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Sunday Of The Fathers Of The First Seventh of Pascha Scripture Readings: Reading: Acts 20:16-18 28-36 Reading: John 17:1-13

Reflections on the present Scriptures: "Seeing He ever lives to make for us" (Heb.7:25). O how beautiful and mystical and kind! For to intercede ...is to plead for us by reason of his mediatorship, just as the Spirit also is said to make intercession for us. For "there is one God, and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ " (Rom.8:26, I Tim.2:5). He still pleads even now as man for my salvation; for He continues to wear the body which He assumed, until He shall make me God by the power of His incarnation ...Thus, too, we have an advocate, Jesus Christ, not indeed prostrating Himself for us before the Father ...but by what He suffered as man, He as the Word and the counselor persuades Him to be patient. I think this is the meaning of His advocacy. St. Dear Members and Friends of St. Irene Parish,

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever! Slava Isusu Chrystu! Slava naviky Bogu!

Important Notice Regarding Services in the Dear Parishioners and Friends of Our Parish, We continue to strictly follow the Plan for Limited Reopening of our Church for Divine Services unless I will hear directly from the church authorities about allowable changes. There has been a lot of speculation about the reopening of the State. As long as I do not have an official notice of any changes in the policy, we follow the rules that were sent to you last week. Thank you! Beloved in Christ, those who have not sign up but are planning to take part in the Divine tomorrow, please let me know of your intentions. I make a new list for every Divine Service. There are only 4 spots left for tomorrow. Let me remind you that up to 25 people can attend the Divine Liturgy. Thank you for understanding. If you want to sign up for any Divine Service, you can do so by sending an email to ([email protected]) or calling or texting to (646) 717-2366. We might not have the for every service during week, so we are asking you to help with singing. Below is the link with music for those who will not be present at the Sundays Divine Liturgy but will prayerfully unite in common by watching the live stream of the Liturgy. Watch Divine Liturgy from St Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral at 10:00 a.m. (local Arizona time) on Sunday People's book for the Divine Liturgy Music for Divine Liturgy

Divine Services Schedule MAY 24—MAY 31, 2020 Monday, May 25—Memorial Day 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy Panachida (Memorial Service) following the Divine Liturgy for the repose of those Men and Women who died in Service to our Country Tuesday, May 26 9:00 Divine Liturgy In the intention of the givers followed by Byzantine Rosary Wednesday, May 27 9:00 Divine Liturgy In the intention of the givers followed by Byzantine Rosary Thursday, May 28 9:00 Divine Liturgy In the intention of the givers followed by Byzantine Rosary Friday, May 29 9:00 Divine Liturgy In the intention of the givers followed by Byzantine Rosary 7:00 p.m. Moleben in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday, May 30 - Fifth All Souls Saturday 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy followed by a Panachida (Memorial Service) 7:00 p.m. Great Sunday, May 24 — Sunday 9:30 a.m.—Rosary & Third Hour 10:00 a.m.—Divine Liturgy followed by Vespers of Pentecost Sunday with Kneeling

Confession: Dear parishioners and friends of St Irene Parish, if anyone would like to have a Holy Mystery of Repentance (), let me know, and we will schedule a time and day.

May is the month of special veneration of the Most Holy . This Friday we will have the last Moleben for May to the mother of God. I attached links for The and Moleben to the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.

NEW EDUCATIONAL SERIES offered by publication God With Us. Topic: The Third Heaven: The Key to the of St. Paul Description: In this study we’ll explore the life of the thirteenth Apostle and the impact of his conversion on the Church, and learn how to read Paul’s epistles in the context of his life to understand them more fully. Time: Jun 3, 2020 08:00 PM Jun 10, 2020 08:00 PM Jun 17, 2020 08:00 PM Time shows in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Speaker: Rev. Sebastian Carnazzo PhD You can register here

Please remember in your prayers: For health and salvation: Gerald N Dino, Fr. Frank Knuzel, Fr. Chris Zugger, Tony and family, James, Ellie, Kanye & Kim, Michael Cernovich, Stephan Molyveux, Glen Damewood, Luc and family, Carol, Alex, Gloria, Dan Goff, Vasyl Zhabko, Michael Baron For repose of the departed: + Kristina Beresh, + Fr. Michael Irwin, +Dorothy Beresh, + Fr. Stephen Casmus Please let me know if you would like to add new names to our prayer list.

Tithing: You can mail your regular donation to: St. Irene Byzantine 4630 N Maryland Ave Portland, OR 97217 Thank you. May God reward you abundantly .

Eparchial Appeal 2020: We are in a time of Annual collection "Eparchial Appeal 2020". By the date, our parish have collected $2,175.00. Our goal is $4,416.89. Suggested donation is $275.00 per household. Some can donate more, some less. My goal is that everyone in our parish takes part in this collection. Kindly give what you can to help our Eparchy and our Church. There are few ways to donate:*You can donate online. Please go to ephx.org, then click “Home- Eparchy of Phoenix” ,then click “Giving”. Make sure you note that you are from St. Irene Church, Portland OR *You can ask me for the 2020 Eparchial Appeal brochure, Pledge / Payment form. * Mail the check to St. Irene. Please write a check to St. Irene and put in memo "The Eparchial Appeal". Thank you for your generosity. Sunday of the First Ecumenical Council The Church today prayerfully remembers the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council (gathering of all the world’s ) in Nicaea, which once met in 325 AD in order to investigate the heresy of Arius. We know that in the first centuries of , the Church endured severe persecution, but despite the fact that the persecution was bloody, despite the fact that thousands of Christians died under torture for their confession of faith, nonetheless, it was not dangerous for the Church itself. The Christian of the first centuries remembered well that the Lord Jesus Christ said: “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Mt 10:28). And in the Apocalypse He said: “be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life” (Rev 2:10). In these bloody persecutions, Christians were faithful to the end, went to a martyr’s death, and received from the Lord Savior the crown of eternal life earned by them. When this era of persecution ended, another began. This was much more dangerous for the Church. The heresy of Arius, which appeared when the persecution had ended, agitated the entire Church. Arius was a scholar and an eloquent – a pastor in the city of Alexandria. Once Bishop Alexander of Alexandria spoke with his about the Mystery of the Holy , about the equality of its Persons that the Holy Trinity is a Trinity of Unity, inasmuch as in three Persons there is One Divine Essence, One Divine Nature. Arius boldly stood up, began to contradict him, and began to assert that the Son of God is not equal to , as Bishop Alexander had said, or not born of Him, but created by Him, as a creature, as creation. Alexander tried to reason with gentle admonitions to reason with Arius, but he persevered. And since he was eloquent, this heresy arose, and because of him it spread and eventually roused the entire Church. In the end, an Ecumenical Council assembled. The overwhelming majority of bishops (and more than 300 assembled for the Council) stood firmly for the orthodox faith, condemned the heresy of Arius, and excommunicated him from the Church as a persistent and uncorrected heretic. Today we remember the First Ecumenical Council, which condemned Arius and his heresy. Amen. Full article at http://ishmaelite.blogspot.com/ (5/15/2010) Do not forget prayer─it is the life of the soul. + St. Nikon of Optina