SUN AUG 31 12th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 3
- 12та Неділя після П’ятидисятниці.
- Typika. Обідниця @ 9:00 AM
- Apostle 1 Cor. 15:1-11
- Gospel Mt. 19:16-26
SAT SEP 6 Akathist to the Mother of God.
- Акафіст до Пресвятої Богородиці @ 5:00 PM
SUN SEP 7 13th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 4
- 13тa Неділя після П’ятидисятнпці.
- Liturgy.Святa Літургія @ 9:00 AM
- Apostle 1 Cor. 16:13-24
- Gospel Mt. 21:33-42
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СЛАВА ІСУСУ ХРИСТУ! СЛАВА НАВІКИ! GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY FOREVER!
CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING: The regular monthly meeting will be held next Sunday, September 7.
COFFEE and… Thank you to Lavinia Sambat for hosting coffee and… last Sunday!! Hosting today is Melissa and Cora Josefiak, hosting next Sunday is Luidmyla Madai. Thank you for your continuous support!
SISTERHOOD NEWS: We have potato and cabbage pyrohy available for purchase $12/dozen!!!
ЗБІРКА ДЛЯ ГЕРОЇВ триває… Всім, хто долучається, велика ПОДЯКА!!! Ми мусимо робити все що можемо тут, щоб допомогти нашим героям в Україні і прискорити перемогу.
A CHANCE TO SERVE: Anyone who would like to serve the Church next year is invited to volunteer to serve on the Church Council. We encourage everyone who has been a full-pledged parish member for at least a year consider volunteering. Please see Vice-President Subdeacon Scott Kerry or Father Andrii.
МОЖЛИВІСТЬ ПОСЛУЖИТИ: Кожного, хто хотів би послужити нашiй церкві наступного року, запрошують до парафіяльної управи. Ми заохочуємо всіх розглянути можливість цього особливого волонтерства. Будь ласка, зверніться до віце-президента, іподиякона Скатта Керрі або отця Андрія.
PLEASE BE COURTEOUS when parking your vehicle in a church parking lot on Sunday morning! It has been noticed that some of our parishioners take two parking spots by parking their cars outside of the designated parking spot lines. Please ensure your vehicle is positioned correctly before leaving it and coming to the church.
БУДЬ-ЛАСКА, БУДЬТЕ ВВІЧЛИВІ під час паркування автомобіля в неділю вранці біля церкви! Помічено, що деякі наші парафіяни займають 2 паркувальних місця, паркуючи свої автомобілі поза відведеними лініями паркувальних місць. Будь ласка, переконайтеся, що ваш автомобіль правильно запаркований, перш ніж залишити його на парковці та прийти до церкви.
КВАРТИРА (2 спальні і 1 ванна, оновлена) в церковному будинку здається в оренду за $1100/м плюс комунальні послуги. Звертайтеся до президента управи др. Павла Швець за додатковою інформацією.
SAINTS OF THE DAY: Hieromartyr Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage is commemorated on August 31. He was born in about the year 200 in the city of Carthage (Northern Africa), where all his life and work took place. Before accepting Baptism, he distributed his property to the poor and moved into the house of the presbyter Cecilius. When Bishop Carthage died, Saint Cyprian was unanimously chosen as bishop, and was consecrated as a bishop of Carthage in the year 248. A persecution by the emperor Decius (249-251), revealed to the saint in a vision, forced him to go into hiding. But he kept in constant touch with the Carthaginian Christians through his epistles, and he wrote letters to presbyters, confessors and martyrs. Some Christians, broken by torture, offered sacrifice to the pagan gods. These lapsed Christians appealed to the confessors, asking to give them what is called a letter of reconciliation, i.e. a certificate for accepting them back into the Church. Saint Cyprian wrote a general letter to all the Carthaginian Christians, stating that those who lapsed during a time of persecution might be admitted into the Church, but this must be preceded by an investigation of the circumstances under which the falling away came about. It was necessary to determine the sincerity of contrition of the lapsed. To admit them was possible only after penance, and with the permission of the bishop. Some of the lapsed insistently demanded their immediate re-admittance into the Church and caused unrest in the whole community. Saint Cyprian wrote the bishops of other dioceses asking their opinion, and from all he received full approval of his directives. During his absence the saint authorized four priests to examine the lives of persons preparing for ordination to the priesthood and the deaconate. This met with resistance from the layman Felicissimus and the presbyter Novatus, roused to indignation against their bishop. Saint Cyprian excommunicated Felicissimus and six of his followers. In his letter to the flock, the saint touchingly admonished all not to separate themselves from the unity of the Church, to be subject to the lawful commands of the bishop and to await his return. This letter kept the majority of Carthaginian Christians faithful to the Church. The insubordination of Felicissimus was put to an end at a local Council in the year 251. This Council decreed that it was possible to receive the lapsed back into the Church after a penance, and it affirmed the excommunication of Felicissimus. Saint Cyprian, providing an example by his firmness and his courage, tended the sick and buried the dead himself, not only Christians but also pagans. When a new persecution against Christians spread under the emperor Valerian (253-259), the Carthaginian proconsul Paternus ordered the saint to offer sacrifice to idols. He steadfastly refused to do this. Saint Cyprian was executed in the year 258. The body of the saint was taken by night and given burial in a private crypt of the procurator Macrobius Candidianus. Some say that his holy relics were transferred to France in the time of King Charles the Great (i.e. Charlemagne, 771-814). Saint Cyprian of Carthage left the Church a precious legacy: his writings and 80 letters. The works of Saint Cyprian were accepted by the Church as a model of Orthodox confession and read at two Ecumenical Councils (Ephesus and Chalcedon).
+ + + CHURCH SCHOOL AND YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS + + +
Many thanks to the Youth Ministry for its fun-filled mini-golfing event last Sunday. Nine children and five teens attended and later enjoyed dessert on the deck. This event marks the annual opening of the school year.
Happy birthday to Clara and Margarita who will be celebrating their birthdays in the coming week.
Congratulations to the following students who will be celebrating their patron saints days in the coming week. Sept. 1 – Simion – St. Simion the Stylite, Sept. 5 – Ella – St. Elizabeth – Henry – St. Glib May God grant Clara, Margarita, Simion, Ella and Henry MANY BLESSED YEARS! MNOHAYA LITA!
Saturday, September 13 at 10:00 am – Church School teachers will meet to plan and prepare their classrooms.
Sunday, September 14 – first class of the Church School year. Children who are attending grades K through 8 in public, private and homeschool, who have at least one parent who is a member of the parish are eligible. We do not have a pre-K class. Registration materials will be mailed soon.