Bulletin Master. 9/6/2020-2.Pages
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Tone 4 - Prokeimon Holy Ascension Orthodox Church O Lord, how manifold are Thy works; / in wisdom hast Thou 209 S. Lehigh Ave. Frackville, PA 17931 made them all. Web Page — HAOCA.org vs: Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, my God, Thou art very V Rev. James M. Jadick 570-874-3162 [email protected] great! John Malinchok 570-590-2669 [email protected] Epistle - 1 Corinthians 16:13-24 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brethren: Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be Sunday September 6, 2020 — 13th Sunday After Pentecost strong. Let all your things be done with charity. I beseech you, Commemoration of the Miracle of the brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the Archangel Michael at Colossae firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the ministry of the saints,) That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth. I am glad Tone 4 - Tropar (Resurrection) of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for When the women disciples of the Lord / learned from the angel that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. For the joyous message of Thy Resurrection, / they cast away the they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ancestral curse / and elatedly told the apostles: / “Death is ye them that are such. The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila overthrown! / Christ God is risen, // granting the world great and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is mercy!” in their house. All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with a holy kiss. The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. Tone 4 - Troparion (Archangel Michael) If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema O Michael, commander of the heavenly hosts, / we who are Maranatha. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. My unworthy beseech thee: / by thy prayers encompass us beneath love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. the wings of thine immaterial glory, / and faithfully preserve us who fall down and cry out to thee: // Deliver us from all harm, for Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia thou art the commander of the Powers on high! -Go forth, prosper and reign, for the sake of meekness, righteousness and truth! Tone 4 - Kondak (Resurrection) -For Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest iniquity. My Savior and Redeemer / as God rose from the tomb and delivered the earth-born from their chains. / He has shattered Gospel: Matthew 21:33-42 the gates of hell, / and as Master, // He has risen on the third Let us attend: There was a certain householder, which planted day! a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went Tone 2 - Kondak (Archangel Michael) into a far country: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he O Michael, commander of God’s armies / and minister of the sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive divine glory, / prince of the bodiless angels / and guide of the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat mankind; / ask for what is good for us, and for great mercy, // one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent as the supreme commander of the Bodiless Hosts. other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, Financial Help - Please consider a “little extra” in your they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill envelopes since we are unable to hold our regular fundraisers! him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the lord Live Streaming - Will continue for the foreseeable future! therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those Please if you have any feedback about the viewing/listening, husbandmen? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy please let us know and we will try to make it better! those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. Safety In Church - We are very happy to have some of our Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The members returning to the services. We have the capability and stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head knowledge to insure that the church building itself, is safe for our of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our use. eyes? Pierogies - This Wednesday afternoon. New fingers are always Communion Hymn welcome. We practice social distancing along with masks and -Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! gloves! Come join the fun, see if you can tell who is hiding Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! behind each mask! Altar Vigil Candles: Eternal Memory of Elizabeth (Bette) Candy & Flitch Sale - St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church is Ruschak on her 10th Anniversary from John Raymond Ruschak having a candy sale. Please see the flyer on the bulletin board and Cheryl Ann Ruschak for all the details you need to put in an order. I can vouch for how tasty these treats are! Help support our local churches, just Bulletins: You can't glorify God without if you don't lift up your as they help to support us with our pierogies sales! fellow man, when choosing, choose peace. by Anonymous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bulletin & Candle Listing - The contact person for the offerings PSALM 67 (66) of weekly bulletins, candles and newsletters is Cheryl Ruschak. You can contact Cheryl at 570-617-3559. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face to shine upon us! That Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy Available Weekly Bulletins & Candles saving power among all nations. Let the peoples praise Thee, O September 13 Center Table Vigil Candles God, let all the peoples praise Thee! Let the nations be glad and September 20 Bulletins, Altar Candles, Center Table sing for joy, for Thou dost judge the people with equity and September 27 Altar Candles, Center Table guide the nations upon earth. Let the people praise Thee, O God; let all the peoples praise Thee! The earth has yielded its Something to Consider - If you cannot come to help with the increase; God, our God, has blessed us. God has blessed us; pierogies, please consider making a donation to offset the cost let all the ends of the earth fear Him! of the ingredients. Just as everywhere else, our prices keep rising; so much so, that we are raising the price of our product to $8 per dozen. First raise in more than 11 years! Icon of the Mother of God of cities, the holy monasteries and the churches. He restored cities along the Volga devastated by the enemy: Kashin, Uglich, Saint Theodore Yaroslavl’, Kostroma, Gorodets. The Theodore—Kostroma Icon of He founded he church of Theodore Stratelates at Kostroma and the Mother of God was painted by the Theodorov monastery near Gorodets in honor of his patron the Evangelist Luke and resembles saint. For eight years he ruled as Great Prince, but he had to the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of guide the land through a singularly difficult path, maintaining a God. military-political balance with the Golden Horde to the East, while mounting an active opposition to Catholic Europe in the This icon received its name from West. His closest companion was his son, Saint Alexander Great Prince Yaroslav Nevsky, who also continued his policies. Vsevolodovich (+ 1246), the father of Saint Alexander Nevsky, and who The wonderworking Theodore Icon of the Mother of God was in holy Baptism was named constantly with Saint Alexander, and he prayed before it. After Theodore in honor of Saint Saint Alexander Nevsky died on November 14, 1263 at the Theodore Stratelates (February 8). monastery founded by his father, the icon was taken by his younger brother Basil. According to Tradition, the icon was found by his elder brother, Saint George (February 4), in an old Basil Yaroslavich was the youngest (eighth) son of Yaroslav wooden chapel near the city of Gorodets. Later, the Gorodetsk Vsevolodovich. In 1246 after the death of his father (Prince Theodorov monastery was built on this spot. Prince Yaroslav- Yaroslav was poisoned in the capital city of Mongolia, Theodore became the Great Prince of Vladimir after his brother Karakorum when he was only five years old) Basil became Saint George perished in battle with the Mongols at the Sita prince of the Kostroma appanage-holding, the least important of River. In the year 1239, he solemnly transferred the relics of his his father’s domains. In the year 1272, he became Great Prince brother from Rostov to the Vladimir Dormition cathedral. He of Vladimir. gave the icon which he inherited from his brother to his own son, Saint Alexander Nevsky. Ya r o s l a v - T h e o d o r e i s His four years as Great Prince (1272-1276) were filled with renowned in Russian history. He continued with the glorious fratricidal princely quarrels. For several years he waged war traditions of his uncle Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (July 4), and of against Novgorod with an unruly nephew Demetrius. In his father Vsevolod III Big-Nest, and he was connected to becoming Great Prince, however, Basil did not journey to almost all of the significant events in the history of Rus in the Vladimir, but remained under the protection of the first half of the thirteenth century.