St. Nicholas Messenger August 10, 2014 St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Mission www.saintnicholasraleigh.org O U R C LERGY Very Rev. Fr. Mark Shuey, Fully Eastern and Fully Catholic Pastor Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Mission in Raleigh, North Carolina is an Fr. Deacon Stephen Dozier, Eastern Catholic church of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Deacon Josaphat in Parma, OH under His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop Bohdan Danylo. Our Church is in full communion with the Church and Fr. Deacon Buenaventura Yupanqui, Deacon Pope 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 ! P a g e | 2 St. Nicholas Messenger 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 Bishops: Robert, John, Bohdan, The Priests: Mark, Martin, Richard, Rick, David, Damien, Jason, Sean, Theodore, Anthony, Richard, Theodore, Shenan, JaVann, Richard, Tim, Nestor , Jopel ,The Deacons: 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 THEOTOKOS 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 St. Nicholas Messenger P a g e | 3 Page 3 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 Parish 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]. P a g e | 4 St. Nicholas Messenger 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 Virgin’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 Monk. 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.