{"id":236737,"date":"2025-12-06T18:21:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/?p=236737"},"modified":"2025-12-06T18:26:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:26:23","slug":"bulletin-december-7-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/bulletin-december-7-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulletin December 7, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.15&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.15.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|-11px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;22px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.15&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.15.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; link_font=&#8221;Classica Pro|700|||on|||#D6D6D6|&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#00ACED&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||3px||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Classica Pro&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; link_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|hover&#8221; link_text_color__hover=&#8221;rgba(0,172,237,0.65)&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><b>SUN DEC 7 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 1\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0442a<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u041d\u0435\u0434\u0456\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u041f\u2019\u044f\u0442\u0438\u0434\u0438\u0441\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liturgy. \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442a \u041b\u0456\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0456\u044f<\/span><b> @ 9:00 AM<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Epistle Eph. 5:9-19\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gospel Lk. 17:12-19<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b> NICHOLAS DAY celebration.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>SAT DEC 13 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akathist to the Mother of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0410\u043a\u0430\u0444\u0456\u0441\u0442 \u0434\u043e \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0432\u044f\u0442\u043e\u0457 \u0411\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0456 <\/span><b>@ 5:00 PM\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>SUN DEC 14 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u043c\u0430<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u041d\u0435\u0434\u0456\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u041f\u2019\u044f\u0442\u0438\u0434\u0438\u0441\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liturgy. \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442a \u041b\u0456\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0456\u044f<\/span><b> @ 9:00 AM<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Epistle Col. 3:4-11\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gospel Lk. 14:16-24<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panakhyda for our parish Benefactors. (All remain in church, please!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*****************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u0421\u041b\u0410\u0412\u0410 \u0406\u0421\u0423\u0421\u0423 \u0425\u0420\u0418\u0421\u0422\u0423! \u0421\u041b\u0410\u0412\u0410 \u041d\u0410\u0412\u0406\u041a\u0418! GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY FOREVER!\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The regular monthly meeting will be held <\/span><b>TODAY<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during &#8220;Coffee and&#8230;&#8221; in the parish hall. Council members are requested to make every effort to attend this meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>HARVEST FESTIVAL:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Many thanks go to all those who baked, cooked, donated, worked, and attended the Harvest Festival on November 22. Thanks to all our efforts, it was a big success. The results are as follows: $2030 &#8211; for the parish, $1509 \u2013 rolls and breads, $323 \u2013 UOL, $839 \u2013 Sisterhood, $580 \u2013 donations for Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>COFFEE and\u2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thank you to Nataliya Vaverchak for hosting coffee and\u2026 on November 23rd. Thank you to Joann O\u2019Flaherty and Lisa Kerry for hosting coffee and\u2026 on November 30th. Thank you to Meroslava Szwez for donating a fruit bread, and Oksana Szwez for donating a poppy seed bread for coffee and&#8230; last Sunday! Hosting on Dec. 14th is Ivanna Vitrykush.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>UOL: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TODAY we will have a small reception in the church hall after the St. Nicholas Program in church!!<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come and enjoy delicious food and friendly fellowship! St. Nicholas will be waiting for our children in the parish hall, too! Thank you to everyone who supported our outreach collections!! We helped pack 370 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, and packages are being sent to Ukraine for St. Nicholas project!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>UOL:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u0421\u042c\u041e\u0413\u041e\u0414\u041d\u0406 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043e\u0431\u0456\u0434 \u0443 \u0437\u0430\u043b\u0456 \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e \u041c\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u044f \u0432 \u0446\u0435\u0440\u043a\u0432\u0456!! \u0417\u0430\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0456\u0442\u044c \u0442\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0443\u0448\u0442\u0443\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u043c\u0430\u0447\u043d\u043e\u044e \u0457\u0436\u0435\u044e \u0443 \u0442\u0435\u043f\u043b\u0456\u0439, \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0436\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0456. \u0421\u0432. \u041c\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0439 \u0442\u0435\u0436 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435 \u0447\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0438\u0445 \u0434\u0456\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043e\u043a \u0442\u0430\u043c.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>POPPYSEED ROLLS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be baked to order on <\/span><b>Friday, December 19<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They could be great Christmas gifts for your friends and family. The price is $15 per roll or $8 for half. The sign-up sheet is downstairs on the parish hall door. Deadline to order is <\/span><b>December 14<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u0417\u0410\u0412\u0418\u0412\u0410\u041d\u0426\u0406 \u0437 \u043c\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0443\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0443 <\/span><b>\u043f&#8217;\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0446\u044e, 19 \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043d\u044f<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u0412\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0443\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0447\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043c \u0440\u0456\u0437\u0434\u0432\u044f\u043d\u0438\u043c \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0443\u043d\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0432\u0430\u0448\u0438\u0445 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0437\u0456\u0432 \u0456 \u0440\u0456\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0445. \u0426\u0456\u043d\u0430 \u2014 $15 \u0437\u0430 \u0446\u0456\u043b\u0438\u0439, \u0430\u0431\u043e $8 \u0437\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0443. \u041b\u0438\u0441\u0442 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0437\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0432\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0443 \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u0432\u0435\u0440\u044f\u0445 \u043f\u0440\u0438 \u0432\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0456 \u0434\u043e \u0437\u0430\u043b\u0443. \u0422\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0456\u043d \u0437\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0434\u043e <\/span><b>14 \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043d\u044f<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LIVE-STREAMING <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of our church services costs $650\/year. As 2026 approaches, we are seeking sponsors to cover the live-streaming costs once again. Please send your donation to 54 Winter St., New Britain, CT 06051 with the remark \u201clive-streaming\u201d. Thank you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u0422\u0410\u0407\u041d\u0421\u0422\u0412\u041e \u0421\u041f\u041e\u0412\u0406\u0414\u0406<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0454 \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043b\u0438\u0432\u043e\u044e \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043d\u043e\u044e \u0420\u0456\u0437\u0434\u0432\u044f\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u041f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443. \u0412\u043e\u043d\u043e \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u043b\u044e\u0454 \u043d\u0430\u0441 \u0434\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0456\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043d\u0430\u0448\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0421\u043f\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044f \u0432 \u0446\u0435\u0439 \u0441\u0432\u0456\u0442 \u0456 \u0432 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0435 \u0436\u0438\u0442\u0442\u044f. \u041c\u0438 \u0432\u0441\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u043d\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0441\u044c, \u044f\u043a\u0449\u043e \u043c\u0438 \u0445\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043c\u043e \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442\u0435 \u041f\u0440\u0438\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u044f\u0442\u043e \u0420\u0456\u0437\u0434\u0432\u0430 \u0456 \u0432 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0448\u043e\u043c\u0443.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CONFESSION:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Father Andrii is available to hear Confessions after Saturday services <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before Divine Liturgy on Sunday.\u00a0Please arrive early on Sunday morning for Confession so this won\u2019t interfere with the start of the Divine Liturgy.\u00a0<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>ZOLOTYJ PROMIN <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">invites you to their Holiday Pageant on <\/span><b>Friday, December 12, 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at Newington High School, 605 Willard Avenue, Newington, CT. Tickets: Adults-$20.00 per person; Seniors &amp; Students-$15.00 per person; Children under 5-free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>OUR CONDOLENCES <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">go to Kathy Dilozir and the family on the passing of her mother, Margaret, in Scranton, PA, last Saturday. Funeral services were held on Thursday. May the handmaiden of God, Margaret, rest in eternal peace with her beloved Lord! Vichna pamyat!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>SISTERHOOD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: We have raisin breads and pyrohy available for purchase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>+ + + CHURCH SCHOOL AND YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS + + +<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Classes will not be held<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> today because of the St. Nicholas program. Classes will resume next Sunday, December 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TODAY, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all of our parish family and friends are invited to the annual St. Nicholas program performed by our Church School students immediately after Divine Liturgy in the church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Loving thanks go to <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our Youth Ministry students for beautifully decorating the church hall and 2 Christmas trees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Next Sunday, December 14, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be the last day for the toy collection for underprivileged children in the Greater New Britain area. Please leave your new unwrapped toys in the collection boxes in the church hall foyer. Remember to sign a star on the Nativity icon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Confession schedule &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Father will hear confessions after the Divine Liturgies. <\/span><b>Dec. 14<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Grades 4-8; <\/span><b>Dec. 21<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; teens and young adults<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Congratulations <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to Danylo, who will be observing his patron saint\u2019s day, the Prophet Daniel, on Dec. 17. May God grant Danylo Many Blessed Years! MNOHII LITA!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUN DEC 7 26th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 1\u00a0 26\u0442a \u041d\u0435\u0434\u0456\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u041f\u2019\u044f\u0442\u0438\u0434\u0438\u0441\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456.\u00a0 Liturgy. \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442a \u041b\u0456\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0456\u044f @ 9:00 AM Epistle Eph. 5:9-19\u00a0 Gospel Lk. 17:12-19 NICHOLAS DAY celebration. SAT DEC 13 Akathist to the Mother of God. \u0410\u043a\u0430\u0444\u0456\u0441\u0442 \u0434\u043e \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0432\u044f\u0442\u043e\u0457 \u0411\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0456 @ 5:00 PM\u00a0 SUN DEC 14 27th Sunday after Pentecost. 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