“Christ our God, praised be thee. Whom thou hast made the fishers of all ways and sent down the Holy Spirit. You captured the world through her. Lover of humanity, glory be to thee” (Pentecost troparion).
Divine Liturgy is at 9:00 a.m. (in English) and 10:30 a.m. (in Ukrainian).
Let us pray these words: “Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth” (Psalm 104:30).
Hope you have a blessed day!
When you had fulfilled the plan of salvation for us and united the earthly with the heavenly, you were taken up in glory, O Christ our God. Never parting from us but remaining constantly, you proclaim to those who love you: I am with you and no one can be against you. [Kontakion]
Educate yourself:
Scripture: Luke 24:36-53
Reflection on the Leave-taking of Pascha to the Sunday of All Saints
Christ is risen!
Sunday, 5/07, Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
10:00 a.m. Moleben to the Mother of God
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Acts 11:19-26; 29-30
Gospel: John 4:5-42
Monday, 5/08, Holy Apostle and Evangelist John
9:00 a.m. +Maria Sowa (Pan.) requested by Bohdan Sowa
Tuesday, 5/09, Translation of the Relics of Nicholas of Myra to Bari (Italy)
9:00 a.m. No scheduled intention for the Divine Liturgy
Wednesday, 5/10, Holy Apostle Simon the Zealot
9:00 a.m. No scheduled intention for the Divine Liturgy
Thursday, 5/11, Holy Apostles Cyril and Methodius, Teachers of the Slavs and Equal to the Apostles
9:00 a.m. No scheduled intention for the Divine Liturgy
Friday, 5/12, Holy Epiphanus and Germanus
9:00 a.m. No scheduled intention for the Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 5/13, Holy Martyr Glyceria
9:00 a.m. No scheduled intention for the Divine Liturgy
Sunday, 5/14, Sunday of the Man Born Blind
10:00 a.m. Moleben to the Mother of God
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Acts 16:16-34
Gospel: John 9:1-38
Christ is risen!
This week vigil light is offered by Sokhan family in memory of Yaroslava Kalynec.
From May 10, until June 7, Fr. Iura Godenciuc will be on vacation. In case of emergency you can call Fr. Paul Luniw 860-583-7588 or Fr. Hryhorij (Gregory) Lozinsky 201-985-5015 or Fr. Stepan Yanovski 203-468-0367 or Fr. Ivan Mazuryk 203-367-5054.
DEAR PARISHIONERS, 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. 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.
MOTHERS DAY LUNCHEON: Will take place on Sunday, May 14. There will be one (1) Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. The luncheon is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Parish Council as a tribute to the Mothers in the Parish without whom we would not be here. All are welcome.
TODAY, Sunday, May 7th the national president of Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Natalie Pawlenko, will be visiting the New Haven branch #108. We invite all women of Ukrainian descent to come and meet with her after the Divine Liturgy in the church hall. The UNWLA goals of Advocate, Educate, Cultivate, and Care will be discussed along with the new program for war widows in Ukraine. You do not have to be a member to attend. A light luncheon will be provided.
Sestretsi will be having Corporate Holy Communion on May 21, 2023 at 9:00 am Divine Liturgy and a short meeting to follow in the classroom.
WE will be making pyrohy (varenyky) on May 13, We need your help and Friday May 12 to peel potatoes and Saturday, May 13, to make pyrohy. Please come and help.
The following children, will making their First Holy Communion in our church today:
EVA FARYNA
MATEI KENNARD
ANNA YUZIUK
MARKIIAN PAVLYSHYN
Today our prayer are for the first Holy Communicants who will approach the altar, solemnly receive the sacrament of the Eucharist for the first time.
This is a memorable day in the child life and how often they will recall it as the years pass!
Children, often receive into your hearts Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. Remember His promise that He will be with us to Comfort and guide us in our daily lives. He is your best friend
and will never let you down.
God bless and protect our First Holy Communicants, their teacher Halya Lodynsky, their parents, grand-parents, and God-parents, who raised them up in the love of Christ. Parents,
keep bringing them to church every Sunday. It is the sacred duty of parents to provide not just the material well-being of their children but also for the spiritual well-being, upon which depends their eternal life.
The Divine Liturgy is at 10:30 a.m. The Moleban to the Mother of God precedes the Liturgy at 10:00 a.m.
TODAY, Sunday, May 7th, the national president of Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Natalie Pawlenko, will be visiting the New Haven branch #108. We invite all women of Ukrainian descent to come and meet with her after the Divine Liturgy in the church hall. The UNWLA goals of Advocate, Educate, Cultivate, and Care will be discussed along with the new program for war widows in Ukraine. You do not have to be a member to attend. A light luncheon will be provided.
Happy 53rd Birthday Your Beatitude, Patriarch Sviatoslav. May God grant you many more blessed years!
Многая і Благая Літа Блаженніший Святослаaв!
Mid-Pentecost, however, is more than a mathematical indicator of a passage of time. It is really the revelation and manifestation of the reality that Pascha and Pentecost are truly on feast, “God with us.” Our Lord promised his apostle in the Last Discourse, “I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you … when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming” (John 16:7.13).
And again, our Lord promised, “Behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). And again, our Lord taught, “And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high” (Luke 24:39).
Mid-Pentecost is the celebration of a new reality, that the Lord has not left us orphans, that God is now closer to us than ever before. It is a eucharistic feast of the presence of God. All of this is God’s wisdom, and so the icon is of our Lord teaching in the Temple as a young boy, revealing the wisdom of God to the elders. We sing in joy today: “The midpoint of the feast has arrived; the days which begin with the Resurrection of the Savior and are fulfilled in the divine Feast of Pentecost.
Truly it unites both feasts and draws from their double brightness, giving honor to the ascension of the Lord, which prefigures our glory.”
Meditation by Archpriest David Petras
Christ is risen!
Sunday, 4/23, Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, Feast of St George
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Acts 6:1-7
Gospel: Mark 15:43-16:8, Tone 2
Monday, 4/24, Holy Martyr Sabbas
9:00 a.m. No particular intention requested
Tuesday, 4/25, Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark
9:00 a.m. +Fr. Diego Borgatello (Pan.) requested by Chris Komondy
Wednesday, 4/26, Holy Bishop-martyr Basil
9:00 a.m. Special Intention
Thursday, 4/27, Holy Priest-martyr Simeon, Our Venerable Father Stephen
9:00 a.m. No particular intention requested
Friday, 4/28, Holy Apostles Jason and Sosipater
9:00 a.m. No particular intention requested
Saturday, 4/29, Nine Holy Martyrs of Cyzicus
9:00 a.m. No particular intention requested
Sunday, 4/30, Sunday of the Paralytic Man
9:00 a.m. +Catherine and Joseph J. Levitzky requested by Joseph M Levitzky
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Acts 9:32-42
Gospel: John 5:1-15, Tone 3
Christ is risen!
This week vigil light is offered by Katia and Andrew Bamber in memory of Wasylyna and Michael Yukash.
FIRST SOLEMN HOLY COMMUNION will be celebrated on Sunday, May 7. There will be one (1) Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. We will have four children receiving.
MOTHER’S DAY LUNCHEON will take place on Sunday, May 14. There will be one (1) Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. The luncheon is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Parish Council as a tribute to the Mothers in the Parish without whom we would not be here. All are welcome.
We will be making pyrohy (varenyky) on May 13, We need your help and Friday, May 12 to peel potatoes and Saturday, May 13, to make pyrohy. Please come and help.
TANTSI/UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCING for older children, 6 and up, is currently in session with Stephanie Tomaszewsky, instructor and in partnership with Artistic Director Orlando Pagan every Friday from 6:00 pm. Any questions will be answered that night. Please contact Halia Lodynsky by text if you have any questions at 203-494-6278.
FOOD DONATIONS: A container is in our church vestibule for non-perishable food. Please give generously new items within the expiration date. These items will be given out to the poor in our community. Thank you for your generosity and support.
