Today, August 1st, those on the Byzantine Liturgical calendar begin the Dormition Fast. This fast begins August 1st and ends on August 14th and is a time of preparation for the Feast of the Dormition – Falling Asleep of the Mother of God on August 15th.
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Apostles’ Fast
On the Byzantine calendar, today begins the Apostles’ Fast.
This is in preparation for the feast of SS. Peter & Paul on June 29.
For more information on this feast preparation, read this brief primer here.
Divine Liturgy for the coming week
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Sunday, 6/15, Sunday of All Saints —Moleben to Jesus Christ
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Hebrews 1:32-2:1-2a
Gospel: Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30, Tone 8
Monday, 6/16, Holy Bishop Tychon
9:00 a.m. +Emil Wysowskyj (Pan.) requested by Family
Tuesday, 6/17, Holy Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, Ishmael
9:00 a.m. +Stephen Sadiwsky requested by Anna Smigelski
Wednesday, 6/18, Holy Martyr Leontius
9:00 a.m. +Orescia Hrychuik requested by Anna Smigelski
Thursday, 6/19, Holy Apostle Jude
9:00 a.m. +Lillian and James Ryzewski (Pan.) requested by Jayne Ryzewski
Friday, 6/20, Holy Hiero-Martyr Methodius
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 6/21, Holy Martyr Julian
9:00 a.m. +Orest Dubno (Pan.) requested by Luba Dubno
Sunday, 6/22, Sunday of All Saints of Ukraine — Moleben to Jesus Christ
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Romans 2:10-16
Gospel: Matthew 4:18-23, Tone 8
Parish news
Christ is among us!
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.
Dear parishioners and guests, after each Divine Liturgy, a social hour with coffee and hard rolls and assorted snacks are available in the church hall. Please feel free to join us. All are invited.
On Sunday, June 22, we will have a parish meeting in order to receive your feedback and answer any questions that you might have for planning for the future. Please turn the paperwork in next week by putting it in the basket. We will have only one (1) Divine Liturgy at 10:30.
The questions that we are looking for feedback on: For the future of the parish, what plans ought we to focus on? How do we get the youth more involved?
Sestretsi will have Holy Communion on June 29, at 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy with a short meeting to follow. For more information see Barbara Schwartz
STAMFORD CHARITIES APPEAL : Please don` t forget to donate for this 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.
71st ANNUAL HOLY DORMITION PILGRIMAGE will be held on August 9-10 at the motherhouse of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate in Sloatsburg. This year`s theme is “Mary, Mother of hope, accompany us on our journey!—St. John Paul ll”. The Sisters invite all our parishioners to attend! For information call: 845-753-2840 or www.ssmi-us.org
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT DRIVE: Our local Andrey Sheptytsky Knights of Columbus Council here at St. Michael’s krainian Catholic Church is looking for a few good men. Please join us in our work to support our parish, provide aid to war-torn Ukraine, and work for the betterment of our community. For further information please contact Myron Melnyk: mmelnyk@yahoo.com or 203-397-2087.
FOOD FOR SALE: Varenyky (pierogi) 2 dozen for $20.00. Borsht for $7.00. Kapusta & hotdog, $12.00 per container, Prime Rib, $15.00 per container, Pascha bread for $15.00. Kapusta (cabbage) with cutlet and chicken, for $10:00. A container of kolachi for $15.00.
Pope and Ukrainian Patriarch meet
This morning Pope Leo XIV met with His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, major archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč, Ukraine. Is wasting no time getting down to work by having meetings with visiting bishops and others. This is the key way a pope gets to know those collaborating with him in ministry.
On May 14, the Pope met with the participants from the Eastern Churches in Rome for the Jubilee for Eastern Churches –the Holy Year. Various heads of the Sui Iuris Churches are in Rome for prayer, fraternity and meetings. Here’s Leo’s address. It is an excellent address and difficult to pull out just one paragraph for consideration. But perhaps this one –in addition to the one given in the image above– gives a sense of how Eastern Christianity is crucial in the overall picture of Catholicism:
“Your traditions of spirituality, ancient yet ever new, are medicinal. In them, the drama of human misery is combined with wonder at God’s mercy, so that our sinfulness does not lead to despair, but opens us to accepting the gracious gift of becoming creatures who are healed, divinized and raised to the heights of heaven. For this, we ought to give endless praise and thanks to the Lord. Together, we can pray with Saint Ephrem the Syrian and say to the Lord Jesus: “Glory to you, who laid your cross as a bridge over death… Glory to you who clothed yourself in the body of mortal man, and made it the source of life for all mortals” (Homily on our Lord, 9). We must ask, then, for the grace to see the certainty of Easter n every trial of life and not to lose heart, remembering, as another great Eastern Father wrote, that “the greatest sin is not to believe in the power of the Resurrection” (SAINT ISAAC OF NINEVEH, Sermones ascetici, I, 5).”
Divine Liturgy for the coming week
Christ is risen!
Sunday, 5/11, Sunday of the Paralytic —Mother’s Day —Moleben to the Mother of God
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Acts. 9:32-42
Gospel: John 5:1-15, Tone 3
Monday, 5/12, Holy Fathers Epiphanius and Germanus
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, 5/13, Holy Martyr Glyceria
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Wednesday, 5/14, Holy Martyr Isidore
9:00 a.m. +Catherine and Joseph J. Levitzky (Pan.) requested by Joseph M. Levitzky
Thursday, 5/15, Our Venerable Father Pachomius
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Friday, 5/16, Our Venerable Father Theodore
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 5/17, Holy Apostle Andronicus and companions
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy
Sunday, 5/18, Sunday of the Samaritan Women — Moleben to the Mother of God
9:00 a.m. Special Intention
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish
Epistle: Acts. 11:19-26; 29-30
Gospel: John 4:5-42, Tone 4
Parish news
Christ is risen
This week vigil light is offered by Chris Komondy in memory of +Helmut Heinrich.
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.
For sale: Varenyky (pierogis) 2 dozen for $20, borsht for $7 per container; kapusta and hot-dog $12 per container; prime rib $15 per container, pascha bread $15, kapusta (cabbage) with cutlet and chicken $10 per container.
The Panakhyda Service at the Gravesites will take place on Saturday June 7, at 11:00 am at All Saints Cemetery and Sunday June 8, at 1:00 pm at St. Lawrence Cemetery. Please call the rectory office for appointment.
We will be making Pyrohy (varenyky) on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Please come and help.
Recruiting new members.Our local Andrey Sheptytsky Knights of Columbus Council here at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church is looking for a few good men. Please join us in our work to support our parish, provide aid to war-torn Ukraine, and work for the betterment of our community. For further information please contact Myron Melnyk: mmelnyk@yahoo.com or 203-397-2087. We are planning an induction ceremony for new members on Sunday, May 18th at 12:00 noon, after the Divine Liturgy.