Twenty-fourth Sunday After Pentecost November 22, 2020 ST. NICHOLAS ORTHODOX CHURCH “Let us therefore strive to preserve the holiness of our souls and to guard the purity of our bodies with all fervor”-St. Nicholas of Myra

American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese | Ecumenical Patriarchate

Fr. Nicholas Mihaly, Pastor

1123 East Avenue Erie, PA 16503 H: (814) 453-4902 C: (203) 241-1027 [email protected]

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Parish Website: www.stnicholaserie.org

Diocesan Website: www.acrod.org Weekly Schedule Only the Sunday Divine Liturgy wil be live-streamed on Facebook Sunday, November 22—9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy & www.facebook.com/ Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Repose of St. StNicholasErie/ Nectarios Welcome! Sunday, November 22—11:00 AM; Election of Officers Sunday, November 22—11:45 AM; Building Committee If you are new to our parish, Meeting welcome! St. Nicholas is a Monday, November 23—3:00 PM; Souper Monday Sale welcoming Orthodox Christian parish. As a reminder, only Friday, November 27—4:00 PM; Soup Preparation those Orthodox Christians who Sunday, November 29—9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy & Panachida have prepared themselves are for Wilma Wargo offered by St. John’s Church Stratford, CT invited to receive Communion. For all of our visitors, Orthodox Confessions are by appointment only until further notice. or non-Orthodox, please join If you would like to receive the Eucharist, please cal Fr. Nick to schedule us for coffee downstairs; meet an appointment. Fr. Nick & the parishioners! If there is an emergency, please cal Fr. Nick immediately.

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Monthly Memorial Divine Liturgies Fr. Nick will be serving Memorial Divine Liturgies on the first Saturday of every month. If you have loved ones who passed away during that month and you would like Fr. Nick to remember them, please let him know. Following the Divine Liturgy, Fr. Nick will hear confessions, please use the confession sign-up sheet in the back office.

50/50 Raffle Our parish board has decided to hold a 50/50 raffle. Tickets are Upcoming Events $2.00 each or 3/$5.00. The winner will receive 50% of the ticket sales and the winner will be drawn at our St. Nicholas Lunch on • November 22—Election of December 20. Please see Phyllis Tarasovich to purchase tickets. Officers Year-End Meeting • December 13—Year End This the first of three official announcements about our parish Meeting year end meeting which will take place on Sunday, December 13 • December 20—St. Nicholas following the Divine Liturgy. All parishioners who have met all Brunch financial and spiritual obligations are encouraged to attend.

Reminder Planned Giving Did you know that you can make a donation to St. Nicholas In order to participate in the Church through a gift of stock? Imagine helping your beloved year-end election of officers St. Nicholas Church, and at the same time legally avoiding capital and the year-end meeting, you gains tax, AND increasing your tax deduction. What a triple must be a “parishioner in WIN. If you are interested in learning more about making a good standing.” This not only gift of appreciated stock or mutual fund, please contact Mike includes your financial Potter, Church Board Treasurer; or Richard Koerner, Church obligations to the parish, but Board President. also your spiritual obligations. Your spiritual health is the MOST IMPORTANT part of Birthdays & Anniversaries your parish ‘obligations.’ Please sign-up or schedule a Nov time for confession with Fr. 23 George Hazuda Nick and receive the Eucharist 23 Kathryn Zetts Sesco —even if you don’t want to attend the meetings. 25 James & Nancy (Butts) DeHaven—31st Anniversary 27 Marissa Zill

If you would like Many Years to be sung for you or a loved one, please let Fr. Nick know prior to the beginning of Divine Liturgy

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Distinguished Diocesan Donors (DDD) Program Covid-19 has turned much of our life upside down, including our Distinguished Diocesan Donors Program! The 2020 Fund Drive is still under way and will continue through the end of November. Donations of $100.00 or more are asked which go to benefit Camp Nazareth which, due to the pandemic, has not seen any income other than the DDD. Please note that due to the pandemic restrictions, the deanery DDD dinners are all sadly canceled. Please make checks payable to: “Distinguished Diocesan Donors” and send them to the Diocesan chancery Office; 312 Garfield Street; Johnstown, PA 15906.

Diocesan Parenting Workshop Our Diocese is pleased to announce its next Parenting Workshop in its Series of Parenting Workshops entitled “Raising Believing Children”. The next Workshop will be hosted online on Saturday, December 5th from 10am-12:30pm and will feature presentations by His Eminence Metropolitan Gregory and Fr. Stephen Loposky. This Parenting Workshop will bring together faithful from around the Diocese. The Workshops are designed to help parents learn more about the “craft” of parenting and help them raise their children in the Faith. The Workshops focus on the ways parents can help their children stay faithful to Christ and His Church in a world that is filled with doubt and most often works against their Faith. Registration closes on 12/2/20 and is free-of-charge. For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.acrod.org/news/2020-press/parenting-workshop

Parish Soup Sale Our first St. Nick’s Soup-er Mondays will be on Monday, November 23 from 3:00 PM-6:00 PM. The soup will be made on Friday, November 20; packaged on Sunday, November 22; and then sold on Monday, November 23. This week’s specials will be Minestrone & Chicken Noodle and will be sold for $10.00 per quart. Please see Elaine Stafford for more information.

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Diocesan Vine & the Branches His Eminence Metropolitan Gregory is calling all our youth ages 5-18 to once again come together online on December 6 in order to strengthen their faith and connect with their peers around the Diocese. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be together with His Eminence, our priests, and one another. This will be a special Christmas Version of The Vine and the Branches. Cocoa will be “served”, a special Christmas performance will be offered, and there may even be a special Christmas Fireplace Scene!! Registration is quick and easy at: The Vine and the Branches - 12/6/20 Registration closes on Thursday, 12/3, so register TODAY! The next Vine and Branches Event won’t be until March 2021, so don’t miss out on this one! Youth will be together for part of the Event, as well as in smaller “breakout rooms” grouped by age. Youth Ages 5-12 will be online from 6pm-7:30pm. Youth Ages 13-18 will be online from 7pm-8:30pm. Once you register for the event, a full schedule and the links to join the Event will be sent to you. His Eminence is looking forward to seeing all of you!!!

The Monastery of the Holy Trinity, founded by St. Nectarios, and the Church of St. Nectarios which houses his relics.

4 Twenty-fourth Sunday After Pentecost November 22, 2020 Parish Prayer List “Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.” James 5:16

For the Health of…Fr. John Baranik, Fr. Lawrence Barriger, Fr. Kenneth Bachofsky, Fr. James Gleason, Fr. John Gido, Fr. Nikolaos Kakavelakis, Fr. George Livanos, Fr. Michael Polanichka, Fr. Michael Rustick, Fr. Peter Staviski, Fr. Jonathan Tobias, Fr. David Smoley, Pani Donna Smoley, Pani Kathy Dutko, Pani Dorothy Hutnyan, Pani Marie Brancho, Pani Eleanor Herbert, Pani Connie Miloro, Pani Eleanor Pribish, Pani Dolores Zuder, George Arghyrou, Ashley Barber, James Battaglini, Gregory Beskid, Douglas Borkowski, Christian Brown, Emma Burkell, John Candia, Robert Carlisle, Sandy Carlisle, Neil Chaudhary, Gail Collister, Thomas Decerbo, James DeHaven, Mark DeHaven, Mary Ellen Demyanovich, Maribeth Derer, Peter Dimitriadis, Helen Douglas, Curtis Elrod, Ron Esper, Chad Feli, Irene Fendya, Ann Fuller, Bennett Heberle, Joseph Hulse, Alan Irwin, Athanasios Kehagias, Aggie Kiehart, Richard Koerner, Jean Kramer, Olivia Kuzmin, Kathleen Logsdon, Evelyn McCambridge, Mike McCambridge, Sadie Mihaly, Mark Mizak, Nicole Naccash, John Novak, Nina Paliouras, Donna Rowald, Barbara Scheibeck, Richard Schrader, Alyn Shedden, Athena Silvestri, Elizabeth Skalko, Joseph Skalko, Isabella Smith, Eric Spiegelberg, Anastasia Thompson, David VanZanten, Vicktor Volpe, Leona Vukmer, Cheryl Walker, David Walker, Jake & Lauren, Steven, Inna, Justin, Chad, Megan, Kenley, Katlyn Wyant, George Yurcan, Fred Zetts, Kathy Zetts…through the prayers of St. Nectarios the Wonderworker, St. Nikeforos the Leper & St. Panteleimon the Great-Martyr and Healer

For the Repose of…Metropolitan Maximos, Fr. George Hutnyan, Fr. Michael Shuster, Fr. Michael Psenechnuk, Pani Patsy Joseph, Deacon Janke Valukeviec, Sister Nymphodora, Lee Anthony, Elizabeth Beck, Mary Buchanan, Robert Collister, Evelyn Dobrzynski, John Halama, Sr., Tom Izzi, Miko Jovanovich, David Lee, Orestes Mihaly, Brian Menlen, Richard Molly, Theodore Molly, George Nedelkov, Margaret O’Malley, Edward Pehanich, Sr., Robert Perevuznik, Sr., Timothy Petersen, Natalia Petrashevskaya, Stelian Popescu, Olga Radick, Stavros Rallis, Edith Serke, Irene Schwab, Peter Sima, Evangelia Spiridoulias, Vasilios Tseremes, Ron van Lente, Laura Zulovich, Steve Zulovich, Guillermo…May their memories be eternal!

If you have someone you would like to be added to the prayer list, please see Fr. Nick

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—By Fr. Edward Pehanich recognition of his piety and brilliance as a preacher, he was consecrated the Metropolitan of Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you Pentapolis (an ancient diocese in what is today the word of God, consider the outcome of their Libya) by the Patriarch of Alexandria Sophronios in lives and imitate their faith. (Hebrews 13:7) 1889. His genuine faith and virtue, and edifying sermons made him a popular bishop among the One of the most loved saints of our Metropolitan common people. Nicholas of blessed memory was St. Nectarios of Aegina. It was our beloved Metropolitan who made Scandal him known to our Diocesan faithful. It was our beloved Metropolitan who brought holy oil from Metropolitan Nectarios' episcopal ministry was to his tomb through which several miraculous cures be short lived. He served as a bishop in Cairo for have been reported among our people. just one year when he was unjustly removed from ministry. His rapid promotion and his popularity St. Nectarios was born in 1846 in Greece with the provoked the jealousy and envy of his brother name Anastasios Cephalas. When he was fourteen priests and bishops who spread rumors to discredit years old his parents sent him to find work in him. They accused him of insubordination and Constantinople since the family was very poor. immorality, and convinced the Patriarch of After working and continuing his education, Alexandria that he was seeking the position of Anastasios moved to the island of Chios in 1866 patriarch for himself. Metropolitan Nectarios was where he became a school teacher for seven years. suspended from his Diocese and sent back to Always a pious, young man with a love for Greece in exile. The campaign of character monasteries, on November 7, 1876 he became a assassination followed him there. Because of the monk at the Monastery of Nea Moni and three suspicions and rumors about his moral character years later he was ordained a deacon, taking the no one would give him a job leaving him homeless name "Nectarios". Following theology studies in and destitute. Finally, Nectarios was assigned as a Athens he diocesan preacher, a post that a simple monk or was sent even a qualified lay person could fulfill. Nectarios to remained humble and did not protest or complain, minister fulfilling this ministry from 1891-1894. to the Orthodox In time, a number of influential people began to Christians realize that the scandal over Nectarios had no in Egypt substance, and in fact, he was a holy man of where he genuine faith. Through their influence he was made was dean of the Rizarios Seminary in Athens. But the ordained hustle and bustle of city life did not appeal to him a priest and neither did the politics of church life. He began and to look for a place where he could find peace and served in quiet which he needed for his monastic style of life. the He found this on the island of Aegina where he Church of revived an abandoned church and built a woman's St. monastery. He lived and presented himself so Nicholas simply, visitors sometimes thought he was an in Cairo. ordinary monk rather than a bishop of the church. In He tended the monastery gardens, carried stones,

St. Nectarios serving at his 6 last Divine Liturgy Twenty-fourth Sunday After Pentecost November 22, 2020 and helped with the construction of the monastery in 1998, the Holy Synod the Patriarchate of buildings which were built from his own funds. As Alexandria in Egypt issued a statement of spiritual father of the convent, his humility, wisdom repentance for casting out the saint: and insight became well known, with many monastics, priests and lay people seeking him out We hereby restore the ecclesiastical order of the for counsel and advice. He received the grace of Saint of our century, Saint Nectarios, and grant to the Holy Spirit which enabled him to foretell things him all due credits and honors. We beseech Saint that would happen to those who came to him. Nectarios to forgive both us, unworthy as we are, and our predecessors, our brothers of the Throne Glorification of Alexandria, for opposition to the Saints and for all which, due to human weakness, our Holy Father, In 1920, Metropolitan Nectarios fell seriously ill Bishop of Pentapolis, Saint Nectarios, suffered. with cancer, and despite his protests, the nuns forced him to go to a hospital in Athens. Since he The Dark Side of the Church was a man with no financial resources, he was placed in a 3rd-class ward where several beds were Anyone who is involved in church life for even a reserved for poor patients. brief time quickly learns that He died on the evening of there is a "dark side" of the November 9 at the age of 74. church. The saintly But even his death became Metropolitan Anthony Bloom an occasion for miracles, the of England said The Church first of more than two has a glorious aspect and a thousand others. As a nurse tragic one. Disagreements and a nun prepared his body among priests and their for transfer back to the bishop, conflicts among monastery at Aegina, they priests and parishioners, took off his sweater and fights among parishioners, placed it for a moment on court cases, insults, envy, the bed of a paralyzed man jealousy, politics, anger, back in the adjoining bed. Within biting, gossiping all can be the hour the man regained found in churches which his strength and began to preach and teach love, truth, walk. A powerful, sweet smell joy, kindness and peace. The filled the hospital room and life of St. Nectarios is a the entire ward. He was potent illustration of this. He buried in his beloved Holy suffered not from Trinity Monastery on Aegina unbelievers, nor Roman by his friend St. Savvas of emperors, nor Communist Kalymnos who later painted officials but from his fellow the first icon of St. Nectarios. Orthodox Christian priests and bishops! What is St. Nectarios later in life The relics of St. Nectarios instructive for us is to were transferred from his grave in 1953 and once observe how he reacted to this persecution. In again emitted a beautiful fragrance. He was America, he would hire a lawyer and sue for officially glorified as a saint by the Ecumenical defamation of character! Today he would quit the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1961 and his church: They're all a bunch of hypocrites anyway! feastday is celebrated on November 9/22. Finally, He would complain to everyone about his

7 Twenty-fourth Sunday After Pentecost November 22, 2020 treatment in the church and conclude with I don't believe in organized religion. St. Nectarios accepted his unjust punishment with silence and humility. He recognized that the Church is not a

"garden for saints" but a "hospital for sinners". St. Nectarios knew his own sinful tendencies and passions and struggled against them with repentance. He saw that bishops, priests, and people of the Church were also afflicted with various sinful passions and that they were in need of healing in the Church. It has been said, It is more dangerous to lose belief in man's fall, than to lose faith in God. The Church is holy, it is the body of Christ on earth, but it is composed of weak, sinful, fallen human beings.

As we honor the memory of this modern saint let us remember his experience with this dark side of the Church. As we ask for his powerful, miraculous intercession before the Lord may we never lose sight of our own sinful passions and our own need for repentance!

On Happiness

—By St. Nectarios of Aegina

How mistaken are those people who seek happiness outside of themselves, in foreign lands and journeys, in riches and glory, in great possessions and pleasures, in diversions and vain things, which have a bitter end! It is the same thing to construct the tower of happiness outside of ourselves as it is to build a house in a place that is consistently shaken by earthquakes. Happiness is found within ourselves, and blessed is the man who has understood this. Happiness is a pure heart, for such a heart becomes the throne of God. Thus says Christ of those who have pure hearts: "I will visit them, and will walk in them, and I will be a God to them, and they will be my people." (II Cor. 6:16) What can be lacking to them? Nothing, nothing at all! For they have the greatest good in their hearts: God Himself! The movie poster for the new film Man of God about the life of St. Nectarios— premiering in 2021! 8 Twenty-fourth Sunday After Pentecost November 22, 2020

WEEKLY OFFERINGS – Sunday, November 15, 2020

DONOR $2.00 WEEKLY CANDLES FOR HEALTH GIVEN FOR Very Rev. Proto. David & Pani Donna Smoley Their Family Tamara Kloss Brother George Hazuda Tamara Kloss Uncle Very Reverend Protopresbyter Michael Polanichka John Lipchik Jr. & Kathleen Boyce Aunt Marge Sima Kathleen Boyce Families of Brother John Lipchik Jr. and Husband Gary Boyce DeHaven Family Health of All Family Members David Lipchik His Family Phyllis Tarasovich Herself and Family Patricia Molly Herself and Family Paul Demyanovich Wife Mary Ellen Demyanovich Marge Sima Kathy Colegrande Marge Sima Chuck Ferra Marge Sima Nancy DeHaven Barbara Naculich Sister Nancy Peres Barbara Naculich Sister Elaine & Steve Stafford Steve & Elaine Stafford Her Sister Barbara Naculich Steve & Elaine Stafford Daughter Sarah Ebert James & Nancy DeHaven Mary Ellen Demyanovich James & Nancy DeHaven His Godmother Marge Sima James & Nancy DeHaven Their 31st Wedding Anniversary, November 25 James DeHaven Wife Nancy DeHaven

DONOR $2.00 WEEKLY CANDLES FOR THE DECEASED GIVEN FOR Tamara Kloss Parents Very Rev. Proto. Ronald & Pani Dolores Hazuda Tamara Kloss Husband John Kloss Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Father Michael LaBoda Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Mother Virginia LaBoda Richard & Susanne Demchak Beloved Parents Joseph & Susan Demchak Dr. George & Kitty Kuzmishin Beloved Family Members John Lipchik Jr. & Kathleen Boyce Parents John Sr. & Helena Lipchik and Uncle Peter Sima Atty. Janet Belliveau Parents Douglas & Anne (Demyanovich) Liebel Mark DeHaven Parents George & Mary DeHaven David Lipchik Parents Steve & Ann Lipchik Phyllis Tarasovich Deceased in the Tarasovich and Kelley Families Reader David & Debra Tarasovich Grandson Carter Robert Egloff Reader David & Debra Tarasovich Her Sister Diane McConkey Patricia Molly Husband Theodore Molly James & Nancy DeHaven His Parents George & Mary DeHaven and Her Mother Louise Butts James & Nancy DeHaven Cousin David Raydo James & Nancy DeHaven Cousin Dennis Kormos Michael & Maria Latzer Her Father Stavros Rallis

CATEGORY AMOUNT CATEGORY AMOUNT ATTENDANCE Candles 85.00 Grove Security Deposits 100.00 Adult Class (Thu., Nov. 12): 2 Loose Change 36.00 Grove Rentals 387.50 Vespers (Sat., Nov. 14): 2 Regular Envelopes 825.40 Divine Liturgy (Sun., Nov. 15): 36 Diocesan Assessment 18.00 Total Income 1,451.90 9 Twenty-fourth Sunday After Pentecost November 22, 2020

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His Eminence, Metropolitan Gregory’s NATIVITY FAST PRAYER CHALLENGE 2020

To Be Prayed Every Evening of the Nativity Fast

O Physician of Souls and Bodies: we pray that You continue to come to our aid now during the global spread of the Coronavirus. May the sick regain their strength and health, and as they worry and grieve, defend them from further illness and despair. We offer thanks to You for those who have recovered. Grant rest to those who have reposed. Be with the families of those who are sick and those who have died. Heal us from our fear, which prevents nations from working to- gether and neighbors from helping one another. Remove from us all pride, which can make us claim immunity to a disease that knows no borders. Give wisdom and strength to our President, our federal govern- ment, our state governments, together with the leaders of all na- tions, and give them foresight to act with charity and true concern for the well-being of the people they serve. Be with the doctors, nurses, researchers and all medical profes- sionals who seek to heal those affected and who put themselves at risk in the process. Whether we are home or abroad, surrounded by many people suffering from this illness or only a few, we pray that You stay by our side and grant us courage and peace. AMEN.

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Those who have fallen asleep in the Lord

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Those who are sick

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Those who have fallen asleep in the Lord

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Those who are sick

Ronald Mario Olivia Tairy Jayden John Daniel Jackson Jennifer the Nurse Heriberto Luz Marie Patricia Adelaine Nicole Thaddeus Aaron Nicole John Amancio Natalie Michael Bertha Timothy Vincent Edda Alex Nina Barbara A.J. Josephine Sonia Adrian the Deacon Juliana Melissa Alex the Priest John Karen Chuck Megan David Chris Lisa Bertha John Sara Krystal Anna 16 Ed Natalia Pauline Darren Nicholas Holly Emily Gregory Desiree the Nurse Chester Candice Nathan Kenneth the Priest Maribeth Anna Carlos Athanasios Anna Yennifer Paul Melissa Elena Olivia Regina Helene John Eleanor Vanessa Jennifer the Nurse Yolanda Corona Margaret Karen Enrique Patrick James Gabby Gregory Nona Twenty-fourth Sunday After Pentecost November 22, 2020

WORD SEARCH SAINT NEKTARIOS L L U R M P T R A M T Z O N S THE HEALER OF CANCER Can you find these words D A R T V L E I W O J U O O C in the jumble? G X Z A F E N C B R W D I U S Did you know that saints really do C K J A E H E H E V D R X F P understand our problems? How can they under- HEALING R Y K D R P W M H E A L I N G stand? Because they lived here on earth, too. HELP L D W H L U M A S T N I A S Q LAZARUS S L V T A R S N K B Y F W G C Sometimes they even had some of our same NEKTARIOS U M V J F T P E Q X P H G E G problems, too! PARABLE W B K V K V N F E A F D G L P Many, many people love Saint Nektarios. This PEARL T N P M H K R P R I P J O J V RICH MAN Y O N C D A B A X S R L E V S saint died almost 100 years ago. When he was SAINTS M V Z L V E B B B Q B R N O W alive, St. Nektarios started a convent, a place U W X Y J L U D G S L O E O G where nuns could live and pray. The nuns loved G U U L E H F G I F D T E R W him very much, and they were so sad when the N H L K P E P U X A A W C Q Z saint died. “Who will take care of us now?” they asked. But then the nuns found out something. Bishop Nektarios was still with them, and he was still helping them! Now he was helping them from heaven. Saint Nektarios still helps us, too. You can pray to him for lots of What’s in an icon? things. Lots of people pray to him to help against the terrible disease You can see a photograph of of cancer. St. Nektarios listens to these prayers especially, because he Saint Nektarios on page 3, suffered from the same disease! He asks God to heal people from can- cer, or to take away some pain. You can pray to St. Nektarios, so he but here is an icon of the will ask God to help the sick person in some way. saint. You can read about many, many miracles that St. Nektarios has Do you think the two pic- given, by the power of God. If you know somebody who suffers from tures look alike? this disease, you can ask our loving saint to help!

We celebrate St. Nektarios this Friday, November 9th (Nov. 22nd, OC)

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DS SAINT NEKTARIOS FIND THE WOR V T G E W O T H Z V N C B R E THE HEALER OF CANCER X H D K L L R O T V Z E R M Z Sometimes we might forget that Can you find these X I L F G R O N X L L K I V C saints understand our problems! How words in the jum- J I I B L M U W Q I K R Z D O ble? O L F N S M B H O D A C A Z I can they understand? Because they lived F M A G E V L B L C C I V R I here on earth, too. Sometimes they even A Q Y E T K E P L W M O Y N S had some of our same problems, too! CANCER Q W U X H U T E R V R J S N P HEAL U N D E R S T A N D V W U J L Saint Nektarios is a much-loved saint who HELP Z H Q Y F E P H R E C N A C E died almost 100 years ago. When he was MIRACLE U Y B T Q S F K W I W J J Z H NEKTARIOS U W Y C A Z T N E A O A T X A alive, St. Nektarios started a convent, a place NUNS E I F C Y H X S H S M S U Y N where nuns could live and pray. The nuns TROUBLE X A Y R G T O J T X M Q A C E loved him very much, and were so sad when UNDERSTAND R D L R Z S L N X L U D M Y X the saint died. “Who will take care of us now?” they asked. But then the nuns found out something. Bishop Nektarios was still with A photo of Saint Nektarios them, and he was still helping them! Now he What’s in an icon? was helping them from heaven. You can see the photo of Saint Nektarios still helps us, too. You can pray to him for lots of things. Saint Nektarios on page 3. Lots of people pray to him to help against the terrible disease of cancer. Here is an icon of him. St. Nektarios listens to these prayers, because he suffered from the same disease! He asks God to heal people from cancer, or to take away some Do you see how they look pain. You can read about many, many miracles that St. Nektarios has alike? given. If you know somebody who suffers from this disease, you can ask our loving saint to help! We remember Saint Nektarios today, November 9th.

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