Ukrainian Catholic Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary625 5th Avenue SW Moose Jaw SK S6H 5W2 (306) 692-9456

Fr. Yurij Lazurko, administrator693-6636 (home) 690-9709 (cell)

CHRIST IS AMONG US!HE IS AND WILL BE!

Sunday June 16, 2013Fourth Sunday; Ukrainian Martyrs t3

Epistle: Romans 5:18-23 Gospel: Matthew 8:5-13

ХРИСТОС ПОСЕРЕД НАС!І Є І БУДЕ!

Sun June 16 9:00 a.m. Moose Jaw for parishioners Mon June 17 8:00 †Marie Collins Int Bronie Huska/Peter HuskaTues June 18 NO LITURGYWed June 19 8:00 †Louis Nogue Int Bronie Huska/Peter HuskaThurs June 20 8:00 Birthday blessings Mark Lazurko Int Fr Y & D LazurkoFri June 21 8:00 Birthday blessings Andrij Lazurko Int Fr. Y & D LazurkoSat June 22 NO LITURGYSun June 23 9:00 a.m. Moose Jaw 3:00 p.m. Hodgeville Praznyk

Opening Hymn: Let us stand pg 5 (2 verses)Closing Hymn: As we leave pg 9

PRAY THE ROSARY DAILYPlease notify Fr. Yurij when someone is sick or hospi-talized in order that these people be visited in a timely manner.

Thought du jourA man’s children and his garden both reflect the amount of weed-ing done during the growing season.The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

EVENTS & THINGSPlease be mindful in your prayers of John Smuk, Jim Powaschuk, Terry Woloschuk, Anne Sahaidak, Anne Roma-nuk, Betty Lys, Steve Okraincee and Lawrence Gelleta and of all who are in the need of the gift of health.

Hodgeville PraznykSunday June 23 at 3 p.m.

Blessing of graves.District meeting.

If you are attending, please in-form Fr. Yurij so that the people would have some idea of num-bers.

Glentworth PraznykSunday August 11 at 3 p.m.

Moose Jaw PraznykSunday August 18 at 10 a.m.

Please NoteThere is no Liturgy in Moose

Jaw on Sunday June 30

Fourth Sunday of PentecostAll Saints of Ukraine

Troparion t3Let the heavens be glad, let the earth rejoice, for the Lord has done a mighty deed with His arm. He trampled death by death; He be-came the first born of the dead; He saved us from the abyss of Hades and granted great mercy to the world.

Troparion t4O you who glorified Christ: princes and bishops, monastics and martyrs and steadfast confessors of Christian Ukraine throughout all times, pray Christ God to look with favor on our people and to grant them the grace to persevere in faith that the souls of the prayerful faithful who revere your sacred memory may be saved.

Kontakion t3 Glory --- Spirit.You rose from the tomb, o compassionate Lord, and led us out from the gates of death. Today Adam exults and Eve rejoices and the prophets together with the patriarchs unceasingly acclaim the divine might of your power.

Kontakion t4 Now … ever. Amen.You shine as bright beacons, o God inspired and righteous saints of our Church. By your encouraging example you serve communities of faithful throughout the Christian world. Therefore we humbly bow our heads to you thanking our great and all gracious God who made you our intercessors in heaven where you pray for our souls.

Prokimenon t3Sing to our God, sing; sing to our King, sing.Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations; shout unto God with the voice of joy.

Alleluia versesIn You, o Lord, have I hoped that I may not be put to shame for-ever.Blessed is the man who fears the Lord; he shall delight in His com-mandments.

Fr. Yurij will be away June 24-July 1 inclusive. You may reach him at 306-690-9709

God bless you on your special day, Father, And keep you in His

care.God grant you peace

and happiness And answer every

prayer.

A Happy and Blessed Father’s Day

МНОГАЯ ЛІТА

to be continued

Communion VersesPraise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the highest.Rejoice in the Lord, o you just; praise befits the righteous. Alleluia!

UKRAINIAN MARTYRSHere are the Ukrainians beatified by Pope John Paul II June 27, 2000.

. Sister Josaphata Hordashevska: She was born in Lviv in 1869. In 1892, she founded what would be the larg-est female religious community in the Ukrainian Catho-lic Church, the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate. An example of holiness and charity in performing her labors among the poor, she died of bone cancer in 1919.

. Priest and Martyr, Nicholas Konrad: Born in 1876, he studied for the priesthood in Rome. He was ordained in 1899. He was very active with the Catholic students whom he taught in Lviv, forming an association with them, called Renewal, to enhance their spiritual lives. Re-turning from a sick call, he was accosted by thugs from the KGB and beaten to death on June 26, 1941.

. Martyr Volodymyr Pryjma, Cantor: He was martyred togeth-er with Father Konrad.

. Priest and Martyr, Andrew Ishchak: Born in Lviv region. Af-ter earning his doctorate in theology in 1914, he was or-dained a priest. He taught at the Lviv Theological Acad-emy. While doing pastoral work, he was killed for the Faith by soldiers of the retreating Red Army on June 26, 1941. Notice that the first three of the martyrs listed were slain on the same day, June 26, 1941.

. Priest and Martyr, Severian Baranyk: Born in 1889, he joined the Basilian Fathers in 1904. He became prior of a Basilian monastery, where he was known for his habitual joy and his work with the youth and orphans. He was arrested by the KGB and sent to prison and died there of multiple fractures in June, 1941.

. Priest and Martyr, Joachim Senkivskyi: Born in 1896, he was ordained a priest in 1921. He earned a doctorate in theology at the University of Innsbruck, afterwards he joined the Basilians. Father Joachim was extremely ac-tive doing pastoral work in several villages and, later, he was made abbot of a Basilian monastery. He was arrested during the blitzkrieg KGB sweep of June 26, 1941 and sent to the local prison. Three days later, according to the testimony of other prisoners, he was boiled to death.

. Priest and Martyr, Zynovij Kovalyk: Born in 1903, he en-tered the Redemptorists in 1926. After studying in Bel-gium, he returned to Ukraine and was ordained in 1937. In 1940, while preaching a homily he was seized by the Reds and thrown into prison. He was tortured horribly during his incarceration and finally crucified in mockery of His Savior at the end of June, 1941.

. Priest and Martyr, Emilian Kowcz: Born in 1884, he went to Rome to study for the priesthood. There, he was ordained in 1911. Father Emilian was a married man prior to or-dination. He served as chaplain for a while and worked among the poor and the soldiers during WWII. Arrested by the Gestapo, he died praying for and giving consola-tion to fellow prisoners in a concentration camp in 1942.

. Nun and Martyr, Sister Tarsykiia Matskiv: She made her re-

ligious profession in 1940 with the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, founded by Blessed Sister Josaphata. Even before the Reds over ran Lviv she had made a pri-vate vow with her confessor to sacrifice her life for the conversion of Russia and the good of the Church. On July 17, 1944, Soviet soldiers surrounded her convent. Sister heard a knock at the door and opened it, thinking it was a priest whose arrival the sisters were awaiting. A shot rang out and Sister Tarsykiia fell dead. Her sacrificial intention was accepted unto martyrdom.

. Priest and Martyr, Vitalis Bairak: Born in 1907, he entered the Basilian Order in 1924. In 1941 he was appointed superior of the Drohobych monastery to take the place of recently martyred Father Joachim. He was arrested by the KGB in 1945 and sent to the same local prison where Father Joachim was boiled to death. In this horror house he was savagely beaten and, just prior to Easter, 1946, he died of his wounds.

. Priest and Martyr, Roman Lysko: Born in 1914 in the Lviv region. Married, he attended the Lviv Theological Acade-my. He was ordained a priest by Metropolitan Sheptytsky. Refusing to sign a statement of conversion to the Ortho-dox Church, he was arrested in 1949 and imprisoned in Lviv and allowed no visitors. The date of his death is un-known. Reports had it that he was sealed up alive in a wall, a martyr for the Faith and Church unity.

. Bishop and Martyr, Gregory Khomyshyn: Born in 1867, he attended the Lviv seminary in his youth. Ordained in 1893, he continued studies in Vienna, where he earned a doctorate. Metropolitan Sheptytsky appointed him rector of the Lviv seminary and consecrated him a bishop in 1904. He was arrested by the KGB for the first time in 1939 and again in 1945. He died of ill health that same year while in prison.

. Bishop and Martyr, Theodore Romzha: Born in 1911, he went to Rome to study for the priesthood at the Gregorian University. After ordination he returned to Ukraine where he was assigned pastoral work in remote villages. He also taught philosophy in the seminary. In 1944 he was con-secrated bishop, and in his post as shepherd he refused every attempt by the communists to get him to join the Orthodox Church. In October, 1947, communist soldiers rammed a military vehicle into his carriage in an attempt to kill him and his companions. Seeing that he survived, they beat him and the others into unconsciousness. While recovering in a hospital he was poisoned to death.

. Bishop and Martyr, Josaphat Kotsylovskyi: Born in 1876, he studied for the priesthood in Rome. After ordination, he taught theology at the Stanislaviv Seminary in Ukraine. He entered the Basilian Order during this time. In 1917, when Metropolitan Sheptytsky returned from prison in Russia, he consecrated Father Josaphat a bishop in Po-land. The bishop was arrested in Poland by the commu-nists who took him to Russia and then to a prison in Kiev. He died a martyr in a concentration camp in Kiev in 1947.