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1 ( PROTECTION OF THE THEOTOKOS) 242 SUNSET DRIVE CORNING, NEW YORK FATHER DANIEL MAHLER, PASTOR MAILING ADDRESS: 7 CHATFIELD PLACE EAST PAINTED POST, NEW YORK RECTORY OFFICE: CHURCH HALL FATHER S CELL: OR CARPATHIANPRIEST@GMAIL.COM (A PARISH OF THE CARPATHO-RUSSIAN RUSSIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE) OUR WEBSITE: SAINTMARYSORTHODOXCHURCH.ORG SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY Epistle: HEBREWS 11:24-30; 12:1-2 Gospel Reading : JOHN 1:43-51 Liturgical Color: GOLD Resurrection Tone ~ 5 SUNDAY MARCH 1, 2015 SATURDAY VESPERS 4:00 PM SUNDAY LITURGY 9:30 AM HOLY DAY/WEEKDAY LIT 9:00 AM Sunday, March 1, :30am Divine Liturgy Installation of 2015 Church Officers & Council Members Panachida memory of +Anna Molson by daughter Helen Coffee Social w/ Adult Education Presentation 6:00pm SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY VESPERS Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation 4121 O Hara Drive Vestal, New York Monday, March 2, :00am-1:00pm Church opened for prayer, meditation, & Confession Wednesday, March 4, :00pm Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts Friday, March 6, :00pm Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts Adult Education / Coffee & Snack Saturday, March 7, :00am 2nd All Souls Memorial Service 5:00pm Great Vespers/Confession Sunday, March 8, :30am Divine Liturgy Panachida memory of Nancy Wagner offered by sister-in-law Mary Jane Vangor Coffee Social/ Adult Education Class CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 9, :00am Church Opened for Prayer, meditation, and Confession

2 The meeting was opened at 11:37 with a prayer led by Father Dan. Establish Quorum A quorum is 50% + 1 of members in good standing. At the time of this meeting there were 48 members in good standing. Since 25 members were present at the meeting, a quorum was established. Members present: Anna Chudanic, Chuck Coons, Nancy Coons, John Cowherd, Jean Cox, Gloria Ewsuk, Chris Gabel, Nancy Gabel, Katerina Hulme, Rodney Kerrick, Ted Kerrick, Mary Leonard, Nancy Lewek, Pañi Joan Mahler, George Matusick, Natalia McKane, Josh Powers, Helen Revelas, Diane Rodrigues, Myra Svyrydenko, Carol Telehany, Jay Tostanoski, Michele Tostanoski, Tim Tostanoski, Demetrios Vakertzis Approval of 2013 Annual Meeting Minutes Katerina Hulme noted that at that meeting there was discussion and a motion to use church school funds to cover the cost of the church furnace installation. Pañi Joan made a motion to approve those minutes as amended, second by Ted Kerrick. All in favor. President s Message Chuck Coons presented the President s message entitled Who Has Your Back?. (Copy attached) Reports Priest s Report (full report on file) o Attended Priest s Retreat at Camp Nazareth during Bright Week. o Deacon Stephen Hall, member or the Diocesan Stewardship Committee, gave our parish a presentation on Stewardship in March. o 100 th Anniversary celebration was held. o Relocation Committee was actively searching for properties, with a vote this day on the Canada Road location. o Michael Mihalko reposed in July. o Stacy Gabel has been a catechumen for the past several months, with entry into the Orthodox Financial Report UNOFFICIAL 2014 ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES faith expected before Pascha. Natalia McKane presented highlights of the actual 2014 financials. o Ended the year with a $3000 deficit versus the projected $7700. o Altar Society did not make their $ donation until January, so it will appear in the 2015 financials, not the FEBRUARY 15, 2015 o There were no pirohi sales, resulting in $2500 unrealized income. o Coffee hour donations were about $1000 o Actual envelope donations were $38,000 versus $35,000 budgeted.

3 o Building Fund donations were $ Annual Meeting Minutes Page 2 o 100 th Anniversary generated $12,000, with expenses to date of $6,000. There will be additional expenditures for the booklet. o Unexpected expenses included the termite damage to the back hall wall. o Investments with Burn-Matteson produced about an 8% return, with the following year-end balances: Operating Fund at $76,332 Building Fund at $584,561 Cemetery Trust Fund at $51,553 Altar Society Fund at $13,531 This was followed by a presentation of the proposed 2015 Budget with the following highlights: o $10,000 projected operating deficit. o Annual dues remain at $180, with $67 of that going for the Diocesan Assessment. o No planned pirohi sales. o A new phone service provider for the rectory phone will save $1000. o Pastoral support reflects a pay rate raise for the priest based on years of service. Altar Society Report Mary Leonard reported on the highlights of the Ladies Altar Society activities o $3000 was given to the Operating Fund. o Spring and Fall Bake Sales were held. o Visited St. Stephen s Serbian Orthodox Church in Lackawanna, NY. o Organized Jackal s hockey game outing in Elmira. o Collected eyeglasses for Lion s Club. o Blankets and towels collected for SPCA. o Collected school supplies in conjunction with Salvation Army. o Luncheon cruise on Seneca Lake. o Making pillow cases for gifts to patients in local hospitals. o Care packages sent to our 3 students in college. Cemetery Committee Committee has not been active. Issues are being handled on case-by-case basis. Stewardship Committee Nancy Coons stated that the committee is being formed and asked any persons interested in serving to contact her. Church School

4 2014 Annual Meeting Minutes Page 3 Diane Rodrigues presented. There are 4 classes, and there are 5 children preparing for their first confession. Relocation Implementation Committee Chuck noted that the work has been done and the vote is today. Open Discussion I Chuck stated that the Anniversary booklet is nearing completion. This was a big task, and due to the holidays the publisher had more pressing projects. Expect proof copy in early March. Business Discussion & Action 2015 Budget Vote A motion was made by the Finance Committee to approve the proposed 2015 Budget. Second by Helen Revelas. Unanimously approved. Vote to Relocate to 61 Canada Road Ballots were distributed and read aloud prior to the vote. The absentee ballots were opened and added to the collected ballots. Stacy Gabel assisted the Secretary to audit the vote count. Vote was 93% in favor of relocation, with 40 votes cast as YES, and 3 votes cast as NO. The vote gives authority to the Council to, among other things: 1. Enter into contract to purchase 61 Canada Road 2. Hire engineer and complete planning process with Town of Erwin 3. Hire contractors to construct 4. Sell current rectory on Chatfield and properties on Sunset Drive Calendar Change Bishop Gregory asked to postpone the vote until after Pascha so that the parish was not considering two major issues at the same time. Election of Officers President there was no interest to take over the duties of president. Chuck said there is a need to have the position filled as the president is responsible to sign documents with the authorization of the Council. Chuck offered to stay on for Motion by Natasha, second by Ted. All in favor. Treasurer Natasha is stepping down but will continue to assist Rodney in the duties. Motion by Chuck for Rodney as treasurer, second by Helen Revelas. All in favor. Secretary Nancy is stepping down. Chuck nominated Carol Telehany. Second by Diane Rodrigues. All in favor. Election of Council Members John Cowherd and Josh Powers step down. Gloria Ewsuk was nominated by Chuck, second by George. All in favor. Chuck nominated Nancy Gabel, second by Diane. All in favor. The meeting closed at 12:49 with a prayer. Respectfully submitted, Nancy Coons Secretary

5 ~PLEASE KEEP THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN YOUR PRAYERS His Grace, Bishop GREGORY; Metropolitan Boulos (Yazigi); Archbishop Yohanna (Ibrahia) Protopresbyter Frank Miloro; Protopresbyter John Duranko; Protopresbyter Jim Dutko; Protopresbyter Luke Mihaly; Protopresbyter Lawrence Barriger; Protopresbyter Elias Kozar; V. Rev. Michael Kleban; V. Rev. Jason Kappanadze; Archpriest Thomas Hopko; Deacon Robert Kuchta; Deacon Charles Ellis; Deacon Donald Koch; Mother Ralphaela; Pani Be y Baranik; Pani Joan; Pani Kathleen Dutko; Pani Patricia Duranko; Mat. Anna Kozar; Pani Helen Shutack; Sally Ellis; Judy Koch; Michael & Jacqueline Banik; Helen Verno; Eleanor Adzima; Sandra Pleban; Amelia Falcon; Stan Lewek; Julio & Judith Falcon; Michael & Delores Kundrat; Mary Kolson; Lyudmyla Hayova; Kathy Preston; Jeannine Zimmer; Jean Cox; Helen Coons; Katherine Macura; Anna Soraparu; Marge Morse; Victoria Kozey; Orestes Mihaly; Tom Cox; Mae Antos; Child Zachary Spaulding; Child Michael Cicvak; Mary Benyo; Joan Shaw; Nancy Bleznuck; Rochelle Corby; Tim Burroughs; Sonya Perich; Karen Fuller; Carole Herrlich; Paul Mertus All our Brothers & Sisters in the Ukraine who are suffering persecu on and denial of Human Rights; All members of our Armed Forces serving our country HEL P U S R A I S E M O N EY F O R C HRI S T I AN R ELI EF Christians Throughout The World, & Especially In The Middle East, Are Undergoing A Vicious Wave Of Persecution When ISIS attacked and captured the historic city of Mosul, Iraq, ISIS militants tagged Christian family homes with the letter N in Arabic. The letter N came with a negative connotation. It stands for Nazarani or Nazarene, a derogatory term that Muslim extremists use to say that you re from the Nazarene that you are a follower of Jesus! ISIS militants go to the tagged homes and ask for a tax, demand the family convert to Islam, or face public execution. Let Us Stand United With the Victims & Refugees By Proudly Wearing These Pins. We, Too, Are Followers of Jesus of Nazareth! All Pin Proceeds Will Be Directed To the IOCC* To Provide Aid To All Those Persecuted & Impoverished In The Middle East. Brought to you by the Ladies Altar Society

6 It s me to get ready for our Spring Basket Raffle. The date of the raffle is Thursday, May 7th. Please mark your calendar. This year we will have two church sponsored baskets. During February you are asked to bring in one quality chocolate item for the Chocolate Basket. During March you are asked to bring in one item for laundry use to be put in a Laundry Basket. There is a sign-up sheet in the church hall if you wish to sponsor another basket. This year we are limi ng the raffle to 18 baskets. Diane needs to know what is in your basket by March 1st so descrip ons can be wri en for cket sales. Please see Diane if you have any ques ons. Thank you! This week s Bulletin and Eternal Light is sponsored by NANCY LEWEK In memory of brother and sister-in-law GEORGE AND KATHERINE DEMYAN May their memory be eternal! Vichnaja jem Pamjat! INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS AND CHURCH COUNCIL TODAY! A most sincere THANK YOU to all of our Officers and Council members for a truly wonderful year. To those who are stepping down we are grateful for your hard work throughout the years having served faithfully and well. To All who are serving this year we are looking forward to another busy year as we prepare to build and move into our new home.

7 BIRTHDAYS March 5 Anne Hulme March 6 Gloria Ewsuk March 6 Father Dan March 12 Vasyl Hayovy Saint Mary s Icon Academy will be wri ng an Icon of Christ which will focus on advanced techniques of highligh ng the face. The group will meet on Saturdays star ng March 14th at 9:30am following the All Souls Memorial Service beginning at 9:00am. Anyone interested in par cipa ng, call or Kris ne Garner at or kmg@stny.rr.com March 16 Tom Cox March 19 Paul Rodrigues March 25 Noah Coons March 25 Jason Cox grant your servants on their special day good health, happiness and salvation for many blessed years! TODAY! 6:00PM GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION 4121 O HARA DRIVE VESTAL, NEW YORK His Eminence, METROPOLITAN NICHOLAS OF Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit, Presiding Sunday, March 8 A er Coffee Social At the Home of Helen & Andy Revelas-Courtney 8 Michaels Way, Painted Post The hospital can be a cold, unpleasant place when you are sick. Even the smallest thing can make it feel a li le more like home. Sew a one-of-a-kind, bright, pillowcase and bring cheer to someone at Corning Hospital. Do you knit or crochet? Help make baby caps and boo es for the newborns. Not a cra y bone in you? We need all skills. Can you iron? How about cut out rectangles? We could get a lot more done if we had people to help with each task. Brought to you by the Ladies Altar Society Just think! IF we added just a $1 to our normal weekly dona on for the next 42 week we could generate nearly $1900 to the general fund (based on 45 parishioners. WOW! LET S MAKE IT HAPPEN!

8 The Cop c Martyrs of ISIS Many have heard the drama c story of the twenty-one Cop c Orthodox Chris ans working in Libya who were captured and beheaded by ISIS as part of their ongoing campaign of provoca on and terror. What may not be as well known in the media ia that all twenty-one were offered the chance to save their lives by embracing Islam, and that all twenty-one refused, confessing Christ and dying for Him as true Chris- an martyrs. Indeed, it appears that the Cop c Orthodox Church has already canonized them (i.e., declared them to be saints), and some ask what response the Chalcedonian Orthodox Churches should make as regards these courageous Chris ans. The ques on involves a look at the evolving prac ce of official canoniza on in the church. People are most familiar with the process of canoniza on in the Roman Catholic Church, since the Roman communion is the best-known and largest church in the west. Over the years, that church has developed a complicated system and lengthy process which must be followed before anyone can be officially declared a saint. Previous to that, declara ons of sainthood happened more informally and locally. But by the tenth century, the pope had secured control of all church canoniza ons, for in 1181, Pope Innocent III reserved all such declara ons of sainthood to himself. Even then, it was not un l the me of the Counter-Reforma on in 1634 that a full process for canoniza on emerged, with nomina ons, judges, advocates, counter-advocates (the so-called devil s advocates, trials, and the final verdict. And, of course, the whole process, as well as taking years, also took money to amass tes monials and keep the cause alive. A certain number of authen cated miracles were also required to push a candidate along the long path to being called Blessed (a kind of lesser rank of holiness) and then further along yet to actual sainthood. It was all very formal, and organized, and official, and very expensive. It was also very different than it was in the early church. The term saint of course simply means holy one (Greek: agios), and was used by St. Paul to describe any bap zed and faithful Chris an. Certain people whose Chris an faith was clearly authen c and whose lives merited wider a en on, were called saints, or described as holy (e.g., not just Paul, but holy Paul ) This of course included the martyrs, believers who had suffered for their Lord. There was no process of canoniza on required; the convic on and declara on of the local church that these people were truly holy was sufficient. Such was the credibility of the laity s tes mony, and the Church s confidence that its faithful could discern true holiness when they saw it. If a church s bishop was martyred, for example, the faithful treasured the story of their bishop s heroic end and accorded him the appropriate honor. They would keep and venerate his relics, celebrate his martyrdom at its yearly anniversary, and ask for his heavenly intercession. It was a strictly local affair, and if other churches from neighboring ci es didn t want to join in the acknowledgement of that bishop, they didn t have to, and no one tried to make them. But examples of heroic holiness were rare enough, and usually the neighboring churches were all too happy to acknowledge the sanc ty and tell the story of any martyr. Such stories were shared with Chris ans in other ci es, and some- mes relics were also shared, so that the martyr s anniversary celebra on in one city was some mes kept in neighboring ci es as well. Orthodoxy is heir to this local and informal prac ce of the early church. We are somewhat more formal than our ancestors were. Nowadays, a poten al saint is discussed by the local synod

9 The Cop c Martyrs of ISIS of bishops, and discussions are held about whether or not to canonize him or her. Then the liturgical services are wri en, and the icon painted, and the day for official canoniza on (called the saint s :glorifica on ) arrives. The final memorial service is said for him, and then prayers are no longer said for him, but rather to him. But even before this final episcopal process begins, the people s ll know whether or not the candidate is a saint. As in the ealier days, the Church s ll recognized holiness when it sees it, and local unofficial venera on always precedes the official one. A er all, it is God who makes saints, not bishops. And it seems clear enough that God has made twenty-one new saints in Libya lately. Whether or not the bishops give their official stamp of liturgical approval is almost irrelevant insofar as goes the love and venera on of the people of God. It seems like that the bishops, whose divine task it is to lead the Church and be its liturgical voice, will respond by officially glorifying these martyrs. The laity have said Axios! And the bishops may well respond Amen! Source: Orthodox Chris an Network Archpriest Lawrence Farley 26 February 2015 CORNING COMMUNITY PANTRY NEEDS! During this season of the Great Lent please remember the our Corning Community Pantry. They are in need of the following items: PERSONAL ITEMS: toilet paper, hand soap, dishwashing soap, and laundry detergent. (These items cannot be purchased with food stamps). The Pantry could also use tuna, canned soups,especially chicken noodle and tomato, canned fruits, and baby food. These healthy nutri ous items are favorites of children and elderly and are easy to serve. Addi onal Pantry needs include plas c bags for packing groceries. Please consider dona ng new and gently used clothing to our pantry. If you drop off items in the Hall, John Cowherd, a dedicated pantry volunteer, will deliver them to the Pantry and save you a trip!

10 CAMP NAZARETH SUMMER CAMP 2015 The me for Summer Camp is Rapidly Approaching!!! The clock is cking!! REGISTER NOW!!! ========================================================= Dates for the Summer Camping Program Week 1 -- July 19-25, 2015 New England, New York, New Jersey, Florida and Canada Deaneries Week 2 -- July 26-August 1, 2015 Johnstown, Pocono, Southern Tier, Youngstown and Chicago Deaneries Week 3 August 2-August 8, 2015 Pi sburgh, Mid-Atlan c, Tri-State and Washington D.C. Deaneries ========================================================= Registra on Forms are available on the Camp Website campnazareth.org Go to the Registra on Forms Tab and look for Camper Registra on. If you are Clergy or a Volunteer look for Clergy and Volunteer Registra on. ========================================================== $20 Early Bird Discount Per Child!!!! (one- me only, not per week) Register & pay by May 15, 2015!!!! All forms listed below AND payment must be submi ed by May 15 in order to qualify for the Early Bird Discount. Completed and signed Registra on Applica on Form Completed, signed and dated Health History and Examina on Form (signed by BOTH the parent/guardian and the appropriate licensed medical professional) Completed and signed Media Consent Form signed by the parent/guardian Completed and signed Dress Code Policy signed by the parent/guardian and the camper Payment In-Full by check, money order, or credit card. Checks and Money Orders are to be made payable to Camp Nazareth and sent to Camp Nazareth at 339 Pew Road, Mercer, PA