APRIL 30, 2017 Vol. 45 No. 17 Welcome to all visitors and parishioners who are celebrating the Liturgy with us today. Everyone is invited to the auditorium for coffee, juice, cookies and socializing.! i! Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! 3 rd SUNDAY OF PASCHA - Sunday of the Myrrh Bearing Women - James, Apostle NOTE: Please remember that from Resurrection Sunday up to Ascension Thursday, we stand to pray. Note also that from Easter Sunday to Ascension Thursday, at daily Liturgies, the Sunday antiphons are recited and the tropar, kondak, etc. are read from the preceding Sunday bulletin. The Epistle and Gospel are of the day. EASTER REFRAIN: Christ is risen from the dead, by death He conquered death, and to those in the graves He granted life. End of Liturgy: He granted us eternal life, we exalt and glorify His Resurrection. TROPAR (Tone 2): When You went down to death, O Life Immortal, You struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your divinity. When You raised the dead from the nether world, all powers of heaven cried out: O Giver of life, Christ our God, glory be to You! Tropar (Tone 2): The noble Joseph took down Your most pure body from the Cross. He wrapped it in a clean shroud, and with fragrant spices laid it in burial in a new tomb. But You arose in three days, O Lord, bestowing great mercy upon the world. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever, Amen. KONDAK (Tone 2): By Your resurrection O Christ our God, You told the women bringing ointment to rejoice; and You stilled the weeping of Eve, the first mother. You instructed the women to announce to Your Apostles: The Saviour has risen from the tomb. PROKIMEN (Tone 6): Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. VERSE: To You, O Lord, I call; O my Rock, be not deaf to me. EPISTLE: A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7 ALLELUIA VERSES: You have favoured, O Lord, Your land; You have restored the well-being of Jacob. Kindness and truth shall meet; justice and peace shall kiss. GOSPEL: St. Mark 15:43-16:8 INSTEAD OF It is truly right... : The Angel greeted you O Full of Grace. O purest Virgin, rejoice and again I say, rejoice, your Son has risen from the tomb on the third day, and has raised all who were dead. O mankind rejoice! Shine, O Shine, O new Jerusalem for the glory of the Lord has surrounded you, be happy now and rejoice, O Zion. And you pure Mother of God, exalt and rejoice in the Resurrection of Him who was born of you. COMMUNION HYMN: Receive the Body of Christ; partake of the Source of Immortality. Praise
the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. READERS: Today - Angela Malowany May 7 - Christine Hladky MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION: Today - Ernie Paluck, Peter Federko May 7 - Tyler Woloshyn, Len Markewich USHERING & COLLECTING: Today - Kevin Korchinski, Joe Lawryk May 7 - Ted Dusyk, Pat Romanow GREETERS: Today - Terry & Rosanne Miller May 7 - Angela & Friends ALTAR SERVERS: Every Sunday - volunteers DIVINE LITURGIES: Monday, May 1 - The Holy Prophet Jeremiah [Acts 6:8-7:5, 47-60; John 4:46-54] No services scheduled Tuesday, May 2 - Our Father Among the Saints Athanasius the Great [Acts 8:5-17; John 6:27-33] 7:00 p.m. - Knights of Columbus Divine Liturgy at EADM Centre (for God s blessings upon Knights of Columbus members and families) Wednesday, May 3 - The Repose of our Venerable Father Theodosius [Acts 8:18-25; John 6:35-39] 7:00 p.m. - Divine Liturgy (+Bill Gessell requested by Ron and Cynthia Misko) Thursday, May 4 - The Holy Martyr Pelagia [Acts 8:26-39; John 6:40-44] 8:30 a.m. - Divine Liturgy (+Michael Markewich requested by Peter & Marion Federko) Friday, May 5 - The Holy and Glorious Martyr Irene; Our Venerable Father Nicephoras [Acts 8:40-9:19; John 6:48-54] 8:30 a.m. - Divine Liturgy (+Michael Markewich requested by Joe & Christine Hladky) Saturday, May 6 - The Holy, Just and Long-suffering Job [Acts 9:20-31; John 15:17-16:2] 4:30 p.m. - Great Vespers Sunday, May 7 - Sunday of the Paralytic; Commemoration of the Appearance of the Sign of the Precious Cross over Jerusalem [Acts 9:32-43; John 5:1-15] 9:30 a.m. - Divine Liturgy (for the faithful) THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE... Tuesday, May 2-9:00 a.m. - Seniors breakfast 7:00 p.m. - peeling potatoes, chopping/cooking onions Wednesday, May 3-9:00 a.m. - perogy bee preparation work 6:00 p.m. - perogy bee Thursday, May 4-9:00 a.m. - packaging perogies Friday, May 5-9:00 a.m. - UCWLC puffed wheat cake bee PRAZNYK/FEAST DAY: Our annual praznyk will be held on Sunday, May 7 th following the Divine Liturgy. This year Parish Council decided to have something a little different. We will not have traditional full meal with tickets sold in advance. It will be a soup, sandwich and dessert meal with a good will offering. Sign up sheets have been posted on the wall in the auditorium and we hope to see a large crowd for this event. This will help with food preparation. As part of the program for praznyk, Art will be showing a 23 minute video on Medjugorje Pilgrimage after lunch. PEROGY BEES: In preparation for Mosaic in June, the UCWLC, UCBC, and Parish will be uniting in making perogies. A total of 800 dozen must be made. The evenings of May 2/9/16 have been set aside for peeling potatoes and chopping/cooking onions. The evenings of May 3/10/17 have been reserved for making the perogies. Sign-up sheets have now been posted on the wall in the auditorium. Please mark your calendars and make arrangements to help with this fund raiser.
UCWLC LEAGUE DAY will be held on Sunday, May 28, 2017 at St. Basil the Great Parish Centre. Details to follow next Sunday. Cost per person is $13.00 and must be paid by May 13, 2017, to Marie Brigidear (phone: 306-949-7493). ROOM AND/OR ROOM AND BOARD: Do you have room for a 22 year old university student who will be working in Regina from May 14 th to some time in August? If so, please contact Deb Sorestad in Saskatoon at 306-955-3958. MEDJUGORJE PILGRIMAGE: Art Wytrykush has organized a pilgrimage from October 2-12, 2017. Please speak directly with him or refer to the poster on the bulletin board in the auditorium. Ultimate A & B Youth Announcement: Calling all Youth! Our 2 nd last youth event for the 2016-2017 youth year will take place FRIDAY, May 12 from 7:00p.m.-9:30p.m. at St. Athanasius Parish. The youth are always welcome to bring a friend or two along to have some fun. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Lesia at 306-789-8054 or ultimateaandb@hotmail.com. Look forward to seeing you there! UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CONGRESS SASKATCHEWAN OFFICE is inviting applications for a part-time Ukrainian Dance Outreach Coordinator position. This position would start in early May. If you have experience in the not-for-profit and/or cultural sectors, have great organizational skills and are a community leader, this may be the job for you. Please see job description (PDF). For further information, contact Danylo at 1-888-652-5850, ext. 108 or email d.puderak@ucc.sk.ca. A Summer Job Opportunity - Perfect for those with vision and an entrepreneurial spirit. The UCC Saskatchewan Cultural Intern will develop a comprehensive proposal regarding the future direction of the UCC Saskatchewan Library Resources Centre. This will involve an environmental scan and consultation process with key stakeholders in order to develop an environmental mandate and objectives; researching and identifying a suitable library cataloguing database as well as developing a plan to make the collection more accessible. This is a minimum 9-week, full-time Canada Summer Jobs position. For further information, contact Yuriy at 188-652-5850, ext. 101 or email uccspc@uss.sk.ca. SUNDAY COFFEE SIGN UP SHEET has been posted. Please sign up to prepare and serve coffee when you can. Thank you. LAST SUNDAY S COLLECTION: 43 Sunday envelopes - $1195; 1 visitor envelope - $120; 1 Good Friday envelope - $20; 2 Easter offering envelopes - $120; 1 initial offering envelope - $10; 1 Bishop Roborecki envelope - $20; loose change - $147. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. The two survivors, not knowing wha else to do, agree that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island. The first thing the first man prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruitbearing tree on his side of the land and he was able to eat its fruit. The other man s parcel of land remained barren.
After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day another ship was wrecked, and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the island. On the other side of the island there was nothing. Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing. Finally the first man prayed for a ship so that his wife and he could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God s blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, Why are you leaving your companion on the island? My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them, the first man answered. His prayers were all unanswered, and so he does not deserve anything. You are mistaken!, the voice rebuked him. He had only one prayer which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings. Tell me, the first man asked the voice, what did he pray for that I should owe him anything? He prayed that all your prayers be answered. For all we know our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us. ST. ATHANASIUS UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 55 McMurchy Avenue, Regina, Sask., S4R 3G3 Parish Priest: Fr. Basil Malowany E-mail: basilmalowany@gmail.com Cell Phone: 306-540-5102
Parish Office: 306-543-8008 Website: www.st-athanasius.ca Facebook: www.facebook.com/st.athanasius.regina E-mail: stathanasius@sasktel.net Parish Council President - Rosanne Miller: 306-543-5773 UCWLC President - Josie Vantour Seniors Club President - Angie Lawryk UCBC President - Mark Woitas Ultimate A&B Youth - Lesia Lazurko DIVINE LITURGY: Sunday - 9:30 a.m.; Confessions before every Divine Liturgy Week Day Liturgies - As per the Schedule MEMBERSHIP AT ST. ATHANASIUS PARISH is recognized by participating in the Sunday Divine Liturgy and by fulfilling your baptismal responsibility in contributing to our Church Community activities by using your time, talents and treasures. Regular financial donations by use of Sunday envelopes is necessary for our parish to grow and prosper. Please contact Fr. Basil if you know of any parishioner who is sick and wants to be visited.