Sunday
Hours: 9:00 AM
Divine Liturgy: 9:30 AM
Confessions Prior to all Divine Liturgies
Welcome to St. Paul the Apostle Orthodox Church - Freehold, NJ
Mission Parish of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Sunday before the Holy Cross
Upcoming Church Schedule:
Sunday September 7, 2025
The Hours - 9:00AM
Divine Liturgy - 9:30AM
Saint John of Kronstadt said so eloquently :
"The Cross is the icon of the crucified Christ, the Son of God. That is why also its sign and even its shadow alone causes terror to the demons, because it is the sign of Christ, because it is the protection of the Crucified. For this it is enough for someone to dip the Cross into the water, to sanctify it. After this the water becomes therapeutic and expels demons."
For the continued healing of Susie Vira.
Upcoming Surgery of Ben Illies
Please remember to pray for the Seminarians of our Diocese who are beginning a new school year at Christ the Saviour Seminary in Johnstown PA!
Please keep in your minds and hearts our parishioners, family, and friends in need of our prayers. May God grant them peace, health and happiness for many blessed years!
Please pray for Catechumens and inquirers, for those preparing for Marriage, for Expecting Mothers, Seminarians, and for those serving in the Armed Forces and Civil Authorities.
Please pray for Jacob Cochran, son of Father David and Pani Andrea.
Please pray for the healing of Rebecca (Becky) Ream, daughter of Pani Anna Marie Slovesko (and of Fr. Michael Slovesko of blessed memory).
Parish News:
Date September 28, 2025 for a special Community Outreach Parish Event. We invite all of our parishioners to join us as we participate in a WALK FOR LIFE which will benefit ZOE FOR LIFE, a Christian Orthodox Program serving mothers in crisis pregnancies who CHOOSE LIFE for their pre-born children.
Stay tuned for more information about this event!
The Fall Young Adult Retreat will take place from Friday, October 17- Sunday, October 19th, 2025 at Camp Nazareth, Mercer, PA. The Fall Retreat is sponsored by American Carpatho-Russian
Orthodox Diocese, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh Y2M, The OCA Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church USA. It is open to ages 18-35.
Our guest speaker will be Very Rev. Dr. Nicholas Ferencz will speak about “To Believe or Not to Believe, that is the Question.” Along with some outdoor activities, fellowship and worship.
The Retreat will begin with the arrival and registration on Friday, Octboer 17 th at 7:00pm and will conclude on Sunday, October 19th at Noon following the Divine Liturgy at 9:00am and Brunch following. Please see bulletin insert for further details.
FOR FURTHER THOUGHT:
Zoe for Life is a Christian Orthodox Community Outreach program that serves local mothers who need assistance and want to choose life for their unborn babies.
Zoe for Life depends fully on donations and help from the public. This program is sucessfully helping mothers everyday by providing supplies, emotional support, doctor and medical care, and shelter for young mothers who need help as they choose LIFE for thier babies.
Pray for the unborn!
O Holy Theotokos, pray for us!
Please support our diocesan seminary bookstore:
If you have any religious items to purchase such as icons, jewlery, books, and various Orthodox decor, please visit: www.orthodoxgoods.com
Also, please continue to pray for vocations:
O Lord, the High Priest of God's people, You have shown us that it is Your will that men be called to the service of Your Holy Church. From the ranks of fishermen, You called Andrew and Peter and James and John, and made them and their successors in every age to be the "fishers of men." We, your people in this age, call upon Your great love to inspire for our churches, young men to be Your future priests. Touch their lives with Your Holy Spirit; give them the courage to answer Your call and the strength to work all the days of their life for Your service. Continue to shower upon our Diocesan Seminary Your choicest blessings and make us aware of her needs so that it may continue to be a place where the souls of those called to Your service may be trained and prepared to teach and preach, to pray and labor, to forgive and heal - to care in every way as priests of Your fold, O Good Shepherd. You told us with Your precious lips, "Without me, you can do nothing." As we call upon Your Name for more vocations, O Great High Priest, hear us and have mercy.
2025 Stewardship and Census Form
2025 Young Adult Fall Retreat
Walk for Life Flyer
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Prokeimenon. Sixth Tone. Psalm 27.9,1.
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Verse: To you, O Lord, I have cried, O my God.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18.
Brethren, see with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God. Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.
Sunday before Holy Cross
The Reading is from John 3:13-17
The Lord said, "No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him."
This holy Martyr was a shepherd in Lycaonia. Born a pagan, named Tarasius, he received holy Baptism and was renamed Sozon. Filled with zeal for the truth, he taught his countrymen to desist from the worship of idols. Once he entered the temple of Artemis in Pompeiopolis of Cilicia, cut off the golden hand of the idol, and breaking it in pieces, distributed it among the poor. When he saw that many were being unjustly punished for the theft, of his own accord he gave himself up to Maximian the Governor. He was beaten with rods until his bones were broken. According to some, he suffered martyrdom in 288; according to others, in 304.