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The Most Reverend Gregory J. Mansour, Eparchial Bishop The Very Reverend Dominique Hanna, Rector Deacon Peter Frangie Subdeacon Norbert Vogl Subdeacon Adonis El-Asmar

DORMITION/ ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY Dormition/ Assumption of the Virgin Mary & Twelfth Sunday of Pentecost August 16, 2020 Sun., August 16 The Assumption of the Virgin & 12th Sunday of Pentecost St. Roch 10 am Divine Liturgy for Afif Abou Chrouch Req. by Mr & Mrs William Abou Chrouch

Mon., August 17 NO LITURGY

Tues., August 18 10 am Divine Liturgy

Wed., August 19 10 am Divine Liturgy St. Luke of Baalbek

Thurs., August 20 10 am Divine Liturgy St. Bernard, Doctor of the Church

Fri., August 21 10 am Divine Liturgy

Sat., August 22 10 am Divine Liturgy

Sun., August 23 13th Sunday of Pentecost St. Isaac the Syriac Intentions of the Parishioners

Financial Standing July 2020 YOU MAY ALSO HELP

Ordinary Income BY CHECK: Sundays & Holy Days Collections: $10,294.81 Make your dona- Cathedral Stipends from Marriages & Funerals, Lower tion to Lebanon by Hall Rent, Candles, Breakfast, Luncheon, Bake Sale, Dues, Religious Education, flowers, ...: $2,585.51 sending a check to

Total Ordinary Income: $12,880.32 the Eparchy of St. of Brooklyn Ordinary Expense Payroll, Gas, Electricity, Building Insurance and Med- and in the memo ical Insurance, Leasing Equipment, TV, Phone, Inter- net, Church, Hall & Office Supplies, Postage, Regular designate your Maintenance, Charity, Eparchial Appeal, Insurance,... charity either to Total Ordinary Expense: $18,228.49 Caritas, Lebanon or Total Ordinary Income vs Expense: -$5,384.17 Saint Vincent de Paul

No income was brought in as extraordinary income. The Library did not pay the May, June & July rent. ONLINE: You may also do- Thank you for your contribution in helping maintain the Church nate online by and in planning different activities clicking here

Dear Parishioners and Friends: Lector Ministry If you wish to be put on the next lector’s Jeffery Feldman, a former ambassador of the United States of schedule, please see Subdeacon Adonis El- America to Lebanon, in an article entitled Lebanon as Paradise Lost th Asmar or email the Church at cathrecto- wrote after the explosion of August 4 , 2020, “A self-referential [email protected]. joke once common in Lebanon posited that God bestowed Lebanon with beautiful mountains, stunning beaches, freshwater resources, The 2020 Eparchial Charities Appeal fertile soil and fruited plains, and creative, attractive people: para- The Eparchial Charities Appeal will continue dise. But then God realized that heaven is reserved for the after- to be collected until August 16. We are asked life—so he created….” If I continue with the quote, I enter the to raise $5,500 to participate in this awesome realm of politics which I do not want to do. In his description, the mission of the Eparchy. We have collected former ambassador compared Lebanon to a piece of heaven on $4,659 so far. You may donate here. Thanks earth. He only knew it between 2004 and 2008. Can you imagine for your generosity. how he might have described it if he had known it before the civil war of 1975? Congratulation to the New MYA Board We would like to thank the previous MYA In the late 80s in the midst of the Civil War, , a Board for their hard work last year. We would well-known classical Lebanese singer, sang for a piece writ- also like to congratulate the new board: ten by the famous poet Nizar Qobbani, “We profess before the one Tiana El Adem, President God, that we were jealous of you [Beirut] and your beauty was Melissa Safi, Vice President hurting us… and we have gifted you a knife instead of a rose.” Bei- Dr Joseph Sidaoui, Event Planner rut, for Majida and Niza, is a beautiful lady with human qualities Peter Nehme, Secretary/ Social Media Coordi- and characteristics, fully alive, but scarred. Mr. Feldman knew Bei- nator rut fourteen or fifteen years after the Lebanese war and he still saw Isabel Hazar, Treasurer. in her a part of God’s created paradise, Lebanon. Bulletin Advertisement I was watching President Emmanuel Macron in his press confer- Business owners, you may advertise your busi- ence in Beirut the day after the blast and I asked myself why the nesses in the Church bulletin that reaches over President of would go to Lebanon less than twelve hours 600 households via email. For more infor- after the huge explosion. Why would the President of an organized, mation click here or call the rectory at 718-624 civilized and modern nation like France travel right away to a dys- -7228. functional country like Lebanon? Why would the President of a European country cancel his planned meetings and postpone his Cathedral Cedar Remembrance Tree dealings with the Covid crisis and economic issues to spend a full Parishioners and friends can now remember day in devastated Beirut? Did the French president go to Beirut their deceased and honor their living with their because it has a special charm to it that compelled him to go? I names on the commemorative tree located in think so. But where does this charm and attraction come from? our Cathedral Chapel vestibule. Please click here for more details. Psalm 29: 5 reads, “The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.” Beirut is the capital of Leba- Finance Council Recommendation non, and Lebanon is the country of the cedars. Like the olive tree, The Finance Council recommends that parish- the cedar is a sacred tree, God’s tree. Some cedar trees are three ioners set their Church donation up as an auto- thousand years old. Others were used to build the temple of Solo- matic payment. This is the best way to keep mon, the house of God. The cedar of Lebanon endures extreme supporting your spiritual home while on vaca- cold weather with strong winds and an immense amount of snow, to tion or out of town. You may also make your say the least. I think the charm of Lebanon and its capital Beirut contribution online by clicking here. comes from the fragrance and perseverance of God’s sacred cedar tree. Beirut cannot break easily and the paradise it is is not lost Postponement of the Greece Pilgrimage even when the city is covered with ashes and rubble. Due to the coronavirus, the planned Greece Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of St. Paul was We might think that Beirut is destroyed, but, believe me, it is not. postponed to October 10-19, 2021. It will be It will take much more than 2,750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate to the same itinerary as before, but we plan to be annihilate Beirut. It is only the voice of the Lord if he wills it that joining another group. can break the city. But will God abolish his paradise, his piece of heaven on earth? Project Roots Bishop Gregory is asking to redouble the efforts The cedars of Lebanon are Beirut’s protectors and anyone who con- to register American citizens of Lebanese descent spires to destroy Beirut has to destroy those enduring cedars too. who would like to regain their Lebanese citizen- Keep in mind that the cedars are God’s trees. The cedars belong to ship. Parishioners are encouraged to register God. their births and marriages in Lebanon. Please check Project Root’s new website and contact Zahia Abi Habib for more information. The 2020 Eparchial Annual Lenten Appeal

A Second Collection for the Eparchial Charities Appeal will be taken every Sunday until August 16. We are asked to raise $5,500 to participate in this awesome mission of the Eparchy. We have collect- ed $4,659 so far. You may donate here. Thanks for your generosity.

Sunday Readings قراءات اد

Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin عي تقال ا ااء ماء ر

The Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans 12: 9-15 مس اة اال س ب إاب لار ت م ة 15-9:12 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold يا وَتي، ل ،كنِ م حَ تكم نم م ر ا: جيِاُو يَِّّ مت ك ل ِ ِ ِ ، ، ِ fast to what is good; love one another with والزتت ك ِي حر . ، م -mutual affection; outdo one another in show ِ م َ ِ م أ ،حمُّت اِ حض مك ر اِ حض َكا ِت ِكم َ أ َِ ،تي َل واِا ،ْ مجو اِ حض مك ر ing honor. Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in اِ حض َكا ا،ا ،ك حر ِ . .spirit, serve the Lord مرتنمت ِ حهن، ِا ،ْ ِ حر ِ متنِ ِ ا ،و ،ارَل وااك ُّ و ، -Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, perse ِحا ، جيَل و ،كا ، ِّ ِاا، ،يَل وااك ِها ،ُ ِ ، ،حرَل و vere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the ك ، كر ،ق اِاا،ن،رَل و ِاص ك م:َ ، مت ِت ،وم،رَل و saints; extend hospitality to strangers. Bless ِحا ِها ،ت ك ِد ،، ي ،ير َِ مت ِ ا ،ج ،ررَل وو،كص ،ِرِا ِ ،َ ك م ِ اِا ،ُ those who persecute you; bless and do not ِوا ،ِرَ. ,curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice اِا ،ج مرت ك ،يي َِ يِ حك ِد ،ِ،مونِ م رل اِا ،ج مرت وال يِ حاضِّمت . .weep with those who weep ح م و، ِ محت ِت ِ ك ِح ، ،حرَل ِوا حا ت ِت ِ كمِا ،ررَ.

لقجي اال س ب اإق The Gospel according to Saint Luke 1: 46-55 55-46:1 قا ِك حت ِت ح يِرو »يمضِ ، ظ مر نِح ،ي ِ ك ِّل Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and ويِ حمنِ ،ِ مج مجو ،ح ا،مُ ، مت ِي ، ا ،م ل my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he ِ ِ has looked with favor on the lowliness of his ألن ه م ِنظ ِ و،كص يِت مِ ، أ ِت ،ن ،هم ِ ِا مت حّي م ِ ِي يم ِد ،تامّ، ِ servant. Surely, from now on all generations ِه ،مر م أل حهرِا ل will call me blessed; for the Mighty One has ِ أل ي ك ِد ،،ي ِ ِعِّ ِ ا ِ ِظاْ،رل وا حو ممه م قم،ُّو ل done great things for me, and holy is his و ِج حح ِمنمه م و،كص أِ حهرِا َ وأِ حهرِا َ ،كا ،يي َِ يِن دمتنِه م. name. His mercy is for those who fear him ِعِّ ِ ،ِ ا ا، ِيا ،ِ ،، ،ول و ِ ن ِت ك ممنِ م، ي َِ ا ِ ح ِ ا ،ج from generation to generation. He has shown قمامتا، ،ِر. strength with his arm; he has scattered the أِ حن ِا ِ ك مم حدنِ ،،جي َِ ِ ،َ كضم م وفل و ِج ِ ِ proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, ك ممنِت ،ِ ،ضرَ. and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hun- ِ ح ِ ح ِ أ مِ ِ ك ،َّرِا ِ َِ حر ِ َتل و ِع ِ ِغ أل ،ّرا ُِ ا ،ج ، رَ. gry with good things, and sent the rich away ِ ِك، ِ و، حو ْ،ر ِ ِ نِاو م ًِ ،ر َ ِج حح ِمنِهمل -empty. He has helped his servant Israel, in re ،ك حا ،هر ِر ونِ حي ،ا ،ه و،كص ألِاِ،لر ِما را ِر اِا ُِنا.« membrance of his mercy, according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants for ever.’

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