Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ

Sunday, 9/11, Sunday before the Exaltation
10:00 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Galatians 6:14-18
Gospel: John 3:13-17, Tone 5

Monday, 9/12, Holy Hieromartyr Autonomous
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Tuesday, 9/13, Holy Priest Martyr Cornelius
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Wednesday, 9/14, Exaltation of the Holy Cross
9:00 a.m. +Bohdan Iwaniw requested by Emilia Iwaniw

Thursday, 9/15, Holy Great Martyr Nicetas
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Friday, 9/16, Holy Great Woman Martyr Euphemia
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Saturday, 9/17, Holy Martyrs Sophie, Faith and Hope
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Sunday, 9/18, Sunday after the exaltation
9:00 a.m. +Michael Waselik (37th Anniv.) requested by the Family
10:00 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Galatians 2:16-20
Gospel: Mark 8:34-9:1, Tone 6

Parish announcements

Christ is among us!

This week vigil light is offered by Kolesnik and Buciak families for Special Intention

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.

PARISH COFFEE HOUR: 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.

We will be making pyrohy (varenyky) for regular orders on September 17th. We need your help on Friday to peel potatoes and Saturday to make pierogis. Please come and help.

Sestretsi will have Corporate Communion on September 18, at the 9:00 am Divine Liturgy and a short meeting to follow in the church hall. For more information see Barbara Schwartz.

CHARITIES APPEAL: Please don’t forget to make a donation to the Eparchy’s Charity Appeal. Please make check payable to the Byzantine Rite Eparchy of Stamford. DO NOT MAIL THIS FORM OR CHECK TO THE CHANCERY OFFICE BUT TURN IT IN AT THE PARISH. We sincerely ask all parishioners to make a generous contribution.

St. Michael’s Day will be celebrated on November 6th 2022. On this day we will have only One Divine Liturgy at 10:30 AM. After the Divine Liturgy, we will have a dinner and short program. All parishioners are cordially invited to this celebration. Tickets are available through Miss Luba Dubno and Svitlana Nakonecha. Tickets are $30.00 for adults, $10.00 for youth between 14and 18. Free for students Ridna Shkola, altar boys and for children under 12 . We will be running a raffle. If you would like to donate any items to be raffled, please bring them to our church hall on Sundays before our Feast Day. Also we ask donations for dessert. We will not sale tickets at the door.

KIDS HELPING UKRAINE STICKERS: Our New Haven Ridna Shkola is doing a Fundraiser called, KIDS HELPING UKRAINE. The stickers (two styles) are $1:00 per sticker and if you can contribute more it will be appreciated. All donations will go to provide medical supplies and care for those wounded in this terrible war started by Russia. If you any questions contact Halia Lodynsky (203) 494-6278 or Volodymyr Dumalskyy.

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The Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos

Today, 8th September, we celebrate the feast of the Nativity of Mary, Our Blessed Mother!

“What then should we offer to the Mother of the Word other than an oration? Let the whole of creation make festival and sing of the most holy birth-giving of the holy Anna. For she bore for the world an inviolable treasury of blessings.” (St John Damascene, On the Nativity of Mary)

The Epistle today is from Philippians, and it is about Christ, “Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name” (Philippians 2:7-9).

The mystery of Mary, the Theotokos, the Birth-giver of God, is united with the mystery of Jesus our Lord, the Giver of Life to all. Every feast is a celebration of the one Paschal Mystery, how through his death on the Cross (“by death trampling upon death”) the Son of God bestowed life upon the whole world, and how, therefore, in our humiliation, in giving ourselves in love to God and, through him, to each other, we find glory in God. Joachim and Anna were humbled and desolate, barren of children, and yet, “from infertile ground, the fertile ground is born. From her has grown the Gardener (see that Mary Magdalene mistakes the risen Christ for a gardener) of all fruit, the flower bringing life, who by the will of God nourishes the universe” (1st Troparion, Ode 3, Matins of the Pre-feast).

Today, we chant that “Joachim and Anne were freed from the reproach of childlessness.” This mystery must be re-lived in the life of Christ, the child born of Mary, who dies on the Cross in desolation, so that all the universe may be freed from the “despair of death,” and find life in God.

Sr Vassa offers this brief and informative video on Mary and her parents, Ss. Joachim and Anna whose feast we celebrate tomorrow, September 9.

Meditation by Archpriest David Petras and edited by PAZ.

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St Moses the prophet

Today, the Church honors the memory of the Holy Great Prophet Moses, called the God-Seer and lawgiver, and born into the tribe of Levi. Scholars say he flourished 14th–13th century BCE. As we know, under Moses’ leadership the Hebrew people were lead to their freedom from the Egyptian oppressors in what is called the Exodus, meeting with God (see the image with this post) AND received the revelation from God that became the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible).

Moses is also listed in the Roman Martyrology. The entry for Moses reads:

1. Commemoratio sancti Moysis, prophetae, quem Deus elegit, ut populum in Aegypto oppressum liberaret et in terram promissionis adduceret; cui etiam in monte Sina sese revelavit dicens: “Ego sum qui sum”, atque legem proposuit, quae vitam populi electi regeret. Ille servus Dei in monte Nebo terrae Moab coram terra promissionis plenus dierum obiit.

The Troparion for the feast today reads:

O prophet Moses, you reached the summit of virtues. By this you came to see the glory of God. You received the tablets of the grace-giving Law and became the crown of prophets and a mystery of piety; for you carried grace deep within you.

On Mt. Horeb the great prophet Moses saw God in the bush that burned without being consumed, and God revealed his Name to him, “I am who I am.” (Exodus 3:14) It is this Name of God that we invoke in the Anaphora of St. Basil the Great, “O Eternal Being … “ On Mt. Sinai God revealed a portion of his glory to Moses when he gave him the ten commandments. On Mt. Tabor, Moses stood with Elijah to witness the glory of God revealed though Jesus.

Thus, today we honor this Great Prophet who has led us into the presence of God, who led his people into the land promised by God, who today leads us to an understanding of God, essential Being, the Creator of all that is, the Cause of all that is good and the Lover of each and every person, “In him we live and move and have our being. (Acts 17:28).”

Meditation by Archpriest David Petras, edited by PAZ

Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ!

Sunday, 9/4, 13th Sunday after Pentecost
10:00 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 16:3-24
Gospel: Matthew 21:33-42, Tone 4

Monday, 9/05, Holy Prophet Zechariah
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing for Vera Trojan requested by Nadia Trojan

Tuesday, 9/06, Miracle of the Archangel Michael
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Wednesday, 9/07, Holy Martyr Sozon
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Thursday, 9/08, The Birth of the Holy Theotokos
9:00 a.m. Special Intention

Friday, 9/09, Holy Ancestors Joachim and Anne
9:00 a.m. +Maria Jureczko (20th Anniv.) requested by the Furmanyk family

Saturday, 9/10, Holy Martyr Menodora
9:00 a.m. +Dario Aponte (14th Anniv., Pan.) requested by the Czabala family

Sunday, 9/11, Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
10:00 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Galatians 6:14-18
Gospel: John 3:13-17, Tone 5

Parish announcements

Christ is among us!

This week vigil light is offered by Kolesnik and Buciak families for special intention.

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.

CHARITIES APPEAL: Please don’t forget to make a donation to the Eparchy’s Charity Appeal. Please make check payable to the Byzantine Rite Eparchy of Stamford. DO NOT MAIL THIS FORM OR CHECK TO THE CHANCERY OFFICE BUT TURN IT IN AT THE PARISH. We sincerely ask all parishioners to make a generous contribution.

Our New Haven Ridna Shkola is doing a Fundraiser called, KIDS HELPING UKRAINE. The stickers (two styles) are $1.00 per sticker and if you can contribute more it will be appreciated. All donations will go to provide medical supplies and care for those wounded in this terrible war started by Russia. If you any questions contact Halia Lodynsky 203-494-6278 or Volodymyr Dumalskyy.

We will be making Pyrohy (varenyky) for Ukrainian Festival on September 11th, AND for regulars orders on September 17th. We need your help on Fridays to peel potatoes and Saturdays to make pierogis. Please come and help.

ST. MICHAEL’S UKRAINIAN SCHOOL TO REOPEN IN SEPTEMBER: The Ukrainian School of New Haven will reopen for The New School Year 2023-2023 on or about Sept. 23. Preregistration is open to all children. If you have any questions for students of Elementary School please contact The School Director Halia Lodynsky at 203-494-6278. For students, Middle School call Volodymyr Dumalskyy at 203-988-2923. A nursery school program for children 2-5 years old is also part of the curriculum. Instruction will be primarily in Ukrainian language with accommodations for English. Connecticut Covid guidelines will be followed. For further information also please call Nataliia Dankevych 203-901-7168

ST. MICHAEL’S HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EMAIL: For all communications, questions and to schedule appointments please contact us: stmichaelchurchgc@gmail.com

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