THE CATHOLIC PARISH OF THE DORMITION OF THE MOST HOLY MOTHER OF GOD ПАРАФІЯ УСПІННЯ ПРЕСВ. БОГОРОДИЦІ A PARISH OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC EPARCHY OF EDMONTON
Address: Sunday, November 10 15608 -104 Avenue, • Twenty-Second Sunday a er Pentecost, Octoechos Tone 5; Edmonton, AB • The Holy Apostles Erastus, Olympus, Rodion and those with them T5P 4G5 Services: The Dormition Parish Family Photo Sunday Divine Liturgy (Ukr & Eng) at 10 am & Melkite (Arabic) D.L. at 2 pm
Akathist or Molebyn Most Wednesdays at 6 pm (see calendar)
Parish Website: h p://dormi on.eeparchy.com There is a larger colour image on the bulle n board in the hall. I think it would be a nice idea to have some sort of a parish photo-directory so that we can connect names with all these beau ful faces. Stay tuned. Twitter: @dormi onparish Today a er the final blessing at h ps://twi er.com/ the Divine Liturgy we will have our dormi onparish annual Remembrance day service. Special thanks to all those who put it together for us. May God Eparchial Website: grant peace and everlas ng life to www.eeparchy.com all those who perished for the sake of others. Vichnaya Pamyat. Pastor: Today we welcome Fr. Matthew to our Fr. Bo Nahachewsky JOIN US WEDNESDAYS OF NOVEMBER AT 7-9 PM FOR: parish to celebrate the Divine Liturgy. Please make him feel at home. Fr. Bo is with a Fr. Bo’s cell phone: UNDERSTANDING group of teens on a pilgrimage to the Welcome Home, the Shrines of Blessed Martyrs: Bishop Vasyl, 780-340-FR.BO (3726) THE DIVINE and Sisters Olympia and Lauren a, as well as to the Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg. Please say a prayer for the Fr. Bo’s Email: LITURGY A Mini-Series with Fr. Bo youth (and adults who fr.bo.nahachewsky The first of four sessions went lead them) so that the @gmail.com well. See our new catechetical Holy Spirit may make a display in the hall. And pictures inside this bulletin. big impact on them all. Saints of the Day (taken from OCA.org)
Apostles of the Seventy: Erastus, Olympas, Herodion, Sosipater, Quartus, and Tertius The holy Apostles Erastus, Sosipater (April 28), Olympas (January 4), Rodion (April 8), Quartus and Ter us (October 30) were disciples of Saint Paul. They all lived during the first century. The Apostle to the Gen les speaks of them in the Epistle to the Romans, “And Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you, and Quartus, a brother” (Rom 16: 23). Saint Sosipater, a na ve of Achaia, was Bishop of Iconium, where he also died. Saint Paul men ons him in Romans 16:21. Saint Olympas was men oned by the holy Apostle Paul (Rom 16:15). He was also a companion of the Apostle Peter. Saint Rodion (Herodion), was a kinsman of the Apostle Paul (Romans 16:11), and le the bishop’s throne at Patras to go to Rome with the Apostle Peter. Saints Rodion and Olympas were beheaded on the very day and hour when Saint Peter was crucified. Saint Quartus endured much suffering for his piety and converted many pagans to Christ, dying peacefully as a bishop in the city of Beirut. Saint Ter us is men oned in the Epistle to the Romans, “I, Ter us, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord” (Rom 16:22). Saint Ter us, to whom Saint Paul dictated the Epistle to the Romans, was the second Bishop of Iconium, where also he died. On Thursday Nights “Liturgical Singing with Namisha” will take place every couple weeks at 7:30 pm. The first one will take place on November 28. ALL ARE WELCOME.
Our first mee ng took place this week. Photos are not included because Fr. Bo had to print the bulle n before the event. At this mee ng the plan is/was to talk about what parts of the Divine Liturgy will be sung in English, and what parts in Ukrainian, and also any other issues that we need to figure out to make the Liturgical singing even more be er-er.
We are looking to HIRE a SNOW SHOVELER for our parish to start immediately.
We even provide a shovel and snowblower for you to use while cleaning our church.
If you are interested please contact Simon Pryma immediately at [email protected] or at 780-902-4499.
Because this job includes ge ng a set of church keys, the successful applicant will have to be willing to have a Police Informa on Check with Vulnerable Sector so as to comply with our parish’s “Working Together For Safer Environments Protocol”.
Will you help our “Little Friends of Jesus" collect a mountain of warm SOCKS, MITTS & TOQUES to share with children at OLOP school?
Please take note of our upcoming LFJ lessons and sign ✓November 10 (today) up for your child to bring a snack to share. • November 24 We recognize that parents are the child's first teacher. • December 1 We will provide notes on each lesson and encourage you • December 8 to do the enrichment activity with your children during the St. Nicholas Concert January 12 week. • Sunday, December 8th JOIN US WEDNESDAYS OF NOVEMBER AT 7-9 PM FOR: UNDERSTANDING THE DIVINE LITURGY A Mini-Series with Fr. Bo
The first of our four part series was correspond with the classes, but as fun and educa onal. The Divine you can imagine… these things take Liturgy starts well before the “Blessed some me. Hopefully there will be a is the Kingdom…” on page 13 in the few short videos up before next liturgy books. We looked at the first Wednesday’s session. parts of the service which include: The Ini al Prayers, Ves ng and the Next week we are looking at the Prepara on; as well as the items and “Liturgy of the Word”. I bet that there spaces within the Liturgical space of is more to it than you are aware of. the Church. Also, available for all of you, there are Fr. Bo created a large bulle n board booklets near the bulle ns called: “As that labels and explains the interior of We Join In Thanksgiving”, by Fr. Peter our temple. This board is currently Galadza. These great booklets are leaned up against the “bar” window in wri en in easy to understand the hall. Please check it out. It will language and give a lovely explana on get a be er home in the near future. of what the Liturgy is about.
Fr. Bo will make all sorts of efforts to The more we understand the Liturgy, also make videos available online that the more we will appreciate it. 2019 Annual Eparchial Children’s
Following the Gifts of Overnight the Holy Spirit Retreat
For grades 1-6 November 23 & 24 For Details call the Youth Ministry Office at 780-424-5496 (ask for Millie) and to register your child please go to: http://bit.ly/2Q3jlSN
2019 Eparchial First Solemn Communion Camp
March 20 - 24
First Solemn Communion is an important step in the journey of every Catholic. It is all about receiving the Body and Blood of Christ on one’s own, and learning how to prepare for it by the participation in the Mystery (Sacrament) of Reconciliation.
• This camp is for children (aprox. grade 2) who are ready to • If you are interested in coming to this receive their First Solemn Communion, but do not fit into camp with your child (yes, one adult their own parish’s First Solemn Communion program. must be present too) please go to
• It is a full program condensed into 4 full days, where the CampOselia.com child and their parent/adult both learn, have fun, grow in for more informaKon and to enrol. community and are prepared to return to their own parish to receive the sacraments in and with their community. • This camp works WITH your parish. Your pastor needs to know that you are planning to parKcipate in this camp, and will be receiving the sacraments in your parish when it is Camp done. If you don’t currently belong to a parish community, we will happily help you find one near you. Oselia
Icons are images of Christ and His Theosis Studios & Camp Oselia Presents: saints that teach us about, and a 4 day Family Day Long Weekend challenge us into, deeper union with Him.
This intensive, prayerful weekend Icon Writing workshop will allow all participants to complete a traditional Byzantine “egg tempera” Icon of St. Photini (the Samaritan Woman at the well). Workshop & Retreat It will take place at Camp Oselia.
This is a course for beginner (0-10 icons painted) and advanced (10+ icons) students. No previous experience is required. All materials are covered in the tuition including real 24K Gold. Limit 18 students.
Cost is $525 per person for beginners and $550 per person for advanced students, and covers all materials, supplies, meals and snacks.
Fr. Bo Nahachewsky, in addition to being a Ukrainian Catholic priest since 2003, has been writing (painting) Icons since 1995. In 2002 he was consecrated an iconographer by Metropolitan (then 2020 Bishop) Lawrence Huculak. He February 14-17, has taught icon workshops in several locations across Canada.
For More Information, or Camp to Register please go to Oselia CampOselia.com Parish & Eparchial & Beyond News:
• We pray for the health and well-being of all the servants and to pray for persecuted Chris ans; organize a vigil or a moment handmaidens of God who need our prayers: Mary Orysiuk, of prayer; pray a rosary; invite people to wear red, etc. Jean Miskiw, Sarah Komar, Marge Woitas, Ka e Bunio, John For more informa on, visit h ps://acn-canada.org/red- Puto, Ann Horsman, Annie Polack, Louis Pewar & Rosa Maria wednesday/. Santos. (If you know any other people who should be on this • The Tenth Annual Bishop’s Gala will take place on Tuesday, list: please email me.) December 3 at the Chateau Louis Hotel and Conference • We wish God’s blessings and happy birthday to our Centre, beginning with a cocktail recep on and silent auc on parishioner: Toscha Sharek and to Fr. Bo’s Mom Stephania at 6:00 pm, followed by dinner and an exci ng live who celebrate their birthdays this week. God grant you many auc on.This fes ve gala raises funds to support the opera on years! and programming of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton. Tickets are $180 each or $1440 per table of eight. • If we don’t have your birthday, or if we have your birthday A charitable tax receipt for $85 will be issued per cket. info wrong… please send an email (or at least a piece of Contact the Pastoral Centre to purchase ckets: 780 424 5496 paper) with your corrected birthdate and name. or [email protected]. • The First Communion Camp at Camp Oselia will be our The Annual Bishop’s Appeal Collec on “What Gi Have I, parish’s FSC program. If your child is in or near grade 2 and • Worthy of a King?” takes place on Sunday, December 8. The ready to receive their sacraments, please contact Fr. Bo Appeal coincides with the Feast of Saint Nicholas, the • A en on Parish Pastoral Council: Umm… I kinda double Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra. Saint Nicholas is uniquely booked our parish for Nov. 20. We will have to move our PPC ed to Christmas, the celebra on of Jesus’ birth. Early stories mee ng, because I started to adver se our “Understanding about Saint Nicholas carry with them the Na vity themes of the Divine Liturgy” mini-series. My bad. Fr. Bo love and jus ce. He is characterized as a generous and pious servant of God, caring for children and families, and providing • Roman Kobyletskyy, Seminarian-Pastoral Intern, will receive the Laying-on of Hands (Ordina on) to the Diaconate, by gi s for their spiritual and physical well-being.And that’s what Bishop David, on Sunday, November 17, at the 10:00 am, the Ukrainian Catholic Church is all about. Caring and Divine Liturgy and Praznyk (Parish Feast Day), Saint Josaphat providing for the faithful throughout the Province of Alberta. Cathedral. Help Bishop David in spreading the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ by suppor ng our Eparchial ministries and • The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, through its offices, including: Youth Ministry, Family Life Ministries, Commission for Jus ce and Peace, issued a statement Religious Educa on, Liturgy Office, Voca ons, Ecumenism, en tled Poverty in Canada: Ensuring Safe, Secure and Social Outreach, and Marriage Tribunal. Affordable Housing.The statement provides a brief overview With Christmas on our doorstep, one of the holiest mes of of the state of poverty in our country, with a focus on the the year, and in the spirit of Saint Nicholas, what gi do you current housing crisis, and also provides a helpful list of some bring now to the infant Jesus, who lays quietly and peacefully key Catholic organiza ons engaged in the allevia on of in a manger? Thank you for your generosity! May God bless poverty in Canada. The statement also calls for collabora on you and your families! between charitable organiza ons, all levels of government, and dioceses/eparchies, as well as local parishes, in the effort • The Na onal Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous to provide charitable assistance to individuals who are in Peoples will be celebrated on December 12, the Feast of Our need. This statement is being issued on the occasion of the Lady of Guadalupe (La n calendar), Patroness of the Third World Day of the Poor, marked on November 17. Americas.In view of this day of prayer, please find a ached the 2019 Message for the Na onal Day of Prayer in Solidarity • Red Wednesday, which seeks to raise awareness about the with Indigenous Peoples, with the theme Year of Indigenous persecu on experienced by some 327 million Chris ans Language (as declared by the United Na ons). worldwide, will be marked on November 20.Aid to the Church in Need Canada, promoter of Red Wednesday, reminds us that • The 52nd Interna onal Eucharis c Congress will take place
the situa on of oppressed and persecuted Chris nas, serves from September 13-20, 2020, in Budapest, Hungary. not only as a reminder of discrimina on and persecu on R. Aubert, in his ar cle “Eucharis c congresses from Leo XIII involving members of other religions too, but also the erosion to Paul VI,” provides an overview and context for the of and a acks against freedom of conscience and religion in Eucharis c Congresses. He writes: “In the middle of the 19th the Western world, including Canada. On Red Wednesday, we century in the European countries, and especially in France can draw a en on to the plight of persecuted Chris ans by: ini a ves aiming the fostering of the respect for the Eucharist illumina ng a church with red light; organize a Divine Liturgy started to develop at an extraordinary pace. This kind of renewal of the Eucharis c spirituality, as… More Parish & Eparchial & Beyond News:
• continued from previous page… a counter reac on • At the 2019 Conventon of the Ukrainian Catholic Council – to the social changes which followed the failure of Jansenist Eparchy of Edmonton (Centralia), the following were elected austerity and the Ancien Régime, and the Industrial for the term 2019 – 2021: Revolu on, placed at the core the eucharis c adora on and • Ukrainian Catholic Council (Centralia) – Eparchy of Edmonton the reconcilia on with Jesus Christ, the God hidden in the Eucharist, who was ‘dishonoured by the pridefuls and ignored ‣ Greg Warwa, President (Saint Josaphat Cathedral) by the holders of public authority, who set up the ‣ Doug Rezewski, Vice-President (Exalta on of the Holy secularisa on of the society as their goal’” (Concilium 1, 1960, Cross Parish, Edmonton) p. 118). ‣ Jerry Dubyk, Recording Secretary (Saint Basil Parish, Edmonton) Pope Francis’ prayer for the Eucharis c Congress: “Heavenly ‣ Joe Danko, Treasurer (Saint Josaphat Cathedral) Father, source of all life! Send us your Holy Spirit, that we may ‣ Olga Hlus, Emeritus President (Saint Basil Parish, recognize and grow in the love of Christ present in the Edmonton) Eucharist, who handed himself over for us! He is our Lord and ‣ Mary Ann Phillips, UCWLC Rep our Master, our friend and our food, our healer and our ‣ Joe Synyshyn, UCBC Rep peace.Give us the courage to take his strength and his joy to ‣ Kerry Boyko, EECKC Rep every person! Grant us, that the me of the prepara on and ‣ Millie Schietzsch, UCYC Rep the celebra on of the Eucharis c Congress would serve the • Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League spiritual renewal of our community, ci es, na on, Europe and the world! Amen.” For more informa on, visit • Spiritual Advisor: Very Rev. Janko Herbut www.iec2020.hu. • President – Mary Ann Phillips • Past President – Joyce Chrunik-Rudiak • Patriarch Sviatoslav and the Synod of Bishops issued a • Vice President – Barbara Olynyk Pastoral Le er on protec ng minors and vulnerable persons, • Vice President – Lydia Migus en tled Regarding Safeguarding from Various Incidents of • Recording Secretary – Theresa Hlus Violence toward Children, Handicapped, and Vulnerable • Corresponding Secretary – Virginia Sharek People. • Ukrainian Corresponding Secretary – Lilea Wolanska • Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle issued an open le er to all • Treasurer – Shirley Rudnitski, HLM Canadians, en tled “Message of support from Our Lady of • Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood of Canada Guadalupe Circle on the occasion of the UN 2019 Year of Indigenous Language.”This open le er affirms the major ‣ Rev. Danylo Kuc, Spiritual Advisor significance of language in the revitaliza on of Indigenous ‣ Orest Boychuk, President cultures and expresses a commitment to finding ways to ‣ Darrell Holowaychuk, Vice-President support this vital aspect of reconcilia on. The open le er, as ‣ Marco Levytsky, Secretary well as a video prepared to highlight the message, is available ‣ Michael Lewyta, Treasurer on Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle’s website at h ps:// • Knights of Columbus, Eparchy of Edmonton Chapter (elected ourladyofguadalupecircle.ca/. earlier this year)
• The 2019 Triannual Congress of the Ukrainian Catholic ‣ President – Kerry Boyko Women’s League in Canada elected the following slate: ‣ Vice President – Greg Warwa ‣ Bishop David Mo uk, Spiritual Advisor ‣ Secretary – Darrell Uchach ‣ Barbara Hlus, President ‣ Treasurer – Jerry Dubyk ‣ Sr. Anne Pidskalny, ssmi, Co-Spiritual Advisor ‣ Past President – Morris Chichak ‣ Marusia Barszczyk, Past President ‣ Barbara Olynyk, Vice President ‣ Theresa Hlus, Recording Secretary ‣ Lidia Nykyforuk, Corresponding Secretary Most people are ‣ Luba Kowalchyk Hlm, Treasurer when ‣ Teresa Makowecki, Cons tu on/Legisla on and Bylaws shocked Commi ee they find out how ‣ Marlene Bodnar, Cons tu on Secretary incompetent I am as an electrician. This Friday marks the beginning of St. Philip’s Fast only need fast from fish a er December 17. Another tradi on The Shopping Season is at hand. Some people will spend it holds that fish may be eaten throughout the Fast, but only on jostling for bargains; others will pass the me lamen ng the Saturdays and Sundays. commercializa on of Christmas. The Eastern Churches, on the In Greece and the Middle East it is customary to limit the fast to other hand, encourage their faithful to prepare for this feast by Tuesdays and Thursdays un l December 12 (Greece) or fas ng. Each of these Churches has a pre-Na vity Fast, but each December 19. In the Melkite Church the fast has been shortened Church observes it to a different degree. to begin on December 10 but to con nue uninterrupted a er Like the feast of Christ’s Na vity itself, this fast originated in the then. West. In ad 380 he Council of Saragossa in Spain mandated daily The number of feast days at the beginning of the forty days may church a endance beginning on December 17. Pope St Leo the account for these prac ces. Besides the Great Feast of the Great (400-461) described four Fasts, one in each season, “so Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (November 21 to 25), that over the course of the year we might recognize that we are we observe feasts in honor of these popular saints: the Apostles constantly in need of purifica on.” He indicated that the “winter Ma hew (11/16) and Andrew (11/30), Sts Catherine of fast” was to begin when the “ingathering of the crops was Alexandria (11/25), Barbara, and John of Damascus (12/4), complete.” In France it was specified in the next century that this Sabbas the Sanc fied (12/5) Nicholas the Wonder-worker (12/6), Fast begin on November 11, the feast of St Mar n; the Fast was the Maternity of St Ann (12/9), and St Spyridon the called “St Mar n’s Lent.” Wonderworker (12/12). In addi on, of course, those in the U.S. The Eastern Churches began observing this Fast between the 6th also have the na onal holiday of Thanksgiving during this me. and 8th centuries. Originally it lasted one week, as in the That doesn’t leave much me for fas ng! Armenian Church today. In the eleventh century Pope There are no peniten al services appointed for this Fast like Christodoulos lengthened it to forty days for the Cop c Church. those we know during the Great Fast. Greeks, who do not The Byzan ne Church followed suit in the next century. The generally do so otherwise, have the custom of serving the Divine Syrian Churches (Chaldeans, Indians, etc.) keep it for three to Liturgy daily during these forty days. This prac ce echoes the four weeks in December. idea that the Na vity Fast is a joyous fast, celebra ng the immanent coming of Christ. Other Churches may serve the WHY DO WE FAST? Akathist or the Paraclisis to the Theotokos during these days. St Simeon of Thessalonika, wri ng in the fi eenth century, explained the purpose of this Fast in terms of its length. “The CHARACTER OF THE NATIVITY FAST Na vity Forty-day Fast represents the fast undertaken by Moses, Many contemporary Eastern writers have encouraged the who—having fasted for forty days and forty nights—received the observance of the Na vity Fast in contrast to the popular Commandments of God, wri en on stone tablets. And we, Western “pre-celebra on” of Christmas, which focuses on fas ng for forty days, will reflect upon and receive from the decora ng, spending, and partying. They emphasize prepara on Virgin the living Word—not wri en upon stone, but born, for the feast in quietness and a simplified way of life. Instead of a incarnate—and we will commune of His Divine Body.” As Moses harried pursuit of gi s and cards for people who will likely “re- received the Law a er his forty-day fast, we will receive the gi ” them for the next Christmas party, the Fast enables living Word incarnate at the end of this Fast. believers to focus on the mystery of the Incarna on, the “reason One thread running through this Fast is the remembrance of the for the season.” me before the Incarna on. Mankind was in one sense Many see this Fast as essen al for us at this me of the year, to disconnected from God, having lost the in macy with Him which shi our focus from ourselves to others, spending less me we were meant to have because we were created in His image. worrying about our appearance, our cuisine and our home decor Fas ng is our way to express our sorrow at man’s loss of in order to use our me in increased prayer and caring for the fellowship with God. poor. The process of recovering this in macy with God climaxed with The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of An och, John X, emphasized the Incarna on, but was prepared for centuries by the Old the Na vity as the “feast of almsgiving” in which we celebrate Testament prophets. During the Na vity Fast we commemorate and perpetuate Christ’s love for mankind. “The Na vity of Christ the prophets Nahum (12/1), Habakkuk (12/2), Zepheniah (12/3), is primarily the feast of divine dispensa on – the feast of charity Daniel and the Three Young Men in the Furnace (12/17). On the and of almsgiving… Through acts of mercy, extended to one second Sunday before the feast we remember all those in sacred another and to everyone, no ma er what race we belong to, we history who came before Christ and prepared the way for Him – implore the tender mercies of the divine Child, whose springs of His ancestors and ours. mercies and boun es we will never be able to surpass. As the pious Augus ne says, “the lamp of our love toward our WHEN AND HOW DO WE FAST? neighbors causes the divine compassion to abide in this Each patriarchate and other local Byzan ne Church has a slightly crea on.” different way of keeping this Fast. According to one tradi on a person should fast from meat and dairy for the forty days, but Source: Eparchy of Newton Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
10 � � 11 12 13 14 15 � 16 � 10 am Divine Liturgy Remembrance St. Josaphat 7pm Private St. Philip’s Fast Fr. Bo in Calgary (will Day Marriage Prep Begins (the Pre- return late this with likely Toscha Sharek and Christmas Fast) night) Remembrance Day Fr. Bo’s Mom’s Service Birthdays ! 2 pm Melkite ! Liturgy 7pm Divine Youth Liturgy Pilgrimage to Explanation Winnipeg Session: #2
! Youth Pilgrimage to Winnipeg
17 � � * 18 � 19 � 20 � 21 � 22 � 23 � 10 am Divine Liturgy Meeting with Fr. Melkite Youth Thomas OSBM Bible Study in Ordination of Parish Hall Subdeacon Roman to discuss Kobyletskyy to the Camps Fr. Stephen fundraiser Wojcichowsky’s Diaconate at the ! Birthday Cathedral 7pm Divine ! 2 pm Melkite Christopher Hundt’s Liturgy Fr. Bo’s Cousin being Eparchial Liturgy Birthday Explanation married in Calgary Children’s Session: #3 Overnight An cipated first Liturgy of Retreat St. Sophia’s Community in their new church (call to Fr. Bo’s Cousin being confirm) married in Calgary
24 25 � 26 � 27 � 28 � 29 � 30 � Eparchial Children’s Funeral Overnight Retreat Wedding Prep 10 am Divine Liturgy ! 9am Confirmed with Little Friends ! Large Youth of Jesus Ministry School 7pm Divine 2 pm Melkite Retreat & Icon Liturgy 7:30 CONFIRMED Liturgy Explanation Workshop at Parish Liturgical Cathedral. 4pm Grey Cup, Session: #4 Singing Domimka Lire e’s Saskatchewan will Practice Birthday win. Jenny Panchuk’s Birthday Fr. Bo’s Cousin being married in Calgary
Funeral
1 2 � 3 � 4 � 5 � 6 � 7 � 10 am Divine Liturgy Religious Educa on Feast of St. Commission Mee ng Nicholas 2 pm Melkite Liturgy
! Melkite Youth Sts. Nick & Barbara Event
8 9 � 10 �Fr. Bo Teaches11 � Icon Workshop12 � 13 � 14 � 10 am Divine Liturgy
! Changeable Parts for Today’s Divine Liturgy
Troparion: Let us the faithful acclaim and worship the Gospel: Luke 16:19-31 Word,* co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit,* and born of the Virgin for our salva on.* For He willed to be li ed up on the The Lord told this parable: “There was a rich man who was cross in the flesh, to suffer death* and to raise the dead by His dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously glorious resurrec on. every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to sa sfy his hunger with what Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and Kontakion: You, my Saviour, descended to Hades,* and as the lick his sores. The poor man died and was carried away by the Almighty, You sha ered its gates.* With Yourself You, as the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was Creator, raised the dead and sha ered the s ng of death,* and buried. In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up delivered Adam from the curse, O Lover of Mankind.* And so and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. He called we cry out: “Save us, O Lord.” out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the p of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in Now and for ever and ever. Amen. agony in these flames.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that Theotokion: Rejoice, O impassable door of the Lord!* during your life me you received your good things, and Lazarus Rejoice, O rampart and protec on of those who have recourse in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and to you!* Rejoice, O tranquil haven and Virgin,* who gave birth in you are in agony. Besides all this, between you and us a great the flesh to your Maker and God!* Fail not to intercede for chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass those* who sing and worship the Child you bore. from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ He said, ‘Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father’s house— for I have five brothers—that he may warn Prokeimenon: them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.’ You, O Lord, will guard us and will keep us* from this genera on Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they and for ever. should listen to them.’ He said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if verse: Save me, O Lord, for there is no longer le a just man. someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither Epistle: Galatians 6:11-18 will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” Brothers and Sisters: See what large le ers I make when I am Communion Hymn: wri ng in my own hand! It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that try to compel you to be circumcised— Praise the Lord from the heavens;* praise Him in the highest.* only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. Alleluia, alleluia,* alleluia. Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they th want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your As we celebrate the 75 year of the passing of Metropolitan flesh. May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Andrey Sheptytsky Bishop David has asked us to pray the Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I following prayer at the end of each liturgy this month. to the world. For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is Prayer for the Beatification of the Servant of anything; but a new crea on is everything! As for those who will God Metropolitan Andrey follow this rule—peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Our Lord Jesus Christ – You always reward Your faithful Israel of God. From now on, let no one make trouble for me; for servants, not only with special gi s of Your love, but also I carry the marks of Jesus branded on my body. May the grace of with the eternal reward of the saints in heaven, and in our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. many cases You grant them the recogni on of sanc ty by Amen. Your Church here on earth.
Alleluia: We humbly pray: grant that Your faithful servant Metropolitan Andrey be numbered among the saints. verse: Your mercies, O Lord, I will sing for ever; from Throughout his just life, “full of suffering and trials,” he genera on to genera on I will announce Your truth with my was a good shepherd for his flock and a great labourer for mouth. Chris an unity. And through his bea fica on and verse: For You have said: Mercy shall be built up for ever; in intercession, grant our en re people the great gi of unity the heavens Your truth shall be prepared. and love. Amen.