September 25, 2016 Weekly Bulletin

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church

Fr. Luke Mihaly Welcome to Holy Trinity Parish 74 Joes Hill Road Today is the Fourteenth Danbury, CT 06811 Sunday after Pentecost. Rectory (203) 748-0671 Cell (203) 482-6223 The Epistle is 2 Corinthians 1:21-2:4. The [email protected] Gospel is from Luke 5:1- www.holytrinitydanbury.org 11. Sergius of Radonezh.

Diocesan Website: www.acrod.org Holy Trinity is a diverse and welcoming parish of Camp Nazareth: the Carpatho Russian http://www.campnazareth.org Diocese, under the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acroddiocese His Grace, Bishop Gregory of Nyssa, is our Twitter: https://twitter.com/acrodnews diocesan ruling hierarch. You Tube: Divine Liturgy is offered Come down and meet Fr. parish please feel free to https://youtube.com/acroddiocese Sunday at 10 am. As Luke and the parishioners. contact Fr. Luke. He is more than happy to meet reminder only those Our parish offers many with you and talk. Orthodox Christians who opportunities to pray, to are properly prepared are study and learn more about invited to receive Holy Jesus Christ and His Holy Communion. Orthodox Church. Everyone is invited If you have any questions downstairs following about the Orthodox Divine Liturgy for Coffee Church, our Faith, or our Hour and Fellowship. Schedule of Services and Events for this week Family Day 2 Sunday, September 25, 12 Wednesday, September 28, 7 noon – Parish Council Meeting PM – Adult Catechism Class Icon of Inexhaustible Cup 2 Thursday, September 29, 8:30 Cabaret 2 Sunday, September 25, 2 PM – Akathist to the Icon of the AM - Akathist OYMT Presentation 2 Inexhaustible Cup followed by discussion Friday, September 30, 9:30 AM DDD Dinner 2 – Class Bowling Day 2 Monday, September 26, 6 PM – Prayer Group Saturday, October 1, 5 PM – Upcoming Events 3 Vespers Dorothy Day 3 Monday, September 26, 7 PM – Spirituality Class Sunday, October 2, 10 AM – Lenox Retreat 3 Divine Liturgy Holiday Craft & bake Sale 3 Tuesday, September 27, 8:30 AM – Hours Consecration of Altar 4 Tuesday, September 27, 9 AM

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Readers Schedule Alcoholism and Addiction |Parish Family Day | Cabaret: Music through the Years! 9/25 – Paul Toaso The Akathist Service to the Family Days—We The Trinity 10/2 – Suzanne Molineaux Icon of the Inexhaustible are having our next Troubadours will 10/9 – Luke Mihaylo Cup has proven to be a Family/Youth Day present their annual great help to all those who This Saturday, dinner show to help fund know someone or who September 24. WE the Orthodox Youth themselves are struggling went hiking on the Mission Team on

with alcoholism and trails at Tarrywile Saturday October 15th. Coffee Hour addiction. We at Holy Park in Danbury. For It's sure to be a 9/25 – Thompson Trinity have quietly started more info please fun evening featuring 10/2 – OYMT serving the Akathist to the contact Stasia some of our own Holy 10/9 - Suzanne Icon of the Mother of God of (203)837-6248. Save Trinity "stars," dinner, the Inexhaustible Cup. If the following dates: raffles and more. Invite th Help Re-stock Our Kitchen: you are interested in October 29 , and friends and reserve a attending the service please November 26th. table or individual seats. We are in need of decaf see Fr. Luke. This service is Specific details for Contact coffee and cold cups. open to all parishioners. each day to follow. Nick or Sandi Fong for reservations.

OYMT Presentation Date Set | Woodpecker Food | Monthly Food Sale Our next monthly food sale will The OYMT will give a Woodpecker Food: take place on Thursday, October slide show and Our woodpeckers are 6th from 4 – 7 p.m. If you would presentation on Sunday running out of food. nd like to help please see Rodger October 2 to thank all Donations of suet Behrend or Diana Borsari. of our parishioners and cakes (regular size) supporters who helped would be greatly us go on our trip to West appreciated Virginia this past July to work on the Appalachian Service Project. Please

come enjoy a delicious coffee hour and see the fruits of your labor!

Bowling Day | DDD Dinner Bowling Day with St. DDD Dinner—Our Distinguished Diocesan George’s—On Sunday, Distinguished Diocesan Donor th Donor but would like to October 16 we will join Dinner will be held on Sunday, support our diocesan our brothers and sisters October 23rd at 4:30 p.m. at apostolates and ministries from St. George’s parish Roberto’s Restaurant in and learn more about Camp in Danbury for bowling Monroe. The Distinguished Nazareth are welcome to at Danbury Duck Pin Diocesan Donors Program attend; cost $30 per person. Bowling at 1:30 p.m. (DDD) which was founded By Please let Father Luke His Grace, Bishop John of know if you plan to Thrice-Blessed-Memory, attend. offers the faithful and friends of the American Carpatho- Russian Orthodox Diocese an opportunity to assist, in a meaningful way to our diocesan apostolates and ministries. See attached donor form. Those who are not a

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Perogie Sessions | Dorothy Day Birthdays September Perogie Sessions— We Our next Friday to serve is October 7th. If you are will have a perogie session Paul Sulich, Sr. 26 this week starting at 9 a.m. interested in serving all or All pinchers—new or part of the afternoon or if Lorraine Fedyna 28 veteran —are welcome! Our you have an idea for a Alex & Elaine Sirak - 28 Thanksgiving Bake sale is meal we can make ahead Anniversary coming up on November of time please see Susan Sulich. Community service 19-20 and we need to Jeff & Kristen 29 hours available for high restock our supply. Szymanowicz – school students. Anniversary Upcoming Events October Madeline Sulich 1 Church\ Council Meeting— Consecration of St. George Sunday Sept. 25th following Church Taylor, PA – Viorel & Vida Bundra - 4

liturgy weekend of October 21-23 Anniversary

Orthodox Youth Mission DDD Dinner – Sunday, Veronica Villa 8 Team Thank You October 23 Roberto’s

Presentation—Sunday October Restaurant Monroe, 4:30 PM Wylie & Pauline Meath - 9 2nd following liturgy. Anniversary Family Outing - Saturday, th Dorothy Day - Friday October October 29 Fr. Nicholas & Pani 13 th 7 1:00-5:00 p.m. Stacey Mihaly - Family Outing - Saturday, Diocesan Sobor—October 9- November 26th Anniversary 12th Lenox Retreat—Nov. 4-6th Reader Rob Paltauf 14 Duck Pin Bowling with St. George’s parish - Sunday, Jill Kerpchar-Rosenfield 17 October 16th 1:30 p.m. Charles Hull 17 Trinity Troubadours Cabaret – Roger (Behrend) 18 Saturday, October 15 Virginia Krista 18 Annual Lenox Retreat | Holiday Craft and Bake Annalisa Paltauf 22 SalesAnnual Lenox Retreat—Yes it’s Our Thanksgiving Craft only August but we are already and Bake Sale will take William & Ann Marie 26 getting reservations for our place on Nov. 19 and 20 Huott annual retreat in Lenox, MA. The and our Christmas sale will retreat will be held at the Village be on Dec. 10. We have Jon Gross 29 Inn (same location as in past begun signing up crafters Orestes Mihaly III 30 years) from Friday Nov. 4— for our sales. If you would th Sunday, Nov. 6 . Rates are like to reserve a space or Knitting Group: Our knitting group $320 per couple or $210 for a you know of any crafter of will be meeting certain Sundays, single which includes 2 nights’ high-quality, handmade immediately following coffee hour. accommodations, 2 full items who would like to All ages and experience levels breakfasts, and 1 dinner. participate in our sale, welcome. If you would like to learn Reservations are due October please let Susan Sulich to knit, see Suad for a list of supplies to bring and if you have 1st. Please R.S.V.P. to Susan know. Tables are $35. any questions. Sulich ([email protected]) if you wish to attend. Rooms reserved on first come, first serve basis.

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Venerable Euphrosyne of

Commemorated on September 25

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Euphrosyne of Alexandria was born at the beginning of the fifth century 74 Joes Hill Rd in the city of Alexandria. She was the only child in her family of illustrious and Danbury, CT 06811 rich parents. Since her mother died early, she was raised by her father, Paphnutius, a deeply believing and pious Christian. He frequented a “… a place of refuge full of love and joy.” , the igumen of which was his spiritual guide.

When Euphrosyne turned eighteen, her father wanted her to marry. He went to

the monastery to his spiritual guide to receive his blessing for the planned wedding of his daughter. The igumen conversed with the daughter and gave her his blessing, but St Euphrosyne yearned for the monastic life.

She secretly accepted tonsure from a wandering , left her father’s house and decided to enter a monastery in order to lead her life in solitude and prayer. She feared, however, that in a women’s monastery her father would find her. Calling herself the eunuch Smaragdos, she went to the very same men’s monastery which she had visited with her father since childhood.

The did not recognize Euphrosyne dressed in men’s garb, and so they accepted her into the monastery. Here in a solitary cell, St Euphrosyne spent 38 years in works, fasting and prayer, and attained a high level of spiritual accomplishment.

Her father grieved over the loss of his beloved daughter and more than once, on the advice of the igumen, he conversed with the monk Smaragdos, revealing his grief and receiving spiritual comfort. Before her death, the nun Euphrosyne revealed her secret to her grieving father and asked that no one but he should prepare her body for burial. Having buried his daughter, Paphnutius distributed all his wealth to both the poor and to the monastery, and then he accepted . For ten years right up to his own death, he labored in the cell of his daughter. We’re on the Web! holytrinitydanbury.org

Consecration of the Holy Altar of St. George’s Taylor, PA St. George’s Orthodox Church service of consecration will begin at The Divine Liturgy of Thanksgiving will will celebrate the consecration of 9 AM Saturday morning followed by begin at 10 Am on Sunday morning the Holy Altar on the weekend of the celebration of the first Divine immediately followed by a complimentary October 21-23. The Holy Relics Liturgy on the newly-consecrated banquet in St. George’s Center. to be embedded in the Altar will altar. start at 6 PM Friday evening, Reservations for the banquet on Sunday followed by Great Vespers. The can be made with Karen Pehonich at (570) 963-5832.