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November 10 .Pmd ST. JOSAPHAT UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH W. Union Blvd. at Kenmore Ave. -- Bethlehem, PA. Archpriest Daniel Gurovich, Pastor -- Carol Hanych, Cantor Vesperal Liturgy: Sat. 6:30 PM Liturgy: Sun. 10:00 AM Vespers: Evenings before Holydays 6:30 PM www.stjosaphatbethlehem.org (610) 865-2521 -- Email: [email protected] “...At the present time there is a remnant left, selected out of grace.” [Romans 11:5] NOV 10 22ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST TONE 5 SUN NOV 10: 22ndT Sunday after Pentecost (Tone 5) Sat Eve Vigil: 6:30 PM: Living and Departed of the Parish 10:00 AM +Gregory, +Michael, and +Peter (M & H Onyshchak) Annual St. Josaphat Dinner follows ECF Classes meet next Sunday ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MON NOV 11: Menas, Victor and Vincent (10) 8:00 AM: Health of Fr. Daniel (Mary Belzecky) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - TUE NOV 12: Holy Martyr Josaphat, Patron of Our Parish 8:00 AM: For the Living and Departed Members of the Parish --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WED NOV 13: John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople Read Luke 16:9-16 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THUR NOV 14: Apostle Philip (5) No Services ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRI NOV 15: BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTMAS FAST (PHILIPS FAST) [FAST] 8:00 AM: +John H. Tighe (32 Yrs) (Nephew William) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAT NOV 16: Apostle Matthew (5) Lehigh Deanery Sobor at Nativity Parish Reading. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUN NOV 17: 23rd Sunday after Pentecost (Tone 6) Sat Eve Vigil: 6:30 PM: +Michael and +Ruth Fidorack (Estate) 10:00 AM: ++Dmytro Chorwat (Son Jaroslav) ECF CLASSES TODAY (10) READERS GREETERS NOV 9: DeNardo ☺Meixell NOV 10: Hambor/Kidd ☺Buddock/Pastrick/Belzecky NOV 16: Rybak ☺ Kadingo NOV 17: Hambor ☺ Buddock/Pastrick/Arnold Church Cleaning: D. Kadingo, M. Gilly, A. Morrisey, Volunteer FUTURE EVENTS If you would like more information, please contact TODAY: Annual St. Josaphat Dinner Ascension Manor, Inc. by phone at 215-922-1116 FRI 15: Begin the Christmas Fast (Philips Fast) or email at: [email protected]. SAT 16: Deanery Soborchyk which will be held at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in NOTICE TO THE PARISH Reading. Please pass this notice to those members of our NOV 17: ECF Classes parish who have not been regular in their church NOT FEELING WELL – Please Pray For: attendance and ask them to carefully consider the Sick of the Parish message below. I want you to know that our parish needs you, and The annual St. Josaphat Dinner begins that you also need to be here with us. We have a today following the Divine Liturgy. responsibility to one another as members of the Body of Christ – the Church – and these DEANERY SOBORCHYK responsibilities are growing daily, given the events As most of you know, the General Meeting taking place in the world around us. Please make regarding the new direction of our Church took place church attendance and prayer a regular part of your in Philadelphia on October 9th. A follow up meeting daily lives. Please. for the Leigh Ukrainian Catholic deanery will take place on Saturday November 16 at Nativity BVM YOUR PARISH BULLETIN (NEWSLETTER) Church in Reading with registration beginning The weekly bulletin, available in church every Sunday at 10:00 AM. The Metropolitan has requested and on the internet at anytime, not only contains the that some members of all the parishes attend this weekly schedule of Divine Services and notices of meeting. If you would like to attend and learn about special attention but also articles of particular the direction the Archeparchy is moving, please interest pertaining to the Church, Sacred Scripture, contact me as soon as possible so that preparations Feasts and Fasts, Sacred Tradition and more. Thus it for lunch can be arranged. (Info. for GPS 504 is a means of education and formation as well as a Summit Ave., Reading, PA.) vehicle of evangelization, understanding and appreciation of our theology and spirituality which AFFORDABLE HOUSING we are called to apply in our daily lives and spread to Ascension Manor is an affordable residential others. For this reason, please do not leave the housing complex for seniors 62 years of age and bulletin in the pew. Take it with you and as a Baptized older sponsored by the Ukrainian Catholic Christian evangelize by giving or leaving it where Archeparchy of Philadelphia. Located at 911 North someone who is un-churched might pick it up. Franklin Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19123, one block Always welcome people to our church. The Bulletin from the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral. The Manor is part of the Pastor’s duty, obligation and is made up of two residential towers with 279 responsibility to instruct the faithful. apartments and is presently home to 307 residents. THE FEAST OF OUR PATRON OUR FATHER AMONG THE SAINTS JOSAPHAT OF POLOTSK From the Typicon: In Churches named for St. Josaphat, the propers are transferred to the nearest Sunday. Josaphat Kuntsevych, Archbishop of Polotsk, is the Patron of church union. He was murdered on November 12, 1623. He is the greatest among the Ukrainian Saints and is on all calendars of the Particular Churches that make up the Universal Catholic Church. Please observe these special propers this year Sat/Sun Divine Liturgy. 1. Tropar of the Sunday (Tone 5) 2. Tropar of St. Jopsaphat (below) 3. Glory be... (Tone 5) 4. Kondak of the Sunday (Tone 5) 5. Now and ever ... (Tone 4) 6. Kondak of the Feast (below) 7. Prokiemon and Alleluia of the Sunday (Tone 5) 8. Communion Hymn of the Feast only (below) 9. Final Hymn for the Veneration of the Relics of St. Josaphat “Hymn to St. Josaphat TROPAR (TONE 4) O priest-martyr Josaphat, you are a bright luminary, for you being a good shepherd have given your life for your sheep and were killed by the adversaries. Whereupon you have entered heaven to dwell with angels. O Saint, who suffered so much, we ask you to pray the arch-Shepherd Christ that we may some day stand at His right and save our souls. KONDAK (TONE 4) Since childhood the crucified Christ enlightened you. In religious life you did resemble the angels by leading a holy life. You have vigorously preached the union, with martyrs blood you have pacified hearts divided by dissension and thus have you received a crown from Christ. Remember, therefore us who sing to you; Hail, O immovable Pillar of the union. COMMUNION VERSE The just man shall be in everlasting rememberance; an evil report he will not fear. Alleluia (3x) THAT THEY ALL MIGHT BE ONE! Filipovka: Nativity Fast Traditions for Ukrainian Catholics In anticipation of the advent or “coming” of the Messiah that we celebrate during the feast of the Nativity on December 25, Ukrainian Eastern Christians enter into a time of preparation known as the “Nativity Fast” (or “St. Philip’s Fast” since it begins each year on the Feast of St. Philip the Apostle, November 15). As with most periods of fast before the great feasts, the season of advent is a time for a deeper interior conversion to Christ. The Ukrainian Catholic Church invites all to participate more fully in the central mysteries of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through her calendar of feasts and fasts. The feast of the Nativity of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ (Christmas, December 25) is one of the great feasts of the Church year, celebrating the coming or advent of the Messiah (which in Hebrew means “He who is anointed by the Spirit” or in Greek, “Christos”), Jesus Christ. Christ was born into the world through the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary to offer us the wondrous gifts of salvation and theosis, our transformation into the like- ness of God by sharing in His holiness through the energies of His grace. Through the mystery we cel- ebrate in the Nativity, we too are invited to become the children of God, sons and daughters of our Heav- enly Father. But this transformation does not occur overnight. Rather, it requires a rediscovery of the essential disciplines of a disciple of Jesus Christ. Training for Body, Mind and Spirit: For Saint Paul, Christian discipleship is like an athletic contest in an arena, which requires both training and effort. This is the root of the Christian understanding of asceticism and practice. By training our body, mind and spirit with the help God’s grace to seek and follow His commands and cultivate the virtues of the saints, in turn we help to extract the poison of corruption, sin and death within our own lives and to realize the saving and transforming power of Christ’s life given to us in Holy Baptism. The Church has traditionally taught four main ways to engage in Christian asceticism, no matter what our state in life. These are prayer, fasting, almsgiving and love. By actively engaging in these disciplines of discipleship during the time of the fast, we unite ourselves more perfectly to Christ as we celebrate the joy of the feast of His Nativity. The Heresy of Mother Earth Worship AKA “Climate Change” I do not worship matter, but the Creator of matter, who for my sake became material and deigned to dwell in matter, who through matter effected my salvation... —St. John of Damascus St John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople (407 AD) Feast Day - November 13 St. John, who since the sixth century has been called Chrysostom or golden mouthed, was born in Antioch of a noble Christian family between 344 and 354 AD. He was brought up by his widowed mother and received the best education Antioch could offer. He became a monk by 375 and lived in a mountain community not far from Antioch. He nearly ruined his health through austerities and the damp conditions of his cave hermitage.
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