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Monthly Newsletter of

HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH 305 Washington Street • PO Box 2876 • New Britain, CT 06050-2876

www.htocnb.org

NOVEMBER 2016

PARISH FEASTDAY: Christ the Savior Church, Southbury, CT has invited everyone to partici-pate in the Great Vespers for the Feast of St. Nectarios, Wonder-worker of Aegena. Vespers will be at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 6th. Christ the Savior has both primary and secondary relics of the saint. Please see bulletin board for flyer and additional details. The veneration of the relics of a saints is a great blessing for Orthodox believers.

FEASTDAY IN NOVEMBER: The

Great Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Tem-ple is Monday, November 21st. We will celebrate this day

with Great Vespers for the Feast on Sunday, November 20th immediately following Divine Liturgy and Festal Divine Liturgy Monday, November 21st at 9:00 a.m. at Ss. Cyril & Methodius Church, Terryville, CT.

WINTER COAT DRIVE: We are taking a

monetary collection for the purchase of winter coats for our neighborhood children. Please put your donation in the des-

ignated basket or give it to Matu-shka Melanie or Gladys by Sun-day, Nov. 6th. Coat will be distrib-uted on Sunday, November 13th during coffee hour!

PLEDGE FORM: In order for the Financial

Committee of the Parish Council to have a better idea of our income for next year the Pledge Form for 2017 has been included in this Newsletter. Please take time to fill it out and return it to Fr. David or Brian Veek, Assistant Treasurer, by December 4th. THANK YOU!!

GENERAL & PRIVATE CONFESSION: General Con-

fession is normally held on the last Saturday of each month (except for lenten periods) following Great Vespers. All regular communicants should make every effort to attend

Archpriest David Koles, Rector 9 Frankie Lane

Terryville, CT 06786 Phone: 860-573-0013

Email: frdavid@htocnb.org 1

each General Confession. The next Gen-eral Confession will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2017 the second to the last Saturday of the month.

Also, with the Advent Fast approaching, November 15th—December 24th, pri-vate confession will be held before & after vespers, on selected weekdays (see calendar) or by appointment.

A REMINDER: The Holy Canons of the Church tell us that

if we absent ourselves from the Eucharist three weeks in a

row we are to be removed from the list of communicants

until we rectify this irregular situation. This is for both

clergy and laity. Actually, the clergy are to be deposed and

the laity must do penance. At HTOC we offer numerous ways

[scheduled private confession, after Vespers, appointments,

General Confession - except during fasting, etc.] to be active

recipients of our Lord’s Body & Blood. If you have been

away from church and the Eucharist for three weeks or more

please, DO NOT get in line for communion until you have

gone to private confession. A NOTE: To all parents of Church School students - these

guides apply to our kids, especially those who have reached

the age of 7 years old. You as parents and/or Godparents

are responsible for making sure our children are learning

and properly participating in the life of the church.

The November charity collection is for

St. Tikhon’s Seminary. St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary is an institution of professional Orthodox Christian theological educa-tion, chartered by the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and affiliated with the Or-thodox Church in America. The primary mission of the Seminary lies in providing the necessary theological, liturgi-

cal, spiritual and moral foundations for Orthodox men to become, as God so wills, good shepherds of His Holy Ortho-dox Church.

Visit their website at: http://www.stots.edu The collection will be taken on the last Sunday of the month. Please use the envelope provided in your monthly mailing and be generous!!

Visit of St. Tikhon’s Mission Choir: On the weekend of December 3 & 4 the traveling Mission Choir of St. Tikhon’s Seminary will be here to sing the re-sponses for Great Vespers and Divine Liturgy. In the after-noon on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. the Choir will sing a Concert at Three Saints Church, Ansonia.

PARISH COUNCIL: The next meeting of the

2015 Parish Council will be held on Monday evening, No-vember 28th at 7:00 p.m. All council members are asked to make every effort to attend the meeting.

Birthdays & Anniversaries in NOVEMBER: 8 Peter Steffick 1945 11 Arlene Potter 1946 11 George Matyczyk 1937 12 Tenley Morrison 2012 20 Jennie Pich 1923 22 Kevin Delaney 1979 25 Jane Gunning 1922 26 Ed Bichun 1941 26 Matthew Dresko 2012 28 Paul Culton 1935 15 Fr. David 1987 Ord. Priesthood 26 Fr. David 1983 Ord. Diaconate 9 George & Geraldine Matyczyk 1968 10 Alan & Janice Hromi 1968

“WHEN I WAS SICK YOU CAME TO ME” The following parishioners (and friends) are now home-bound or in long-term care facilities. If there are any names missing, please inform Fr. David. The regular schedule of visitations is included on the monthly calendar. Parishioners are welcomed and encouraged to make regular visitations to nursing homes and shut-ins. Our loved ones NEED to feel connected to their parish family.

Jerome Home, New Britain

Sadie Albino

Monsignor Bojnowski Manor, New Britain

Helen Karabin Mary Camarata

Grandview Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

[Walnut Hill Care Center], New Britain

Martha Cherpak

At Home: Betty Beck, Jim Dounouk, Jane Gunning, Nicholas Hamisevicz, Joseph Kowar, Stella Liwen, Jennie Pich, Antoinette Rudy, John Steffick and Katherine Szestakow.

PARISH DIPTYCHS

Please remember our departed brothers and sisters in your prayers.

Child Boris Hladko 2 mo November 1 1918

Michael Truhan 52 November 1 1996

Paraskeva Spimar 36 November 2 1903

Osip Baranovsky November 2 1918

Nicholas Mirza 26 November 3 1916

Alexander Cherpak 14 November 3 1919

Stephen Evanovsky 57 November 3 1942

Jacob Panesevich 66 November 4 1955

Dimitri Moyankovsky 23 November 5 1907

Child Anna Skalin 11 days November 5 1908

Onisim Ludzko 86 November 5 1973

Mary Shimchick 76 November 6 1972

Michael Comba 87 November 6 2002

Mary Fairbanks 91 November 6 2014

Sonya Bartos November 6 2014

Child Vladimir Kochinok 1 November 7 1904

Julian Hardim 36 November 7 1916

Pauline Lehman 93 November 7 1996

Matthew Buriloh 39 November 8 1918

Child Constantine Motis 6 mo November 8 1919

Child John Makul 1 day November 9 1908

Peter Chernowski 66 November 9 1956

George Hamilla 77 November 11 1929

Child Irene Pierato 11 mo November 14 1910

Nina Logwin 46 November 14 1964

John Bissland 75 November 14 2001

Boris Martinook 70 November 15 1949

Alik Kovalak 87 November 15 1976

Mary Bogdan 97 November 17 2010

Eugenia Shevchuk 75 November 18 1965

Paula Stepanec 63 November 18 1970

Alexander Dobosz 72 November 18 1993

Joseph Suski 82 November 18 1999

Pauline Prokopchuk 88 November 19 1938

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Alexander Burak 45 November 19 1965

Anna Ludzko 80 November 19 1974

Andrew Katrenich 43 November 20 1942

Gregory Kulakovsky 33 November 21 1919

John Rudy 31 November 22 1925

Zinaida Sotnick 94 November 22 2007

Anna Anduskevich 46 November 24 1935

Gustave Belomyzy 52 November 24 1973

Helen Labas 77 November 24 1979

Child Mary Vileusno 3 November 25 1917

Anastasia Pogobinch 63 November 25 1928

Mary Waskiewicz 75 November 25 1962

Walter Murasheff 44 November 26 1932

Kosmo Dubrovsky 93 November 27 1977

Valentina Pramuka 76 November 27 1989

John Makula 83 November 27 1989

Valentin Zurawlew 57 November 27 2007

Anastasia Belomyzy 38 November 28 1928

Anna Dobosz 65 November 28 1958

Peter Kateshonek 78 November 28 1964

Joseph Beluka 67 November 29 1935

Michael Wanik 60 November 29 1955

Joseph Kovalevich 64 November 29 1960

THE CHURCH FATHERS ON SAINT PAUL'S

ADMONITION TO "PRAY WITHOUT

CEASING" (1 THESS 5:17)

St. Nicodemus the Athonite Let no one think, my fellow Christians, that only priests and monks need to pray without ceasing, and not laypeople. When the Apostle commanded us, "Pray without ceasing," he meant that we must pray in-wardly with our intellect: and this is something that we can always do. For when we are engaged in manual labor and when we walk, sit down, eat and drink, we can always pray with our intellect and practice inner prayer, true prayer, which is pleasing to God.

St. Isaac the Syrian When the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling place in someone, he does not cease to pray, because the Spirit will constantly pray in Him. Then, neither when he sleeps nor when he is awake, will prayer be cut off from his soul; but when he eats and drinks, when he lies down or works, even when he is immersed in sleep, the per-fumes of prayer will breathe in his heart spontaneously. From this point on he will not possess prayer only at limited times but always.

St. Basil the Great

Prayer is a request for what is good, offered by the de-

vout to God. But we do not restrict this "request" simply to what is stated in words ... We should not express our prayer merely in syllables, but the power of prayer should be expressed in the moral attitude of our soul and in the virtuous actions that extend throughout our life ... This is how you pray continu-ally - by joining yourself to God through your whole way of life, so that your life be-comes one continuous and uninterrupted prayer.

"WHADDYAMEAN FASTING? IT'S THE HOLIDAYS!" by Marek Simon, Assistant Directory

of Antiochian Village Camp

Christmas parties, good ole' St. Nick, & shop, shop, shop! Our Christmas list is prepared well in advance and -look out! - lights and trees up in November! These are a few things that begin to consume many of our minds as the holiday sea-son approaches. We can't wait until Christmas and the array of fashionable clothes, iPhones, and decisions, decisions! LCD or Plasma? Mac or Windows? And who knows what else! It's a time to eat, drink and be merry, right? But wait a minute. Did I hear someone say that we are supposed to be fasting???

For us Orthodox Christians, November 15 marks the begin-ning of a 40-day fast that concludes on the Feast of our Lord's Nativity (a.k.a., Christmas). The Nativity Fast is a time of preparation for the birth of our Lord. We are taught to fast from meat, dairy products and fish. Let's be honest. Many of us go to schools and live in homes where we do not observe any sort of fast during this time, and for those of us who do, it's pretty difficult to say the least! How can we pos-sibly go to a Christmas party and not eat meat or cheese or drink eggnog? Why would someone choose to fast during this time when it seems like everyone else is doing the oppo-site? In reality, the answer is pretty simple: Jesus Christ. We are taught to fast during this time, not as a punishment or because the Church doesn't want us to have fun, but because the Church is concerned with one thing and one thing only, our salvation.

Think about it. The world we live in today teaches us to con-tinually seek to do one thing - love ourselves. Jesus Christ, through the Church, teaches us to continually seek to do an-other thing - love our neighbor. Society teaches us to order the best-tasting, most expensive steak. Christ teaches us to forget about the steak, eat a plate of spaghetti or some lentil soup, and use the money to buy a meal for someone who hasn't eaten in days. Society teaches us to spend time and money on Christmas trees, Christmas lights, and expensive gifts. Christ teaches us to be a tree that bears fruit, to be

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a light in the darkness, and to put on the gifts of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Gal 5.22-23).

There are no easy answers to the situations we may face this holiday season if we choose to follow the narrow way of the Gospel. One thing that must be said is that we cannot do it alone. We need each other! Our friends, families and our churches should be fasting together as best we can. We also need prayer. Fasting is of no value unless we pray also. En-courage your family and friends to pray together at meals and even ask your priest if he will have extra services during the fasting period. Perhaps most importantly, talk with your priest or spiritual father about how to approach the Fast. He will be your guide and source of wisdom to help during this time.

Each day is an opportunity for us to choose to live as a Christian and accept the responsibility that goes along with it. Rather than just spending hours at the mall looking for the perfect gift, we could spend a couple of hours serving at a soup kitchen and a few dollars on clothes for people who cannot afford to clothe themselves. What a wonderful pro-ject this would be for your OCF group this fasting season.

We are all quite capable of fasting beginning November 15. As stated above, talk to your priest about how to start, espe-cially if you've never done it before. Approach the days ahead not as the “holiday season”, but as preparation for a “Holy Day”, the day of the birth our Lord. May Christ strengthen and guide you in the upcoming months!

WHEN DID THE NATIVITY FAST ORIGINATE? We do not know precisely at what date the observance of the Nativity Fast (Advent) was introduced into the Church. Documents establish that, towards the end of the fourth cen-tury, the Nativity of Christ was celebrated by some on De-cember 25th and by others on January 6th.

The Council of Saragossa, in Spain, decided (in 380) that, from December 17th until Epiphany, no one could absent himself from services. In Gaul (modern day France), in the sixth century, a sort of Lent was observed from November 11th until Christmas. Advent was celebrated in Rome, under Pope St. Gregory the Great, towards the end of the sixth cen-tury.

The Nativity Fast seems to have come into the practice of the Churches of the Byzantine rite a little later when in the ninth century the Greeks fasted from November 15th through Christmas.

From “The Year of Grace of the Lord – A Scriptural and

Liturgical Commentary on the Calendar of the Orthodox

Church” by a Monk of the Eastern Church.

Advent Begins Nov. 15th November and December, although they see the increase of darkness and the coming of winter, are nevertheless months of brightness and joy, for they also see the coming of Advent and the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord.

Thus, as the darkness “outside” increases, the light and beauty from "inside" also and simultaneously increase. The interplay of light and darkness is an image of baptized Chris-tian life, which is a life of dying in Christ's death to bring about the resurrection from the dead. As Christ is dying and descending into the darkness of death, so also is that dark-ness being -simultaneously- filled with light and life.

Through baptism Christ gives us His own life-creating and “death- destroying death.” Advent and Christmas -like Great Lent and Pascha- are times through which we might live-out and increase our lives in Christ's death, so that we can al-ready taste and see -by anticipation- our very own resurrec-tion from the dead. That is why Advent-Christmas is called the “Winter Pascha,” and why the old service books describe Christmas as being a “three-day Pascha.” To the extent that we abandon ourselves to Christ in Advent, to that same ex-tent will we be able to participate in the festal and joyous light of Christmas - a Feast of the Kingdom of God in our midst.

When you fast this season in preparation for the Nativity of Our Lord, I urge you to consider the following words of guidance written by St. John Chrysostom

THE PROOF OF FASTING

Do you Fast? Give me proof of it by your works. If you see a poor man, take pity on him. If you see a friend being honored, do not envy him. Do not let only your mouth fast, but also the eye, and the

ear, and the feet, and the hands, and all the members of our bodies.

Let the hands fast, by being free of avarice. Let the feet fast, by ceasing to run after sin. Let the eyes fast, by disciplining them not to glare at that

which is sinful... Let the ear fast...by not listening to evil talk and gossip... Let the mouth fast from foul words and unjust criticism. For what good is it if we abstain from birds and fishes, but

bite and devour our brothers?

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Thank You, O Lord!

Everyone capable of thanksgiv-ing is capable of salvation and eternal joy. Thank You, O Lord, for having accepted this Eucharist, which we offered to the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and which filled our hearts with the joy, peace and righteousness of the Holy Spirit.

Thank You, O Lord, for having revealed Yourself unto us and given us the foretaste of Your Kingdom.

Thank You, O Lord, for having united us to one another in serving You and Your Holy Church.

Thank You, O Lord, for having helped us to overcome all difficulties, tensions, passions, temptations and restored peace, mutual love and joy in sharing the communion of the Holy Spirit.

Thank You, O Lord, for the sufferings You bestowed upon us, for they are purifying us from selfishness and reminding us of the "one thing needed;" Your eternal Kingdom.

Thank You, O Lord, for having given us this country where we are free to Worship You.

Thank You, O Lord, for this school, where the name of God is proclaimed.

Thank You, O Lord, for our families: husbands, wives and, especially, children who teach us how to celebrate Your holy Name in joy, movement and holy noise.

Thank You, O Lord, for everyone and everything.

Great are You, O Lord, and marvelous are Your deeds, and no word is sufficient to celebrate Your miracles.

Lord, it is good to be here! Amen.

This is the final sermon of

Fr. Alexander Schmemann given

on Thanksgiving Day 1983

Parish Council Meeting 09-26-2016

Members in Attendance: Fr. David Koles, Chris Dresko, Chris Adams, Marion Bichun, Julia Boisvert Bress, Nadine Cabrera, Sarah Clark, Rosemary Delaney, Al Hromi, and Ellen Santoro.

Meeting Called to Order at 7:07 pm and began with “O Heav-enly King.”

Chris Dresko and Fr. David led the Council in the Daily Scrip-ture Readings.

Pastor’s Report: Father explained that the Adult Ed. Program will move to Tues-day mornings and Wednesday evenings to better accommodate parishioners’ schedules. We are looking forward to October, which is diocesan assembly month. Rosemary Delaney will serve as our delegate. There will be no vespers at the end of the month, and Father will be away on Sunday, November 6th. Father is securing a substitute for that day.

There have been recent events, like the church school outing to Karabin Farms for apple picking and several upcoming which the parish community has to look forward to.

Warden’s Report: Chris Dresko explained how the background checks are being emailed to the parishioners who need to complete one via email.

He also called on the Council to support efforts as we close out 2016. He updated the Council that 2016 giving is still at 97%, but we should continue to push the parish to fulfill their 100% promise. This will be the first annual meeting where the coun-cil can report that we actually met the budget we adopted last year. Additionally, Chris Dresko asked that the Council and parish body make an extra effort to be present for the end of the year feasts and events.

Secretary’s Report: Chris Dresko explained that while the review process was con-ducted via email, the vote itself did not take place. The Council will approve the final version of the August minutes via email this week.

Financial Report: Al Hromi presented the August figures, which have been au-dited: Income $ 9,873.03 Expenses $10,842.64 Expenses over Income $ -969.61

Chris Adams moved to accept the audited August Financial Report, Marion Bichun seconded. Motion passed unanimously.

Financial Committee: Chris Adams reported that our investments had an impressive 4% gain in July. Year to date we have seen about a 6% in-crease.

The campaign to educate and encourage parishioners to utilize electronic pay options via their banks is gradually increasing in participation. The financial committee will continue to reach out to members. The next meeting will be October 13, 2016.

Building and Grounds: The brick work should begin in the next 2 weeks and Al Hromi will ask the contractor if the work will impact the use of the front entrance for services.

Chris Dresko added that the most recent meeting of the com-

mittee continues to unveil the expanse and depth of work that George Matyczyk completed. He has been a selfless giver of his time and talent to the church and we are all grateful for all he has done. The committee will keep meeting with George to properly turn over the responsibilities, and it has become increasingly ap-parent that Holy Trinity will need a team of people to keep up with all the work that George was managing. Chris Dresko is looking to expand the body of people who will take these tasks on.

Cemetery Committee: The committee will meet Sunday, October 16, 2016 and at that meeting they will consider the proposal to open up the cemetery to non-orthodox persons. Marion Bichun added that is was New Britain’s St. George Greek parish who had previously ap-proached the council about being allowed to purchase plots.

The new caretaker, Jeff Tardiff, will apply polymetric sand to the brickwork and entrance around the gate to prevent the bricks from expanding and weed growth. This service will be paid for by the cemetery account, and will cost $575.

Parish Life Committee: Next Meeting is Sunday, October 16, 2016. Ellen Santoro re-ported that the meals for the homebound parishioners continues to be a successful outreach. She is hoping for participation to increase in the preparation and delivery of meals. She thanked Matushka and Gladys for their help and announces that beef stew will be the meal delivered in October.

Apple picking with the church school and nearby parishes was a good jumping off point for an event that could become an annual tradition with better preparation and more notice.

While the Council talked about an additional golf outing, she suggested a possible bowling night instead with winter on its way.

The committee made outreach to the New Britain Boys and Girls club and Rosemary Delaney explained the incredible amount of service this organization provides to about 350 children. The committee is brainstorming ways to support their efforts, includ-ing donating board games.

Committee member Dan Belonick is also thinking of ways to shuffle parishioners around at coffee hour so we do not continue to sit in our regular tables and enjoy fellowship and getting to know different parishioners.

Chris Dresko explained that the last 3 months of 2016 will be an educational opportunity for new parishioners to learn the process of cleaning the church building. The 2017 sign-ups will be posted by week, returning to an older way of encouraging partici-pation, and the list will be maintained not only on the bulletin board, but on a Google Document. Committees and groups within the church body will support cleaning the church by sign-ing up for weeks and the group of parishioners who don’t belong to any specific organization will be encouraged to assist on spe-cific weeks.

Old Business: Father David will keep the Council apprised of the progress on ordering vestments and the needed Gospel repair.

New Business: Chris Dresko announced that St. Tikhon’s choir will sing our services the weekend of December 3-4. This will be a great treat for our parish and especially our choir members who will be able to spend the services with their families. Marion Bichun sug-gested that we show our gratitude and support the choir. Marion motioned to give $500 to the St. Tikhon’s choir, Chris Adams seconded, motion carried unanimously. The November charity collection will go toward offsetting this cost to the church.

Chris Dresko asked the council if there have been any issues with continuing the combined midnight service for Christmas, and no members have shared or heard any complaints from the parish.

The Christmas clean-up will take place on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 8:30 am. The Council and entire parish body are en-couraged to participate to make this a comprehensive and quicker clean up.

Charity collections – The Council previously decided that FO-CUS will be the October recipient, and that St. Tikhon’s choir would be the November recipient. Chris Adams motioned to support the New Britain Boys and Girls Club in December. Ellen Santoro seconded. Motion carried unanimously.

Marion Bichun suggested that we share the Go Fund Me page supporting Matushka Laryssa Hutnyan of St. Andrews Church in Ohio, who was newly diagnosed with cancer. Fr. David will get additional information regarding this Go Fund Me page and send it out to all of our parishioners.

Rosemary Delaney suggested that we begin posting flyers for upcoming events and important announcements on the tables at coffee hour since the bulletin board is not doing a sufficient job of keeping parishioners in the know about what is happen-ing. Chris Adams will look into getting some of those plastic stands for tables.

Next meeting: Monday, October 24, 2016 at 7 pm, moved a week earlier for Halloween.

Chris Adams motioned to adjourn at 8:05 pm, Julia Bress sec-onded. Motioned carried unanimously.

Submitted by,

Sarah Clark

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! FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT !

Save the date!

Sunday, January 29, 2017

OUR ANNUAL MEETING

It is extremely important that everyone who is a voting member of Holy Trinity attend this vital parts of the life of our parish.