Ambo ST. THEODOSIUS ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL

Mailing: 733 Starkweather Avenue JULY 12, 2015 Cleveland, Ohio 44113 T 216. 741. 1310 MARTYRS PROCLUS AND F 216. 623. 1092 HILARY OF ANCYRA www.sttheodosius.org - Archpriest John Zdinak, Dean NUN MARTYR GRAND DUCHESS ELIZABETH [email protected] Cell: 216. 554. 7282 - Dn. Daniel Boerio

- Subdeacon Theodore Lentz, Sacristan

- Reader Julius Kovach, Ecclesiarch & Choirmaster

- Casandra Vasu, Office Administrator Office Hours, M-F 9:00 AM-3:00 PM

Divine Services Eve Sundays & Feast Days 5:00 PM Confessions 6:00 PM Great Vespers Sundays and Feast Days 8:40 AM 3rd and 6th Hour 9:00 AM * AMBO: Articles for publi- cation should be submitted to: [email protected] by Wednesday of each week before noon. * CALENDAR: Event dates must be submitted by the 15th of each month. JULY 18

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 1 Saint Elizabeth was the older sister of Tsarina Alexandra, and was married to the Grand Duke Sergius, the gov- ernor of Moscow. She converted to from Protestantism of her own free will, and organized women from all levels of society to help the soldiers at the front and in the hospitals.

Grand Duke Sergius was killed by an assassin’s bomb on February 4, 1905, just as St Elizabeth was leaving for her workshops. Remarkably, she visited her husband’s killer in prison and urged him to repent.

After this, she began to withdraw from her former social life. She devoted herself to the Convent of Sts Martha and Mary, a community of nuns which focused on worshiping God and also helping the poor. She moved out of the palace into a building she purchased on Ordinka. Women from the nobility, and also from the common peo- ple, were attracted to the convent.

St Elizabeth nursed sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals and on the battle front. On Pascha of 1918, the Communists ordered her to leave Moscow, and join the royal family near Ekaterinburg. She left with a novice, Sister Barbara, and an escort of Latvian guards.

After arriving in Ekaterinburg, St Elizabeth was denied access to the Tsar’s family. She was placed in a convent, where she was warmly received by the sisters.

At the end of May St Elizabeth was moved to nearby Alopaevsk with the Grand Dukes Sergius, John, and Con- stantine, and the young Count Vladimir Paley. They were all housed in a schoolhouse on the edge of town. St Elizabeth was under guard, but was permitted to go to and work in the garden.

On the night of July 5, they were all taken to a place twelve miles from Alopaevsk, and executed. The Grand Duke Sergius was shot, but the others were thrown down a mineshaft, then grenades were tossed after them. St Elizabeth lived for several hours, and could be heard singing hymns.

The bodies of St Elizabeth and St Barbara were taken to Jerusalem in 1920, and buried in the church of St Mary Magdalene.

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 12

July 12 Rom 12:6-14 July 14 1 Cor. 6:20-7:12 July 17 1 Cor. 7:35-8:7 Matt. 9:1-8 Matt. 14:1-13 Matt. 15:29-31

July 13 1 Cor. 5:9-6:11 July 15 1 Cor. 7:12-24 July 18 Rom. 12:1-3 Matt. 13:54-58 Matt. 14:35-15:11 Matt. 10:37-11:1

July 16 1 Cor. 7:24-35

Matt. 15:12-21

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 2 Another dog day of summer or a Boys' Night Out? It's your call, but we're going for the Night Out on Sunday August 16th at 5:00 PM. Details to follow, but please see Dan Morris if you'd like to join us.

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 3 PRAYER REQUESTS

Departed:

John Shuleva Maude Palumbo (Michelle Rajisch’s 06-02-15 Horia Dascalescu (Lavinia Morris’s mother) brother) Debra Parhamovich (Karen Felon’s Louise Geletka Cindy Durkalski sister) 06-13-15 Nashwa Fam Grace Parhamovich (Karen Felon’s Peter Fickinger (friend of Joseph mother) Pearl Pfeiffer Crichton) Liz Peterson (Joseph Crichton’s 06-21-15 Julia Grabowski friend) Roger Haupt (Lisa Theodore’s Cindy Powkowski Mary Ann Silberhorn cousin) Valerie Rolls (Fr. John’s cousin) 06-25-15 Sandee Holod Dorothy Romig Matthew Hunley (Phyllis Julia Sankovic (Child) Ill Afflicted & Gindlesperger’s brother-in-law) Emily Scott (friend of Paul Special Intentions: Donna Jacak Pangrace) Victor Jacak Elaine Sudnick (Joy Pfeiffer’s Protopresbyter Vasilije Sokolovic Patrick Jacobson (friend of Paul mother) Protopresbyter Rastko Trbuhovic Pangrace) Elisabeth Wright (friend of Paul Archpriest Theodore Bobosh Joy Jahans (friend of Paul Pangrace) Pangrace) Mother Anna Stephen Jahans (friend of Paul Erin Zawolowycz Mary Pangrace) Alice Zdinak (Fr. John’s Mother) Michael Diane Kearsey (Janice Tkacz’s Betty Balasz sister) Steve & Laura Zvara Judy Baughman Maher Khalil & Unborn Child Frank Byndas Thomas Khalil Navada Coneley John Kovalski (friend of Paul Jason & Rachel Wojnicz Anne Crichton (Joseph Crichton’s Pangrace) & Unborn Child sister-in-law) Dorothy Laskovich Christine Crichton Paul Laskovich Congratulations: Thomas Crichton (Joseph Crichton’s Anna Mysiw (friend and neighbor of brother) Helen Antonik) Alex & Jerilyn Oppenheim Metodije Damljanovic (Child) Jillian Oppenheim & Newborn Jillian Grace

Please note that names will remain on the list for approximately one month and then removed. If you desire that a name be relisted please contact the office at 216-741-1310.

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 4 Welcome Visitors Our parish welcomes you and thanks you for joining us at today’s Divine Liturgy. While only Orthodox Christians may approach the chalice for Holy Communion, everyone is welcome to partake of the Holy Bread after Liturgy. You are also invited to join us for fellowship in the Parish Hall following Liturgy.

COFEE HOUR & GREETERS SCHEDULES Coffee Hour: Greeters: 7/12/15 Mary Swit & Tammy Ponomarenko Paul Pangrace & Michael Tabeling 7/19/15 Lauren Miklos & Chandra Czaruk Nina & Elizabeth Antonik 7/26/15 Cathy Weber & Mat. Jenn Boerio Tammy Ponomarenko & Michael Tabeling 8/2/15 Nick & Kate Zolikoff Karen Felon & Tammy Ponomarenko 8/9/15 Joyce Tabeling & Judy Schwind Nina & Elizabeth Antonik 8/16/15 Steve Rusnak & Joseph Crichton Linda Smotzer & Sonia Vorell 8/23/15 Joy & David Pfeiffer Karen Felon & Michael Tabeling

FOOD PANTRY

GOD’S GIFTS TO US - Our Food Pantry ministry continues through Merrick House. They currently use the bags in their Moms OUR GIFTS TO GOD Weekly expenses: $ 6,538.00 First program. We can always use your help by "sponsoring a bag". Envelopes are in the foyer, $10 Last week’s collection $ 7,793.00 fills a bag. Thank you and God bless you for helping Over/Under < $ 1,255.00 > those in need. - Dan Morris

Dome Lighters Donations to offset the cost of lighting the domes can be made for The Health Of or In Memory Of your loved ones. Contact the Parish Office if you are interested. For the entire 2015 year: In loving memory of Olga Fritskey from John & Ruth Fritskey

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 5 St. Theodosius Annual Parish Picnic Sunday July 26th, 2015 Ridge Manor Grounds

Contribution: High School and younger Free of Charge $12.50 per person above High School Max of $25 per Household PLEASE!!!! PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE!!! See Daniel or Matushka Jennifer Boerio for Tickets Pig, Lamb @ Chicken Roast Pop & Beer provided !!!Please bring a side or a desert!!!

Musicians Please Mark Your Calendars! Hope to See Everyone there!

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 6 Giving the Best They Had

This weekly bulletin insert complements the curriculum published by the Department of Christian Education of the Orthodox Church in America. This and many other Christian Education resources are available at http://dce.oca.org.

On July 14 we remember two saints, one who lived during the first years of the Christian Church and the other who lived just a few hundred years ago. They are the apostle Aquila from among the Seventy, and Saint .

Aquila and his wife Priscilla, were friends and co-workers of Saint Paul. All three were born into Judaism, became Christians, and taught the faith to others.

In Romans 16:3 Paul writes that Aquila and Priscilla "risked their own necks for my life." It isn't clear what he is specifically referring to, but obviously the couple acted bravely at some time when their courage saved Paul's life.

Paul then writes that not only he, but "all the churches of the Gentiles" are thankful to the pair, who offered their home for Christians to meet in. This was another way in which Aquila and Priscilla gave the best they had so that the Church could flourish and its great leaders could continue to teach. According to tradition, Aquila gave his very life, killed by jealous pagans.

Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite (which means "of the Holy Mountain," referring to Mount Athos) was born in 1748. He became a monastic on that mountain when he was twenty-six. For the rest of his life, he would work at writing and editing some of the most important books and texts we have in the Church. He prepared himself well for this work, using his prodigious memory to learn by heart the Scriptures and many writings of the Fathers, and bringing his knowledge of Greek to a level of near perfection.

The work began when he was assigned, along with Saint Macarius of Corinth, to edit a manuscript of the "," a collection of spiritual writings of Fathers from the fourth to fifteenth centuries. The two monks chose the contents of the book based on their availability. They included pieces that had never been published and were not accessible anywhere else. Some pieces had appeared in other publications, but these were worm-eaten, crumbling texts that were nearly impossible to read.

Saint Nicodemus' preface to the "Philokalia" emphasizes that the book is meant to inspire all Christians, not just monastics. He was always eager to share good Christian teaching from any source. For example, he produced an edition of "Unseen Warfare" by Father Lorenzo Scupoli, a Roman Catholic.

During the remaining years of his life Saint Nectarios continued to work intensity. He wrote hymns, a book on Christian morality, a manual for confession and accounts of the lives of saints. He produced a new edition of the "Rudder" and translated a three-volume work on the Pauline epistles by Saint Theophylact.

Troparion - Tone 1 Exhausted and ill, he died at the age of sixty, having given the best of his great learning and energy to the service of the As a disciple Church. He left encouraging words for every Christian: "...the and companion of Paul you received in your soul more a man acts in accordance with the commandments of the grace of preaching. Christ, the more he is cleansed of the passions and the more You shone in the night of error the fire of Divine grace lights in his heart, illumines and deifies and struggled for the Lord's glory. Sacred minister of the Savior, him." Aquila, we all acclaim you.

Please Note: The bulletin insert for July 26, 2015 will be the last in the series. Previous inserts are archived at dce.oca.org/page/bulletins.

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 7 WEEKLY

SCHEDULE

Sunday, July 12 2015 Thursday, July 16 MARTYRS PROCLUS AND HIEROMARTYR HILARY OF ANCYRA ATHENOGENES, 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy REMINDER: BP. OF HERACLEOPOLIS Please be sure that cell phones Monday, July 13 are turned off Friday, July 17 SYNAXIS OF THE before entering ROYAL PASSIONBEARERS the temple. ARCHANGEL GABRIEL GREATMARTYR MARINA VEN. STEPHEN SABBAITE (MARGARET)

Tuesday, July 14 Saturday, July 18 APOST. AQUILA OF THE 70 JULY NUN MARTYRS REPOSE VEN. NICODEMOS Special Collection GR. DUCHESS ELIZABETH

THE HAGIORITE AND BARBARA ST. JOHN’S 6:00 PM Great Vespers Wednesday, July 15 MONASTERY GREAT PRINCE VLADIMIR, Sunday, July 19 EQUAL-TO-THE-APOSTLES, RELICS VEN. SERAPHIM ENLIGHTENER OF THE OF SAROV RUSSIAN LANDS 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy

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