Sunday of Meat-Fare

Icon of the Last Judgment

Great Vespers Vigil Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Saturday, February 3, 2018

Service begins on page 104 of the Green Book Psalm 103 “Bless the Lord, O My Soul” Version A Pg 104 Version with melody Lamp-Lighting Psalms & Great Incensation Tone 6 Pg 149 Hymns of Vespers Tone 6 Handout O Joyful Light Pg 117 Holy God (Trisagion) Version A Pg 27 Prokeimenon (Meatfare) Tone 3 Pg 217 Alleluia (Meatfare) Tone 8 Pg 218 Let us Who Mystically Version A Pg 42 Nicene Creed Version A Pg 51 Holy, Holy, Holy Version A Pg 56 We Praise You (Anamnesis) Version A Pg 58 Magnification Pg 62 Our Father Tone 2 Pg 67 Communion Hymn (Sunday) Version A Pg 78 We Have Seen the True Light Version A Pg 82 May Our Mouth Be Filled Version A Pg 84 Blessed Be the Name Version A Pg 88

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Sunday of Meat-fare

Service begins on page 11 of the Green Book Hymn of the Incarnation Version A Pg 18 3rd Antiphon Pg 22 Entrance Hymn Version A Pg 25 Troparion (Resurrection Tone) Tone 2 Pg 130 Kontakion of Meat-fare Tone 1 Pg 216 Holy God Version B Pg 28 Prokeimenon of Meat-fare Tone 3 Pg 217 Alleluia of Meat-fare Tone 8 Pg 218 Let us Who Mystically Version B Pg 43 Nicene Creed Version A Pg 51 Holy, Holy, Holy Version C Pg 57 We Praise You (Anamnesis) Version A Pg 58 Magnification Pg 62 Our Father Tone 2 Pg 67 Communion Hymn (Sunday) Version B Pg 78 We Have Seen the True Light Version A Pg 82 May Our Mouth Be Filled Version A Pg 84 Blessed Be the Name Version C Pg 88

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This Week’s Liturgy Schedule

Sun. 2/4 Meatfare Sunday/Postfestive of the Meeting Tone 2 Epistle: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Gospel: Luke 15:11-32 4:00 PM +Fr. Francis Vivona (Msgr. Kevin) 9:00 AM Parishioners of St. Stephen Cathedral (Fr. Joe) Mon. 2/5 Cheesefare Monday/Postfestive Day of the Meeting/Holy Martyr Agatha p. 391 8:00 AM +Agnes (Sue) & Richard Hill by The Grimes Family (Msgr. Kevin) Tue. 2/6 Cheesefare Tuesday/Otdanije of the Meeting/Bucolus, Bishop of Smyrna p. 372 8:00 AM +Georgina Guzman Del (Fr. Diodoro) Wed. 2/7 Cheesefare Wednesday/Venerable Parthenius, Bishop of Lampsacus p. 372 8:00 AM David Kruse by Gilda & Michael Dougherty (Fr. Diodoro) Thu. 2/8 Cheesefare Thursday/Holy Great Martyr Theodore No Morning Divine Liturgy Fri. 2/9 Cheesefare Friday/ The Holy Martyr Nicephor p. 372 9:00 AM Mr. & Mrs. Jose Vincente (Msgr. Kevin) Sat. 2/10 Memory of All Ascetical Fathers and Mothers No Morning Divine Liturgy Sun. 2/11 Cheesefare Sunday/ Sunday of Forgiveness Tone 3 Sat. 4:00 PM Health of Sr. Christopher by Fr. Joe (Fr. David) Sun. 9:00 AM Parishioners of St. Stephen Cathedral (Fr. Diodoro) Vespers of Cheesefare Sunday/Forgiveness Vespers Follows the Divine Liturgy Special Intentions: Erwin Armada, Barbara Dugan, Joanie Mahar, Helen Furka, Vincent Rice, McCarthy Family, Gemma Hillman, Marti Lopez, Kathleen Linkowsky, Betty Geletey, Richard Gable, Robert King, Ann Ryan, Chris Faix, Robyn Foy and Elaine Browne, Mark Chapa, Mike Chapa and Iliana Villegas May the Lord rest His healing hand on His servants and hear their requests: Mary Rabayda, Jane Walsh, Steve Durkit, Dorothy Dumnich, Richard Reese, Chris Balsz, Sr. Christopher OSBM, Dorothy Bezeredi, Carlene Eneroth, Fred Way, Nancy Sandrock, Marlene Rolling, Bob Dugan, Cathy Milko, Michael Dougherty, Widad Butty, Clementina Mendoza,Nicholas Stefaniak Sr., Mary Popovich, Dan Palaschak, Michael Sherwood, Christina Toth, ,Liz Kol, Evelyn Sopiak, Deacon Craig Anderson, Nicholas Toth, Michelle Montalvo, Nicholas Oprendek, Dennis Milko, Karen Kol, Gabriel Papke, Dan Savas, Elena Nava.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FAREWELL & GOD’S BLESSINGS FOR SISTER CHRISTOPHER- It is with heavy hearts and prayer that we say good-bye to Sr. Christopher who is going back to her monastery at Mt. St. Macrina in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Sr. Christopher has been a faithful servant here at St. Stephen Cathedral & the Eparchy of Phoenix for 24 years, arriving here back in 1994. She has taken care of the Bishop’s Appeal for the eparchy for many years as well has administrating the parish apartments. Sister Christopher served as secretary for the Cathedral & spent many hours phoning the infirmed and homebound of our parish to see how they were doing and wish them well. May God grant to his faithful servant Sr. Christopher Malcovsky many happy & blessed years! PIROHI & FISH FRY DINNERS TO RESUME? We are planning to have pirohi and fish fry dinners during Great Lent on February 16, 23 & March 2, 9, 16 & 23. We are going to need a lot of volunteers to work the dinners. We are going to put out work schedule sheets and we need the help of you the parishioners to make the sacrifice of time and effort to help out. There is no doubt about it, having the pirohi and fish fry requires a lot of preparation and physical work. As parishioners we must look out for each other and try and help and make the work burden easier for each other. If we do not fill up the work list by Sunday, February 11 we will be forced to cancel the fish fry during Great Lent. This is why there is a question mark with this notice! PRE-SANCTIFIED DIVINE LITURGY- Great Lent or the Great Fast begins on Monday, February 12 and ends on Friday, March 23. The Pre-Sanctified Liturgy, which is our primary Service during Great Lent will be celebrated on Pure Monday (First Day of Great Lent) and Wednesdays at 7:00 PM and on Fridays at 7:30 PM. LENTEN SOUP DINNERS ON MONDAYS DURING GREAT LENT- On Mondays during Great Lent beginning with Monday, February 19 we will have Lenten Soup Dinners after the 6:00 PM Byzantine Bible Class which will be covering the passages in Matthew leading up to and including the Passion and Resurrection of Christ. (On the first Monday of Great Lent, Pure Monday we will have the Lenten Soup Dinner after the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy which begins at 7:00 PM). Families are asked to sign up to bring soup & bread for the Dinners. Please sign the sign-up sheet in the parish hall. THEOLOGICAL PRESENTATION ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 AFTER THE PRE-SANCTIFIED LITURGY- On Wednesday, February 21 we will have a presentation given to us by a theologian, Michael Crowe of St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church in Seattle, Washington. The presentation will be, “How the Scientific Account of Creation Proves the Existence of God.” CHEESE-FARE SUNDAY (FORGIVENESS SUNDAY) VESPERS, MEATLESS POT LUCK & PARISHIONERS FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES CAKE SOCIAL: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 AFTER THE 9:00 DIVINE LITURGY & FORGIVENESS VESPERS- On Sunday, February (Cheese-Fare Sunday) the day before Great Lent begins we have Divine Liturgy at 9:00 AM followed by Forgiveness Vespers for the Beginning of Great Lent. After the Forgiveness Vespers we will have the Cheese-fare Meatless Pot Luck followed by the Parishioners February Birthdays & Anniversaries Cake Social. You are asked to bring one of your favorite meatless dishes to the Pot Luck. VALENTINE’S DAY BAKE SALE - February 11. Proceeds to benefit +Alice Garcia’s burial expenses. Thank you for your kindness. PREPARATION FOR THE PARISH 50TH JUBILEE CELEBRATION ON SEPTEMBER 30. Last Sunday, January 21 we had a meeting about preparations for the celebration of the 50th Parish Jubilee. The Jubilee Divine Liturgy and Dinner will be held on Sunday, September 30, 2018. We are asking parishioners if they have any photos or information about the history of our parish. We have some information and photos but need more for the anniversary booklet that will be created. If you can help out in this request please see Fr. Joe.

DAILY EMAIL PRAYERS- Eastern Christian Publications, supplier of our Sunday Bulletin covers, is now offering their daily email prayer service for Morning and Evening Prayer, The Hours (1st, 3rd, 6th and 9th) and Daily Vespers (not Sundays or Feastdays) for Free! Go to their website http://ecpubs.com/byzantine-daily-office-bdo/ and sign up. This subscription service includes all the changeable parts you need according to the Byzantine Liturgical Calendar in various PDF files viewable on any portable device.

ST. STEPHEN CATHEDRAL GREAT LENT MISSION: MARCH 3 – MARCH 7 Our March 50th Jubilee Anniversary Event for our parish will be a parish mission directed by Archpriest David Petras. The parish mission will begin on Saturday, March 3 with the 3:00 PM Vespers followed by the Divine Liturgy and conclude on Wednesday, March 7 with the 7:00 PM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy. Archpriest Petras will preach at the Liturgies on Saturday and Sunday and at the Services on Monday and Tuesday and at the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy on Wednesday. Confession times will be scheduled during the parish mission. The parish mission gives us a wonderful opportunity to prepare for Our Lord’s Resurrection on Pascha. More information concerning the parish mission will be published in future parish bulletins. “HEART TO HEART”: EVANGELIZATION SEMINAR FOR PARISHIONERS & CLERGY Our February event for our 50th Parish Jubilee will take place on Sunday, February 25, 2018 after the 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy in the parish hall. As Christians we are all called by Christ to share our faith with others. Just prior to His Ascension into heaven Christ told the Apostles: “Go, therefore and make disciples of all the nations.” This command of Christ is also directed towards us. It is not always natural and easy to evangelize, to spread the good news of Jesus Christ to others and welcome others to join the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ. Nonetheless, as disciples’ of Christ we must accept this challenge and pray that the Holy Spirit grant us the means to answer the call. During the presentation “Heart to Heart” we will look at our responsibilities to evangelize, the challenges we face in evangelizing others, preparing ourselves for evangelization through better learning our Byzantine Catholic faith handed down to us and actual steps and a plan to evangelize others here in the Valley. We will also learn about the Icon of Evangelization and explain about parishioners taking the Evangelization Icon home for a week and praying for God’s blessings on our evangelization efforts.

This Week’s Candle Intention Resurrection: Sr. Christopher by Fr. Joe

Our Weekly Gifts to the Lord—May the Lord bless your kindness and generosity!

January 20/21 Saturday: 4 PM: 18/ Sunday: 9 AM: 132

Tithes: $1,992.68 Candles: $39.80 Holydays: $415.00 Gift Shop: $4.00 Coffee Social: $56.05 Christmas: $20.00 Total: $2,108.53

January 27/28 Saturday: 4 PM: 30/ Sunday: 9:00 AM: 141

Tithes: $1,716.23 Alice Garcia Funeral: $100.00 Candles: $34.05 All Souls: $100.00 Icon Offering: $40.00 Bishop’s Appeal $10.00 Total: $2,028.42

Coming Events – Mark Your Calendars Sunday, February 11- Cheese-fare Meatless Lunch & Parishioners February Birthdays & Anniversaries after the 9 AM Divine Liturgy & Forgiveness Vespers Monday, February 12 - Pure Monday (First Day of Great Lent) 7 PM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy followed by Lenten Soup Dinner Saturday, February 17 - Marriage Preparation Class at 1:00 PM in Parish Conference Room Sunday, February 18 - Parish 50th Jubilee Committee Meeting after 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy Wednesday, February 21- Lenten Soup Dinner with Theological Presentation by Theologian Michael Crowe from St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church, Seattle, WA after the Pre-Sanctified Divine Liturgy. Sunday, February 25 - “Heart to Heart” Evangelization Seminar for Parishioners and Clergy Following the 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy Monday, March 12 - Pascha (Easter Bread) Baking begins at 8:00 AM (Volunteers Needed) Friday, March 16 - GCU Matching Funds Rummage Sale for Painting of Church Exterior & Bell 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Saturday, March 17 - GCU Rummage Sale for Painting of Church Exterior & Bell 8 AM – 1 PM

Sunday of Meat-fare

Today’s Gospel reading is Matthew 25:31-46, the parable of the Last Judgment. It reminds us that while trusting in Christ’s love and mercy, we must not forget His righteous judgment when He comes again in glory. If our hearts remain hardened and unrepentant, we should not expect the Lord to overlook our transgressions simply because He is a good and loving God. Although He does not desire the death of a sinner, He also expects us to turn from our wickedness and live (Ezek. 33:11). This same idea is expressed in the prayer read by the priest after the penitent has confessed his or her sins (Slavic practice). The time for repentance and forgiveness is now, in the present life. At the Second Coming, Christ will appear as the righteous Judge, Who will render to every man according to his deeds” (Rom. 2:6). Then the time for entreating God’s mercy and forgiveness will have passed. As Father Alexander Schmemann reminds us in his book GREAT LENT (Ch. 1:4), sin is the absence of love. It is separation and isolation. When Christ comes to judge the world, His criterion for judgment will be love. Christian love entails seeing Christ in other people, our family, our friends, and everyone else we may encounter in our lives. We shall be judged on whether we have loved, or not loved, our neighbor. We show Christian love when we feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, visit those who are sick or in prison. If we did such things for the least of Christ’s brethren, then we also did them for Christ (Mt.25:40). If we did not do such things for the least of the brethren, neither did we do them for Christ (Mt.25:45).

MEAT-FARE SUNDAY/SUNDAY OF THE LAST JUDGEMENT

EPISTLE: CORINTHIANS 8:8-9:2

But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat. But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol's temple through your knowledge he who is weak is ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died. And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble. Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

GOSPEL: MATTHEW 25:31-46

“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’ Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’ “Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’ Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Sunday of Meat-fare February 4th, 2018 Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him forever!

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Sunday Divine Liturgy - Saturday: 4:00 PM, Sunday: 9:00 AM

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Served by:

Most Rev. John S. Pazak, CSsR., Bishop Most Reverend Gerald N. Dino, Bishop Emeritus

Very Rev. Diodoro Mendoza, Rector – rectorss@eparchyofphoenix.org Rev. Joseph Hutsko, Vice-Rector – huts1009@gmail.com

Very Rev. Archpriest David M. Petras, Retired Msgr. Kevin McAuliffe, In Residence

Deacon John Montalvo - Deacon James Danovich - Deacon Adam Lowe Sister Christopher Malcovsky, OSBM

Parish Advisory Council Served by: Parish Finance Council Served by: Mary Beth Foster Sean Grimes Peyton Becktold John Surmay Dolores Sugent Jessica Kostyun Joanie Mahar Basil Rabayda Joan Wolfe Nicholas Stefaniak III Simon Marmol Ann Zlamal Jennifer Landis Msgr. Kevin McAuliffe

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