St. Nicholas Messenger

August 10, 2014

St. Nicholas Ukrainian Mission www.saintnicholasraleigh.org

O U R C LERGY Very Rev. Fr. Mark Shuey, Fully Eastern and Fully Catholic Pastor Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Mission in Raleigh, North Carolina is an Fr. Stephen Dozier, Eastern of the Ukrainian Catholic of Saint Deacon Josaphat in Parma, OH under His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bohdan Danylo. Our Church is in full communion with the Church and Fr. Deacon Buenaventura Yupanqui, Deacon Francis of Rome. All faithful Catholics of whatever ritual tradition can receive the Holy Eucharist and fulfill their Sunday obligation by Fr. Deacon Joseph Kibbe attending Lord’s Day services with us.

Subdeacon Michael Tyndall All of our services are in English and all are invited and welcome to

attend and celebrate the joy of the Resurrection of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ! †

Schedule of Services LORD’S DAY SERVICES SATURDAY 4:00pm Great Vespers followed by Confessions Contact us at: 5:00pm Divine Liturgy

919-342-8777 or SUNDAY [email protected] 7:00am Matins 8:30am Divine Liturgy Sunday liturgy is followed by a fellowship coffee hour.

WEEKDAY SERVICES For up-to-date schedule 6:00pm Divine Liturgy on Wednesday. changes please visit our calendar on our website www.saintnicholasraleigh.org Our Temporary Location:

2510 Piney Plains Rd Cary, NC 27518

COME CELEBRATE THE ANCIENT FAITH OF THE APOSTLES AND MARTYRS WITH US !

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Prayer Requests

+Bishop Lotocky+ , +Bishop Voronovsky+, +Fr. Adamiak +,+Fr. Michael+, +Dcn. Charles+, +Barbara+, +Ivan+, +Russ+, +Emma+, +George+, +Russel+, +Janis+, +Lynn+, +Pete+, +Leo+, +Luis+, +Greg+,

+ Patrick+,+ Doris+, +Ronald+, +Noah+, + Sabrina+, + Margarita+, +Olga+, +Mary+ , +Viola+, +Rose+, +Steve+

Pope Francis, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, The : Robert, John, Bohdan, The Priests: Mark, Martin,

Richard, Rick, David, Damien, Jason, Sean, Theodore, Anthony, Richard, Theodore, Shenan, JaVann, Richard, Tim, Nestor , Jopel ,The : Joachim, Daniel, Stephen, David, Matthew, Buenaventura, Joseph , Kevin.

Mary, Bob, Julia, Olga, Michael, Justin, Philip, Nancy, Mary, Erin, Tom, Natalie, Dale, Mary Alice, Joanne, Elizabeth, Rebekah, Monica, Jean, Joseph, Andrea, Mary, Robbie, John, Bill, Kevin, Nathaniel John, Mark, Christopher, Zachary, Richard, Gus, DJ, Nicholasa, Nathaniel, Mary, Vanessa, James, Diane, Norma, Joe, Amanda, Gregory, Kevin, Holly, Richard, Christina, Andrew Joseph, Christine Marie, Silvia, Shelly, Russ, Neil, Sam, Antwan, Christopher, Lisa, Laura Marie, Clara, Nadine, George, Mary-Lou, Tim, Butch, Blanka, Michael, Eric, Elias, Katie, Jameel, Megan

Weekly Readings and Schedule

Monday Euplus – Martyr Aug. 11 1 Cor 15:12-19, Mt 21:18-22 Tuesday Photius & Anicetus – Martyrs Aug. 12 1 Cor 15:29-38, Mt 21:23-27 Wednesday Maximus the Confessor – Venerable Aug. 13 1 Cor 16:4-12, Mt 21:28-32 Thursday Translation of the relics of Theodosius of the 5pm Great Vespers Aug. 14 cave – Venerable Heb 13:7-16, Mt 11:27-30 Friday DORMITION OF THE 5:30pm Divine Liturgy Aug. 15 Phil 2:5-11, Luke 10:38-42 & 11:27-28 Saturday Translation of the Icon of our Lord 4:00pm Great Vespers Aug. 16 Col 1:12-18, Lk 9:51-56 & 10:22-24 5:00pm Divine Liturgy Sunday 10th Sunday after Pentecost 7:00am Matins Aug. 17 1 Cor 4:9-15 8:30am Divine Liturgy Tone 1 Matthew 17:14-23

“A child is not something owed to one, but is a gift. The ‘supreme gift of marriage’ is a human person. A child may not be considered a piece of property, an idea to which an alleged ‘right to a child’ would lead. In this area, only the child possesses genuine rights: the right ‘to be the fruit of the specific act of the conjugal love of his parents,’ and ‘the right to be respected as a person from the moment of his conception.’” — Catechism of the Catholic Church 2378

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Ukrainian Luncheon…..September 14th

On Sunday, September 14th, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross we will be holding another Ukrainian Luncheon at the Cary C. Jones Community Center in Apex. We will need YOUR help to make this a successful fundraiser. Please mark your calendars and join us on this day to help raise money for our building fund.

Parish Advisory Council….

During the summer we would like everyone to think about serving on our Advisory Council (PAC). In September we will be holding elections for the upcoming year. This is a great way to help support our parish community and Fr. Mark. Please prayerfully consider this vital commitment to our Mission.

Starting on August 1st through August 14th we prepare for the Feast of the Dormition of our most Holy Theotokos with the Dormition Fast. Let us use this opportunity to pray for those less fortunate than ourselves. In addition to prayer and our own fasting, please consider if you can financially help by donating to Birthchoice or the Brown Bag Ministries. There will be special envelopes in the Narthex during the fast to take up collections to Birthchoice and a basket to collect food donations for the Brown Bag Ministries. Thank you!!!

Spirits and Wisdom – Mark Pichowicz

On Tuesday, August 12, Spirits and Wisdom (20s and 30s, married or single) will welcome Mark Pichowicz, who will discuss sacred music and its relation to our Catholic faith. Mark is the Director of Music for the Diocese of Raleigh and Sacred Heart Cathedral. Spirits and Wisdom will be at Tir Na Nog Irish Restaurant, 218 S. Blount Street, in Raleigh. Spirits and Wisdom begins at 6:30 PM, but latecomers are always welcome. We hope to see you there!

ATTENTION! Catholic Young Professionals and Students of Raleigh ages twenties and thirties: Join us for an exciting study of St. Teresa of Avila’s “Autobiography" Friday August 15, 7pm, Fallon Center Lounge of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Raleigh. We will be discussing Chapters 11-19. Text available at www.ccel.org/ccel/teresa/life.pdf. Refreshments provided. Questions contact Jeremy or Nathan Kryn 803- 0652, [email protected].

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HONORING HER WHO SHOWS THE WAY

SUMMER, IN OUR WORLD AT LEAST, is a time for sun and fun: cookouts, the beach, pool parties, and the like. Yet in the midst of summer – in the week which has been compared to the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning –we are called to fast. The first two weeks of August are observed in the Byzantine Churches as the Fast of the Theotokos, in preparation for the Feast of her Dormition on August15. In the early Church the Dormition Fast was generally observed in both East and West. Pope St. Leo the Great mentioned it in the mid-fifth century in connection with the seasons of the year: “The Church fasts are situated in the year in such a way that a special abstinence is prescribed for each time. Thus, for spring there is the spring fast, the Forty Days [Great Lent]; for summer there is the summer fast… [the Apostles’ fast]; for autumn there is the autumn fast, in the seventh month [Dormition fast]; for winter there is the winter fast [Nativity fast].” Today the Coptic, Malankara, and Syriac Churches, as well as the Byzantine, continue to observe this 14-day fast period. In the Armenian and Maronite traditions the Fast lasts for one week rather than two. In the traditional calendar of the Roman Church, August 14 is observed as a day of fasting in preparation for this feast. This Fast period is one of several aspects of this celebration which has earned it the title of the “summer Pascha,” a feast pointing to the ultimate resurrection of all flesh at the last day. Just as the feast of Christ’s resurrection is paired with the feast of the Annunciation (March 25), the Dormition is paired with the feast of Christ’s Holy Transfiguration (August 6). As Pascha is preceded by the Holy Friday evening observance of the Burial of Christ, the Dormition is marked in many places by a comparable burial service for the Theotokos when lamentations patterned after the Holy Week hymns are sung. In some places a burial shroud (epitaphios) with the image of the Dormition is carried in procession as well.

The Paraclisis to theTheotokos In the Byzantine Churches of the Mediterranean world the most prominent feature of the Dormition Fast is the celebration of the Paraclisis to the Theotokos, a service invoking the ’s intercession for those we commemorate during the service. It is said that, as the Virgin sensed her approaching death, she prayed continually for her Son’s disciples and for those who would believe their message. And so, as the feast of her Dormition draws near, we ask her prayers for our Church and our loved ones with a similar intensity. The Paraclisis to the Theotokos is patterned in part on Orthros (Matins), There is an opening psalm, troparia, a Gospel reading, and a canon, concluding with an incensing of the whole church and a solemn veneration of the Virgin’s icon. Intercessory litanies for those whom we are commemorating are interspersed throughout the service. There are actually two canons used which give their names to the service as a whole. The Small Paraclisis includes the older canon, composed in the ninth century by Theosterictus the . This Paraclisis may be used at any time throughout the year. The Great Paraclisis, which is only sung during the Dormition Fast, was

St. Nicholas Messenger P a g e | 5 Page 5 composed in the thirteenth century by the Emperor Theodore II Ducas Lascaris, in exile during the Fourth Crusade. As a rule these two services are sung alternately on successive nights during this Fast (the Great Paraclisis is always sung on Sundays). Neither service is sung on Saturday night or on the eves of the Great Feasts themselves.

For What Do We Pray? Our liturgical books indicate that this service is prayed “in times of distress and sorrow of soul.” The opening troparion expresses these emotions: “We will never cease, O Mother of God, although unworthy, to proclaim your power. If you no longer intercede for us, who will deliver us from so many misfortunes? Who would ever have preserved us free until now? We shall never leave you, O Lady, for you always save your servants from all tribulations.” The Canon of the Small Paraclisis is sung to a lively melody and expresses confidence in the Theotokos’ care for us in troparia such as these: “You, who carried within you the Benefactor of all and the Cause of every good favor, let His abundant spring forth to all of us. You have the fullness of power, since you’ve given birth to the Christ, the almighty One.” “Give me your pure joy, Virgin all-pure and immaculate, you who gave birth to the Cause of happiness, and fill my heart with the gladness of your Son, our God.” The Great Paraclisis adds other notes to our picture of the Virgin as our Intercessor: “I profess you, O Lady, to be truly Theotokos: you, who have both banished and triumphed over the might of death; for as the source of Life, you freed me from Hades' bonds, raising me to life, though I was fallen down to earth.” “The turmoils of this life encircle me like bees around a honeycomb, O Virgin. They have seized my heart and now hold it captive, and I am pierced with the stings of afflictions, O Maiden; yet, O All-holy one, be my defender, my helper and my rescuer.” One unusual feature of these canons is the following pair of hymns sung after each ode with a metany after each verse: “Deliver your servants from all dangers, O Mother of God, for to you, after God, we flee for refuge. You are our impregnable fortress, our intercessor. “O Mother of God, worthy of all praise, look down with compassion upon the ills of my afflicted body and heal the infirmities of my soul.” Finally, the celebrants solemnly venerate the icon of the Theotokos as the following glorification (or megalynarion) is sung: “May the lips of all heretics be sealed because they refuse to bow before your all-holy icon, which is fashioned after the blessed Hodigitria depicted by the holy Luke the Apostle.” This hymn reflects the iconoclastic controversy during which this service was composed. The iconoclasts refused to venerate icons of Christ, His Mother or the and for over a century persecuted those who did venerate them. The Hodigitria mentioned here is the image of Christ enthroned on the arm of His Mother who points to Him, showing us the way to the One who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. The original of this icon was reputedly painted by St. Luke. The most famous icon in Constantinople, it was lost during the fall of the city to the Turks in 1453.

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Procession of the Cross Another observance associated with this Fast in the Byzantine tradition is the outdoor procession with the Holy Cross on August 1. Due to its climate Constantinople was subject to insect-borne diseases at this time of summer. A procession was held each day of the Fast praying for relief. Water was blessed and sprinkled over the city as well. Today this observance is remembered on the first of this month with a procession and the Lesser Blessing of Water.

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APPOINTMENT OF THE BISHOP OF SAINT JOSAPHAT IN PARMA OF THE UKRAINIANS (USA)

Bohdan J. Danylo, 43, was born May 22, 1971 in Gizycko, , the son of Miroslaw and Olga Danylo (nee Gajocha). He is the older of two children. His sister Maria with her husband Bogdan Fedirko live in Chicago, Illinois. Bishop- elect grew up in Przemysl (Peremyshl), where he attended grade school and high school. After graduating from II Liceum in 1990, he entered seminary formation at the Metropolitan Seminary in Lublin, and studied philosophy at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. In 1992, he immigrated with his family to the United States of America where he continued his theological studies at the Catholic University of America while residing at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Washington, DC. In 1996, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sacred Theology.

Bishop-elect has a connection to the Eparchy of Parma, inasmuch as his paternal grandfather, John Danylo was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1909 and left America for Eastern Europe before outset of World War I.

On October 1, 1996, Bishop-elect Danylo was ordained a priest for the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford by Bishop Basil H. Losten at St. Basil Seminary chapel in Stamford, CT. For a year following his ordination he served as an assistant pastor at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hartford, CT. In 1997 he was assigned as the Dean of Men and Procurator of St. Basil College Seminary. In 2001, he was appointed the Vice Rector of St. Basil College Seminary and served in this position until 2004. In 2004/05, Bishop-elect resided at the Casa Santa Maria in Rome, where he earned a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. Upon returning to the Eparchy of Stamford in September 2005, he was appointed Rector/President of St. Basil Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Stamford, CT.

On August 12, 2007, Bishop , OSBM, Eparch of Stamford bestowed on Father Danylo the title of Very Reverend Archpriest. In his eparchial assignments Bishop-elect Danylo served as Vocations Director and Youth Director for the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford, as secretary of the Presbyteral Council, as board member of the Eparchial Priests’ Benevolence Plan, and as executive secretary of the Pastoral Council. In addition Bishop–elect Danylo serves as secretary of the Patriarchal Commission for Clergy in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and is a member of the Working Group for the Development of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Bishop-elect Danylo also serves as Board Director of the Providence Association of Ukrainian Catholics in America, and is a member of the League of Ukrainian Catholics of America. On August 7, 2014, appointed him the Eparch of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma, OH.