Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake Sunday, May 19, 2019 Sunday of the Paralytic Κυριακή Δ τοῦ Παραλύτου

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1 Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake Sunday, May 19, 2019 Sunday of the Paralytic Κυριακή Δ τοῦ Παραλύτου V. Rev. Archimandrite George Nikas, Cathedral Dean Cell: Rev. Protopresbyter Mario Giannopoulos, Parish Priest Cell: Rev. Protopresbyter George Politis (retired) CATHEDRAL OFFICE HOURS: Monday Friday 9AM 5PM Holy Trinity Cathedral: 279 S. 300 W. SLC, UT 84101, Prophet Elias Church: 5335 Highland Dr. Holladay, UT 84117,

2 Epistle Reading 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. Epistle Reading Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων 9:32-42 Ἐν ταῖς ἡμεραῖς ἐκείναις, ἐγένετο Πέτρον διερχόμενον διὰ πάντων κατελθεῖν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἁγίους τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Λύδδαν. Εὗρεν δὲ ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπόν τινα Αἰνέαν ὀνόματι, ἐξ ἐτῶν ὀκτὼ κατακείμενον ἐπὶ κραββάτῳ, ὃς ἦν παραλελυμένος. Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος, Αἰνέα, ἰᾶταί σε Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστός ἀνάστηθι καὶ στρῶσον σεαυτῷ. Καὶ εὐθέως ἀνέστη. Καὶ εἶδον αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες Λύδδαν καὶ τὸν Ἀσσάρωνα, οἵτινες ἐπέστρεψαν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον. Ἐν Ἰόππῃ δέ τις ἦν μαθήτρια ὀνόματι Ταβηθά, ἣ διερμηνευομένη λέγεται Δορκάς αὕτη ἦν πλήρης ἀγαθῶν ἔργων καὶ ἐλεημοσυνῶν ὧν ἐποίει. Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἀσθενήσασαν αὐτὴν ἀποθανεῖν λούσαντες δὲ αὐτὴν ἔθηκαν ἐν ὑπερῴῳ. Ἐγγὺς δὲ οὔσης Λύδδης τῇ Ἰόππῃ, οἱ μαθηταὶ ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Πέτρος ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῇ, ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτόν, παρακαλοῦντες μὴ ὀκνῆσαι διελθεῖν ἕως αὐτῶν. Ἀναστὰς δὲ Πέτρος συνῆλθεν αὐτοῖς ὃν παραγενόμενον ἀνήγαγον εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον, καὶ παρέστησαν αὐτῷ πᾶσαι αἱ χῆραι κλαίουσαι καὶ ἐπιδεικνύμεναι χιτῶνας καὶ ἱμάτια ὅσα ἐποίει μετʼ αὐτῶν οὖσα ἡ Δορκάς. Ἐκβαλὼν δὲ ἔξω πάντας ὁ Πέτρος θεὶς τὰ γόνατα προσηύξατο καὶ ἐπιστρέψας πρὸς τὸ σῶμα, εἶπεν, Ταβηθά, ἀνάστηθι. Ἡ δὲ ἤνοιξεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῆς καὶ ἰδοῦσα τὸν Πέτρον, ἀνεκάθισεν. Δοὺς δὲ αὐτῇ χεῖρα, ἀνέστησεν αὐτήν φωνήσας δὲ τοὺς ἁγίους καὶ τὰς χήρας, παρέστησεν αὐτὴν ζῶσαν. Γνωστὸν δὲ ἐγένετο καθʼ ὅλης τῆς Ἰόππης, καὶ πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον.

3 Gospel Reading The Gospel According to 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 step 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.

4 Gospel Reading Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 5:1-15 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἀνέβη ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα. Ἔστι δὲ ἐν τοῖς Ιεροσολύμοις ἐπὶ τῇ προβατικῇ κολυμβήθρα, ἡ ἐπιλεγομένη Ἑβραϊστὶ Βηθεσδά, πέντε στοὰς ἔχουσα. ἐν ταύταις κατέκειτο πλῆθος πολὺ τῶν ἀσθενούντων, τυφλῶν, χωλῶν, ξηρῶν, ἐκδεχομένων τὴν τοῦ ὕδατος κίνησιν. ἄγγελος γὰρ κατὰ καιρὸν κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ κολυμβήθρᾳ, καὶ ἐταράσσετο τὸ ὕδωρ ὁ οὖν πρῶτος ἐμβὰς μετὰ τὴν ταραχὴν τοῦ ὕδατος ὑγιὴς ἐγίνετο ᾧ δήποτε κατείχετο νοσήματι. ἦν δέ τις ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖ τριάκοντα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη ἔχων ἐν τῇ ἀσθενείᾳ αὐτοῦ. τοῦτον ἰδὼν ὁ Ιησοῦς κατακείμενον, καὶ γνοὺς ὅτι πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον ἔχει, λέγει αὐτῷ θέλεις ὑγιὴς γενέσθαι; ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ ἀσθενῶν Κύριε, ἄνθρωπον οὐκ ἔχω, ἵνα ὅταν ταραχθῇ τὸ ὕδωρ, βάλῃ με εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν ἐν ᾧ δὲ ἔρχομαι ἐγώ, ἄλλος πρὸ ἐμοῦ καταβαίνει. λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ιησοῦς ἔγειρε, ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει. καὶ εὐθέως ἐγένετο ὑγιὴς ὁ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἦρε τὸν κράβαττον αὐτοῦ καὶ περιεπάτει. ἦν δὲ σάββατον ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ. ἔλεγον οὖν οἱ Ιουδαῖοι τῷ τεθεραπευμένῳ σάββατόν ἐστιν οὐκ ἔξεστί σοι ἆραι τὸν κράβαττον. ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ ποιήσας με ὑγιῆ, ἐκεῖνός μοι εἶπεν ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει. ἠρώτησαν οὖν αὐτόν τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ εἰπών σοι, ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει; ὁ δὲ ἰαθεὶς οὐκ ᾔδει τίς ἐστιν ὁ γὰρ Ιησοῦς ἐξένευσεν ὄχλου ὄντος ἐν τῷ τόπῳ. μετὰ ταῦτα εὑρίσκει αὐτὸν ὁ Ιησοῦς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἴδε ὑγιὴς γέγονας μηκέτι ἁμάρτανε, ἵνα μὴ χεῖρόν σοί τι γένηται. ἀπῆλθεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἀνήγγειλε τοῖς Ιουδαίοις ὅτι Ιησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὸν ὑγιῆ.

5 Upcoming Services Tuesday Saints Constantine & Helen May 21st Orthros 9:00am followed by Divine Liturgy Wednesday Mid-Pentecost May 22nd Orthros 9:00am followed by Divine Liturgy Prophet Elias Holy Trinity FRIENDLY REMINDER Church Services will be held at Holy Trinity ONLY on Sunday, May 26th (Memorial Day Weekend) Sunday, May 26th (Memorial Day Weekend) Memorial Day Trisagion Services at Mt. Olivet Cemetery Fr. George will be at the cemetery starting at 9:00 am on Monday, May 27th. Please be patient with him. Trisagia will be celebrated on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE basis. MEMORIALS May 19th Ellie Paulos 40 days Prophet Elias Akreve Varellas 1 year Prophet Elias Paulos Kambalados Prophet Elias Francis Webb 2 years Holy Trinity Effie Carr 2 years Holy Trinity Katherine Webb 10 years Holy Trinity Pontian Genocide 100 years Holy Trinity May 26th Chris Tzakis 3 months Holy Trinity Prayer List Connie, Evridiki, Thanos, Nicole, Theodore, Peter, Bronson, John, Sandra, Addie, Elly, Quentin, Karen, Mary, Pete, Dessie, Helen, Johnny, Steve and Marianne, Stan, Lynn, Mary K. Angelina, Costidina, Athena, Stella, Luke D. and Tami

6 YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT MINISTRIES Sunday School Update TODAY, May 19 th Last Day of Sunday School Yearbooks & Certificates distributed. Any questions, please call: Paul at , Elenie at or Denise at Thank you! OPA CAMP 2019 June :00 am to 3:00 pm Ages pre-school up to 14 years old Prophet Elias GOC More information to come! VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL 2019 Put on your capes and masks and come learn about the Super Heroes of the Bible! July at Prophet Elias GOC 8:30 am to 12:30 pm (lunch provided) Kindergarten thru the 6th grade $25.00 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Contact Staci for more information *Please note that we are happy to coordinate with St. Sophia School s summer camp and safely deliver children to the afternoon camp sessions. If you need all day care they offer an afternoon camp for kids ages 3-10 from 12:30-3:30pm with extended care until 6:00 pm. Visit for more information.

7 SPRING 2019 PARISH ASSEMBLY TODAY, Sunday, May 19 th 1:00 pm Prophet Elias Church Please come and be informed of the extremely important events taking place in our community! Kali Parea Kali Parea will have their last get together until October on Thursday, May 23 at Prophet Elias from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Let s finish the season with a bang. Come join in some fun, food, and Parea! Hellenic Cultural Association The Hellenic Cultural Association is again sponsoring a Memorial for our deceased family and friends on Sunday, May 26th 2019, at Holy Trinity Cathedral. Taps will be played and a wreath, sponsored by community fraternal organizations, will be presented. A continental breakfast will be served immediately afterward in the Memorial Hall. CARETAKER NEEDED An elderly woman is in need of a full time caretaker. Light cooking. Meals and sleeping facilities are provided. Compensation of $1,500 a month. Please call Companion at Home Companion sought daytime and/or overnight for an elderly woman in her home to assist with personal care and light meal preparation. Livein accommodations are possible. For more information, please contact: Greg at , Evelyn at or Nick at

8 Ted and Katy Scholarship Recipients Congratulations to the following for receiving the Ted and Katy Speros Scholarship for 2019: $1, Alexandra Yengich $1, John Kapos $1, Jon Pezely Χριστός Ανέστη! The Young at Heart will have their luncheon on Thursday June 13th at noon in the Memorial Hall. Schools out, bring the grandkids, kids bring Yiayia & Papou. See you there!

9 2019 Greek Orthodox Sports League G.S.L. Basketball Camp Featuring coach Gerard Gallegos And the G.S.L. Basketball Staff The G.S.L staff is looking forward to another exciting year of basketball camp. Our camp is designed to provide players with outstanding instruction, teamwork, sportsmanship and fun. We hope that you will join us this summer Greek Orthodox Sports League Basketball Camp The G.S.L staff is looking forward to another exciting year for our annual Sports League Basketball Camp. Our camp is designed to provide players with outstanding instruction, teamwork, sportsmanship, and fun. We hope that you will join us this summer. Registration forms are available on the Church web site at gocslc.org. CAMP DETAILS June 24 th 27 th 2019 AM Session (boys and girls 3rd - 6th grade) 9:00am 12:00pm (Doors open at 8:00am) *finishing 2nd going into 3rd grade. PM Session (boys and girls 7th - 12th grade) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Location: Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Multipurpose Center at 5335 South Highland Drive Holladay, Utah Cost: $75.00 Checks payable to: Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake If you would like to attend our Basketball Camp and are unable to, due to financial restraints, sponsorships are available on an as needs basis to have the pleasure of experiencing the GSL Basketball Camp. Please contact Fr. George at or Fr. Mario at Volunteers needed: GSL is looking for volunteers to help with our youth Basketball Camp that will be held June 24 th 27 th Two shifts daily 9:00am-12:00 pm or 1:00 pm-4:00pm. Must be 14 years of age or older. If interested, please contact Gerard Gallegos at or gerard100@comcast.net. Camp Features: Camp T-Shirt and Camp Basketball, Individual and team shooting contests Individual and group skill work during Basketball Workout Full and half court games, Autograph session and Awards

10 JENNY PAPPAS SKEDROS MEMORIAL A Taste of Greece Fund Raiser Pentecost Sunday, June 16, :00 pm Holy Trinity Cathedral Memorial Hall Come and celebrate the 14 th Annual Taste of Greece Holy Trinity Name Day on Father s Day Adults $40.00 Children 12 and under $10.00 Children 5 and under-free All proceeds will be used for the betterment of our community Raffle Tickets-$10.00 Donations are welcomed

11 Prayers for Theodore Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 Please join us as we pray for Baby Theodore, son of Joel and Nicole Varanakis Huff, as he continues to travel the path to recovery and good health. Theodore has shown admirable courage and perseverance each and every day. Beautiful reclaimed wood crosses have been created in Theodore s honor to nurture continued prayers as he bravely pursues his journey to vitality and wellness. Crosses will be available Today, Sunday, May 19th at Prophet Elias. Donations are appreciated and will benefit Baby Theodore and his family. #theostrong or #100daysold CPR Class AHEPA and DOP are sponsoring a CPR class on Wednesday, June 5. The location will be the Prophet Elias little gym in the carpeted area. This will not be a certified class but a Push to Survive class and will include training in AED (automated external defibrillator). The training will be given by the Unified Fire Authority. The class will be from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. It s open to 50 people only. To register or if you have questions please call or Chris Floor: cfloor7456@msn.com Deadline to register is May 31. Cost is Free to anyone. Bring your spouse, children, friends, babysitter, caregiver or anyone that wants to save a life!

12 PAN ARCADIAN DINNER MEETING Tuesday, May 21, :00 pm The Other Place Restaurant FESTIVAL PREP TIME! It's Dolmathes rolling time! Come show us how you ROLL! Thursday, June 6th, 1:30 pm to 6:00 pm - prep Friday, June 7th, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm - full production Saturday, June 8th, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm - full production We need as many volunteers as possible and everyone is welcome! You don t need to stay all day, even a few hours are a big help! Looking forward to another successful Festival! For more information, please call Xanthi Athousakis or Kathy Paras Thank You!