JUNE 25, 2017
ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY
UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND NEW ROME
1301 Newport Avenue
Northampton, Pennsylvania 18067
V. Rev. Bazyl Zawierucha, Rector
Protodeacon Mychail Sawarynski, Attached
Telephones: Church Office… (610) 262-2882
Church Fax/Kitchen/Hall… (610) 262-0552
Fr. Bazyl’s Residence… (610) 882-2488
Protodeacon Mychail’s Residence… (610) 262-3876
Websites: holyassumption.org
ukrainianorthodoxchurchusa.org
lvorthodox.wordpress.com
E-mail: Parish…
Fr. Bazyl…
Protodeacon Mychail…
Webmaster, John Hnatow…
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25th June (12th ), 2017
3rd SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. ALL SAINTS of HALYCH. SYNAXIS of ODESSA SAINTS. TONE 2. Ven. ONUPHRIUS the Great (400). Ven. PETER of Mt. Athos (734). Hermits JOHN, ANDREW, HERACLEMON & THEOPHILUS of Egypt (4th C.)
Romans 5: 1-10 Matt. 6: 22-33
PROPERS OF THE DIVINE LITURGY
Tropar of the Resurrection, Tone 2
When You descended to death, Life Immortal, You slayed Hell with the splendor of Your Divinity. And when from the depths You raised the dead, all the Powers of Heaven cried out: Giver of Life, Christ our God, glory to You.
Tropar of the Dormition, Tone1
In giving birth, you preserved your virginity. In falling asleep you did not forsake the world, Birth-Giver of God. You were translated to life, Mother of Life, and through your prayers you deliver our souls from death.
Tropar for the Saints, Tone 1
In the flesh you lived the life of the angels. You were citizens of the desert and treasuries of grace, O Onuphrius, adornment of Egypt and Peter, the light of Athos. Therefore, we honor your struggles as we sing to you: Glory to Him Who has strengthened you. Glory to Him Who granted you a crown. Glory to Him Who through you grants healing to all.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Kondak of the Resurrection, Tone 2
Hell became fearful, Almighty Savior, seeing the miracle of Your Resurrection from the tomb. The dead arose and all creation, with Adam, beheld this and rejoiced with You and the world, my Savior, praises You forever.
Now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Kondak of the Saints, Tone 8
By your achievements in the wilderness you became like the Bodiless Powers,
Godly Onuphrius and righteous Peter adornment of Athos; the heavenly minded pair who sing in one voice: “Alleluia>”
Prokimen of the Resurrection, Tone 2
The Lord is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.
Verse: The Lord has chastened me sorely, but He has not given me over to death.
Alleluia Verses, Tone 2
May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble. May the Name of the God
Of Jacob protect you.
Lord, save the king and hear us on the day we call out to You.
Communion Hymn:
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the Highest. Alleluia (3X)
LITURGICAL CALENDAR, SCRIPTURE READINGS AND MENEION
THIRD WEEK OF THE APOSTLE’S FAST
Mon. 26 June…. Martyr AQUILINA of Byblos (293). TRIPHYLLIUS, bishop of Leucosia
FAST DAY (370). Martyr ANTONINA of Nicea. Ven ANNA & her son JOHN (9th C.)
Romans 9: 18-33 Matthew 11: 2-15
Tues. 27 June… Prophet ELISHA (10th C. B.C.) METHODIUS of Constantinople (847).
FAST DAY: Romans 10: 11-11:2
OIL Romans 7: 14-8:2 Matthew 11: 16-20
Wed. 28 Jun… Prophet AMOS (8th C. B.C.) Martyrs VITUS, MODESTUS &
FAST DAY: CRESCENTIA (303) Martyr DULAS of Cilicia (313).
Oil Romans 11: 2-12 Matthew 11: 20-26
Thurs. 29 June… TYCHON, bishop of Amathus (425). Martyrs TIGRIUS & EUTROPIUS.
FAST DAY: Romans 11: 13-24 Matthew 11: 27-30
FISH
Fri. 30 June… Martyrs MANUEL, SABEL & ISMAEL of Persia (363)
FAST DAY Romans 11: 25-36 Matthew 12: 1-8
Sat. 01 July… Martyrs LEONTIUS, HYPATIUS & THEODULUS at Tripoli (73).
FAST DAY: Romans 6: 11-17 Matthew 8: 14-23
FISH NO VESPERS AT OUR CHURCH.
Sun. 02 July… FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. Holy Apostle JUDE (80).
FAST DAY:
FISH 9 AM DIVINE LITURGY AT ST. MARY’S IN ALLENTOWN
PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO SUNDAY LITURGIES AT OUR CHURCH ON JULY 2ND & 9TH. METROPOLITAN ANTONIY ENCOURAGES THE FAITHFUL TO ATTEND ST. MARY’S IN ALLENTOWN. DIVINE LITUGY BEGINS THERE AT 9:00 AM. ALSO, FOR SS. PETER & PAUL, SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON JULY 11TH AT 4 PM AND LITURGY ON THE FEAST DAY at 10 AM IN ALLENTOWN. WE WILL RESUME SERVICES HERE on JULY 16th & JULY 23rd. FR. VASYL SHAK will SERVE
both SUNDAYS. FR. BAZYL PLANS TO RETURN ON JULY 30th.
NECROLOGY:
29 June… Peter Plaska ’57, Priest Ivan Tkaczuk ‘90
30 June… John Stupcryski ’31, Protopresbyter Pavlo Szpiruk ’75,
Priest John Kulish ‘95
02 July… Teckla Pontician ’63, Anna Kereb ’81, Priest Eugene Bohuslavsky
’95, Protopresbyter Artemy Selepyna ’94, Milton Kochenash ‘00
VICHNAYA PAMJAT’! MEMORY ETERNAL!
BIRTHDAYS:
26 June… Matthew Winters
27 June… Bohdan Khromenko
29 June… Matthew Grason
01 July… Joel Hnatow
02 July… Vira Harnaho
ANNIVERSARIES:
25 June… Stephen & Melanie Unger
MNOHAJA LITA! – MANY YEARS!
WE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF: Priest Bazyl Zawierucha, Catherine Kochenash, Fr. Vasyl Dovgan, Michael Smallen, Vladimir & Emma Krasnopera, Walter & Tessie Kuchinos, Brendan Phillips, Jessie Hnatow, Jessica Meashock, Patricia Jones, Wasyl Hewko, Adam Hewko, Betty Hendrickson, child Andrew Thaxton, Helen Sodl, Michelle Pierzga, Susan Ferretti, Matthew Vitushinsky, child Micah Brickler, the new infant Nicholas Parchomenko, Mary Lee Lesczuk, John Vitushinsky
NORTHAMPTON FOODBANK DONATIONS: there continues to be a need for food to assist our neighbors. Special request for our parish is baby foods, but all non-perishables will be accepted.
We continue to pray for Fr. Bazyl’s recovery: “LORD ALMIGHTY, PHY-SICIAN OF SOULS AND BODIES, WHO BY YOUR WORD, HEALED DISEASES AND AFFLICTIONS, VISIT YOUR SERVANT, THE PRIEST BAZYL, STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND, FULL OF HEALING AND HEALTH, AND STRENGTHEN HIM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. GRANTING HIM REMISSION AND FORGIVENESS OF HIS SINS, WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY TRINITY, HEAR US AND HAVE MERCY.”
OCMC AGAPE DONATIONS: $20.00. Thank you for your support.
PLEASE SEE BETTYANN WOYEWODA for Jr. UOL raffle tickets.
GIANT SUPERMARKET COUPONS available from Martha Dowling. REDNERS ‘S “SAVE A TAPE PROGRAM” helps the church. Deposit re-ceipts in the box in the vestibule. Use your Pump Rewards/ Save a Tape Card.
NEWS FROM THE ORTHODOX WORLD
The Ministry of Culture in Ukraine reports that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is the most influential religious body in the country. In the January 2017 report, there were 12,653 parishes, 4,807 monastics in 208 monasteries, 4,788 students in 19 seminaries, 3,986 Sunday schools and 135 media outlets.
The first complete Bible in the Uzbek language was displayed in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on June 1st. Translators worked on the project for 23 years. Metropolitan Vikenty of Tashkent said that the new Bibe has great potential to penetrate the hearts and minds of the Uzbek people. Uzbekistan is a predominantly Muslim nation in Central Asia with 32 million people who speak a Turkic language. About 5% of the population is Orthodox Christian.
The pilgrimage route in memory of the 100th anniversary of the martyr-dom of the Royal Romanov family has been announced. Pilgrims will visit the Ekaterinburg Church-on-the-Blood, built on the site of their martyrdom, the monastery in their honor at Ganina Yama and the house in Tobolsk where they spent their last months.
A pod of 12 dolphins returned an icon of the Mother of God, “Our Lady of the Sign” on a beach in Sochi on the Black Sea. The dolphins swam up to the shore and threw something out of the water. After investiga- ting the object covered in mud, it was the icon.
Metropolitan Onuphriy of Kyiv was the main celebrant along with 16 other Orthodox hierarchs at the consecration of the new Church of the New Martyrs in Munich, Germany on June 15th.
Metropolitan Antonio of Mexico and Central America fell asleep in the Lord on June 14th at the age of 85. Patriarch John X pf Antioch an-nounced the appointment of Bishop Ignatio to Venezuela and the Carib-bean and Archimandrite Fady to administer the Diocese of Mexico.
The observance of the Great Martyr John of Suceava took place at the church named in his honor in Bilohorod-Dnistrovsky where his incur-rupt relics lie since 1402. Following the Liturgy, a Procession took place to the spring in his honor led by Metropolitan Agafangel of Odessa.