May 15
Holy Trinity Church
Publish Date: 2022-05-15
Bulletin Contents
Holy Trinity Church
General Information
- Phone:
- (609) 653-8092
- Fax:
- (609) 653-0375
- Street Address:
- 7004 Ridge Ave
- Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
- Mailing Address:
- 7004 Ridge Ave
- Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Sunday Services: Orthros 8:15 am.
Divine Liturgy 9:30 am.
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2022-05-22
- Publish Date:
- 2022-05-08
- Publish Date:
- 2022-05-01
- Publish Date:
- 2022-04-24
- Publish Date:
- 2022-04-17
- Publish Date:
- 2022-04-10
Hymns of the Day
Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal First Mode
Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life.
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Third Mode
Let the Heavens rejoice; let earthly things be glad; for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm, He hath trampled upon death by death. The first-born of the dead hath He become. From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us, and hath granted great mercy to the world.
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode
Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen.
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Narthex Press
Saints and Feasts
May 15
Andrew the Hermit & Wonderworker
May 15
Sunday of the Paralytic
Close to the Sheep's Gate in Jerusalem, there was a pool, which was called the Sheep's Pool. It had round about it 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 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 way lying, tormented by his infirmity of thirty-eight years. When Christ beheld him, He asked him, "Wilt thou 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 thy 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.
May 15
Pachomius the Great
Saint Pachomius was born of pagan parents in the Upper Thebaid of Egypt. He was conscripted into the Roman army at an early age. While quartered with the other soldiers in the prison in Thebes, Pachomius was astonished at the kindness shown them by the local Christians, who relieved their distress by bringing them food and drink. Upon inquiring who they were, he believed in Christ and vowed that once delivered from the army, he would serve Him all the days of his life. Released from military service, about the year 313, he was baptized, and became a disciple of the hermit Palamon, under whose exacting guidance he increased in virtue and grace, and reached such a height of holiness that "because of the purity of his heart," says his biographer, "he was, as it were, seeing the invisible God as in a mirror." His renown spread far, and so many came to him to be his disciples that he founded nine monasteries in all, filled with many thousands of monks, to whom he gave a rule of life, which became the pattern for all communal monasticism after him. While Saint Anthony the Great is the father of hermits, Saint Pachomius is the founder of the cenobitic life in Egypt; because Pachomius had founded a way of monasticism accessible to so many, Anthony said that he "walks the way of the Apostles." Saint Pachomius fell asleep in the Lord before his contemporaries Anthony and Athanasius the Great, in the year 346. His name in Coptic, Pachom, means "eagle."
May 15
Achillius the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Larissa
Saint Achillius was one of the 318 God-bearing Fathers who were present at the First Ecumenical Council; after returning to Larissa he cast down many pagan temples, delivered many from the demons, and raised up churches to the glory of God. He reposed about the middle of the fourth century.
May 15
Placing of the Honorable Head of the Apostle Titus
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. Third Mode. Psalm 46.6,1.
Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.
The reading is from 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 Reading
Sunday of the Paralytic
The Reading is from John 5:1-15
At that time, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda 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 down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water; whoever stepped in first after the troubling of the water was healed of whatever disease he had. One man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 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 the pool when the water is troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your pallet, and walk." And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked.
Now that day was the sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured, "It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet." But he answered them, "The man who healed me said to me, 'Take up your pallet, and walk.' "They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your pallet, and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse befall you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.
Wisdom of the Fathers
In that case [Matt 9:2] there was remission of sins, (for He said, "Thy sins be forgiven thee,") but in this, warning and threats to strengthen the man for the future; "Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto you."
Homily 37 on John 1, 4th Century
Great is the profit of the divine Scriptures, and all-sufficient is the aid which comes from them ... For the divine oracles are a treasury of all manner of medicines, so that whether it be needful to quench pride, to lull desire to sleep, to tread under foot the love of money, ... from them one may find abundant resource.
Homily 37 on John 5, 4th Century
PARISH NEWS
PARISH NEWS
Celebrating our 40th Anniversary
Pangari Schedule: Maria Lianidis, Anthony Panetta & Kimberly Malaspina.
Greeter Schedule: George Booskos
Today's Coffee Hour will be hosted by Maria Marinakis in the Fellowship Hall. If you are hosting the coffee hour please make sure that all products are nut free. We have children with severe nut allergies. Thank you! Please call or email Faten Dib 609-226-2691 or fattouneh@hotmail.com today and offer to sign up for a Sunday to host the coffee hour!
GOYA Basketball - 2022-2023: Attention all parents and present and future GOYAns. If you are interested in participating in GOYA basketball for the 2022-2023 season, please contact Coach Anthony Panetta at 609-432-2413 (Boys) or Coach Tony Mertis at 609-501-5892 (Girls). Announcements on Summer practices will be made soon.
MAY CHURCH SERVICES
† May 18, Wednesday, Divine Liturgy 9:00 / 10:00 am., Mid-Pentecost (At neighboring parishes)
† May 21, Saturday, Divine Liturgy 9:00 / 10:00 am., Sts. Constantine & Helen (At neighboring parishes)
† May 30, Monday, Memorial Day, Cemetery Trisagia
· Greenwood Cemetery 9:00 am
· Laurel Memorial Cemetery 10:30 am.
CHURCH REMINDERS
Wearing masks is now optional in the church and throughout the community center.
Those who are feeling sick should stay at home.
We will continue to live-stream our church services.
UPCOMING EVENTS (see attached flyers)
May 16: Regional Clergy Laity Retreat
June 2-5: Annual Greek Festival
June 12: Pentecost
July 17-23: Camp Good Shepherd
November 13: SUV Raffle Drawing
RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION
Holy Communion is offered to those baptized Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves for the reception of the Sacrament by prayer and fasting. Blessed Bread is available for all our visitors at the very end of the Divine Liturgy. Our Sunday School students receive Holy Communion first and then we will approach from the center aisles, starting with the front pews, one pew at a time.
SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS
Sunday School is in person every Sunday! We look forward to seeing the children back in church!
TRINITY LEARNING CENTER
We are in great need of staff (18 years and older) for our summer camp program. Please contact the school at 609-653-9001.
We also are in need of a bus driver with a CDL and Air Brake Endorsement.
GREEK FESTIVAL- HELP NEEDED
Saturday, May 21st , 9am (3 hours), TLC parking lot, Load festival signs and put out around the township (we have trucks)
Saturday, May 28th, 9am (3 hours), TLC parking lot, Festival set up (cabinets, equipment, etc., everything out of the trailers)
Tuesday, May 31st and June 1st, day, and evenings! TLC parking lot, Festival setup
Festival - June 2-5
Monday, June 6th, clean up and inventory
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
There is a parish council meeting on Tuesday, May 17th at 6:00 pm.
MELINA GALIAS ORGAN DONOR REQUEST
Dear Holy Trinity Parishioners,
I am writing this letter on behalf of our beloved, Melina Galias, who is in need of a kidney transplant.
As many of you know, Melina graduated from high school last spring, was accepted into Drexel University, and had to defer her matriculation because she has been on dialysis since June 2021.
We are making a general appeal to all concerned people who would be willing to register with the VirtuaHealth Kidney Donor Program on behalf of Melina. A kidney donor needs to be older than 18 years of age and in good overall physical and mental health. Living donors are preferred, along with O and B blood types that can be positive or negative.
For more information pertaining to the registration process, please log onto virtua.org/KidneyDonation or call Jennie Roggio at 856-796-9376.
Over the years, Melina has been an active and enthusiastic member of our parish youth ministries, but now has had to forego many of her usual activities due to her health condition. While we are thankful for the dialysis treatments that she has been receiving, her doctors have indicated that a kidney transplant is what she really needs in order to enjoy a good quality of life. Please forward this message to all of your friends and relatives and encourage them to do the same.
On behalf of Melina and her family, I thank you for considering prayerfully this most important request.
In Christ,
Father George
PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS
Philoptochos will continue to sell Shop Rite Gift Cards. Please see attached flyer with information on how to purchase.
BIBLE STUDY
Bible Study continues on Tuesday, May 24th, via Zoom at 7:00 pm. A link will be sent prior to Bible Study
MEMORIALS
If you are planning a family memorial, please contact the church office far in advance of the date.
PARKING
Due to safety regulations, please do not park cars along the curb in front of the church and the community center during church services and other events. Thank you!