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26401 ST. JOSAPHAT DRIVE • WARREN, MI 48091 Rectory & Office: 586-755-1740 • Fax: 586-755-1399
www.stjoschurch.com • Email: [email protected] Parish Centre: 586-758-7711 • www.stjosaphatbanquets.com
Email: [email protected]
Pastor: Fr. Mario Dacechen, OSBM Cell: 917-842-2819 • Email: [email protected]
Assistant: Fr. Walter Rybicky, OSBM Cell: 586-457-3314 • Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. Sundays 9:30 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.
(Office is closed for lunch 12:00 –1:00 p.m.)
IC Schools: 586-574-2480 • www.icschools.org / www.icschools.net
REGULAR SCHEDULE OF DIVINE LITURGIES Sunday: (Ukrainian) 8:30, 10:00 a.m.; (English) 12:00 noon.
Saturday: (Ukrainian) 8:30 a.m.; (English) 4:00 p.m. Weekdays: (Ukrainian) 8:30 a.m.
Holy Days & Obligatory Feasts: (Ukr.) 9:00 and (Eng.) 7:00 p.m. Confessions - During Liturgies
Saturday 4:00pm, Sunday 8:30, 10:00 & 12:00 and all Holy Days
To arrange for Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Communion & Funerals - call the Office first. For Weddings make an appointment with the Pastor, at least 6 months ahead.
VOL. 55 / NO. 53 • SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS • TONE 6 • DECEMBER 31, 2017
Troparion:
Your voice resounds throughout the world
which has accepted the lessons so well
taught by you. You have gotten explanation
to divine truths. You have clarified the
nature of created things. You made a rule
of life for men. By your royal priesthood,
O venerable father Basil, intercede with
Christ to save our souls.
Troparion:
O Jesus, enthroned on high together with
Your eternal Father and Divine Spirit, You
condescended to be born on earth of a
maiden and virgin mother. And on the eighth
day, You were circumcised. Glory be to
Your most noble decision; glory be to Your
plan of salvation; glory be to Your
condescension, O Lord; You alone love
mankind.
Troparion:
At Your baptism in the Jordan, O Lord,
worship of the Trinity was revealed, for the
Father's voice bore witness to You, calling
You His beloved Son, and the Spirit in the
form of a dove confirmed the truth of these
words. O Christ God, Who appeared and
enlightened the world, glory be to You!.
Tropar: Po Vsij zemli prolunav Tvij holos i vona
pryjn]la Tvo= slovo, ]kym Ty pobowno
nav;av: Ty po]snyv pryrodu stvorinn]
i zvy;a\ l[ds/ki vpor]dkuvav. Cars/ke
sv]'enstvo, ot;e prepodobnyj Vasyli[!
Moly Xrysta Boha za spasinn] duq na'yx.
Tropar:
Na prestoli vohnennim, perebuva[;y
na nebi z bezpo;atkovym Otcem i
bowestvennym Tvo\m Duxom, blahoizvolyv
Ty, Isuse, rodytys] na zemli vid
neporo;no\ Divy, Tvo=\ Materi, tomu, ]k
l[dyna vos/mydenna, pryjn]v Ty zakonnu
pryznaku. Slava vsemylostyvomu Tvo=mu
zadumovi. Slava provydinn[ Tvo=mu! Slava
voplo;enn[ Tvo=mu, =dynyj :olovikol[b;e!.
Tropar:
Koly v Jordani xrystyvs] Ty, Hospody,
Tro\;ne z']vylos/ pokloninn]: holos Otc]
svid;yv pro Tebe, nazyva[;y Tebe
ul[blenym Synom, Dux we u vyhladi
holuba potverdwuvav ci slova. Hospody,
qo z']vyvs] i svit posvityv, - slava Tobi.
Kondak: Z']vyvs] Ty s/ohodni vselennij i svitlo
Tvo=, Hospody, oprominylo nas. Piznavqy
Tebe spiva=mo: Ty pryjqov i po]vyvs]
- Svitlo nedostupne.
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LITURGIES FOR THE WEEK
Sunday, December 31, 2017 New Year's Eve Gal. 1: 11-19; Mt. 2: 13-23 (Mol. st. 217, 469) (Prayer Bk pg. 223, 479) 9:00 — Liturgy of Thanksgiving
6:00p.m. — Liturgy of Thanksgiving
Monday, January 01, 2018 New Years Day Circumcision - St. Basil the Great (Mol. st. 471) (Pr Bk pg. 482) Col. 2: 8-12; Lk. 2: 20-21, 40-52
9:00a.m. #2246 Health & God's Blessings
for Fr. Basil Salkovski, OSBM and all the clergy Prayer Families: Z. Kisil / R. Nestorowicz Tuesday, January 02, 2018 (St. Sylvester)
Heb. 12: 25-26, 13: 22-25; Mk. 10: 2-12
8:30 #2182 + Maria Diakiw — A. Florchuk
#2072 + Eugenia Kostiuk — D. Halushka Prayer Families: C. Kizyma / I. Nestorowicz
Wednesday, January 03, 2018 (St. Malachi)
James 1: 1-18; Mk. 10: 11-16
8:30 #2621 ++ Bohdan, Maria & Wolodymyr — B. Kruczak
#2384 + Ed Milowski — R. & S. Bologna Prayer Families: M. Kizyma / M. Nestorowich
Thursday, January 04, 2018 (Synaxis of 70 Apostles)
James 1: 19-27; Mk. 10: 17-27
8:30 #1878 + Jaroslaw Karpinsky — S. & M. Piwtorak
Ukrainian Village 11:00 #1899 + Iwan Weliczko — M. & R. Baranyk Prayer Families: I. Klepach / L. Nestorowich
First Friday, January 05, 2018 Confessions Eve of Theophany (Mol. st. 476) (Pr Bk pg. 488) 1 Cor. 9: 19-27; Lk. 3: 1-18
9:00 #2620 Health & God's Blessings for Melenchuk, Prybylo,
Lafinchuk and Slobodian Family Members
— R. Prybylo
9:30 Small Water Blessing *5:00-6:00pm Silent Adoration of the Holy Eucharist
*7:00pm Liturgy / Mother’s Prayers / Healing Service Prayer Families: Y. Klepach / L. Nestorowich
First Saturday, January 06, 2018 Confessions Epiphany (Mol. st. 481) (Pr Bk pg. 492) Tit. 2: 11-14, 3: 4-7; Mt. 3: 13-17
9:00 Liturgy / Rosary
#2369 Health & God's Blessings for Mordowanec,
Pszenyczny & Kuclo Family Members
9:30 Great Water Blessing
4:00p.m. #2241+ Frieda Stubenvoll — Schaller Family Prayer Families: Z. Klepach / I. Nehaniv
Altar Cleaning
Millie Stachowski and Lorraine Short
Sunday, January 07, 2018 Eph. 4: 7-13; Mt. 4: 12-17 (Mol. st. 218, 484) (Prayer Bk pg. 224, 495) 8:30 #2403 Health & God's Blessings for John, Myrosia,
Maksym, Andri & Angela — Kloka 10:00 — For The Parish 12:00 #2338 + Dolores Tyro & Mary L. Fairchild — Tyro Family
Dear Parishioners,
You will be remembered
in the Novena for Peace and Blessings for 2018
during the Divine Liturgies celebrated in our church
from January 2nd to January 10th.
Dorohi Parafi]ny
Budemo molytys] za vsix vas -
dev']tnyc[ za myr i blahoslovenn] 2018 roku
pid;as Bowestvennyx Sv]tyx Liturhij u cerkvi
vid 2-ho do 10-ho si;n].
Please place your intention for the Novena
in the basket located near the Nativity,
by the Bethlehem Light in our church.
Prosymo postavyty vaqi namirann]
na dev']tnyc[ v koшyk pry vertepi
kolo v Vyfly=ms/koho Svitla.
The Staff and Parishioners of St. Josaphat Church
would like to wish
Fr. Mario Dacechen, OSBM
Fr. Walter Rybicky, OSBM
Fr. Roman Hykavy, OSBM
Fr. Daniel Schaicoski, OSBM
and all the clergy
of the Order of St. Basil the Great
Happy Feast Day and Mnohaya Lita!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2018
Wishing our Parishioners, their families and friends
God’s blessings for a healthy, happy, safe and prosperous New Year!
Bawa=mo Naqym parafi]nam,
\xnim rodynam i pry]telam Bowyx lask qaslyvoho, veseloho
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from Fr. Mario
I would like to thank the following
for their constant support:
Fr. Walter Rybicky -for being my Assistant here at our rectory and church. Roma Remeniuk - for handling office duties and creating the weekly bulletins, flyers, tickets, etc. Irene Maciborski - for handling office duties and heading the Sunflower Festival Maria Kalba - for being the rectory cook and housekeeper Irene Erard - for being the parish bookkeeper Jo Shalay - for managing the banquet center Rosemary Sobol and Banquet Staff - for assisting Jo Shalay Boris Dorosz and Dave Scott - for handling all the indoor maintenance and landscaping outside Fr. Bogdan Rybchuk - for helping out with serving the weekly Liturgies Fr. Roman Hykavy - for his exceptional dedication to our community Sr. RoseAnn Bukaczyk - for preparing the children for First Solemn Communion For the responders during the Liturgies: Sr. RoseAnn, Mr.& Mrs Kornelyuk, Michael Goshko, Lily Litynskyj, Lesia Florchuk, Olya Bej, Olya Terleckyj, Pavlo Weliczko, Steven Schaller and Matthew Wroblewski. The Altar Boys for serving during the liturgies The 10am and 12noon Church Choirs - for their dedication and singing the Sunday liturgies Orest Sowirka and Zachary Gala for preparing and running the Tuesday evening Faith Formation classes The Ushers - for their help in church during Liturgies Our Lady of Perpetual Help Soldality for organizing and running the White Elephant Sale for their weekly cleaning of the church for changing the linens in the church for helping out with decorating the church for Christmas for generous donations throughout the year Mothers in Prayers for their weekly cleaning of the church for changing the linens in the church Marishka Druzina Zavarnycia for helping with changing the linens in church for helping out with decorating the church for Christmas for generous donations throughout the year Knights of Columbus for sponsoring the weekly Faith Formation classes for the Food Drive and the Pancake Breakfast for the annual Thanksgiving Day Dinner for the Needy Maria Kushnir - for mending clergy vestments Christine Lash-Farion - for laundering and ironing the embroidered altar towlettes Anna Kravetz and her Helpers - for their beautiful flower arrangements for the church Michael Dorosz for heading the Steak Our Dinners and snow plowing during the winter season Ann Nordstrom for heading the annual Fish Fry Dinners Fish Fry/Steak Out Volunteers for all their hard work Sunflower Festival Volunteers for all their hard work Also to all the Parishioners for their support and prayers.
The Naming of Our Lord Jesus Christ
- St. Basil the Great,
Theophany The Naming of Our Lord Jesus Christ
On the 8th day after His birth, Jesus was circumcised
and named according to the precepts of the Jewish law
prescribed in Genesis 12; 10, and Leviticus 12; 3 as a sign
of God's covenant with Abraham. After this ritual, he is
given the name 'Yeshua-Jesus'-He who rescues-delivers
-Yahweh saves.'. In Scripture, the name also indicates a
function. Jesus is the Savior of the world. The Lord
underwent this ritual to fulfill the precepts of the Jewish
law, and that He truly assumed human flesh.
The ritual of circumcision would give way to Baptism
which it prefigured (Colossians 2; 11-12). When we are
baptized and are part of the New Covenant-the Church. At
baptism we are given a name to remind us that we have
entered the New Covenant with God. The name 'Christian'
is a sign of mankind's entrance into a New Covenant with
God.
St. Basil the Great 329-379
St. Basil was born in 329 in Cappadocia in Asia Minor
(modern Turkey) to virtuous, wealthy parents, St. Basil the
Elder and St. Emelia. Basil visited various monasteries in
Egypt, Palestine, and Syria to learn about the monastic life.
Basil sold his possessions and divided the proceeds among
the poor and with a small group of friends he established a
monastic community not far from his family's estate at
Anesi in the province of Pontus. They lived and prayed
together as a community. He established the Long Rules
and Short Rules, of monastic life based on the Evangelical
Counsels. He established many monastic communities and
used his inheritance to help the poor and established
hospitals called 'Basiliades'. Basil's idea of monasticism
would become a school of Christian perfection and would
later be adopted by St. Benedict in the West.
Basil would be ordained priest, and in 370 he was
consecrated bishop of Caesaria in Cappadocia, directing his
work to unity of the Church, fighting the Arian heresy
which denied the divinity of Christ, and strengthening the
Christian spirit in the faithful. He achieved this by
composing a treatise on the divinity of the Holy Spirit,
introduced strict discipline among his clergy, organized
charitable institutions and revived liturgical worship. He
died on January 1, 379, and his imprint on the Church
remains to this day. Justly, he was named 'the Great'.
The Holy Theophany of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus
Christ
'The earth, O Word of God, has been made holy by
Your holy birth; the heavens with the stars proclaimed Your
glory. Now water's nature is blessed by Your bodily
baptism and earthborn's race has returned again to its
former higher estate.'
"God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all." (1
John 1; 5) The feast of the Theophany-the revelation of
God-is sometimes called the 'Feast of Lights', and is
connected with the Nativity. Jesus Christ, the Son of God is
December 31, 2017 St. Josaphat, Warren, Michigan Page 4
Alexandra Kostyniuk, Natalia Hewko, Chrystyna Kozak,
Irena Schatz, Christina Pichurko, George Bojcuniak,
Eugenia Bojanowski, Marta Tomkiw, John Kloka,
Vasyl Makara, Vitalij Hlynskyy, Oksana Shtokalo,
Ivan Polovka, Alexander Plichota, Vitaliy Terletsky,
Solomiya Zadorozhnyy
Best Wishes, Health, Happiness and God's Blessings.
Happy Birthday
Mnoha] Lita!
Names printed are for birthdays for this week — from Sunday thru Saturday
the Light of the world and the 'Sun of Righteousness' is God
made flesh, revealed to the world. The Theophany is the
baptism of Jesus and the revelation of the Trinity. 'He who
covers Himself with light as a garment…today is covered
by the streams of the Jordan.' Jesus had no need for clean-
sing, but He does so in order to regenerate us. One of the
ancient names for baptism was 'Photismos', or
'Enlightenment'. Jesus Christ is the Light and brought us
the light of the knowledge of God, through the sacramental
mystery of Baptism which washes away our sins and makes
us members of the Church.
In our Ukrainian Christian tradition, the waters are
solemnly blessed in a solemn elaborate ceremony after the
Divine Liturgy, either in the church or on the bank of a lake
or river. The faithful bring the blessed water home, bless
their homes and farms and livestock with it, and later ask
the priest to come and bless the home. The faithful partake
of during the Schedrij Vechir-Abundant-Generous
Eve-Supper. The blessing of the waters liturgically and
ritually celebrate Jesus' Baptism, and reminds us of our
baptism. Also we are reminded of the baptism or
Rus'-Ukraine by Grand Prince Volodymyr the Great. The
River Dnipro in which the people of Kyiv were baptized
became the 'Ukrainian Jordan'.
Calender of Events
Feb 2nd……….. Blessing of Candles - 9:00a.m. liturgy
Feb 12th………. First Day of Lent
Feb 16th………. First Friday - Fish Fry at St. Josaphat Hall
Mar 23rd ……… Last Friday - Fish Fry at St. Josaphat Hall
Mar 25th …….. Palm Sunday - Annunciation of BVM
April 1st ……… Easter
April 15th…….. Sviatchene at 1:30pm at St. Josaphat Hall
St. Josaphat and Immaculate Conception Churches
cordially invite you to the Prosphora Dinner
Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 1:30p.m. at the St. Josaphat Banquet Centre
Adults - $25.00 Children - $12 (16 yrs & under)
Tickets available in both church offices.
Deadline: January 8, 2018
Spil/na Prosfora
u nedil[, 14-ho si;n] 2018 - hod. 1:30p.p.
u parafi]l/nomu oseredku sv. Josafata Kvytky - $25.00 dl] doroslyx
$12 - Dity do 16 rokiv
Kvytky mowna prydbaty v cerkovnyx kancel]ri]x
do 8-ho si;n]
**** Help Wanted ****
We are looking for someone to fill the position for a
fulltime Office Administrator with preferred previous
office experience. Computer experience and multitasking is
a plus. Please submit your resume at [email protected].
Please no phone calls.
Elderly Care Needed
We are looking for someone to help an English speaking elderly woman with cooking, cleaning, laundry and personal care. Needed for daily visits and some evenings and nights. For more information, please call Darlene at 586-295-4123.
I would like to sincerely
thank all the Ladies of Our Lady
of Perpetual Help for all their
hard work this year.
For their constant dedication of cleaning the altar every
week and strive to keep our parish moving.
For helping out at the Fish Fry dessert table by bringing
in baked goods or selling. For the long hours and hard work
in preparing for the White Elephant Sale this past summer
which was a success. With that, we were able to purchase a
new Christmas tree for the church and make donations to
the church for renovation and energy.
We are looking for new members to join the Sodality,
so if you are interested, please contact our church office for
more information.
Karen Holowchak
OLPH President
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