Schedule of Services and Events: Sunday, May 7, 2017-Sunday of the Paralytic

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1 Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese Ecumenical Patriarchate Ten Thousand State Road North Royalton, OH Parish Website: Diocesan Website: Rev. Fr. Nicholas Mihaly Rectory: (440) Cell: (203) Sunday, May 7, 2017-Sunday of the Paralytic Schedule of Services and Events: Sunday, May 7; 10:00 AM-Divine Liturgy Monday, May 8; 7:00 PM-Adult Catechism Class Wednesday, May 10; 10:00 AM-Mid-Pentecost Divine Liturgy Sunday, May 14; 10:00 AM-Divine Liturgy Two of our Diocesan Priests passed away this weekend. Fr. Ronald Hazuda, the Pastor Emeritus of our deanery parish of St. Nicholas in Erie, PA fell asleep following his long battle with cancer on Friday morning. Funeral arrangements for Fr. Ronald are as follows: Wed., May 10 th Viewing will take place at St. Nicholas Church, 1115 East Avenue in Erie from 2-4 PM and 6-8 PM. The Priest s Parastas will be sung at 7 PM. Thu., May 11 th Funeral Liturgy at 11 AM

2 Also, Fr. William George, of our Diocesan Parish of Sts. Peter & Paul in Rockaway, NJ passed away late Friday night after a car accident Friday morning. Fr. William was a seminary classmate of Fr. Nick s and a permanent fixture at Camp Nazareth, the Young Women s Encounter, and many other Diocesan Functions. Funeral arrangements for Fr. William are: Thurs., May 11th Priest s Parastas at 7 PM. Fri., May 12th 10 AM Funeral Liturgy Both services will be held at Sts. Peter & Paul in Rockaway, NJ May our Lord grant rest to Fr. Ronald and Fr. William and peace to their families and friends! May their memories be eternal, Christ is Risen! Upcoming Events May 20-Camp Nazareth Alumni Day June 9-11-Camp Nazareth Family Camp June Diocesan Altar Boy Retreat June Young Women s Encounter July Camp Nazareth Fr. Nick will be out of town for the funeral of Fr. William George Thursday through Friday. If there are any emergencies, please call Fr. John Nakonachny at (440) Our Diocese is pleased to announce its fifth annual Family Camp at Camp Nazareth this year in conjunction with Family Day. The event is exactly what it sounds like. Families camping together in the Camp cabins and participating in a weekend of services, games, discussions, activities and challenges that are all designed to help families deepen their relationship with God and with one another. Family Camp is scheduled for Friday, June 9 Sunday, June 11, 2017.

3 Don t miss out on this opportunity for you and your family. Space is limited to the first 10 families, so register soon. Register online at campnazareth.org. Registration closes after Friday, June 2. Visit campnazareth.org for more information. Prayer List Living Pani Donna (Smoley) Thomas (Royko) Kathryn (Royko) Fr. James (Gleason) Myra (Fabian) Ethel (Rusyniak) Fr. John (Zboyovski) Angela (Hubiak) Emerson (Sirilla) Eileen (Bunevich) Fr. George (Havrila) Fr. George (Hutnyan) Tiana (Hosta) Virginia (Shymske) Jakob (Hwang) Matushka Katherine (Jula) Jane Pani Amy (George) Departed Virgilia (Nicula) Peter (Tatsis) Infant Nazareth (Mihaly) Fr. Paul (Herbert) Marion (Fallon) Pani Martha (Zeleniak) George (Smisko) Jack (Cochran) Helen (Spanovich) Brandy Anthony Thomas (Krafick) Fr. William (George) Fr. Ronald (Hazuda) Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. James 5:16 If you have someone you would like to be added to the prayer list, please see Fr. Nick Birthdays & Anniversaries May 16 Fr. David and Pani Donna Smoley- Anniversary

4 To Ponder With His one word alone, the Lord healed an invalid who had lain for 38 years near a healing pool, hoping to be made well, but vainly. And raising him up from his sick bed, He cautioned him respecting the future: Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee (St. John 5:14). With these portentous words, the Lord indicated that the cause of the unfortunate man s fearful infirmities lay in the sins who had previously committed. In addition, he warned that sin inevitable brings with it not only such dire disease as paralysis, but even more dreadful ills. Sin no more! it is the words of Christ s warning that should be the principle, founding motto, of our human existence. He who forgets this great God-given truth will have vainly wasted his efforts in making his own life as well as the lives of other people peaceful, joyous, prosperous, and happy. He who loves sinning will inevitable sooner or later fall prey to the oppressive affliction of the spiritual and physical feebleness. The sufferings of body and of soul will be his lot, and in the life hereafter everlasting, unremitting torment. Is it not in this position of the inform man, lying helplessly by the Sheep s Gate pool, that all mankind finds itself today, madly rejecting Christ the Savior, refusing to acknowledge the existence of sin as such, and seeking various paths of life and salvation other than those which Christ, Our Lord, point out to us? Sin reigns ruthlessly among the people of today, smiting both the body and soul with its death-wielding venom. And for so long as sin maintains its dominion, there can be no liberation or deliverance from the world from all the evils that best it, and it is even meaningless to talk of its prosperity and preservation. It would seem that experience in life should long since have made this clear and comprehensible to everyone, but Alas! engulfed in the depths of sinful life, led about by diabolical pride and culpable self-love, self-confident people, who put their trust in themselves alone, easily forget the lessons which life itself teaches them, and no matter how many blows they receive in the course of their existence, whereby the Lord Himself instructs them, nevertheless it is frequent among them that, as God s Word instructs us, according to the true proverb, the dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire (II Peter 2:22).

5 According to Church tradition, that is exactly what happened to the invalid upon whom the Lord had shed His bounty. He did not heed the warning, Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. The lesson for the fourth week after Pascha, the week of the invalid, says that this infirm man, so wondrously healed by the Lord, was the very man who struck Our Lord Jesus Christ upon the cheek during the trial before the High Priest (St. John 18:22), for which he obtained a trial worse than the weakening of limbs that eternal fire, not for eight and thirty years alone, but unto time everlasting, should torment him. You see to what extreme can come to those who do not remember the mercy and generosity of God. Pride and sinful self-esteem can lead the person who is unmindful of himself to the state of a madman, acting rashly, and doom him forever! The desire to ingratiate someone, to gain someone s favor, attention, and thereby some personal reward, frequently drives those who become infatuated with their sinful selves to such truly insane deeds that trail in their wake the most frightening and incorrigible consequences! Archbishop Averky,

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7 Attached is a summary of a recent study done by the Assembly of Bishops on Evangelization and Outreach. Where does our Parish fit in? The full study can be found at:

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