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THIS WEEK AT ST. PAUL’S TODAY’S SCRIPTURES TODAY: Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, Tone 4. EPISTLE: Brethren: my heart’s desire and prayer to God Prophet Ezekiel. Ven. Simeon of Emessa, Fool- for Israel is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness for-Christ, and his fellow ascetic, Ven. John. Ven. that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowl- Onuphry (Onuphrius) the Silent, and Ven. Onísim, edge. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not sub- Recluse, of the Kiev Caves. The “ARMATIA” Icon of mitted to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the Most-holy Theotokos. the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Greeters: Stafford/McAuley For Moses writes about the righteousness which is Hours: Heckman of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by Epistle: Failla them.” But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, Post-Comm: Hood “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ Coffee: Hayden (that is, to bring Christ down from above) or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from FATHER JOHN OUT OF TOWN TUE-FRI the dead). Diocese of the South Assembly, Jupiter, FL But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord THURSDAY, July 25: NO Coffee Chat Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one SATURDAY, July 27: Great Vespers, 5:00 pm believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession Confessions is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:1-10) SUNDAY, July 28: Divine Liturgy, 9:00 am; Sixth GOSPEL: At that time: When He had come to the other Sunday After Pentecost, Tone 5. Holy Apostles of the side, to the country of the Gergesenes, there met Him two Seventy and Deacons: Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, demon-possessed men, coming out of the tombs, exceed- and Parmenas. St. Pitirím, Bishop of Tambov. Ven. ingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way. And sud- Moses, Wonderworker, of the Kiev Caves. Martyr Ju- denly they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with You, lian of Dalmatia. Martyr Eustathius, of Apamea. Ven. Jesus, You Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?” Paul of Xeropotamou, founder of the Monastery of Now a good way off from them there was a herd of St. Paul on Mt. Athos. The Smolensk “HODIGITRIA” many swine feeding. So the demons begged Him, saying, (“THE GUIDE”) Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos “If You cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of (brought from Constantinople in 1046). Icon of the swine.” And He said to them, “Go.” So when they had come Mother of God “of Tenderness”. out, they went into the herd of swine. And suddenly the Greeters: Hayden/Geralt whole herd of swine ran violently down the steep place into Hours: Tesfay the sea, and perished in the water. Epistle: Gonzalez Then those who kept them fled; and they went away Post-Comm: H. Demko into the city and told everything, including what had Coffee: Potluck happened to the demon-possessed men. And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to depart from their region. St. Jacob of Alaska So He got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His (July 26) own city. (Matthew 8:28-9:1) ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE ORTHODOX CHURCH PO Box 12635 • 5400 Annie Oakley Drive • Las Vegas, NV • 89112-0635 702.898.4800 • www.lasvegasorthodox.com Weekly Bulletin for the Week of July 22-28, 2019 William (Sachanko) Joshua (Pcsolyar) PARISH RECTOR Sbdn Nicholas (Jarlson) Kimberly (Wolfgang) Very Rev. John J. Dresko Adrian (Geralt) 860.833.4921 mobile fatherjohn (at) lasvegasorthodox (dot) com St. Jacob Netsvetov, Evangelizer of the Peoples of Alaska (July 26) ANNOUNCEMENTS In 1841, Father Jacob encountered a group of women from his Father Away flock in Amlia who had fallen victim to certain demonic influ- Father John will be away Tuesday through Friday this week, ences and teachings. Blaming himself for the seduction and fall attending the Diocesan Assembly of the Diocese of the of his spiritual children by the evil one, he informed the leader South in Jupiter, Florida. Father serves as Interim Treasurer among them that he was going to pay them a visit. of OCCIF (Orthodox Church Capital Improvement Fund), and he will be representing OCCIF and presenting the Upon arriving, he found one of the women paralyzed, semi-con- scious and unable to speak. He ordered that she be removed to program to the diocesan delegates. another house apart, and on the next day when this was accom- Father will be available via cell if there is a pastoral plished, he lit the lampada before the icons of the beautiful cor- need or emergency arising during those days. A local re- ner, vested himself in his priestly epitrachilion (stole), sprinkled sponse will be coordinated if needed. holy water throughout the room, and began the first prayers of exorcism. He then left. International Dinner Looking ahead, it is time to plan for our annual Interna- During the night he was notified that the woman had begun to tional Dinner. We moved it from the spring to the fall this speak but incoherently. He came immediately to her and per- year because of the late Pascha. We will hold the dinner on formed a second exorcism. This time, she sprang out of her bed September 7, following Vespers and Litiya. Tickets will be and stood next to the saint, joined her prayer to his, and accom- panied them with prostrations. When the prayers were finished, $25.00 for adults and $5.00 for those under 16. Time for Father Jacob again sprinkled her with holy water and gave her cooks to line up and get ready. Pam Campbell and (when the precious cross to kiss. She regained full consciousness, a state she returns) Matushka Liz are coordinating. Pam will be of health and true reason—that is, even the false teachings of the distributing flyers to those past cooks and anyone inter- evil spirits had no more part in her. ested in cooking this year. More info to follow. But mark the date! Once in November of 1845, Father Jacob was preaching in the village of Kalskag, where the local chief was also the head sha- Coffee Hour man. He spoke for all of the villagers and resisted the Word of We need volunteers to sign up to host coffee hour. There is God forcefully. But the saint, calm and full of the Holy Spirit, a new sign-up list available for the new Church Year in Sep- continued to sow the seeds of right belief and piety. After many hours, the chief fell silent and finally came to believe. The villag- tember. Please see the list posted in the church hall. ers, in solidarity with their leader, also joyously expressed their belief in the Triune God and sought Holy Baptism. (oca.org) Bookstore We are in need of someone to help manage the bookstore. You have to be willing to be present regularly after liturgy, DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS become familiar with vendors, keep a small inventory, and know where to order special items. Possession of, and July 22: Romans 16:17-24 Matthew 13:10-23 ability to use, a smartphone is very important (for credit July 23: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Matthew 13:24-30 charges). If you can help, please see Father John. July 24: 1 Corinthians 2:9-3:8 Matthew 13:31-36 July 25: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23 Matthew 13:36-43 July 26: 1 Corinthians 4:5-8 Matthew 13:44-54 REMEMBER, O LORD...those in need of prayer July 27: Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 9:18-26 Archpriest Paul (Lazor) Iuliana (Hatch) Archpriest Steven (Belonick) Ioan (Ianchis) STEWARDSHIP 2019 Christine (Sechrist) Daniel (Geralt) James (Hutchings) Ann (Procho) Stewardship 7/14: $ 3,513.66 Peter (Jolevski) Agnes (Rentz) Total Income 7/14: $ 3,720.66 Marteen (Moore) Nora (Burnham) Michelle (Chong) Alla (Jascolt) Weekly income needed: $ 3,775.00 Sophie & Natasha (Zonitch) Kathryn (Kessler) 2019 INC GOAL (28 wks): $ 105,700.00 Anita (Maresca) Alexander (Flansburg) 2019 INC ACTUAL: $ 106,539.98 David (Poe) Margaret (Wagner) Percentage of Budgeted Income: 100.8%.