Ambo ST. THEODOSIUS ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL

Mailing: 733 Starkweather Avenue OCTOBER 18, 2015 Cleveland, Ohio 44113 T 216. 741. 1310 HOLY APOSTLE AND F 216. 623. 1092 EVANGELIST LUKE www.sttheodosius.org - Archpriest John Zdinak, Dean VEN. THE GREAT [email protected] Cell: 216. 554. 7282 - Dn. 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 6:00 PM Great Vespers Sundays and Feast Days 8:40 AM 3rd and 6th Hour 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy * 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. OCTOBER 21

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 1 Hilarion the Great was born in the year 291 in the Palestinian village of Tabatha. He was sent to to study. There he became acquainted with Christianity and was baptized. After hearing an account of the angelic life of St (January 17), Hilarion went to meet him, desiring to study with him and learn what is pleasing to God. Hilarion soon returned to his native land to find that his parents had died. After distributing his family’s inheritance to the poor, Hilarion set out into the desert surrounding the city of Maium.

In the desert the struggled intensely with impure thoughts, vexations of the mind and the burning passions of the flesh, but he defeated them with heavy labor, and fervent prayer. The devil sought to frighten the saint with phantoms and apparitions. During prayer St Hilarion heard children crying, women wailing, the roar- ing of lions and other wild beasts. The monk perceived that it was the causing these terrors in order to drive him away from the wilderness. He overcame his fear with the help of fervent prayer. Once, robbers fell upon St Hilarion, and he persuaded them to forsake their life of crime through the power of his words.

Soon all of Palestine learned about the holy ascetic. The Lord granted to St Hilarion the power to cast out un- clean spirits. With this gift of grace he loosed the bonds of many of the afflicted. The sick came for healing, and the monk cured them free of charge, saying that the grace of God is not for sale (MT 10:8).

Such was the grace that he received from God that he could tell by the smell of someone’s body or clothing which passion afflicted his soul. They came to St Hilarion wanting to save their soul under his guidance. With the blessing of St Hilarion, began to spring up throughout Palestine. Going from one to another, he instituted a strict ascetic manner of life.

About seven years before his death (+ 371-372) St Hilarion moved back to , where the ascetic lived in a solitary place until the Lord summoned him to Himself.

BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 18

Oct. 18 1 Gal. 1:11-19 Oct. 20 Col. 1:1-2,7-11 Oct. 23 Col. 2:1-7 Luke 8:5-15 Luke 9:23-27 Luke 10:1-5

Oct. 19 Phil. 4:10-23 Oct. 21 Col. 1:18-23 Oct. 24 2 Cor. 3:12-18 Luke 9:18-22 Luke 9:44-50 Luke 7:2-10

Oct. 22 Col. 1:24-29

Luke 9:49-56

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 2 PRAYER REQUESTS

Departed:

Protopresbyter Rastko Trbuhovich 09-30-15 Janet Hennig (friend of Judy Debra Parhamovich (Karen Felon’s Ill Afflicted & Schwind) sister) Special Intentions: Sandee Holod Grace Parhamovich (Karen Felon’s Matthew Hunley (Phyllis mother) Matushka Catherine Jula Gindlesperger’s brother-in-law) Daria Petrokowski Protopresbyter Vasilije Sokolovic Donna Jacak Debby Pinta Archpriest Theodore Bobosh Victor Jacak Cindy Powkowski Reader Tabeling Patrick Jacobson (friend of Paul Cheryl Regrut (Deb Ellis’s Mother Anna Pangrace) sister-in-law) Mary Joy Jahans (friend of Paul Pangrace) Valerie Rolls (Fr. John’s cousin) Stephen Jahans (friend of Paul Dorothy Romig Betty Balasz Pangrace) Julia Sankovic (Child) Judy Baughman Diane Kearsey (Janice Tkacz’s Elaine Sudnick (Joy Pfeiffer’s Carol Bohurjak sister) mother) Frank Byndas Maher Khalil Janice Tkacz Navada Coneley Thomas Khalil Elisabeth Wright (friend of Paul Metodije Damljanovic (Child) John Kovalski (friend of Paul Pangrace) Horia Dascalescu (Lavinia Morris’s Pangrace) Erin Zawolowycz brother) Dorothy Laskovich Alice Zdinak (Fr. John’s Mother) Cindy Durkalski Paul Laskovich Nashwa Fam Ralph Magee (Erin Zawolowycz’s Douglas & Kaitlyn Evans Leonora Felon father) & Unborn Child Dorothy Fowler Paul Mihal Vladimir Fowler Anna Mysiw (friend and neighbor of Gabriel & Shyanne Tabeling Julia Grabowski Helen Antonik) & Unborn Child Roger Haupt (Lisa Theodore’s Maude Palumbo (Michelle Rajisch’s cousin) mother)

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

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 3 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: 10/18/15 Joyce Tabeling & Judy Schwind Linda Smotzer & Virgina Medvec 10/25/15 Joy & Pfeiffer Nina & Elizabeth Antonik 11/1/15 Mat. Cindy Zdinak & The Van Sickles Michael Tabeling & Tammy Ponomarenko 11/8/15 Mary Swit & Tammy Ponomarenko Karen Felon & Paul Pangrace 11/15/15 Dan & Lavinia Morris Sonia Vorell & Paul Pangrace 11/22/15 Cathy Weber & Mat. Jenn Boerio Mat. Jenn Boerio & Tammy Ponomarenko 11/29/15 Lauren Miklos & Chandra Czaruk Michael Tabeling & Linda Smotzer

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 $ 2,419.00 fills a bag. Thank you and God bless you for helping Over/Under < $ 4,119.00 > 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: For the week of October 18th: In loving memory of Olga Fritskey In loving memory of Helen Homik from John & Ruth Fritskey Kuligkowski from her family

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 4 Beginning Tuesday, October 6 at 6:30 PM, Fr. John will be conducting adult study sessions on our Holy Orthodox Faith. The classes will simply be known as “Orthodoxy 101.” Anyone is welcome to join us. The purpose of these sessions is to enhance our faith experience by coming to understand; Who we are; What we are called to do; What we do (worship and Prayer); and why we do it. Taking into consideration that the sessions take place on a weeknight and many have to work the next day, the sessions will begin at 6:30PM and end at 8:00 PM. To those planning to participate, please be prepared with any questions you may have. The goal is to help everyone better understand our Holy Orthodox Faith. Hope to see many of you this Tuesday evening!

Boys’ Night Out again? Yes, it’s the Pre-Nativity Fast feast and it’s scheduled for Sunday, November 8th at 5:00 PM. Location to follow. Please see Dan Morris to join.

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 5 What does God have to do with sex? A Pure Living spiritual expedition sponsored by ZOE for Life! Teens & Twenties don’t miss this opportunity to recognize how precious you are in the sight of God. What does God have to do with sex is a Pure Living Spiritual Expedition based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Orthodox faith.

Saturday, October 24th 2015 9:30 am-5pm Vespers at 5pm Holy Trinity Orth. Church 6822 Broadview Road Parma, OH 44134

Let us know if you are coming RSVP and bring 1 non-perishable food item with you! Email: [email protected] or call Lea Khoury (216) 551-7650

“For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” (Ephesians 5:30-31)

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An Evening With His Grace The Right Reverend IRINEJ Serbian Orthodox of Australia and New Zealand “Seeing the Homeless Trough the Eyes of Jesus”

Monday, November 9, 2015 $25.00/person

St. George Antiochian • Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio • Graduate of St. Tikhon’s and St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Church Orthodox Seminaries 2587 W. 14th St. • Elected bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand of the Serbian Orthodox Cleveland, OH 44113 Church in 2006 Purchase Tickets: Evening Schedule: * At local Orthodox Parishes 6:30 Doors Open * On-line at -Appetizers 7:30 Program www.focusna.org/upcoming-events/ * At St. Herman House 4410 Franklin Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44113 * By calling 216-961-3806

*** Please see Dan Morris for tickets ***

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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.

In a New York Times opinion piece earlier this year, Arthur C. Brooks wrote about what constitutes true happiness. He concluded that our society does us a disservice by encouraging us to seek luxury and wealth, to look for physical pleasure with numerous partners, and to strive for fame or even the fleeting celebrity of a reality show. These things, he stated, do not bring happiness.

Brooks offered a simple formula for happiness: rather than love things and use people, we can love people and use things. Among his closing words are these: "Of course you are driven to seek admiration, splendor and physical license...Declaring war on these destructive impulses is not about or Puritanism. It is about being a prudent person who seeks to avoid unnecessary suffering."

The phrase "declaring war on these destructive impulses" will strike a chord with anyone who has read sayings of the and mothers—people who set out deliberately to fight that very war head on. Brooks' statement that the war is "not about asceticism" reminds us that the desert dwellers, who were indeed ascetics, are not the only ones called to the war—it is for all human beings to engage in.

"Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers" (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2014) is a collection of sayings (in alphabetical order according to the Greek alphabet) from desert-dwelling fathers and mothers. It offers the reader "some impression of the amazing life and sound teachings of those pioneers who abandoned 'the world' to live with Christ in the wilderness..." as the translator John Wortley writes in his helpful introduction.

The sayings offer many insights. One story gives a helpful way of thinking about a well-known passage, "There is no greater love to be found than for somebody to lay down his life for his neighbor" (Jn 13:15) Abba taught that "if someone is being browbeaten and bears it without paying [his adversary] back, such a person is laying down his life for his neighbor."

We may not all get the chance to "lay down our lives" literally for another person, but the forebearance described by Poemen is something we can practice.

Sometimes desert dwellers didn't know their own power. Amma Sarah, while out walking, leaped over a stream. A passing stranger laughed at this, and she, not knowing God's grace had come upon her, said, "Be quiet, you are going to burst."

When she turned, she saw the stranger's intestines spilling out. She fearfully prayed, "My Jesus, bring him back to life and I will never say such a thing again." We really do need to be careful about asking God for things.

Abba Poemen Desert ascetics could overdo it. Abba Sisoes, attempting to conquer the need for sleep, suspended himself from the precipice of Petra. An angel "There is no greater love to be found than for somebody to lay down his life for his promptly detached him and forebade him to do or suggest to anyone else neighbor" (Jn 13:15) Abba Poemen taught that ever to do such a thing. Over-zealousness is a dangerous temptation. "if someone is being browbeaten and bears it without paying [his adversary] back, such a person is laying down his life for his neighbor." A glossary, good notes, and a wealth of stories make this book rewarding for any reader

St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral Ambo - Page 9 WEEKLY

SCHEDULE

Sunday, Oct. 18 2015 Thursday, Oct. 22 HOLY APOSTLE AND ST. ABERCIUS, EVANGELIST LUKE EQUAL-TO-THE-APOSTLES, 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy REMINDER: BISHOP OF HIEROPOLIS Please be sure 11:00 Faith Enrichment @ that cell phones Monday, Oct. 19 are turned off Agostino’s PROPHET before entering the temple. VEN. JOHN OF RILA Friday, Oct. 23 BL. CLEOPATRA HOLY APOSTLE (JAMES), Tuesday, Oct. 20 BROTHER OF THE LORD GREATMARTYR ARTEMY RIGHTEOUS CHILD ARTEMY OCTOBER Saturday, Oct. 24 VEN. MATRONA OF CHIOS Special Collection ARETHAS &

6:30 PM Orthodoxy 101 @ COMPANIONS Parish Hall I.O.C.C. BL. ELESBAAN 6:00 PM Great Vespers Wednesday, Oct. 21 VEN. HILARION THE GREAT Sunday, Oct. 25 VEN. VISSARION, SARAI MARCIAN AND AND SOPHRONIE MARTYRIUS, THE NOTARIES ST. TABITHA 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy Panahida for Martha & Mary Gakewsky after Divine Liturgy

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