HOLY GHOST RUSSIAN ORTHODOX GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH 110 East Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06608 PO Box 339 Phone: (203) 33-700 Archpriest Michael Westerberg Parish Administrator Mark Curran, Parish President (203) 26-8863 (Cell, for emergencies only) Barbara Dulin, Parish Council (bulletin) (203) 2-0776 moparbarb@gmail.com Website: www.holyghostbpt.org APRIL 1, 2018, Entry of our Lord into Jerusalem, Palm Sunday Holy Week Daily Scripture Readings MONDAY, APRIL 2 Exodus 1:1-20; Job 1:1-2 Matthew 21:18-3; Matthew 2:3-3 TUESDAY, APRIL 3 Exodus 2:-10, Job 1:13-22 Matthew 22:1-23:39; Matthew 2:36-26:2 WEDNESDAY, APRIL Exodus 2:11-22, Job 2:1-10 John 12:17-0; Matthew 26:6-16 THURSDAY, APRIL 1 Corinthians 11:23-32 John 13:1-11; John 13:12-17 (Washing of Feet) FRIDAY, APRIL 6 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:2 Matt. 27:1-38; Luke 23:39-3; Matt. 27:39-; John 19:31-37; Matt. 27:-61 SATURDAY, APRIL 7 Romans 6:3-11 Matthew 28:1-20 Services this Week PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 1 Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m. HOLY THURSDAY, APRIL 12 Matins w/ 12 Passion Gospels 6:00 p.m. HOLY FRIDAY VESPER, APRIL 6 Placing the Lord in the Tomb 2:00 p.m. HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 7 Vesperal Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m. (Blessing of Baskets after Liturgy) PASCHA Nocturn, Procession, Matins, Divine Liturgy, APRIL 7 11:00 p.m. (Blessing of Baskets after Liturgy) PASCHAL VESPERS, APRIL 8 12:00 Noon (Fr Steven presiding) (Egg Hunt following Service) 1
NO Confessions this week LAST VESPER SERVICE DURING LENT April 1 Sixth Sunday of Great Lent (Bridegroom Matins) All Saints Church Hartford :00 p.m. Philippians :-9 (Epistle) Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. John 12:1-18 (Gospel) 1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead. 2 There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him. 3 Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon s son, who would betray Him, said, Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor? 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it. 7 But Jesus said, Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial. 8 For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always. 2
John 12:1-18 (Gospel, Cont d.) 9 Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. 10 But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also, 11 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus. 12 The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD! The King of Israel! 1 Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written: 1 Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey s colt. 16 His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him. 17 Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness. 18 For this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign. DONATIONS / CANDLES / FLOWERS In loving memory of Lydia Pismenny from Fr Vadim, Matushka Elena, Victor, and Nicole Andranovich - $0 to the General Fund. A fond thank-you to Fr David for the Panikhida. THE LAMPATKI REFURBISHING PROJECT A reminder to please see Fr Steven or Mark Curran, if you wish to make a contribution towards this project. Thank you! CANDLE DESK SCHEDULE April 1 LoveAnn Curran, Tim Savisky April 8 Barbara Dulin, Frank Kaputa * Reminder: There will only be two individuals assigned at the candle desk on Sunday mornings. Please check with the candle desk each week to see if additional help is needed. PARISH PRAYER LIST Sophie Pollock Natalie Pronechen FR DAVID S SERMON OF MARCH 2 Annunciation and St. Mary of Egypt can be found on our website, www.holyghostbpt.org. (Compliments of Richard Kendall). 3
COFFEE FELLOWSHIP April 1 (Palm Sunday) April 8 (Pascha) PTO No coffee fellowship REMINDER TO PLEASE SIGN UP FOR COFFEE HOUR PUSSY WILLOWS Thank you to those who were able to bring in pussy willows! TALENT PROJECT reminder Sue Maugeri will be starting the Talent Project again this year and asks that everyone try to complete their project and hand in their funds before August 18 in order to record it during the current church year. If anyone is looking for ideas, please see Susan. She has a list of previous projects that may help many to choose a project. IMPORTANT REMINDERS FROM THE PARISH COUNCIL A huge thank you to Elaine Kosh for 22+ years of providing our church with beautiful flowers. LoveAnn Curran has agreed to take over this important responsibility. The corrected amount for this donation of flowers is $0.00. PLEASE NOTE: A parishioner volunteering to oversee our church house rentals would save our parish over $9,000 of property management fees for the year. Please see Richard Jankura for details. A reminder to please support ONE Stewards for their crucial work for the Seminarians, Youth Rally program, Diocesan Missions in CT, MA, NH, VT, and ME, as well as Diocesan Charities. Checks can be sent as a Memorial or Honorary tribute to: ONE Stewards, PO Box 1182, Torrington, CT 06790-1182. Thank you. Since there will not be a service on Bright Monday, please be advised that the Egg Hunt will take place after the Paschal Vespers and not after the Paschal service at midnight. Unfortunately, there will not be Blessing of the Graves this year. Thank you for your understanding. THE NEXT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING is scheduled for May 20 th. EASTER FLOWERS A reminder that the deadline to order plants is today. Plants will be available for pick up on Thomas Sunday. Thank you. In addition to purchasing flowers, volunteers are also needed on Good Friday, April 6, between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. to assist with decorating the church for Pascha. Thank you in advance!
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE SUMMER ( ) Please be advised that a summer schedule has been put into place for the months of July and August as follows: Liturgy services will begin at 8:00 a.m. vs. 9:00 a.m. to help with the summer heat and humidity. It is extremely hot in the Altar area especially. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. SAVE THE DATE The 2 th Anniversary FORCC banquet will be held October 7. Program and forms will be provided as the date nears. Thank you. DEPARTED FROM THE PARISH METRICS (April 1 April 7) APRIL 1 Anna Chikosh (1 yr.) 1900, Stephen Dachko (2 yrs.) 1900, Michael Cherveniak (6) 191, Nikita Cherniak (0) 1933, Olga Leskewich Shostak (68) 1961, Elena Hristova (86) 199, Barbara Balko 1970. APRIL 2 Michael Loziniak (2 yrs.) 1900, Luba Besche (3) 1907, Theodore Bolbot (32) 1922, Stephen Cherveniak (8) 1922, Anna Primak (21) 1927, Paul Myron (70) 197, Ignaty Senko (62) 199, Maria Lukachik Becca (0) 196, Stephen Cherpak (77) 1971, Gary John Somoskovec (19) 1973, Anna Homenuk (6) 1987. APRIL 3 Vasily Molchan (78) 1971, George Dirga (6) 1971, Anne Pishtey (82) 198, Austin Manko (7) 1996, Barbara (Turko) Albright (6) 2000. APRIL Mary Homenchok (8) 1961, John Katrenic (76) 196, Joseph J. Demchak (70) 1986, Mary Hamilla Karpie 1987, Gloria S. Kruk Ivanoff (88) 2012. APRIL Catherine Gutsky ( mos.) 1902, Paraskeva Levchuk (68) 197, Daria (Dorothy) Mazurick (62) 197. APRIL 6 Anna Ilko (20) 1900, Michael Kashper (1 yr. 7 mos.) 1900, Paraskeva (Mary) Konen (7) 1962, Michael J. Pistey (63) 1967, George Ivanov (80) 197, Martha Hamilla (78) 1986, Joseph Labash (91) 1991. APRIL 7 Tatiana Bevza (18) 192, Archpriest Alexander Pogrebniak (73) 1961, Teresa Bednar Pistey (83) 1972, Kenneth Chilek (16) 1973, Anna Baker Fosko (86) 1979, Michael Pasick, Sr. (73) 1981, Zina Rozdilsky (70) 198, Helen K. Darak 200, Nicholas A. Sinchak 200. BIRTHDAYS Cathleen Durden McCormack (April ), Christian Likins (April ), Flora Likins (April ). ANNIVERSARIES None listed.