Sunday Before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

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1 Sunday Before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Icon of the Elevation of the Holy Cross

2 Vigil Vesper/Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom for Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross September 8, 2018 Begins on Pg. 104 in Green Book Psalm 140 Tone 7 p. 154 Vesper Hymns Tone 7 pp Dogmatikon Tone 7 p. 156 Prokeimenon Tone 6 P. 248 Alleluia Tone 1 P. 249 Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom for Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross September 9, 2018 Begins on Pg. 11 in Green Book Troparion Tone 7 p. 156 Kontakion Tone 7 p. 157 Prokeimenon Tone 6 P. 248 Alleluia Tone 1 P. 249 Magnification p. 245 Irmos Tone 6 p. 245

3 Special Intentions: Erwin Armada, Barbara Dugan, Joanie Mahar, Helen Furka, Vincent Rice, McCarthy Family, Marti Lopez, Kathleen Linkowsky, Betty Geletey, Richard Gable, Mike Chapa and Iliana Villegas, Robert King, Ann Ryan, Chris Faix, Robyn Foy, Elaine Browne, Mark Chapa, Derrick Carlyle, Betty Petrus May the Lord rest His healing hand on His servants and hear their requests: Mary Rabayda, Jane Walsh, Steve Durkit, Dorothy Dumnich, Richard Reese, Chris Balsz, Sr. Christopher OSBM, Dorothy Bezeredi, Carlene Eneroth, Fred Way, Sharon White, Nancy Sandrock, Marlene Rolling, Bob Dugan, Cathy Milko, Michael Dougherty, Widad Butty, Clementina Mendoza, Nicholas Stefaniak Sr., Mary Popovich, Dan Palaschak, Michael Sherwood, Christina Toth, Liz Kol, Evelyn Sopiak, Deacon Craig Anderson, Nicholas Toth, Michelle Montalvo, Nicholas Oprendek, Dennis Milko, Karen Kol, Gabriel Papke, Audrey Bacha, Fr. Andriy Chirovsky, Kari Hill, Kathleen Wursta, Ron Minor, Fr. Basil & Sandy Meyers. ANNOUNCEMENTS CHANGE OF TIME for ST. STEPHEN S MEN S GROUP- The group will meet on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of each month. Instead of 7:30 p.m. as over the summer, our meetings will begin at 7:00 PM. We are reading and discussing Pope Francis s encyclical Gaudete et Exsultate. Our next session will be on Tues., September 11. ATTENTION, G.C.U. MEMBERS! Our lodge will have its meeting after Divine Liturgy on Sunday in the parish hall. Anyone interested in joining the Greek Catholic Union should contact Joanie Mahar. SANTA CLAUS NEEDS YOUR HELP! We are looking to form a planning committee for our Kermes, that is our parish celebration of Saint Nicholas Day, (December 6). Working together, we can celebrate Saint Nicholas Day with a tasty dinner. Perhaps we could invite Saint Nicholas, who is the REAL Santa Claus, to visit us, especially our children. Contact Fr. Diodoro in person or call IT S COMING UP AGAIN: POT LUCK AND BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY CAKE SOCIAL: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 IN THE PARISH HALL AFTER THE 9:00 AM DIVINE LITURGY. If everyone brings a dish that could be shared with six to eight people, we all will be fed quite well in body as well as in soul, not to mention the pleasure of fellowship with each other!

4 NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE PARISH COUNCILS (ADVISORY AND FI- NANCE): Our advisory and financial councilors are asked to reserve the following dates for meetings of their respective councils: OCTOBER 7 (Parish Advisory Council) and OCTOBER 14 (Finance). Each meeting will convene at 11 a.m. in the parish hall. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR PARISHIONERS: September 2 - Michelle Klinger, September 5 - Buck Ellis, September 6 - Rob Kardos, September 8 - Widad Butty, September 13 - Rebecca Roberts, September 15 - J.P. Grimes, September 15 - Daniel McBurney, September 15 - Mary Jo Pazak, September 17 - Joyanna Lowe, September 19 - Clara Kardos, September 20 - Helen Furka, September 22 - Deacon John Montalvo, September 22 - Luke Roll, September 23 - Katherine Florich, September 24 - Mary Beth Foster, September 24 - Melissa Montalvo, September 27 - Ray Vanatsky, September 30 - Madeline Ellis, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO: September 21- John & Audrey Bacha Our GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY is around the corner! SAINT STEPHEN S 50TH JUBILEE CELEBRATION ON SUNDAY, SEPTEM- BER 30, 2018 Our celebration will begin with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at 1:00 PM at our Cathedral of St. Stephen with His Grace, Bishop JOHN (Pazak) as the main celebrant. Coming from our sister Eparchy of Parma will be His Grace, Bishop MILAN (Lach) to concelebrate along with our Bishop Emeritus and Protosyncellus Bishop GERALD (Dino). The clergy of our parish and eparchy will assist. Moreover, we will be graced by the visit of His Excellency, Most Rev. Thomas Olmsted, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Phoenix, at our historic festivities. Following the Divine Liturgy, at 3:00 PM there will be a no-host social hour in the parish hall and the dinner will begin at 4:00 PM. The Jubilee Dinner will be catered. You are highly encouraged to set aside this day to celebrate this important event in the history of our cathedral parish. For those of us who cannot join us at this milestone of our parish and Byzantine Catholic Church in America, there will be a Saturday, Vigil Vesper/Liturgy on Saturday, September 29 at 4:00 PM. Please note that there will NOT be a 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy on Sunday, September 30.

5 ====================================================================== Eternal Lamp- Sanctification of Derek Carlyle Resurrection: Recovery of Fr. Basil Hutsko ======================================================================= ANALYSIS OF ATTENDANCE AND COLLECTIONS OF SEPT. 1 AND 2 Sat. 4 PM / Sun. 9 AM- Attendance: = 128 Tithes: $1, Candles: $54.82 Priests Medical Insurance: $25 Elevation of the Cross $40 Building Find: $25 - Coffee Social: $5 Icon Donation: $25 Total: $1, of 135 registered families donated tithes this weekend. That is 12 better than last weekend. Let s continue the progress for OUR parish! May the Lord bless your kindness and generosity! SUNDAY BEFORE THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS EPISTLE READING (Galatians 6:11-18) 11 See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. 12 It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. 14 But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which[a] the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. 16 Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God. 17 Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen. GOSPEL READING (John 3:13-17) 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[a] 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.[b] 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 17 Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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7 Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross September 9, 2018 Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him Forever! Welcome to Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral. We are delighted that you have come to pray with us. Our Church follows the teachings of Jesus Christ as found in the Gospel and passed on to us through the teachings of the Holy Apostles and Holy Tradition. We are in communion with His Holiness, Pope Francis, the Bishop of Rome. Saint Stephen s Byzantine Catholic Cathedral 8141 North 16th Street, Front Sunday Divine Liturgy Phoenix, Arizona Saturday 4:00 PM Weekday Services Office: Fax Sunday 9:00 AM See Bulletin Website Confessions: Sat. 3:00-3:45 pm & Sun. 8:00-8:45 Served by: Most Rev. John S. Pazak, C.Ss.R., Bishop Most Reverend Gerald N. Dino, Bishop Emeritus Very Rev. Diodoro Mendoza, Rector rectorss@eparchyofphoenix.org Rev. Joseph Hutsko, Vice-Rector huts1009@gmail.com Rev. Arthur Rojas, Parochial Vicar & Msgr. Kevin McAuliffe, In Residence Very Rev. Archpriest David M. Petras, Retired Deacon John Montalvo - Deacon James Danovich - Deacon Adam Lowe Subdeacon Paul Kilroy Parish Advisory Council Served by: Parish Finance Council Served by: Mary Beth Foster Sean Grimes Peyton Becktold John Surmay Dolores Sugent Jessica Kostyun Joanie Mahar Basil Rabayda Vigil Vesper/Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom for Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross The Cross Raised for All the World to See Eastern Christian Bulletin Service -- PO Box Fairfax, VA Ph: Fax: