Rev. Fr. Nicholas Mihaly Rectory: (814) Cell: (203) Schedule of Services and Events:

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1 St. Nicholas Orthodox Church American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese Ecumenical Patriarchate 1123 East Avenue Erie, PA Parish Website: Diocesan Website: Rev. Fr. Nicholas Mihaly Rectory: (814) Cell: (203) Sunday, April 29, 2018-Sunday of the Paralytic Schedule of Services and Events: Sunday, April 29 9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy & Panachida for Patricia Bandy & Shane Murdock offered Ted & Pat Molly Tuesday, May 1 6:00 PM; Adult Class Wedneday, May 2 9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy for the Feast of Mid-Pentecost Wednesday, May 2 6:00 PM; Moleben to St. Nectarios Saturday, May 5 8:00 AM; Memorial Divine Liturgy for the One Year Anniversary of Repose for Fr. Ronald Hazuda & Fr. William George Saturday, May 5 9:15 AM; St. Nick s Grove Cleanup Sunday, May 6 9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy &Panachida for Ann Krajnik offered by Helen Krajnik & George Tarasovich, Jr. offered by wife Phyllis, Reader David & Debra Sunday, May 6 11:00 AM Parish Board Meeting Confessions are available thirty minutes prior to Divine Liturgy on the first Sunday of every month; thirty minutes before vespers on Saturday evenings; or by appointment.

2 UPCOMING EVENTS May Young Adult Retreat at Camp Nazareth May 5 - Grove Cleanup May 20 - First Confession June 3 - Camp Nazareth Family Day June 10 - Parish Picnic at St. Nick s Grove July1-4 - Diocesan Altar Boy Retreat/Young Women s Encounter July Deanery Camping Week at Camp Nazareth The annual Camp Nazareth Family Day Raffle Tickets are here Please purchase your tickets in the office. Tickets are $20.00; please make checks out to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church so that the parish can send one check in to the Camp. The last day to purchase tickets is May 20. Grand Prize is $10,000 Registration for Camp Nazareth is now open: Please visit to register your children On Saturday, May 5, we will meet at St. Nick s Grove at 9:15 AM for the annual cleanup for the beginning of the summer season. On Sunday, June 10, we will have our parish picnic at St. Nick s Grove. The festivities will begin with the Divine Liturgy served outdoors at the cemetery chapel. Food, fun and fellowship will follow the Divine Liturgy. We need more volunteers to sign up for Coffee Hours following Sunday morning Divine Liturgies. Please see Pat Molly or Joanne Coursin for more information. Thank you

3 May Birthdays & Anniversaries 1 Gary Kulich 10 Tamara Kloss 16 Paul Demyanovich 16 V. Rev. Prot. David & Pani Donna (Huzinec) Smoley 17 Mark Beskid 17 Beth Potter 18 Joseph & Elizabeth (Colvin) Skalko 19 Megan Potter 28 George Yurcan 31 John Kloss If you would like Many Years to be sung for you or a loved one, please let Fr. Nick know prior to the beginning of Divine Liturgy

4 Parish Prayer List Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. James 5:16 For the Health of Fr. John Baranik, Fr. James Gleason, Fr. John Gido, Fr. Lev Holowaty, Fr. Nicholas Palun, Fr. Michael Rustick, Fr. John Zboyovski, Fr. David Smoley, Pani Donna Smoley, Pani Magdaline Blaschak, Pani Connie Miloro, Pani Eleanor Pribish, Douglas Borkowski, Emma Burkell, John Candia, Tom Candia, Sandy Carlisle, James DeHaven, Mary DeHaven, Peter Dimitriadis, Helen Douglas, Irene Fendya, Miko Jovanovich, John E. Kelley, John Kloss, Richard Koerner, Jean Kramer, Don Kuzmin, Olivia Kuzmin, Evelyn McCambridge, Mike McCambridge, Serge Mihaly, Barbara Scheibeck, Irene Schwab, Elizabeth Skalko, Isabella Smith, Cheryl Walker, David Walker, Jake Woodworth, Katlyn Wyant, George Yurcan through the prayers of St. Nectarios the Wonderworker & St. Panteleimon the Great-Martyr and Healer For Expectant Mothers Danielle Kulich through the prayers of St. Anna, the Mother of the Virgin Mary For the Repose of Fr. Charles Sunderland, Pani Ann Kozar, Lawrence Beck, Helen Bires, Ann Burdick, Vera Fetchina, William Demyanovich, Ann DiMarco, Maria Keim, Paul Meaden, Shane Murdock, Rade Uzunovski May their memories be eternal If you have someone you would like to be added to the prayer list, please see Fr. Nick

5 WEEKLY OFFERINGS Sunday, April 22, 2018 DONOR $2.00 WEEKLY CANDLES FOR HEALTH GIVEN FOR Bob & Sandy Carlisle Daughter Pani Stacey, Father Nick, Cyril, and Nectarios Mihaly Tamara Kloss Husband John Kloss Phyllis Tarasovich Herself and Family Theodore & Patricia Molly Themselves and Family Paul Demyanovich Walt Watral Douglas & Patricia Borkowski Themselves and Family James & Nancy DeHaven Mothers Mary DeHaven and Louise Butts James & Nancy DeHaven His Godmother Marge Sima s Birthday, April 25 John Lipchik Jr. & Kathleen Boyce Uncle Peter & Aunt Marge Sima Kathleen Boyce Families of Brother John Lipchik Jr. and Husband Gary Boyce DONOR $2.00 WEEKLY CANDLES FOR THE DECEASED GIVEN FOR John & Tamara Kloss Her Parents Very Rev. Proto. Ronald & Pani Dolores Hazuda Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Father Michael LaBoda Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Mother Virginia LaBoda George Yurcan Parents Wasyl & Aniela Yurcan and Deceased in Family Richard & Susanne Demchak Beloved Parents Joseph & Susan Demchak Dr. George & Kitty Kuzmishin Beloved Family Members Janet Belliveau Parents Douglas & Anne Liebel John Lipchik Jr. & Kathleen Boyce Parents John Sr. & Helena Lipchik David Lipchik Parents Steve & Ann Lipchik Phyllis Tarasovich Deceased in the Tarasovich and Kelley Families Reader David & Debra Tarasovich Grandson Carter Robert Egloff Douglas & Patricia Borkowski Her Parents Thomas & Ann Burdick DeHaven Sons & Daughter-in-laws Father George DeHaven CATEGORY AMOUNT CATEGORY AMOUNT Candles Social Hour Loose Change Camp Nazareth Raffle Regular Envelopes Total Income ATTENDANCE Adult Education Class (Tue., Apr. 17): 3 Vespers (Sat., Apr. 21): Canceled Divine Liturgy (Sun., Apr. 22): 45

6 To Ponder For thirty and eight years an ancient and incurable illness continually scourged him, but neither did he lift up his hand to do evil, nor did he offer up a blasphemous word, nor did he condemn those who were near him, but bravely, and with his great graciousness, he was brought to the pool. And why was this said? For does not the Scripture speak clearly of the life above, when is said that he had his infirmity for thirtyeight years? It wishes to say that he did not lift up his hand towards evil, nor was he enraged...and no one came to him. And when this is said, pay close attention, and not disdainfully nor simply. When he heard Christ coming to him, and he truly did not know Him, but thought that He was some tall person, and after this He spoke to him, and before them He wished to show his philosophy. For He said to them: Do you wish to be well?, he did not say to Him, You see me lying here for so many years, and you ask me if I want to be well? Have you come to ridicule me and laugh at my misfortune, and make a comedy of these events? He did not say words like this, but he said with graciousness: Yes, Lord. For after thirty-eight years he was meek, and gracious, and his vigor characterized him, and the strength of his thoughts, and he appears as one who is in the beginnings of troubles. For there is a difference between those displeased ones in the beginning of their illness, and those after the passage of time. For then the sick lift up their hands to do evil, when after time their illness becomes totally unbearable. After many years neither do they philosophize, nor are they noted to be inscrutable, but he, after all of that time, showed thanksgiving. Therefore, let us reason to imitate the patience of our fellow servant. For his paralysis is sufficient to choke the paralysis of our souls. For do not think of him as sluggish or reclining at the greatness of events, but he bore all dangers that fell upon him with bravery, though they were unbearable. And it was not his healing alone, but his sickness that became a cause for great benefit. For his healing brought glorification to the Master, and raised up the souls of those who heard it. But his illness and sickness compels us towards patience, and calls us towards zeal. And it more so showed the philanthropy of God. And therefore this illness which he suffered, and the time that he remained in sickness, was a great trust. For as gold in the furnace is revealed as gold after being tried by fire, and it becomes more pure. Thus, God allows the souls of men to be tried by dangers, until they become pure and transparent, and many from this trial are benefitted by bearing fruit. This is a special and great benefaction St. John Chrysostom

7 April20,2018 St. Michael s Orthodox Church 296 Clinton Street, Binghamton, NY (607) , frjimd@stny.rr.com St. Michael s is a Parish Family of Orthodox Christians Serving the Lord in the Triple Cities Since 1904 DearFatherandFriends, ChristisRisen IamwritingtoinformyouofawonderfuleventwhichisbeinghostedbySt.Michael sto benefittheannualscienceandnaturecampprogramatcampnazarethinmercer,pathis summer.thefirstcampnazarethclassicgolftournamentwilltakeplaceonsundayafternoon, June10attheTraditionsattheGlenResortinJohnsonCity. We would be grateful if golfers from your parish might like to participate. We would also be appreciative for any advertising support your parish might be able to offer. Checks for such should be made payable to St. Michael s, with CNC Golf Tournament in the memo line. They are to be sent to the tournament chairman, Dr. Nicholas Seketa, 1104 Tamara Lane, Johnson City, NY (Telephone is: (607) ; camperclassic@gmail.com ) TheScienceandNatureCampprogramisopentoallyoungsters,8N18.ItrunsfromSunday, August5throughSaturday,August12.Theprogramoffersinsightsintoastronomy,biology, geologyandmeterology. PresentationswillbeofferedbyofficialsfromtheCarnegieScienceCenter,theCarneige MuseumofNaturalHistory,theJenningsEnvironmentalCenterandregionalhighschooland collegefaculty.leadingtheeffortishisgracebishopgregory,whohadservedasa cardiovascularbiologistfor20yearsincharlotte,ncbeforeenteringthepriesthoodandnow theepiscopacy. Registration information for youngsters from your parish who would like to attend the Science and Nature camp can be downloaded at: SincerelyinChrist, Fr. James S. Dutko The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

8 April 26, 2018 Protocol No 10/2018 Dear Diocesan Clergy, Parents and Young Women, Christ is Risen Indeed His is Risen Preparations are well underway for the 5 th Annual Diocesan Young Women s Encounter The YWE is designed specifically for our young women to provide them an opportunity to spend time in fellowship with each other, have fun, and pray together. We learn about our faith and to listen for God s call to each of us to use our unique gifts and abilities. This year we will particularly be focusing on prayer, with the Mother of God as a model for all Orthodox Christians, and the verse Romans 12:12, "... rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation and continuing steadfastly in prayer..." The 5 th Annual Young Women s Encounter will take place from Sunday July 1 st to Wednesday, July 4 th, The YWE will be held at the Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Christian Church in Windber, Pennsylvania. Young women in our Diocese ages are encouraged to attend. Please do not miss this opportunity for the young women of our Church and Diocese to gather with one another and grow in their faith. We ask for your prayers and support as we plan for this event. With God s help and your participation, we hope this event will continue to bless our young women. If you want to catch up on this wonderful event during the last 4 summers please check out the photo gallery at the multimedia tab then photo gallery and scroll down to the Annual Young Women s Encounter or search for us by year. Registration can be found at or Space will be limited so please register as soon as possible You may contact Pani Eleni Stagon, acrodywe@gmail.com or for more information. Looking forward to seeing you this summer at our youth events Working in His vineyard with much love, +Bishop Gregory of Nyssa

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