Transfiguration of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church 240 Center Street Nanticoke, PA 18634 Nanticoke Rectory: (570)735-2262 Fax: (570)735-6020 Church Email: HolyTransfiguration@verizon.net WebSite: www.transfigurationucc.org Father Volodymyr Email: typyk2@yahoo.com Rev. Volodymyr Popyk Cell Phone: (609) 372-7161 Divine Liturgy Schedule December 29, 2013 Saturday, Dec. 28 SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS 6:00 PM Pauline Slota- M/M Russell Swantko Sunday, Dec. 29 SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS 10:30 AM God s Blessing and Good Health for All Parishioners Tuesday, Dec. 31 5:30PM CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD ST. BASIL THE GREAT-ARCHBISHOP Henry J. Jakimowicz - A Friend Saturday, January 4 6:00 PM Michael Moss- Tom & Mary Ann Potsko Sunday, January 5 SUNDAY BEFORE THEOPHANY 10:30 AM God s Blessing and Good Health for All Parishioners Blessing of Water Monday, January 6 THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD 10:30 AM God s Blessing and Good Health for All Parishioners Myrovania (Anointing of Holy Oil) Khystos Razhdayetsia- Christ is Born! Slavyte Yeho- Glorify Him!
SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS December 29, 2013 FIRST ANTIPHON: VERSE: I will give thanks to You, O Lord, with all my heart: I will declare all Your wondrous deeds. REFRAIN: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Savior, save us. VERSE: Before the assembly where the just are gathered, the Lord's works are great, decreed to fulfill all His purposes. REFRAIN: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Savior, save us. VERSE: Praise and magnificence are His works, and His justice is eternal. REFRAIN: Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Savior, save us. Glory be to the Father : O only begotten Son SECOND ANTIPHON: VERSE: Come, let us sing joyfully to Lord, Let us acclaim God, our Savior. REFRAIN: Son of God, Born of the Virgin Mary, save us who sing to You. Alleluia. VERSE: Let us come before His face with praise, and acclaim Him in psalms. REFRAIN: Son of God, Born of the Virgin Mary, save us who sing to You. Alleluia. VERSE: For God is the great Lord and the great king over all the earth.refrain: Son of God, Born of the Virgin Mary, save us who sing to You. Alleluia. ENTRANCE HYMN: Priest: Wisdom stand aright!: VERSE: Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ. REFRAIN: O Son of God, Born of the Virgin Mary, save us who sing to You. Alleluia. TROPAR By your cross you shattered death, and to the thief you opened up paradise. Into joy you turned the wailing of the myrrh-bearing women. You commanded the apostles to preach that you are risen. O Christ, our God, upon the world you bestow great mercy.
TROPAR - O Joseph, announce to David, ancestor of Christ, the good news of these wonders you have seen: a Virgin giving birth to a Child. With the shepherds you have glorified Him; with the wise men you have worshipped Him, and an angel appeared to you. Ask Christ our God to save our souls. Glory be to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. KONDAK: Today, David, beloved of God, is filled with joy; Joseph and James offer hymns of praise; their joy is the crown of relationship with Christ. They sing praise to Him Who was wondrously born; and they cry out: O Merciful Lord, save those who honor You. Now and always and forever and ever. Amen. KONDAK: Today the Virgin gives birth to perfect Essence, and the earth offers a cave to the Inaccessible. The Angels sing His glory with the shepherds: the wise men journey with the star, for there is born for us an Infant Child, God Eternal. PROKIMEN: God the God of Israel is wonderful among his holy ones. Verse: Praise God in the assemblies; praise the Lord, you descendents of Israel. Allelulia (3). A reading from St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians (1:11-19) Brethren, I assure you, brothers, the gospel I proclaimed to you is no mere human invention. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I schooled in it. It came by revelation from Jesus Christ. You have heard, I know, the story of my former way of life in Judaism. You know that I went to extremes in persecuting the Church of God and tried to destroy it; I made progress in Jewish observance far beyond most of my contemporaries, in my excess of zeal to live out all the traditions of my ancestors. But the time came when he who had set me apart before I was born and called me by his favor chose to reveal his Son to me, that I might spread among the Gentiles the good tidings concerning him. Immediately, without seeking human advisers or even going to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, I went off to Arabia; later I returned to Damascus. Three years after that I went up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, with whom I stayed fifteen days. I did not meet any other apostles except James, the brother of the Lord. I declare before God that what I have just written is true.
ALLELUIA: Lord, remember David and all his meekness. Alleluia (3). Verse: How he swore to the Lord, vowed to the God of Jacob. Alleluia (3). GOSPEL OF MATTHEW (2:13-23) When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. Get up, he said, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him. So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: Out of Egypt I called my son. When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more. After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child s life are dead. So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene. INSTEAD OF IT IS TRULY RIGHT: Extol my soul, the Christ, the King born in a cave. Most wondrous is this strange mystery that I see. A cave has become Heaven, a virgin the throne of the cherubim, a manger, the most noble place, for in it there rests Christ, the unconfinable God. In hymns and songs of praise and joy on this day we extol Him. COMMUNION VERSE: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest. Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones. Praise from the upright is fitting. Alleluia (3). DIVINE LITURGY: We will be alternating the language of the 10:30AM Sunday Divine Liturgy every week. One week the Divine Liturgy will be in English. Next week will be in Slavonic. This will continue into and through the upcoming year. Collection: December 15: Total: $428/December 22: Total: $1,781.35
CHURCH NEWS. CHRISTMAS PROCESSION: Thank you to everyone who participated in Christmas Eve procession. This year's Christmas Queen, Riley Franks and her attendants, Kiersta and Karlene Zegarski did a wonderful job. Thanks also to Julianna Waclawski, Veronica Popyk, Mary Mash & Katie Mash for assisting and singing so beautifully. We are also grateful to our altar boys, Maryan Popyk and David Mash for their service. Last, but certainly not least, thank you to Dr. Barno and the Holy Year Choir as well as our soloists Christine Mash & Joanne Kawczenski for a job superbly done. THANK YOU! A special Thank You to Gayle Miles who donated her time and talent to organize the Christmas Procession! A job well done! Thank You! MEMORIAL DONATIONS: A donation of $100 has been made to the Blessed Mother Refurbishment Fund in memory of Harry and Russell Yanoshak. May their memory be eternal. Vichnaya pamyat. COOKIE SALE THANK YOU! A most sincere thank you to all who made our cookie sale a success. Our wonderful bakers really outdid themselves with a terrific selection of cookies despite the rising cost of baking supplies. A big THANK YOU to our bakers:, Helen Lipowski, Lisa Placek, Theresa Broskoske, Dee Jennings, Denise Kaminsky, Rich Barno, Joan Skordy, Joanne Kawczenski, Mary Schwartz, Jill Gagliardi, Gayle Miles, Christine Mash, Mary Ann Jarolen, Irene Hvozda, Mary Ann Potsko, Marymae Aberola, Mary Waclawski, and Arlene Jennings. We couldn t have done the sale without cookie packers, so thanks to Gerry Adamchak, Denise and John Kaminsky, Theresa Broskoske, Kimberly Broskoske, Arlene Jennings, Helen O Bremski, Marymae Aberola, Nataliya Popyk and Jill Gagliardi. A special thanks to Gayle Miles who designed and printed the colorful labels for the boxes. Since everything was donated through the generosity of our parishioners, there were no expenses. We packed and sold 90 boxes, and with other monetary donations, the profit is $568. BLESSING OF HOMES: Please drop a note in the collection basket or place your name on the sign up sheet at the back of the church, if you would like Father Volodymyr to come and bless your home for the New Year. Please include a range of time when it would be best to come. This will help Father in making up a schedule when all the requests have been received.
Petitions & Prayers for Our Parishioners Please pray for our Parishioners who are in the Nursing Homes: Catherine Lachowecz, Mary Kozmoski Assisted Living: Mary Manson, Dorothy Kobela At Home: John Hoolick, Mike Yurkowski, Louis Antal, John Petrochko, Irene Diakiw, Ann Kulmatiski, Joseph & Dorothy Kopiak, John Hoolick, Dolores Grozio,. REPLICA OF THE SHROUD OF TURIN: The replica of the Shroud of Turin will be displayed at Saints Peter & Paul Church in Plymouth from March 2 to March 15, 2014. The council of Saints Peter & Paul Church in Plymouth would like to have volunteers from Transfiguration of Our Lord Parish. The next meeting will be on this Thursday, January 16 at 4:00pm at the Ss. Peter & Paul Church Hall. MALANKA MEETING: Final meeting to plan for the 10th Annual Ukrainian New Year Dinner Dance - Malanka - will be held at 7:00pm, Thursday evening, January 2, 2014 at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, 428 North Seventh Avenue, Scranton. Northeastern Pennsylvania s Malanka 2014 will take place on Saturday, January 11 th from 6:00pm to 1:00am at St. Vladimir Parish Center. FOOD COLLECTION: Transfiguration Of Our Lord Parish will be collecting non-perishable food products to donate to the St. Faustina Food Kitchen. There is a collection box in the church entryway. Please try to donate something for people who are less fortunate. ENVELOPES & CALENDARS: The 2014 Church Envelopes are available in the basement of the church. Please pick them up after Divine Liturgy. If for some reason you did not receive envelopes, please contact the rectory. LOTTERY TICKETS: In time for Christmas! Our February Daily Number Tickets are available in the church basement. Tickets are attached to your envelopes for your convenience. If you can sell additional lottery tickets, please contact Lisa Placek at 570-735-1901. If for some reason you did not receive lottery tickets, please contact Lisa Placek.
CANDLE DONATIONS The Eternal Light for December is given by Mrs. Leona Kobela in loving mmory of her husband, Wasil Kobela. The Eternal Light for January is donated in loving memory of Steve, John and Russell Yanoshak all of whom had January birthdays. The Altar Candles for December are given by Mrs. Magaret Yanoshak in loving memory of Mary Kulmatiski-Brownlee. The Proscomedia Table is donated for December by M/M Tom Potsko in loving memory of Henry & Helen Heylek. The Saint Nicholas Candle for December is given by Mrs. Geraldine Adamchak in loving memory of her father, Nicholas Salonski. The Saint Nicholas Candle for January is given by Lisa Placek for God s Blessing & Good Health for Nikolas & Benjamin Placek. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Church Bulletins for the month of December are donated by Mike & Mary Oresick in loving memory their brother-in-law, Russ Wasil Kobela. The Church Bulletins for the month of January are donated by Joan & John Skordy in loving memory of the birth month of Russell Skordy(106), Ann Skordy (96), and Pauline Slota(88).