sorrow of our beloved people of Greece and we offer our fervent prayers. May our merciful Lord grant eternal life to those who perished and courage to those who survived.
Attica fires Relief Fund In an effort to bring comfort, aid, and hope to those whose homes and communities have been destroyed we will pass a special tray today and next Sunday (7-29 & 8/5). All collections, from the parishes or individuals, should be sent payable to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese (8 East 79th Street, NY, NY 10075) and designated for the Attica fires Relief Fund. .. They will need the assistance now and in the future to recover from this devastating tragedy
Artoclasia Service: An Artoclasia Service will be held for the health of Alex Marcou & Family. Please join us for refreshments sponsored by the Marcou Family.
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 8/1-8/3 @6:30pm Paraklisis Service
8/5 •10th Sunday of Matthew Orthros @8:45am & Divine Liturgy at 10am
Sunday 8/5 @7pm Great Vespers
When You Offer Something to God, He Multiplies ItAs Jesus went ashore He saw a great throng; and He had compassion on them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." They said to Him, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And He said, "Bring them here to Me." Then He ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish He looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. Then He made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds. Matthew 14:14-22 Good morning Prayer Team! I remember one of the first things I learned when I learned my multiplication tables was that any number multiplies times zero is zero. That's because you can't multiply nothing. However, when you take a number, there are ways to multiply it. When you take a substance, there are ways to multiply that substance. And when you add Christ to the mix, He can take anything and multiply it with His blessings.
In today's Gospel we hear one of the more well-known stories in the Bible, the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000 with five loaves and two fish. This must have been an amazing scene. First of all the Gospel tells us that there were 5,000 men besides women and children. So there may have been more than 10,000 people present. Second, these people listened to Jesus teach all day. He didn't have the benefit of a microphone, so they would have needed to be quiet in order to hear. I can't imagine talking to ten thousand people without a microphone. Any more than 30 people leads me to use a microphone. We know that the people listened all day, because when Jesus ended, the day was spent. So the patience and quietness of people listening for hours must have been amazing.
When the disciples asked Jesus to send the crowds away because there was no food, Jesus told them to give them something to eat. We are not told whether it was the disciples who had the loaves and the fish, or if they had received them from the crowd. In either case, five loaves and fish would not feed 12 hungry disciples, let alone 10,000 people. Even multiplying it by 12 would have been impressive. Imagine the mood when Jesus went to multiply the food - was there doubt and cynicism? What was the mood like? And how about after all had eaten and there were twelve baskets left over, more food than they had started with?
Imagine the emotions of the people who produced the loaves and the fish. Let's say that one disciple had a loaf of bread he packed at home in the morning. He was thinking that he would be hungry later and was being responsible for his sustenance. Imagine what he must have thought when the call went out for food. Perhaps he was mad, like "I brought this food and now I have to share it with those who didn't think ahead and bring their own food." I'm certain that he was scared - like "if I share this loaf, I will only get a few crumbs." But in the end he must have been trusting - "I will give the only food I have and trust that I won't go hungry." And he didn't - everyone had so much to eat and there was food left over.
The key to the miraculous feeding of the five thousand was that someone had to put forth something for Jesus to multiply. The scenario would have played out much different had no one given anything. The lesson here is that when we offer something to God, He multiplies it back to us. It may not be exactly what we offer that He offers back. If you offer $1,000 to charity, He doesn't give you necessarily $10,000 in return. It doesn't work like that. But when we offer sincerely and sacrificially, He rewards us with grace to complete what we lack. Someone offered bread and fish sacrificially. And Jesus multiplied it to make sure that the one who offered didn't go hungry because of what he offered and that many others benefitted from the offering as well.
There have been occasions when I have offered a sacrificial (and even reckless) amount of time or money and seen God's blessings come back to me almost instantaneously. When I go to summer camp, I offer all my time to this ministry - I sleep only a few hours a night. And yet God multiplies the hours I sleep so that even when I only sleep three or four, I have a clear head the next day to teach and to work properly. That, to me, is an example of God taking something little and multiplying it into something greater.
It takes a great deal of trust to offer something to God especially if it can potentially weaken our ability to eat or live. The key to giving, however, is realizing that we have nothing to give, merely we give back from what He first gave us. So when the cry came, "who has food to give?," if a person saw the bread as his own, he would not have stood up and shared. However, if a person sees everything good as coming from God, when the cry comes "who has something to give?," it is much easier to answer "I have something to give back."
Remember two things from the Gospel reading - we have nothing to give, only to give back. And when we give something to God, He can multiply what we give and do much good with it. When we offer nothing, we offer nothing for Him to multiply. We know that God can create out of nothing, so that wasn't the point of the miracle. We work in concert with God - that's what Christianity is all about. We give back. He multiplies. And people are fed with His Word. So, don't be afraid to offer sacrificially to others and to the church, whether you are offering time, or whether you are offering a generous donation. Because whatever you give back, He will revisit on you in some way, just as He did for people in that crowd who offered whatever little they had.
Life was laid in the sepulcher, and a seal was laid on the stone. And as if guarding a King in His sleep, so the soldiers guarded Christ; and Angels glorified Him as the immortal God. The women cried aloud, "The Lord has risen and granted the world great mercy." (First Kathismata, Sunday Orthros, Grave tone, Trans. by Fr. Seraphim Dedes)
Give back to God today. Do it sacrificially and joyfully. And He will multiply what you offer to others as well as back on yourself. +Fr. Stavros |
SUNDAY Coffee Hour is hosted by the Marcou Family
BAGELS are donated by ALPHA BAGELS on Route 10
Coffee Hour hosts: needed for Sundays in August / consider hosting in Memory of a Loved one or in Honor of a Special Occasion: Birthday, Anniversary, Name Day…
WED 8/1 @10am Knitting Group
THU 8/2 & 8/9 @7:45pm Pre-Marriage Counseling sessions
FRI 8/3 @ 10:30am Dormition Fast Study – Our Most Holy Theotokos
8/5 •10th Sunday of Matthew |Ι’Ματθαῖου
8/5 Coffee Hour (Lenten ) Hosts Melekos Family
8/10 @ 10:30am Dormition Fast Study – Our Most Holy Theotokos
8/11 @11am Baptism
8/12 •11th Sunday of Matthew |+ΙA’Ματθαῖου
8/12 Memorial Services for: +Sophie Demitrack
8/12 Coffee Hour (Lenten) Hosts Melekos Family
8/15 Wednesday Artoclasia and Luncheon
8/18 Baptism
8/19 •12th Sunday of Matthew |+ΙB’Ματθαῖου |
Memorial Services for: +Van Paftinos, +Eleutherios Colombaris
8/19 Coffee Hour Hosts: family of +Eleutherios in honor of his memory
8/19 @3pm Wedding of Constantinou & Georgiou
8/25 Faith Kitchen - Parish Council
8/26 •13th Sunday of Matthew | +ΙΓ’Ματθαῖου
8/26 Coffee Hour Hosts Open
Coffee Hour Hosts: 9/2 Philoptochos 9/9 PTA, 9/16 at Asbury Park, 9/23 DOP, 9/30 GOYA
9/2 •14thSunday of Matthew | +ΙΔ’Ματθαῖου
9/3 LABOR DAY
9/4 @7pm Religious Education Meeting
9/7 & 9/8 @9am-4pm Rummage Sale (accepting donations after August 15th)
9/9 •Sunday before Holy Cross| Προ της Υψώσεως
9/22 Faith Kitchen - Philoptochos
August 3rd and 10th, 2018 - 10:30am Sharp
How much do we really know about the Theotokos, especially after her Son and our Christ's Resurrection? What was her life like after that? Did she travel? What did she do? How do we honor her?
This study will explore some of these questions, particularly focusing on the Paraklesis or Small Supplicatory Canon which is chanted to her in our church most weekday evenings during the Dormition Lenten Period.
Please join us for the brief study honoring the Theotokos!
A Lenten lucheon will follow the study. Please bring a Lenten dish as you are able.
Everyone is welcome! Bring a friend!
Friday, Sept. 7, from 9am-4pm & Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9am-4pm
The St. Andrew Philoptochos is looking for items you no longer want or need. Don’t fill the landfills -- your trash may be someone else’s treasure! Electronics, small appliances and costume jewelry are popular items. We will accept any clean, unbroken, useful items (except tube TVs and baby/child car seats). You may begin dropping your items off at church on August 20. If you would like to volunteer to help during the month of August or it you have any questions about donating items, contact: Petra Knox petraknox@aol.com or call (973) 270-0396, or Eleni Constantinides, Maro Schuster, Marina Venizelos
Saturday Sept. 8th from 11am – 4pm (contact the office if you are able to help.. before during or after)
Help the Orthodox mission work in Kenya and Albania with focused outreaches to women and youth. Clergy wives and women lay leaders Teams to Albania (Sep 17-27) and Kenya (Nov 19-28) to offer encouragement, education and guidance to women in their roles to strengthen the church’s witness. Team opportunities in Kenya – Nairobi (Nov 28-Dec 8) and Kisumu (Nov 28-Dec 8) – to participate in the church’s outreach to youth and young adults. Participate in the unending work of Orthodox missions. Apply today to serve on an Orthodox Mission Team at www.ocmc.org
Summer Coffee Hour
It is our summer tradition that all coffee hour trays will benefit our Ministries. We all share the responsibility of bringing food. Please bring a cake, cookies, fruit, etc. to church with you from time to time to add to our coffee hour table. Or, arrange to host a coffee hour by contacting the church office. If we do not have someone host and/or sponsor the coffee hour, we will not be able have one on that particular Sunday. Thanking-you in advance for your participation this summer.
Are available on our web site https://sagocrnj.orthodoxws.com/ or upon request E-mail info@standrewgonj.org
E-Bulletin or call church (973)584-0388 or pick one up from the church office. Please sign up ASAP so we may plan accordingly
Classes will begin on Sunday, Sept. 9 (PTA Form Required)
Greek Language classes will begin on Thursday, Sept.13 (PTA Form Required)
Will start on Thursday, Sept.20 (PTA Form Required)
All families must complete the PTA Form with above registrations
Tuesdays at 7:00-9:00pm (Sept. 25– Dec. 4, $300)
On Wednesdays at 7:30-8:30pm (Sept. 26th-Dec. 5th $125)
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Please let the Church Office know! In today’s age of information privacy, churches are not notified when parishioners are admitted to hospitals, nursing homes or other care facilities. Both those facilities and your church depend on having the church notified by a friends or family member so pastoral care and outreach can be offered. The same goes for those homebound. If you or any of your loved ones are in any of these situations, please contact the Church Office at 973-584-0388 to request a visit from our priest Fr. John Theodosion or our new and wonderful Visitation Ministry. Also, if you are interested in helping reach out to fellow parishioners in those situations, please contact the office info@standrewgonj.org.
We have Pastitsio, Mousaka, Meatballs, Tiropitakia, Spanakopitaki, Spanakopita, Greek Pastries and other Bakaliko items for sale.
Call the office if interested - 973-584-0388
Amazon.com will donate 0.5% of your purchases to Saint Andrew
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Classes will begin on Sunday, September 9th, 2018 (PTA Form Required)
Membership and Volunteer Form Please complete PTA Form with all St Andrew School registrations (HAS, Sunday School, Greek Dance, GOYA, JOY)
Greek Language classes will begin on Thursday, September 13th (PTA Form Required)
GREEK DANCE Will start on Thursday, September 20th (PTA Form Required)
Greek Language classes for adults (HES) Tuesdays at 7:00-9:00pm (Sept. 25– Dec. 4 for $300) NEW GREEK DANCE FOR ADULTS Wednesdays at 7:30-8:30pm (Sept. 26-Dec. 5 for $125)
Will start on Thursday, September 20th
Thursdays in July at Horseshoe Lake
Our annual rummage sale is Friday, September 7 and Saturday, September 8. We will begin accepting donations on August 20.
To benefit St. Andrew Church Friday, Sept. 7, from 9am-4pm & Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9am-4pm
If you would like us to remember you or your loved one in our prayers, please contact the office. 973-584-03
Names will be kept on this list for approximately 3 months. Please resubmit Names if needed. Fr. John will pray for the Names above during the Proskomide “Offering of gifts” during the first part of the Divine Liturgy when our priest prepares the mystical gifts of bread and wine. Please keep these names in your prayers as well.
Kathy, John, Reggie, Yotta, Christopher, Asimina, Margarita, Ellen, Konstantinos, Despina, Margaret, Angeliki, Georgia, Theodore, Antonios, Maria, Kleo, Constantine, Paul, Christos, Vasilis, Maxine, Hanna, Eva, Nikoletta, Nicholas, Tina, Olga, Efthymia, Demetra, Christian, Stefanos, Paraskevi, George, Anastasia, Hristos, John, Christopher, George, Chris, Konstantinos, Aristea, Fr. Demetri, Prz Spyridoula, Eleni, Marcella, Demetri, Patrick, Fotini, William, Robert, Nicholas, Vasiliki, Konstantinos, Helen, Kelly, Susan, Christina, Angeliki, Brett Anthony, Vasiliki, Spyridoula, Mary, Effie, Marissa, Demetri, Kyriaki, Debbie, Sergio, Peggy, Maria, Panagiota, Reta, Antonis, Stephanie, John, George, Larry, Maria, Panayiotis, Athanasios, Richard, Thomas, Sharon, Theodore, John, Xenophon, Bruce, Pat, Anna, Stephania, Christopher, Megan, Laura,
Heavenly Father, physician of our souls and bodies, who have sent Your only-begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ to heal every sickness and infirmity, visit and heal (me) Your servant from all physical and spiritual ailments through the grace of Your Christ. Grant (me) patience in this sickness, strength of body and spirit, and recovery of health. Lord, You have taught us through Your word to pray for each other that we may be healed. I pray that You heal (me) as Your servant and grant (me) the gift of complete health. For You are the source of healing and to You I give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen
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Saint Callinicus was from Cilicia. Because he preached Christ and turned many pagans away from the idols, he was seized by Sacerdon the Governor, who subjected him to many tortures, then had him shod with shoes in which nails had been fixed upright, and compelled him to run to the city of Gangra, where he was burned alive in a furnace.
Concerning Saint Theodota, little is known except that she was a virgin who was horribly tormented and slain for her confession of Christ.
Ninth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:19-31
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you." When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe."
Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said: "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
Ninth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 20:19-31
Οὔσης ὀψίας τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων, καὶ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων ὅπου ἦσαν οἱ μαθηταὶ συνηγμένοι διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ. Ἐχάρησαν οὖν οἱ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες τὸν Κύριον. Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς πάλιν· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. Καθὼς ἀπέσταλκέ με ὁ πατήρ, κἀγὼ πέμπω ὑμᾶς. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐνεφύσησε καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Λάβετε Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον· ἄν τινων ἀφῆτε τὰς ἁμαρτίας, ἀφίενται αὐτοῖς, ἄν τινων κρατῆτε, κεκράτηνται.
Θωμᾶς δὲ εἷς ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα, ὁ λεγόμενος Δίδυμος, οὐκ ἦν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν ὅτε ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς. Ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄλλοι μαθηταί· Ἐωράκαμεν τὸν Κύριον. Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου εἰς τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὴν χεῖρά μου εἰς τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω. Καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέρας ὀκτὼ πάλιν ἦσαν ἔσω οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ Θωμᾶς μετ᾽ αὐτῶν. Ἔρχεται ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, καὶ ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον καὶ εἶπεν· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. Εἶτα λέγει τῷ Θωμᾷ· Φέρε τὸν δάκτυλόν σου ὧδε καὶ ἴδε τὰς χεῖράς μου, καὶ φέρε τὴν χεῖρά σου καὶ βάλε εἰς τὴν πλευράν μου, καὶ μὴ γίνου ἄπιστος, ἀλλὰ πιστός. Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Θωμᾶς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ὁ Κύριός μου καὶ ὁ Θεός μου. Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ὅτι ἑώρακάς με, πεπίστευκας· μακάριοι οἱ μὴ ἰδόντες καὶ πιστεύσαντες. Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐνώπιον τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, ἃ οὐκ ἔστι γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ· ταῦτα δὲ γέγραπται ἵνα πιστεύσητε ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἵνα πιστεύοντες ζωὴν ἔχητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ.
Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Mode. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.
The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 3:9-17.
Brethren, we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw - each man's work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are.
Προκείμενον. Plagal Fourth Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 75.11,1.
Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Γνωστὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μέγα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κορινθίους α' 3:9-17.
Ἀδελφοί, Θεοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν συνεργοί· θεοῦ γεώργιον, θεοῦ οἰκοδομή ἐστε. Κατὰ τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι, ὡς σοφὸς ἀρχιτέκτων θεμέλιον τέθεικα, ἄλλος δὲ ἐποικοδομεῖ. Ἕκαστος δὲ βλεπέτω πῶς ἐποικοδομεῖ. Θεμέλιον γὰρ ἄλλον οὐδεὶς δύναται θεῖναι παρὰ τὸν κείμενον, ὅς ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. Εἰ δέ τις ἐποικοδομεῖ ἐπὶ τὸν θεμέλιον τοῦτον χρυσόν, ἄργυρον, λίθους τιμίους, ξύλα, χόρτον, καλάμην, ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον φανερὸν γενήσεται· ἡ γὰρ ἡμέρα δηλώσει, ὅτι ἐν πυρὶ ἀποκαλύπτεται· καὶ ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον ὁποῖόν ἐστιν τὸ πῦρ δοκιμάσει. Εἴ τινος τὸ ἔργον μένει ὃ ἐποικοδόμησεν, μισθὸν λήψεται. Εἴ τινος τὸ ἔργον κατακαήσεται, ζημιωθήσεται· αὐτὸς δὲ σωθήσεται, οὕτως δὲ ὡς διὰ πυρός. Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ναὸς θεοῦ ἐστε, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν; Εἴ τις τὸν ναὸν τοῦ θεοῦ φθείρει, φθερεῖ τοῦτον ὁ θεός· ὁ γὰρ ναὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἅγιός ἐστιν, οἵτινές ἐστε ὑμεῖς.
9th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 14:22-34
At that time, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them, saying "Take heart, it is I; have no fear."
And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus; but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "O man of little faith, why did you doubt?" And when they entered the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.
9th Sunday of Matthew
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 14:22-34
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἠνάγκασεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς μαθητὰς ἐμβῆναι εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καὶ προάγειν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ πέραν, ἕως οὗ ἀπολύσῃ τοὺς ὄχλους. Καὶ ἀπολύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνέβη εἰς τὸ ὄρος κατ᾽ ἰδίαν προσεύξασθαι. ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης μόνος ἦν ἐκεῖ. Τὸ δὲ πλοῖον ἤδη σταδίους πολλοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἀπεῖχεν, βασανιζόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων, ἦν γὰρ ἐναντίος ὁ ἄνεμος. Τετάρτῃ δὲ φυλακῇ τῆς νυκτὸς ἦλθεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς περιπατῶν ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν. Οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν λέγοντες ὅτι Φάντασμά ἐστιν, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν. Εὐθὺς δὲ ἐλάλησεν [ὁ ᾽Ιησοῦς] αὐτοῖς λέγων, Θαρσεῖτε, ἐγώ εἰμι· μὴ φοβεῖσθε. Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν, Κύριε, εἰ σὺ εἶ, κέλευσόν με ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα· ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ᾽Ελθέ. καὶ καταβὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ πλοίου ὁ Πέτρος περιεπάτησεν ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα καὶ ἦλθεν πρὸς τὸν ᾽Ιησοῦν. Βλέπων δὲ τὸν ἄνεμον ἐφοβήθη, καὶ ἀρξάμενος καταποντίζεσθαι ἔκραξεν λέγων, Κύριε, σῶσόν με. Εὐθέως δὲ ὁ ᾽Ιησοῦς ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα ἐπελάβετο αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, ᾽Ολιγόπιστε, εἰς τί ἐδίστασας; καὶ ἀναβάντων αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἐκόπασεν ὁ ἄνεμος. Οἱ δὲ ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες, ᾽Αληθῶς Θεοῦ υἱὸς εἶ. Καὶ διαπεράσαντες ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν εἰς Γεννησαρέτ.