Entry of Our Lord Into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday) April 9, 2017

HOLY PASCHA – CHRIST IS RISEN! Saint Mark Orthodox Church

Orthodox Church in Parish Council The Sanctuary Candle is donated by Marilyn Macht on the occasion of granddaughter America Rector Chloe Little’s birthday! May God Grant Her Many Years! Diocese of V. Rev. Gregory Safchuk President: Office: 301-229-6300 Washington Michael Thompson 7124 River Road Home: 301-320-0739 [email protected] Home: 703-204-9092 Bethesda, MD 20817 [email protected] Church Office: 301-229-6300 [email protected] www.stmarkoca.org Coffee Hour Fellowship ENTRY OF OUR LORD INTO JERUSALEM (PALM SUNDAY) APRIL 9, 2017 Date Hosts/Hostesses Donuts/Bagels Apr. 9 Cacic Datch Mitchum Bilyeu EPISTLE GOSPEL Phil. 4:4 – 9 John 12:1 – 18 Apr. 16 PASCHA CHRIST IS RISEN!!! DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM Choir Directors, Readers, Preparers, Greeters, & Altar Servers ENTRY OF OUR LORD INTO JERUSALEM (Palm Sunday). Martyr Eupsychius of Altar Date Director Reader Preparer Greeter Casarea in Cappadocia (362). Martyrs Desan – Bishop, Mariabus – Presbyter, Abdiesus, Servers and 270 others in Persia (363 – 364). Monk Martyr Bademus (Vadim) of Persia (376). N. Kumar Apr. 9 W. Tatusko J.M. Mikulik N. Bilyeu & A. Ahmadi Sunday Apr. 9 9:15a Reading of the Third Hour D. Jefferson A. Datch C. Datch 9:30a Divine Liturgy – Palm Sunday M. Ahmadi, F. LeFors 11:15a Coffee Hour Fellowship S & D Hardy, J. Sedor Apr. 16 J. Bilyeu N. Bilyeu PASCHA 11:30a Choir Rehearsal D. Pierce, M. Sedor 11:15a Church School & Adult Study W. Tatusko, Monday Apr. 10 7:00p Bridegroom Matins Tuesday Apr. 11 7:00p Bridegroom Matins Wednesday Apr. 12 10:00a Unction Service Classes Adult Study 7:00p Matins of Holy Thursday Date Church School Basics of Orthodoxy Thursday Apr. 13 10:00a Vesperal Divine Liturgy (in Fr. Gregory’s Office) (in Church Library) 7:00p Matins of Holy Friday (Passion Gospels) Apr. 9 FOLLOWING LITURGY CANCELLED Friday Apr. 14 4:00p Vespers & Burial Procession TBD PASCHA PASCHA 5:30p Holy Friday Lenten Meal Apr. 16 7:00p Matins & Praises Saturday Apr. 15 9:30a Vesperal Divine Liturgy 11:30p Nocturns, Matins & Divine Liturgy - PASCHA Sunday Apr. 16 2:30a Pascha Agape Meal TO OUR VISITORS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN: If you are seeking a quiet place to nurse or calm a rambunctious child, there are two rooms off of the main hallway on this floor to serve PRAYER REQUEST – O Christ, You alone are our Defender: Visit and help Thy you. Our library is the second door on the left as well as our teen classroom, the last door servants who are in need of your help, protection and healing. Among them: John & on the left at the end of the hallway. The library has rocking chairs, and both rooms offer Marti Badila; Kaitlin & Rebekah Barber; Christina Berencz, Paul Dean; Margaret & Bill comfortable couches and moderate privacy. Changing tables are located in the Ladies room Dove; Julie Flick; Claire & Caroline German; Marge German; Jurretta Heckscher; on the upper level and in the Men’s room on the lower level. Evelyn Leleck; Larisa Looby; Marina McKee; Catherine Mikuluk; Susie & Baby Needham; Karen Nichols; Stacy & Chloe Nimmer; Nicholas & Maura Moser; Timothy Parrish; Mark Phinney; Alexandra Sedor; Katie & Elowen Sheppard; Peter Sielinski; Andrea Ticich; Don & Peter Truitt; and Brian Zabela. Please pray for Margaret, Mary Carol Ashley’s mother; Tina Burpee’s mother Margaret, cousin Andrew and friend, Edward; Christine Cacic’s friend, Carmen; John & Suzette Eremin; Julie Flick’s son, James Shimer, and her stepdaughter, Jeanie Folton; Marge German’s brother, John, sister in-law, Cecilia, sister, Elaine, grandson, Joshua, and sister Love; Jeff Jordan, friend of the Hardy family; Jurretta Heckscher’s father, Stevens; Will & Janie McNamara, friends of Christina Kalavritinos; Olga, friend of Helen Kerch; Mat. Jan and Fr. Mark Koczak’s friend, Metropolitan Isaiah (Georgian Patriarchate); Mary Everhart, mother of Ted Koopersmith; Michael Lungociu’s brother-in-law, Douglas, and a friend’s mother, Gitta Finch; Marilyn Macht’s friend, Ghadha Saah and her cousins Evelyn, Helen and Linda; Joan Mitchum’s son Gregory, who is recovering from hip replacement surgery. Friend of Debbie Sieff, Fr. Taras Chubenko, of St. Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Carteret, NJ, who is recovering from esophageal surgery; Peter Sielinski’s friends Brenda & Jim Hall, Kelly, Samuel, Ron, Pat, Bailey, Jenn and Matt; Sharon Sielinski’s Mother, Marjorie and her niece Taylor; Olga & Slavina Skenderska’s cousins, Desi & Stanislav, and friends Catherine & Justin; Ellen Thompson’s daughter, Sonya; Don Truitt’s parents; friends of St. Mark, Tanya & James Twyman; Friend of St. Mark Linda Weir; and Paula Zabela’s grandson Wyatt, cousin Kathleen who is afflicted with cancer, and her neighbor Harvey. Deliver them from sickness and grievous pains. Raise them up that they may sing to Thee and praise Thee without ceasing, through the prayers of the Theotokos and all your Saints! CHOIR REHEARSAL: The next choir rehearsal will take place TODAY, following Liturgy. ICON COMMITTEE: On May 21, 2017 at the Semi-Annual Meeting, the Icon Committee will Choir members, we are continuing to rehearse for Pascha. This is the only remaining please present specific icons for the newly prepared Sanctuary walls. As mentioned at the Annual grab your coffee and come back up! Meeting, although we currently have $57,000 available for iconography, we still anticipate needing an additional $100,000 to complete Phase III of the project. Please note the THANK YOU to Ginny Albert who came to help bake walnut and poppy seed rolls for the "Thermometer" installed in the stairwell to track the additional funds from donations. Our Pascha bake sale. Your help was very much appreciated! Iconographer, Dmitri Shkolnik, is currently working on sketches and determining costs for PROPERS AVAILABLE ONLINE: Dan Golembiewski has set up a website where specific icons. Mark your calendar for May 21 for the "Big Reveal," when opportunities to parishioners may access digital and mobile device friendly versions of the Propers for any donate toward specific icons will become available. upcoming service. http://www.stmarkoca.com. If you have any questions, please see Dan! ST. MARK WOMEN’S BOOK CLUB: If you enjoy a good read followed by a worthy discussion, please consider attending the St. Mark Woman's Book Club. We choose books THANK YOU: Dear Brothers and Sisters, Thank you so very much for your prayers, cards, well in advance and then meet on the last Sunday of every month to discuss the merits of emails, and phone calls as I've recovered from surgery. I have been doing well overall, and I our choices. April 30th - Spirituality: Volume 4 of The Orthodox Faith by Fr. Thomas Hopko; know that your kindness and concern have played a big part in that! Thank you for your May 28th - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Book suggestions are always welcome. continued prayers as I prepare to return to work this week. Love in Christ, Christina Berencz See Mat. Sasha for more details. BAZAAR PURCHASE We are investigating, online and elsewhere, the purchase of two THANK YOU! A heartfelt thank you to all my wonderful friends at St. Mark for sending me floor model, glass-fronted bakery cases for our desserts - one refrigerated (for cheesecake, cards and calling me for my birthday. It truly was totally unexpected and I was overwhelmed etc.). The cost of new ones is prohibitive, but used cases may be possible. If you should with all your well wishes. I am so Blessed to have you all in my life. May God Grant you know of a bakery, grocery store, restaurant, cafe, coffee shop that is going out of business ALL, many Blessed years. Again, thank you all. Alice Krenitsky and may have a bakery case for sale, please inform Tina Burpee, Nancy Stanton, or EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES at Washington Christian Academy. Among the openings Paulina Masick. are positions for a Kindergarten teacher, a 5th grade teacher, and Middle School Math. MISSION BANQUET: Join the Metropolitan Washington, DC Orthodox Mission and Employment qualifications and an application are on the page as well, although interested Outreach Committee for their Mission Banquet and Silent Auction at St. Katherine Greek parties are encouraged to send a resume to employment@ washingtonchristian.org. They Orthodox Church Falls Church, VA on Sunday, April 30th, beginning with Vespers at 4:30 also have an opening for a K-8 Principal--preferably someone with a Master's Degree in pm, hor d'oeuvres and auction at 5:00 pm.The dinner and presentation will begin at 6:00 school administration, and familiarity with Reformed theological distinctives. For more pm. The speaker is V. Rev. Martin Ritsi, Executive Director, Orthodox Christian Mission information please visit: http://www.washingtonchristian.org/employment-opportunities. Center. Tickets are $60.00 for adults; for those under 22, $30.00; a table for ten $500.00. th COFFEE HOUR VOLUNTEERS: Our list of volunteers for coffee hour is always in need of a Reservation deadline is April 26 , 2017. Contact Vera Bumbak email: [email protected] few more families as life and schedules get busy and people rotate off. If you are not al- or Dr. John Demakis email: [email protected] or Betty Slanta email: ready on the coffee hour rotation, please consider helping with this valuable ministry. We [email protected] for more information. Enclose check and mail to St. Katherine Greek will place you on the schedule as part of a three person/family team. Please talk with Orthodox Church 3149 Glen Carlyn Road, Falls Church, VA 22041. Daniela Mihailov or Debbi Dillon as soon as possible for more information. Or email deb- ST. ANDREW ORTHODOX CHURCH GOLF TOURNAMENT: Registration for the 14th bi. [email protected] Thanks! Annual St. Andrew Orthodox Church Golf Tournament is now open! The tournament will be held on Friday, June 9th at The Wetlands Golf Cub in Aberdeen, MD. Registration will begin FOCA COLONIAL STOCK AWARD tickets are available now from George Freimann. at noon, with a shotgun start at 1:30 PM. Format is best ball, and of course there will be the Booklets of 5 are $10. Stock Award Share Prizes are $200, $100, and $50. The drawing will usual mulligans! The cost will be $110/golfer, please return your registration form with be held at the FOCA National Bowling Tournament on May 5, 2017 in Baltimore. Proceeds payment by June 2nd. For more information: For more information http://standrew- go toward charities and scholarships. baltimore.org/files/Tournament_Registration_Form_2017.pdf. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! MAY GOD GRANT YOU MANY YEARS! 10 Martin Riskam Don Truitt HOLY WEEK SERVICE SCHEDULE 2017 Aaron Wickard 11 Melanie Firestone Saturday, April 8 th – Lazarus Saturday 12 Eric Williams 9:30 am – Divine Liturgy 15 Christopher Safchuk 5:30 pm – Palm Sunday Vigil HOLY ARCHANGELS IS MOVING: into a LARGER SPACE: MATCHING GRANT. God has Sunday, April 9 th – Palm Sunday opened up an opportunity for us to take a giant step of faith into larger space into our cur- 9:15 am – Reading of the Third Hour rent building. A $5,000 MATCHING GRANT has been offered us. We have another $3,500 9:30 am – Divine Liturgy to raise. Please share the opportunity to contribute to our YOUCARING fundraiser to help us expand our Mission, bookstore, outreach, and ministries, as well as making more room Great & Holy Monday, April 10 th for growth "in spirit and in numbers." 7:00 pm – Bridegroom Matins https://www.youcaring.com/holyarchangelsorthodoxmission-763916 FELLOWSHIP OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS IN AMERICA: The St. Mark FOCA chapter Great & Holy Tuesday, April 11 th will collect donations for the following 2017 Gifts of Love project. A collection basket will be 7:00 pm – Bridegroom Matins available following Divine Liturgy on Sunday April 2nd & Sunday April 9th. Checks should be made payable to FOCA.This year's project will raise funds to repair and restore the St. th th Great & Holy Wednesday, April 12 Nicholas Chapel, which is part of the Holy Great & Holy Friday, April 14 10:00 am – Unction Service Assumption Russian Orthodox Church 4:00 pm – Vespers & Burial Procession 7:00 pm – Matins of Holy Thursday complex in Kenai, Alaska. This church is 5:30 pm – Holy Friday Lenten Meal one of the oldest in Alaska – completed in 7:00 pm – Matins & Praises Great & Holy Thursday, April 13 th 1896 – and the entire complex (church, th 10:00 am – Vesperal Divine Liturgy chapel, rectory and cemetery) was de- Great & Holy Saturday, April 15 7:00 pm – Matins of Holy Friday clared a National Historic Landmark in 9:30 am – Vesperal Divine Liturgy 1970. This church is a major link to west- 11:30 pm – Nocturns, Matins & Divine ern culture for the Kenaitze Indians who Liturgy for Pascha comprise a significant portion of the popu- Followed by Pascha Agape Meal lation. Unfortunately, the long- term preser- vation of the church with its rich collection Sunday, April 16 th of icons and historic objects is jeopardized dueHOLY to PASCHA:lack of funding CHRIST for IS RISEN!conservation work, proper environmental controls and basic repairs. Bright Monday, April 17 th 10:00 am – Divine Liturgy