Update for the Ukrainian Relief Project

Carl Harvey reports that Father Roman has received the most recent shipment in Ukraine. Carl and Myron and their committee wish to express their gratitude to all of the people who have contributed the items that were shipped over and the funding to cover the costs associated with shipping it over to Father Roman.

We are sourcing vehicles and specific, professional medical supplies to support the injured soldiers. Funding is most critical in getting materials to Ukraine especially with transportation costs rising.

Online gifts for the Ukrainian humanitarian work may be made here: https://stmichaelukrainian.org

We are planning to send out our next shipment on November 19th.

You are an AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE. We are EXTREMELY GRATEFUL to all of you and the others of our group that enable us to continue with this program and to accomplish so much.

Our friends at Yale University recently raised $3700.00 that will go to the Come Back Alive Foundation. Daria and her committee raised awareness and funds with the help of varenyky made by the Pierogi Project at St Michael’s.

Bobriwka is hosting Pecheny Baraboli this Sunday, Oct 16. Starts at 1pm. Potatoes provided, bring a side dish to share. See the attached flyer.

May GOD BLESS all of you!!!!

Miraculous Marian icon beloved by women struggling with infertility, difficult pregnancies

A miraculous Marian icon will be placed at St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church in Trumbull, CT, November 13–27. It is especially beloved by women who struggle with infertility or difficult pregnancies.

Several miraculous births have been attributed to this icon in the Byzantine Catholic community of Albuquerque, NM, where a copy has been venerated for years.

St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic parish welcomes all Christians to honor the Mother of God, to join in the worship service of Psalms and Scriptural readings that will be offered in the parish: special services on Tuesdays November 15 and 22 at 6pm, or on Sunday Divine Liturgy, Nov 13, 20, and 27 at 9.30am.

Please visit the parish website for more details on the services www.stjohntrumbull.org or call the parish office at 203-377-5967.

Holodomor NYC observance 2022

Holodomor Remembrance New York City Bus Trip, Saturday, November 19, 2022

Please confirm your attendance today. Space is limited.

First Come, First Serve. Dyakuyu!!!

Bus Itinerary

Pickup

7:30 a.m. Ikea Parking Lot (rear) at Brewery Street, New Haven CT

8:00 a.m. Senior Center Parking Lot at Exit 32, Stratford CT

10:00 a.m. Drop off at St George Ukrainian Catholic Church, East 7th St, NYC

Holodomor Remembrance March

12:30 p.m. Drop off at St Patrick Cathedral-Fifth Avenue (Between 50th & 51st Street) near Rockefeller Center

1:00 p.m. Holodomor Memorial Service at St Patrick Cathedral

3:00 p.m. Pickup to return to Stratford, New Haven, Hartford CT

Adults: $50.00 per person
Students: $25.00 per person

To reserve seats today, please contact: Halia Lodynsky at 203-494-6278

KofC Chaplain Visits Poland and Ukraine

Archbishop William Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and the Chaplain met with Knights of Columbus, Church leaders and displaced families in Poland and Ukraine October 1-4. During the visit, he helped distribute aid to refugees from the war in Ukraine and witnessed ongoing humanitarian efforts aided by the Order’s Ukraine Solidarity Fund — including initiatives of the Greek- and Latin-rite Churches in Ukraine and an orphanage run by the Archdiocese of Częstochowa, Poland.

Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ

Sunday, 10/09, 18th Sunday after Pentecost
9:00 a.m. +Joseph L. Levitzky (12th Anniv.,) requested by Joseph M. Levitzky
10:30 a.m. For people of the parish

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
Gospel: Luke 7:11-16, Tone 1

Monday, 10/10, Holy Martrs Eulampius and Eulampia
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Tuesday, 10/11, Holy Apostle deacon Philip
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Wednesday, 10/12, Holy Martyr Probus, Venerable Cosmas
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Thursday, 10/13, Holy Martyr Carpus, Papylas
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Friday, 10/14, Venerable Mother Paraskevia and the Martyr Nazarius
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Saturday, 10/15, Our Venerable Father Euthymius
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Sunday, 10/16, 19th Sunday after Pentecost
9:00 a.m. +Hryhorij Dubno requested by Luba Dubno
10:30 a.m. For people of the parish

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 11:31-12:9
Gospel: Luke 8:5-15, Tone 2

Parish announcements

Christ is among us!

This week vigil light is offered to God by Vasyl Ivantsiv in memory of Sofron.

From October 10 to October 14 the rectory office will be closed. Father Iura will be away for Clergy Days.

If you would like to have Confession, Holy Communion and prayer of the sick at your house or nursing home, please call the rectory at 203-865-0388.

We will be making pyrohy (pierogi, varenyky) for regular orders on October 15. We need your help on Friday to peel potatoes and Saturday to make pierogis. Please come and help.

FOOD DONATIONS for those in need: 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 available for sale. There will be pyrohy (pieroigi-varenyky) for sale in the church hall as long as supplies last. $16.00 FOR 2 dozen.

Eparchy of Stamford’s 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. On this day we will have only one (1) bi-lingual Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. After the Divine Liturgy, we will have a dinner and short cultural 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 sell tickets at the door.

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Divine Liturgy for the coming week

Glory to Jesus Christ

Sunday, 10/02, 17th Sunday after Pentecost

9:00 a.m. +Barbara Levitzky (58th Anniv.,) requested by Joseph M. Levitzky
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1
Gospel: Luke 6:31-36, Tone 8

Monday, 10/03, Holy Priest Martyr Dionysius
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Tuesday, 10/04, Hierotheus and Holy Father Francis of Assisi
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Wednesday, 10/05, Holy Martyr Charitina
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Thursday, 10/06, Holy Apostle Thomas
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Friday, 10/07, Holy Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus
9:00 a.m. No particular intention for the Divine Liturgy

Saturday, 10/08, Our Venerable Mother Pelagia
9:00+ Catherine Levitzky(Pan.) requested by Joseph M. Levitzky

Sunday, 10/09, 18th Sunday after Pentecost
9:00 a.m. +Joseph L. Levitzky (12th Anniv.,) requested by Joseph M. Levitzky
10:30 a.m. For the people of the parish

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
Gospel: Luke 7:11-16, Tone 1

Parish announcements

Christ is among us!

This week vigil light is offered to God by the Kolesnik and Buciak families for a Special Intention

From October 10 to October 14 the rectory office will be closed. Father Iura will be away for Clergy Days.

If you would like to have Confession, Holy Communion and prayer of the sick at your house or nursing home, please call the rectory at 203-865-0388.

We will be making pyrohy (pierogi, varenyky) for regular orders on October 15. We need your help on Friday to peel potatoes and Saturday to make pierogis. Please come and help.

FOOD DONATIONS for those in need: 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 available for sale. There will be pyrohy (pieroigi-varenyky) for sale in the church hall as long as supplies last. $16.00 FOR 2 dozen.

Eparchy of Stamford’s 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. On this day we will have only one (1) bi-lingual Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. After the Divine Liturgy, we will have a dinner and short cultural 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 sell tickets at the door.

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Protection of our most holy Lady

Today, October 1, is the feast day of the Protection of our most holy Lady and the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary: The Pokrova.

The Feast of the Protection commemorates the appearance of the most holy Theotokos in the Church of Blachernae in Constantinople in the tenth century, as recorded in the life of Saint Andrew the Fool for Christ’s sake. While the multitudes of the faithful were gathered in Church, Our venerable Epiphanius, the friend of Saint Andrew, through the Saint’s prayers, beheld the Virgin Mary above the faithful and spreading out her veil over them, signifying her unceasing protection of all Christians. Because of this we keep a yearly feast of gratitude, imploring our Lady never to cease sheltering us in her mighty prayers.

During our Divine Services we have become accustomed to seeing clergy, choir, and parishioners in attendance, but we have completely forgotten that others are invisibly present: God’s holy Angels, His holy Saints, the Most-holy Virgin, and our Lord Himself, are there as well. Our venerable fathers Andrew together Epiphanius, and many other righteous ones could see this. We do not see, because it is “the pure in heart (who) see.” It is only the pure in heart that are capable of beholding what mystically transpires within the Church; only they behold those who stand alongside us in Church. I suppose that we could not bear the actual sight of the spiritual world as it really is. The more one grows spiritually, the more one can see and understand. For our part, we occasionally hear “Now the Hosts of Heaven invisibly worship with us.” The Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God-Pokrova reminds us that Heaven reaches all the way to the earth.

In times of national misfortune, as in times of individual trials and sorrows, the faithful rush to God’s temples, rush to the Protection of the Mother of God, and ask of the Queen of Heaven her defense and assistance: “Remember us in thy supplications, O Virgin Lady and Theotokos, that we not perish because of the multitude of our sins. Protect us from all evil and grievous perils, for in thee do we put our trust, and honoring the feast of thy protection, we magnify thee.”

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Standing with Ukraine events

-Now through October 15, 2022-“Women at War: 14 Ukrainian artists. Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic CT https://www.easternct.edu/art-gallery/index.html

-Varenyky Night-every Thursday night 5:30pm-8:00pm at the Sunflower Cafe-Ukrainian National Home of Hartford

-Friday, September 30, 2022-6pm-11pm-Oktoberfest at the Ukrainian National Home of Hartford 961 Wethersfield Ave http://www.ukrainiannationalhome.org

-Sunday, October 9, 2022-3pm-Dakha Brakha at the Jorgensen Auditorium-University of Connecticut Storrs CT

-Saturday, October 15, 2022-7pm-Vyshyvani Vechernytsi to support Ukraine-Krayany Association at the Ukrainian National Home of Hartford

-Sunday, October 30, 2022-2pm-Benefit Concert to aid Ukraine-Yevshan Ukrainian Vocal Ensemble-Church of St Thomas the Apostle 872 Farmington Ave West Hartford CT

-Wednesday, November 9, 2022-“Rising Fury” at the Ridgefield Playhouse

Thank you for your support of Ukraine.