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Whether you are visiting us for a brief time, looking for a new parish community, are returning to the practice of your Catholic faith, or are interested in finding out more about the Eastern Catholic Church, we’re happy to have you here.

St. Michael’s is a faith-filled people of the Ukrainian Catholic tradition. We strive to make the Divine Liturgy the heartbeat of our faith community and we stand ready to bear witness to the Lord with our life. Saint Michael’s is a parish rooted in Jesus Christ, active in our love of neighbor, on the path toward salvation in the Holy Trinity.

Join us today in supporting the St. Michael’s Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief Fund!

Your gift today will provide food, medical supplies, clothing, and items for children. These items will all be immediately distributed, and 100% of your gift will go directly to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. No amount is too small.

Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ

Sunday, 11/9, 22nd Sunday after Pentecost
9:00 a.m. +Hryhorij Dubno requested by Luba Dubno
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Galatians 6:11-18
Gospel: Luke 8:41-56, Tone 5

Monday, 11/10, Holy Apostle Erastus, Olympus
9:00 a.m. No scheduled intention for the Divine Liturgy

Tuesday, 11/11, Our Theodor the Studite and the martyr Victor
9:00 a.m. No scheduled intention for the Divine Liturgy

Wednesday, 11/12, Holy Hieromartyr Josaphat
9:00 a.m. +Michael Zinchak (Pan.) requested by Joseph Levitzky

Thursday, 11/13, John Chrysosthom archbishop of Constantinople
9:00 a.m. No scheduled intention for the Divine Liturgy

Friday, 11/14, Holy Apostle Philip
9:00 a.m. No scheduled intention for the Divine Liturgy

Saturday, 11/15, Holy Confessor Gurias, Samonas
10:00 a.m. +Vladimir Korenovsky (2nd Anniv., Pan.) requested by Melania and Stephania Korenovsky

Sunday, 11/16, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
9:00 a.m. Special Intention
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Ephesians 2:4-10
Gospel: Luke 10:25-37, Tone 6

Parish news

Christ is among us!

This week vigil light is offered by Margaret Brezicki – Maybury in memory of Eugenia Brezicki Bronner.

Sestretsi will be having Corporate Communion on November 16 at the 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy and a short meeting to follow in the classroom. Please try to attend. See Barbara Schwartz for more information.

Sincere thanks to everyone who worked in the kitchen, especially Natalia Lyalka, to those who prepared the church and church hall for the celebration, and to everyone who contributed their efforts to organizing the feast. I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the Ukrainian Ridna Shkola for their wonderful themed performance-concert dedicated to the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, and for their support through the purchase of tickets totaling $1,800.00.

We will be making Pyrohy (Varenyky) on November 15, 2025. We need your help on Friday to peel potatoes and Saturday to make pierogis (varenyky). Please come and help.

STAMFORD CHARITIES APPEAL: Please don’t forget to donate for this Appeal.
Please make check payable to the Byzantine Rite Eparchy of Stamford and give it Father Iura. DO NOT MAIL THIS FORM TO THE CHANCERY OFFICE. We sincerely ask all parishioners to make generous contributions.

For sale: stuff cabbage with meet, borsht, cabbage with meet, pierogi (varenyky).

Art Show and Fundraiser

Dear Friends. Every day, Ukrainian soldiers risk their lives defending freedom. Many return from the front lines bearing deep wounds-both visible and invisible. At Zhytomyr Military Hospital, these brave men and women are receiving critical care for severe physical injuries, PTSD, and traumatic brain injuries. But healing takes more than medicine. Thanks to the leadership of Yuliya Tolmachova, a mother of an active-duty soldier and head of Veteran`s Home in Zhytomyr, these heroes are finding hope through a groundbreaking art therapy program. To support this life-changing work, our volunteers in the NHCT UAHA Fund a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit based here in New Haven are hosting an Art Show Sale featuring original works created by these soldiers during therapy. Art Show and Fundraiser Saturday, October 25, 6-9 PM.

VIP Preview admission $100 hor d`oeuvres and open bar, Sunday, October 26th, 12-6PM art Show admission $20 hor d`oeuvres and cash bar. All proceeds will directly fund The art therapy program at Zhytomyr military Hospital, The purchase of critically needed medications and medical equipment. We humbly ask you to attend and make a donation to support this program. We welcome all donations!

Please mail your check to NHCT UAHA Fund 569 George St., New Haven, CT 06511. For further information please contact Carl Harvey at (203)848-5860, email cenbts64@gmail.com, Myron Melnyk at (201) 264-9793, email mmelnyk@yahoo.com

Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ

Sunday, 10/19, 19th Sunday after Pentecost
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health for Mary Ann Mikosky
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 11:31-12:9
Luke 8:5-15, Tone 2

Monday, 10/20, Holy Great Martyr Artemis
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Tuesday, 10/21, Our Venerable Hilarion the Great
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Wednesday, 10/22, Holy Bishop Abercius
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Thursday, 10/23, Holy Apostle James
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Friday, 10/24, Holy Martyr Aretas and companions
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Saturday, 10/25, Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius
9:00 a.m. +Olga Pospolita (Pan.) requested by Daria Jakubowski

Sunday, 10/26, 20th Sunday after Pentecost and Holy Great Martyr Demetrius
9:00 a.m. +Dmytro Bodnar requested by the Family
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Galatians 1:11-19
Gospel: Luke 16:19-31, Tone 3

Parish news

Christ is among us!

This week vigil light is offered by Iuliana Godenciuc for God`s blessing of family.

Sestretsi will be having Corporate Communion on October 26, after 9:00 a.m.Divine Liturgy with a meeting to follow in the classroom.

St. Michael’s Day will be celebrated on November 2. 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 Miss Luba Dubno, Margaret Maybury and Svitlana Nakonechna. Tickets are $35.00 for adults, $20.00 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 donations for dessert. Last day to buy tickets October 28. We will not sale tickets at the door.

Dear Friends. Every day, Ukrainian soldiers risk their lives defending freedom. Many return from the front lines bearing deep wounds-both visible and invisible. At Zhytomyr Military Hospital, these brave men and women are receiving critical care for severe physical injuries, PTSD, and traumatic brain injuries. But healing takes more that medicine. Thanks to the leadership of Yuliya Tolmachova, a mother of an active-duty soldier and head of Veteran`s Home in Zhytomyr, these heroes are finding hope through a groundbreaking art therapy program. To support this life-changing work, our volunteers in the NHCT UAHA Fund a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit based here in New Haven are hosting an Art Show Sale featuring original works created by these soldiers during therapy. Art Show and Fundraiser Saturday, October 25, 6-9 PM.

VIP Preview admission $100 hor d`oeuvres and open bar, Sunday, October 26th, 12-6PM art Show admission $20 hor d`oeuvres and cash bar. All proceeds will directly fund The art therapy program at Zhytomyr military Hospital, The purchase of critically needed medications and medical equipment. We humbly ask you to attend and make a donation to support this program. We welcome all donations!

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Children Paint War, Not Flowers

Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 8, from 3 – 5 PM, at Buley Library on campus of Southern CT State University, Dr. Ulia Gosart, will give a presentation about “CHILDREN PAINT WAR, NOT FLOWERS”. Ulia is the originator of this project to help children displaced by the war in Ukraine to cope with the trauma they are experiencing. Ulia is from Cherkasy Region of Ukraine and currently is a professor at iSchool at San Jose State University.

This exhibit will remain through October at the college library. You can also view the sidplay everyday during library hours: Sunday: 2 -10 PM; Monday-Thursday: 8 AM – 10 PM; Friday: 8 AM – 4:30 PM and Saturday: 12 noon to 5 PM. Library is located at 377 Fitch Street, New Haven. There is no admission charge.

Invite your family, children and friends to view the amazing work by these Ukrainian Children of War.

The Holy Apostle Thomas

The story of the Holy Apostle Thomas shows us that the evangelists had a clear and intelligent idea of who Christ is – our Lord and God. They were not a primitive, ignorant, superstitious people, Thomas’ actions show that they accepted the truth of Jesus as Son of God only through a rigorous process of observation and reasoning. For us, it is through the testimony of these honest and trustworthy witnesses that we believe in Christ and constitute a “one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.” Hear their witness, Jesus tells us, for “Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed. (John 20:29)”

We believe because we hear the apostles, and, for us, the “doubting” Thomas becomes the strong support of our faith in Jesus, our Lord and God, risen from the dead.

Meditation by Archpriest David Petras