SUN NOV 15 24th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 7
- 24тa неділя після П’ятидесятниці.
- Liturgy. Святa Літургія @ 9:00 AM
- Apostle Eph. 2:14-22 Gospel Lk. 10:25-37
- Panakhyda for ihumen Gregory Woonfenden and Fr. Bazyl Zawierucha, requested by Dr. Joan Kerelejza and Cynthia Sirick.
FRI NOV 20 Great Vespers. Велика Вечірня @ 5:00 PM
SAT NOV 21 The Entry of the Most-Holy Theotokos into the Temple.
- Введення Пресвятої Богородиці у храм.
- Liturgy. Святa Літургія @ 9:00 AM
SUN NOV 22 25th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 8
- 25тa неділя після П’ятидесятниці.
- Liturgy. Святa Літургія @ 9:00 AM
- Apostle Eph. 4:1-6
- Gospel Lk. 12:16-21
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СЛАВА ІСУСУ ХРИСТУ! СЛАВА НА ВІКИ! GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY NOW AND EVER!
THE NATIVITY FAST begins today and will continue through Friday, December 25. Let’s spend this sacred season with our renewed personal commitment to fasting, prayer, works of Christian charity, and frequent participation in the sacramental and liturgical life of the Church according to the teachings of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. РІЗДВЯНИЙ ПІСТ розпочинається сьогодні і триватиме до п’ятниці, 25 грудня. Використаймо цей священний час церковного року для духовного зростання через молитву, піст і благодійні справи.
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE NATIVITY FAST: This fast’s Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are strict fast days. On these days, we abstain from meat, dairy, fish with backbones, fowl, alcoholic beverages, and olive oil. Tuesdays and Thursdays of the fast are wine-and-oil days. On these days, the fasting discipline is relaxed a bit to permit wine and olive oil. On Saturdays and Sundays of the fast, it is fish, wine, and oil days. On these days, the fast is relaxed even further to permit fish with backbones, as well as wine and oil. However, the Eve of the Feast, December 24, is always kept as a strict fast day. Permitted daily foods are vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, and shellfish. Please remember that abstaining from food during this period does us no good if we do not also, as St. John Chrysostom teaches, fast with: ”… the eye and the ear and the feet and the hands and all the members of our bodies.”
ЗАГАЛЬНІ НАСТАНОВИ ЩОДО РІЗДВЯНОГО ПОСТУ: Понеділок, середа та п’ятниця цього посту є днями суворого посту. У ці дні ми утримуємося від м’яса, молочних продуктів, риби з хребтом, птиці, алкогольних напоїв, та олії. У вівторок та четвер дисципліна посту трохи пом’якшується, щоб дозволити вино та олію. У суботу та неділю піст послаблюється ще більше, щоб дозволити рибу з хребтом на додаток до вина та олії. Однак переддень свята, 24 грудня, завжди є днем суворого посту. Продукти, які дозволено вживати щодня, — це овочі, фрукти, зернові, горіхи та молюски/криветки. Але пам’ятаймо, що утримання від їжі в цей період не принесе нам ніякої користі, якщо ми також, як навчає нас святитель Іоанн Златоуст, не постимо: «… оком, вухом, ногами, руками і всім тілом.»
ASLEEP IN THE LORD: The Handmaiden of God, Sylvia Shlemon, fell asleep in the Lord on Monday, November 9. Panakhyda will be served tomorrow at Carlson’s FH at 7:00 pm. Funeral services will be held at our church on Tuesday, November 17, at 10 AM. May God Grant His Handmaiden, Sylvia, ETERNAL MEMORY!
A SINCERE THANK YOU to our Angels Club! They presented the Church with a $5,000.00 check to help with utility bills at the Annual meeting last Sunday. May God grant the Angels Club members Many Blessed Years! МНОГІЇ ЛІТА!
ALTAR SERVERS are expressing their sincere gratitude to the parish for generous donations and continued support. Especially to those who donated in memory of John Kochanowski, whose memory lives on through your kindness.
THE MYSTERY OF CONFESSION is an essential part of the Nativity Fast. It helps us prepare to welcome our Savior into this world and our lives. According to Church teaching, anyone who wants to receive Communion on the Nativity Feast Day and beyond must go to Confession during the fast. ТАЇНСТВО СПОВІДІ є важливою частиною Різдвяного Посту. Воно підготовлює нас до привітання нашого Спасителя в цьому світі і в нашому житті. Ми всі повинні посповідатися, якщо хочемо отримати Святе Причастя на свято Різдва і надалі.
PARISH ANNUAL MEETING unanimously voted to use electronic/email means of communication to inform our parishioners about important events in the life of the parish. Therefore, we need to create a list of our parishioners’ emails. Please provide your email using the sheet at the church entrance. Thank you!
РІЧНІ ПАРАФІЯЛЬНІ ЗБОРИ одноголосно проголосували за використання електронних засобів зв’язку для інформування парафіян про важливі події в житті парафії. Тому нам потрібно скласти список електронних адрес наших парафіян. Будь ласка, надайте свою електронну адресу, використовуючи список біля входу до церкви.
COFFEE and… Many thanks go to Joan Kerelejza, Teresa Linck, Helen Zeleniuk, and Dale Bailly for making soup for last Sunday. Thank you to Anna Gulko, Meroslawa Szwez, and Helen Zeleniuk for donating desserts!! Iryna Dmytryshyn is hosting today, and Olha Mosanyuk is hosting next Sunday. Many thanks to Meroslawa Szwez for donating coffee!!
UOL and Sisterhood: Today is the last day of our food collection for the food pantry and items for Ukraine for children for St. Nicholas. I would like to thank everyone for their donations to our outreach Christian Giving!!! Available for purchase: 2 poppyseed rolls and many raisin breads. We still have a few dozen potato pyrohi!!
FROM THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE: The water at the cemetery is shut off for the winter season as of Saturday, October 24th. Please clean any perennial vegetation around headstones. Hostas are getting overgrown and becoming an eyesore; if they are not maintained, they will be cut down and mowed over. Please help keep our cemetery looking nice. Any unmaintained headstones will be trimmed and mowed to the headstone at the Cemetery Caretakers’ discretion. Also, again, GLASS IS NOT ALLOWED. This includes candles. We will begin strictly enforcing this bylaw.
BREAD AND ROLLS: If you’d like to have freshly baked rolls ($12) and raisin bread ($6) for the holidays, please see Ann Bailly to order. We will bake on December 9 and 10, but only if we have enough orders. Якщо ви хочете свіжоспечені завиванці та хліб з родзинками на свята, будь ласка, зверніться до Енн Бeйлі, щоб зробити замовлення. Ми будемо пекти 9 та 10 грудня, але лише якщо буде достатньо замовлень.
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Church School classes will be held today.
Happy birthday to Yuliya, who will celebrate that event in the coming week. Congratulations to Matvii, who will be observing his patron saint’s day, the Apostle St. Matthew, on November 16. May God grant Yuliya and Matvii Many Blessed Years! MNOHAYA LITA!
The yearly toy collection, as part of the national Toys for Tots program for children in the Greater New Britain area, will be held from November 15 – December 13. Please donate new, unwrapped toys in the collection boxes in the church hall foyer and sign a star on the Nativity icon.
The annual St. Nicholas celebration will be held on Sunday, December 6, following Divine Liturgy. Rehearsal will be on the morning of Saturday, December 5, for all Church School students. The Saturday schedule is as follows: 9:30-11:30 Rehearsal for all students; 11:30 – Pick up for grades K-3; 11:30-1:30 – For students in grades 4-8 and teens: Lunch, decorating Christmas trees and the church hall, making gifts for shut-ins; 1:30 Pick up. Please let Sarah Bailly or one of the teachers know if your child will not be taking part in the rehearsal or program.