First Sunday of the Great Fast Sunday of Orthodoxy

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1 First Sunday of the Great Fast Sunday of Orthodoxy Icon of the Holy Images

2 Great Vespers for Sunday for First Sunday of Great Lent Saturday, February 10, 2018 Service begins on page 1 of the Office of Vespers Psalm 103 Bless the Lord, O My Soul Version A Pg 2 Version with melody Lamp-Lighting Psalms & Great Incensation Tone 4 Pg 58 Handout Hymns of Vespers (Resurrection) Tone 4 Pp Handout Hymns of Vespers (1st Sunday of Great Lent) Tone 6 Pg 1-4 Handout Doxastikon (1st Sunday of Great Lent) Glory Tone 2 Pp 4-5 Handout Dogmatikon (Resurrection) Now and ever Tone 4 Pp Handout Prokeimenon Tone 6 Pg 13 Vespers Book O.T. Reading - Habakkuk 2:6-20 Hymn of Glorification Pg 14 Vespers Book Apostica (Resurrection ) Tone 4 Pp Handout Apostica Doxastikon (1st Sunday of Great Lent) Tone 2 Pg 6 Handout Apostica Theotokion (Resurrection) Tone 2 Pg 45 Handout Troparion (Resurrection) Tone 4 Pg 141 Green Book Troparion (1st Sunday of Great Lent) Tone 2 Pg 7 Handout Theotokion (Resurrection) Tone 2 Pg 45 Handout Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great Sunday of Meat-fare Saturday, February 17 & Sunday, February 18, 2018 Service begins on page 11 of the Green Book First & Second Typical Psalm Version A Pp Hymn of the Incarnation Version A Pg 18 Beatitudes Pp Entrance Hymn Version A Pg 25 Troparion (Resurrection) Tone 4 Pg 141 Troparion (1st Sunday of Great Lent) Tone 2 Pg 220 Kontakion (1st Sunday of Great Lent) Tone 8 Pg 220 Holy God Version A Pg 27 Prokeimenon (Resurrection) & (Holy Icons) Tone 4 Pp 142 & 221 Alleluia (Resurrection) & (Holy Icons) Tone 4 Pp 142 & 221 Let us Who Mystically Version A Pg 42 Nicene Creed Version A Pg 51 Holy, Holy, Holy & Amen (St. Basil Liturgy) Version A Pg We Praise You (Anamnesis) (St. Basil Liturgy Version A Pg 98 Magnification Pg Our Father Tone 1 Pg 66 Communion Hymn (Sunday) & Holy ProphetsVersion A Pg 78 & 222 We Have Seen the True Light Version A Pg 82 May Our Mouth Be Filled Version A Pg 84 Blessed Be the Name Version A Pg 88

3 This Week s Liturgical Schedule Sun. 2/18 First Sunday of the Great Fast/Sunday of Orthodoxy (Sunday of Holy Icons) Sat. 3:00 PM Vespers of Great Lent (Fr. Joe) Sat. 4:00 PM Vigil Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (Parishioners of St. Stephen) (Fr. Joe) Sun. 9:00 AM Procession with Holy Icons & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great David Kruse by Gilda & Michael Dougherty (Msgr. Kevin) Mon. 2/19 The Holy Apostle Archippus 8:00 AM Matins of Great Lent (Fr. Joe) Tue. 2/20 Our Venerable Father Leo, Bishop of Catania 8:00 AM Terce-Sext (Fr.Joe) Wed. 2/21 Our Venerable Father Timothy of Symbola 7:00 PM Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts (Fr. Joe) Finding of the Relics of the Martyrs at Eugenia No Liturgical Services To- Thu. 2/22 day Fri. 2/23 The Holy Martyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna 7:00 PM Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts (Fr. Diodoro) Sat. 2/24 The First and Second Finding of the Head of John the Forerunner The Feast of the Forerunner precedes the 2nd All Souls Saturday The Deceased of the Parish will be remembered in a Panachida after the Liturgy 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy followed by Panachida for Deceased for 2nd All Souls Saturday Sun. 2/25 Second Sunday of the Great Fast (Sunday of Gregory Palamas) Sat. 3:00 PM Vespers of Great Lent (Fr. Joe) Sat. 4:00 PM Vigil Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (Fr. Joe) Sun. 9:00 AM (Fr. Diodoro) Special Intentions: Erwin Armada, Barbara Dugan, Joanie Mahar, Helen Furka, Vincent Rice, McCarthy Family, Gemma Hillman, Marti Lopez, Kathleen Linkowsky, Betty Geletey, Richard Gable, Robert King, Ann Ryan, Chris Faix, Robyn Foy and Elaine Browne, Mark Chapa, Mike Chapa and Iliana Villegas

4 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, and Gabriel Papke ANNOUNCEMENTS PIROHI & FISH FRY DINNERS HAS RESUMED- We are planning to have pirohi and fish fry dinners during Great Lent on February 16, 23 & March 2, 9, 16 & 23. We are going to need a lot of volunteers to work the dinners. We are going to put out work schedule sheets and we need the help of you the parishioners to make the sacrifice of time and effort to help out. There is no doubt about it, having the pirohi and fish fry requires a lot of preparation and physical work. As parishioners we must look out for each other and try and help and make the work burden easier for each other. PRE-SANCTIFIED DIVINE LITURGY- Great Lent or the Great Fast begins on Monday, February 12 and ends on Friday, March 23. The Pre-Sanctified Liturgy which is our primary Service during Great Lent will be celebrated on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM and on Fridays at 7:30 LENTEN SOUP DINNER ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21- On Wednesday, February 21 we will have a presentation given to us by a theologian, Michael Crowe of St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church in Seattle, Washington. The presentation will be: How the Scientific Account of Creation Proves the Existence of God. MONDAY SOUP DINNERS DURING GREAT LENT BEGINNING ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 UNTIL MONDAY, MARCH 19- Beginning at 6 PM on the above listed Mondays of Great Lent, there will be a spiritual presentation for an hour followed by Soup Dinner at 7:00 PM. Fr. Joe will present his Byzantine Bible Class (Dealing with the Passion & Resurrection passages of St. Matthew on February 19, February 26, March 5, March 12 & March 19. Another presenter will present on March 5. COVERAGE OF OUR LADY OF WISDOM ITALO-GREEK CHURCH IN LAS VEGAS- As most of you know by now, Bishop John and the clergy here at the Cathedral and the Eparchial Offices have been going up to Las Vegas to take care of Our Lady of Wisdom during the illness and subsequent death of +Archimandrite Francis Vivona. We ask you to keep the parishioners of Our Lady of Wisdom and the hierarchy and clergy who will continue to serve the parish until a permanent pastor or administrator is appointed by Bishop John. Here is a revised schedule of the dates

5 when our clergy will be up there at Our Lady of Wisdom: February 16- February 18: Fr. Diodoro February 23- February 25: Msgr. Kevin March 2- March 11: Fr. Joe March 16- March 18: Msgr. Kevin March 23- April 3: Fr. Diodoro ANNOUNCEMENTS (CONTINUED ST. STEPHEN CATHEDRAL GREAT LENT MISSION: MARCH 3 MARCH 7 Our March 50th Jubilee Anniversary Event for our parish will be a parish mission directed by Archpriest David Petras. The theme of the mission will be The Cross in the Life of Christians. The parish mission will begin on Saturday, March 3 with the 3:00 PM Vespers followed by the Divine Liturgy and conclude on Wednesday, March 7 with the 7:00 PM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy. Archpriest Petras will preach at the Liturgies on Saturday and Sunday and at the Services on Monday and Tuesday and at the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy on Wednesday. Confession times will be scheduled during the parish mission. The parish mission gives us a wonderful opportunity to prepare for Our Lord s Resurrection on Pascha. More information concerning the parish mission will be published in future parish bulletins. This Week s Candle Intention Resurrection: Sr. Christopher by Diane Papke Our Weekly Gifts to the Lord May the Lord bless your kindness and generosity! Saturday: 4 PM: 15/ 9 AM: 136 Tithes: $ Candles: $80.25 Holydays: $ Gift Shop: $4.00 Coffee Social: $3.00 Total: $2, Coming Events Mark Your Calendars Saturday, February 17- Marriage Preparation Class at 1:00 PM in Parish Conference Room Wednesday, February 21- Lenten Soup Dinner with Theological Presentation by Theologian Michael Crow from St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church, Seattle WA after the Pre-Sanctified Divine Liturgy. Sunday, February 18- Parish 50th Jubilee Committee Meeting after 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy Wednesday, February 21- Lenten Soup Dinner with Theological Presentation by Theologian Michael Crow from St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church, Seattle WA after the Pre-Sanctified Divine Liturgy.

6 Sunday, February 25- Heart to Heart Evangelization Seminar for Parishioners and Clergy Following the 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy Monday, March 12- Pascha (Easter Bread) Baking begins at 8:00 AM (Volunteers Needed) Friday, March 16-GCU Matching Funds Rummage Sale for Painting of Church Exterior & Bell 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Saturday, March 17- GCU Rummage Sale for Painting of Church Exterior & Bell 8 AM 1 PM PRAYING WITH ICONS The pictures are not there just to be looked at as though the worshipers were in an art museum; they are designed to be doors between this world and another world, between people and the Incarnate God, his Mother, or his friends, the saints. ~ Linette Martin, Iconographer Gazing Into Heaven When we speak of icons as a medium for gazing into heaven, we refer to their value as much more than ethereal-looking religious art. Instead, icons serve as a very real means for connecting us with God and His love. Icons are beautiful, but without relationship behind it, beauty alone feeds only a portion of the human soul, and ultimately patronizes the deep human need for loving connection with the Transcendent. With this in mind, we seek to view icons as points of visual and spiritual intersection with eternal things, as living prompts for our prayers, and as reminders of the very real world that exists beyond the limitations of this temporal one. Christ and the saints are alive and well, and they have not forgotten us. We can draw strength from holy people who have gone before us into eternity, who are constantly present within both the form and function of the icon to help us in our prayers. Wells of unchanging stillness in our unstable, post-modern world, icons teach us to contemplate life s most important matters. If an icon is to do its job, it must have throughput in two directions. As we move toward an icon, it moves toward us with a warm and precise Christian content if we understand the language that it speaks. The primary purpose of an icon is to enable a face-to-face encounter with a holy person or make present a sacred event. Icons are also theology in color. ~ Linette Martin, Iconographer

7 What Does It Mean to Venerate an Icon? venerate ˈvenəˌrāt : to regard with great respect; reverence Whatever the language connotations for English speakers with the word veneration, this word is not a synonym for the worship that is due God alone. We worship only God, but may venerate holy people, or even physical objects, that His grace has sanctified, much like the healing handkerchiefs and aprons touched by St. Paul (Acts 19:12), or the brass serpent of the prophet Moses we read about in Numbers 21:9. Prayer to the saints takes the meaning of an older English meaning of the word pray, which once meant to ask or plead. Just as we ask prayer of good friends here on earth whose virtues we respect and admire, and whom we know are committed to us, we may ask those that have gone before us into eternity for the same help. As they were going to their deaths at the edicts of persecuting Roman emperors, early Christian martyrs promised those they left behind that they would pray for them. Biblical examples of people interceding on behalf of Christ may be found in the story of Christ s mother at the wedding at Cana in John 2, the Transfiguration of Christ in Luke 9: 28-31, and the cloud of witnesses mentioned in Hebrews 12:1, who are souls in heaven in some way involved in prayerfully advancing the sanctification of Christians still on earth. Christians intercede on behalf of Christ every time His name is invoked in prayer: In Jesus name (or, In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ) we pray... At its simplest, acts of veneration refer to the way believing people respectfully interact with and honor the subjects depicted in icons the prototypes, not the painted boards themselves. This veneration is a kinesthetic language that involves the senses; it is the physical part of prayer. We are reminded through physical acts of veneration that not only the mind prays, but the whole person body, mind, and spirit. Our physical selves are as much a part of His much-loved creation as our cerebral and spiritual selves. Deference and Honor Bowing and making prostrations before icons are common gestures many people use to express respect. Bows are still used as signs of friendship or honor toward other people in many Middleeastern and Asian cultures. Another act of veneration, that of forming the sign of the cross on one s body before an icon, reflects several important beliefs: recognition of the holiness of the icon as a sacred object in itself, conviction regarding the subject s sanctity, and a general acknowledgement of Christian faith. Healthy Affection God loves spontaneous acts of worship and love; we are free to kiss the icons, just as we might kiss the photo of someone we love. Candles can also be placed before icons. These candles serve as

8 visual markers for peoples prayers, and remind them of the warmth and light that Christ brings to human experience. But the most important component of any act of veneration is an open, trusting heart toward God, and faith in His love for us. Without the right attitude, the rest means little. Learning to Gaze into Heaven Icons can seem complicated or strange at first. Take time to come present to the icon, to simply gaze, allowing both your sense of sight as well as the longings of your heart to interact with what the icon presents to you in a particular moment. Icons have a way of teaching the heart spiritual truths the mind cannot. This is part of what is meant by icons being theology in color. And keep these elements in mind: A Different Perspective Icons are painted in reverse, or Byzantine, perspective, in which the further away objects in the icon are, the larger they are drawn, diverging against the horizon, rather than converging as in linear perspective. This technique is meant to bring the subject matter in the icon perpetually into the present, into the immediate experience of the viewer. Reverse perspective serves as a reminder that since God is omnipresent and outside earthly time and place, his view converges from everywhere simultaneously. We are to put ourselves in relationship to the world within the icon, not expect that world to adapt to us. Another Kind of Landscape Like other features, iconic landscapes are not meant to be realistic, but symbolic. Mountains in icons are not peaked, but flat, symbolizing all creation bowing down to Christ (Luke 3:5). Even iconographic depictions of events from Christ s earthly life are meant to remind us that those events are ultimately of an eternal, transcendent nature, and not merely historical. Not Exactly Look-Alikes Unlike much of western religious art, human subjects in icons are not meant to look precisely like the people portrayed did in real life. Icons are spiritual portraits, meant to emphasize the stillness of the subjects souls, as well as their passionlessness (freedom from sin and struggle) in the presence of God. The Lamp of the Body Eyes tend to dominate the faces of iconic subjects, acting as reflections of the serene selves within. We are naturally attracted to a person s eyes, so this helps our focus in prayer and our heart s connection with Christ or the saint within the icon. Fr. Henri Nouwen says of the eyes in the icon of the Vladimir Mother of God: Her eyes gaze upon the infinite spaces of the heart where joy and sorrow are no longer contrasting emotions, but are transcended in spiritual unity. Of More Value Than Gold Halos and gold backgrounds remind us that the people depicted there live in the presence of God s unearthly and uncreated light. The figures in some icons appear to be floating in a veritable sea of gold. We are reminded again of another world and of another reality beyond the one we know.

9 Details, Details Certain pictorial features within an icon, such as the small axe in the foreground of the icon of St. John the Baptist, remind us of pivotal events or ministries from that person s earthly life. A cross held in a saint s hand tells us that this person was martyred for his or her faith. FIRST SUNDAY OR GREAT LENT SUNDAY OF HOLY ICONS OLD TESTAMENT READING AT VESPERS HABAKKUK 2: 6-20 Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him, Even mockery and insinuations against him And say, Woe to him who increases what is not his For how long And makes himself rich with loans? Will not your creditors rise up suddenly And those who [c]collect from you awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for them. Because you have looted many nations All the remainder of the peoples will loot you Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land To the town and all its inhabitants. Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high To be delivered from the hand of calamity! You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples So you are sinning against yourself. Surely the stone will cry out from the wall And the rafter will answer it from the framework. Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and founds a town with violence! Is it not indeed from the LORD of hosts That peoples toil for fire, And nations grow weary for nothing? For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea.

10 Woe to you who make your neighbors drink, Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk So as to look on their nakedness! You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor. Now you yourself drink and expose your own nakedness. The cup in the LORD S right hand will come around to you And utter disgrace will come upon your glory. For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you And the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them Because of human bloodshed and violence [l]done to the land To the town and all its inhabitants. What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it Or an image, a teacher of falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own handiwork When he fashions speechless idols. Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, Awake! To a mute stone, Arise! And that is your teacher? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver And there is no breath at all inside it. But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him.

11 FIRST SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT SUNDAY OF HOLY ICONS The next day he decided to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, Follow me. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and told him, We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth. But Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come from Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him. Nathanael said to him, How do you know me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree. Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said to him, Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this. And he said to him, Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see the sky opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.

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13 First Sunday of Lent/ Orthodox Sunday February 18, 2018 Glory Jesus Christ! Glory to Him Forever! Welcome to Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral. We are delighted 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. Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral 8141 North 16th Street, Front Sunday Divine Liturgy Phoenix, Arizona Saturday 4:00 PM Office: Fax Sunday 9:00 AM Website Weekday Services See Bulletin Served by: Most Rev. John S. Pazak, CSsR., Bishop Most Reverend Gerald N. Dino, Bishop Emeritus Very Rev. Diodoro Mendoza, Rector Rev. Joseph Hutsko, Vice-Rector Very Rev. Archpriest David M. Petras, Retired Msgr. Kevin McAuliffe, In Residence Deacon John Montalvo - Deacon James Danovich - Deacon Adam Lowe 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 Joan Wolfe Nicholas Stefaniak III Simon Marmol Ann Zlamal Jennifer Landis Msgr. Kevin McAuliffe The Greater Mystery Visit for more publications. Eastern Christian Bulletin Service -- PO Box Fairfax, VA Ph: Fax: