Bulletin 2019 05 19 Dormition
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THE CATHOLIC PARISH OF THE DORMITION OF THE MOST HOLY MOTHER OF GOD ПАРАФІЯ УСПІННЯ ПРЕСВ. БОГОРОДИЦІ A PARISH OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC EPARCHY OF EDMONTON May 19, Sunday of the Samaritan Woman at the well. Address: The Holy Priest-Martyr Patrick, Bishop of Prussa, and Those with Him (361- 63) 15608 -104 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5P 4G5 Services: Christ Is Risen! Sunday Divine Liturgy Indeed He Is Risen! (Ukr & Eng) at 10 am & Melkite (Arabic) D.L. at 2 pm Христос Воскрес! Воїстину Воскрес! Akathist or Molebyn Most Wednesdays at 6 pm (see calendar) Grave Blessings: Each year during the Easter Season it is our tradiPon to greet those who have passed before us with the joyful news of the ResurrecPon. Parish Website: hp://dormiRon.eeparchy.com Fr. Bo has had two people contact him, so… we will discuss possible dates this and next week aWer today’s liturgy. The three opPons that are good for him seem to be Tuesday May 21, Twitter: Friday May 24 or Monday May 27. @dormionparish hps://twiOer.com/ Tell the world that dormionparish Christ is Risen! Eparchial Website: www.eeparchy.com and that Our Parish is having a Perogy Supper Pastor: th Fr. Bo Nahachewsky on Saturday June 15 ! Cocktails @ 5 pm with Supper to Follow. Admission: $15.00 for Adults, Students $9.00 6 & Fr. Bo’s cell phone: under free 780-340-FR.BO (3726) Volunteers needed: Please sign up on the Volunteer sheets on the bullePn board in the back of the church. Fr. Bo’s Email: fr.bo.nahachewsky Camp Oselia’s Pink Flamingo @gmail.com Fundraiser is coming. Beware! You can check out CampOselia.com for details. Fundraiser starts later this week. Post Easter Sundays: suddenly felt a sharp pain in his eyes. He was dumbfounded, and his The Samaritan face was somber. Woman For three days he lay there blind, without ujering a word. On the by Fr. Thomas Hopko fourth day he declared, “The God of the ChrisPans is the only true God.” Saint Victor asked why SebasPan The fiWh Sunday aWer Easter deals with had suddenly changed his mind. the woman of Samaria with whom Christ SebasPan replied, “Because Christ is spoke at Jacob’s Well (Jn 4). Again the calling me.” Soon he was bapPzed, theme is the “living water” and the and immediately regained his sight. recogniPon of Jesus as God’s Messiah (Jn Saint SebasPan’s servants, aWer 4.10–11; 25–26). We are reminded of our witnessing the miracle, were also new life in Him, of our own drinking of the bapPzed. “living water,” of our own true worship of God in the ChrisPan messianic age “in Reports of this reached Nero, and Spirit and in Truth” (Jn 4.23–24). We see he commanded that the ChrisPans as well that salvaPon is offered to all: Jews be brought to him at Rome. Then and GenPles, men and women, saints and the Lord Himself appeared to the sinners. confessors and said, “Fear not, for I am with you. Nero, and all who serve him, will be vanquished.” The Lord said to Saint Victor, “From this day forward, your name will Saints of the Day: be PhoPnus, because through you, many will be enlightened and (from the OCA.org website) will believe in Me.” The Lord then told the ChrisPans to strengthen and encourage Saint SebasPan to peresevere unPl The Holy Martyr Photina (Svetlana) the end. the Samaritan Woman, her sons All these things, and even future events, were revealed to Saint Victor (named Photinus) and Joses; PhoPna. She leW Carthage in the company of several ChrisPans and joined the confessors in Rome. and her sisters Anatola, Phota, At Rome the emperor ordered the saints to be brought before Photis, Paraskeva, Kyriake; as well him and he asked them whether they truly believed in Christ. All as Nero’s daughter Domnina; and the confessors refused to renounce the Savior. Then the the Martyr Sebastian: emperor gave orders to smash the martyrs’ finger joints. During the torments, the confessors felt no pain, and their hands The holy Martyr PhoPna was the Samaritan Woman, with whom remained unharmed. the Savior conversed at Jacob’s Well (John. 4:5-42). Nero ordered that Saints SebasPan, PhoPnus and Joses be During the Pme of the emperor Nero (54-68), who displayed blinded and locked up in prison, and Saint PhoPna and her five excessive cruelty against ChrisPans, Saint PhoPna lived in sisters Anatola, Phota, PhoPs, Paraskeva and Kyriake were sent Carthage with her younger son Joses and fearlessly preached the to the imperial court under the supervision of Nero’s daughter Gospel there. Her eldest son Victor fought bravely in the Roman Domnina. Saint PhoPna converted both Domnina and all her army against barbarians, and was appointed military servants to Christ. She also converted a sorcerer, who had commander in the city of Ajalia (Asia Minor). Later, Nero called brought her poisoned food to kill her. him to Italy to arrest and punish ChrisPans. Three years passed, and Nero sent to the prison for one of his SebasPan, an official in Italy, said to Saint Victor, “I know that servants, who had been locked up. The messengers reported to you, your mother and your brother, are followers of Christ. As a him that Saints SebasPan, PhoPnus and Joses, who had been friend I advise you to submit to the will of the emperor. If you blinded, had completely recovered, and that people were inform on any ChrisPans, you will receive their wealth. I shall visiPng them to hear their preaching, and indeed the whole write to your mother and brother, asking them not to preach prison had been transformed into a bright and fragrant place Christ in public. Let them pracPce their faith in secret.” where God was glorified. Saint Victor replied, “I want to be a preacher of ChrisPanity like Nero then gave orders to crucify the saints, and to beat their my mother and brother.” SebasPan said, “O Victor, we all know naked bodies with straps. On the fourth day the emperor sent what woes await you, your mother and brother.” Then SebasPan servants to see whether the martyrs were sPll alive. But, apart. The emperor ordered the others beheaded. Saint PhoPna approaching the place of the tortures, the servants fell blind. An was removed from the well and locked up in prison for twenty angel of the Lord freed the martyrs from their crosses and days. healed them. The saints took pity on the blinded servants, and AWer this Nero had her brought to him and asked if she would restored their sight by their prayers to the Lord. Those who were now relent and offer sacrifice to the idols. Saint PhoPna spit in healed came to believe in Christ and were soon bapPzed. the face of the emperor, and laughing at him, said, “O most In an impotent rage Nero gave orders to flay the skin from Saint impious of the blind, you profligate and stupid man! Do you PhoPna and to throw the martyr down a well. SebasPan, think me so deluded that I would consent to renounce my Lord PhoPnus and Joses had their legs cut off, and they were thrown Christ and instead offer sacrifice to idols as blind as you?” to dogs, and then had their skin flayed off. The sisters of Saint Hearing such words, Nero gave orders to again throw the martyr PhoPna also suffered terrible torments. Nero gave orders to cut down the well, where she surrendered her soul to God (ca. 66). off their breasts and then to flay their skin. An expert in cruelty, the emperor readied the fiercest execuPon for Saint PhoPs: they On the Greek Calendar, Saint PhoPna is commemorated on Ped her by the feet to the tops of two bent-over trees. When February 26. the ropes were cut the trees sprang upright and tore the martyr Hieromartyr Patrick the Bishop of Prusa with his companions again from OCA.org “The goal is Saint Patrick lived during the first century and was bishop of the city of Prusa in Bythnia (Asia Minor). He openly and boldly preached Christ the Savior, and to rise denounced the error of the pagans. Therefore, he and the priests, Acacius, Menander and Polyainus were arrested, and brought to Julius, the prefect of the city for interrogaPon. spiritually, Julius was going to the hot springs for treatment, and he ordered that the ChrisPan bishop and the priests be brought along aWer him, bound in iron chains. AWer he washed in the hot springs, Julius offered sacrifice to his not simply gods. He had Saint Patrick and the other prisoners brought before him, ordering them to offer sacrifice to the pagan gods, threatening punishment if they refused. to avoid Saint Patrick replied, “I am a ChrisPan and I worship the one true God, Jesus Christ, Who has created the heavens and the earth, and these warm springs for the benefit of all mankind.” sin” Julius had the saint thrown into the hot spring, and with firm faith the martyr prayed, “Lord, Jesus Christ, help Your servant,” and he remained unharmed. In an impotent rage, Julius ordered Saint Patrick and - St. Paisios his three presbyters beheaded. They received their crowns of unfading glory from Christ around the year 100. What’s happening with Bible Study??? There has been some confusion about our schedule, which admittedly, is mostly my fault. Here is the new schedule for the remainder of this year. I hope this clears it up.