St. Nicholas Orthodox Church American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese Ecumenical Patriarchate 1123 East Avenue Erie, PA 16503 Parish Website: www.stnicholaserie.org Diocesan Website: www.acrod.org www.facebook.com/stnicholaserie/ Rev. Fr. Nicholas Mihaly Rectory: (814) 453-4902 Cell: (203) 241-1027 E-mail: nmihaly1013@gmail.com Sunday, July 15, 2018-Seventh Sunday After Pentecost Schedule of Services and Events: Sunday, July 15 9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy Saturday, July 21 5:00 PM; Vespers Sunday, July 22 9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy Confessions are available thirty minutes prior to Divine Liturgy on the first Sunday of every month; thirty minutes before vespers on Saturday evenings; or by appointment. UPCOMING EVENTS July 22-28 - Deanery Camping Week at Camp Nazareth August 5 - Blessing of Vehicles August 18 - Parish Outing-Erie Sea Wolves Home Game September 12 - Orthodoxy on Tap
Registration for Camp Nazareth is now open: Please visit www.campnazareth.org to register your children! This is a friendly reminder to return your stewardship surveys as soon as possible! We have finished our adult class for the summer. We will be beginning classes again in the fall. We will have a parish outing at the August 18 Erie Seawolves baseball game. The game begins at 7:00 PM and tickets are only $9.00. Please see Fr. Nick by August 5 to reserve your seat. We are in need of a Sunday School Teacher for ages 8-10 and an assistant teacher for teenagers. If you are interested in helping, please see Fr. Nick. The only requirements are a love of our children and our Orthodox Faith. Jul Birthdays & Anniversaries 15 Reverend Nicholas Palun 15 V. Rev. Michael & Pani Kelley (Tarasovich) Kabel-28th Anniversary 17 Irene Fendya 20 Alan Irwin 26 Atty. Dennis & Shirley (Kramer) Williams-37th Anniversary 27 Douglas & Patricia (Burdick) Borkowski-44th Anniversary 30 Richard Sesco 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
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. Nicholas Palun, Fr. Michael Rustick, Fr. John Zboyovski, Fr. David Smoley, Pani Donna Smoley, Pani Connie Miloro, Pani Eleanor Pribish, Douglas Borkowski, Emma Burkell, John Candia, Sandy Carlisle, Gail Collister, Robert Collister, James 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, Serge Mihaly, Robert Perevuznik, Sr., Barbara Scheibeck, Irene Schwab, Elizabeth Skalko, Isabella Smith, Cheryl Walker, David Walker, Jake Woodworth, Katlyn Wyant, George Yurcan through the prayers of St. Nectarios the Wonderworker & St. Panteleimon the Great-Martyr and Healer For Expectant Mothers Katie McIntyre through the prayers of St. Anna, the Mother of the Virgin Mary For the Repose of Fr. Charles Sunderland, Pani Magdaline Blaschak, Pani Ann Kozar, Lawrence Beck, Helen Bires, Ann Burdick, Thomas Candia, Vera Fetchina, William Demyanovich, Ann DiMarco, John E. Kelley, Maria Keim, Kyle Lomme, Paul Meaden, Shane Murdock, Mildred Paproski, 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
WEEKLY OFFERINGS Sunday, July 8, 2018 DONOR $2.00 WEEKLY CANDLES FOR HEALTH GIVEN FOR Tamara Kloss Husband John Kloss John & Tamara Kloss Uncle Very Rev. Proto. Michael Polanichka s Birthday, July 17 Phyllis Tarasovich Herself and Family Theodore & Patricia Molly Themselves and Family Theodore & Patricia Molly John & Donna Novak Patricia Borkowski Herself and Family 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 Father Very Rev. Proto. Ronald Hazuda s Birthday, July 18 John & Tamara Kloss John E. Kelley Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Father Michael LaBoda Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Mother Virginia LaBoda George Yurcan Parents Wasyl & Aniela Yurcan and Deceased in Family Richard & Susanne Demchak Beloved Parents Joseph & Susan Demchak Dr. George & Kitty Kuzmishin Beloved Family Members Janet Belliveau Parents Douglas & Anne Liebel John Lipchik Jr. & Kathleen Boyce Parents John Sr. & Helena Lipchik David Lipchik Parents Steve & Ann Lipchik Phyllis Tarasovich Deceased in the Tarasovich and Kelley Families Reader David & Debra Tarasovich Grandson Carter Robert Egloff Patricia Borkowski Parents Thomas & Ann Burdick CATEGORY AMOUNT CATEGORY AMOUNT Candles 44.00 Diocesan Assessment 140.00 Loose Change 2.00 Perpetual Care 138.00 Regular Envelopes 401.00 Chapel Fees 125.00 Pledges 1,020.00 Dirt Removal Fees 20.00 Social Hour 9.00 Plotting Fees 20.00 Wish List* 210.00 Total Income 2,129.00 *Thank you to Eric Demyanovich for his Wish List donation. The money will be used to pay for the shipping costs ($100) for the altar cloths from Russia and for a new piece of plexiglass to cover the Tetrapod. ATTENDANCE Liturgy for the Nativity of John the Baptist (Sat., Jul. 7): 8 Divine Liturgy (Sun., Jul. 8): 35 JUNE 2018 CHURCH YEAR 2018 YTD (11/01/17 TO 06/30/18) Income 6,219.05 Income 62,605.57 Expenses 8,289.83 Expenses 55,219.85 (Loss)/Gain (2,070.78) (Loss)/Gain 7,385.72
To Ponder Wherefore, if you desire to become equal to the apostles, there is nothing to hinder you. For to have arrived at this virtue only suffices for your not at all falling short of them. Let no one therefore wait for miracles. For though the evil spirit is grieved, when he is driven out of a body, yet much more so, when he sees a soul delivered from sin. For indeed this is his great power. [Acts 8:10] This power caused Christ to die, that He might put an end to it. Yea, for this brought in death; by reason of this all things have been turned upside down. If then thou remove this, you have cut out the nerves of the devil, you have bruised his head, you have put an end to all his might, you have scattered his host, you have exhibited a sign greater than all signs. The saying is not mine, but the blessed Paul s. For when he had said, Covet earnestly the best gifts, and yet show I unto you a more excellent way; [1 Corinthians 12:31] he did not speak next of a sign, but of charity, the root of all our good things. If then we practice this, and all the self-denial that flows from it, we shall have no need of signs; even as on the other hand, if we do not practice it, we shall gain nothing by the signs. Bearing in mind then all this, let us imitate those things whereby the apostles became great. And whereby did they become great? Hear Peter, saying, Behold we have forsaken all, and followed You; what shall we have therefore? [Matthew 19:27] Hear also Christ saying to them, You shall sit upon twelve thrones, and, every one that has forsaken houses, or brethren, or father, or mother, shall receive an hundredfold in this world, and shall inherit everlasting life. From all worldly things, therefore, let us withdraw ourselves, and dedicate ourselves to Christ, that we may both be made equal to the apostles according to His declaration, and may enjoy eternal life; unto which may we all attain, by the grace and love towards man of our Lord Jesus Christ to whom be glory and might forever and ever. Amen. St. John Chrysostom