ST. JOSAPHAT UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH W. Union Blvd. at Kenmore Ave. -- Bethlehem, PA. Archpriest Daniel Gurovich, Pastor -- Carol Hanych, Cantor Vesperal Liturgy: Sat. 6:30 PM Liturgy: Sun. 10:00 AM Vespers: Evenings before Holydays 6:30 PM Matins: Major Holy Days 8:00 AM (610) 865-2521 -- Email: [email protected] www.stjosaphatbethlehem.com WHERE FAITH AND TRADITION MEET MAR 21 FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT TONE 1 [ALT] SUN MAR 21: FIFTH SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT [ST. MARY OF EGYPT] Sat eve Vigil: 6:30 PM: For those departed due to the Corona Virus (Panakyda) 10:00 AM: +Mildred Horoshock (1 Year) (Fr. Daniel) ECF CLASSES MON MAR 22: Sixth Monday of Great Lent [Basil of Ancyra][ [FAST] 8:00 AM: Lenten Hours with Typica TUE MAR 23: Sixth Tuesday of Great Lent [Martyr Nicon et al].No Divine Services Today WED MAR 24: Sixth Wednesday of Great Lent [Pre Feast Annunciation] [FAST IS MITIGATED]] 9:00 AM: Preparation of Willows and Palms if any this year. 6:30 PM: GREAT VESPERS FOR ANNUNCIATION OF MOTHER OF GOD WELCOME MSGR. WASLO THUR MAR 25: ANNUNCIATION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD 9:00 AM: Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (PP) WELCOME MSGR. WASLO FRI MAR 26: Sixth Friday of Great Lent [Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel] [FAST] NO SERVICE THIS YEAR – (Fr. Daniel recuperating) SAT MAR 27: Saturday of Lazarus [Lent Ends – Holy Week Begins] NO SERVICE THIS YEAR – (Fr. Daniel is recuperating) SUN MAR 28: PALM SUNDAY Sat eve Vigil: 6:30 PM: +Ann Onesky (17 Yrs) (Marlene Tilley)Blessing of Palms If any 10:00 AM: +Thomas Dunford (Fr. Daniel) DEVOTIONS THIS WEEK IF YOU NEED A PRIEST IN AN MARCH 24 GREAT VESPERS 6:30 PM EMERGENCY THIS WEEK, MARCH 25 9:00 AM PLEASE CALL FR. PAUL IN ANNUNCIATION OF THE THEOTOKOS WEST EASTON. 610-252-4266 READERS GREETERS Liturgy of the Feast will be served at 9:00 AM on ☺ MAR 20 Rybak Kadingo at exits Thursday. We welcome Msgr. Peter Waslo for these MAR 21 Tighe ☺ Buddock/Pastrick at exits MAR 24.Gorsky ☺ Kadingo at exits two important services. Please note: Because of Fr. MAR 25 Wetherill ☺ Miexell or Palmer at exits Daniel’s eye surgery, the Lenten Presanctified MAR 27 DeNardo ☺ Miexell at exits Liturgy will not be served on Friday Also for the ☺ MAR 28 Tighe Buddock/Pastrick at exits same reason the Lazarus Saturday Divine Liturgy will 9:00AM HOLY MONDAY (MARCH 29) PREPARATION OF CHURCH FOR PASCHA not be served. FUTURE EVENTS Please note that Fr. Daniel will be having eye surgery ECF CLASSES Wear Mask to Liturgy on Tuesday. As of this writing, Msgr. Peter Waslo andClass will be here to cover for him on Wednesday and NO TRYZUB MEETINGS UNTIL Thursday (the Holyday). Following these two days it FURTHERNOTICE is possible that there will be no additional services UAV Vets Kobasa Sale – Pick up next Sunday until Palm Sunday. The clergy shortage is acute as Palm SundayWeekend: Pascha Sale we all know. Please see next week’s Bulletin for the April 11, 2021: Renewal of Baptismal complete schedule of services for Holy Week. Thank Promises Gavin Pastrick, and Kohbly Polchek you for your cooperation and understanding. I would October 3, 2021: Pilgrimage to the Mother of very much appreciate your prayers this week God, Sisters of St. Basil Motherhouse especially on Tuesday. God bless all. Fr. Daniel PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH INTERNET WEB SITE Paul Pastrick, Tanya Derewecki, Anna Kupcha The weekly bulletin is available on the World Wide Helenya Stegura, Fr. Daniel, Ann Ulans, Olga Web in PDF Format. It is the same as the printed Chaplynsky version you are now reading. The Internet version of the bulletin usually appears five to six days earlier MEMORIAL FUND than the printed version. Bookmark We would like to thank Marlowe, Petty & Associates www.stjosaphatbethlehem.com and check it weekly LLC for their recent donation to the Memorial Fund for the latest bulletin, back issues, and information in Memory of +Maria Kacapyr. not appearing in the printed version. Check out the FAQ page. The material here is not usually found in the weekly bulletin. Thank you to Mark DeNardo LENTEN SERVICES and Robert Silvert for keeping the site up to date and Thursday of this week is the Feast of the in excellent format condition. Annunciation of the Mother of God. Great Vespers will be served on March 24th at 6:30 PM. The Divine We ran out of room. Additional announcements on another page! ADDITIONALANNOUNCEMENTS KOBASA SALE The Ukrainian American Veterans Post 42 are now taking orders for Kobasa for Pascha. Deadline to order is TODAY. Your order will be ready for pick-up after services on Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday, March 27 and 28, 2021. Safety precautions will be observed. To place an order, please call Mathew Koziak at 610-867-4052, or use the sign-up sheet in the vestibule of the church. Thank you for your support. Please see the information sheet in the vestibule. ANNUALPASCHASALE The ladies of the Souz Ukrainok are hosting their annual Pascha Sle on Palm Sunday weekend (March 27/28). Please pre-order this year. You can pick up your order outside this year. Please see the announcement and sign-up sheet in the vestibule. PREPARATION OF WILLOWS At the time this is going to print, we are not sure if there will be any willows for Palm Sunday this year. More than likely there will be no palms. We could use a few people to come to the church at 9:00 AM on Wednesday to prepare any willows and possible palms for Palm Sunday. Please check with Helen Karol to determine if any help is needed. Please don’t call Fr. Daniel as he will be out of commission for a number of days. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. 5TH SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT Commemoration of St. Mary of Egypt TROPARION — (Tone 1) TROPARION OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT — Tone 8 In you, O Mother Mary, the divine image shone forth faithfully, for by taking up the cross, you followed Christ. You gave example to be not concerned with fleeting life, but to be watchful over the eternal soul. Therefore, O Venerable Mary, you now rejoice with the Angels. KONTAKION OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT — Tone 3 Glory be: Now and ever: Once filled with all kinds of vice, now through repentance she appears as the bride of Christ. Leading an angelic life, she crushes the devils with help of the cross. Therefore, the venerable Mary has become a bride of the kingdom. PROKIMENON — (Tone 1} ALLELUIA — (Tone 1) INSTEAD OF “It is truly right...” (Pg.109) COMMUNION HYMNS Praise the Lord from the Heavens; praise Him in the highest. Alleluia! (3x) Second Hymn: The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance. An evil report he will not fear. Alleluia! (3x) ************** St. Mary of Egypt Our venerable mother Mary of Egypt was a desert ascetic who repented of a life of prostitution. She lived during the sixth century, and passed away in a remarkable manner in 522. She began her life as a young woman who followed the passions of the body, running away from her parents at age twelve for Alexandria. There she lived as a harlot for seventeen years, refusing money from the men that she cavorted with, instead living by begging and spinning flax. One day, however, she met a group of young men heading toward the sea to sail to Jerusalem for the veneration of the Holy Cross. Mary went along for the ride, seducing the men as they traveled for the fun of it. But when the group reached Jerusalem and actually went towards the church, Mary was prohibited from entering by an unseen force. After three such attempts, she remained outside on the church patio, where she looked up and saw an icon of the Theotokos. She began to weep and prayed with all her might that the Theotokos might allow her to see the True Cross; afterwards, she promised, she would renounce her worldly desires and go wherever the Theotokos may lead her. After this heart-felt conversion at the doors of the church, she found that she was able to enter the church. There she prayed and then fled into the desert to live as an ascetic. She survived for years on only three loaves of bread and thereafter on scarce herbs of the land. For another seventeen years, Mary was tormented by “wild beasts—mad desires and passions.” After these years of temptation, she overcame the passions and in all things was led by the Theotokos. Following 47 years in solitude, she met the priest St. Zosima in the desert, who pleaded with her to tell him of her life. She recounted her story with great humility while also demonstrating her gift of knowledge: she knew who Zosima was and his life story despite never having met him before. Finally, she asked Zosima to meet her again the following year at sunset on Holy Thursday by the banks of the Jordan. Zosima did exactly this, though he began to doubt his experience as the sun began to go that night. Then Mary appeared on the opposite side of the Jordan; crossing herself, she miraculously walked across the water and met Zosima. When he attempted to bow, she rebuked him, saying that as a priest he was far superior, and furthermore, he was holding the Holy Sacrament. Mary then received communion and walked back across the Jordan after giving Zosima instructions about his monastery and that he should return to where they first met exactly a year later.