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St. Tabitha Dinner
Following Great Vespers on October 21st, the youth are planning a special Saint Tabitha Dinner. This event will commemorate St Tabitha of Joppa, about whom we read in the 9th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles and who was full of good works and charitable deeds.
We're naming the event for St Tabitha remembering her worthy Christian life as a model, and we've invited a select group of people: the single women of our parish! For our honored guests we've planned delicious food, a memorable musical program, and a relaxing evening! Please RSVP with Janet Roseland to attend.
About St. Tabitha
The Prologue of Ohrid has this to say about St. Tabitha:
St. Tabitha (which means "gazelle") was a disciple of the apostles and lived in Joppa. She was full of good works and alms deeds (Acts 9:36), but suddenly became weak and died. The Apostle Peter was then in the town of Lydda, and the grieving disciples sent for him, imploring him to comfort her kinsmen. Upon his arrival, the great Apostle of Christ told everyone to leave the room where the corpse lay, then knelt in prayer. Then, turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise (Acts 9:40) and Tabitha opened her eyes and stood up. Many believed in the Lord Jesus Christ because of this wonderful miracle.
The OCA's website also adds St Tabitha is considered the patron saint of tailors and seamstresses, since she was known for sewing coats and other garments
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