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 at Colossae firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the ministry of the ,) 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 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 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 / 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!

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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, (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. wonderworking icon at Kostroma, regarding this place as safer in case of new outbreaks of strife. Russia was burned and torn apart by the Mongols in 1237-1238. He raised it up from the ashes, rebuilt and embellished the He had occasion also to defend Rus against external enemies. In 1276, Prince Basil completed his life’s journey. Most of the In 1272, during a Tatar incursion, a Russian army came forth important events in his life occured with the blessing of the from Kostroma to engage them. Following the example of his Theodore Icon of the Mother of God. He died at Kostroma, and grandfather, Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (who took the there he also found his final resting place. Since that time, the wonderworking Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God with him on holy icon has been in the Kostroma cathedral of Saint Theodore military campaigns), Prince Basil went into battle with the Stratelates. wonderworking Theodore Icon. A blinding light came forth from the holy image, and the Tatars dispersed and fled from the Renewed interest in the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God Russian land. and the spread of its veneration throughout all Russia is connected with events of the beginning of the seventeenth The Chronicles say that the Great Prince Basil had a special century, and the end of the Time of Troubles. In the year 1613, love for the Church and the clergy. After the martyric death of the wonderworking Theodore Icon from the Kostroma cathedral Metrophanes of Vladimir during the storming of Vladimir was used at the proclamation of Michael Romanov as the new by Tatars on February 4, 1238, the Vladimir diocese had Tsar. In memory of this historic event, March 14 was designated remained widowed for many years. This grieved Great Prince for the commemoration of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of Basil. With his help, a large cathedral was constructed in God. Vladimir in 1274. This was apparently in connection with the consecration of Saint Serapion (July 12) as Bishop of Vladimir. Numerous copies were made from the Kostroma Theodore Icon, He was an igumen from the Monastery of the Caves. and one of the first was commissioned and brought to Moscow by Tsar Michael’s mother, the Martha. From the second half Metropolitan Cyril III (+ 1282) presided over a council of Russian of the seventeenth century, various copies of the Theodore Icon hierarchs. This was the first council in the Russian Church since were enlarged with scenes depicting events from the history of the time of the Mongol invasion. Many problems and disorders the wonderworking icon. had arisen in Church life, but the Russian Church was just barely beginning to recover from the woe that had befallen it. In the year 1670 the hierodeacon Longinus from the Kostroma One of its main tasks was to recover a Russian churchly literacy, Hypatiev monastery wrote the “Narrative concerning the and the restoration of the tradition of the ancient Russian Manifestations and Miracles of the Theodore Icon of the Mother “princely order.” of God in Kostroma.” Not all the things contained in it agree with things previously stated. Without books the Church’s salvific activity would be almost impossible. Books were needed for church services, and for The Theodore Icon is two-sided. On the reverse side is the preaching, for the monastic cell rule, and for believers to read at image of the holy Great Paraskeva, depicted in the home. Through the efforts of Metropolitan Cyril and the Russian splendid attire of a princess. It is believed that the image of and monastic scholars, this important task was begun. Paraskeva on the reverse of the icon is connected with the wife The council approved new editions of essential books which of Saint Alexander Nevsky. formed the canonical basis of Orthodox church life. oca.org