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Sunday after Theophany January 15, 2017 Glory to Jesus Christ! Our Bishop, clergy, religious and faithful welcome you to St. Stephen Cathedral. We are delighted that you have joined us for our Divine Liturgy. Our Church follows the teachings of Jesus Christ as found in the Gospel and passed on to us through the teachings of the Apostles and Tradition. If you are looking for a spiritual home, try our Cathedral parish. If you have questions, feel free to ask any of our clergy and religious. Join us again soon! God bless you! This Week s Liturgy Schedule Epistle- 31st Week after Pentecost Gospel- 31st Week after Pentecost Sun. 1/15 Thirty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost Tone 2 (pp. 128-132) Sat. 5:00 PM +Rosario Taweel by George Tomley (Fr. Joe) Sun. 8:00 AM For Our Parishioners, Benefactors and Friends (Fr.Kevin) Sun. 9:45 AM 3rd Hour Sun. 10:00 AM +Fr. Wes Izer by Joseph Gallucci (Fr. Diodoro) Mon. 1/16 Veneration of the Chains of the Apostle Peter (p. 368) 8:00 AM +Kenneth Papke by Sisters of St. Basil the Great (Fr. Joe) Tue. 1/17 Our Venerable Father Anthony the Great (p. 376) 8:00 AM +Atar Familia by Maria (Fr. Diodoro) Wed. 1/18 Our Holy Father Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria (p. 374) 7:00 PM +Huwig Family by Debbie Huwig (Fr. Joe) Thu. 1/19 Our Venerable Father Macarius of Egypt No Morning Divine Liturgy Fri. 1/20 Our Venerable Father Euthymius the Great (p. 376) 8:00 AM Sat. 1/14 Our Venerable Father Maximus the Confessor No Morning Divine Liturgy Sun. 1/22 THIRTY-SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Tone 3 (pp. 133-137) Sat. 5:00 PM Dr. Richard Hill by Joseph Gallucci Sun. 8:00 AM For Our Parishioners, Benefactors and Friends Sun. 9:45 AM 3rd Hour Sun. 10:00 AM Special Intention

This Week s Candle Intention Eternal: Parishioners, Benefactors and Friends Elevation of the Cross: +Agnes Sue Hill by Joseph Gallucci Encounter: Patrick & Stephanie Faix by Jo Ann Faix Chris & Laura Faix by Jo Ann Faix Coming Events Mark Your Calendars Now Sunday, January 15 - Parish Finance Council Meeting after the 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy Sunday, January 22 - Meeting of the Parish 50th Anniversary Committee after 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy Sunday, January 29 - Parish Potluck for January Birthdays & Anniversaries And Farewell for Deacon Adam & Amanda Lowe and Family Monday, January 30 - Feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs (Simple Holyday) Divine Liturgies- 9:00 AM & 7:00 PM Thursday, February 2 - Encounter of Our Lord in the Temple (Solemn Holyday) Our Weekly Gifts to the Lord May the Lord bless your kindness and generosity! Saturday: 5:00 PM: 22 Sunday: 8:00 AM: 31 Sunday: 10:00 AM: 119 Tithes: $2,904.00, Holy Day (Christmas): $115.00, Candles: $84.50, Donations- $258.00, Coffee Social: $41.05, Religious Bookstore: $615.00, Holyday-Other (Theophany): 166.10, Total: $4,183.65 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, Jon Hrovat, Margaret Kunak, Ann Ryan, Chris Faix, Robyn Foy, and Elaine Browne. 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, Mary Lou Clark, Sr. Christopher, OSBM, Dorothy Bezeredi, Carlene Eneroth, Fred Way, Audrey Noble, Sharon White, Nancy Sandrock, Marlene Rolling, Bob Dugan, Cathy Milko, Cathy Simpson, Michael Dougerty, Widad Butty, Kris Lara, Mike Chapa, Mark D. Chapa, Noa Lee Chapa, Teresa Blanc, Clementina Mendoza, Dolores Balcazar, Vivian Rodarte, and Nicholas Stefaniak Jr., Marie Mika, Mary Popovich, Betty Iwinski, Anne Peterson, Fr. Joe Hutsko Dan Palaschak, Michael Sherwood, and Christina Toth.

ANNOUNCEMENTS BLESSING OF PARISHIONERS HOMES- It is customary to bless homes of parishioners after Theophany. Homes will be blessed upon request by parishioners. Many choose to have their homes blessed every year although many are comfortable with a blessing every other year or every few years. Our homes need to be blessed on a frequent basis with holy water to drive away the demons and welcome the protection of the holy angels. Homes will be blessed upon request by parishioners. Any parishioners wishing to have their home blessed should contact Fr. Diodoro. ALL SOULS SATURDAY ENVELOPES- Each of you have an envelope in your set of Offering Envelopes which is labeled for All Souls. On the envelope you can write the names of your deceased family and friends whom you wish to be prayed for. If you are making a check out, please do not write the check out to St. Stephen Church but to Stipend Fund. FAREWELL & THANK YOU TO DEACON ADAM AND AMANDA LOWE & FAMILY- Sunday January 29 will be Deacon Adam and his family s last day here at St. Stephen s Cathedral. Deacon Adam is being transferred to Las Vegas to work at St. Gabriel s School and Parish. We thank Deacon Adam and Amanda for their ministry here at St. Stephen s. Deacon Adam and Amanda want to thank the parishioners for all their love and support extended to them during their ministry here in Phoenix. WILL & ESTATE PLANNING- Do you have a will? If so please prayerfully consider including our parish of St. Stephen Cathedral in it. It is another good way to support Our Lord s work by financially strengthening our parish after departing from this life. PARISH POT LUCK FOR JANUARY BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES: SUNDAY, JANUARY 29- On Sunday, January 29th after the 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy we will have a parish pot luck to honor our January birthdays and anniversaries along with saying goodbye to Deacon Adam and Amanda Lowe and their daughters. PARISHIONERS BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES- Did we forget your birthday or anniversary? Please let us know so we can update our records and include this in bulletins throughout the year. Addition to our January List- Birthday: Josefina Danovich- January 15. OUR NEW WEBSITE IS UP- Please spread the news. It is a work in progress. http://stsbcc.org

All Souls Saturdays: Part 2 In accord with this, the Byzantine Church has, since the ninth century, established a special day of prayer for the departed known as psychosabbato (Greek) which literally translated means Souls Saturday. Since the Synaxarion calls for the universal commemoration and prayer for all the souls departed in the faith, fittingly then, in English, we call these Saturdays All Souls Saturdays. In the Byzantine Liturgical Year there are five All Souls Saturdays namely, Meat Fare Saturday, the Second, Third and Fourth Saturdays of the Great Lent, and the Saturday before Pentecost. Meat-Fare Saturday as a special day of prayer for the deceased can be traced down to the sixth and seventh century, the time when the Typikon of St. Saba, known as the Jerusalem Typikon, had developed. The Synaxarion, which is the liturgical description of the feast or commemoration, of this day is based on the oratory treatise, On Those Who Died in Faith, which is ascribed to St. John Damascene. On Meat-Fare Sunday we liturgically commemorate the Last Judgment (Mt. 25:31-46). Therefore, on the previous day, we, in our charity, intercede with the merciful Judge for the deceased that they be placed at His right hand when He will come to judge the living and the dead. When the Triodion, the liturgical book for the Lenten cycle, was basically compiled during the ninth century, the Second, Third and Fourth Saturdays of Lent were also dedicated to the commemoration of the dead. The reasons for designating these days were: (1) to make up for the a-liturgical days of the Great Lent since in the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, which is prescribed for Lent, there is no commemoration of the dead; (2) to remind us of our own death and make our penitential exercises during Lent more meaningful; and (3) to give us an opportunity to practice good deeds in behalf of our faithful departed and renew our love for them. On the Saturday before Pentecost we commemorate all the departed souls since Adam. By the Descent of the Holy Spirit, commemorated on Pentecost Sunday, the economy of our salvation was completed. Since the will of God is that all men be saved (I Tim. 2:4), therefore the day preceding this Feast is set aside as a day of prayer for all the deceased so that they be included in the salutary work of Christ.

From the beginning of Christianity, local churches kept registers of their living members as well as those who departed. These registers were folding tablets made of wood, ivory, or precious metals artistically decorated with carvings and bound together by rings. They are known as diptychs, taken from the Greek word diptychon, which means anything folded in two. These were used in Church to commemorate the living and the dead at the Divine Liturgy since the fourth century. In the Byzantine Church, these diptychs played an important role since the names of the heretics and the excommunicated were removed from them and, by the same token, these were excluded from the liturgical prayers. They came into disuse sometime during the fourteenth century and, eventually, they were replaced by official lists of the deceased members of individual families issued by the pastor. These were called Hramoty, from the Greek: grammata, meaning a written letter or document. The list of the deceased members of a family made in booklet form was called a Pomjanik, taken from the Old Slavonic: pomjanuti, meaning to remember, and was used at the services for the deceased. The custom of announcing the names of the deceased during the liturgical services, as stated above, can be traced back to the first centuries of Christianity. Already in the fourth century, the practice was strongly defended by St. Epiphanius (+403) as a firmly established tradition in the Church. In his Panarios, he writes: Concerning the ritual of reading the names of the deceased, what can be more useful or suitable; what can be more worthy of admiration? (Panarios 75, 8) This venerable custom was transmitted to us by our ancestors as a part of our beautiful spiritual heritage. Every year, just before Meat-Fare Saturday, the families give the lists of their departed loved ones to the pastor with the request that they be mentioned at the services held for the deceased on the All Souls Saturday. And St. John Chrysostom assures us that: It is a great honour to be worthy of mention, while the celebration of the Holy Mysteries is going on. (Homily on the Acts 21, 4) Members of the family are encouraged to attend these services on the All Souls Saturdays for by their presence and by their personal prayers and receiving Holy Communion they strengthen the bond of love with their departed loved ones and indeed keep their memory everlasting! St. Gregory of Nazianzus (d. 390), after celebrating the funeral services for his brother Caesarius, concluded his eulogy with the following words: Part of my funeral gift is now completed. The remainder we will pay by offering every year, as long as we live, our honours and memorials for him! (Oration VII, 17) We also should emulate St. Gregory by remembering our departed loved ones, especially during the All Souls Saturdays, as long as we live, and point out to those coming after us the wholesomeness of this beautiful and praiseworthy custom of praying for and remembering our departed loved ones.

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Sunday after Theophany Glory to Jesus Christ! January 15, 2017 Glory to Him forever! Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral 8141 North 16th Street, Front Phoenix, Arizona 85020-3950 Office: 602.943.5379 Fax 602.997.4093 Website- http://www.stsbcc.org Sunday Divine Liturgy - Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM Weekday Divine Liturgy Monday-Wednesday: 8:00 AM & Friday: 8:00 AM Holy Mystery of Penance: One hour before each Liturgy or by appointment Served by: Most Reverend John S. Pazak, C.Ss.R., Byzantine Catholic Bishop of Phoenix Most Reverend Gerald N. Dino, Bishop Emeritus Very Rev. Diodoro Mendoza, Rector - rectorss@eparchyofphoenix.org Rev. Joseph Hutsko, Vice-Rector - huts1009@gmail.com Very Reverend Archpriest David M. Petras, Retired Deacon John Montalvo - Deacon James Danovich - Deacon Adam Lowe Sister Christopher, OSBM - Sister Jean Marie, OSBM Wisdom from St. Anthony the Great For more information on Eastern spirituality, visit www.ecpubs.com Eastern Christian Bulletin Service -- PO Box 3909 -- Fairfax, VA 22038-3909 www.ecbulletin.com Ph: 703-691-8862 Fax: 703-691-0513