The Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts will be served at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 9.
As a reminder, Father Iura will offer the panachyda for Allan Yursha at Wallingford Funeral Home at 6:00 p.m. These are the traditional prayers conducted on the eve of a funeral.
Allan Yursha, 82, of Wallingford, died peacefully at home March 4, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Mary Ann (Herceg) Yursha.
He was born in McAdoo, PA, July 23, 1935, a son of the late William and Mary (Suhena) Yursha and was a U.S. Air Force Korean War Veteran. He worked as a design draftsman at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft until his retirement in 1992 and then worked at the Wallingford Public Library until 2001. He was an active member of St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in New Haven where he served as Past Treasurer and as Past President of St. Michael’s Holy Name Society. He was awarded the Papal recognition in 2005.
In addition to his wife Mary Ann, he is survived by his three daughters, and sons-in-law, Ann E. and Paul Lehr, Mary L. Johnston and Hans Hanson, and Juliann M. and Neil Bukowski; his three grandchildren, Jessica M. Sanchez (David), Neil “Rob” Bukowski (Mariah Franco), and Alexis S. Bukowski; his great granddaughter, Delanney Luz Sanchez; Bernandine Elko; his sister-in-law, Betty Jane Yursha; and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his siblings, Vladimir Yursha, Eugene Yursha, and Dorothy Yursha. Allan loved his family very much and his family always came first.
His family will receive relatives and friends in The Wallingford Funeral Home, 809 N. Main Street Ext., Wallingford, on Friday, March 9, from 4 to 7 p.m. The Panahyda service of prayer will be at 6:00 p.m. at the Funeral Home.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday at 10 a.m. directly at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church, 569 George St., New Haven. Interment will be private in the State Veterans’ Cemetery in Middletown. In lieu of flowers, gifts in his memory may be sent to Masonicare Hospice, 33 N. Plains Industrial Rd., Wallingford, CT 06492.
Christ is among us!
VIGIL LIGHT: This week vigil light is offered by Halya Lodynsky for God’s blessing and health for Stefan Yurchak.
SOROKOUSTY (All Souls): will be celebrated on every TODAY. The next All Soul’s Remembrance will March 11 and May 19. Please take a book found in 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!
PYSANKA — Ukrainian Easter Egg Workshop will be held TODAY 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 grandchildren to learn their beautiful heritage. Free to parish youth and Ridna Shkola students. Sponsored by UNWLA branch 108, the Heritage Center and the CT Ukrainian-American Historical Society.
PARISH MISSION: Mission in our parish will be on Sunday, March 18th and March 25th. Father Albert Forlano will be giving Mission in our parish. Father Albert is going to be in confessional half an hour before AND during both Divine Liturgies. For confession in Ukrainian language Father Stepan Yanovski will be in confessional each Sunday during Lent.
Father Bohdan Prach, Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, will be giving a Ukrainian-language presentation of his new book on April 20th in Stamford and on April 21st in New York. Father Prach will give a book presentation on The Clergy of the Peremyshl Eparchy and the Apostolic Administration of Lemkivshchyna.
Christ Our Pascha, the Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is now available online in English, http://catechism.royaldoors.net
By the threefold discipline of fasting, prayer and almsgiving the Church keeps the Great Fast/Lent from Monday, February 12, after the Cheesefare Sunday to the day before Easter, Holy Saturday, March 31. The following regulations apply, in general to all Ukrainian Catholics of the Stamford Eparchy between ages 21 to 60: Abstinence from meat and dairy products on the first day of the Great Fast, February 12, and Good Friday, March 30. The following regulations apply, in general, to all Ukrainians Catholics of the Stamford Eparchy between ages 14 to 60: Abstinence from meat is to be observed on all Fridays of the Great Fast. Abstinence from meat is suggested and encouraged on all Wednesdays of the Great Fast. The following are exempt from abstinence: 1. The poor who live on alms; 2. The sick and the frail; 3. Convalescents who are returning to their strength; 4. Pregnant women, and women who are nursing their children; and 5. Persons who perform hard labor. Meat is to be understood as including not only the flesh, but also those parts of warm-blooded animals that cannot be rendered, i. e., melted down, e.g., the liver, lungs, blood, etc. meat gravy or soup made from meat is included in this prohibition. Dairy products are to be understood as comprising products derived from mammals and birds, but not regarded as meat, e. g., cheese, lard, butter, milk, eggs, etc. Eucharistic Fast: A fast of one hour from food(prior to service begging time) should be kept by those receiving the Eucharist at the evening celebration of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, as well as, the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great.
Christ is among us!
1. VIGIL LIGHT: This week vigil light is offered by Halya Lodynsky for God’s blessing and health for Stefan Yurchak.
2. AFTER DIVINE LITURGY: Dear parishioners and guests, after each Divine Liturgy, coffee and hard rolls are available in the church hall.
3. SOROKOUSTY (All Souls): will be celebrated on every TODAY. The next All Soul’s Remembrance will March 4 and 11, May 19. Please take a book found in 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!
4. The Annual Meeting of the Ukrainian National Association Br. 414 will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at 12:00 noon in St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall. All members are invited to attend in order to elect a delegate to attend the convention in May of 2018.
5. PYSANKA — Ukrainian Easter Egg Workshop will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018 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 grandchildren to learn their beautiful heritage. Free to parish youth and Ridna Shkola students. Sponsored by UNWLA branch 108, the Heritage Center and the CT Ukrainian-American Historical Society.
6. Replica of the Shroud of Turin will be displayed in St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in NYC until TODAY. Father Emilian Dorosh invites all faithful to take opportunity to venerate God by praying by the Shroud of Turin.
7. Living the Great Fast (Lent): By the threefold discipline of fasting, prayer and almsgiving the Church keeps the Great Fast/Lent from Monday, February 12, after the Cheesefare Sunday to the day before Easter, Holy Saturday, March 31. The following regulations apply, in general to all Ukrainian Catholics of the Stamford Eparchy between ages 21 to 60: Abstinence from meat and dairy products on the first day of the Great Fast, February 12, and Good Friday, March 30. The following regulations apply, in general, to all Ukrainians Catholics of the Stamford Eparchy between ages 14 to 60: Abstinence from meat is to be observed on all Fridays of the Great Fast. Abstinence from meat is suggested and encouraged on all Wednesdays of the Great Fast. The following are exempt from abstinence: 1. The poor who live on alms; 2. The sick and the frail; 3. Convalescents who are returning to their strength; 4. Pregnant women, and women who are nursing their children; and 5. Persons who perform hard labor. Meat is to be understood as including not only the flesh, but also those parts of warm-blooded animals that cannot be rendered, i. e., melted down, e.g., the liver, lungs, blood, etc. meat gravy or soup made from meat is included in this prohibition. Dairy products are to be understood as comprising products derived from mammals and birds, but not regarded as meat, e. g., cheese, lard, butter, milk, eggs, etc. Eucharistic Fast: A fast of one hour from food(prior to service begging time) should be kept by those receiving the Eucharist at the evening celebration of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, as well as, the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great.
Christ is among us!
1. VIGIL LIGHT: This week vigil light is offered to God’s glory by Alexis Hickerson in memory of +Robert Hickerson.
2. Reposed in the Lord: +Frances Harvey. Please remember her in your prayers. ETERNAL MEMORY!
3. Dear parishioners and guests, after each Divine Liturgy, coffee and hard rolls are available in the church hall.
4. The Annual Meeting of the Ukrainian National Association Branch 414 will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at 12:00 noon in St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall.
All members are invited to attend in order to elect a delegate to attend the convention in May of 2018.
5. SOROKOUSTY: will be celebrated next Sunday, February 25 at 10:00 a.m. Please take a book found in 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 next All Souls commemoration will be on March 4 and 11, and May 19.
6. Replica of the Shroud of Turin will be displayed in St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, East 7th Street in NYC from February 17th to February 25th of this year. Father Emilian Dorosh invites all faithful to take opportunity to venerate God by praying by the Shroud of Turin.
7. By the threefold discipline of fasting, prayer and almsgiving the Church keeps the Great Fast/Lent from Monday, February 12, after the Cheesefare Sunday to the day before Easter, Holy Saturday, March 31. The following regulations apply, in general to all Ukrainian Catholics of the Stamford Eparchy between ages 21 to 60: Abstinence from meat and dairy products on the first day of the Great Fast, February 12, and Good Friday, March 30. The following regulations apply, in general, to all Ukrainians Catholics of the Stamford Eparchy between ages 14 to 60: Abstinence from meat is to be observed on all Fridays of the Great Fast. Abstinence from meat is suggested and encouraged on all Wednesdays of the Great Fast. The following are exempt from abstinence: 1. The poor who live on alms; 2. The sick and the frail; 3. Convalescents who are returning to their strength; 4. Pregnant women, and women who are nursing their children; and 5. Persons who perform hard labor. Meat is to be understood as including not only the flesh, but also those parts of warm-blooded animals that cannot be rendered, i. e., melted down, e.g., the liver, lungs, blood, etc. meat gravy or soup made from meat is included in this prohibition. Dairy products are to be understood as comprising products derived from mammals and birds, but not regarded as meat, e. g., cheese, lard, butter, milk, eggs, etc. Eucharistic Fast: A fast of one hour from food(prior to service begging time) should be kept by those receiving the Eucharist at the evening celebration of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, as well as, the Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great.
The Annual Meeting of the Ukrainian National Association Branch 414 will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at 12:00 noon in St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church Hall.
All members are invited to attend in order to elect a delegate to attend the convention in May of 2018.
Christ is among us!
This week vigil light is offered to God’s glory by Barbara and Patrick Bagley in memory of +Anna Lipcan.
Dear parishioners and guests, after each Divine Liturgy, coffee and hard rolls are available in the church hall.
The Rectory Office will be closed from Monday, February 12, 2018 until Friday, February 16, 2018. Father Iura will be in New York State for Clergy Days.
Sorokousty (All Souls’ Remembrance) will be celebrated on Sunday after All Souls Saturdays: February 25, March 4 and 11, and May 19. Please take a book found in 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!
Great Lent
By the threefold discipline of fasting, prayer and almsgiving the Church keeps the Great Fast/Lent from Monday, February 12, after the Cheesefare Sunday (February 11) to the day before Easter, Holy Saturday, March 31. The following regulations apply, in general to all Ukrainian Catholics of the Stamford Eparchy between ages 21 to 60: Abstinence from meat and dairy products on the first day of the Great Fast, February 12, and Good Friday, March 30. The following regulations apply, in general, to all Ukrainians Catholics of the Stamford Eparchy between ages 14 to 60: Abstinence from meat is to be observed on all Fridays of the Great Fast. Abstinence from meat is suggested and encouraged on all Wednesdays of the Great Fast. The following are exempt from abstinence: 1. The poor who live on alms; 2. The sick and the frail; 3. Convalescents who are returning to their strength; 4. Pregnant women, and women who are nursing their children; and 5. Persons who perform hard labor. Meat is to be understood as including not only the flesh, but also those parts of warm-blooded animals that cannot be rendered, i. e., melted down, e.g., the liver, lungs, blood, etc. meat gravy or soup made from meat is included in this prohibition. Dairy products are to be understood as comprising products derived from mammals and birds, but not regarded as meat, e. g., cheese, lard, butter, milk, eggs, etc. Eucharistic Fast: A fast of one hour from food (prior to service begging time) should be kept by those receiving the Eucharist at the evening celebration of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, as well as, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great.
The United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC) Connecticut will conduct a Medical Equipment and Medical Supplies Drive beginning Monday, February 12, 2018 through Monday, March 25, 2018 with drop off:
Items may include medical durables (for example: beds, recliners, wheelchairs, canes or walkers) and medical supplies (for example: adult or children diapers).
If you would like to make a financial donation, please make checks payable to UUARC 1206 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111.
Thank you.
If you have any questions, please contact the following persons:
Myron Kolinsky-860-563-4072
Ihor and Natalia Rudko-860-537-4051
Ivan Kebalo-860-299-6727
Halia Lodynsky-203-494-6278
Myron Melnyk-201-264-9793
In Christian charity, your prayers are requested for Nicholas Losten who fell asleep in the Lord.
Nicholas E. Losten, 95, a brother of Most Rev. Basil H. Losten, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 20, 2017.
Mr. Losten was born on June 16, 1922 in Chesapeake City, MD, the son of the late John and Julia Losten. He worked on the family dairy farm, “Losten Dairy”, and was a milkman for the wholesale-retail milk business until its sale in 1968. He then went to work for Pennsupreme Dairy until he started a second career in construction, working for Weaver Pole Line Construction and Danella Construction Company.
After his retirement from construction, he enjoyed working and maintaining the family farm. He was an avid goose and deer hunter. He was a leader of Future Farmers of America; was a life member of the Chesapeake City Fire Department and a member of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church. May his memory be eternal!