ST. NICHOLAS ORTHODOX CHURCH

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1 ST. NICHOLAS ORTHODOX CHURCH Let us therefore strive to preserve the holiness of our souls and to guard the purity of our bodies with all fervor -St. Nicholas of Myra American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese Ecumenical Patriarchate Fr. Nicholas Mihaly, Pastor 1123 East Avenue Erie, PA H: (814) C: (203) More Information Parish Website: Diocesan Website: Weekly Schedule Sunday, March 24 9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy & Panachida for Judy Quaglina offered by Ted & Pat Molly Tuesday, March 26 3:30 PM; Emmaus Soup Kitchen Tuesday, March 26 5:00 PM; Parastas for Pani Delores Hazuda offered by Tamara & John Kloss StNicholasErie/ Welcome! If you are new to our parish, welcome! St. Nicholas is a welcoming Orthodox Christian parish. As a reminder, only those Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves are invited to receive Communion. For all of our visitors, Orthodox or non-orthodox, please join us for coffee downstairs; meet Fr. Nick & the parishioners! Tuesday, March 26 6:00 PM; Adult Class Wednesday, March 27 6:00 PM; Moleben to the Virgin Mary Friday, March 29 6:00 PM; Presanctified Liturgy Saturday, March 30 9:30 AM; Soul Saturday Divine Liturgy Saturday, March 30 11:00 AM; Outdoor Cleanup Saturday, March 30 5:00 PM; Vespers Sunday, March 31 9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy Sunday, March 31 4:00 PM; Deanery Lenten Mission; Warren, OH As a reminder, there is a minimum three hour fast from food and drink prior to evening Presanctified Liturgy 1

2 Lenten Confessions The period of Great Lent, the season of repentance, is the best time to participate in the sacrament of confession. Fr. Nick will be available approximately 45 minutes prior to each Lenten service for confessions in addition to the usual times. If these times do not fit your schedule, please schedule a time for confession so that you can celebrate Pascha with a clean soul! Visit the Divine Physician and heal your soul this Lent! Upcoming Events March 31-Deanery Mission; Warren, OH April 5-Presanctified Liturgy & Speaker from SafeNet April 13-Deanery Mission; Hermitage, PA April 19-Deanery Mission; Erie, PA April 28-Great & Holy PASCHA May Senior Retreat at Camp Nazareth July 28-August 3-Camp Nazareth Donor Recently, two anonymous donors have come forward willing to match any profit from any fundraisers St. Nicholas has for the 2019 calendar year. One donor has pledged to match up to $10,000 and another has pledged to match up to $5,000. We are currently planning some exciting and fun events for our parish in order to take advantage of the generosity of this donor. Thank you! Diocesan Lenten Retreat The Central Region Diocesan Lenten Retreat will be held on Saturday, April 6 at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Homestead, PA. Fr. Nick will be leaving at 9:00 AM. If you are interested in carpooling down, please see Fr. Nick by Sunday, March 31. Young Adult Retreat Our Diocese is holding a young adult retreat at Camp Nazareth March The keynote speaker is Dr. Al Rossi of St. Vladimir s Seminary. Our parish board has graciously offered to pay the $75.oo registration fee for any of our parishioners or their children who are interested in attending. Attendance is limited to those ages Register at: tinyurl.com/youngadultspring Camp Nazareth Registration for Camp Nazareth is now open for children ages 8-18! Please visit: Lenten Project Our parish has chosen Safe-Net, Erie s only accredited domestic violence agency, for our Lenten charity project. Please see the attached page for items that can be donated. The last day to donate items is March 31. Mar Birthdays & Anniversaries 30 Pani Donna Smoley Apr 10 Jean Kramer 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 2

3 Outdoor Clean-up Day Next Saturday, March 31, following the Soul Saturday Divine Liturgy, we will gather to get some spring cleaning done around the grounds. As long as the weather permits, we will be picking up trash, trimming bushes, and other landscaping activities. Feel free to bring a snack! Lenten Exchange Program As in years past, we will have a Lenten Exchange program with Sts. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church in Crossingville, PA. On Friday, April 5, the parishioners of Sts. Peter and Paul will be here for Presanctified Liturgy. Following the service, we will host a potluck Lenten Dinner. Also on that date, we will be hosting a speaker from SafeNet. Then, on Wednesday, April 10, we will go to Crossingville for Presanctified Liturgy. Patriarchal Pence Collection We will be having a special collection next Sunday, March 31, for the Patriarchal Pence. All of the proceeds will go directly to the aid of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople. Nut Rolls for Sale Pam Vasil is making nut rolls for sale to our parishioners ONLY. Please place your order with Pam by next Sunday, March 31. Nut rolls are $11 each. All of the proceeds will go towards the fundraising efforts of the Church. Thank you, Pam! 3

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. Lawrence Barriger, Fr. James Gleason, Fr. John Gido, Fr. Tony Joseph, Fr. Robert Lucas, Fr. Michael Polanichka, Fr. Michael Rustick, Fr. Jonathan Tobias, Fr. John Zboyovski, Fr. David Smoley, Pani Donna Smoley, Pani Connie Miloro, Pani Eleanor Pribish, Matushka Gail Mathewson, George Arghyrou, Douglas Borkowski, Stephen Brancho, Emma Burkell, John Candia, Sandy Carlisle, Gail Collister, Robert Collister, James DeHaven, Mark DeHaven, Mary DeHaven, Peter Dimitriadis, Helen Douglas, Irene Fendya, Miko Jovanovich, John Kloss, Richard Koerner, Jean Kramer, Don Kuzmin, Olivia Kuzmin, Evelyn McCambridge, Mike McCambridge, Guy McIntyre, Orestes Mihaly, Serge Mihaly, Mark Mizak, Robert Perevuznik, Sr., Stavros Rallis, Barbara Scheibeck, Richard Schrader, Irene Schwab, Alyn Shedden, Athena Silvestri, Elizabeth Skalko, Joseph Skalko, Isabella Smith, Eric Spiegelberg, Ignatius Thompson, Vicktor Volpe, Cheryl Walker, David Walker, Jake & Lauren, Steven, Katlyn Wyant, George Yurcan, Fred Zetts through the prayers of St. Nectarios the Wonderworker & St. Panteleimon the Great-Martyr and Healer For Expectant Mothers Pani Eleni Stagon, Andrea Heberle, Brenna Mihaly through the prayers of St. Anna, the Mother of the Virgin Mary For the Repose of Bishop Athanasius Akunda, Fr. Nicholas Palun, Pani Magdaline Blaschak, Pani Mary Kundla, Pani Patricia Patrick, Barabara Banosky, Ann Burdick, Lousie Butts, Thomas Candia, Ann DiMarco, Anna Evanisko, Alvin Irwin, John E. Kelley, Dennis Kormos, Kyle Lomme, Shane Murdock, Mildred Paproski, Imogene Savko, Patricia Slonaker, 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 4

5 WEEKLY OFFERINGS Sunday, March 17, 2019 DONOR $2.00 WEEKLY CANDLES FOR HEALTH GIVEN FOR Tamara Kloss Husband John Kloss John & Tamara Kloss Friend s Mother Mrs. Larson Phyllis Tarasovich Herself and Family Theodore & Patricia Molly Themselves and Family Douglas & Patricia Borkowski Themselves and Family Borkowski Family Friend Pam James & Nancy DeHaven His Mother Mary DeHaven 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 John & Tamara Kloss Her Mother Pani Dolores Hazuda s Birthday, March 26 George & Alexander Hazuda Mother/Grandmother Pani Dolores Hazuda s Birthday, March 26 Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Father Michael LaBoda Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Mother Virginia LaBoda Richard & Susanne Demchak Beloved Parents Joseph & Susan Demchak Dr. George & Kitty Kuzmishin Beloved Family Members John Lipchik Jr. & Kathleen Boyce Parents John Sr. & Helena Lipchik David Lipchik Parents Steve & Ann Lipchik John Katsikes Memory of Loved Ones 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 and His Father Walter Borkowski James & Nancy DeHaven His Father George DeHaven James & Nancy DeHaven Her Mother Louise Butts CATEGORY AMOUNT CATEGORY AMOUNT Candles OCMC Loose Change Diocesan Assessment Regular Envelopes Grove Security Deposits Altar Flowers Grove Rentals Social Hour 7.00 Total Income 1, ATTENDANCE Great Canon of St. Andrew (Mon., Mar. 11): 4 Adult Education Class (Tue., Mar. 12): 5 Presanctified Liturgy (Wed., Mar. 13): 9 Great Canon of St. Andrew (Thu., Mar. 14): 3 Presanctified Liturgy (Fri., Mar. 15): 13 Vespers (Sat., Mar. 16): 1 Divine Liturgy (Sun., Mar. 17): 41 5

6 To Ponder This divine Father, who was from Asia Minor, was from childhood reared in the royal court of Constantinople, where he was instructed in both religious and secular wisdom. Later, while still a youth, he left the imperial court and struggled in asceticism on Mount Athos, and in the Skete at Beroea. He spent some time in Thessalonica being treated for an illness that came from his harsh manner of life. He was present in Constantinople at the Council that was convened in 1341 against Barlaam of Calabria, and at the Council of 1347 against Acindynus, who was of like mind with Barlaam; Barlaam and Acindynus claimed that the grace of God is created. At both these Councils, the Saint contended courageously for the true dogmas of the Church of Christ, teaching in particular that divine grace is not created, but is the uncreated energies of God which are poured forth throughout creation: otherwise it would be impossible, if grace were created, for man to have genuine communion with the uncreated God. In 1347 he was appointed Metropolitan of Thessalonica. He tended his flock in an apostolic manner for some twelve years, and wrote many books and treatises on the most exalted doctrines of our Faith; and having lived for a total of sixty-three years, he reposed in the Lord in His holy relics are kept in the Cathedral of Thessalonica. A full service was composed for his feast day by the Patriarch Philotheus in 1368, when it was, established that his feast be celebrated on this day. Since works without right faith avail nothing, we set Orthodoxy of faith as the foundation of all that we accomplish during the Fast, by celebrating the Triumph of Orthodoxy the Sunday before, and the great defender of the teachings of the holy Fathers today. His Feast day is celebrated November 14 /27 and on the Second Sunday of Great Lent. Excerpt from Lives of the Three Pillars of Orthodoxy "In this time of fasting and prayer, brethren, let us with all our hearts forgive anything real or imaginary we have against anyone. May we all devote ourselves to love, and let us consider one another as an incentive to love and good works, speaking in defense of one another, having good thoughts and dispositions within us before God and men. In this way our fasting will be laudable and blameless, and our requests to God while we fast will be readily received. St. Gregory Palamas 6

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8 2019 MISSION SERVICES in the YOUNGSTOWN DEANERY Join the clergy and faithful of our Deanery as we prayerfully journey together towards Pascha! Sunday, March 31, 2019 St. Nicholas, 2053 North Road NE, Warren, OH Vespers, 4:00 PM Homilist: Fr. Andrew Harmon Saturday, April 13, 2019 St. John s, 3180 Morefield Road, Hermitage, PA Confessions, 2:30 PM Vespers, 4:00 PM Guest Speaker: Fr. John Chakos (Missionary to Guatemala) Friday, April 19, 2019 St. Nicholas, 1115 East Avenue, Erie, PA Confessions, 5:00 PM Presanctified Liturgy, 6:00 PM Homilist: Fr. David Mastroberte A free-will offering will be taken at each service. Meal and fellowship to follow. 8

9 CENTRAL REGION DIOCESAN LENTEN RETREAT SATURDAY, April 6, :00 AM TO 5:00 PM AT St. NICHOLAS ORTHODOX CHURCH 903 ANN STREET HOMESTEAD, PA SCHEDULE 9:00 am - Divine Liturgy - All Souls Saturday 11:00 am Coffee Social 12:00 noon - First Session 1:30 pm -Lunch 2:30 pm Second Session 4:00 pm Vespers (INCLUDES CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND LIGHT LUNCH ) COST: FREE WILL OFFERING YOUTH LENTEN PROJECT 2019 A Lenten Outreach Initiative - For All Diocesan Youth Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead. - St. John Chrysostom But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deeds and in truth. I John 3:17-18 St. John the Compassionate Orthodox Mission Toronto, Ontario, Canada Needs: serving the poor through meals, job training, spiritual counsel and education. Challenge: To raise funds to help the Mission in its outreach to those in need. How YOU Can Help: Work with your parish Jr. ACRY or Church School to raise funds to help St. John s continued efforts to shine light into a darkened world. Please Send Your Parish s Donation By June 01, 2019 To: Saints Peter & Paul Orthodox Church 141 Hoffman Farm Road, Windber, PA Please make checks Payable to: Saints Peter & Paul ACRY, Chapter 13 Sponsored by The National Junior ACRY 9

10 Jesus Heals a Paralytic Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? Mark 2:9 (NIV) Based on Mark 2:1-12 (NIV) ACROSS 1. Jesus has the power to sins. (vs.10) 4. Jesus preached the to the people. (vs. 2) 6. The paralyzed man was lying on a. (vs.4) 8. The paralytic was carried by men. (vs.3) 9. Jesus said, "Take your mat and go. (vs.11) DOWN 2. The people were amazed and praised. (vs.12) 3. Jesus saw their. (vs.5) 4. The man got up and out. (vs.12) 5. The men lowered their friend through a hole in the. (vs.4) 7. They could not get to Jesus because of the. (vs.4) CROWD WORD HOME FOUR WALKED MAT ROOF GOD FAITH FORGIVE Copyright Sermons 4 Kids, Inc. All rights reserved 10