St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Las Vegas, NV
Orthros & Divine Liturgy - Mid Pentecost
Wed, May 10
|St. John the Baptist GOC
As Christ spoke at the midpoint of the Feast of Tabernacles, we have reached the midpoint of between Pascha and Pentecost, the Church has appointed this present feast as a bond between the two great feasts.


Time & Location
May 10, 2023, 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
St. John the Baptist GOC, 5300 El Camino Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89118, USA
About The Event
After the Saviour had miraculously healed the paralytic, the Jews, especially the Pharisees and Scribes, were moved with envy and persecuted Him, and sought to slay Him, using the excuse that He did not keep the Sabbath, since He worked miracles on that day. Jesus then departed to Galilee. About the middle of the Feast of Tabernacles, He went up again to the Temple and taught. The Jews, marvelling at the wisdom of His words, said, "How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?" But Christ first reproached their unbelief and lawlessness, then proved to them by the Law that they sought to slay Him unjustly, supposedly as a despiser of the Law, since He had healed the paralytic on the Sabbath. Therefore, since the things spoken by Christ in the middle of the Feast of Tabernacles are related to the Sunday of the Paralytic that is just passed, and…