E Bulletin St Innocent Orthodox Church The Church St Innocent of Irkutsk is a parish of the Diocese of the West, The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) 5657 Lindley Ave. Tarzana, CA 91356. Church Office: (818) 881 – 1123 stinnocenttarzana.org Fr. Yousuf Rassam May 2nd, 2021 Today’s commemorated feasts and saints: HOLY PASCHA — THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. [Beginning of the Pentecostarion]. St. Athanasius the Great, Patriarch of Alexandria (373). Translation of the Relics of the Holy Passionbearers Boris and Gleb (in Baptism Roman and David—1072 and 1115). St. Athanasius of Lubensk, Patriarch of Constantinople (1654). Martyrs Hesperus, Zoë, and their sons, Cyriacus and Theodulus, at Attalia (2nd c.). St. Boris (in Baptism Michael), Prince of Bulgaria (906-907). Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! SCHEDULE ALL SERVICES LIVE STREAMED. Matins Gospel: Matthew 21: 1 – 11, 15 – 17 (Festal) This Week’s Epistle: Acts 1: 1 – 8 Gospel: John 1: 1 – 17 Reader: James Today 12:00 am (midnight) Paschal Procession, Matins, and Liturgy, communal feast 12:00 pm (noon) Vespers with procession Monday 9:00 am Festal Liturgy with procession Tuesday 10:00 am Paschal Hours, Typika Wednesday 6:00 pm Paschal Vespers Thursday 10:00 am Paschal Hours, Typika Friday 6:00 pm Paschal Vespers Saturday 5:30 pm Vespers Sunday 9:30 am Liturgy. Paschal Panikhida Next Week’s Epistle: Acts 5: 12 – 20 Gospel: John 20: 19 – 31 Reader: Kenneth Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon. Confessions: After Saturday Vespers and by appointment. Receiving Holy Communion: We should draw near to our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ, and receive Holy Communion often. Orthodox Christians, who have prepared themselves through prayer and fasting, and are at peace with all men, and have attended the Divine Liturgy from the beginning, (or, at the very least, have not missed the Gospel), and have made a recent Confession, should draw near. Others should diligently seek to be properly disposed and prepared as soon as possible. Troparion of Pascha – Tone 5 Christ is risen from the dead, / trampling down death by death, // and upon those in tombs bestowing life. Announcements: Our Bulletins ($60.00) Alla Slobodskaya Our Altar Wine ($40.00) Gabriela Broncă & family good health & help in our needs. Izolda (Zoya) & Vladimir Sogokon for the health of our family Our Altar Candles ($40.00) Gabriela Broncă & family good health & help in our needs. Izolda (Zoya) & Vladimir Sogokon for the health of our family Our Altar Incense ($20.00) Gabriela Broncă & family good health & help in our needs. Izolda (Zoya) & Vladimir Sogokon for the health of our family Vigil – Golgotha I ($7.00 /wk) - Vigil – Golgotha II ($7.00 /wk) - Vigil – Prothesis ($7.00 /wk) - - Broncă: Gabriela, Robert, & Carmen Iuliana. Good health, & help in need. Repose: Tasie. - Sogokon: for the health of Zoya, Vladimir, Irina, Anastasia, Vladmir, Vladimir. Bright Week. No fasting this week. A Big Thanks to all who participated in the many jobs our Church has at Holy Week and Pascha. Paschal Commemorations next week, for the departed after Liturgy. Grave blessings next week have been deferred for Mother’s Day. Pascha Flowers – The jar for donations for Pascha flowers is in the narthex. Egg hunt this Sunday. After Vespers at noon. Cutting Artos, next Saturday, 4:30 pm (before Vespers) Worship in the Temple requires that we strictly observe distancing, wearing of masks, and a limit of 148 people in the building. Orthodox Church School online continues Tuesday May 4, 4:00 pm Pacific time. https://www.oca.org/ocs Lectionary. The Church Lectionary during the Paschal period reads Acts and St. John’s Gospel. Coffee Hour, This Week: Paschal Breakfast Next Week: Mother’s day dinner. USEFUL INFORMATION Donations We now have a Tithe.ly page to make donating to the parish easy. Just click this link: https://tithe.ly/give? c=1324837. You can choose to donate to the General Fund, to the candle fund, or make your donation for Palm Sunday or Pascha. Thank you and God bless! Streamed serices can be viewed at our website https://stinnocenttarzana.org/livestream or https://stinnocenttarzana.org/facebook, the streamed services are also uploaded here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEhqUqTl5kDekOrPPERcy5g. The daily readings and saints may be found here: https://stinnocenttarzana.org/dailyreadings. OCA resources page. The OCA has a resources page for the current problems, with prayers, services, statements of the Synod and individual bishops, reflections, and virtual field trips. https://www.oca.org/resources-coronavirus Diocese of the West Corona Virus prayer list. https://www.dowoca.org/diocesan- resources/prayer-list/ Kontakion of Pascha – Tone 8 Thou didst descend into the tomb, O Immortal, / Thou didst destroy the power of death. / In victory didst Thou arise, O Christ God, / proclaiming “Rejoice” to the myrrhbearing women, // granting peace to Thine apostles, and bestowing resurrection on the fallen. Hypakoë of Pascha – Tone 4 Before the dawn, Mary and the women / came and found the stone rolled away from the tomb. / They heard the angelic voice: / “Why do you seek among the dead as a man / the one who is everlasting light? / Behold the clothes in the grave, / go and proclaim to the world: / The Lord is risen. He has slain death, / as He is the Son of God, // saving the race of men. The Exapostilarion (Song of Light) – Tone 3 In the flesh Thou didst fall asleep as a mortal man, O King and Lord. Thou didst rise on the third day, raising Adam from corruption and destroying death: O Pascha of incorruption, the salvation of the world! TROPARION (Greek) Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, / θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας, / καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, / ζωὴν χαρισάμενος! Transliteration: Christós anésti ek nekrón, / thanáto thánaton patísas, / ké tís en tís mnímasi, / zoín charisámenos! (Slavonic) Хрїстосъ воскресе изъ мертвыхъ, / Смертїю смерть поправъ, / И соущымъ во гробѣхъ / животъ даровавъ! Transliteration: Khristòs voskrése iz mértvykh, / smértiyu smert popráv, / i súshchim vo grobékh / zhivòt darováv! (Romanian) Hristos a înviat din morţi, Cu moartea pre moarte călcând, Și celor din morminte Viață dăruindu-le! (Spanish) Cristo ha resucitado de los muertos, / por la muerte, la muerte / hollando; / y a los que están en las tumbas / la vida dando. (Georgian) ქრისტე აღსდგა მკვდრეთით , სიკვდილითა სიკვდილისა დამთრგუნველი დასაფლავების შინათა ცხოვრების მიმნიჭებელი ! Transliteration: Kriste aghsdga mkvdretit, / sikvdilita sikvdilisa damtrgunveli, da saplavebis shinata / tskhovrebis mimnichebeli. (Arabic) المسيح قام من بين الموات و وطئ الموت بالموت و وهب الحياة للذين في القبور Transliteration: Al-Masīh qām min baīni'l-amwāt / Wa wati’ al-mawt bi'l- mawt / Wa wahab al-hayāt / Lil-ladhīna fī'l-qubūr! Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Greek – Χριστός ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! (Khristós Anésti! Alithós Anésti!) Slavonic – Хрїстóсъ воскрéсе! Воистину воскресе! (Christos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese!) Romanian – Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat! Georgian – ქრისტე აღსდგა ! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა ! (Kriste aĝsdga! Č'ešmarit'ad aĝsdga!) Armenian – Քրիստոս յարեաւ ի մեռելոց՜ Օրհնեալ է Յարութիւնն Քրիստոսի՜ (Christos haryav i merelotz! Orhnial e Haroutiunn Christosi! -- Christ is risen! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!) (!al-Masīḥ qām! Ḥaqqan qām) المسيح قام! حقا قام! - Arabic Spanish – ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡En verdad ha resucitado! Chinese (Mandarin) – 基督復活了 他確實復活了 (Jidu fuhuo-le! Ta queshi fuhuo-le!) French – Christ est ressuscité! Il est vraiment ressuscité! Korean – 그리스도께서 부활하셨네! 참으로 부활하셨네! (Geuriseudokkeseo Buhwalhasheotne! Chameuro Buhwalhasheotne!) Syriac –ܡܩ ܬܝܐܪܝܪܫ !ܡܩ ܐܚܝܫܡ! (Eastern pronunciation: Mshiḥa qām! sharīrāīth qām! ; Western pronunciation: Mshiḥo Qom! Shariroith Qom!) Amharic – Kristos Tenestwal! Bergit Tenestwal! Tigrigna – Christos tensiou! Bahake tensiou! Hindi – Masih zi hua hey! Sach much zi hua hey! !Masih barkhaste ast) !مسيح برخاسته است! به راستی برخاسته است – Persian Be rasti barkhaste ast!) Yupik – Kristuussaq Unguirtuq! Ilumun Unguirtuq! Aleut – Kristus aq ungwektaq! Pichinuq ungwektaq! Tlingit – Xristos Kuxwoo-digoot! Xegaa-kux Kuxwoo-digoot! Irish/Gaeilge Tá Críost éirithe! (Tah KREE-st ar EH-ree!) Tá sé éirithe go deimhin! (TAH shay ar EH-ree go JAY-ween)

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PASCHA 2021 To the Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Diocese of the West: ..if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith also is empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up — if in fact the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable. But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:13-22) Dearly Beloved: Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! St. Paul, in very simple, logical, plain language states the fundamental struggle that we face daily. If there is no resurrection, then Christ is not risen. If Christ is not risen, then our preaching and faith are “empty.” For more than a year, each of us has been questioned by life itself: Is there a resurrection? It has sometimes been hard to see with the difficulties that many people, and even the Church, have endured. No one expected to still be dealing with the fallout from the pandemic today. But underneath it all is the simple fact that Christ is risen, our faith is not futile and “pardon has shown forth from the grave.” (Paschal Sermon of St. John Chrysostom) As we and the Church inch our way back to “normal” (whatever that is), we must be reminded that “resurrection” is not something that we anticipate, or await only in the future. The very first words that our Lord uttered in His public ministry were “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” To be sure, our hope is that life eternal in the Kingdom is our destination after our own falling asleep. But resurrection in Christ begins for each and every one of us with our deaths in baptism and is experienced in the ongoing life of the Church. That resurrection is to a resurrected and transfigured life here and now. Dying and rising with Him in the waters of baptism is supposed to change the way we live our lives. Walking with Him through His Passion and then Cross allows us to die with Him. There is no other path to resurrection. The various sufferings and “crucifixions” that we have endured, are enduring, and will endure in life purify us and open us to the new life in His Resurrection. More than anything else, the Resurrection of Christ, and our experience of that resurrection, pierce the struggles and difficulties of life with light and hope. To focus on the risen Christ is to know His love. One who knows the resurrected Son of God sees His hand, will, and care in the various moments of life, both difficult and easy. But knowing Him requires discernment. Have we used the past year to move away from Him and the Church or closer? Have we grown accustomed to “watching” Church instead of “being” Church? Have we feared a virus that can kill our bodies more than the demons that can kill our souls? St. Paul does remind us that “in Christ all shall be made alive.” The liberation that comes with knowing the risen Christ can only be experienced by those who recognize they have been imprisoned. As we continue back and forth from Bethany to Jerusalem with our Lord during Passion Week, may our fears and concerns all be assuaged by the knowledge that we will, on that Day without end, come to the Empty Tomb. May the joy, peace and light of the Resurrection fill each of your hearts and souls and carry us through whatever remains of these difficult times.Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Yours in the risen Christ, †Benjamin, Archbishop of San Francisco & the Diocese of the West

Of our charity, remember in your prayers: May 2nd, 2021 Special Intentions: Christians of Syria, Egypt; Met. Paul, Abp. John, in captivity. Natalya & Alla in Donetsk sister Oksana McGovern & family Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev Jordan Polanichka & Paul Zdinak, to be married May 8. parents Michael & Brenda Polanichka The Sick and those in need of health: Archbishop Benjamin; Mitred Archpriest Sergei & Matka. Jerry Glagolev, Archpriests Paul Waisanen, George Gray, Michael Regan, Priest John Armstrong, Abbess Susanna; Protodcn Nicholas Jannakos; Matushki Alexandra Safchuk, Elizabeth Powell, Clara Mancantelli, Suzanne Senyo; Maria Vallens, Monk John. Deacon Mark Story, Robert Peterson, Marios Perez, Barbara Anderson, Monika Cleenewerck. OCA-DOW Manya Prybyla, Claudine Snyder, Gregory Theophan Hoffberg, Virginia, Levon; Edmund Roschak, Darka Raicevich; Alla Miller, Mike Shinkarik, Andrew Sturmer, Stanislava; Bridget Merridy Strand, Assia Alexander, Ed Salm. Scott T. Karen T., Andrew, Kyra, Bill & Linda Phillips; Raphael; Magdalena Elizabeth; Ludmilla, Anna, Margarita Maximova. Our Parish Matushka Anysia Boldireff Lea Ann (Leah) Bochnak Laura Bochnak Vladimir Anya Anna Kremenetskaya Laura Manya Prybyla Matthew, Alison. Thaddeus Wojcik Mildred Sturmer, Susan Sturmer family Patricia Hungerford, Barbara Johnson + Raissa Dulian Martha Yarbrough Yarbrough family Margaret Banescu, Vona Leslee Christie, Hope Peacock and family. Banescu family Euphemia Marie Cox John Ambrose Cox George. Maria Caratăs Mary, George Laurentiu, cancer treatment. Florentina Barbara, Steve Scott & the Thompson family Angela Apostal Constantine Apostol Roman (Ron) Vroon Gail Lenhoff, Julia Azrael Yekaterina Lydia Lydia Manya Prybyla Emmanual Hormuzd Rassam. Hieromonk Ambrose (Young), Nicholas Juried & Amy. Priest Michael Carney. Fr. Yousuf Matushka Sophia Haloulakos Protodeacon George Haloulakos Christina Dudchenko, Dcn. Sergius Miller, Kevin, Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu. Deacon Nicholas Denysenko & family Michael Rogozik Yulia. Lya, Marie, Yvonne Gay Butu Timofey Dilaria Kristina DeBree Kevin Patrick DeBree Mother Monica, health, procedure May 5. Holy Assumption Monastery Reader John, Catherine, Dianna Bowen. Danks family Jennifer, (Covid). cousin Gayle Anne Ruben Richard & Yolanda Durham Walter Irina Larry & Emma Abbe Kulhanek Anna Elena Maryann Meredith. Pearl Ruggiero. Sheena Wickens. Diane Rhodes Bruce Anderson, Audrey Anderson. Subdeacon Polycarp Anderson & family Peter Egorov Victor & Tanya Kasman Larry McHargue; Laura; Robert ; Kenny Anne McHargue Witz & family Diocese of the West COVID list: Michael; Priest Joseph & Matka. Katherine Sharman & family; Helena, Mary, Jamie, Josiah, George, Andrew; Larissa, mother of Dn Alexander Ivkin of Holy Apostles Mission in Vancouver, WA. Other COVID sick: Abp. Jerome of Athens, Greece. Abp. Anastasi of Albania; Metropolitan Athanasius of Limmasol; Metropolitan Dionysiy (Porubai), the abbot of NovoSpassky (New Savior) Monastery; Bishop Foma (Mosolov) of Pavlovo-Posadsk; Bishop Paramon (Golubka), abbot of the St. Sergius Lavra; Archpriest Alexander (Shargunov), Priest Dionisy Lobov Those Serving in the Armed Forces Peter, Elijah Hoffberg, Ronnie (Barnabas) Austin, Basil, Shae, Ian & Henry. For the Health and Salvation of the servants of God: Catechumens Wyeth Alexander, Jack Keoseyan New born Chelsea Claire Nordstrom Matthew & Chloe Nordstrom Sebastian James Siskos Presvytera Wiborada Vickie Hoffberg Siskos & Priest Christian Siskos Charlotte, parents Jonathan & Michaela Durham Vitaly, Lyubov, Ella, Karen, Oksana, Valentina, Irina, Sofiya, Vladimir, Olga, Natalya, Tatyana, Irina, Elena, Evgeny. Tikhvin icon donors Alla, Dmitriy Jr., Dmitriy, Igor, Elena, Juliya, Tamara, Fredi. Alla Slobdoskaya Elena, Marisa, Dimitrios (Jimmy), Nicholas, Alexander, Dimitrios, Dionisius. + Lola Macrina Sherri, Nathanael, & Christopher, Amelia Marie. Aiden Frederick Parrish, new born Micah Parrish Alyssa & Cyprian Parrish New born baby boy. Verity Annabelle Mary; Constance Alexandra, sponsors Keith Dionysius & Lindsay Elizabeth. Alicia & Joshua Lawman Nicholas Damiano. Magdalena Elizabeth. Stephen & Marisa Thompson Elijah, parents Aika & Dmitri Goudkov Galina. Yelena, Anna, Wolfgang Margarita, Christopher, John, Lauren, Ekaterina. Margarita Maximova Catalina, Sofia, Florentina, Doina. Calugaru family Of our charity, remember in your prayers: For the repose of the souls of the departed servants of God: May 2nd, 2021 Newly Departed Mitred Archpriest Basil Summer, +March 26, 2021 OCA Newly Departed Mitred Archpriest Viktor Tseshkovsky Holy Protection R Orthodox Church, Argyle Ave Newly Departed Archpriest Antonio Perdomo, +April 2, 2021 OCA Newly departed Nikolaos. ever-memorable Faina Olga Newly departed Oleg Kevlishvili wife Alla, son Georgy Newly departed Velenka Vesna, Marko Newly departed Garabid Marline Newly departed Sam Edgeman Diane Rhodes Newly departed Haida Newly departed Anna daughter Natalya Newly departed Maya; Newly departed Michael Horowitz; Marsha Mak, +Oct 2020; Marla Crow, +Jan 8, 21. Diane Rhodes Maxim Vesna Lola Macrina Edward Michael & Joan Sutyak Tamara, Christina, Michael, Anne & family Leon Snyder Laura Wade & family David Mitred Archpriest Ian & Matka. Nina MacKinnon, DOW Deacon Hennok Soot DoW, Matushka Mariamna Soot, Fr Stephen Soot family, Mark & Olga Soot family Aleksandr, Nataliya, Galina, Emma Arina & Kamila Evdokiya, Anatoliy, Domnikiy, Semen, Feodosiy, Ella, Grigoriy, Nadejda, Konstantin, Svetlana, Valentina, Anna, infant Anatoliy, Olga, Anna, Peter. Alla Slobdoskaya Anne Lewandowski + Raissa Dulian Marina, Alexandra, Petr, Boris, Tatiana. Margarita Maximova other COVID departed, Patriarch Irinej, Abp of Peć, Met of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch, Nov 22, 2020. Met. Iov (Tyvonyuk) retired of Chelyabinsk & Zlatoust; Met. Theophan of Kazan, 20 November, 2020. Met. Amfilohie, +Oct. 30, 2020. Bp. Lazarus of Borjomi in Georgia, Nov. 20, 2020. Newly Departed Bishop Atanasije (Jevtić) Schemabishop Petr (Karpusyuk) of Dyatlov in Belarus, June 6, 2020; Bishop Milutin of Valjevo, +March 30, 2020; Bishop Venyamin of Zheleznogorsk and Lgov, +Apr 26; Archbishop Luke al-Khoury, assistant to the Pat. of Antioch. Mitred Archpriest Giorgiy Breyev, + Apr 29; Archpriest Alexander Ageikin, + Apr 21; Priest Gennady Butko, Minsk, + Apr 29; Deacon Alexander Gousev, Reno, Apr. 9; Archdeacon Evgeny Trofimov, Apr 25, Mikhail Petrukhno, + Apr 28, Trinity-St Sergius Lavra: Igumen Tikhon (Barsukov), Archimandrite Ilian (Plemenyuk), Archimandrite Lavrenty (Postnikov), and Hierodeacon Kallist (Kosulin), Hieromonk Modest (Panchenko +May 14). Archpriest Joseph Irvin +Jan 13, 21.