+ p^fkqp=mbqbo=^ka=m^ri=loqelalu=`ero`e= A Parish of the Orthodox Church in America 305 Main Road, Herkimer, New York, 13350 • 315-866-3272 Archpriest John Udics, Rector • e-mail: [email protected] Deacon Demetrios Richards • e-mail: [email protected] Parish Web Page: www.cnyorthodoxchurch.org Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him Forever! September 28, 2014 16th Sunday after Pentecost Divine Liturgy 9:30 am October 4 Saturday Great Vespers 4:00 pm October 5 17th Sunday after Pentecost Divine Liturgy 9:30 am Saints of the Day: Venerable Chariton the Confessor, Abbot of Palestine (350). Venerable Cyril, Schemamonk and Maria, Schemanun (1337) (parents of Saint Sergius of Radonezh). Martyr Anna (1925). New Martyr Hilarion, Virgin-martyr Michaela (1937). Virgin-martyr Tatiana (1942). Synaxis of the Saints of the Kievan Caves Monastery, venerated in the near caves of Venerable Anthony: Anthony the Founder (1073) - Prochorus the Gardener and Wonderworker (1107) - John the Faster (12 c.) - Juliana the Virgin, Princess of Ol'shansk (c.1550) - Monkmartyrs Basil and Theodore (1098) - Polycarp, Archimandrite of the Kievan Caves (1182) - Varlaam, Abbot of the Kievan Caves (1065) - Damian the Presbyter and Healer (1071) - Nicodemus the Prosphora-baker (12 c.) - Lawrence the Hermit, Bishop of Turov (12 c.) - Athanasius the Hermit (c.1176) - Gerasim the Black-Robed (12 c.) - Luke, Steward of the Kievan Caves (13 c.) - Agapit the Unmercenary Physician (c.1095) - Theophilus the Clear-sighted and John the God-pleasing (12 c.) - Nectarios (12 c.) - Gregory the Iconographer (12 c.) - Hieromartyr Kuksha, Enlightener of the Vyati (12 c.) - Alexis the Hermit (13 c.) - Sava the God-pleasing (13 c.) - Sergius the Obedient (13 c.) - Mercurius, Bishop of Smolensk (1239) - Pimen the Muchailing (1110) - Nestor the Chronicler (c.1114) - Monkmartyr Evstratius (1097) - Elladius the Hermit (12-13 c.) - Jeremiah the Clairvoyant (11 c.) - Monkmartyr Moses the Hungarian (c.1031-1043) - John the Much-ailing (1160) - Mark the Grave-Digger (12 c.) - Nikola Svyatosha, Prince of Chernigov (1143) - Martyr Gregory the Wonderworker (1093) - Onysimus the Hermit (12-13 c.) - Matthew the Clairvoyant (11 c.) - Isaiah the Wonderworker (1115) - Abraham the Lover of Labor (12-13 c.) - Niphont, Bishop of Novgorod (1156) - Sylvester the Wonderworker (12 c.) - Pimen the Faster (12 c.) - Onuphrius the Silent (12 c.) - Anatolius the Hermit (12 c.) - Alipy the Iconographer (1114) - Sisois the Hermit (12-13 c.) - Theophilus the Hermit (12- 13 c.) - Arethas the Hermit (c.1195) - Spiridon the Prosphora-baker (12 c.) - Onysiphorus the Confessor (1148) - Simon, Bishop of Suzdal (12 c.) - Nikon, Abbot of Kievan Caves (1088) - Theophan the Faster (12 c.) - Macarius (12 c.) - Monkmartyr Anastasius the Deacon (12 c.) - 12 Master Architects (11 c.) - Abraham the Hermit (12-13 c.) - Isaac the Hermit (c.1190) - Martyr John the Infant (11-12 c.) - Elias of Murom (c.1188) - Nikon the Lean (12 c.) - Ephraim, Bishop of Pereyaslavl' (c.1098) - Tito the Hieromonk (1190). Venerable Chariton, Monk, of Syanzhema Lake (Vologda) (1509). Venerable Herodion, Abbot, of Iloezersk (1541). Prophet Baruch (6 c. B.C.). Martyrs Alexander, Alphius, Zosimas, Mark, Nicon, Neon, Heliodorus, and 24 others in Pisidia and Phrygia (4 c.). Martyrdom of Saint Wenceslaus, Prince of the Czechs (935). Saint Juliana, Princess of Olshansk. Martyr Eustace of Rome. Saint Faustus, Bishop of Riez (495). Saint Leoba, Abbess of Bischofsheim, English missionary to Germany (779). Saint Alkison, Bishop of Nicopolis (Preveza) in Epirus (561). Saint Auxentius the Alaman, Wonderworker of Cyprus (12 c.). Saint Neophytus the Recluse of Cyprus (1214). Saint Machan, disciple of Saint Cadoc. Saint Conwall, Priest, of Scotland (630). Saint Machan, Bishop, of Scotland. Saint Lioba of Bischoffsheim, Abbess and Virgin (d. 779). Saint Tetta Abbess of Wimborne (772) Please remember in your prayers: Suffering Christians of Egypt, Syria, the Middle East and Ukraine. Bishop BOULOS Yazigi, Bishop YOHANNA Ibrahim, of Aleppo. Archimandrites Athanasy, Nectarios, Pachomy. Archpriests Alvian, Eugene, Leonid, John, Jason, John, Vincent. Priests Jacobus, Leonid, Vasil, Vasil. Deacons Mark, Demetrios, Philip. Mother Raphaela Meriam, Dimitri, Nina, Daniel, Catherine, Helen, Anna, Peter, Helen, Michael, Stephanie, Zara, Nolan, Emelie, Connie, Michael, Ed, Nettie, Maria, Michael, John, James, Nancy, Susan, Daniel, Aaron, Mark, Jennifer, Nina, Nadine, Michael, Anna, Gregory, Marianna, Mykola, Helen, Isaiah, Jamie, Albert, Kevin, Robert, Robert, Andrew, David, Warren, Vincent, Diane, Abigail. God Grant Many Years! Prayers for the health of Bishop DANIEL, Mother Raphaela’s brother Steve, Eric John Stehnach, John and Norma Stehnach, Bishop MICHAEL, nephew Jonathan Matthew Gomes, cousin Bruce Morgenthaler, Paisius Whitesides were offered today at Liturgy and Moleben by Father John Udics. Memory Eternal. Prayers for the repose of the souls of John and Ann Garbera were offered at Liturgy and Litiya today at the request of the Garbera Family. Memory Eternal. Prayers for the repose of the souls of Harry, Mary, Anna, Katherine, Theodore and Frank of the Stryjek Family were offered at Liturgy and Litiya today at the request of Stephanie Litwen. Memory Eternal. Prayers for the repose of the souls of Anne and Michael Sokerka were offered at Liturgy and Litiya today at the request of Mary Ann and Ed Mamrosch. Memory Eternal. Prayers for the repose of the soul of Matushka Maria Tkachuk were offered at Liturgy and Litiya today at the request of Father John Udics. SAINT LIOBA (LIOBGYTHA) OF BISCHOFFSHEIM, ABBESS AND VIRGIN. Born at Wimborne, Dorsetshire, England; died at Schornsheim (near Mainz), Germany, c. 779. Saint Lioba's mother, descended of an illustrious family and closely related to Saint Boniface (f.d. June 5), had been barren for a long time before the saint was born. Nevertheless, Ebba immediately offered her to God and raised her in piety. She received her first education at Minster-in-Thanet. While Lioba was still young, she was placed in the care of the king's sister Saint Tetta (f.d. today) at the Benedictine convent in Wimborne (Winburn or "fountain of wine"). Lioba matured spiritually and emotionally under Tetta's tutelage, and eventually took the religious veil. Tetta also ensured that she had a good education. Letters to Boniface reveal that Lioba understood and wrote verse in Latin. She limited her reading, however, to books that would stir her spirit to love of God. She knew by heart the divine precepts of the Old and New Testaments, the principal canons of the Church, the holy maxims of the Fathers, and the rules of the monastic life. Boniface kept in touch with his young relative through frequent correspondence. Recognising her virtue and abilities, in 748, he requested of her bishop and abbess that she be sent to him with about 30 pious companions to undertake charitable work with women in Germany. Although Tetta regretted the loss of her protégé, she could not refuse. Upon their arrival in Germany, Boniface settled the women religious at Tauberbischofsheim ("bishop's home," possibly his own previous residence). Lioba's zeal attracted so many vocations that her convent was populating many other foundations throughout the country. Lioba's convents were one of the most powerful factors in the conversion of Germany. The saint organised her convents in the true monastic tradition with a combination of manual labour (in scriptorium, kitchen, bakery, brewery, and garden), intellectual study (all had to learn Latin), community devotions, and leisure. No extreme austerities were permitted to interfere with the corporate life established by the Rule. Her love of God was so appealing. She was always ready to set her hand to any task she might ask of others and did it with cheer and modesty. It is said that she was beautiful, that her countenance was angelic, and that her nuns loved her. Perhaps this is so because Lioba took to heart Saint Paul advice: "Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves" (Philippians 2:3) and "anticipate one another in showing honour" (Romans 12:9b). Thus, Lioba often washed the feet of her sisters in emulation of her Lord. The corporal acts of mercy were her delight, especially extending hospitality to strangers and caring for the poor. She was always patient, kind, and accessible to all who needed her. Nevertheless, kings and princes honoured and respected her, especially Pepin the Short, Blessed Carloman (f.d. August 17) and Charlemagne. Charlemagne often called her to court at Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) to seek her advice. His wife, Blessed Hildegard (f.d. April 30), loved her deeply and always heeded her advice, as did some of the bishops. Before his martyrdom, Saint Boniface commended Lioba and her community to the care of Saint Lullus (f.d. October 16) and his monks at Fulda, and requested that her bones be buried next to his at their deaths that they might be raised at the resurrection and spend eternity together. It is said that the tender affection uniting Boniface and Lioba forms one of the most charming episodes in church history. Following Boniface's death in 754, Lioba frequently visited Fulda. By special dispensation, she would be allowed with two elder sisters to join in the choir. Upon the advice of Lullus, Lioba resigned her offices in her old age and retired to the convent at Schornsheim, where she redoubled her prayer and penance. Occasionally she would answer Empress Hildegard's plea to visit her, but return to her cell as quickly as she could. On her last visit, she embraced the queen, kissed her on her garment, forehead, and mouth, then said: "Farewell, precious part of my soul; may Christ, our Creator and Redeemer, grant that we may see each other without confusion in the day of judgement." After her death, Lioba was interred at Fulda, on the north side of the high altar, near the tomb of Saint Boniface.