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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Forefeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God
St. Nicholas Bulletin - August 27, 2023
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Christ is in our midst! Христос међу нама! Cristo esta entra nosotros! | |
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Embracing the Humility to Accept that
by the Grace of God, I am what I am
Fr. Philip LeMasters
In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. Amen.
Glory to Jesus Christ!
It is not hard for people who have it pretty easy in life to think that all is well. If they assume that they have met the expectations of society, then they can pat themselves on the back and rest content. But when a hard challenge comes along that they are not prepared to meet, their eyes will open a bit to the truth about their souls. That is precisely what happened to the rich man in today’s gospel lesson when Jesus Christ gave him a commandment that he lacked the strength to obey: “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
This fellow had thought that he had already satisfied God’s commandments. He said, “All these I have observed; what do I still lack?” He may have asked Christ what he needed to do in order to find eternal life because he wanted the Lord to confirm that he had already fulfilled what God required. Or perhaps he was genuinely checking to see if he had done everything he could in order to justify himself. The man was quite wealthy, and lived in a time when people believed that God blessed people with riches as a reward for their righteousness. That is why the disciples were shocked to hear Christ say how hard it is for the rich to enter the heavenly kingdom. Along with success in the world usually come strong inclinations to love the fruit of that success. The Scriptures are certainly full of warnings against the temptations associated with wealth, power, and prestige.
The man’s inability to part with his possessions and to abandon his place in society at the Lord’s command revealed a truth about him that he had not previously considered: He loved serving himself more than serving God and neighbor. His obedience of the commandments had not brought healing to his soul. Due to his pride, which had likely grown from how he had responded to his comfortable life and the admiration of others, he had fallen into the delusion that he had achieved righteousness by obeying God’s law. When told to obey a command that was beyond him, however, the man’s illusion of perfection shattered. And since he relied on nothing more than his own sense of accomplishment, he then fell into despair and walked away from the Lord in sadness.
St. Paul helped the early Christians see that sharing in the eternal life of Christ is not a reward for following the Old Testament law. A former Pharisee and persecutor of the Church, he became an apostle after the Risen Lord appeared to him on the road to Damascus. Instead of corrupting such a tremendous blessing to fuel religious pride, he used it for his humility. As St. Paul wrote, “I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God, which is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.” St. Paul acquired the spiritual clarity to see that his ministry was not about him. His life was not a monument to himself. His work was not a desperate attempt to justify himself before God or in his own mind. Instead, everything was about participating in the gracious mercy of the Lord as he fulfilled his particular calling to build up the Body of Christ.
In contrast, the man in our gospel lesson was concerned only about himself and blithely assumed that he had already fulfilled God’s law. Then he could not handle it when the Savior revealed his spiritual weakness by giving him a command that he lacked the strength to obey. St. Paul, however, never shied away from highlighting his own unworthiness, even calling himself the chief of sinners. The apostle had the humility to see and accept the truth about his soul, stating that “by the grace of God I am what I am.” He was not paralyzed by guilt or enslaved by the proud desire to make himself look righteous in the eyes of others. Despite his many trials and tribulations, and his keen awareness of his own imperfection, St. Paul did not abandon his ministry or somehow corrupt it into a way of serving himself. Instead, he used his sense of dependence on the mercy of the Lord to fuel his ongoing pursuit of the Christian life to the point of death as a martyr. As he wrote, God’s “grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God, which is with me.”
There is no way to gain the spiritual strength to follow St. Paul’s example other than to become humbly dependent upon the mercy of the Savior. If we think that the Christian life is a way to justify our existence in our own minds, in the eyes of our neighbors, or before God, then we will fall into despair and walk away in sorrow like the rich man in our gospel reading when we catch even a small glimpse of the holiness to which Christ calls us. The God-Man shares His healing of the human person with us so that we may become perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect. That requires not only abstaining from murder and adultery, but acquiring the purity of heart to become free of anger and lust. He makes us “partakers of the divine nature” so that we will become like Him in loving not only our friends, but even our enemies. Who may claim to have fulfilled these commandments? If we think that Christ calls us to do so merely by our own spiritual or moral ability, we will quickly be so overcome by a sense of failure that we will simply walk away in sadness.
We must also be on guard against the subtle temptation of religious pride. Regardless of the outward circumstances of our lives, we can easily distort the Orthodox Christian faith into a legalistic effort of self-justification that leads only to delusion. We will then corrupt prayer, fasting, generosity to the poor, and all the other spiritual disciplines into vain efforts to impress God, ourselves, and other people. This is a path that leads only to self-righteousness, hypocrisy, and spiritual blindness. Those who persist on it will ultimately turn away from the Lord even as they assume that they have accomplished everything necessary to find eternal life.
There is a much better way, of course, to view the blessed practices to which our Lord call us. They are not ways of justifying ourselves before God, our neighbors, or ourselves, but humble means of opening ourselves to receive the healing mercy of His grace. As St. James taught, “Faith without works is dead,” for we must actively offer ourselves to Him in obedience. (Jas. 2:17) That is how we grow in faith as we entrust ourselves ever more fully to the Lord. If we truly believe in Him, we will become more like Him as we find the healing of our souls. The more we unite ourselves to Him, the more we will be aware of the depths of our spiritual weakness and dependence on His mercy. Then we will find liberation from our vain obsessions with grounding the meaning and purpose of our lives in our own accomplishments and characteristics. Instead, we will simply say with St. Paul, “by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain.”
In response to Christ’s statement about how hard it is for rich people to enter the Kingdom of God, the disciples were amazed and asked, “Who then can be saved?” The Lord responded, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” That is true not only for the wealthy, but for us all. No matter how religious or moral we try to become, we cannot heal our own souls or raise ourselves up from the grave. Saint Paul needed the gracious divine energies of the Lord to transform him into the apostle to the Gentiles. He knew who he was as a former persecutor of Christians, but that was not the point. Because of the outrageous mercy of the Savior, he stands as a shining example to us all of the hope that is ours in Christ Jesus. All that we must abandon is our proud insistence on self-justification in any form as we embrace the healing that we could never give ourselves. The Savior who died, descended into Hades, and rose in triumph on the third day shares His life with us, making us members of His own Body, the Church. The point of our saving union with Him is not what we have achieved or what we deserve, but the unfathomable mercy of the Lord. Like Saint Paul, then, let us get over our pride and humbly entrust ourselves to Christ so that we may say with the apostle, “by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain.” The only other option is to walk away from Him in sadness and despair.
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Commemorating the Forefeast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Prophet Micah, Hieromartyr Marcellus Bishop of Apamea, New Martyr Nazarius Metropolitan of Kutaisi-Gaenati and his companions of Georgia, Translation of the relics of Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk
RESURRECTIONAL TROPARION—TONE 3
Let the heavens rejoice! Let the earth be glad! For the Lord has shown strength with His arm. He has trampled down death by death. He has become the first born of the dead. He has delivered us from the depths of hell, and has granted to the world great mercy.
FOREFEAST TROPARION—TONE 4
Dance with joy, O peoples! Clap your hands with gladness! Gather today with fervor and jubilation; sing with exultation. The Mother of God is about to rise in glory, ascending from earth to heaven. We ceaselessly praise her in song as truly Theotokos.
HOLY FATHER NICHOLAS TROPARION—TONE 4
Truly you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith; in icon of humility and a teacher of abstinence. Your humility exalted you; your poverty enriched you. O Father and Hierarch Nicholas, intercede with Christ our God that our souls may be saved.
RESURRECTION KONTAKION—TONE 3
On this day You rose from the tomb, O Merciful One, leading us from the gates of death. On this day Adam exults as Eve rejoices; with the Prophets and Patriarchs they unceasingly praise the divine majesty of Your power.
FOREFEAST KONTAKION—TONE 4
Today the universe dances with joy at your glorious memorial, and cries out to you, O Mother of God: “Rejoice, O Virgin, pride of Christians!”
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READERS:
This Week: Matins: Milan Radanovic Epistle: Marko Rocknage
Next Week: Matins: Lenny Tepsich Epistle: Teddy Sukhernik
EPISTLE: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11
DEACON: Let us pay attention.
PRIEST: Peace be unto all!
READER: And with your spirit!
DEACON: Wisdom.
READER: The Prokeimenon in the Third Tone: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
CHOIR: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
READER: v: Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
CHOIR: Sing praises to our God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
READER: Sing praises to our God, sing praises!
CHOIR: Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
DEACON: Wisdom!
READER: The Reading is from the first Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians.
DEACON: Let us attend!
READER: Brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
PRIEST: Peace be unto you, reader!
READER: And with your spirit! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
CHOIR: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
READER: In You, O Lord, have I hoped; let me never be put to shame!
CHOIR: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
READER: Be a God of protection for me, a house of refuge in order to save me!
CHOIR: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
АПОСТОЛ: 1 Коринћанима 15: 1-11
Ђакон: Пазимо
Свештеник: Мир свима!
Читач: I Духу Твоме!
Ђакон: Премудрост
Читач : ПРОКИМЕН- глас 3 Појте Богу нашему, појте! Појте Цару нашему, појте!
Хор: Појте Богу нашему, појте! Појте Цару нашему, појте!
Читач: Сви народи, запљескајте рукама, покликните Богу гласом радосним!
Хор: Појте Богу нашему, појте! Појте Цару нашему, појте!
Читач: Појте Богу нашему, појте!
Хор: Појте Цару нашему, појте!
Ђакон: Премудрост
Читач: Читање је од Прве посланице Светог апостола Павла до Коринћана
Ђакон: Пазимо
Читач: Али вама напомињем, браћо, јеванђеље које вам проповиједах, које и примисте, у коме и стојите, Кроз које се и спасавате, ако држите онако како вам проповиједах, осим ако узалуд не повјеровасте. Јер вам најприје предадох што и примих, да Христос умрије за гријехе наше по Писму, И да би погребен, и да је устао трећи дан, по Писму, и да се јавио Кифи, затим Дванаесторици; Потом се он јавио одједном више од пет стотина браће, од којих су већина и сада живи, а неки се упокојише. Потом се јавио Јакову, затим свима апостолима; А послије свију. као каквом недоношчету, јавио се и мени. Јер сам ја најмањи од апостола, који нисам достојан назвати се апостол, зато што гоних Цркву Божију. Но благодаћу Божијом јесам што јесам, и благодат његова која је у мени не оста празна, него се потрудих више од свију њих, али не ја, него благодат Божија која је са мном. Било, дакле, ја било они, тако проповиједамо, и тако повјеровасте.
Свештеник: Мир свима Читачу!
Читач: I Духом Твоме! Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
Хор: Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
Читач: У тебе се, Господе, уздам, немој ме оставити под срамотом до вјека.
Хор: Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
Читач: Буди ми Бог заштитник, дом уточишта, да би ме спасао.
Хор: Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
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LITURGY GOSPEL:
Matthew 19: 16-26
At that time, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He said to Him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ” The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
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ЈЕВАНЂЕЉЕ:
Матеј 19: 16-26
У вријем оно, један младић приступи Исусу клањајући му се и рече: Учитељу благи, које добро да учиним да имам живот вјечни? А он му рече: Што ме зовеш благим? Нико није благ осим једнога Бога. А ако хоћеш ући у живот држи заповијести. Рече му: Које? А Исус рече: Не убиј; не учини прељубу; не укради; не свједочи лажно; Поштуј оца и матер; и љуби ближњега својега као себе самога. Рече му младић: Све ово сачувах од младости своје; шта ми још недостаје? Рече му Исус: Ако хоћеш савршен да будеш, иди продај све што имаш и подај сиромасима, и имаћеш благо на небу, па хајде за мном. А када чу младић ријеч, отиде жалостан; јер имађаше многа имања. А Исус рече ученицима својим: Заиста вам кажем да је тешко богатоме ући у Царство небеско. И опет вам кажем: Лакше је камили проћи кроз иглене уши неголи богатоме ући у Царство Божје. А када то чуше ученици, чуђаху се веома говорећи: Ко се, дакле, може спасти? А Исус погледавши на њих, рече им: Људима је ово немогуће, а Богу је све могуће.
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~ The Week Ahead: Scriptures and Services ~ | |
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~Prayers for the Faithful~
In Our Prayers
Newly Illumined Emilia Renee and Delilah Marie Peterson, their parents and sponsors, Metropolitan Paul, Archbishop Youhanna, Protinica Ljubica Jockovic, Protopresbyter Rodney Torbic, Popadija Sara Golic, Matushka Barbara Ealy, the child Katie Elizabeth and her parents Mileva and Michael Repasky, the child Metodija and his parents Fr. Dn. Milan and Mira Damljanovic, the child Louise Bare and her parents Zachary & Elizabeth, Shayle York and the newborn Šeren Lily, Emma Howell and the newborn Ana Lynn, Kyranna Baker and the newborn Avery Catherine, Michelle Adams, Addy Andy, Ferris Atty, Lori Bare, Dori & Doug Bert, Jonathan Bertsch, Darlene & Larry Black, Carole Blitva, Stephan and Barbara Blitva, Walter “Bud” Brown, Guiliana & Aleksandar Carricato, Leann Cox, Joseph Derk, Art Dils, Draga Donato, Tommy and Kara (Blitva) Dorsey, JoAnn Filepas, Anaya Garvin, Christian & Melanie Geib, Michael Geppert III, Dr Andrea Govelovich, Nick & Terry Govelovich, Kata Gruich, George Gutshall, Dan Hazlett, Basil Havalchak, Travis Heilman, Adam Herigan, Edith Herigan, Kay Himes, Nicole Stefan Imschweiler, Susan Jacobs, Slobodan Jovicic, Myong Sook Kim, Spencer Klinge, Dorothy Krnjaich, Henry Laichak, Peter Lalic, Dragan Lalovic, Stella Wren Lappas, Catherine Lewis, Dick Livingston, Maggie Livingston, Boro Lojpur, Stephen Lundingrin, Sandy Marijan, Dianne & Jim Martin, Rowan Martin, Jack McFall, Marija Miljkovic, Daria Milletics, Infant of God Ryan Leigh Moffitt, Dave Morris, Peter Mrgich, George Myers, Patty Navarro, Bosiljka Ninkovic, Lila Packer, Daniel Paddock, Vid & Marica Pejcic, Hope Pesner, Kobe Petrovich, Sue Petrovich, Tracy Petrovich, Logan Roszkowski, Chloe Ruff, Nathan & Jane Rush, Greg Selman, Michael Schaffner, Maryann Seiders, Steven Semic, Benjamin Shaffer, Tessa Shaffer, John Sheaffer, Pat Shoemaker, Branko Smitran, Zorka Starcevich, Tim Stefan, Patricia & Joseph Sypniewski, Leonard Tepsich, Leroy Tepsich Jr, Savka Trivun, Edie & Michael “Bo” Venesevich, Rita Vorkapich, Kristina Vukalo, Steve Vulich, Paula Werner, Draga Worman, Dewey Yetter, Mileva “Millie” Yezdimir, Marija Zabrodnaya, Ashley Ziobrowski, Demetrios & Eleni Ziogas, Miriam “Mim” Codan Ziolkowski
Those Who Need Special Care
COUNTRY MEADOWS MECHANICSBURG: Florence Ivanoff; MASONIC HOME ELIZABETHTOWN: Ray Foltz; RS: Cedo Lukic; SPRING CREEK: Chuck Belic
Those to be Baptized
Sloane & Berkeley Semic, Barrett Scott, Divna & Danica Mitrovic, Nora & Maeve Van Huysen, Sloane & Šeren York
Our College Students
Sophia Adams, Kyranna Baker, Cameron Barber, Michael Geppert, Anastasija Gligorevic, Cayden Healy, Matthew Hoover, Kalei Howard, Faith Kingsbury, Sophia Mummert, Kobe Petrovich, Christina Radanovic, Ioanna Radanovic, Madison Vorkapich, Anastasija Vukalo
Our Dearly Departed Loved Ones
Protopresbyter Srboljub Jockovic, Protopresbyter Alexander Veronis, Robert Bazdar, Ljuban Kosovac, John J Milakovic, Mileva Maran, Eva Orr
~Vigils Offered~
TOOTSIE KRNJAICH Offering vigils and prayers for our Kuma Tootsie. May God’s blessings be with her during her rehab period. From her Godchildren, Kat and families.
DARLENE BLACK Offered with love by the Barber & Geib Families for God’s Blessings during her recovery. We pray that He will bless her with good health. Our Love & Prayers are with her.
MICHAEL GEPPERT Offered prayerfully by Mom & Dad for improvement in health and God’s blessings and loving care during his recovery.
†DECEASED MOTHERS CLUB MEMBERS Offered in loving memory as we recognize our Slava; Dormition, the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Mother of God (Aug 28). Memory Eternal! Vjecnaja Pamjat!
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Please continue to pray for all of those currently being persecuted for Christ's sake in Kosovo, Metohija, Montenegro, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, the Sudan, China, North Korea, for all of our brothers and sisters in Christ suffering throughout the world, especially in Ukraine and Russia, that they might be comforted with the Joy of our Lord, and for those who are unjustly persecuted that they may be strengthened by the love of Christ which knows no race.
LET US PRAY TO THE LORD!
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Stewardship Offering Information
Date 8/20/2023
Collection: $2,833.00
Date 8/13/2023
Collection: $3,654.00
Date 8/6/2023
Collection: $3,614.00
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Remaining August Birthdays
Ferris Atty (Aug 27), Maryann Seiders (Aug 28), Chuck Miller (Aug 30), Florence Ivanoff
Remaining August Anniversaries
Dn. Bojan & Sladjana Gligorevic (Aug 31)
September Birthdays
Elliott Klipa (Sep 2), Andjela Lojpur (Sep 3), Graham Bazdar (Sep 3), Dominik Bowser (Sep 3), Aleksandar Milanovich (Sep 4), Aleksandar Gerhart (Sep 4), Peter Barber (Sep 5), Lincoln Govelovich (Sep 6), Mike York (Sep 6), Radomir Raic (Sep 7), Misha Bowser (Sep 8), Stacey Mummert (Sep 9), Tina Tepsich (Sep 10), Bennett Spangler (Sep 12), Nemanja Jovic (Sep 13), Kat Gruich (Sep 14), Ben Shaffer (Sep 18), Zeljko Raic (Sep 18), Marija Miljkovic (Sep 20), Angie Vorkapich (Sep 21), Terry Govelovich (Sep 22), Dean Stefan (Sep 22), Milijan Lukic (Sep 22), Ljilja Lazarevic (Sep 24), Clara & Thea Goodling (Sep 25), Fran Radosevich (Sep 29)
September Anniversaries
Frank & Marie Brescia (Sep 2), Mark & Yovanka Hoover (Sep 9), Dori & Steve Barry (Sep 9), Alan & Marina Radanovic (Sep 9), Luke & Waad Jacobs (Sep 13), Val & Fran Radosevich (Sep 16), Tim & Kaitlyn Hook (Sep 19), Brian & Catherine Lewis (Sep 19), Tina & Lenny Tepsich (Sep 20), Jon & Mara Bebeau (Sep 25), John & Cindy Semic (Sep 26)
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WEDDING BANNS
This is to announce the upcoming union in holy matrimony for the handmaiden of God, Anney Mierski, daughter of Joseph and Marietta (nee Homzuk) Mierski of the Orthodox Faith, to the servant of God Randall Holdeman, son of Jean and Cheri Holdeman of the Roman Confession. If anyone knows of any reason these to should not be wed, see Father Christopher Rocknage as soon as possible.
MOTHERS CLUB SLAVA (TODAY)
Please join the St Nicholas Mothers Club for their Slava today, to celebrate the Holy Dormition of the Mother of God (August 28), and to honor our Kumovi Sue Petrovich and Angie Vorkapich. Thank you goes out to Zorka Starcevich for making the Kolach and Protinica Carole Balach for making the Koliva. Everyone is invited to the social hall after church for our Slava fellowship.
FEAST OF THE HOLY DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
The Feast will begin with the Vigil and Lamentations today, August 27 at 5 pm and continue with Liturgy on Monday, August 28 at 9:00 am with the blessing of fragrant flowers and herbs.
FLOWERS AND HERBS
We humbly ask that you bring fragrant flowers and herbs for the Eve of the Dormition of the Theotokos to be placed on and around her tomb. This tradition began with her death itself. The Holy Apostle Thomas was late returning to say goodbye to the Theotokos, and when he arrived three days late, he begged the other Apostles to open her tomb so he could venerate her body. When they did, they discovered that the tomb was empty. In place of her body, they found a tomb full of fragrant flowers and herbs. Thus, we bring them to Church to be blessed on this day, in honor of the bodily resurrection of the Theotokos.
PASTORAL EMERGENCY CALLS
As Father Christopher is still recovering from surgery, Proto Ilija Balach will be assisting with emergency calls. In case of pastoral emergency, please call or text Proto Ilija at 425.736.3016.
ADULT EDUCATION CLASS
As we begin the new Liturgical year, we also begin our Adult Education classes after Vespers on Wednesday evenings (starting in October). This year, Father Chris is asking what aspects of the Faith you are interested in learning more about. Please email at fr.chris@stnicholassteelton.org, or call 717.939.0251 to offer your suggestions.
CHURCH SCHOOL REGISTRATION
It is that time again, getting ready for a new academic year. Please follow this link to register your children for our Church School program. All children, ages 3—18 are expected to attend classes each Sunday to grow in the Faith and in fellowship.
https://forms.gle/SGWWhv3iBLWqJfHd7
SAVE THE DATE—OCTOBER 28-29, 2023
SSS Josif Marinkovich 90th Anniversary Weekend! Concert, Banquet, Dance, etc. More information will follow!
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CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
Office hours are Monday thru Friday from 9 am until noon. You may call the office during these hours at (717) 939-3872 or come by the office in person. Office hours will be adjusted when services are occurring during those hours.
BULLETIN DEADLINE
Bulletin Deadline is Wednesday at 11 am. Please send all requests to the church office at office@stnicholassteelton.org
You may also call (717) 939-3872
ST. NICHOLAS TAMMIES
Our St. Nicholas Tamburitzans will begin rehearsals for Serb Fest starting next Sunday, September 3 after Liturgy.
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August Charity
Zoe for Life
Many women are fortunate to have the love and support structure to lead them to marriage, children, and a meaningful life. Others, however, are from different circumstances, and may find themselves in crisis because of an unplanned pregnancy. Their situation may have them in turmoil and panic, where healthy decisions are difficult to make. ZOE for Life!® serves as a conduit, guiding women to a wider range of support organizations, providing an attractive set of options and a promising outlook on their situation. There is counseling, housing referral assistance, referral for prenatal care, adoption and other services available for which most women in distress are unaware. It is the goal of ZOE for Life!® to offer more opportunities to women in unplanned pregnancies, and to empower them to make decisions everyone can live with. ZOE for Life!® is a pan-Orthodox outreach of Orthodox Christians. It is funded privately, and has received 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service. All gifts are tax-deductible as specified by law.
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