Father Roman (Роман Мануляк) blesses a vehicle purchased with the monies raised by Carl R Harvey and Myron Melnick through the benefactions of our community, near and far.
This vehicle will be used to transport goods and people near the front lines of the war.
Thank you!
The Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33, New Haven and the St Michael Humanitarian Relief Fund have been closely collaborating to provide medical supplies for Ukraine’s military.
We are now systematically refocusing our efforts to DIRECTLY address the immediate medical needs of those wounded on the front lines of combat . We aim to provide high quality supplies directly to those medics and soldiers on the front lines in an all out effort to save lives.
To do this we are working closely with Father Roman Manuluk and his parish outside of Lviv, Ukraine. Father Roman coordinates with the Vynnyky Veterans Hospital and its director Doctor Maxym Prykupenko to receive and distribute our supplies to where they are needed most throughout Ukraine . We know and trust both Father Roman (he is a relative of one of our parishioners) and Doctor Prykupenko personally and have worked with them throughout to guarantee that our assistance gets to those places that need it.
We currently have two initiatives:
1. We are purchasing and sending immediate life-saving items:
Tourniquets, blood clotting powders and blood clotting bandages. These three items are top EMT quality and are sourced from a distributor in Old Saybrook, CT. Purchasing this way ( and at a substantial discount ) we can verify the quality of the materials and respond to the precise needs as specified by physicians and medics on Ukraine’s front lines.
Please don’t try to purchase these items on your own. The exact items needed are not readily available.
2. We are working personally with the Chief of Police in Kyiv to retrofit (repair and to make more suitable for war conditions) a vehicle for transporting wounded soldiers. Recent events in Ukraine have shown that the American and European-made ambulances have been targeted and destroyed by Russian forces. Our retrofitting of common transport vehicles is a much safer and much more economical approach to transporting wounded soldiers .
We are now appealing to our broader Connecticut community to support our above-mentioned initiatives with monetary donations so that we can purchase and send these critically needed items directly to Ukraine’s front line soldiers and defenders
According to the Synaxarion, the feast celebrates the veneration of the Holy Cross in Constantinople. The early days of August were dangerous in antiquity. Because of the heat, many diseases became strong, and so the Cross was displayed in various places in the city for fourteen days. This feast was then introduced into Rus in the fifteenth century.
Today it announces the coming of the great feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on September 14, approximately forty days from now. I think in may ways we misunderstand the Cross, we equate it with pain and suffering, as a negative sign that Christians were made to be miserable. That is not what St. Paul says in today’s epistle, “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God …. The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 18:18.23-24).
St. John calls the Cross the glory of Jesus, not because of its ugliness, but because it witnesses to the infinite love of God for his people. Because of love the cross is a “trophy of victory.”
In the Ambon Prayer of the Feast of the Exaltation, we pray, “You are glorified by the exaltation of your venerable Cross and by it accomplish our purification from the pride of demons.” As the people of Constantinople centuries ago looked to the Cross for deliverance from illness, we look at it today as our hope for deliverance from sin and evil.
Meditation by Archpriest David Petras
The truck collecting the goods from St Michael’s on Saturday, 7/30, has changed the time to the afternoon on Saturday. Work time will now start at 1pm.
As many know, the packing up of the goods going to Ukraine is a process which includes labelling boxes, accounting for the contents of each box and getting the boxes on the truck.
Thank you for your willingness to help! It is much appreciated.
We are preparing to send another shipment of medical and humanitarian aid to Ukraine next weekend.
Carl and Jayne and their helpers have done a terrific job in organizing the boxes so that they pass inspection by the proper authorities.
Help is requested by Carl and Jayne at 8:30 am on Saturday morning, July 30. Boxes need to be loaded into a truck.
Can you help?
Meet at the church hall at 8:30 a.m.
Sorry to let you know that Victor Markiw is quite sick in bed. The Newington concert on 7/24 –TODAY– is postponed. As soon as I know, I will send you the new date and poster.
We are sad to announce that Stefania Kolos, 75, reposed in the Lord and the consolation of the Mysteries (sacraments) of the Church on 16 July 2022.
Stefania was the beloved wife of 54 years to Nicholas and the mother of Kristina Kolos, Natalie Erickson, and Peter Kolos. She was active in the Ukrainian community.
The wake will be held on Friday, 22 July, 5-7pm, at Lupinski Funeral Home, 821 State Street, New Haven. The Panachyda Service at 6:30pm.
The Divine Liturgy will be served at the parish on Saturday, 23 July at 9:30am, followed by interment at Beaverdale Cemetery, 90 Pine Rock Avenue, Hamden.
You may read the obituary for Stefania here.
Let us pray for Stefania’s peaceful repose, the consolation of her husband, children, family and friends.
May Stefania’s memory be eternal.
May the Mother of God assist Stefania.
St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us.
Victor Markiw of our parish and a professor of music at the University of New Haven is giving a benefit concert for Ukrainian Relief.
Glory to Jesus Christ
Sunday, 7/17, 6th Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 a.m. For people of the parish
Epistle: Romans 12:6-14
Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8, Tone 5
Monday, 7/18, Holy Martyrs Hyacinth and Emilian
9:00 a.m. +Michael and Anna Lipcan (Pan.) requested by Barbara and Patrick Bagley
Tuesday, 7/19, Our Venerable Macrina
9:00 a.m. No specific intention for the Divine Liturgy
Wednesday, 7/20, Holy Prophet Elijah
9:00 a.m. No specific intention for the Divine Liturgy
Thursday, 7/21, Our Venerable Fathers Simeon and John
9:00 a.m. No specific intention for the Divine Liturgy
Friday, 7/22, St. Mary Magdalene, Equal to Apostles
9:00 a.m. No specific intention for the Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 7/23, Blessed Basil Hopko
9:00 a.m. No specific intention for the Divine Liturgy
Sunday, 7/24, 7th Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 a.m. For people of the parish
Epistle: Romans 15:1-7
Gospel: Mathew 9:27-35, Tone 6
Christ is risen!
This week vigil light is offered by Kolesnik and Buciak families for Special Intention.
From July 3 until September 11 we will celebrate only one Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. in Ukrainian and English languages.
There will be pyrohy (varenyky) for sale in the church hall as long as supplies last. $16.00 for 2 dozens.
During my vacation in case of emergency you can call Fr. Paul Luniw 860-583-7588, Fr. Ivan Mazuryk 203-367-5054, Fr. Gregory Lozinski 201-985-5015, or Fr. Albert Forlano 203-215-3311.
Ukrainian School Closed for the Summer: The Ukrainian School of New Haven will reopen for the new school year 2022-2023 on or about September 23. Questions call Halia Lodynsky at 203-494-6278.
Please visit our parish website for regular updates and information: https://stmichaelukrainian.org
68th ANNUAL HOLY DORMITION PILGRIMAGE will be held on August 13-14 at the motherhouse of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate in Sloatsburg. This year’s theme is “Our Loving Mother, Under Your Patronage, Welcome Your Children, We beseech You!”. The Sisters invite all our parishioners to attend! For information call: 845-753-2840 or visit www.ssmi-us.org
CHARITIES APPEAL : Please don’t forget to donate for Charities Appeal. Please make check payable to the Byzantine Rite Eparchy of Stamford. DO NOT MAIL THIS FORM TO THE CHANCERY OFFICE. We sincerely ask all parishioners to make generous contributions.
Our New Haven Ridna Shkola is doing a Fundraiser called, KIDS HELPING UKRAINE. The stickers are $1.00 per sticker and if you can contribute more it will be appreciated. All donations will go to provide medical supplies and care for those wounded in this terrible war started by Russia. If you any questions contact Halia Lodynsky or Volodymyr Dumalskyy.
Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33 in New Haven, is seeking your support for the war effort in Ukraine. We are collecting medical equipment and supplies for the Lviv Regional Hospital for soldiers and war veterans in Vynnykiy (Lviv Region) to be used for the treatment of soldiers and civilians injured during war in Ukraine. We also need funds to purchase boxes packaging materials, cover transportation expenses, etc. We are working with UUARC (United Ukrainian American Relief Committee based in Philadelphia-UUARC.org) to transport all donated items to Warsaw for transport by truck to the hospital in Vinniki. All donated items can be dropped off at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church hall at 569 George St., New Haven. The collection center will be open on Tuesdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Sundays from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
