Parish announcements

Christ is among us!

This week vigil light is offered by Barbara and Patrick Bagley in memory of Anna Lipcan.

Sorokooutsy (All Souls Saturdays) will be celebrated on Saturdays, February 18, March 4, 11, 18 and May 27. Please take a book found at the entrance of the church, fill it out, place it in envelope, and drop it in the collection basket. Let us remember all our loved ones who have gone to their heavenly reward. Eternal Memory!

The Lviv Symphony Orchestra is currently touring in the U.S. On Monday, February 13th TOMORROW, at 7:30 p.m. this renowned orchestra will perform at the Jorgensen Center at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and will feature violinist Solomia Ivakhiv. Artist of Ukraine, and Head of Strings in the music department at UCONN. The program will feature works by Ukrainian composer Evhen Stankovych and Ludwig van Beethoven. Flyers are available in the vestibule. Visit: https://jorgensen.uconn.edu

On Friday, February 24, at 6:00 p.m. we will have a service of prayer (Moleben to the Mother of God and Panachyda) commemorating the Ukrainian War. Our Patriarch His Beatitude Sviatoslav declare February 24 Day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. It is important we gather in prayer for those who have sacrificed their lives and those who experience the negative and disastrous effects of the War: physical, psychological and spiritual wounds, poverty, hunger, homelessness.

Tantsi —Ukrainian Folk Dancing for older kids, 6 and up, has started. Stephanie Tomaszewsky, is the instructor working in partnership with Artistic Director Orlando Pagan. 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. This collection will be taken twice per month. Father Iura will distribute the food to the Little Sisters of the Poor who have offered to help in the Ukrainian crisis. Thank you for your generosity and your support.

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Volunteers needed Feb. 9

The Ukrainian Relief Project New Haven is VERY grateful to those who volunteered last evening!

We achieved major progress toward Saturday’s goal. There is still work to be done; therefore, we will be meeting tomorrow evening, Thursday, February 9, from 5-7 pm.

The targeted time for beginning Saturday’s work will be finalized tomorrow.

Volunteers needed tonight (Feb. 7)

We will be meeting tonight (Feb. 7) from 5-7 pm to continue the work of packing and cataloguing the what goes in the boxes. Our challenge will be to check and tag the many pieces of durable medical equipment located both in the church hall and basement in preparation for Saturday’s trailer packing event (February 11th @ 8am)!

Depending on our achievements tonight, there may be a need for additional help this coming Thursday evening.

Yesterday, the volunteers found additional medical supplies which will also need to be packed.

The following are the current needs:

1. Dried, high protein souls and breakfast oatmeal. Stuff that you can add hot water, mix and eat. There’s a lot of nutritious foods available that are dried. Look for a good amount of protein.
2. NEW Mens underwear, tee shirts, and tube socks. NEW Men’s pajamas.
3. Diapers for children and for adults. Lots of wounded people.
4. For the wounded: sterile gauze, nitrile gloves, AND stuff that make up a first aid kit.

NEW online platform for donations: https://app.autobooks.co/pay/nhct-ua-ha-fund

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

Parish announcements

Christ is among us!

This week vigil light is offered by Maria Czabala for God’s blessing and heath of Andrue and Brandon Aponte.

Sorokooutsy (All Souls Saturdays) will be celebrated on Saturdays, February 18, March 4, 11, 18 and May 27. Please take a book found at the entrance of the church, fill it out, place it in envelope, and drop it in the collection basket. Let us remember all our loved ones who have gone to their heavenly reward. Eternal Memory!

The Lviv Symphony Orchestra is currently touring in the U.S. On Monday, February 13th this renowned orchestra will perform at the Jorgensen Center at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and will feature violinist Solomia Ivakhiv. Artist of Ukraine, and Head of Strings in the music department at UCONN. The program will feature works by Ukrainian composer Evhen Stankovych and Ludwig van Beethoven. Flyers are available in the vestibule.

On Friday, February 24, at 6:00 p.m. we will have a service of prayer (Moleben to the Mother of God and Panachyda) commemorating the Ukrainian War. Our Patriarch His Beatitude Sviatoslav declare February 24 Day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. It is important we gather in prayer for those who have sacrificed their lives and those who experience the negative and disastrous effects of the War: physical, psychological and spiritual wounds , poverty, hunger, homelessness.

Tantsi —Ukrainian Folk Dancing for older kids, 6 and up, has started. Stephanie Tomaszewsky, is the instructor working in partnership with Artistic Director Orlando Pagan. 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. This collection will be taken twice per month. Father Iura will distribute the food to the Little Sisters of the Poor who have offered to help in the Ukrainian crisis. Thank you for your generosity and your support.

PYROHY: There will be pyrohy (varenyky, pierogi) for sale in the church hall as long as supplies last.

Service of Prayer at the One Year Anniversary of the Ukrainian War

One Year Anniversary of the Ukrainian War

One Year Anniversary of the Ukrainian War: On Friday, February 24, at 6:00 p.m. we will have a service of prayer (the Moleben to the Mother of God and the Panachyda) commemorating the Ukrainian War. Our Patriarch, His Beatitude Sviatoslav declared February 24 as a Day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. It is important we gather in prayer for those who have sacrificed their lives and for those who experience the negative and disastrous effects of the War: physical, psychological and spiritual wounds, poverty, hunger, homelessness. We ask that the enemy be vanquished through our prayerful solidarity.

St Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church
569 George Street
New Haven, CT 06511

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).

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Volunteer help needed

Word has been received that volunteer help is needed on Saturday, February 11, 8am – 1pm to help the final stages of packing up stuff for Ukraine.

The truck will be there to load. Any amount of time and good humor you can provide would be greatly appreciated.