Category: Byzantine Liturgy

Prayer for Fathers

Here is a an optional special petition for Father’s Day:

O Lord our God, the Infinite Father: we beseech You to attentively hear our supplicating voices which we, Your humble sons and daughters and lowly children, offer today in behalf of all of our fathers. To our youthful fathers, may You give the wisdom of Your advice and counsel; to those of our fathers in the prime of life, may You give strength and inspiration, reassuring them with that spiritual joy that comes from having experienced mature fatherhood; to our elderly fathers, may You grant them Your preservation, sustaining them with Your comfort and spiritual tender­ness; and to those of our fathers whom You have already called to Your heavenly abode, may You graciously favor them by generously rewarding them. Kindle within our hearts that same dedicated love and faithful devotion that Your Only-Begotten Son, our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ showed toward fulfilling Your divine will. O Almighty Father, on this festive day as we especially pay tribute to all of our fathers, we beseech You to receive our petitions and to quickly hear us and show all of them Your mercy.

Lord, have mercy. (3x)

Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ

Sunday, 6/21, 3rd Sunday after Pentecost and Moleben to Jesus Christ
9:00 a.m. For All Fathers requested by Judith Ellis
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Romani 5:1-10
Gospel: Matthew 6:22-34, Tone 2

Monday, 6/22, Holy Bishop Martyr Eusebius
8:00 a.m. +Mary Ann Yursha (40 days, Pan.) requested by the Family

Tuesday, 6/23, Holy Martyr Agrippina
8:00 a.m. +Mary Ann Yursha requested Sestretsi

Wednesday, 6/24, Nativity of St John the Baptist
9:00 a.m. +Lew Markiw (Pan.) requested by the Wysowskyj and Sydoriak Families

Thursday, 6/25, Our Venerable Martyr Febronia
8:00 a.m. +Olga Mackew requested by Sestretsi

Friday, 6/26, Our Venerable David
8:00 a.m. +Orest Dubno requested by Luba Dubno

Saturday, 6/27, Nicholas Charnetsky and 25 martyrs
8:00 a.m. +Olga Mackew requested Sestretsi

Sunday, 06/28, 4th Sunday after Pentecost
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health for Irene Hladkyj requested by Luba Dubno
Moleben to Jesus Christ requested by Sestretsi
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Romani 6:18-23
Gospel: Matthew 8:5-13, Tone 3

Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ

Sunday, 6/07, Sunday of All Saints; Moleben to Jesus Christ
9:00 a.m. +Ann Muryn requested Mary and Michael Muryn
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish; Moleben to Jesus Christ

Epistle: Hebrews 11:32-12:2a
Gospel: Matthew 10:32-33; 37-38 and 19:27-30, Tone 8

Monday, 6/08, Translation of the Relics of Great Martyr Theodore
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health for all members of Yanovski, Korenovsky and Chermak Families requested by the Chermak Family

Tuesday, 6/09, Holy Archbishop Cyril of Alexandria
9:00 a.m. +Mary Ann Yursha requested by Sestretsi

Wednesday, 6/10, Holy Bishop Martyr Timothy
9:00 a.m. +Olga Mackew requested by Sestretsi

Thursday, 6/11, Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas
9:00 a.m. +Mary Ann Yursha requested by Sestretsi

Friday, 6/12, Our Venerable Father Onuphrius
9:00 a.m. +Olga Mackew requested by Sestretsi

Saturday, 6/13, Holy Martyr Aquilina
8:30 a.m. +Olga Mackew requested by Sestretsi

Sunday, 6/14, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
9:00 a.m. +Joseph Levitzky requested by Joseph M Levitzky; Moleben to Jesus Christ
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish; Moleben to Jesus Christ

Epistle: Romani 7:1-13
Gospel: Matthew 4:18-23, Tone 1

Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Christ is risen!

Sunday, 5/31, Pentecost Sunday, the Moleben to the Mother of God follows the Liturgies
9:00 a.m. +Mary Ann Yursha requested by Janet Farnish
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11
Gospel: John 7:37-52 and 8:12, Tone 7

Monday, 6/01, Pentecost Monday
9:00 a.m. + Mary Ann Yursha requested by Bohdan Sowa

Tuesday, 6/02, Holy Patriarch Nicephor
9:00 a.m. + Anastazia Sobko requested by Bohdan Sowa

Wednesday, 6/03, Holy Martyr Lucillian and companions
9:00 a.m. +Mary Ann Yursha (Pan.) requested by Katharina Szymkiw

\Thursday, 6/04, The Holy Patriarch Metrophanes
9:00 a.m. +Olga Mackew (40 days, Pan)

Friday, 6/05, Holy Bishop Martyr Dorotheus
9:00 a.m. + Marguerite Komondy (7th Annie., Pan.) requested by Chris Komondy

Saturday, 6/06, Our Venerable Fathers Bessarion and Hilary
9:00 a.m. +Christoforo Schiano (Pan.) requested by Luba Schiano

Sunday, 06/07, Sunday of All Saints, the Moleben follows the liturgies
9:00 a.m. +Ann Muryn requested by Mary and Michael Muryn
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Hebrews 11:32-12:2a
Gospel: Matthew 10:32-33; 37-38 &19:27-30, Tone 8

Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Christ is risen!

Sunday, 5/24, Sunday of the Fathers of the First Council
10:00 a.m. For the people of the parish
Moleben to the Mother of God

Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18 and 28-38
Gospel: John 17:1-13, Tone 6

Monday, 5/25, Third Finding of the Head of John the Baptist
9:00 a.m. +Eugenia Dobczansky (Pan.) requested by Christine and Myron Melnyk

Tuesday, 5/26, The Holy Apostle Carpus
9:00 a.m. + Eugene Koziupa requested by Bohdan Sowa

Wednesday, 5/27, The Holy Bishop Martyr Therapont
9:00 a.m. +Allan & Mary Ann Yursha requested by the Chermak family

Thursday, 5/28, the Holy Bishop Nicetas
9:00 a.m. +Stefan Daniw requested by Bohdan Sowa

Friday, 5/29, Our Venerable Martyr Theodosia
9:00 a.m. +Mary Ann Yursha requested Barbara Schwartz

Saturday, 5/30, The Holy Prophet Isaac
9:00 a.m. +Stefan Brochinsky requested by Bohdan Sowa
9:30 a.m. Sorokousty

Sunday, 05/31, Pentecost Sunday —the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
10:00 a.m. For the people of the parish
Moleben to the Mother of God

Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11
Gospel: John 7:37-52 and 8:12, Tone 7