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Dec. 23rd Friday – Strict Abstinence from Meat and Dairy Products – Transferred to this Holy Spirit Byzantine Catholic Church day because the Vigil of Nativity (Christmas) is on Saturday 360 Clinton Street, Binghamton, NY 13905 th Pastor’s Office: 797-2122 Dec. 24 Saturday - Vigil of Nativity (Christmas) Parish Office: 797-2167 Dec. 25th Sunday - Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Christmas) st Social Hall/Center: 729-6761 Jan. 1 Sunday - New Year 2012 – Circumcision of Our Lord and St. Basil the Great E-mail: [email protected] th Jan. 5 Thursday – Vigil of Theophany - Strict Abstinence from Meat www: http://holyspiritbyzantinecatholicchurch.webs.com Jan. 6th Friday –Theophany of Our Lord - Holy Day of Obligation Ss. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church 106 North Rogers Avenue Christmas Holubki & Pirohi Sale… Endicott, NY 13760 St. Michael’s Church will hold their Christmas Holubki and Pirohi Sale next Rectory/ Hall: 785-3132 Saturday, December 17, 2011. Pickup time 9:00 AM to 12 Noon, at St. Served by: Rev. Fr. Peter Tomas & Fr. Deacon Richard M. Dunlop Michael’s Recreation Center, 298 Clinton Street, Binghamton, NY. Holubki - $16/dozen, Fresh Frozen Pirohi - $8/dozen. Place your Orders by Friday, December 16, 2011 calling 797-
9059. Advance Orders Only! DECEMBER ______TWENTY SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 11, New Year’s Eve Party… Sunday of the Holy Ancestors
St. Cyril’s Social Club will be hosting their Annual New Year’s Eve Party on 2011
Saturday, December 31, 2011 at St. Cyril’s Hall, 148 Clinton St. Prime Rib Buffet Today’s Readings: will be served at 8:00 PM. Price is $90.00 per Couple. Music by Jeff Nyschot’s Epistle: Col 3:4-11 Groove. For Information and Tickets call: Ann at 724-0775 or John at 797- 5010. Gospel: Lk 14:16-24 Propers: Tone 8 Bingo Workers Schedule ______SATURDAY: DEC. 17, 2011 MONDAY: DEC. 19, 2011 Happy Birthday! We wish to express FLOOR - TEAM 3: FLOOR - TEAM 3: our best wishes to Edmund Pinger, Sandra Pinger, Olga Demoski, Pete Simkulet, Pete Simkulet, Tom Metzar, SOPHIE BEDNAR Helen Osborne, Pat Davis, Mark Merge Margie McCarthy, Loretta Schoonmaker, who celebrated her Birthday on Saturday, Michael Bunts, Karen Kocan, Don Turock December 3, 2011, to DAVID PRISLUPSKY who celebrated his KITCHEN - TEAM 3: KITCHEN - TEAM 3: Birthday last Tuesday, December 6, Marge Bakalar, Marie Orlovsky, Don Orlovsky Jean Turock, Mary Ann Smilnak, David Prislupsky, Elinda Prislupsky, Mary Prislupsky Kathy Paraska, Fran Hill 2011, and to JUDY MARTYAK, who will celebrate her Birthday next Friday, PULL-TABS – Dottie Sedlack PULL-TABS – Marilyn Kumpon December 16, 2011. May Our Lord and God bless them and grant them long life, We are in need of volunteers. If you can help, call an Area Coordinator! good health, peace and happiness, for Caller: Tom Metzar (727-3532) Office: Sandra / Ed Pinger (785-0287) Many Happy and Blessed Years! Na Parable of the Wedding Feast Floor: Robert Royko (427-7449) Pull Tabs: Loretta Branick (797-4540) Mnohaja i Blahaja Lita! Kitchen: Mike Cipar (797-3747) Our sincere thanks to all our dedicated workers and volunteers who come faithfully every week! We greatly appreciate your help! LITURGICAL SERVICES SCHEDULE Last Sunday Parish Income WEEK OF DECEMBER 11th - DECEMBER 18th, 2011 Holy Spirit Holy Spirit Other Income Sat/Sun. Offering $ 1,804.00 Bingo Kitchen $ 183.00 Sat. Dec 10 Sunday Vigil Divine Liturgy Candles $ 44.00 Pull Tabs $ 238.00 (H.S.) 4:30 PM † MARY VASINA – by Steven Timko & daughters Heating $ 185.00 Monday Bingo $ 788.00 Panachyda for the repose of †BISHOP ANDREW will take place after the Divine Liturgy Flowers Offering $ 100.00 Other Hall Income $ 700.00 ______Holy Day – St. Nicholas $ 401.00 Holy Name Society $ 330.00 th Sun. Dec 11 26 Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday of the Holy Ancestors Total Offering: $ 2,534.00 Total: $2,239.00
(H.S.) 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy for the Faithful of our Parish Families Holy Spirit Parish – Total Income: $4,773.00 (P.P.) 10:45 AM † ANNA SEVKA BARRON – by Mr. & Mrs. John Hrustich Ss. Peter & Paul Parish: $1,059.00 Panachyda for the repose of †BISHOP ANDREW will take place after each Divine Liturgy May the Lord reward you for your financial and spiritual support! ______Please Note: On the occasion of the Feasts of the St. Nicholas and Conception, there will also be Pastor’s yearly Vacation… Myrovanije after each Divine Liturgy Fr. Peter will take five (5) of his remaining 25 days of yearly vacation this coming week from ______th th Mon. Dec 12 Our Venerable Father Spyridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tremitus Monday, Dec. 12 to Friday, Dec. 16 . During this time, Pastor’s Office will be closed, but in No Services Today! Vacation Day! case of Funeral or Emergency Hospital Visit (Last Rites), please call our parish cell phone as ______usual – (607) 206-5523! Tue. Dec 13 Holy Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes ______No Services Today! Vacation Day! Mother’s Club - Thank You!… ______Members of our Holy Spirit Mother’s Club would like to thank everyone who Wed. Dec 14 Holy Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, Philemon, Appolonius and Callinicus helped, made donations and/or supported their “Election Day Bake Sale”, No Services Today! Vacation Day! “Pampered Chef Open House”, “Dough’s Fish Fry/Bake Sale” and “Christmas Nut Roll Baking”. ______Thu. Dec 15 Holy Priest-Martyr Eleutherius; and Our Venerable Father Paul of Latra May Our Lord bless each and every one for your help and generosity! No Services Today! Vacation Day! ______Eparchial Stewardship Appeal 2011 – Mother of God, Protect Us! Fri. Dec 16 Holy Prophet Haggai Up to date statistics: No Services Today! Vacation Day! 2011 Parish Goal: ______Holy Spirit Church $7,000.00 Ss. Peter & Paul Church $3,300.00 Sat. Dec 17 Sunday Vigil Divine Liturgy Collected up to date: $6,560.00 Collected up to date: $2,100.00 (H.S.) 4:30 PM † JOHN & MARY SUFLITA – by their three children, Dorothy Hayko, Cards Returned: 79 out of 170 Cards Returned: ?? out of 75 Carol & Jim Moran and Robert & Pam Suflita We would like to ask all our dear parishioners that you kindly return your assigned card to the ______Sun. Dec 18 Sunday before Christmas - Sunday of the Holy Fathers church with or without a pledge by next Sunday, December 18, 2011! May God Bless you abundantly for your love for His Church and for your generosity! (H.S.) 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy for the Faithful of our Parish Families ______(P.P.) 10:45 AM † CATHERINE & DEMETRI SEVERSKY – by granddaughter Kathy St. Nicholas Dinner – Thank You! We wish to thank all and everyone who helped to prepare our St. Nicholas Dinner last Sunday! Many thanks to JANNET KUMPON and ECF ______CHILDREN for beautiful program. Our thanks are extended to BOB SUFLITA Our Church Attendance at Holy Spirit Church and MARY ANN SMILNAK, and their many helpers, for setting up and Last Saturday 58 parishioners attended Vigil Divine Liturgy, and another 111 people decorating the hall. Thank you to our Chef – BILL KOBAN. We all had a great worshipped with us last Sunday morning. The total of attendees was 169 people (42 time and enjoyed each-others company. We express our sincere thanks also to people more than previous Sunday). St. Nicholas for his visit! See you all next year!
Protopresbyter." In personal address, as we noted above, all Priests are called "Father," usually followed His Grace, Bishop Andrew Pataki, Bishop-Emeritus of the Eparchy of Passaic by their first names (e.g., "Father John"). has fallen asleep in the Lord on Thursday, December 8, 2011 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. We ask for your prayers at this difficult Bishops in the Eastern (Byzantine and Orthodox) Church are addressed as "The Right Reverend Bishop," time. Please keep +Bishop Andrew and his family in your prayers. followed by their first name (e.g., "The Right Reverend Bishop John"). Archbishops, Metropolitans, and May God grant to His servant the high priest +Bishop Andrew Blessed Repose Patriarchs are addressed as "The Most Reverend Archbishop" ("Metropolitan," or "Patriarch"). Because and Eternal Memory! they are also monastics, all ranks of Archpastors (Bishops, Archbishops, Metropolitans, or Patriarchs) are ______addressed by their first names or first names and sees (e.g., "Bishop John of San Francisco"). It is not Remember Our Sick and Home-Bound Parishioners correct to use the family name of a Bishop—or any monastic for that matter. Though many monastics and Please remember in your prayers, call, visit, or send a note to those of our parish Bishops use their family names, even in Orthodox countries like Russia and Greece, this is absolutely families who are not able to attend the Divine Liturgy with us due to advanced age, improper and a violation of an ancient Church custom. serious illness, or hospitalization. Our prayers are offered especially for: All Home-Bound & in Nursing Homes parishioners of our parish families All male monastics in the Eastern (Catholic/Orthodox) Church are called "Father," whether they hold the Priesthood or not, and are formally addressed as "Monk (name)," if they do not have a Priestly rank. If ANNA MAE DUNDA IRENE YURKO – Ideal Skilled Nursing, Endwell they are of Priestly rank, they are formally addressed as "Hieromonk" or "Hierodeacon" (see above). RAY PERECHINSKY – Ideal Skilled Nursing, Endwell The Abbot of a monastery is addressed as "The Very Reverend Abbot," whether he holds Priestly rank or ANN BENJAMIN – Wilson Hospital ILENE TUROCK – Susquehanna Nursing Home not and whether or not he is an Archimandrite by rank. Under no circumstances whatsoever is an Eastern May Our Savior visit them and ease every pain, sorrow, or illness which afflicts them! (Byzantine and Orthodox) monk addressed by laymen as "Brother." This is a Latin custom. The term ______"Brother" is used in Eastern (Byzantine and Orthodox) monasteries in two instances only: first, to designate Open your Heart for Christmas! beginners in the monastic life (novices or, in Greek, dokimoi ["those being tested"]), who are given a Both of our Parish families are collecting canned and non-perishable goods and paper blessing, in the strictest tradition, to wear only the inner cassock and a monastic cap; and second, as an products (paper towels, toilet paper, tissues etc.), which will be donated to local occasional, informal form of address between monastics themselves (including Bishops). CHOW. The last day for bringing your donations will be Sunday, December 18, 2011. We kindly ask that you place your donations in the provided “CHOW Barrel” in the vestibule. If Again, as we noted above, a monk should never use his last name. This reflects the Eastern (Byzantine and you are unable to donate food, please drop a dollar or two to the collection box which you may Orthodox) understanding of monasticism, in which the monastic dies to his former self and abandons all find next to the barrel. Thank you in advance for your generosity! that identified him in the world. Lay people are also called to respect a monk's death to his past. (In Greek ______practice, a monk sometimes forms a new last name from the name of his monastery. Christmas Confessions Fr. Peter will be available to hear your confessions as follows: The titles which we have used for male monastics also apply to female monastics. In fact, a community of female monastics is often called a "monastery" rather than a convent (though there is nothing improper, as Holy Spirit Church: some wrongly claim, in calling a monastery for women a "convent"), just as the word "convent," in its Saturday - Dec. 17th - 3:30 PM and after the Divine Liturgy as long as needed strictest meaning, can apply to a monastic community of males, too. Women monastics are formally Sunday - Dec. 18th – 8:00 AM addressed as "Nun (name)" etc., and the Abbess of a convent is addressed as "The Very Reverend Abbess." Though traditions for informal address vary, in most places, Rasophore nuns are called "Sister," Ss. Peter & Paul Church: while any monastic above the rank of Rasophore is called "Mother." Novices are addressed as "Sister." Sunday - Dec. 18th after the Divine Liturgy as long as needed Confessions are also available before and after every service and, by appointment as well. There are, as we have noted, some differences in the way that Eastern (Catholic/Orthodox) religious are addressed. What we have given above corresponds to a reasonably standardized vocabulary as one would find it in more traditional English—language Eastern (Catholic/Orthodox) writings and among English— In addition, there will be Mystery of Holy Reconciliation (Confession) administered by numerous speaking Eastern (Catholic/Orthodox) monastics. The influx of Latin converts into Eastern monasticism priests at the following local churches: and the phenomenon of "monasticism by convenient rule, instant tradition, and fabrication," as Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna has called it, are things that have also led to great confusion in the use of English Holy Trinity Roman Cath. Church in Binghamton on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 at 7:00 PM terminology that corresponds more correctly to the vocabulary of traditional Eastern monastics. Sacred Heart Ukrainian Cath. Church in Johnson City on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Please, remember to prepare yourselves worthily for this Christmas Season! Clergy Etiquette Greek: Presbytera (Pres—vee—té—ra) Russian: Matushka (Má—toosh—ka) The following is a guide for properly addressing Eastern (Byzantine and Serbian: Papadiya (Pa—pá—dee—ya) Orthodox) clergy. Most of the titles do not exactly correspond to the terms used in Ukrainian: Panimatushka (Pa—nee—má—toosh—ka), Panimatka (Pa—nee—mát—ka), or Greek, Russian, or the other native languages of the national Eastern Churches, but Imost (Ei-most) they have been widely accepted as standard English usages. Rusyn/Slovak: Pani (Pa—nee)
Greeting Clergy in Person. When we address Deacons or Priests, we should use the title "Father." Bishops we should address as "Your Grace." Though all Bishops (including Patriarchs) are equal in the Eastern (Byzantine and Orthodox) Church, they do have different The wife of a Deacon is called "Diakonissa [Thee—a—kó—nees—sa]" in Greek. The Slavic Churches administrative duties and honors that accrue to their rank in this sense. Thus, "Your Eminence" is the commonly use the same title for the wife of a Deacon as they do for the wife of a Priest. In any case, the proper title for Metropolitans, and most Archbishops (among the exceptions to this rule is the Archbishop wife of a Priest should normally be addressed with both her title and her name in informal situations (e.g., of Athens, who is addressed as "Your Beatitude"). "Your Beatitude" is the proper title for Patriarchs "Presbytera Mary," "Diakonissa Sophia," etc.). (except for the Œcumenical Patriarch in Constantinople, who is addressed as "Your All—Holiness"). When we approach an Eastern (Byzantine and Orthodox) Presbyter (Priest) or Bishop (but not a Deacon), we Greeting Clergy on the Telephone. Whenever you speak to Eastern (Catholic/Orthodox) clergy of Priestly make a bow by reaching down and touching the floor with our right hand, place our right rank on the telephone, you should always begin your conversation by asking for a blessing: "Father, hand over the left (palms upward), and say: "Bless, Father" (or "Bless, Your Grace," or bless." When speaking with a Bishop, you should say "Bless, Despota [Thés—po—ta]" (or "Vladika "Bless, Your Eminence," etc.). The Priest or Bishop then answers, "May the Lord bless [Vlá—dee—ka]" in Slavonic, "Master" in English). It is also appropriate to say, "Bless, Your Grace" (or you," blesses us with the Sign of the Cross, and places his right hand in our hands. We kiss "Your Eminence," etc.). You should end your conversation by asking for a blessing again. then his hand. Addressing Clergy in a Letter. When we write to a clergyman (and, by custom, monastics), we should open We should understand that when the Priest or Bishop blesses us, he forms his fingers to represent our letter with the greeting, "Bless, Father." At the end of the letter, it is customary to close with the the Christogram "ICXC" a traditional abbreviation of the Greek words for "Jesus Christ" (i.e., following line: "Kissing your right hand...." It is not appropriate to invoke a blessing on a clergyman, the first and last letters of each of the words "IHCOYC XRICTOC"). Thus, the Priest's blessing as many do: "May God bless you." Not only does this show a certain spiritual arrogance before the is in the Name of Christ, as he emphasizes in his response to the believer's request for a blessing. image of the cleric, but laymen do not have the Grace of the Priesthood and the prerogative to bless in Other responses to this request are used by many clergy, but the antiquity and symbolism of the their stead. Even a Priest properly introduces his letters with the words, "The blessing of the Lord" or "May tradition which we have presented are compelling arguments for its use. We should also note God bless you," rather than offering his own blessing. Though he can do the latter, humility prevails in his that the reason that a lay person kisses the hand of a Priest or Bishop is to show respect to his behavior, too. Needless to say, when a clergyman writes to his ecclesiastical superior, he should ask for a Apostolic office. More importantly, however, since both hold the Holy Mysteries (Precious Body of Our blessing and not bestow one. Lord) in their hands during the Divine Liturgy, we show respect to the Holy Eucharist when we kiss their hands. In fact, Saint John Chrysostomos once said that if one were to meet an Eastern (Byzantine and Formal Address. Deacons in the Eastern (Catholic/Orthodox) Church are addressed as "The Reverend Orthodox) Priest walking along with an Angel, that he should greet the Priest first and kiss his hand, since Deacon," if they are married Deacons. If they are Deacons who are also monks, they are addressed as that hand has touched the Body and Blood of our Lord. For this latter reason, we do not normally kiss the "The Reverend Hierodeacon." If a Deacon holds the honor of Archdeacon or Protodeacon, he is hand of a Deacon. While a Deacon in the Eastern (Byzantine and Orthodox) Church holds the first level of addressed as "The Reverend Archdeacon" or "The Reverend Protodeacon." Deacons hold a rank in the the Priesthood (Deacon, Presbyter, Bishop), his service does not entail blessing the Mysteries. When we Priesthood and are, therefore, not laymen. This is an important point to remember, since so many Eastern take leave of a Priest or Bishop, we should again ask for a blessing, just as we did when we first greeted (Byzantine and Orthodox) here in America have come to think of the Deacon as a kind of "quasi—Priest." him. This is the result of Latin influence and poor teaching. As members of the Priesthood, Deacons must be addressed, as we noted above, as "Father" (or "Father Deacon"). In the case of married clergy, the wife of a Priest or Deacon is also informally addressed with a title. Since the Mystery of Marriage binds a Priest and his wife together as "one flesh," the wife shares in a sense Eastern (Byzantine and Orthodox) Priests are addressed as "The Reverend Father," if they are married her husband's Priesthood. This does not, of course, mean that she has the very Grace of the Priesthood or its Priests. If they are Hieromonks (monks who are also Priests), they are addressed as "The Reverend office, but the dignity of her husband's service certainly accrues to her. The various titles used by the Hieromonk." Priests with special honors are addressed in this manner: an Archimandrite (the highest national Churches are listed below. The Greek titles, since they have English correspondents, are perhaps monastic rank below that of Bishop), "The Very Reverend Archimandrite" (or, in the Slavic the easiest to use in the West: jurisdictions, "The Right Reverend Archimandrite"); and Proto-presbyters, "The Very Reverend