Parish announcements this week

Christ is in our midst!

The next meeting of Knights of Columbus Blessed Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Ukrainian Council will be held TOMORROW at 7:00 p.m. in the Holy Name Room. All men of the parish are invited to attend.

St. Michael’s Day will be celebrated on November 24th. On this day we will have only One Divine Liturgy at 10:30 AM. After the Divine Liturgy, we will have a dinner and short program. All parishioners are cordially invited to this celebration. Tickets are available through Anya Rohmer Hanson. Tickets are $25.00 for adults, $10.00 for youth between 14 and 18. Free for students Ridna Shkola, altar boys and for children under 12. We will be running a raffle. If you would like to donate any items to be raffled, please bring them to our church hall on Sundays before our Feast Day. Also we ask for donations for dessert.

The next Pyrohy Saturday is November 16th. Anya Rohmer Hanson will be away for 2-3 months. For ordering pyrohy, call Alexis Hickerson at (475) 221-8399.

The Ukrainian Ridna Shkola of New Haven had started its school year with 3 classes: 1.) A nursery school program for children 3-5 years old; 2.) A class to teach Ukrainian to English language-speaking children ages 6-10; 3.) A class where instruction is only in the Ukrainian language for children 8-11 years old. Classes are from 9:30 to 11:30 each Saturday morning. Religious instruction follows at 11:30 am. We have dance instruction as well from 12:00 noon.

November 8 is the feast day of our patron, Saint Michael the Archangel. St. Michael, which means “Who is like unto God”, is mentioned four times in Scripture: Daniel 10:13 and 12:1, in Jude 9 and in Revelation 12:7. Scripture reveals to us that Saint Michael is known as the “Prince of the Heavenly Host,” hence the leader of all angels. It is to the Prince of the Heavenly Host that we owe a debt of gratitude for casting Lucifer and the evil spirits down to Hell; he is invoked for protection against Satan and all evil. Sacred Tradition teaches that there are four offices connected to Saint Michael: 1.) To fight against Satan, his minions and the power of evil; 2.) To rescue and protect the faithful from evil, especially at the hour of death; 3.) To lead the people of God to full communion with God Himself; 4.) To call our souls to judgement before God.

The Holodomor Remembrance in New York City will take place on Saturday, November 16. The cost for bus $40.00 for adults, $20.00 for students. To reserve seats call Halia Lodynsky 203 494-6278. The bus will stop in New Haven at 9:30 Ikea Parking Lot (rear) Brewery Street.

STAMFORD CHARITIES APPEAL

REMINDER: Please don’t forget to donate to the Charities Appeal. Kindly make checks 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.

Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky

Venerable Andrey Sheptytsky was born in 1865 in a village 30 miles from Lviv, which was then part of the Austrian Empire. He entered the Order of St. Basil and was professed in 1889. In 1892, he made solemn profession and was ordained a priest. In 1899 he was consecrated a bishop, and appointed Bishop of the Ukrainian Eparchy of Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk). Then in 1901 he was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Eparchy of Lviv, making him head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He remained in this position until his death on November 1, 1944, at the age of 79. His time as Metropolitan Archbishop was marked by conflict with and persecution by the successive governments that ruled Ukraine, including the Russian Empire, the Second Polish Republic, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union. Under the Russian Empire, he was jailed from 1914 to 1917 for his pro-Ukrainian position and his promotion of Catholicism. The Second Polish Republic twice held him for supporting an independent Ukrainian state and for opposing Latinization. When the Soviet Union occupied Poland in 1939, he opposed the atheist regime and supported an independent Ukraine, and at first welcomed Nazi armies as liberators when they pushed back the Soviets in 1941. However, he spoke up against Nazi policy towards Jews, encouraging his faithful to treat Jews well, with a 1942 pastoral letter. He also encouraged his priests and local abbots to follow his example, and shelter Jews. Archbishop Sheptytsky also promoted Christian unity: the Archbishop worked tirelessly throughout his lifetime for reconciliation between Ukrainians, Russians and Poles, as well as other nations and groups. Particularly legendary were his efforts to see Catholics and Orthodox overcome their historical estrangement as he was a precursor of the ecumenical movement long before the Catholic Church officially endorsed the movement. Concerned for the poor, Sheptytsky used his resources to create a free clinic, provide countless scholarships and help victims of famine, flooding and war. At the moment, the process of his beatification is ongoing. (From “The Way” – October 20, 2019)

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Pray for the Beatification of Andrey Sheptytsky

Today is the 75th anniversary of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky (+Nov. 1, 1944).

Prayer for the Beatification of the Servant of God Metropolitan Andrey

Our Lord Jesus Christ – You always reward Your faithful servants, not only with special gifts of Your love, but also with the eternal reward of the saints in heaven, and in many cases You grant them the recognition of sanctity by Your Church here on earth.

We humbly pray: grant that Your faithful servant Metropolitan Andrey be numbered among the saints. Throughout his just life, “full of suffering and trials,” he was a good shepherd for his flock and a great labourer for Christian unity. And through his beatification and intercession, grant our entire people the great gift of unity and love. Amen.

Молитва за Прославу Слуги Божого Митрополита Андрея

Господи Ісусе Христе – Ти завжди нагороджуєш Твоїх вірних слуг не тільки особливішими дарами Своєї любови, але й вічною нагородою святих у небі, а в многих випадках і прославою на Твоїх святих престолах, тут на землі.

Покірно благаємо Тебе: зволь так прославити Твого вірного слугу Митрополита Андрея. Він упродовж свого праведного життя, „повного терпінь і досвідів”, був добрим пастирем свого стада і великим подвижником церковної єдности. А через його прославу і заступництво пошли і цілому народові нашому великий дар єдности і любови. Амінь.

Blessed Theodore Romzha

Today, the Church commemorates, “The holy priest-martyr Theodore Romzha. Born in Veliky Bychkiv in Carpatho-Russia in 1911, he came from a poor family and exhibited a vocation to the priesthood. Sent to Rome for studies, he was ordained in 1937 and sent to the country parish of Berzovo. In 1939, he was called to the seminary at Uzhhorod and taught there until 1944. In 1944, despite his youth, he was ordained bishop for the Mukachevo Eparchy. During the Soviet Army’s occupation of Carpatho-Russia, he was tireless in his care for his flock and in his defense of the rights of the Byzantine Catholic Church.

On October 27, 1947, he was severely wounded in a staged accident. He was taken to the hospital in Mukachevo, where he was subsequently poisoned, and died (1947).”

Romzha died just after midnight (Moscow time) on November 1st; a request made of or Congregation for Oriental Churches the feast day was changed to October 31.

Bishop Romzha was beatified as a martyr by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001.

Icon and text by the monks of Mt Tabor.

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Read: Luke 8:26-39

The idea this gospel is addressing is fear. Jesus comes to the land of the Gerasenes and casts out a legion of demons from a possessed man. The gospel of Luke is succinct on this point and only notes that he lived among the tombs (that is, among the dead).

In the gospel of Matthew, we read the detail that “they were so savage that no one could travel by that road” (Matthew 8:28). Jesus’ cure is like a resurrection to life, making him free from the tombs. The demons are sent into unclean animals, the pigs, and this evil is promptly destroyed. The townspeople come out to see what had happened, and rather than welcoming Jesus as a healer and the conqueror of evil, the gospel says “they were seized with fear,” and St. Luke repeats, they “asked Jesus to leave them because they were seized with great fear” (Luke 8:35.37).

Of what were they afraid, that their commodity (the pigs) had been destroyed, or that the demoniac man was still possessed by demons? We often “demonize” and “dehumanize” what we fear. We, too, are God-fearing, when we approach Holy Communion the deacon warns, “Approach with the fear of God and with faith.” The townspeople were afraid and asked Jesus to leave, but a true “fear of God,” which is expressed in faith and love, draws us nearer to God in Communion.

The Lord can free us from evil, so approach and receive him who told us, “Take courage, for I have conquered the world” (John 16:33).

Meditation by Archpriest David Petras
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Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ

Sunday, 10/27, 20th Sunday after Pentecost —The Holy Martyr Nestor
9:00 a.m. +Michael Zalonski requested by Paul A. Zalonski
10:30 a.m. For our parishioners
Panachyda for Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky

Epistle: Galatians 1:11-19
Gospel: Luke 8:26–39, Tone 9

Monday, 10/28, The Holy Martyrs Terentius and Neonila
9:00 a.m. +Archmandrite Robert F. Taft, SJ requested by Paul A. Zalonski

Tuesday, 10/29, The Holy Venerable-Martyr Anastasia; the Passing of Our Venerable Father Abraham
9:00 a.m. +Father Stephen H. Bzdyra requested by Paul A. Zalonski

Wednesday, 10/30, The Holy Martyrs Zenobius and Zenobia His Sister
9:00 a.m. +Bernard Czarnecki requested by Paul A. Zalonski

Thursday, 10/31, Holy Martyr Theodore Romza
9:00 a.m. No intention for the Divine Liturgy

Friday, 11/01, The Holy Wonderworkers Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian
9:00 a.m. The Friends and Benefactors of St. Gianna Center (New Haven) requested by Paul A. Zalonski

Saturday, 11/02, The Holy Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphtonius, Elpidephorus, and Anempodistus
9:00 a.m. +Ivan and Halyna Lobay requested by Maria Lobay

Sunday, 11/03, 21st Sunday after Pentecost —The Holy Martyrs Acepsimas the Bishop
9:00 a.m. +Orest Dubno requested by Maria Sobko
10:30 a.m. For our parishioners
Panachyda for All Ukrainian-American Veterans

Epistle: Galatians 1:11-19
Gospel: Luke 8:26-39, Tone 3

Parish announcements this week

Christ is in our midst!

This week’s vigil light is offered God’s Glory by Nina Baker and family in memory of Natalie Cybriwsky.

We invite everyone to a farewell reception for our wounded soldier Kostya Shkapoyed and his wife Iryna. The reception will be in the church hall on Sunday, October 27 at 12:00 noon. Kostya’s treatment at Yale has been completed and he and Iryna are returning to Ukraine. Let’s give him a nice send off and wish him and Iryna well as they return home.

We changed the date for making Pyrohy from November 23rd to November 16th.

The Ukrainian American Veteran’s National Convention will be held here in New Haven this coming weekend, Thursday October 31st thru Saturday November 2nd. We expect 140 attendees and we are asking for your help to make this event a success. Please contact Post Commander Carl Harvey for further details and how you can help. Thank you.

The next meeting of Knights of Columbus Blessed Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Ukrainian Council will be held on Monday, November 4, 7:00 p.m. in the Holy Name Room. All men of the parish are invited to attend.

St. Michael’s Day will be celebrated on November 24. On this day we will have only One Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. After the Divine Liturgy, we will have a dinner and short program. All parishioners are cordially invited to this celebration. Tickets are available through Anya Rohmer-Hanson. Tickets are $25.00 for adults, $10.00 for youth between 14 and 18. Free for students Ridna Shkola, altar boys and for children under 12. We will be running a raffle. If you would like to donate any items to be raffled, please bring them to our church hall on Sundays before our Feast Day. Also we ask for donations for dessert.

The Ukrainian Ridna Shkola of New Haven has started its school year with 3 classes: 1.) A nursery school program for children 3-5 years old; 2.) A class to teach Ukrainian to English language-speaking children ages 6-10; 3.) A class where instruction is only in the Ukrainian language for children 8-11 years old. Classes are from 9:30 to 11:30 each Saturday morning. Religious instruction follows at 11:30 am. We are planning Ukrainian dance instruction as well.

Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak, spiritual leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia will appear on EWTN live, Wednesday, October 30 at 8 p.m. Metropolitan Borys will speak about his duties and responsibilities as a bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church on the 60 minute program hosted by Father Mitch Pacwa. The program will be rebroadcast on Thursday, October 31 at 1 a.m. and 9 a.m. and Sunday November 3 at 4 a.m.

The Holodomor Remembrance in New York City will take place on Saturday, November 16. The cost for bus $40.00 for adults, 20. 00 for students. To reserve seats call Halia Lodynsky 203 494-6278. The bus will stop in New Haven at 9:30 Ikea Parking Lot (rear) Brewery Street.

The Eparchy of Stamford will be sponsoring an Eparchial Family Day retreat on the theme “Parents as the First Teachers of Faith for Their Children, who Proclaim the Gospel to Them.” The retreat will be held at St. Basil Seminary, Stamford on November 17th. More information, as well as registration forms are available in the vestibule.

CT Pro-Life Conference, November 2nd, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Saint Paul High School 1001, Stafford Avenue, Bristol. Workshops/Speakers/Advocacy 101. To register $15 lunch included; $5 for students with ID; visitwww.ctfamily.org

STAMFORD CHARITIES APPEAL

REMINDER: Please don’t forget to donate to the Charities Appeal. Kindly make checks 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.

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Make Disciples of All Nations, not just those of our family

From a 2016 sermon of His Beatitude Sviatoslav of Kyiv and Halych:

Today’s question is: What does it mean to be a faithful member or believer of the UGCC? This is a question of identity of the Church and us. The Kyivan Church of the third millennium—who are we? What do we do as members of this Church?

Here in our midst are members [of the Church] from the whole world. We have with us brothers and sisters from Australia here today. This question has broad answers. What makes us Ukrainian Greco-Catholics? Being Ukrainian? Today about 1/3 of our parishes in the diaspora [in North and South America, Western Europe, Australia] are comprised of members not of Ukrainian heritage and who don’t speak Ukrainian. This is why we translated our new Catechism into languages they understand: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, many others….

What is the mark of identity of the UGCC? To be Galician? I tell you as the Major Archbishop of Kyiv, no! There are many who want to make our Church into a Galician enclave in the Western part of Ukraine. His Beatitude Lubomyr once said something very interesting: “we need to put aside the heresy of being just Galician.” [Let me assure you, I say this with all respect, being a Galician myself.] Our identity, the identity of our Church is faith in the salvific things that our God has placed in the history of the Kyivan Church and all the good things and gifts and treasures from God: theological, liturgical, artistic.

Today we must spread these to the whole world.

And today when our missionaries leave the Lviv Theological Seminary [where the homily is being given] to occupied areas, in Crimea, or to Melbourne or to India, they can think to themselves… I am going to find [seek out, like lost sheep] Ukrainians, I am going to call back the lost sheep of Ukraine.

But Christ is calling us to something higher. He says go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. This is what it means to be Greco-Catholic, faithful member of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church.

Within the richness of the Kyivan Church there is much to be found, there are such deep roots. We need to open the Kyivan Church to other languages, other cultures, other peoples—this gift of the Spirit that the Lord gave to our once suffering, crucified, but today resurrected and glorified Church.