ST. JOSAPHAT UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH W. Union Blvd. at Kenmore Ave. -- Bethlehem, PA. Archpriest Daniel Gurovich, Pastor -- Carol Hanych, Cantor Vesperal Liturgy: Sat. 6:30 PM Liturgy: Sun. 10:00 AM Vespers: Evenings before Holydays 6:30 PM Matins: Major Holy Days 8:00 AM (610) 865-2521 -- Email: [email protected] www.stjosaphatbethlehem.us WHERE FAITH AND TRADITION MEET

MARCH 15, 2020 3RD SUNDAY OF LENT TONE 7 SUN MARCH 15: VENERATION OF THE CROSS – Third Sunday of Lent {Tone 7 Alt} Sat Eve Vigil: 6:30 PM: +Sister Martha Moyta OSBM (Fr. Daniel) 10:00 AM: +Ann Onesky (16 Yrs) (Daughter Marlene) ECF CLASSES FOLLOW (9)

MON MARCH 16: Fourth Monday of Great Lent Lenten Hours in Private

TUE MARCH 17: Fourth Tuesday of Great LentRead Proverbs Chapters 12-16

WED MARCH 18: Fourth Wednesday of Great Lent [FAST] 6:30 PM: LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS – LENTEN DEVOTIONS

THUR MARCH 19: Fourth Thursday of Great Lent Lenten Hours in Private

FRI MARCH 20: Fourth Friday of Great Lent [FAST] 6:30 PM: LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS – LENTEN DEVOTIONS Reading of the Dyptichs of the Departed (4)

SAT MARCH 21: Fourth All Souls DayNo Services —See above Friday 6:30 PMSUN MARCH 22: ST. JOHN OF THE LADDER– Fourth Sunday of Lent {Tone 8 Alt} Sat Eve Vigil: 6:30 PM: +Walter Pierok (Joe and Rita Takchyk) 10:00 AM: +For the Living and +Departed Members of St. Josaphat ECF CLASSES FOLLOW (10) READERS GREETERS FOOD DONATIONS FOR THE POOR ☺ MAR 14: Denardo Meixell The traditional collection of non perishable food will MAR 15: Tighe ☺ Buddock/Pastrick/Arnold WEDNESDAY: Gorsky ☺Meixell be gathered all of Great Lent. Place your food items FRIDAY: Wetherill ☺ Kadingo on the tables on the stage. Your donation of food MAR 21: Rybak ☺Palmer items will be blessed along with the Pascha Baskets ☺ MAR 22: Hambor/ Halibey Buddock/Pastrick/Belzecky on Easter Sunday morning. They will be distributed Church Cleaning: See 2020 MARCH Schedule to the poor during Bright Week Thank you. FUTURE EVENTS WED: Lenten Devotions Presanctified Liturgy ARCHEPARCHIAL SOBOR FRI: Lenten Devotions Presanctified Liturgy (6:30) The Spring Archeparchial Sobor (gathering) will take MAR 24/25:Annunciation of the Theotokos place on Wednesday April 22 at the Cathedral. The APR 4 &5: Annual Paska and Bake Sale Archbishop is seeking input from members of the APR 4&5: Veterans Easter Kobasa Sale Archeparchy (you) regarding the future of the APR 9: HOLY THURSDAY – Chrism Liturgy at Ukrainian Catholic in the world in the world. Your Philadelphia Cathedral input will be presented at the General Sobor for the APR 22:Archeparchial Sobor – Gathering in entire Ukrainian Catholic Church in the world in Lviv. Philadelphia If you would like to attend this event,and I would APR 26: Annual Easter Dinner and Egg Hunt hope that some from St. Josaphat will attend, please JUNE 7: Iron Pigs St Josaphat Day at Coca Cola sign the sheet in the vestibule. This to prepare Park thecount for the lunch which will be served. You mustsupply your own transportation to Philadelphia. LENTEN DEVOTIONS Lenten Devotions will take place on Wednesday and POSSIBLE NEW EASTERN CHRISTIAN Friday this week at 6:30 PM. SCHOOL FOR 2021 The Saint Constantine school of the Lehigh Valley, FREE ESTATE PLANNING SEMINARThe which is under development and plans to open in the Sisters of St. Basil the Great are sponsoring a free fall 2021, needs your help. Please take their three Estate Planning Seminar on Thursday, March 26 at minute survey which is anonymous and for everyone, 6:30pm at the Basilian Spirituality Center, 710 Fox not just those with potential students, at Chase Rd, Jenkintown, PA 19046. The www.stconstantinelv.org/survey. The Saint presentation will cover wills, powers of attorney, Constantine school of the Lehigh Valley is a trusts plus much more. The program will be classical, private school in the orthodox Christian presented by an expert attorney and financial planner. tradition from grades K through 12. For more info: All are welcome to this complimentary seminar. www.stconstantinelv.org Please reserve your place in advance by calling Maria at 215-379-3998, extension 27. 3RD SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT Veneration of the Holy Cross

TROPARION — (Tone 7)

TROPARION OF THE CROSS — Tone 1 Save Your people, O Lord, and bless your inheritance. Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.

KONTAKION OF THE CROSS Tone 7 Glory be: Now and ever: No longer does the flaming sword guard the gates of Eden; for on them one finds the most glorious seal, the Tree of the Cross. By it the sorrow of death and the victory of the Abyss have been conquered. For You, O my Savior, stood and called out to those in the depths: “Enter again into paradise.”

INSTEAD OF: “Holy God...” “To Your Cross, O Master...” (Pg.98)

PROKIMENON Tone 6 Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. V. Unto You I will cry, O Lord my God, lest You turn from me in silence.

ALLELUIA — Tone 8 Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! V. Remember Your flock whom You built up long ago. V. God is our King from time past, the Giver of Help through all the land.

INSTEAD OF “It is truly right...” (Pg. 109)

COMMUNION HYMN O Lord, let the light of Your countenance shine upon us. Alleluia! (3x) ST. JOSAPHAT UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH West Union Blvd. at Kenmore Ave. Bethlehem PA.

10th ANNUAL BASKET RAFFLE – FUND RAISER APRIL 26 2020 The Basket Raffle Committee needs your help!

The following are just a few suggestions for basket themes

Adult Book Basket Garden Basket Purse Basket Baby Basket Girl’s Doll Basket Puzzle Basket Baking Basket Italian Basket Road Emergency Basket Cradle Basket Kids Book/Game Basket Salsa/Chip Dip Basket Car Care Basket Kitchen Basket Small Appliance Basket Cleaning Supply Basket Lady’s Bath/Hair Care Basket Snack Basket Coffee Basket Lottery Ticket Basket Spice Basket Cookbook Basket Men’s Grooming Basket Tea Basket Games Basket Men’s Small Tool Basket Wine & Cheese Basket

*****GIFT CARDS, I TUNES DOWNLOAD CERTIFICATES, ETC.***** Also needed are items for the Ukrainian Basket and eggs for the Pysanky Basket PLEASE, NEW ITEMS ONLY If you are donating a basket please contact either David Kadingo (610-967-4292) or Helen Karol (610-866-5447) with your basket/baskets of choice. Please remember that the above basket themes are only suggestions. If you have something else in mind please let us know. WE REQUEST THAT THE ITEMS FOR THE BASKET(S) BE NEW. Baskets should be brought to the church hall after Liturgy on Saturday April 7 or Sunday April 8 and placed on the stage. All baskets must be wrapped prior to drop off.

Thank you in advance for your donation! The support of the church community is greatly appreciated

All proceeds benefit St. Josaphat Church Bishop Cancels Nicene Creed to Avo id Offending Non-Catholics Pope Francis also omits papal benediction to appease unbelievers

[This Article clearly shows the effects of the heresy of Modernism and the heresy of Ecumenism. Please keep your faith in Jesus Christ our God and avoid eternal damnation]

ROME - A cathedral congregation is expressing bewilderment after the bishop announced he was omitting the Nicene Creed so as not to offend non-Catholics present. After preaching his homily on the Feast of the Epiphany, Bp. Derio Olivero of the diocese of Pinerolo made the announcement about the omission. “Since there are also non-believers, everyone will say it silently,” Olivero told his flock at the Cathedral of St. Donatus in Pinerolo, a town in Piedmont, near Turin. “Those who believe can say it, and those who don’t believe or have other beliefs will silently contemplate the reasons for their beliefs.” A few minutes of embarrassed silence followed the bishop’s announcement, then the Mass resumed as if nothing had happened, La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana reported. We Christians do not have the truth in our pockets but we are in search of the truth like everyone else. [But did not Jesus say “I am the Truth.”] (ed) Olivero, a strong advocate of ecumenism, renamed the Mass of Epiphany the “Mass of the Peoples” and invited representatives of other denominations and civic authorities to the late afternoon service on Jan. 6, a national holiday in Italy. “I respect the Missal 52 Sundays a year and I always respect the liturgy, but on the occasion of this Mass there were people from other confessions in church and I thought that Catholics could silently say the Creed, and those like the Waldensians and the Ortho- dox could proclaim something in which they believe,” [The ignorance of this bishop is clear since Catholics and Orthodox prclaim the same faith i.e. the fact that Jesus is God.] {ed) Olivero said, defending his decision to omit the key proclamation of the Christian faith. Non-Catholics present were so shocked that one of them recorded the bishop’s announcement on his mobile phone. “The liturgy is not yours and you have no right to edit it,” a Catholic commenter hit back on the bishop’s Facebook page. A spokesman from the diocese justified the bishop’s omission by saying that Olivero was doing it so that the congregation could “better internalize” their beliefs. [A classic heretical modernist state- ment] (ed) On Oct. 28, 2018, the bishop held an “ecumenical celebration of the Word of God” in Pinerolo Cathedral with Waldensian pastor Gianni Genre. Derio told Catholics they could fulfill their Sunday Mass obligation if they attended the non-eucharistic service. [Satan is at work here!] (ed) The Waldensians are a sect that emerged in the 12th century emphasizing the virtue of extreme poverty and pacifism. They were declared heretics and excommunicated by Pope Lucius III in 1184. However, Derio has insisted that “we Christians do not have the truth in our pockets, but we are in search of the truth like everyone else.” [How can this be? Jesus Christ is the Truth and found only in the Catholic Church. His statement is heretical] (ed) Derio participated in the celebration of Ramadan shortly after his Episcopal appointment in his diocese in 2017, and again in June 2019, delivering ecumenical greetings to Muslims of the town. The bishop, seated with the local authorities, respectfully listened to the mufti’s speech and was present during the Islamic prayers. In Feb. 2018, Derio defended Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia in an interview, say- ing: “Marriage continues to be indissoluble but not unbreakable.” [This statement makes no sense. Again Satan sowing his seeds of confusion] (ed) When asked if the Church should bless a new union after a divorce, the bishop replied: “We have not contemplated this in the Piedmontese Episcopal Conference, but I think it could be a good solution. Having made a proper journey, a blessing can be expected, which means recognizing the validity of the relationship.” Francis appointed the 58-year-old bishop to the see of Pinerolo in 2017. Derio is said to be a “career bishop” who is angling for the See of Turin. There are 79,000 Catholics in the diocese of Pinerolo who constitute 82.3% of a population of around 96,000. The diocese has 62 parishes with 89 priests, 16 deacons and 10 seminarians. Critics have accused the bishop of imitating Francis’ “non-offensive” Catholicism. In Mar. 2013, Pope Francis offered a “silent blessing” to journalists and news media workers, acknowledging that not all of them were Catholic or believers. The “blessing” omitted the Sign of the Cross and the invocation to the Holy Trinity. “Given that many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church, and others are not believers, I give this blessing from my heart, in silence, to each one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you, but knowing that each one of you is a child of God,” Francis said. “May God bless you. ” [This statement is illogical and is offensive to the Son of God;] (ed) The left wing New York Times applauded it as “a rare gesture for a pontiff and a sign of openness toward other faiths and engagement with the secular world.” On Sep. 15, 2019, at a meeting with young people at Politeama Square in Palermo, Francis again dropped the traditional papal benediction and the Sign of the Cross. Instead, the pontiff offered a non-Trinitarian “ prayer of blessing” without mentioning the name of Jesus, instead asking God to “accompany all these young people on the journey and bless us all.” “It is hard to see what the Dalai Lama would have said differently,” a blog critical of the pope remarked. However, on Oct. 4, Francis blessed a Pachamama idol in the Vatican gardens and signed himself with the Sign of the Cross before an indigenous person who had brought the image up to the pontiff. The Feast of the Epiphany, popularly known as the Feast of the Three Kings (or Three Wise Men), marks the revelation of Jesus as the divine Son of God to the nations. In Greek, “epiphany” means “revelation.”