Glory to Jesus Christ!
Tomorrow, July 3, and for the rest of the summer, we will have only one (1) Divine Liturgy in English and Ukrainian at 10:00 a.m.
Let us come together to pray and to worship the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Third Commandment still informs and forms our spiritual life and relationship with God.
Peace!
Christ is among us!
This week vigil light is offered by Vasyl Ivantsiv in memory of Vasyl.
The 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 www.ssmi-us.org
From July 3 until September 11 we will celebrate only one (1) Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. in BOTH the Ukrainian and English languages.
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.
Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33 in New Haven, CT 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, CT. The collection center will be open on Tuesdays from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Sundays from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Checks are to be made out to: UAV POST 33. In the memo section write in: Ukrainian soldiers welfare fund. Checks can be mailed to: Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33, Post Office Box 972, Orange, CT 06477. If you have any questions about this project, please call (203) 530-8232 or send e-mail to carlrharvey79@gmail.com.
Christ is in our midst!
This week vigil light is offered by Vasyl Ivantsiv in memory of Vasyl. Memory eternal.
From July 3 until September 11 we will celebrate only one (1) Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. in both the Ukrainian and English languages.
Today, June 19th, there will be one (1) bi-lingual Divine Liturgy served at 10:30 a.m. At 10:00 a.m., we will pray the Moleben to Jesus Christ (a June devotional prayer of petition to Our Lord).
The Ladies of our Parish will host a Father’s Day Celebration tomorrow, Sunday, June 19. The luncheon will take place immediately after the Liturgy. ALL ARE INVITED. The plan calls for a barbeque picnic in the backyard. In case of rain it will be held in the church hall.
If you would like to have a Confession, Holy Communion or prayer of the sick at your house or nursing home, please call the rectory at (203) 865-0388.
STAMFORD 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.
Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33 in New Haven, CT 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, CT. 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.mm. and Sundays from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Tomorrow, June 19th, there will be one (1) bi-lingual Divine Liturgy served at 10:30 a.m. At 10:00 a.m., we will pray the Moleben to Jesus Christ (a June devotional prayer of petition to Our Lord).
The Ladies of our Parish will host a Father’s Day Celebration tomorrow, Sunday, June 19. The luncheon will take place immediately after the Liturgy. ALL ARE INVITED. The plan calls for a barbeque picnic in the backyard. In case of rain it will be held in the church hall.
Christ is risen!
From July 3 until September 11 we will celebrate only one (1) Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. in the Ukrainian and English languages.
The Panakhyda Service at the grave sites will take place on Sunday, June 5, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Lawrence Cemetery. Please call the rectory office for appointment.
The Ladies of our Parish will host a Fathers Day Celebration on Sunday, June 19. There will be only one (1) Divine Liturgy on this day at 10:30 a.m. The luncheon will take place immediately afterwards. ALL ARE INVITED. The plan calls for a barbeque picnic in the back yard. In case of rain it will be held in the church hall.
STAMFORD CHARITIES APPEAL: Please don’t forget to donate for Charities Appeal. The forms are designed for each family of our parish. Attached to the form is an envelope into which you can place your contribution. The form along with your contribution, we ask you enclose in the envelope and place it in the collection basket during church services. 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.
Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33 in New Haven, CT 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.
The final All Souls Saturday –Sorokousty– will be on June 4, at 9:00 a.m. The Divine Liturgy with the prayers for the dead will be prayed.
There are 5 All Soul’s Saturdays. 2, 3, and 4 were on Saturdays during the Great Fast on days that had no other commemoration (e.g., the Miracle of Theodore and Akathistos). This is due to the liturgical law that fasting periods are more conservative and retain ancient customs. Saturday, the day our Lord was in the tomb was a day for remembering the departed, and that has persisted until the present in Lent.
The All Souls’ Saturday before Meatfare Sunday was due to the Church Year. Meatfare Sunday was the Gospel of the Last Judgment and, in a way, concluded the regular cycle of Gospel beginning with Pascha and lasting until the next Great Fast (beginning with Cheesefare Sunday). It was natural, therefore, to remember the departed as we pray for all before the final and last judgment.
The fifth All Souls’ Saturday the day before Pentecost does not have clear origins. Some have said that it is the Christianization of the pagan feast of Rosalia, which remembered virgins who have died a violent death. Their souls were locked in trees and were released on this feast day. The Christians generalized this into a general feast for all the departed. Some find this controversial, since the ideology is that Christians owe nothing to pagans. We have no concrete evidence one way or the other. It might be connected with All Saints, which in the Byzantine Church was the Sunday after Pentecost, but this does not explain the one week delay.
At any rate, though Pentecost is the Christian feast of the 50th day, corresponding directly to the Jewish feast of the Mt. Sinai covenant (note the Upper Room), it was also called Rusalka (in Slavonic) since it happened closely to the pagan feast. The All Saints feast was originally “All Martyrs,” namely those who died a violent death in witness to Christ. Rome originally celebrated it at the same time as the Byzantines, but moved it to November 1, the Dedication of the Pantheon, the pagan temple made into the Christian Church of the All Saints. In our faith and worship, though, this all has a clearly Christian meaning.
Christ is risen!
The Panakhyda Service at the grave sites will take place on Saturday, June 4, at 11:00 am at All Saints Cemetery and Sunday, June 5, at 1:00 pm at St. Lawrence Cemetery. Please call the rectory office for appointment.
The Ladies of our Parish will host a Fathers Day Celebration on Sunday, June 19. There will be only one Divine Liturgy on this day at 10:30 am. The luncheon will take place immediately afterwards. ALL ARE INVITED. The plan calls for a barbeque picnic in the back yard. In case of rain it will be held in the church hall.
STAMFORD CHARITIES APPEAL: Please don’t forget to donate for Charities Appeal. The forms are designed for each family of our parish. Attached to the form is an envelope into which you can place your contribution. The form along with your contribution, we ask you enclose in the envelope and place it in the collection basket during church services. 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.
Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33 in New Haven, CT 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 PM, Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and Sundays from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
Checks are to be made out to: UAV POST 33. In the memo section write in:Ukrainian soldiers welfare fund. Checks can be mailed to: Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33, Post Office Box 972, Orange, CT 06477. If you have any questions about this project, please call (203) 530-8232 or send e-mail to carlrharvey79@gmail.com
Dear Friends,
The Ukrainian Relief Project New Haven reopens on Saturday, May 28, 10am to 2pm.
For a current list of the supplies we are accepting, please email: stmichaelchurchgc@gmail.com
Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33 in New Haven, CT 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 Street, New Haven, CT.
Going forward, the collection center will be open on Tuesdays from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM AND Sundays from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
~Checks payable to: UAV POST 33
~In the memo write in: Ukrainian soldiers welfare fund
~Checks can be mailed to: Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33, Post Office Box 972, Orange, CT 06477
If you have any questions about this project, please call (203) 530-8232 or send e-mail to carlrharvey79@gmail.com
ONLINE giving: https://www.givesendgo.com/G2ZXR
Thank you for friendship, and generous giving of time, talent and material items for the Ukrainian Relief Project.
Christ is risen!
This week vigil light is offered by Godenciuc family in memory of Olena Godenciuc.
STAMFORD CHARITIES APPEAL : Please don` t forget to donate for Charities Appeal. The forms are designed for each family of our parish. Attached to the form is an envelope into which you can place your contribution. The form along with your contribution, we ask you enclose in the envelope and place it in the collection basket during church services. 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.
Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33 in New Haven, CT 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 PM, Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and Sundays from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
Checks are to be made out to: UAV POST 33. In the memo section write in:Ukrainian soldiers welfare fund. Checks can be mailed to: Ukrainian American Veterans Post 33, Post Office Box 972, Orange, CT 06477. If you have any questions about this project, please call (203) 530-8232 or send e-mail to carlharvey79@gmail.com.
PARISH COFFEE HOUR: Dear parishioners and guests, after each Divine Liturgy, coffee and hard rolls are available in the church hall.
If you would like to have a Confession, Holy Communion or prayer of the sick at your house or nursing home, please call the rectory at (203) 865-0388.
Friday, May 20, 2022-6pm-8pm-Ukrainian Night! Sunflowers For Ukraine Artist Happy Hour! Ignite Fitness 137 South Main St West Hartford CT
Saturday, May 21, 2022-9am-Chesire 5K Run/Walk for Ukraine Fundraiser-Bartlem Park Chesire CT
Saturday, May 21, 2022 & Sunday, May 22, 2022-Coffee Shop Fundraiser for Ukraine-Junk & Java LLC 49 Beach St Westerly RI
Saturday, May 21, 2022-5:30pm-Bears Restaurant/Creamery Cafe Fundraiser 7:30pm-Cabaret Show Fundraiser-Wethersfield CT High School
Sunday, May 22, 2022-1pm-3pm-Stand with Ukraine-Enfield Town Green
Sunday, May 22, 2022-Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization Zakryttia-1:45pm-4pm-Ukrainian National Home of Hartford 961 Wethersfield Ave Hartford
Wednesday, May 25, 2022-6pm-9pm-An Evening for Ukraine-Symphony Hall Springfield MA-Springfield Public Forum/Pioneer Valley Symphony
Saturday, May 28, 2022-10am-6pm-Ukrainian American Youth Assn (UAYA) Hartford Zakryttia-Bobriwka Fritz Rd Colebrook CT
Sunday, May 29, 2022-3pm-10pm-Polish Festival Fundraiser-Falcon Field (Polanka) 721 Farmington Ave New Britain CT
Saturday, June 11, 2022-Zolotyj Promin End of Year Performance-Ukrainian National Home of Hartford 961 Wethersfield Ave Hartford CT
Sunday, June 19, 2022-3pm-Arts of Tolland presents Ukrainian-American pianist Victor Markiw-United Congregational Church 45 Tolland Green Tolland
Friday, June 24, 2022-6pm-11pm-Summer Barbeque Fundraiser-Ukrainian National Home of Hartford 961 Wethersfield Ave Hartford CT
Sunday, June 26, 2022-8:30am–Tunnel to Towers Bethel High School-5K Run & Walk Bethel
Thank you for your support of Ukraine.