‘He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.’
– John 6:56
Tonight at 7pm
Category: Byzantine Liturgy
Divine Liturgy for the coming week
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Sunday, 2/26, First Sunday of Lent
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health for Eliana
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Hebrew 11:24-26, 32-12:2
Gospel: John 1:43-51, Tone 5
Monday, 2/27, Holy Confessor Procopius
9:00 a.m. +Myroslaw Trojan (Pan.) requested by Nadia Trojan and daughters
Tuesday, 2/28, Our Venerable Father and Confessor Basil
9:00 a.m.
Wednesday, 3/1, Our Venerable Martyr Eudokia
9:00 a.m.
Thursday, 3/2, Holy Bishop Martyr Theodotus
9:00 a.m. +Ivan Lobay (7th Anniv., Pan,.) requested by Maria Lobay
Friday, 3/3, Holy Martyrs Eutropius and Cleonicus
7:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified Gifts
Saturday, 3/4, Our Venerable Father Gerasimus
9:00 a.m. All deceased of the Parish (SOROKOUSTY)
Sunday, 3/5, Second Sunday of Lent
9:00 a.m. Special Intention
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Hebrew 1:10-2:3
Gospel: Mark 2:1-12, Tone 6
Divine Liturgy for the coming week
Glory to Jesus Christ
Sunday, 2/12, Sunday of the Meat Fare
9:00 a.m. Special Intention
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2
Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46, Tone 3
Monday, 2/13, Our Venerable Martinian
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, 2/14, Venerable Father Cyril Apostle of the Slavs
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Wednesday, 2/15, Holy Apostle Onesimus
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Thursday, 2/16, Holy Martyrs Pamphilius and Porfirius
9:00 a.m. +Anna Lipcan (14 Anniv., Pan.) requested by Barbara and Patrick Bagley
Friday, 2/17, Holy Great Martyr Theodore
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 2/18, Holy Leo the Great, Pope of Rome
9:00 a.m. +All deceased of the Parish -SOROKOUSTY —All Souls’ Saturday
Sunday, 2/19, Sunday of the Cheese Fare
9:00 a.m. +Gregory Dubno requested by Luba Dubno
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Romans 13:11-14-4
Gospel: Matthew 6:14-21, Tone 4
Divine Liturgy for the coming week
Glory to Jesus Christ
Sunday, 2/5, Sunday of the Prodigal Son
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health of John and Mark Buciak and Cathy requested by Cathy Kolesnik
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Gospel: Luke 15:11-32, Tone 2
Monday, 2/6, Holy Bishop Bucolus
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and heath for Jaroslaw Paluha
Tuesday, 2/7, Holy Bishop Parthenius
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Wednesday, 2/8, Holy Great Martyr Theodore
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Thursday, 2/9, Holy Martyr Nicephor
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Friday, 2/10, Holy Martyr Charalampus
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 2/11, Holy Hieromartyr Blaise
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Sunday, 2/12, Sunday of the Meat Fare
9:00 a.m. Special Intention
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2
Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46, Tone 3
The Feast of the Encounter
The Divine Liturgy for the Encounter with the Lord will be served at 9:00 a.m.
No, I haven’t lost my mind. The Greek name for February 2’s feast is “Hypapante,” which means “Meeting.” The feast of the Encounter with the Lord.
There was once a seminary student who used to call it “Hippopotamus,” which sorta stuck in memory. In the West, the Church has three names for this feast: the current official name (Presentation of the Lord in the Temple), the former official name (the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary) and the popular nickname (Candlemas). The feast is 40 days since the Holy Nativity which signals the end of the Christmas season. In some quarters of the Church the focus on the Infant Jesus closes and makes a transition to preparing for Great Lent. St. John Paul II began the custom of keeping the Nativity scene in St. Peter’s square until February 2.
This feast of Candlemas Day also was important in the lives of farmers. An old English song went as follows:
“If Candlemas be fair and bright,
Come, Winter, have another flight.
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
Go, Winter, and come not again.”
Moreover, February 2nd called “cross-quarter” day in astronomical terms because it marks the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox; the earth has traveled about one half of the way between winter and spring. Daylight increases and the earth in this hemisphere warms, the honey bees begin to think about spring and laying hens start to lay more eggs.
Candles in our Church
For the Feast of the Encounter-Meeting of Our Lord it is a pious and venerable tradition in Ukrainian Church, like other Eastern Churches, is to bless candles. It is impossible to imagine an Eastern Church without burning candles. Candles made of beeswax —but many candles now have a portion of beeswax— are used in our as a form of sacrifice and devotion to God or Saints.
Candles in Divine Services and ceremonies are symbolic of Jesus Christ, who is called “the Light of the World.” When we see so many candles everywhere, we know that the Lord, Light of the World, is everywhere in the whole church, our homes, our work places, and He is in us, too. The symbolic nature of candles is said to represent the two natures of Jesus: the Divine (the burning wick) and the Human (the wax body).
Divine Liturgy for the coming week
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Sunday, 1/29, Sunday of the Publican and Pharesee
9:00 a.m. Special Intention
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle 2 Timothy 3:10-15
Gospel: Luke 18:10-14, Tone 1
Monday, 1/30, The Three Holy Hierarchs
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and heath for Jaroslaw Paluha
Tuesday, 1/31, Cyrus and John, selfless physicians
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Wednesday, 2/1, Holy Martyr Tryphon
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Thursday, 2/2, The Presentation of Our Lord
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health of John, Mark Buciak and Cathy requested by Cathy Kolesnik
Friday, 2/3, Synaxis of Simeon & Anna, prophets
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 2/4, Our Venerable Isidore
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Sunday, 2/5, Sunday of the Prodigal Son
9:00 a.m. Special Intention
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: 2 Timothy 3:10-15
Gospel: Luke 18:10-14, Tone 1
Divine Liturgy for the coming week
Christ is Born!
Sunday, 1/22, Sunday of Zachaeus
9:00 a.m. +Stuart Maybury (40 days) requested by Paul Zalonski
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle 1 Timothy 4:9-15
Gospel: Luke 19: 1-10, Tone 8
Monday, 1/23, Holy Hieromartyr Clement
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health of John and Mark Buciak and Cathy requested by Cathy Kolesnik
Tuesday, 1/24, Our Venerable Xenia of Rome
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health of Jaroslaw Paluha
Wednesday, 1/25, Holy Gregory the Theologian
9:00 a.m. +Danylo Begej (29th Anniv. Pan.) requested by Irene Morgan
Thursday, 1/26, Our Venerable Xenophon and Mary
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Friday, 1/27, Translation of relics of John Chrysostom
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 1/28, Our Venerable Ephrem the Syrian
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Sunday, 1/29, Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee
9:00 a.m. Special Intention
Epistle: 2 Timothy 3:10-15
Gospel: Luke 18:10-14, Tone 1
Divine Liturgy for the coming week
Christ is born!
Sunday, 1/01, Sunday before Theophany, Circumcision of the Lord —Saint Basil the Great
10:45 a.m. Lytia and Blessing of Bread
11:00 a.m. For the people of the parish
Anointing -Myrovann
Epistle: 2 Timothy 4:5-8; Colossians 2:8-12
Gospel: Mark 1:1-8; Luke 2:20-21;40-52, Tone 5
Monday, 1/02, Holy Sylvester and the Martyr Juliana
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, 1/03, Holy Prophet Malachy
9:00 a.m. +Deacon Charles, Barbara, Ivan (Pan.) requested by the Burger Family
Wednesday, 1/04, Synaxis of the 70 Apostles
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Thursday, 1/05, Holy Martyrs Theopeptus and Theona
6:00 p.m. Great Compline
Friday, 1/06, Theophany of our Lord
10:00 a.m. For the people of the parish
Great Sanctification of Water —Anointing – Myrovann
Saturday, 1/07, Nativity of Our Lord (Julian Calendar)
9:50 a.m. Great Compline
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish —Myrovann
Sunday, 1/08, Sunday after Theophany
9:00 a.m. Special Intention
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Ephesians 4:7-13
Gospel: Matthew 4:12-17, Tone 6
Divine Liturgy on January 1
Christ is born!
Sunday, 1/01, Sunday Before Theophany —Circumcision of Our Lord
10:45 a.m. Lytia and Blessing of Bread
11:00 a.m. Intention: For the people of the parish
The Anointing —Myrovann immediately follows the Liturgy.
Blessings for 2023!
Divine Liturgy for the coming week
Christ is born!
Sunday, 12/25, Nativity in the Flesh of Our Lord Jesus Christ
9:50 a.m. Great Compline with Lytia
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Anointing —Myrovann
Epistle: Galatians 4:4-7
Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12, Tone 4
Monday, 12/26, Synaxis of the Mother of God
10:00 a.m. Deceased members of Komondy family requested by Chris Komondy
Tuesday, 12/27, Holy Apostle Martyr Archdeacon Stephen
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and health for members of family requested by Dionizia Brochinsky
Wednesday, 12/28, 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Thursday, 12/29, Holy Innocent Martyrs
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Friday, 12/30, Venerable Martyr Anysia
9:00 God’s blessing and heath for children and grandchildren requested by M. Ihor Walnycky
Saturday, 12/31, Our Venerable Melany
9:00 a.m. +Michael T. Lipcan (Pan.) requested by Barbara and Patrick Bagley
Sunday, 1/01, Sunday Before Theophany —Circumcision of Our Lord
10:45 a.m. Lytia and Blessing of Bread
11:00 a.m. For the people of the parish AND Anointing —Myrovann
Epistle: 2 Timothy 4:5-8; Colossians 2:8-12
Gospel: Mark 1:1-8; Lk 2:20-21;40-52, Tone 4