SUN JULY 6 4th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 3

• 4та Неділя після П’ятидисятниці. 
• Liturgy. Святa Літургія @ 9:00 AM
• Apostle Rom. 6:18-23 
• Gospel Mt. 8:5-13
• Panakhyda for Maria Czapor, requested by Helen and Peter Zeleniuk and the family.

SAT JULY 12 Akathist to the Mother of God. 

• Акафіст до Пресвятої Богородиці @ 5:00 PM

SUN JULY 13 5th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 4 

• 5тa Неділя після П’ятидисятнпці. 
• Liturgy.Святa Літургія @ 9:00 AM
• Apostle Rom. 10:1-10
• Gospel Mt. 8:28-9:1

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СЛАВА ІСУСУ ХРИСТУ! СЛАВА НАВІКИ! GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY FOREVER! 

ВІДСВЯДКУВАВШИ день Незалежності Америки, нам українцям потрібно пригадати, що незалежність України є у небезпеці і ми всі повинні долучитися до підтримки тих, хто кров’ю і власним життям відстоюють її незалежність в цей час. Коробка для збору коштів є розміщенна в церкві, і буде там поки триває війна. Всі зібрані кошти підуть на підтримку наших воїнів. Долучайтеся до перемоги!

A RELIGIOUS CLASS on a fascinating topic, “Orthodox ASCETICISM AND MONASTIC LIFE,” will be presented by subdeacon Scott Kerry during “Coffee” next Sunday, July 13. Come, it will be interesting. 

РЕЛІГІЙНИЙ КЛАС з дуже цікавою темою про православне подвижництво та чернече життя буде представлений іподияконом Скaтом Керрі під час “Кави” наступної неділі 13 липня. Він буде поданий в українській мові теж. Приходіть, буде цікаво!

COFFEE and… Thank you to everyone supporting “Coffee and…” Please be aware that all funds collected during the summer months are allocated to the Youth Ministry to support events for our children throughout the year. Thank you to Oksana Hroshok for hosting coffee and… last Sunday! Hosting today is Jennie Santa Maria, hosting next Sunday is Mariia Stodola! We need donations of coffee, please!! Our supply is getting low.

ОДИН СВЯЩЕНИК розповів тим, хто не ходив до церкви в неділю, історію… Одного разу багатий чоловік зустрів жебрака, коли той йшов до міської ради. Між ними зав’язалася розмова, коли вони почали йти разом в одному напрямку. Бідолаха розповів йому про свої нещастя. Багач змилосердився над ним і з семи монет, що в нього були, дав йому дві. Після того, як жебрак розповів про інші свої нещастя, в основному про погане здоров’я, він отримав від багача ще дві монети. Підійшовши до мерії, вони вирішили сісти на лавочку в парку. Багач поділився їжею зі своїм супутником і, почувши чергову історію жебрачого життя, віддав ще дві монети. Так, він був милосердним! Однак, отримавши шість монет, цей жебрак замість подяки раптом витягнув з кишені ніж, і зажадав сьому монету. — Яка невдячність! Яка ганьба! Жебрак має бути покараний! Він злочинець!” – кричали його слухачі. “Тоді і ви заслуговуєте покарання”, – відповів священик. Ви ті невдячні жебраки. Бог дав вам шість днів і один виділив для Себе. А ви продовжуєте красти в Нього навіть цей один день.

SAINTS OF THE DAY: The uncovering of the relics of Saint Princess Juliana of Olshansk is commemorated on July 6. After the annexation of Kyiv to Lithuania, the city was ruled by the Olshansky family of princes. In the first quarter of the 16th century, one of them, Prince Yuri Dubrovitsky-Olshansky, had a daughter, Juliana, who reposed as a virgin at the age of sixteen. Her father was a benefactor of the Kyiv Caves Lavra, and that is why the body of the Princess was buried near the church of the Great Lavra. On July 6, 1540, in the time of Archimandrite Elisha Pletenetsky of the Caves, some monks were digging a grave near the Dormition Cathedral, in front of the chapel of Saint John the Forerunner. Suddenly, they found a coffin containing the incorrupt body of a girl. On a silver tablet of the coffin was an inscription: “Juliana, Princess of Olshansk, who reposed in her sixteenth year.” The Princess lay in the coffin as if alive, in a white dress, sheathed in gold, with many precious ornaments. She appeared to be alive, as if she had just fallen asleep, and her relics were transferred to the Great Lavra church. Many miracles and grace-filled healings occurred at the shrine with the relics of Saint Juliana. One example was when a thief snuck into the church and stole a precious ring from her relics, but as soon as he left the church, he cried out in a loud voice and dropped dead. One day, in the XVII century, Saint Juliana appeared to Archimandrite Peter Mohyla of Saint Michael’s Monastery in Kyiv, and reproached him for his lack of reverence and for neglecting her relics. She told him, “I am Juliana, whose relics lie in the church of the Caves. You regard my relics as nothing. Therefore, the Lord is sending you a sign so that you may understand that God has numbered me among the Holy Virgins who have pleased Him.” After that, the Archimandrite ordered her relics to be placed in a precious shrine with the inscription: “According to the will of the Creator of Heaven and Earth, Juliana, the helper and great intercessor in Heaven, … rests here for all time. Here are the bones … healing all the passions … You adorn Paradise, Juliana, like a beautiful flower….” Since that time, the veneration of Saint Juliana has increased more than ever before. In 1718, a fire in the Dormition church made it necessary for the Saint’s relics to be moved to another church. Her relics were placed in a new shrine and moved to the Near Caves of the Kyiv Caves Lavra. The Holy Righteous Virgin Juliana was the second of the holy women of Ukraine to be buried in the Lavra’s Caves. Saint Juliana is depicted in the Icon of the Synaxis of the Holy Fathers of the Kyiv Caves Lavra. Saint Juliana is the first helper of Ukrainian women in healing the afflictions of their souls, offering supplications for them before the Lord’s Most Pure Mother, together with other Saints of the Ukrainian land, and with the Theotokos, before the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity. Let us pray to the Holy Righteous Virgin Juliana, Princess of Olshansk, so that she may help her earthly sisters (the women of Ukraine in this time of russian war and genocide) to find peace and comfort.

THANK YOU TO David Bouchard and Svystun brothers (Serhiy and Zahar) for fixing things around our church. David, continuing the tradition of his father John (blessed memory), has just repaired the window in the bell tower and continues to attend to other minor issues that need attention. Serhiy and Zahar fixed the toilet in the parish hall. Many blessed years to David, Serhiy, and Zahar! Thank you very much, gentlemen! 

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 TODAY through September 7, all donations in the red bowl for “Coffee and…” will benefit the Youth Ministry. All children and young adults of the parish are included in this group. Programs and activities are solely funded by proceeds from coffee hour as well as individual donations. 

LOVING thanks go to our generous and dedicated benefactor, Helen Zeleniuk, for her gift of $100 to the Youth Ministry. May God grant Helen Many Blessed Years! MNOHAYA LITA!