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ن ST. NICHOLAS OF BYZANTINE CATHOLIC stnicholasfontana.org [email protected] 9112 OLEANDER AVENUE FONTANA, CA 92335 (909) 822-9917 Served by: Rev. Stephen Casmus

SUNDAY OF THE FATHERS OF THE 1ST JUNE 2, 2018 Glory to Christ! Glory forever! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIVINE 10:00 AM Holydays 7:00 PM

Confession: Sunday 9:00-9:30 AM or by appointment

Welcome to all visitors to St. Nicholas Church. If you are new and wish to register as a parishioner, please see Fr. Stephen after the Divine Liturgy.

Parish Membership The Family of Nicholas of Myra is open to any Catholic, and to anyone: - Who is interested in seeking the Lord Jesus Christ through His Word and . - Who accepts the teachings of the . - Who will help us form a community based on the Lord’s love. - Who is willing to grow as a Christian within the legitimate traditions of the Byzantine Catholic Church. - Who acknowledges the authority of the , and Pastor. - Who will attend Liturgical Services on Sunday, and on the Great Holydays. - Who is willing to support the growth of the Church by sharing their Time, Talent and Treasure. - Who will participate in the yearly Eparchial Appeal

ن THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE

SUN. JUN 02 – Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council 10:00 AM – Divine Liturgy Acts 16:16-34, John 9:1-3

WED MAY 29 – Dorotheus, Bishop-Martyr 9:00 AM – Funeral Divine Liturgy for Teresa Sandoval Acts 23:1-11, John 16:15-23

SAT. JUN 08—5th All Souls Saturday 9:00 AM – Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM – Celebration of the Life of Teresa Sandoval

SUN. JUN 09 – Sunday 10:00 AM – Divine Liturgy Acts 2:1-11, John 7:37-52 & 8:12

Please join us in the hall after the liturgy for fellowship and light refreshments.

PRAY FOR THE SICK & INFIRMED OF OUR PARISH & PARISHIONERS RELATIVES: Paul Bruckler, Robert Gubany, Teresa Sandoval, Gloria Brissette and Paul Basay.

05/26/19 Attendance: 35 Parish Income: Tithe -$395.00, Donations -$56.00, Candles - $25.00, Eparchial Appeal - $400.00, Fund Raising -$170.50 Total - $1046.50

Eparchial Appeal – The annual Eparchial Appeal is a significant source of revenue for the Eparchy. Every parish household is expected to participate by contributing $275.00. If you can’t give that much, please give what you can. If you can afford more please be

ن generous. We are currently about 50% of the parish goal of $4400.00. If you have not done so, please submit your pledge or payment directly to the Eparchy before the end of May.

The Fontana Breakfast Lion’s Club hosts BINGO here at St. Nicholas on Saturday evenings. The kitchen has become a significant source of income for the parish. Please participate in this fundraising effort. It is a good opportunity to get to know your fellow parishioners. Many hands make light work, but currently there are few that regularly participate. Please sign up in the hall to ensure there are at least three working.

MYRRH-BEARERS RETREAT

A retreat for girls, teens and women sponsored by the Eparchy of Phoenix will be held from June 28 to 30, 2019 at the Madonna Retreat Center in Albuquerque, NM. Pamphlets are available in the foyer and a poster is on the bulletin board in the hall.

Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council

The seventh Sunday after the Feast of Holy Pascha is observed by the Byzantine Catholic Church as the Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council. This day commemorates the 318 God-bearing Fathers who gathered in Nicaea in 325 at the request of the Emperor, Saint Constantine the Great, to address the heresy of Arianism together with other issues that concerned the unity of the Church.

Arius was a protopresbyter of the Church of Alexandria, and in 315, he began to blaspheme against the Son of God saying that He was not the true God, consubstantial with the Father, but rather a work or creation of God and different from the essence and glory of the Father. He also taught that the Son of God had a beginning. These teachings shook the faithful at Alexandria. The Bishop of Alexandria, Alexander, attempted to correct Arius through admonitions, cut him off from , and finally deposed him in 321 through a local council. Arius continued with his heretical teachings, creating controversy and division in the churches of other cities, which led to a theological and ecclesiastical crisis throughout the Christian Church.

Moved with divine zeal and concern for unity, the Emperor Constantine the Great, equal to the Apostles, summoned the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, a city of Bithynia. It

ن was in this place that the of the Church gathered in 325. All of them, with one mouth and one voice, declared that the Son and Word of God is one in essence with the Father, true God of true God. The Fathers composed the holy symbol of Faith, the :

“We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of the Father, the only-begotten; that is, of the essence of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; By whom all things were made both in heaven and on earth; Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down and was incarnate and was made man; He suffered, and the third day he rose again, ascended into heaven; From thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. And in the .

But those who say: 'There was a time when he was not;' and 'He was not before he was made;' and 'He was made out of nothing,' or 'He is of another substance' or 'essence,' or 'The Son of God is created,' or 'changeable,' or 'alterable'— they are condemned by the holy catholic and apostolic Church.”

The Fathers also anathematized Arius for his heretical beliefs and teachings, cutting him off from the Church.

Recognizing the divine Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council as heralds of the Faith after the divine Apostles, the Church of Christ has appointed this present Sunday for their annual commemoration, in thanksgiving and unto the glory of God, unto their praise and honor, and unto the strengthening of the true Faith.