Ukrainian Relief Project New Haven–Update 21 March 2022

The church hall will be open for these times this week to receive donations:

Tuesdays: 5-7 p.m.
Saturdays: 10am-2 p.m.
Sundays: Noon -1:30 p.m.

Ways to give this week:

This list of medical supplies was identified as needed by medical professionals in Ukraine.

THANK YOU for your generosity!

Tourniquets (CAT 5th, 6th, & 7th gen.)
Bandages (Israeli type)
Hemostatic combat gauze
Decompression needles
Occlusive tape
Burn bandages
Sterile bandages 10×14
Dressings
Non-woven adhesive tape
Transparent tegaderm
Sterile wipes
IV systems (for blood transfusion)
Laryngeal masks with combitubes (4, 5, & 6)
IntraBone disposable access systems
Rubber hemostatic medical plaits
Flexible splint (SAM)
Elastic bandages
Soft gauze
Hemostatic swabs and patches
Crystalloids and colloids compositions
PPE- gloves, masks, & eye protection glasses
NPA or OPA face masks
Tactical bags
PillPacks
Tracheostomy kits

Plus,
CELOX Z-fold gauze, standard 45” x 4 yards • Emergency (Israeli Battle Dressing) Compression Bandage • Pressure dressing • Rolled gauze, standard 4.5” x 4 yards • Nasopharyngeal airway • SAM universal Aluminum splint, 36” • Ambu bags • Bandage Strips, 1”x3” • Gauze pads, 4” x 4” (6x) • Abdominal pad (sometimes “ab pad”), 5” x9” (2x) • Burn Aid – water gel burn dressing 4×16 • Burn Aid – water gel burn dressing 4×4 • Chest seals (1 pair) • Coban roll, standard 2” x 5 yards • Cravat/triangular bandage, 45” x 45” x 63” • Cervical Collar • CPR Mask • Cravat Bandage (CamoVat) • Dynarex Medicut Sterile Disposable Scalpels #10 • EMT Shears • Eye Wash, 4oz. • IV Catheter 18 G – 20 G • IV Starter Kits • Medical Adhesive tape rolls (2 – 3″ inches) • Multi Trauma Dressings, 12”x30” • Pain Relievers – Ibuprofen or Acetaminophen, or both • Pair of Tweezers • Safety Pins • Stainless Steel Hemostats • Sutures needle size 6 • Tongue Depressors • Triple Antibiotic Ointment (full size) • Emergency blanket (2x)

HOSPITAL NEEDS • Aspirin / Bayer • Butterfly bandages, 0.5″ x 2.75″ (16x) • Caffeine pills • Central venous catheter kit • Diphenhydramine / Benadryl • Doxycycline and/or Bactrim antibiotics • Dressing materials, include dry or impregnated gauze, • Elastic wrap / ACE bandage, standard 4” x 5 yards • Gels, foams, hydrocolloids, alginates, hydrogels, and polysaccharide pastes, sutures • Gloves (examination and sterile) • Hydrocortisone cream (1%) • Irrigation syringe, 20cc with an 18 gauge tip • Laryngeal Tube • Loperamide / Imodium • Miconazole • Moleskin, 5” x 2” strip • Mouthpiece for giving CPR • Needle & thread stored in isopropyl alcohol (2x needle/thread, 1x small container) • Pepto-Bismol pills • Plastic cling wrap, 2” wide roll • Plastic films • Portable ventilators • Safety pins (3x, various sizes) • Saline eye drops • Silk medical tape roll, 1” wide • Tweezers • White petroleum jelly / Vaseline in small container

Sign of the Holy Cross

Often we make the Sign of the Cross without thinking of the meaning of this gesture. It is easy to forget; hopefully it is easy to get back to the center, too. In the days following the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross, perhaps we can stop to think and “feel” our making the Sign of the Cross with love and appreciation for what Jesus did (and does) for us. St. Cyril of Jerusalem calls the Sign of the Cross the seal.

Many thanks to Carrie Chuff for the wonderful illustration of how we make the Sign of the Cross!

Thanks to God With Us Online.

Sunday of the Holy Cross

Today in the Byzantine Catholic Church it is the Sunday of the Holy Cross. It is a day on which we recall that wood heals wood, the wood of the cross heals the wood that tree in paradise we were told not to eat from. Today we venerate the Holy Cross and it signals mid-Lent. As members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem we are keenly aware that the cross is intimately connected with the Lord’s victory over death, and thus our salvation.

St John Chrysostom teaches us:

“Therefore, no one should be ashamed of the venerable symbols of our salvation: of the cross, which is the summit of our goods, for which we live and are what we are. Instead, let’s carry the cross of Christ like a trophy everywhere! All things, among us, reach their fulfillment by means of the cross. When we have to be reborn, the cross becomes present; when we feed on the mystical food; when we are consecrated ministers of the altar; when other mysteries are fulfilled, this symbol of victory is always present there.”

Homily on Matthew 54, 551B-552A.

Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ

Sunday, 3/20, 3rd Sunday of Lent — Veneration of the Holy Cross
9:00 a.m. God’s blessing and peace in Ukraine
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish; +Roman Lutsiuk – Panachyda

Epistle: Hebrews 4:14-5:6
Gospel: Mark 8:34-9:1, Tone 2

Monday, 3/21, Our Venerable Father James
9:00 a.m. +Gregory Levitzky (67th Anniv., Pan.) requested by Joseph Levitzky

Tuesday, 3/22/22 Holy Priest Martyr Basil
9:00 a.m. +Ludmila Kuchar (Pan.) requested by Emilia Iwaniw

Wednesday, 3/23, Holy Martyrs Nicon and companions
9:00 a.m. +Valentina Kulish (23rd Anniv. Pan.) requested by Halya Lodynsky
7:00 p.m. Moleben to the Mother of God for peace in Ukraine

Thursday, 3/24, Our Venerable Zachary
7:00 p.m. +Anna, Volodymyr, Eva, Timofij (Pan.) requested by the Ivantsiv Family

Friday, 3/25, Annunciation of the Holy Theotokos —Myrovann (Anointing) -Holy Day
8:45 a.m. Lytija and Blessing of Bread
9:00 a.m. For the people of the parish
7:00 p.m. +Michael Lipcan Sr. (Pan.) requested by Barbara and Patrick Bagley

Saturday, 3/26, Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel
9:00 a.m. All deceased of Parish—SOROKOUSTY

Sunday, 3/27, 4th Sunday of Lent
9:00 a.m. God’s blessings and health for Joanna Oleschuk requested by the Sestretsi
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: Hebrews 6:13-20
Gospel: Mark 9:17-31, Tone 3

Parish announcements

Christ is among us!

This week vigil light is offered by Chris Komondy in memory of Helmut Heinrich.

FROZEN PYROHY is sold out now.

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.

SOROKOUSTY will be celebrated during Lent in All Souls’ Saturdays on March 26 and then after Holy Pascha on June 4. Please give the names of your beloved dead to Father Iura to be remembered at the Divine Liturgies noted above. Let us remember all our loved ones who have gone to their heavenly reward. Eternal Memory!

Sestretsi will be having Corporate Communion at 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy on April 3rd. Meeting in the church hall after the Divine Liturgy.

PYSANKA –Ukrainian Easter Egg Workshop will be held on Sunday, March 26, in the church hall from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. It is open to youth and adults, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Bring your children and grand-children to learn about their beautiful heritage. Free to parish youth and Ridna Shkola students. Charge for class is $10 per participant. See flyer for details or call Gloria Horbaty (203) 269-5909 for information. Supplies will be available for purchase. Sponsored by UNWLA branch 108, Ukrainian Heritage Center and the CT Ukrainian-American Historical Society.

PARISH COFFEE HOUR: Dear parishioners and guests, after each Divine Liturgy, coffee and hard rolls are available in the church hall.

A container is in our church vestibule for non-perishable food. This collection will be taken every week or twice per month. Father Iura will distribute the food to those in need. Thank you for your generosity.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE of the numerical assigned donation envelope boxes the tare in the back of he church for you to pick up as well as the 2022 calendars.