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Welcome to St. Paul Orthodox Church - Freehold, NJ

Mission Parish of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

We celebrate the diverse gifts that everyone brings and we are committed to making our church accessible so that everyone can participate fully in Holy Orthodox Church.

We are happy to welcome the new families that have moved to our area.

All are welcome!

Upcoming Church Schedule:

Sunday July 19th - Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council

Divine Liturgy 11:30AM

No Coffee Hour Today July 19th

Please pray for our Bishop and all of our Hierarchs!

Thank you all for helping to make our church and property beautiful. It's never looked better. May God Bless all of you.

Please continue to keep Al in your prayers for his continued recovery.

2026 STEWARDSHIP COMMITMENTS & PARISH DONATIONS

Greetings in Christ! We kindly ask that you participate in Parish Stewardship Commitment for 2026! Your Stewardship Commitment allows us to plan for and manage the Christ-centered ministries of our community. Please consider being a part of the support of our parish family by filling out a Stewardship Commitment Form attached to the bulletin or find the form online at www.spaoc.org. For questions, please see Albert Vira or Father Thomas.

Donations can be made via check, cash (in a stewardship envelope with your name on it), Paypal or Venmo, or use credit/debit card through givebutter.com. You can click or scan the link below.

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DIGITAL DONATIONS

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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.

Bulletin Inserts

ACRY Convention 2026

ACRY Convention Flyer

Diocesan-Wide Outreach Program To Benefit Zoe For Life

Please support Zoe for Life Outreach Program https://zoeforlife.org/zoe-house/

Preparation for Confession

The Mystery of Confession - from the Diocese of the South Orthodox Church of America

American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese Prayer Book

Diocesean Prayer Book for Orthodox Christians - ACROD

An Orthodox Prayer Book - Holy Mount Athos Greece

An Orthodox Prayer Book

An Orthodox Prayer Book - Ukrainian Toronto Canada

Prayer Book - Morning Prayers - Small Compline

SAINT PAUL STEWARDSHIP AND REGISTRATION FORM

We encourage all new and existing parishioners to complete the Saint Paul Stewardship Form

Diakonia Newsletter

Read the latest Diakonia Newsletter for this Sunday

https://bulletinbuilder.org/diakonia-newsletter/2026-07-19?source=bulletin_web

July 19, 2026

Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Sixth Tone

Angelic powers were before Your grave,* and the guards became like dead men:* Mary stood at the grave* seeking Your most pure Body.* You captured death, but were not tempted by it.* O Giver of life, You met the Virgin.* O Lord, You arose from the dead.* Glory to You.

Apolytikion for Sun. of the Holy Fathers in the Eighth Tone

O Christ our God You are above all praise, * You established our Fathers as lights to all the earth. * You led us to the true faith through them. * O Most Bountiful Lord, glory to You.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Sixth Tone. Psalm 31.11,1.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous.
Verse: Blessed are they whose transgressions have been forgiven.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15.

Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.

When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.

All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council
The Reading is from Matthew 5:14-19

The Lord said to his disciples, "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

Wisdom of the Fathers

The Lord says to His disciples, 'Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven' (Matt. 5:16). He does not say this to urge them to show off, but to urge them to organize their lives as is pleasing to God. Just as light effortlessly attracts people's gaze, so a way of life pleasing to God draws their minds along with their eyes. We do not praise the air which shares in the brilliance of the sunlight, but the sun which is the source of this brilliance and bestows it on us. Even if we do praise the air for its brightness, we praise the sun much more. So it is when someone makes the brilliance of the Sun of righteousness (Mal. 4:2) visible through his virtuous deeds. As soon as anyone looks at him, they are immediately led towards the glory of the Father in heaven of Christ, the Sun of righteousness.

St. Gregory Palamas

Homilies Vol. 1, Homily Ten para. 14; Saint Tikhon's Seminary Press pgs. 110-111, 14th century

Every work which does not have love as its beginning and root is nothing.

St. John Chrysostom

Unknown, 4th century

Saints and Feasts

July 19

Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council

On the Sunday that falls from the 13th to the 19th of the present month, we chant the Service to the 630 Holy and God-bearing Fathers who came together for the 4th Ecumenical Council who assembled in Chalcedon in 451, to condemn Eutyches, who taught that there was only one nature, the divine, in Christ after the Incarnation, and Dioscorus, Patriarch of Alexandria, who illegally received Eutyches back into communion and deposed Saint Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople, who had excommunicated Eutyches.

In the Slavic tradition, on this Sunday, the Fathers of the first six Ecumenical Councils are all commemorated.

July 19

Macrina the Righteous, sister of St. Basil

Saint Macrina, the elder sister of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, was sought after by many as a bride because of her beauty, wisdom, and illustrious birth, and in tender youth was espoused by her parents to a bridegroom of fitting nobility. When her betrothed died, Macrina refused any other suitors, and devoted herself to a life of virginity, asceticism, and prayer. When her brother Basil returned from a brilliant career in the best schools of Constantinople and Athens, puffed up with not a little youthful pride-for knowledge puffeth up-it was the ardent admonitions and holy example of his blessed sister that persuaded him to turn from seeking worldly glory to the service of God. Saint Macrina founded a convent, where she ended her earthly life in the year 379, and was buried by her brother Gregory, who wrote a moving account of her last days and his grief at seeing such a light pass out of the world.

July 19

Dius, Abbot of Antioch

Saint Dius, who was from Antioch in Syria, later came to Constantinople and established a monastery there, and wrought many wonders. He flourished in the time of Saint Theodosius the Great (379-395).

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ACRY Convention 2026

Diocesan-Wide Outreach Program To Benefit Zoe For Life

Preparation for Confession

American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese Prayer Book

An Orthodox Prayer Book - Holy Mount Athos Greece

An Orthodox Prayer Book - Ukrainian Toronto Canada

SAINT PAUL STEWARDSHIP AND REGISTRATION FORM

Diakonia Newsletter

Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Sixth Tone

Apolytikion for Sun. of the Holy Fathers in the Eighth Tone

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Gospel Reading

Wisdom of the Fathers

Saints and Feasts

Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council

Macrina the Righteous, sister of St. Basil

Dius, Abbot of Antioch