The Forerunner

weekly bulletin of St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church Orthodox Church in America – Archdiocese of Pittsburgh 601 Boone Avenue, Canonsburg, PA 15317 724-745-8216 – www.frunner.org – www.facebook.com/frunneroca/

Memory Eternal, Vladyka Theodosius!

October 24th/25th, AD 2020 20th Saturday after Pentecost/5th Saturday of Luke St. Demetrius Memorial Saturday 20th Sunday after Pentecost/5th Sunday of Luke (Tone 2) Holy Martyrs Marcian & Martyrius

Home Parish of the Ever-Memorable Met. Theodosius, (+10/19) May his memory be eternal! Вѣчная память! Rector, Fr. John Joseph Kotalik 425-503-2891 – [email protected] Assigned Clergy: Protodeacon John Oleynik, 724-366-0678 Deacon Theodosius Onest, 724-809-3491 Parish President & Warden, Mr. Kiprian Yarosh, 724-743-0231 Interim Choir Director, Mrs. Diane Yarosh; Cantor, Lara Galis

All Services are Live-Streamed Online on our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/StJohntheBaptistOrthodoxChurchCanonsburg/live Upcoming Schedule October 24, Saturday (St. Demetrius Memorial Saturday): -8:45 – 9:15 AM, Confession -9:30 AM, Divine Liturgy (Open to all & live-streamed via YouTube) Church Open Until Noon -4:30 PM, Catechesis -6:00 PM, Vespers (Live-streamed via YouTube) & Confession Followed by Fellowship Meal to Use Up Leftovers from Vladyka’s Funeral October 25, Sunday: -8:45 – 9:00 AM, Confession -9:30 AM, Divine Liturgy (Last names P-Z & live-streamed via YouTube) Church Open Until Noon October 26, Monday (Great Martyr Demetrius): -10:00 AM, Divine Liturgy (Open to All) @ St. Nicholas Orthodox Church: 1 St Nicholas Dr, Donora October 27, Tuesday: -7:00 PM, All-OCA Online Church School for Middle and High School Students: Every Tuesday, go to https://www.oca.org/ocs and click your age group! -6:30 PM, Vespers for St. Job of Pochaev (Live-streamed via YouTube) & Confession

October 28, Wednesday (ST. JOB OF POCHAEV – ALTAR SAINT): -9:00 AM, Divine Liturgy (Live-streamed via YouTube) -6:30 PM, Moleben to St. Job of Pochaev (Live-streamed via YouTube) & Confession October 31, Saturday: -8:45 – 9:15 AM, Confession -9:30 AM, Divine Liturgy (Last names P-Z & live-streamed via YouTube) Church Open Until Noon -4:30 PM, Catechesis -6:00 PM, Vespers (Live-streamed via YouTube) & Confession November 1, Sunday: -8:45 – 9:00 AM, Confession -9:30 AM, Divine Liturgy (Last names A-O & live-streamed via YouTube) Church Open Until Noon October 27, Tuesday: -7:00 PM, All-OCA Online Church School for Middle and High School Students: Every Tuesday, go to https://www.oca.org/ocs and click your age group! Donations We thank our dedicated parishioners for their continued donations in this trying time; the parish still has bills and it is only by our sacrificial offerings that we can continue to meet our financial responsibilities. If unable or uncomfortable coming to church, please mail your donation. Additionally, you can now give online: go to tithe.ly and search for St. John Orthodox Church – Canonsburg. Fundability Our parish scrip program – Fundability – is still taking orders. Please call or text Wendy Petronka at 724-255-5046 or email her at [email protected] in order to place your order and to arrange to get your gift cards. One of our dedicated Fundability helpers will be available after our weekend Liturgies too! Food Drive Chronic hunger is always a problem in the United States and Washington County, but the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic have made the issue worse. Even before the pandemic, Washington County had a food insecurity rate of over 10% and now, with the unemployment rate of 12.8% (an 8.3% increase from last year and above the national average of 7.4%); that rate is rising. Please consider purchasing one or two non-perishable food items when you shop. You can drop off the items in the narthex the next time you are in church, and Committee members will deliver it to area food banks. If you’d like to contribute in other ways, baby supplies (diapers, wipes, & formula) and toiletries are also needed. Any financial donations are welcome too! If you have questions, please contact Julianna Cario: 724-263-1046. Toy Drive The Jr. O Club is sponsoring a Toy/Gift Drive from September 26th to November 8th. New or gently used toys will help support the Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church Toy Chest. While toys for little kids are appreciated and accepted, toys and goods for older kids (ages 13 to 17) are especially needed. There is a box in the narthex. St. Demetrius Memorial Saturday (Oct. 24) In 1380, the Grand Prince of Moscow, St. Dimity Donskoy, instituted this commem- oration in honor of his heavenly patron, the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica (a Roman general who had refused to worship the Emperor rather than Christ), and in memory of those faithful Orthodox who had fallen at the Battle of Kulikovo (Sept. 8, 1380), giving their lives to free Russia from Muslim tyranny. On the Saturday before St. Demetrius’ Feast (Oct. 26), we commemorate all Orthodox Christians who have offered their lives for the good of the Holy Church and in defence of their homelands. We also commemorate all the departed from our parish, as well as any additional names which might be brought. Please consider coming to Liturgy, or the Pannikhida on the eve, to pray for our departed brethren; even if you can’t make it, feel free to offer your names! OCA Online Church School To help our youth stay involved and catechized during the pandemic, the OCA has decided to continue with its online church school for middle and high school students. Classes will be held every Tuesday at 7:00 pm EST, with separate classes for middle and high school students. Please attending if you are able. It’s easy: every Tuesday, go to https://www.oca.org/ocs and then click on your age group! Apartment Fire Response On Sunday, Sept. 27, a fire ravaged the apartment complex on Summit Avenue, down the hill from the church. 1 unit was destroyed, 25 were damaged, and 45 resi- dents have been displaced. They are currently overwhelmed with donated goods, but to address financial needs, Mayor Rhome and the Ministerial Association have set up a fund through the Canonsburg Lions Club. If you would make a donation to this fund, please send checks made out to the Canonsburg Lions Club to the Clearview Federal Credit Union located at 105 E Pike St, Canonsburg, PA 15317, writing “Summit Avenue Fire Victims” in the memo line. Consider Helping a College Student One of our college students has courageously decided to stand up and do the right thing, even though it meant an increase in living expenses by $250/month. Please consider helping one of our college students in their choice to follow Christ; if you’d like to help, write “Melissa Yoder Expenses” on your envelope or check’s memo line. Where’s the Belltower?! If you didn’t notice when you walked in, the bell tower has been removed and placed to the side of the church while the bells undergo a MUCH needed refurbishment project. Most importantly, a new ringing system is being installed – so no more flicker- ing lights when they ring! As you can see, the cupola itself could also use some refur- bishment, and we are looking into options for this. Many thanks to Richard Blaha and Chris Weber for all their hard work in organizing this project! The cost of the bell work will be at least $26k, and we are waiting on an estimate for the cupolas. While the main- tenance fund will be able to cover these costs, any donations would be a great help! Why ‘Father, Bless’? You may have noticed that we were now saying “Father, bless” rather than “Master, bless” at the conclusion of our services this weekend. While our beloved Met. Theodosius was in residence at our parish, his episcopal staff (called a ‘crozier’ or ‘zhezhl’, the symbol of his authority) remained in our church, representing him even when he was not present. We thus addressed our prayers to Vladyka (which is the Russian word for ‘Master’). Now that he has fallen asleep in the Lord, we must go back to ‘Father, bless’, as is the case in a parish when a bishop of his staff is not present. Leftover Get-Together after Vespers on Oct. 24 Thankfully, we had more than enough food to offer to those who came to pay their respects and offer their prayers for Vladyka Theodosius this week. However, we have many snacks and goodies left over which we need to use up before they go bad. Pleas join us in the parish hall after Vespers on Oct. 24 for a change for some much-needed fellowship, especially when we are unable to do full coffee hours. Please maintain as much social distance as possible, and wear a mask when not eating/drinking. St. Michael’s Day Party at the Galis’ House Following the annual parish meeting on Sunday, November 8th, Michael and Lara Galis would like to invite you all to their house for an outside-only get-together in honor of the Archangel Michael, whose feast is commemorated on November 8th. There will be pizza, salad, drinks, mountain pies on the bonfire, and NFL football on the projector. Barring uncooperative weather, all are welcome after the parish meeting until around 4pm or so. Use of the inside of the house will be limited to the restroom due to COVID concerns, so dress warmly. Don't feel like you need to bring anything, but if you want to, bring a side or dessert. 261 Oak Hill Dr., Washington, PA 15301. OCF Sunday & Awareness Month Sunday, Oct. 4, is OCF Sunday, on which we are to pray for and recognize the efforts of the Orthodox Church’s college ministry here in the USA. Sadly, 60% of our youth who begin college as Orthodox Christians leave college having left the faith. OCF strives to stem this tide by acting as the loving presence of Christ and the Orthodox Church on college campuses; to be an integral part of students’ spiritual formation by challenging them to explore the Faith; and to inspire students to commit to living an Orthodox Christian way of life daily. This is accomplished by a growing network of on-campus OCF chapters led by talented students, clergy, and lay advisors as well as through programs such as Regional Retreats, College Conference, Real Break, and the Summer Leadership Institute. However, only 10% of the 30k-40k Orthodox students are currently involved in their university’s OCF chapter (if there even is one). To help in these efforts, a collection will be taken at the end of the month, which will then be matched by a grant which the OCF has received for the month of October. Remember that Waynesburg’s OCF has already brought three converts into the Church, as well as our newest catechumen. Please keep OCF in your prayers! OCA Online Church School To help our youth stay involved and catechized during the pandemic, the OCA has decided to continue with its online church school for middle and high school students. Classes will be held every Tuesday at 7:00 pm EST, with separate classes for middle and high school students. Please attending if you are able. It’s easy: every Tuesday, go to https://www.oca.org/ocs and then click on your age group! Parish Assembly: Nov. 8 After Divine Liturgy on Sunday, November 8, we will be holding our annual Parish Assembly. This year, given the Coronavirus, the meeting will be held upstairs in the nave, which should allow for appropriate social distancing based on last year’s attendance of 55 voting members. The meeting will be live-streamed on YouTube, and comments/questions can be posted there to be read by Mat. Janine, who will be monitoring the live-stream. Per our parish bylaws, voting membership consists of all adults who have participated in the sacraments of Confession and Communion at least twice in the past year, and who have contributed financially to the parish (any amount). Because of the current dispensation from Confession requirements, this year voting membership will be opened to those who have confessed and communed once since last year’s assembly. Confessing to another priest is completely acceptable, but Fr. John needs to be made aware of this in order to bestow full voting membership. If you need to make an appointment to make your confession before the Assembly, please contact Fr. John. Parish Council Nominations At this year’s Parish Assembly, all officer positions are up for re-election (president, vice-president, financial secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, and recording secretary) as well as half of the board of trustee members (six positions). Parish Council membership is open to all parishioners who meet the minimum requirements for full voting parish membership. However, as the parish council is tasked with the high calling to be examples for the rest of the parish in terms of participation in church life, our parish council members must be zealous for the Orthodox Faith, frequent participants in the Holy Mysteries of Confession and Communion (ideally partaking of weekly Communion and regularly Confession), active in the parish (most importantly the divine services), and with a strong desire to work for the Lord and for the upbuilding of His Church. As examples for the parish, council members should regularly attend Sunday morning Divine Liturgy and Saturday evening Vespers, as well as strive to attend to participate fully in the liturgical life of the Church (feast days, fasts, Holy Week, etc.), insofar as their schedules allow. The council serves as the priest’s “brain trust”, with the skills, expertise, wisdom, and dedication to help guide the parish priest in administering the parish on behalf of the bishop, meeting monthly in this task (3rd Thursday of each month), as well as other times if necessary. If you would like to help lead our parish to the greater glory of God, or know of someone else whom you believe should be involved, please contact Fr. John with nominations for either officers or membership in the Board of Trustees. All eligible nominations will then be forwarded to Diane Yarosh, who is our nominations coordinator for this year’s parish assembly. In turn, the parish assembly will then elect our parish council for the coming year. Officers are elected by position, and the Board of Trustees is composed of the six top vote-getters. Remarks by Met. Tikhon at the Pannikhida for Met. Theodosius at St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church, Canonsburg, PA, October 21, 2020 Your Eminences, Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers, This evening, we lift up prayers on the third day of repose of the newly-departed servant of God, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Theodosius, of blessed memory. We offer these prayers in his home parish, the Church of Saint John the Baptist, as a fitting place to bid farewell to one who was born and raised here, in the local neighborhood of Canonsburg, within the embrace of his pious earthly family and the nurturing of the parish community, which has now gathered to commend his soul into the hands of our Lord Jesus Christ, just as they received him at his entrance into this earthly life in 1933. From his earliest days, Metropolitan Theodosius faithfully and consistently served Christ and the Holy Orthodox Church, offering his talents on the highest levels of the ministry of administration in the Church: as hierodeacon, hieromonk, diocesan bishop, and most eminently, as Primate of the Orthodox Church in America for a quarter of a century, or half of her existence as an autocephalous Church. Even when fulfilling the most exalted aspects of this sacred service, whether presiding at hierarchical and primatial liturgies, receiving the Tomos of Autocephaly, hosting heads of Churches, or advising heads of state, Metropolitan Theodosius always remained an altar server at heart, that is, a humble servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as he had learned to be when he stood in the altar of this parish. In this, he most clearly offered all of us an image of the humility and meekness of the Lord. On behalf of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, I offer my sincere condolences to the rector of Saint John the Baptist Church, Father John Kotalik, together with Matushka Janine, and all the parishioners of Saint John the Baptist. During the past several months, Father John has ministered to Metropolitan Theodosius and has also kept me and my office informed of developments with respect to his health. I am grateful to him and to all the members of the parish who have provided hospitality to Metropolitan Theodosius throughout his life and ministry, and especially in his retirement. We also offer our gratitude to Archpriest Joseph Oleynik, the long-serving immediate past rector of this parish, and Matushka Annice, for their many years of prayerful love and filial support for His Beatitude. Both Father Joseph and now Father John have maintained a constant foundation of pastoral encouragement for Metropolitan Theodosius by keeping him well-connected to the liturgical, sacramental, and communal life of Saint John the Baptist, even under sometimes challenging circumstances. My special thanks go also to Protodeacon John and Myra Oleynik who greatly assisted in this task, faithfully serving and assisting Metropolitan Theodosius by taking care of both his spiritual and practical needs for these many years. Truly your service is a great honor and testimony to the respect and honor he commanded of all of us. I am grateful this evening for the presence and prayers of the members of the Holy Synod, His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin, of San Francisco and the Diocese of the West, and His Eminence Archbishop Melchisedek, the local bishop here in Pittsburgh and the Diocese of Western Pennsylvania, who are here with us this evening and, along with other hierarchs and clergy over the next few days, will join me in offering our thanks to God for the life and service of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Theodosius. May his soul rest in the bosom of Abraham, may he find peace in the land of the living, and may his memory be eternal. Why was Metropolitan Theodosius’ Face Covered? Many have asked why Vladyka’s face was covered as he lay in state in the church and during the funeral services. This is actually the prescribed practice for priests and bishops at their funerals. Perhaps you might recall Fr. John’s ordination, when he held the ‘aer’ over his head as he offered himself for ordination to the Holy Priesthood. The aer is the liturgical veil we use to cover the bread and wine as it is being offered to God during the Divine Liturgy, but the aer also covers the head of the priest as he is being offered to God along with the bread and wine. At his ordination, the face of a priest is covered to signify that he offers his life to the service of the Holy Mysteries of the Body and Blood of Christ: he offers his whole person as a living sacrifice to Christ. Those who serve in the Holy Priesthood – priests and bishops – are thus covered at their death just as at their ordination. This reminds us of the fact that the departed priest or bishop offered himself totally to God, dying to oneself for the sake of God’s people. This is the same reason the priest dresses in clerical garments: the priest no longer is meant to represent himself, but Christ and His Church to the world. Not being able to behold our beloved archpastor is of course not easy, but instead of focusing on the fact that we cannot behold his face, we should instead rejoice! Why? If we recall, in chapter 34 of Exodus, Moses descended from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Ten Commandments, but because he had been with God, his face shone so brightly that the children of Israel could not bare to look at Moses, and so Moses placed a veil upon his face so that he might give them the Law. We pray that, due to Met. Theodosius’ time upon the mystical Mount Sinai – the holy place of God, the sanctuary, where the great Mystery of God coming to dwell with us through the precious Body and Blood of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ comes to pass – his face too might have been so transfigured and radiant that we could not bear to look upon him. This doesn’t make it any easier, but we must ultimately remember that Met. Theodosius struggled to give himself for us just as Christ gave himself for us, and that even in this, Met. Theodosius reminds us of a final lesson: it isn’t about him, or the personality of any priest or bishop, but about Jesus Christ and His Gospel. May we pray that the living God help us to behold Vladyka’s face in the age to come. The Full Kontakion of the Priest’s Funeral While Vladyka’s face may have been covered, Fr. Joe’s homily reminds us that Met. Theodosius still spoke to us through the words of the Church. In fact, some of the prayers of the priest’s funeral placed words – addressing us! – in his mouth. None of these are more striking than the stanzas of the Kontakion from this service, which was unfortunately cut short due to concerns with the Coronavirus. The full text is below: Kontakion: With the Saints give rest, O Christ, to the souls of Thy servant, where sickness and sorrow are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting. Stanza 1: Thou only art Immortal, who hast created and fashioned man; for out of the earth were we mortals made, and unto the same earth shall we return again, as Thou didst command when Thou madest me, saying unto me: ‘For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”’ Whither we mortals all shall go, making our funeral dirge the song: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. [Hebrew for ‘Praise the Lord’] Stanza 2 (2-24 are addressed to us, form the departed): In thought I beg you: hearken to me, for with difficulty I announce these things. For your sakes I have moaned; perhaps it may profit one of you. But when you sing these words, make mention now and then of me whom you once knew. For often have we walked together, and together in the house of God have sung: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 3: Rise and make ready, and when you are set, hear the word. Terrible, O brethren, is the judgment seat before which we must all stand. There is neither slave nor freeman there; there is neither small nor great, but we all shall stand naked there. Thus it is good to sing together this psalm: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 4: Let us all be consumed with tears when we behold these earthly remains stretched out, when we all draw near to kiss them and perhaps utter words like these: Lo, thou hast abandoned us who love thee. Thou speakest no longer with us, O friend. Why dost thou not speak as thou didst once? Why dost thou hold thy peace who used to say with us: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 5: O brethren, why do the dying speak such bitter words as they depart hence? I am parted from my brethren. All my friends I abandon hence. Yet I do not understand where I am going nor what is to become of me there. Only God, who has summoned me, knows. But keep my commemoration with the song: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 6: Where are the souls now going? And how do they dwell together there? This mystery I have desired to learn but none can teach aright. Do they remember their own as we do them? Or have they forgotten all who mourn and sing: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 7: Accompany the dead, O friends, and approach the grave with mindfulness. Look carefully and ready your feet. All youth is fallen into corruption there; all the flower of life is faded. They are dust and ashes and worms; all is silent there, and no man says: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 8: Lo, now we behold him who lies here, but shall never lie before us any more. Lo, already his tongue is stilled. And lo, his mouth has ceased to speak. Farewell, O my friends, my children. Farewell, O brethren. Farewell, O my comrades, for I go forth upon my way. But make commemoration of me with this song: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 9: None of former friends and kinfolk gone before us have returned to life to tell us how they fare. Wherefore we often ask if we will see each other there. Shall we see our brethren there? Shall we there be able to say the psalm: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 10: We go forth on the path of eternity, and as ones condemned, with downcast faces, we present ourselves before the only God eternal. Where then is comeliness? Where then is wealth? Where then is the glory of this world? There none of these things will aid us, but only oft to say the psalm: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 11: What is this untimely vexation, O mortals? Yet one hour, and all things shall pass away. For in Hell there is no repentance, nor further remission. There is a worm that does not sleep; there is a land of darkness and shadow, where I must be judged. For I was not eager to recite the psalm: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 12: Nothing is so soon forgotten by a man as a man who has parted. If for a brief time we remember, we immediately forget death, as if we do not die ourselves. Parents, also, utterly forget their children, whom from their own bodies they have borne and reared, and, with tears, have accompanied the song: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 13: I will remember you, my brethren, my children and my friends. Do not forget me when you pray to the Lord. I entreat, beseech and implore that you learn this by heart and mourn for me night and day. I say to you as Job to his friends: sit again and say: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 14: Leaving all behind us, we go forth naked and grieving to present ourselves before God. For like the grass does beauty fade, and we mortals are only allured by it. Thou wast born naked, O wretched one, and naked must thou appear there. Dream not, O mortal, of the sweetness in this life, but groan in mourning: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 15: If thou hast shown mercy to a man, O mortal, that same mercy will be shown thee there. If thou hast shown compassion on an orphan, then He will deliver thee from want. If in this life thou didst clothe the naked, then He will give thee shelter there and sing the psalm: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 16: Toilsome is the path on which I must travel, one I have never traveled before. Unknown is that land, and no one knows anything of me there. Awesome it is to behold my guides of Him who has called me, the Lord of Life and Death, Who calls us at His will: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 17: If journeying from another land, we stand in need of guides, what shall we do when we come to a land still unknown? Many guides wilt thou need then, and many prayers, as well, to save the wretched soul; until thou dost come to Christ and say to Him: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 18: They who are enslaved to the material passions shall find no pardon there whatsoever. For there are the dread accusers; there, also, the books are opened. Where wilt thou gaze around, O mortal? And who shall save thee? Unless thou hast led an upright life, and has done good to the needy, singing: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 19: At the hour of death, youth and the beauty of the body fade away, the tongue burns fiercely, and the throat is inflamed. The beauty of the eyes is quenched then, the comeliness of the face is altered, the shapeliness of the neck is destroyed; and the rest is silent, not saying: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 20: Hush, then, be silent. Keep your silence before him who lies here, and gaze upon the mighty mystery; for terrible is this hour. Be silent, that the soul may go forth in peace, for it is constrained to a great ordeal, and in fear it often prays to God: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 21: I beheld a dying child and mourned my life. For he was greatly agitated and trembled greatly when the hour had come, and cried, O father, help me! O mother, save me! No one could help him then, but they helplessly stood and gazed at him, and wept for him in the grave: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 22: How many are suddenly snatched from their wedding to the grave, united by an eternal bond, and moaned endlessly and have not yet risen from that bridal chamber! But is was both marriage and the grave, both union and disunion, both laughter and weeping, and the psalm: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 23: We are inflamed with ecstasy if we but hear there is light eternal there: that there is a fountain of our life and everlasting delight. There is Paradise, where every soul of the Righteous rejoices. Let us all also enter into Christ, that we all may cry out: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Stanza 24: O all-holy and unwedded Virgin, who hast brought forth the Ineffable Light, I pray, beseech, and entreat thee: Cease not to implore the Lord for thy servant who has fallen asleep, O most pure Lady, that he may find remission of his iniquities on the Day of Judgment. For thou, O Sovereign Lady, dost ever have boldness to beseech thy Son: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Kontakion: With the Saints give rest, O Christ, to the souls of Thy servant, where sickness and sorrow are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting. Memory Eternal! – Вѣчная память! – Věčnaja pamjat! Newly Departed (Parishioners in Bold): Sergei Zhalgin (10/15) His Beatitude, Met. Theodosius (10/19) Anniversaries of the Departed: Paul Chupinsky (10/24/1921) Helen Kirr (10/25/1922) Mary Uchal (10/25/1981) John Danyo (10/26/1923) John Wengrim (10/26/1949) Wasyl Dayak (10/26/1962) Hermine Feyche (10/26/1996) Stephen Zubenko (10/26/1999) John Goga (10/27/1918) Gary Dougall (10/27/1965) Andrew Chopak (10/28/1990) Thomas Chopak (10/28/2009) John Krasnovksy (10/29/1933) Michael Poznyakov (10/29/1947) John Senko (10/30/1920) Anna Nestor (10/30/1940) Mary Kotyk (10/30/1942) John Gillespie (10/30/2000) Peter Kulashenko (10/30/1919) Pozalia Stofko (10/31/1931) Yuri Sotanko (11/1/1922) Michael Sweda (11/1/1956) Alexander Elias Feyche (11/1/1975) Steven Drochak (11/1/2011) Many Years! – Многая лѣта! – Mnohaja i blahaja lěta! Namedays: Alfred Davis (10/26) Birthdays: Katie Roberto (10/24) Jane Shamitko (10/29) Samuel Simko (10/29) Jo Fedorchak (11/1) Joseph Cario (11/1) We pray for the health and salvation of: All those suffering from the Elaine (Gwen Bushko) Pr. John, Mat. Nadia, and spiritual, bodily, material, Elizabeth (Demsher) the child Jonah born of and financial effects of Peter (Craig Kachmarsky) her (Parker) the Coronavirus Mark (Kotabelnikov) Alexander & Marissa, and Met. Amfilohije (Radović) Shirley (Lazorchak) the child to be born of her Abp. David (Mahaffey) Janice (Lenart) (Schenken) Igumen Patrick (Carpenter) Donald (Marsico) for the catechumens and Apr. John (Horosky) Albert (Maruskin) inquirers: Anthony, Apr. George & Brandon (Mayberry) Hannah, Daniel, Emily, Pres. Dianthe (Livanos) Gregg (Nescott) Vincent & Melissa Apr. John (Reeves) Deborah (Onest) Apr. Michael (Hatrak) Peter & Dorothy (Petronka) Pr. Benjamin (Tucci) Michael & Mary (Pirih) Mat. Natasha (Lazor) Gabriel (Prince) Mat. Kelly Elizabeth Anastasia (Rudolph) (Oleynik) Meretta (Stockman) Mat. Alexandra (Safchuk) Carol (Sweda) Mat. Sophia (Sokolov) Dennis (Sweda) Mat. Susanne (Senyo) Luis (Thompson) Mat. Cindy (Voytovich) Richard (Trombetta) Diane (Arcoletti) Mary Kay (Weber) Shirley (Brookman) Joseph & Mary Ann John (Boschuk) (Zupancic) Darcie (Burkholder)