Happy Thanksgiving from our parish family to you.
Glory to God for all things!
Read: Ephesians 2:14-22
Luke 13:10-17
This Sunday, Jesus heals a woman bent over so she could not walk straight. “And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect. When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said, “Woman, you are set free of your infirmity. (Luke 13:11-12)” Being bent over, the woman could see only the dirt before her, she could not lift up her eyes and see the trees, the towns, the horizon or the sky. She was not guilty of her infirmity, and Jesus had mercy.
Again, however, the Pharisees could not see the true moral horizon, putting the Sabbath law above the woman’s health, and so Jesus brands them, “Hypocrites. (Luke 13:15)” We all are that woman, but is it because of illness or our own will? We are short-sighted, we see only the dirt in front of us, and we do not see the horizon. We see only what we want to see, and hear only what we want to hear. We need the gift of wisdom to see the horizon, to see what is true.
See what the first thing the woman does when she is healed – she glorifies God. That is the greatest glory we have as human beings, we are able to see the vast expanse of the universe, something no other creature on earth can do, and we are able to give glory to God who created it all! Fr. Robert Taft gave an interview in November of 2009 in which he responded to the question: What do we get out of the Liturgy? His response was, “What you get out of the liturgy is the privilege of glorifying almighty God.” God, “who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of enmity (Ephesians 2:14),” lifts up our eyes today, glory to God!
Meditation by Archpriest David Petras
#ByzantineCatholicNewHaven
Glory to Jesus Christ
Note: Dark vestments are the norm for Philip’s Fast with exception of Saturdays, Sundays and feasts of the first class.
Sunday, 11/24, 24th Sunday after Pentecost —The Holy Great Martyr Catherine
10:15 a.m. Lytija and Blessing of Bread
10:30 a.m. For our parishioners and for the All the members of the St. Michael Society
Anointing*Myrovann
Epistle: Ephesians 2:14-22
Gospel: Luke 13:10–17, Tone 7
Monday, 11/25, Our Holy Father and Priest martyr Clement, Pope of Rome; Peter, Bishop of Alexandria
9:00 a.m. No intention for the Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, 11/26, Our Venerable Father Alypius the Stylite
9:00 a.m. +Eugenia Harvey (6th Anniv., Pan.) requested by Carl Harvey and family
Wednesday, 11/27, The Holy Martyr James of Persia
9:00 a.m. No intention for the Divine Liturgy
Thursday, 11/28, The Venerable Martyr Stephen the New
9:00 a.m. Thanksgiving Divine Liturgy
Friday, 11/29, The Holy Martyr Paramon
9:00 a.m. No intention for the Divine Liturgy
Saturday, 11/30, The Holy and All Praise worthy Apostle Andrew the First Called
9:00 a.m. +Wasyl Jureczko requested by Furmanyk family
Sunday, 12/01, 25th Sunday after Pentecost
9:00 a.m. Special Intention for Natalie requested by the Family
10:30 a.m. For our parishioners
Epistle: Ephesians 4:1-6
Gospel: Luke 18:18-27, Tone 8
Christ is in our midst!
This week’s vigil light is offered to God’s glory by Halia Lodynsky and family in memory of Stefan Jurchak.
THANK YOU to Mr. Paul Zalonski for his donation of the icon of Our Lady Help of Persecuted Christians to our church. Written by master iconographer Fabrizio Diomedi, the icon depicts the Holy Theotokos, with the Child Jesus over her heart, spreading her protective mantle around a representative gathering of recent Christian martyrs, men and women, young and old, from East and West; priests, religious and laypersons, martyrs of Latin and Eastern Catholicism, including Armenian, Byzantine, Coptic and Syriac traditions.
THANK YOU to Mr. Michael Muryn, Ms. Mary Muryn and Mr. Paul Zalonski for preparing a new Divine Liturgy Missal for use in our church. Originally a Knights of Columbus project, these Missals have a larger format with bigger, easier to read printing.
The next meeting of Knights of Columbus Blessed Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Ukrainian Council will be held on Monday, December 2, 7:00 p.m. in the Holy Name Room. All men of the parish are invited to attend.
All donations and contributions must be received by Wednesday, December 25th to be recorded on the annual statement for the year 2019.
Our next Pyrohy Project will be December 14. We need your help to peel potatoes on Friday, December 13, and more help on Saturday, December 14. Please come and help.
St. Michael’s Day will be celebrated TODAY, November 24th On this day we will have only one (1) Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. After the Divine Liturgy, we will have a dinner and short program. All parishioners are cordially invited to this celebration. Tickets are available through Margaret Maybury, Svitlana Nakonechnyj (SUMA Yonkers Credit Union, Branch New Haven) and Fr. Iura Godenciuc. Tickets are $25.00 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 for donations for dessert.
The National Symphony of Ukraine will be touring the USA. Volodymyr Sirenko is the conductor and performing at UCONN’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, November 22 at 7 p.m.
The NSU was founded in 1949.
Pre-concert lecture ( included in the ticket price) by Dr Glenn Stanley at 6:15 p.m.
University of Connecticut, 2132 Hillside Road, Unit 3104, Storrs.
The program includes:
~American Rhapsody, composed by UCONN 2019 Grammy Award-winner Kenneth Fuchs
~Brahms Double Concerto with Sophie Shao, cello and I as soloists
~Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Ticket prices $15.00 – $45.00
Tickets may be purchased online.
Today, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC held the Holodomor Memorial Service.
As Deacon Thomas Stadnik said, “The Service was held to commemorate the 86th anniversary of the Genocide of Ukrainian People by artificially imposed Famine during 1932 and 1933 at the command of the merciless Satanic sociopath and mass murderer Josef Stalin. After imposing a collective farming program, Soviet authorities confiscated all food and beverages and all livestock from vast stretches of Ukraine, leaving people literally to starve to death, while the facts of these events were covered up and denied by Stalin and his henchmen. Whole extended families died out in this horrid genocidal famine. Today we pray for all who died, especially those who have no one left alive to pray for them, and for those few who did survive and live with the terrible memory of that experience.
For those who have not heard of the Holodomor before, it is recommended that you see the recently released movie “Mr Jones”, about the Irish journalist Gareth Jones who visited Ukraine at that time and documented this horror.
The bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox communities presided.
Picture by Jennifer Stadnik
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Sunday, 11/17, 23rd Sunday after Pentecost —Our Holy Father Gregory the Wonderworker
9:00 a.m. For our parishioners
10:30 a.m. +Ivan Godenciuc
Epistle: Ephesians 2:4-10
Gospel: Luke 12:16–21, Tone 6
Monday, 1/18, The Holy Martyrs Plato and Roman
9:00 a.m. No intention for the Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, 11/19, The Holy Prophet Obadiah
9:00 a.m. +Fr. Ivan and Sofia requested by the Walnycky family
Wednesday, 11/20, Forefeast of the Entrance of the Most Holy Mother of God into the Temple; Our Venerable Father Gregory of Decapolis
9:00 a.m. No intention for the Divine Liturgy
Thursday, 11/21, The Entrance into the Temple of our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
9:00 a.m. Special Intention requested by the Walnycky family
Friday, 11/22, Post-feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God; The Holy Apostle Philemon and Those with Him.
9:00 a.m. +Iwan Sowa (10th Anniv., Pan.) requested by Bohdan Sowa
Saturday, 11/23, Post-feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God
9:00 a.m. No intention for the Divine Liturgy
Sunday, 11/24, 24th Sunday after Pentecost —Post-feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God; The Holy Great-Martyr Catherine
10:15 a.m. Lytija and the Blessing of Bread
10:30 a.m. For our parishioners
Anointing*Myrovann
Epistle: Ephesians 2:14-22
Gospel: Luke 13:10-17, Tone 7
Christ is in our midst!
This week’s vigil light is offered to God by Vasyl Ivantsiv in memory of Eva.
Anya Rohmer-Hanson (Myketey) fell asleep in the Lord. Please remember her in your prayers. Eternal Memory!
PHILIP’S FAST, ПИЛИПІВКА, the pre-Christmas fast which began on November 15, the day after the feast of St. Philip, is a 40 day period of spiritual preparation for the celebration of the Nativity/Theophany cycle of the church year. Once a period of strict fasting, it has now been changed to a period of voluntary fasting and works of penance.
St. Michael’s Day will be celebrated on November 24th. 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 Margaret Maybury, Svitlana Nakonechnyj (SUMA Yonkers Credit Union, Branch New Haven) and Fr. Iura Godenciuc. Tickets are $25.00 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 today before our Feast Day. Also we ask for donations for dessert.
The Ukrainian Ridna Shkola of New Haven had started its school year with 3 classes: 1.) A nursery school program for children 3-5 years old; 2.) A class to teach Ukrainian to English language-speaking children ages 6-10; 3.) A class where instruction is only in the Ukrainian language for children 8-11 years old. Classes are from 9:30 to 11:30 each Saturday morning. Religious instruction follows at 11:30 a.m. We have dance instruction as well from 12:00 noon.
PARISH MAINTENANCE UPDATE NOTICE: Please take note of the fact that there is various concrete repair work being conducted around the Parish on all five buildings. This includes repointing the Church stairs, repairing walkways and concrete areas. Your care in walking around and avoiding the work areas for your safety is appreciated.
The Advent/Nativity Fast journey has begun! See how this journey unfolds on a daily basis by walking this calendar to Christmas. Follow the Nativity calendar with your spouse and children as daily an Advent discipline!
Join the many of us who do this every year and prosper your soul in the effort. You won’t be the same. Begin today!!!
The attached Nativity Fast Calendar a beautiful thing to follow.
Beginning, today, November 15th (the beginning of the Advent/Nativity Fast), we will once again be embarking on our annual challenge event to read through the entire New Testament (aloud) by Christmas! This is a great endeavor and exercise and you should join it! Read with your spouse as an Advent discipline! Even children can do this, and they have. You can do it, too.
Join the many of us who do this every year and prosper your soul in the effort. You won’t be the same. Begin today!!!
The New Testament Challenge is kind of a tradition. We invite you to join us in this 40 day offering and make more time for the reading of Holy Scripture this Advent.
Here is schedule (a .pdf) for The 2019 New Testament Challenge
As our bishops said in the message for the Philips Fast 2019, we find ourselves at the present moment: Pylypivka: the 40-day period of waiting and watching for the fulfillment of God’s promises, and the coming together of humanity and divinity in the Christ child, who, with his nativity, will bring new life and new hope into our world and our lives. No better way to see God’s promises than to pray, read, study sacred Scripture!