Parish News

2021 Stewardship Status: we have 132 Pledges totaling $183,975 and $114,944 received to date. We also have 6 families who have contributed $3,050 to date but have not submitted a stewardship card. It is important that all families complete a stewardship card to be considered a steward.

*2021 Stewardship List*
* Contributed but have not submitted stewardship card				Report Date: May 4, 2021
1	Agrapides, Peter & Stella	65	Logothetis, Nikita & Sophia	129	Veneman, Ryan & Polyxeni-Tolis
2	Andreou, Anthony	66	Loukedis, Alexander & Jennifer	130	Vespa, Paul & Fay
3	Angelus, James&Elizabeth	67	Lutkus, Anthony & Vasiliki	131	Vlahakes, Louis & Anastasia
4	Archimedes, Alexander & Debbie	68	Manoussakis, Stamati & Sofia	132	Vlahakis, Dan
5	Argiropoulos, Anthony & Amy	69	Manteo, Michael & Gramatiki	133	Wolfe, Richard & Penelope
6	Balios, Efthimia	70	Mardakis, Arge	134	Wygera, Walter & Constance
7	Bongiovanni, Robert & Michele	71	Mariani, Anthony & Kristen	135	Ypsilantis, Peter & Antonia
8	Bozzo, Daniel&Maria	72	Markos, Peter & Elaine	136	Zajac, Pegi
9	Bulzacchelli, Thomas & Valerie	73	Martin, Stephen & Despina	137	Zanidakis, Theodore & Charlotte
10	Bunce, Daniel & Marianne	74	Mavrode, Michael & Demetra	138	Zannikos, Peter & Amy
11	Collett, Martin & Adriane	75	Mazza, Emily Connelly & Costa & Poulis, Renee	139
12	Costalas, Paul & Josephine	76	McElroy, Stephanie	140
13	Coutros, George & Lana	77	Millett, Matthew & Maria	141
14	Coutros, Peter *	78	Mulcahy, Dr. Wayne and Mary	142
15	Coutsouridis, John & Denise	79	Nelson, Stephanie	143
16	Demetriou, Dorothy&James	80	Paitakes, John&Linda	144
17	Diagelakis, Gerasimos & Kristen	81	Paliatsos, Mary	145
18	Diamantis, Ioannis & Gerasimoula	82	Panageas, Bill & Margaret	146
19	Disla, Mark & Anastasia Pappas	83	Panayote, William & Deborah	147
20	Diver, Sean & Joanne	84	Pelios, Georgia	148
21	Douvris, John & Aimee	85	Peppe, George & Demetra	149
22	Douvris, Katerina & Jorge Higueros	86	Petromelis, Christopher & Georgette	150
23	Fallon, Tom & Anna	87	Petromelis, Phyllis	151
24	Fearon, TJ & Colette	88	Procyk, Eugenia	152
25	Ferreira, Jorge & Angela	89	Rentoulis, Nikolaos	153
26	Gacos, Chris & Frances	90	Roupas, Daniel & Mary	154
27	Gatanis, Michael & Angela *	91	Rudy, George & Sofia	155
28	Georgeles, George & Maria	92	Sacalis, John	156
29	Giambrone, Charles J	93	Sakellos, Evan & Catherine	157
30	Gianakos, Michael & Dianne	94	Sakellos, George	158
31	Giannouris, John & Tracey	95	Sfondouris, John & Maria	159
32	Gianos, Irene	96	Shepardson, Lilyan	160
33	Gilman, Cliff & Karen *	97	Sideris, Leonidas & Elizabeth	161
34	Giotis, John & Karen	98	Soteropoulos, Dean & Elizabeth	162
35	Glynos, Peter & Cindy	99	Soteropoulos, Marisa	163
36	Grina, Peter & Diana	100	Staikos, George & Christi	164
37	Halkiadakis, John & Vassie	101	Staikos, Nicholas, Eirini Daskalakis	165
38	Hawes, Ashlynn	102	Stathopulos, Peter&Julan, Adriana	166
39	Hawes, Brian & Allison Faches	103	Stavrakis, Michael & Sophia	167
40	Hawes, Carrick	104	Stellakis, John & Eileen	168
41	Heinke, Michael & Simone	105	Stellakis, Stanley & Kathleen	169
42	Ibrahim, Robert&Doniki	106	Stieglitz, Alexander	170
43	Iliakostas, Vasilis & Konstantina	107	Stieglitz, Robert & Katerina	171
44	Iliopoulos, Christos & Anna	108	Stier, Benjamin & Eleftheria Tsatsos	172
45	Jaghab, Danny & Delmy	109	Sutton, David & Maria	173
46	Johnson, Bill	110	Tattoli, Larry & Maria	174
47	Johnson, Gloria	111	Tattoli, Mark	175
48	Kalamaras, Stella *	112	Tattoli, Steven	176
49	Kaldes, John & Zoi	113	Ticas, Alexia	177
50	Kamnitsis, Christopher	114	Ticas, Cesar&Areti	178
51	Kamnitsis, Constantine & Nancy	115	Toulatos, Polixenia	179
52	Kasimatis, Kosmas & Dimitra Bairaktaris *	116	Trumpy, Fred & Larisa	180
53	Kazantzis, Sava & Nancy	117	Tsentas, Constantine & Eugenia *	181
54	Kefalas, Carrie	118	Tsokas, Lorraine	182
55	Kehayes, Peter & Helen	119	Tsokas, Spyros	183
56	Kehayes, Stephen & Beth	120	Tzovolos, Demetri and Arete	184
57	Kika, John & Tina	121	Tzovolos, Olympia	185
58	Kizoulis, Menas & Antonia	122	Vaporakis, Efharis Karise	186
59	Kosoglou, Teddy and Roula	123	Vaporakis, John & Kim	187
60	Kousoulas, Constantine	124	Vaporakis, Kaliope	188
61	Kousoulas, Fr. Anastasios & Presv. Nektaria	125	Vaporakis, Mihail	189
62	Kousoulas, Panayiotis	126	Varas, Alexander Pericles	190
63	Kubu, James & Evangeline	127	Varas, Loukas Michael	191
64	Kypridakes, Michael & Asimina	128	Varas, Michael & Elaine

CHRISTOS ANESTI! CHRIST IS RISEN!

TODAY is the 1-Year Memorial for Anna Sacalis, beloved wife of Dr. Jack and mother of three daughters: Joy, Jill, and Christina. May her memory be eternal!

Save the Date: GREEK DINNERS TO GO! is back on Saturday, June 26!!! More info to follow about preordering the week or so prior.

GOYA will host an END-OF-YEAR PICNIC on Sunday, May 23 after church. All youth are asked to attend. Check your emails for more information.

Parish Fishing Trip this Summer! We are booking a charter for Sunday afternoon/ evening, August 1. We have about 30 people already interested. Still some room for others, but contact Fr. A as soon as possible if interested.

From Your Parish Council President

UPDATE - COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments

If you are a New Jersey resident 55+ or an individual of any age with a disability and in need of help scheduling yourselves for a Covid-19 vaccine, please register at www.wgirls.org/requestforhelp and someone will be in touch ASAP to pair you with a vetted volunteer. These are dedicated volunteers who have been able to help secure hundreds of appointments for those who are struggling with the tech-heavy process. As a reminder, NO volunteer will ever ask you for your Social Security Number or insurance details. Good luck!

- John S. Douvris, Parish Council President

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Saints and Feasts

May 23

Mary the Myrrhbearer & wife of Cleopas

May 23

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 23

Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada

This Saint was from Synnada in Phrygia of Asia Minor. In Constantinople he met Saint Theophylact (see Mar. 8); the holy Patriarch Tarasius, learning that Michael and Theophylact desired to become monks, sent them to a monastery on the Black Sea. Because of their great virtue, Saint Tarasius afterwards compelled them to accept consecration, Theophylact as Bishop of Nicomedia, and Michael as Bishop of his native Synnada. Because Saint Michael fearlessly confessed the veneration of the holy icons, he was banished by the Iconoclast Emperor Leo V the Armenian, who reigned from 813 to 820. After being driven from one place to another, in many hardships and bitter pains, Saint Michael died in exile.

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.

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.

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Third Mode

Let the heavens sing for joy, and let everything on earth be glad. * For with His Arm the Lord has worked power. * He trampled death under foot by means of death; * and He became the firstborn from the dead. * From the maw of Hades He delivered us; * and He granted the world His great mercy.

Apolytikion for St. Anna (Dec. 9) in the Fourth Mode

Today the bonds of childlessness are loosed; for God hearkened to Joachim and Anna. And though it was beyond hope, He clearly promised them that they should bear a divine child, from whom was born the Uncircumscribable One Himself Who became a mortal, and through an Angel commanded them to cry unto her: Rejoice, thou who art full of grace, the Lord is with thee."

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.

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."

St. John Chrysostom

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.

St. John Chrysostom

Homily 37 on John 5, 4th Century

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Saints and Feasts

Mary the Myrrhbearer & wife of Cleopas

Sunday of the Paralytic

Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Gospel Reading

Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal First Mode

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Third Mode

Apolytikion for St. Anna (Dec. 9) in the Fourth Mode

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Wisdom of the Fathers