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NOVEMBER, 2011

XLVII No. 11

Nativity Parish in
Palos Park Is 100

he Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Palos

Park, Illinois, began the celebrations of the 100th Jubilee October 2, 2011.
His Grace, Bishop RICHaRd (Seminack) began the solemnities as the bells
rang, greeted with bread and flowers by the Parish Councilor and two children.
The pastor, Very Rev. Varcilio Basil Salkovski, OSBM welcomed the bishop, and
handed him the Blessing Cross, inviting him to lead the prayer.
The Hierarchical divine Liturgy was served in Ukrainian and English, to suit
the needs of the parish. Using both languages, the parish serves the Ukrainian
families which joined since the end of World War II, or as late as recent times.
But, the use of English, on an equal basis, allows
non-Ukrainian speaking parishioners to enjoy and
understand the same faith and traditions which their
parents and grandparents instilled in them.
deacon Michael Cook sang the petitions in English and the choir responded in Ukrainian. The
Gospel was read in two languages and the bishop
delivered the homily in two languages. For the inauguration of the 100th anniversary celebration,
Bishop Richard congratulated the pastor and the
associates for the occasion of the celebration, as well
as former pastors, founders, and benefactors. Bishop stressed the importance of past and present parish
organizations that support the parish in its many
activities.
as Bishop pointed out: we must make it known
that the parish is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin
Mary, and her protection has certainly sustained the
parish and parishioners, her children, throughout the
years of the parish existence. a 100 years' celebration is a milestone reached by few, and as such must
be celebrated with jubilation, gratitude and hope.
Immediately upon concluding the divine Liturgy the
entire congregation moved on to the aviana Banquet
Hall for the second part of the celebrations.
Fr. Basil Salkovski, OSBM welcomed guests with
opening remarks, then called upon Mr. John Kohut,
member of the parish council, to make a toast, noting
One century, one hundred years of making and creBishop Richard
ating history we realize that our ancestors had one
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common goal: to have a place to pray and live the
faith given to them by their parents and grandparents. None of us remembers or
has seen--except for books and photographs--the first hall, or the first wooden
church until the brick church was built on the corner of Paulina and 49th Street.
Following the toast Father Roberto Lucavei, OSBM led us in the invocation and
Bishop Richard blessed the table.
after the meal, members of church organizations paid tribute and reminisced
about their activities within the parish. The first was Mr. Joseph Bregin, parish
councilor, who gave a brief history of the parish. Mrs Pat Kuzmak spoke enthusiastically about the Sunday Catechism Program and its importance for the life of
the parish. Mrs. Irene Grochola spoke about activities of the Ukrainian Women's
Society to involve the younger women and young mothers into the life of the
parish. Mrs. Olga Shwaga spoke on behalf of St. Marys Society and their activities. These two organizations were merged as 45 women joined the Sisterhood of
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November, 2011

Eastern Catholic Monks Moving

to St. Nazianz, Wisconsin
fter two decades of moving from a mountain
to the desert, then to a valley in California--a
community of Eastern Catholic monks, Holy
Resurrection Monastery, is moving to a new home in
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. The small community,
currently consisting of five monks, is buying the former
St. Marys Convent (currently known as Maria Haus)
in the village of St. Nazianz, about 50 miles south of
Green Bay.
The monastery belongs to the Romanian Greek
Catholic Eparchy of St. George in Canton, Ohio, one of
the four Byzantine Catholic jurisdictions in the United
States. Bishop JOHN MICHAEL (Botean) of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy said, I am delighted to give my
blessing for this move. I have been praying for many
years that our monastery find a permanent home where
they can really thrive and grow.
Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay also expressed
delight when learning of this planned move. I know
that the Catholic community of North Eastern Wisconsin will welcome our new monastic neighbors with joy.
Their prayerful and hospitable presence will enrich us
all. I encourage all Catholics to become better acquainted with the monks and with the rich heritage of
the Christian East that they embody.
The monks new home has a long and storied history
in St. Nazianz. The village itself is named for one of the

Philadelphia Visit
Planned by Patriarch
is Beatitude, SVIATOSLAV (Shevchuk) will
make his second visit to the United States following the celebration in Chicago for the
50th anniversary of the founding of the Eparchy of St.
Nicholas.
On Saturday, November 12th, he will visit the
Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, to meet with groups and children
from Ridna Shkola, PLAST and SUM. He will also
visit the St. Sophia Association.
On Sunday, November 13, a Hierarchical Divine
Liturgy will be celebrated at 2:30 PM at the Cathedral
of the Immaculate Conception with the clergy and

great Eastern Fathers of the Church, St. Gregory

Nazianzen. This name was in itself one of the great
signs we felt the Lord was giving us, says the superior of Holy Resurrection, Abbot Nicholas Zachariadis.
How many towns in America are named after a Father
of the Church, let alone of the Eastern Church?
Coming to St. Nazianz, the monks will become part
of a long Catholic tradition going back to the founding
of the village community in 1854 by the German pioneers led by Father Ambrose Oschwald. The property
the monks are buying was originally used by the religious sisters founded by Father Oschwald. Subsequently it was occupied by the Salvatorian Sisters who
used it for various purposes until 2000 when they sold
it to private owners. For the past decade the building
and grounds have been used as a small retreat center, a
ministry that the monks will continue.
The monastery will have about a dozen guest rooms
for private retreatants and small groups. They also plan
to develop a program of one-day retreats and adult
enrichment workshops designed to immerse people in
the rich spiritual and liturgical Eastern Christian tradition. The monks primarily use English in their liturgical services.
The monks are also interested in taking up invitations
to speak to parishes and other organizations about their
life and traditions. This is most definitely the age of

the New Evangelization, said Abbot Nicholas, and

we need to be a part of it! The truth is that no single tradition is big enough to evangelize the whole world, or
even the smaller worlds of our local communities. If
the Church is to fulfill its mandate, it needs to draw on
the witness of the whole of its traditions, East and West.
Thats why Pope John Paul II was so insistent that the
Church had to breathe with both lungs, something
Pope Benedict has echoed many times.
You can also see more information about the property on the monasterys website: www.hrmonline.org.
The website also contains a link to the monasterys
most recent financial information, as well as the necessary link and contact information.
The monks anticipate being in a position to begin
their receiving guests who wish to make individual or
group retreats beginning in the early Spring of 2012.
For more information, please contact Abbot Nicholas
via their website, or by email: monks@hrmoline.org.

Strategy of UGCC for Ten Years Will

Concentrate on Active Parish Life
he Lord God instructed the church to fulfill
the mission of preaching the good news,
that is evangelization. The Ukrainian
Greek Catholic Church as an integral part of the Ecumenical Church also participates in the mission, said
Patriarch Sviatoslav, in his introductory address at a
press conference at UNIAN on October 5, 2011, as he
spoke about a strategy for development of the UGCC
for the period until 2020.
According to the hierarch, to fulfill the mission of
the Church, the bishops decided to define the strategy
of activity of the Church for the coming years as clearly as possible. To simplify the implementation of the
project and to better monitor its course, a period of ten
years was determined. The parish, led by the local
bishop who is the symbol of unity within it, is the main
component of the process of evangelization. For it is in
the parish that the believers usually have their first

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hood spoke about their activities. Before ending the
evening Ivan Kavatsiuk and Oksana Savchuk, both distinguished artists of Ukraine entertained with sounds of
music from Ukraine.

encounters with Christ either through the participation

in the Divine Liturgy on Sunday or through a baptism,
wedding or funeral, said His Beatitude as he talked
about the rationale of the strategy, namely, the living
parish.
The development of the parish community should
be our priority. By fostering and reviving communities
we foster and vivify the whole Church, stated Patriarch Sviatoslav.
The Synod of Bishops, according to the patriarch,
decided to concentrate the efforts of the whole Church
on developing the living parish, which is the best
means to achieve the goals of evangelization. The
living and open parish will bring closer to Christ both
those who practice the faith regularly and those who
do so seldom (on Christmas and Easter) or do not do
so at all, explained Patriarch Sviatoslav, the Information Department of UGCC reported.
Of course, all were very pleased by the visit from
friends at the Selfreliance Ukrainian Federal Credit
Union who made a donation on the occasion of the
Jubilee.
Nativity Parish has a history of a hundred years and
a future of many more, as the prayer implies.

Cathedral Church of Archeparchy of Philadelphia

faithful of the Archeparchy. Following the celebration
of the Divine Liturgy, a reception will be held at the
Liberty View Ballroom in the Independence Visitor
Center in Philadelphia. Round-trip transportation by
trolley from the Cathedral to the Independence Center
will be provided during that time.
After this weekend, His Beatitude, will travel to
Washington, DC to visit St. Josaphat Seminary, the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops the State
Department, and the Ukrainian Embassy.
The final leg of his visit will be in New York City to
attend the Holodomor Commemoration, St. George
Church and Fordham University.

The Heavenly Banquet was at the church--and the

restaurant foyer had photo memories to see.

November, 2011

12 NEW STAR
ed by the Orthodox and Eastern Churches.

US BISHOPS VISIT IRAQ, URGE PLAN FOR

PEACEFUL FUTURE: Visit Site of Last October's
Bombing that Claimed 58 Lives: WASHINGTON,

RUSSIA DENIES PERMIT TO BUILD CATHOLIC D.C., (Zenit.org).- Two leaders of the U.S. bishops
CHURCH: Archbishop Pezzi Laments Decision have visited their brother prelates in Iraq, saying one of
PSKOV, Russia, (Zenit.org).- Archbishop Paolo Pezzi
of the Diocese of the Mother of God in Moscow,
Russia, is protesting against the rejection of a permit to
build a Catholic church in the northeastern Russian
town of Pskov.
In a statement published on Tuesday, Archbishop
Pezzi lamented this "deliberate discrimination against
the Catholic population of Pskov," reported Vatican
Radio.
The prelate criticized the local administration's
refusal to renew the permit to build a Catholic church,
dedicated to the Most Holy Trinity, with the pretext that
construction had not begun before the previous permit
ran out.
In fact, construction began 10 years ago, and the
parish complex is already completed, noted Archbishop
Pezzi.
Construction began in the year 2000 because the
authorities refused to restore to the Catholic Church its
cathedral. It is the only Catholic church in this city of
close to 200,000 inhabitants.
In 2005, the then president of the Russian Episcopal
Conference, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, consecrated the lower part of the church under construction. The work was financed by the faithful and donations.
Every day the faithful prepare food for the poor and
handicapped children. They also have an educational
project for street children and help families with handicapped children. This help is given to everyone, regardless of their religious affiliation.
Anita S. Bourdin

POPE HONORED

BY

ORTHODOX UNIVERSITY:

Receives Medal of the Apostle Jason of Thessalonica

VATICAN CITY, (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI received
the Gold Medal of the Apostle Jason of Thessalonica
from a delegation of the Theology Department of the
University of Thessalonica.
The medal was given to him personally by the president of the Association of Post Graduates and Doctoral
Candidates of the university, Stefanos Athanasiou, and
by the secretary-general, Zizis Siskos.
In his greeting to English-speaking pilgrims gathered
in St. Peters Square, the Holy Father addressed the delegation of the University of Thessalonica, saying that
he felt "profoundly honored" by this "kind gesture,"
which is an "eloquent sign of the growing understanding and dialogue between Catholic and Orthodox
Christians."
"I pray that it will be a presage of even greater
progress in our efforts to respond in fidelity, truth and
charity to the Lords calls to unity," stressed the Pontiff.
According to Tradition, the apostle Jason is one of the
seventy disciples; he appears in Acts 17, during St.
Pauls preaching in Thessalonica. He is greatly venerat-

the most moving moments of the four-day tour was a

stop at the Syrian Catholic church where 58 people
were killed a year ago.
Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, Arizona, and
Bishop George Murry, of Youngstown, Ohio, were in
Baghdad from October 2 to 5. They made the trip as
representatives of the USCCB and visited the four
Christian communities in Baghdad, the Chaldean,
Latin, Armenian and Syrian Catholics.
"The Christians in Baghdad have suffered greatly;
their faith has been tested," said Bishop Kicanas,
according to a statement from the U.S. bishops' conference. "One of the most moving moments in the visit
was praying with Archbishop Athanase Matti Shaba
Matoka, archbishop emeritus of Baghdad, in the Syrian
Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance where so
many were killed in the bombings and shootings that
took place there on October 31 of last year."
The bishops prayed at the tomb of the two priests
killed in the attack and viewed the damage done to the
church by four suicide bombers.
Bishop Murry also noted how one Chaldean priest
told "the chilling story of his kidnapping and being held
for ransom by two different groups. Many people had
similar stories to tell."
The bishops toured Caritas Iraq programs in Baghdad
that serve Christians and Muslims. These included a
well-baby program, programs for people with special
needs, and peace building and reconciliation programs.
"In every instance we were impressed by the great
good being done by the Caritas staff and volunteers,"
said Bishop Murry.
Bishop Murry and Bishop Kicanas will inform the
U.S. bishops, the CRS Board, and the U.S. government
on what they saw and experienced.
"As the United States military moves to the planned
withdrawal from the city in the next months, it is critical that a plan be in place for a peaceful transition,"
Bishop Murry said, "and not one marred by more violence and the killing of innocent people."

METROPOLITAN HILARION MEETING

OF PATRIPOPE COULD BE ON NEUTRAL TERRITORY: The Russian Church has stated again that it is
early to speak about definite terms of the meeting
between Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Pope Benedict
XVI.
This prospect is real, but as we said earlier, were
interested not in the fact of the meeting, but rather in its
content. It has sense for us only if it means that our relations truly and radically improve, the Izvestia daily
quotes the Metropolitan as saying.
If the meeting takes place, it is likely to happen on a
neutral territory, he said.
The meeting between the patriarch and the pope
should be carefully arranged not only from the point of
ARCH AND

protocol, but from the point of finding a shared position

on the questions that divide us today, said the hierarch,
mentioning that the main obstacle to the meeting is the
situation in the western Ukraine.
There still is no peace and harmony between Orthodox believers and Greek Catholics in the region. This
topic has been touched many times, but we still dont
see any changes, Metropolitan Hilarion said.

LEADER OF EGYPT'S CATHOLICS URGES FRATERNITY AFTER ATTACK: Gives Government a Vote
of Confidence: ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, (Zenit.org).The leader of the Catholic community in Egypt is calling on the faithful to "live in a sincere spirit of citizenship" even after Sunday's military attack on a group of
peaceful protestors.
A statement sent to ZENIT by Patriarch ANTONIOS
(Naguib), of Alexandria of the Coptic Catholics, invited the faithful to "caring fraternity with all their brothers and sisters in the country."
The statement responded to recent violence--the
bloodiest event since February's ousting of the Egyptian
president. Eye-witnesses reported that the military
opened fire on the protestors, crushing some of them
with armored vehicles. More than two dozen died and
hundreds were wounded. The demonstrators were
protesting the burning of a Christian church last month.
Egypt is about 10% Christian.
Patriarch Antonios in fact urged Egyptians to participate in the political and electoral process, calling it a
"sacred duty," and one that aims "at establishing a modern democratic state, based on the law, full citizenship,
equality, justice, and the guarantee of freedoms."
"This is in order to ensure a better future for Egypt, a
shining future based on hope and work, to which we
continue to contribute generously through our institutions for education, charity and development, at the
service and for the good of all the citizens of our
beloved Egypt, trusting in the Divine Providence that
sustains us."
The government announced its resolve to investigate
the disputes over Christian church building permits.

POPE'S PRAYER INTENTIONS

FOR

NOVEMBER:

General Intention: That the Eastern Catholic Churches

and their venerable traditions may be known and esteemed as a spiritual treasure for the whole Church.

BISHOP VENEDYKT OF UGCC CALLS FAITHFUL

IN LVIV NOT TO ADMIT SELF-PROCLAIMED
PRIESTS: Auxiliary Bishop VENEDYKT of Lviv of the
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church called the faithful of
the Lviv Archeparchy of UGCC to be careful not to
admit unknown priests in the ministry, reads an address
published on October 9 in all the churches of the Lviv
Archeparchy of UGCC.
The letter clearly mentions Dognals Group and
Lefebvrists. Unknown persons claiming to be Catholic
priests but not being ones in reality entered our community. They include persons from the Lefebvrist group
of Kovpak and Dognals sect. They wear priestly garments and even celebrate the Divine Liturgy.

Patriarch SVIATOSLAV (Shevchuk) Inspects Restoration Work in St. Sophia Church in Rome
Patriarch SVIaTOSLaV (Shevchuk) is convinced that
the main task today is to preserve the heritage passed
from our predecessors and to update and develop the
ecclesial body. I want to support this very important
matter, so I came to look at the restoration work that
began a month ago in St. Sophia Cathedral. For me it is
important that the nationwide Ukrainian pilgrimage to
be held next year on the occasion of 120th anniversary
of the birth of Patriarch JOSyF (Slipyj) gathers all of us
in the renewed Ukrainian church, said the patriarch
after visiting the cathedral in the Italian capital.
The church designed by architect Lucio di Stefano,
has a rich internal mosaic decoration created by
Ukrainian artist Sviatoslav Hordynsky. St. Sophia
Cathedral was consecrated in 1969 by Patriarch JOSyF
(Slipyj). after 40 years, the church needs major repairs.
Chairman of the St. Sophia Religious Society, Fr. Ivan

datsko said: If we do not do this now,

we will have to spend even more
money, since the amount of work will
increase each year. Today, the estimate
is half a million euros.
I have hope in the great generosity of
the Ukrainian people and I encourage
charitable contributions so that the
restoration of the sanctuary is truly
nationwide.
Patriarch Sviatoslav says that he is
troubled by the state of the damaged
mosaics of the cathedral. It is important
to restore it so that it can be saved. However, in his opinion, the intensity of the work gives hope that the
restored church will serve the next generation of
Ukrainians for a long time.

at the beginning of
his stay in Italy
(October 11 -17) Patriarch Sviatoslav visited
another Ukrainian center of Rome, Ss Sergius
and Bacchus Church,
where the Zhy-rovytska
wonderworking icon of
the Virgin is being
restored.
The restoration work
is expected to be completed by September 30 of next year, to be consecrated
in October, 2012, during a nationwide Ukrainian pilgrimage.
RISU

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November, 2011

Why?/Why:

By Fr Denny Molitvy

We have children in a Catholic school. Our eldest is

in a class scheduled for Confirmation, and is required to attend classes, (during school hours); participate in all the practices for the ceremony and also
pay a fee that goes to defray the costs and as a stipend for the bishop. Since this child was confirmed at
baptism, we feel that the sacrament cannot be repeated. Yet the school insists on the importance of
taking part in the ceremony, stating the baptismal
certificate does not say confirned but chrismated. They have no provisions for our child to be elsewhere in the school while practice is done, and must
go through with it. What are your feelings about this?
Feelings have little to do with it.
It is the teaching of the Catholic Church that there are
certain Sacramental Mysteries that cannot be repeated,
two of which happen to be Baptism and Chrismation.
The Latin Rite has the same regulation. However, they
use the word Confirmation based upon a different
interpretation of the process and rationale of the Mystery than is understood in the Eastern Churches by
Chrismation. Some people seem to not know the differences and similarities.
The reality is that your child is not capable of receiving the sacrament again, no matter by what name it is
called. To insist upon it could be considered an act of
disavowal of valid adherence to the (Ukrainian) Church
in favor of choosing to belong to another (Latin)
Church. I am fairly certain that you do not intend your
child to renounce the Ukrainian Catholic Church in
order to join the Latin (or Roman) Rite of the Catholic
Church. As if peer pressure is a good excuse.
It is difficult to understand that with so much information available to educators and others about the various Catholic Churches that narrow-minded and illinformed views still exist. I would also question the
credentials of a religion teacher or catechist who is
so misinformed on the teachings of the Catholic
Church and its various ritual families to make demands
such as these. Obviously a lack of basic facts affects the
veracity of what they are teaching. The principal and
pastor should also be expected to be aware that there
are other expressions of Catholicism than the Latin
Rite. Beyond that, the bishop should surely know that
not all Catholics who live in a particular city are subject to his jurisdiction.
While Eastern Catholics are widely dispersed across
the country, and in quite sizeable numbers in some of
the larger urban areas, most go unnoticed within the
framework of the local (Latin) Catholic community.
There are practical reasons for this--most Eastern
Catholics attend and support parishes of their own liturgical Tradition. This includes catechetical instruction
for people of all ages--youth throuh adult--as well as
the distinct preference for maintaining the established
order of the wondrous diversity of expression found in

the various Eastern Churches. They may attract some

curiosity seekers--or people interested in broadening
their knowledge.
Some find a solution to the need for religious education is to send children to a Catholic school, where it
is felt that students receive a better education than in
public schools--and religion is part of a built-in bonus. Textbooks and teachers in most Catholic schools,
grade school or secondary, are woefully lacking in correct or complete information on any of the Eastern
Churches, if our Churches are mentioned at all.
Students will learn that in the marriage ceremony, the
bride and groom confer the sacrament upon each other,
in front of a witness of the Church, which need not be
a priest. No Eastern Church teaches this--as the
Mystery (of Crowning in Marriage, in the Byzantine
Tradition) requires the blessing of a priest--not a deacon nor a member of the clergy of any Protestant or
non-Christian denomination.
Roman Catholic schools will instruct pupils who participate in a student Mass that all may approach during the distribution of the Eucharist (Communion)--to
make everyone feel welcome--but non-Catholics must
cross their arms across their chests to indicate that the
priest is to just give a blessing. This advice, however
well-meaning, contradicts completely our practice of
crossing arms across the chest as a sign of wanting to
receive the Body and Blood of Christ. Nor, by the way,
do we receive in the hand, or use unleavened bread.
Or, they may be taught Baptism, Chrismation (or Confirmation) and the Eucharist are done on three separate
occasions--and not necessarily in that order. It is the practice in Eastern Churches to adminster all three Mysteries
at once. They will learn anyone can baptize as long as
the baptizer says I baptize you... and only a bishop confirms. Eastern practice is different. A priest baptizes--not
just anyone, not even a deacon; and a priest chrismates,
using Chrism from the local bishop, or patriarch.
Fasting regulations, the absence of Ash Wednesday, the counting of days and emphasis of Lenten services and prasctices are not explained in Latin schools
to Eastern Catholic students who are in the minority in
the classroom, where their sensitivities are ignored.
One West Coast archdiocese sponsored a symposium
on all the documents of Vatican II. Upon inquiring
who was handling the Decree on Catholic Eastern
Churches, the answer was given--Oh, thats the one
document we do not address, as it has no relevance in
this contry. [Where was their bishop during Vatican II?]
To get to the point of your particular circumstance,
be clear that your child cannot, according to Church
Law, be re-Confirmed. There should be no need to
pay a fee, go to practice, or paricipate in a ceremony.
Arm yourself with the weapons of knowledge and understanding of Eastern Christian doctrine and practices,
get educationl material from: http://www.theobooks.org/department/god-with-us-10000.cfm?startPage=41

Of Sparks and TV Guides

eing a gregarious person, I get lonely when Im
not with people. Since Im alone much more
than I would like, I try to disguise the loneliness
with noise--either from a radio or from a TV. (Yes, I
realize that its not good to lie to oneself; that having
been said, lets move on, shall we?) This pastime is not
completely for naught: sometimes, the noise contains
something which sparks my imagination. Permit me to
share two such sparks.
There was a commercial for an airline which contained the following message: if you keep the wind to
your back, youll never take off; however, if you want
to soar, you need to face into the wind so that you can
get the necessary lift. Now I have to admit that, while I
roomed with an aerospace engineer at Notre Dame, not
much of his studies rubbed off on me, so I cannot attest
to the science put forth in the commercial. Nonetheless,
I find some human wisdom there: if we always take the
easy way out, we will never grow or improve.
Another time, while I was watching TV in my Mishawaka rectory, I saw another spark. A panel was dis-

Your child should not skip school over this--but be encouraged to educate others. Some think Eastern children, need to feel a part of their school setting, and go
through the ceremony, indicating to the bishop they
want only a blessing--which will look quite similar to
the perfunctory anointing the others receive. Let the
school know this is unacceptabe, if not demeaning.
Your child should know that Chrismation received as
an infant is in no way inferior to that of anyone else-and thus he or she cannot be made to undergo even a
simulated ritual to be thought of as (really) Catholic.
Understanding that your Church is as Catholic as any
other Catholic Church may eliminate an unfortunate incident that occurred in my own experience. A mother
requested a copy of a bapismal certificate, (which also
included the word confirmed) so her child could be
confirmed with her class. I explained that it was impossible and refused to forward the certificate to the school,
hoping a letter would settle the matter. After three more
follow-up calls, I heard no more, until after the ceremony, when she phoned: I went over your head and
had her confirmed, anyhow.
There is no need for an inferiority complex because our
Traditions differ from other Catholics. We dont flock to
imitate Armenian, Maronite, Coptic or Syro-Malabar customs. Why imitate Latin ways--as if they are better?
For this reason some Eastern pastors make it known
that Eastern Christian Formation classes are for all, even
those in a Catholic school to attend their parochial religious instruction--a worthwhile suggestion. Students will
find they do not make the Sign of the Cross backward,
when historically the reverse is true--or the [Eastern] ending of the Hail, Mary which the West has altered! Not
to mention proper Trinitarian doctrine. Icons. Etc.
Vatican II gave us the challenge to know, understand,
love, and be ourselves, for our own salvation and as a
truer expression of what is Catholic in a catholic understanding of the Church--not limited to one way.
Were a poll to be taken, it seems to me that most inthe-pew Eastern Catholics could show they know much
more than most Latin laity, many Roman priests, and
some bishops about the others Church.
This could be remedied through education--but one
large archdiocese does not include any mention of anything Eastern in their annual Archdiocesan Catholic
Catechetical Program for educators and others, despite the presence of parishes of eight different Eastern
Traditions in their territory. Their official definition
of diversity in the Catholic Church refers to the various ethnicities, languages, ages, races and genders that
belong to the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.
Unless and until we insist on the equality of our dignity as a Church, and live it ouselves, it will be lost to us
due to a nonchalant attitude toward observing our unique
qualities as Church.
Thats my feeling about the topic of your question.

cussing the fact that South Bend--which, by the way, is

contiguous to Mishawaka--had just been designated an
All-American City. Three things in the discussion
struck me.
First of all, the designation as an All-American City
does not mean that the city has no problems. (If you
ever see South Bend, you will be able to attest to this;
in fact, just a few months ago, it was deemed to be a
dying city!) Rather, an All-American City courageously faces its challenges with determination, and it deals
with those challenges creatively and effectively. (The
airline commercial would say that it faces into the
wind.) Mayor Lueck attributed South Bends success to
the fact that this came out clearly in the citys presentation.
Another panelist attributed South Bends success to
the energy exhibited by South Bends delegates--especially its young representatives. Energy bespeaks irrepressible life which does not retreat before obstacles;
rather, obstacles shrink before such a life force. I, of
course, am reminded of the Holy Spirit Which enlivens

us, and of the gifts of courage and fortitude so evident

in those whose lives are touched by the Kingdom of
God.
The same panelist spoke of the importance of focusing on our human capital. I cannot help repeating
what you have certainly heard me say a million times:
God does not love laws or tasks or projects or accomplishments; God loves people! After all, the Creed
tells us clearly that it was for us and for our salvation
that Christ came to earth, becoming incarnate in our
flesh and sharing our human life with us. Neither laws
nor tasks, neither projects nor accomplishments mean
anything if human beings are not taken into consideration, if people are crushed in the process rather than
being helped to flourish. (Remember the USSR?)
In September the St. Nicholas Eparchy celebrated its
fiftieth anniversary. We face many challenges. Perhaps
Christ is speaking to us through the wise TV guides
discussed above. May we face the future courageously,
and allow ourselves to be guided by the Holy Spirit! In
so doing, we can become the Church which Christ
desires and which the world so desperately needs: a
credible icon of Christs love which miraculously
makes salvation--that is, Gods own life--available to
those who seek it.
Fr Jim Karepin, OP

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et us turn to the wisdom of Saint Cyprian of

Carthage as he continues to instruct those who
seek the faith, in the Tradition of the Our Father.
When we live and pray our faith, others come to believe.
Let us listen to the great hierarch as he explains with
depth the words of the Prayer Jesus taught: We ask:
Give us this day our daily bread. We can understand
this petition in a spiritual and in a literal sense. For in
the divine plan both senses may help toward our salvation. For Christ is the bread of life; this bread does not
belong to everyone, but is ours alone. When we say,
Our Father, we understand that He is the Father of
those who know Him and believe in Him. In the same
way we speak of our daily bread, because Christ is the

Theosis
atriarch Sviatoslav is calling the Ukrainian
Catholic Church to an active evangelization that
transfigures us into becoming partakers of Gods
divine nature. The Eastern Church has preserved this
great treasure by living the meaning of theosis, also
called deification and divinization. These words were
rarely used in the past few centuries in the West; now
the meaning of theosis is being discussed more frequently in religious writings. It has been a doctrine of
the Church since the earliest times. St. Athanasius, an
Eastern Church Father of the 4th century made the
statement, The Son of God became man so that man
might become God. Does such a dramatic sentence
surprise us? Is it too astounding to be true?

continued from last month

Stage by Stage
into the Mystery
he fixed cycle starts on September 1, the beginning of the Byzantine civil year. The great feasts
of this cycle are: the Nativity of the Mother of
God on September 8, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on
September 14, the Entrance of the Virgin Mary in the
Temple on November 21, the Nativity of Christ on
December 25, the Theophany of Christ on January 6, the
Encounter of the Lord on February 2, the Annunciation
of Mary on March 25, the Transfiguration of the Lord on
August 6 and the Dormition of the Mother of God on
August 15. The movable cycle of the Byzantine celebrations has its center in the feast of Pascha/Easter with two
great periods that precede and follow it respectively
called Triodion and Pentecostarion.
The Triodion takes its name from the liturgical book
containing the services of the movable feasts of the ten
weeks before Pascha/Easter. The term Triodion comes
from three odes, that is, the three biblical canticles
sung in the morning service. It comprises the pre-Lenten
and Lenten periods. The proper Byzantine Lent lasts
forty days, from Clean Monday to the Friday before
Palm Sunday. The Byzantine Lent unfolds the weeks
from Monday to Sunday, and clearly distinguishes

bread of those who touch His body.

Now, we who live in Christ and receive His Eucharist, the food of salvation, ask for this bread to be
given us every day. Otherwise we may be forced to
abstain from this communion because of some serious
sin. In this way we shall be separated from the body of
Christ, as He taught us in the words: I am the bread of
life which has come down from heaven. Anyone who
eats my bread will life for ever and the bread that I will
give is my flesh for the life of the world. Christ is saying, then, that anyone who eats His bread will live forever. Clearly they possess life who approach His body
and share in the Eucharistic communion. For this reason we shall be apprehensive and pray that no one has
to abstain from this communion, lest he be separated
from the Body of Christ and be far from salvation.
Christ has warned of this: If you do not eat the flesh of
the Son of man and drink His blood you will have no
life in you. We pray for our daily bread, Christ to be
given to us. With His help, we who live and abide in
Him will never be separated from His body and His
grace.
After this we ask pardon for our sins, in the words:
and forgive us our trespasses. The gift of bread is followed by a prayer for forgiveness. To be reminded that
that we are sinners and forced to ask forgiveness for our
faults prudent and sound. Even while we are asking
Gods forgiveness, our hearts are aware of our state!
This command to pray daily for our sins reminds us
that we commit sin every day. No one should complacently think themselves innocent, lest pride lead to further sin. Such is the warning that John gives in his let-

As disciples we are called to deepen our understanding of this doctrine of our deification which rests on the
mystery of the Incarnation, God becoming man. We
may have been taught that we are children of God, a
phrase that could mean simply a creature of God. With
a less understanding of theosis we even used the phrase
adopted children of God. Theois teaches that we can
truly become like God, taking part in Gods life
through his grace. We are made in God's image and
likeness.
Christian life is a process of becoming divine, becoming like Christ. When our co-creative actions are
virtuous then we live like Christ. When we are, by the
grace of the Holy Spirit, patient, kind, humble, charitable, chaste, we are living the life of Christ.
We pray in the Akathist to the Mother of God in the

Saturday and Sunday and the other weekly days: Divine

Liturgy is served on the former and not on the latter.
The reasons for this absence of Eucharistic celebration
are due to the theology of the Fathers and the praxis of
the Byzantine Church for which the Eucharist is always
seen as celebration of the paschal triumph of our Lord
Jesus Christ. On the Wednesdays and Fridays of Lent the
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is served, that is, the
celebration of Vespers with Communion in the Bread
and Wine consecrated the previous Sunday.
The Liturgy of the Presanctified is usually celebrated
in the evening, after a daylong fast. The liturgical texts
and ceremonies invite one to compunction: prostrations,
dim light in church and sanctuary curtain nearly always
closed. The Triodion has two parts: a pre-Lenten period
with three weeks and four Sundays, beginning with the
Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee followed by the
Sunday of the Prodigal Son, that of Last Judgment and
that of Adam and Eve.
Therefore the Lenten season, with its six Sundays:
Sunday of Orthodoxy; Sunday of Saint Gregory
Palamas; Sunday of the Exaltation of Holy Cross;
Sunday of Saint John Climacus and Sunday of Saint
Mary of Egypt. The Byzantine Great and Holy Week is
a period that celebrates the mystery of the passion, death
and the resurrection of Christ. In a special way one contemplates Christ as the Spouse of the Church, as the One
who lovingly gave his life for humanity by embracing

ter: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,

and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, the
Lord is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins. His
letter includes both points, that we should beg forgiveness for our sins, and that we receive pardon when we
do. He calls the Lord faithful, because he remains loyal
to his promise, by forgiving us our sins. He taught us to
pray for our sins and our faults, and also promised to
show us a Fathers mercy and forgiveness.(CSEL 3,
280. 281, 284)
Along with His other precepts Christ lays down this
even more forcefully with a vigorous condemnation.
He says: When you stand up to pray, if you have anything against anyone, let it go so that your heavenly
Father may also forgive you; but if you do not forgive
men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive
you your trespasses. You will have no excuse on the
Day of Judgment, for then you will be judged just as
you have judged, and will suffer whatever you have
done to others.
Holy Cyprian: (the Lord), bids us to be peace-loving,
harmonious and of one mind in His house. He wants us
to live with the new life He gave us at our second birth.
As children of God, we are to abide in peace, as we have
one Spirit, we should be one in mind and heart. Thus
God does not receive the sacrifice of those who lives in
conflict; and He orders us to turn back from the altar
and be first reconciled with our brother, that God too
may be appeased by the prayers of one who is at peace.
(CSEL.284) Prayer is the language of the heart. It proclaims our prayer before our all Holy God.
Fr Deacon Michael Cook

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us.

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the tree of the cross.

The Pentecostarion is the period of fifty days celebrating the resurrection of Christ, his victory upon death. It
comprises nine Sundays: Sunday of Passover; Sunday of
Saint Thomas; Sunday of the Ointment-bearing Women;
Sunday of the Paralytic; Sunday of the Samaritan;
Sunday of the Blind Man; Sunday of the Fathers of the
Council of Nicea; Sunday of Pentecost and Sunday of
All Saints.
Although the liturgical year of the various Christian
Churches has its fulcrum and its origin in the feast of
Passover, the disposition of our celebration follows the
order of the liturgical books and the Byzantine Synaxarion that start with the month of September in coincidence with what once was the beginning of the civil
Byzantine year. Moreover this disposition of the
Byzantine liturgical year has at the beginning (September 8) the Nativity of the Theotokos and at the end
(August 15) the Falling Asleep of the Mother of God to
emphasize also the ecclesiological dimension of the liturgical year: Birth/Glory of Mary, Birth/Glory of the
Church, of which the Mother of God is type and figure.
The celebration of the liturgical year in all Christian
Churches is the celebration of the mystery of Christ in
his Incarnation, Passion, Death and Resurrection, and as
a consequence the celebration also of the mystery of the
Virgin Mother.
Fr George D Gallaro

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November, 2011

Patriarch Sviatoslav Separates Politics from Process

of Establishing One National Church
ne national church cannot be a political project, implemented at the initiative of a politician, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk),
the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church,
said in http://risu.org.ua/ru/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/44837/" \n _blankan interview to Fakty.
He said the union should proceed from the inner
intention of the churches. "For us, for example, it is
important that we, representatives of diffirent faiths,
may celebrate the liturgy at one altar. This is a mani-

festation of a high union! " said Patriarch Sviatoslav.

In this interview, the patriarch was asked about the
frequent visits of Patriarch Kirill to Ukraine.
"Patriarch Kirill has every right to visit his flock in
Ukraine," But he said that a meeting with Patriarch of
Moscow is not currently scheduled. "But I personally
met with His Beatitude VOLODYMYR (Sabodan) and
his assistants. For us, this meeting was extremely
important for finding mutual understanding, " said
Patriarch Sviatoslav.

We recall that Metropolitan Hilarion, in the interview that was published on October 5 in the newspaper Izvestia, also discussed the possibility of meeting
with the head of the UGCC. "I hope to meet him in
the near future," said Metropolitan Hilarion. The hierarch also expressed hope that with the appointment of
the new head of the UGCC, positive changes in the
relations between the two churches will be made, the
http://www.ugcc.org.ua/ \n _blankUGCC website
reported.

Patriarch in Venice: We expect positive results from

the development of an ecumenical dialogue between
Catholics and Orthodox

rom the very beginning of my ministry as leader

of the UGCC, I said that the desire for unity and
communion between the churches is our top priority. In the spirit of my immediate predecessors I repeat
the words forgive and ask for forgiveness and hope
for the same response from the Orthodox brothers.
His Beatitidue SVIATOSLAV (Shevchuk) expressed
these words in his address at the Ecumenical Institute in
Venice. On October 12 he delivered a report UGCCs
Contribution to the Dialogue with the Orthodox in the
Catholic-Orthodox Joint Commission.
Greek Catholic Churches, particularly in the last two
decades, seek to give a true testimony to complete Orthodoxy and unity, said the UGCC primate. After the
promulgation of the Code of Canons of the Eastern
Churches, they began thinking more deeply about their
special status and tried to find a synthesis between the
Catholic and Orthodox ecclesiology. We are well aware
of the difficulties that may arise in this process but agree
with the absolute necessity that such a dialogue between
Catholics and Orthodox should continue.
According to Patriarch Sviatoslav, Eastern Catholic
Churches can make a significant contribution to the theological dialogue with the Orthodox, primarily because
of its full compliance with the Eastern tradition. After
meeting with Metropolitan Volodymyr of the UOC-MP
I was convinced that we have established a relationship
of openness and sincerity. We know about the differences, but we promised to work together where possi-

ble. It is in this perspective, I would like to continue efforts

toward the unity of our church,
UGCC Information Department

His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with

new Apostolic nuncio to Ukraine
ctober 6, 2011 His Beatitude
met with the new Apostolic
Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson, in
Kyiv in the Apostolic Nunciature in
Ukraine.
Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson, titular Archbishop of Bomarzo, was appointed Apostolic
Nuncio to Ukraine by His Holiness
Benedict XVI on May 21, 2011. Prior
to this appointment, Archbishop Gullickson served as Apostolic Nuncio to
many countries of the Caribbean
region. Over the period of 19 years of
diplomatic relations between the Apostolic See and Ukraine, Archbishop
Gullickson has been the fourth Ap-

Ukrainian
Greek
Catholic
Church and
Russian
Orthodox
Church To
Start Dialogue

ostolic Nuncio to Ukraine.

The Apostolic Nuncio arrived in
Ukraine September 23, as Ambassa-

During the meeting of His Beatitude

with the new Apostolic Nuncio to
Ukraine, both parties shared their
thoughts on the state of interconfessional relations in Ukraine as
well as state-church relations.
His Beatitude Sviatoslav presented an icon of the Blessed
John Paul II to the Nuncio and
invited him to attend the fraternal
meeting of Roman Catholic and
Greek Catholic Bishops of
Ukraine held in Lviv-Briukhovychi October 26.

dor Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

to Ukraine after presenting letters of
credence to the President of Ukraine.

UGCC Information Department

am very glad that meetings

are held between the Apostolic See and the Moscow
Patriarchate, said Patriarch SVIATOSLAV during a press conference at
UNIAN as he commented on the
meeting between Pope Benedict XVI
and Metropolitan ILARION (Alfieiev).
His Beatitude said that such meetings
are very useful: We will do everything not to be an obstacle for such
meetings but to promote by all
means, stated Patriarch Sviatoslav.
Talking about the importance of
dialogue, the Patriarch mentioned his
official meeting with the head of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan VOLODYMYR (Sabodan) August 23, 2011 in the Kyiv Cave Monastery. The meeting was very beneficial for all of us, said the hierarch.
According to the "http://risu.org.ua
/ugcc.org.ua" \n _blankInformation
Department of UGCC, it is important
that Metropolitan Ilarion also expressed readiness to meet with Archbishop of Kyiv and Halych. This is
mentioned in his interview about a
possible meeting between the Roman
Pope and Patriarch of Moscow published on October 5, in the newspaper
Izvestiia. I hope to meet with
Patriarch Sviatoslav in the near
future, said Metropolitan Ilarion. The
hierarch also expressed hope that with
the new Pariarch positive changes in
the relations between the two
Churches will be made.
UGCC Information Department,
UGCC

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November, 2011

Patriarchal Visit to St Nicholas eparchy

t OHare Airport, His Grace, Bishop

Richard was allowed to board the inbound plane to escort His Beatitude

into the terminal, where he was greeted at the

gate by children, accompanied by Fr Mykola
Buryadnyk of St Joseph the Betrothed in Chi-

cago, and Fr Yaroslav Mendyuk, of St Josaphat, Munster, Indiana, Bishop Richards delegate to the Jubilee Committee

tudents, faculty and staff of St Nicholas Cathedral School met with His
Beatitude, who was welcomed with the traditional bread and flowers,
and other greetings. Below, First Graders [froNt row, l-r) Caiden,
Gabriel, Ariana, Joshua and [Back row] Alyssa, Tatiana, Evelina, Yaryna
and Oleksandr sing hymns to the Mother of God in English and Ukrainian
for the edification of His Beatitude.

t the Ukrainian National Museum, His Beatitude examines

artifacts described by president Jaroslaw Hankewych and
curator, Maria Klimchak.

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November, 2011

Highlights of the Jubilee Weekend

His Beatitude is welcomed to SS Volodymyr
and Olha Parish by
Chrystya Wereszczak
.prior to the celebration
of the Akathist Hymn.

Midway through the

Akathist Hymn, the Jubilee
Icon was carried by pastors
of the delivering and receiving parishes [left], Very
Rev Bohdan Nalysnyk,
rector of the Cathedral and
[rIght] Rev Oleh
Krivokulsky, Pastor of SS
Volodymyr and Olha, as a
procession of the hierarchs
and faithful stopped traffic
where busy Chicago Avenue
crosses Oakley Boulevard.

At the formal banquet, His Beatitude was greeted with a standing tribute
from all present--and the Bandurist Chorus performed.

[left:]Prior to the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, The Jubilee Icon

was carried (by Jaroslaw Andrasz) [rIght:] to join the
concelebrants and faithful representing parishes
of the eparchy in the procession to the Cathedral.

His Beatitude, Patriarch Sviatoslav speaks to the overflow congregation.

aBoVe: a ground-level photo,
rIght: a fish-eye lens view from the choir loft.
Other faithful watched the ceremony on
closed-circuit television in the cathedral hall.

Francis Cardinal George, Roman

Catholic Archbishop of Chicago

This photo by Sr Olga Marie

Faryna, OSBM, shows Bishop
Richard on the chair he occupies
as the overseer of the Eparchy.

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November, 2011

Refurbished Mosaic Rededicated by Patriarch Sviatoslav

t St Joseph the Betrothed Parish in Chicago,

His Beatitude is greeted by Elias-Dymytrij
Hayda and Nastia Kalyniouk. A special event of
the day was the rededication of a long-standing and

quite weathered mosaic icon in the outdoor shrine to

Our Lady of Hoshiv on the parish property. The procession of clergy, hierarchy and faithful wends its way
to the shrine for the blessing of a new copy of the icon.

Patriarch Sviatoslav Visits Palatine Parish

Blesses Commemorative Cornerstones for New Church

atriarch Sviatoslav honored the

faithful and friends of Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church in Palatine,
Illinois, with a visit on September 26.
This historic event in the life of the
parish centered on His Beatitudes celebration of the divine Liturgy. The
Patriarch was joined by Bishop RICHaRd (Seminack), Eparch of St. Nicholas
Eparchy in Chicago; Very Rev. Mitred
archpriest andriy Chirovsky; Very Rev.
archpriest Mykhailo Kuzma; Very Rev.
yaroslav Mendyuk; Very Rev. Bohdan
Nalysnyk; Rev. Leonard Korchinsky;
Rev. Ihor Koshyk; Rev. andriy Plishka;

and Rev. James Bankston.

In his homily, Patriarch Sviatoslav
stated, I feel myself as part of a very
warm family right now here among
you.
He reminded all those in attendance
that the center of the apostolic tradition
of the Catholic Church is Christ
Himself and that new generations
[need] the possibility to be touched by
God, to meet Him Himself, to receive
His power that can restore the fullness
of human life.
One of the highlights of the day was
the Patriarchs blessing of a pair of engraved granite stones commemorating

His Beatitudes visit. The parishioners

plan to place the stones in a new church
that they hope to erect in coming years.
By blessing the cornerstone for the
new church, we have to manifested to
everyone that Christ Himself is the cornerstone of my life and that Im supposed to build my life, my projects, and
my future upon Him, Patriarch Sviatoslav explained to the parishioners. He
went on to say, May Our Lord Jesus
Christ, who is present today among
us be the cornerstone of the life of
Our Church, of the life of each of you.
about 175 parishioners, guests, and
members of the Ukrainian community

filled the church. a procession of clergy

led Patriarch Sviatoslav to the entrance
of the church where Fr. Kuzma, pastor,
gave the cross over to the Patriarch as a
sign of the parishs love and its acknowledgment that His Beatitude is the
Father of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Church. The Patriarch was then welcomed with flowers, the traditional
bread and salt, and greetings from representatives of the churchs Sisterhood
of the apostleship of Prayer and Parish
Pastoral Council.
Commemorative holy cards, blessed
by His Beatitude, were distributed at the
dismissal of the divine Liturgy.

[left:] His Beatitude is welcomed to the

church;
[toP, left:] two cornerstones are blessed as
[toP, rIght:] the parishioners witness the
event.
Pages 1, 11, 16, 17, 18

ello, again. I realize

there was no general invitation to comment on
the anniversary celebration, but
I thought I should add to my earlier comments.
Now I remember why this is
not your grandmother's Church
struck me: my grandmother remembers that there was English
in the [Liturgy]. People sang it.

And so did the priest. The anniversary

[Liturgy] had only some clergy parts in
English and nothing for the congregationwho, because of the choir, could
do nothing but sit as if in a concert. I now
also remember why I started to not
believe in Church so much. We once
learned that the service was our way of
participating. This was not done at all.
Truly, it is not my grandmother's Church
and now seems not right for me either.

I was also disappointed that I could

not hear from the Patriarch's lips any
words of encouragement for me to be a
part of this Church. It was as if I walked
into a private event for insiders only, and
I was not one of them. My hopes were
not met, and I spent money that I really
didn't have for a trip and hotel room and
was not uplifted at all.
For some it may have been nice, nostalgic, or a spectacular stage show or

concert. But, for me, it was not church

(or Church?) There was no balance.
Maybe my expectations were too
high. Or maybe the Church has a different idea about its purpose than I do. But
I felt left out, not included. Uncomfortable. An outsider. Unwelcome.
Thank you, God bless you!
Sonja Sznyk
(address withheld)

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November, 2011

Bills arrived every month.

The bills were simply tossed asideignored
for more than a year. Eventually letters arrived
with regular frequency, demanding prompt
payment of all the ignored bills.
These too, were discarded without any attention or action to heed the demands of the
collection agency. Within a few months, telephone calls started to come. It was a collection
agency trying to get some results.
I don't owe was all Tom would say and
hang up.
Persistence is part of a bill collector's tactic.
More frequent calls were madesome with
threats of legal action if the account was not
settled. Somehow, the caller managed to get
Tom's attention one one occasion before he
hung up.
Please, he asked, just give me some proof
that you do not owe the bill and you will never
be bothered again.
Tom relented his adamant behavior, and
took the time to try to explain his rationale for
dismissing the mail and phone calls. Well, I
bought these new windows for my house. I
have the newspaper ad right in front of me. I
don't owe you anything. It says plain as day
'these windows will pay for themselves in five
years.' You have not waited even four years,
but you keep bugging me for the money! And
he hung up.

our lady of Zarvanycia, Seattle, washington

Our parish would like to sincerely thank Mother anastasia
and the Nuns of the Holy Theophany Monastery in Lacy
for their donation of a set of icons depicting holy days.
This wonderful and unexpected gift will bring us much joy
as we display the icons on the tetropod during the designated holy day. We very much appreciate the Sisters kindness, thoughtfulness, their steadfast support, and most of
all, their constant prayers for our Parish. May God forever
bless them and the work they do.
a big thank you to all who made our Garage Sale a great
success! Sisterhood made about $450.00. None of it would
have been possible without the help of our fantastic volunteers and the generous donations we received from our
parishioners.

St Sophia, the colony, texas

Saturday November 12 at 1:00 PM: St. Sophias and the
Ukrainian-american Society of Texas are teaming up for a
picnic at the church. Well have fun activities, delicious
food, good company and some well-deserved rest. all funds
raised will go to the parish debt and the Zorya dance
Group. Please come and bring your relatives and friends!

POSSIBLE

DEATH NOTICE?
ELSE, SOMEBODY
Longtime member of the
church. Always the one
to do those things that
needed attention: trim
the lawn, shovel snow,
visit the sick, make sure
the church was clean.
Also brought food to the
homeless, and had time
to run any errand. For a
long time taught Sunday
School. Died of overexertion, quietly. Leaves
behind relatives, Anybody Else, Everyone
Else, and No One Else.
Who Else will take over
the tasks that Somebody
Else did? You?

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Good Night

, .
, .... Gen 1:05

God called the light day, and the darkness he called night.
And there was evening, and there was morning the next day . Gen 1:5

espers, the word itself taken from the Latin vesperae meaning evening star. In

vesperae French it is vespres, in Greek hesperinos, in Old Slavonic it is Vechernaya

. - - vespres, - - hesperinos, Sluzhba, shortened to Vechernya. No matter what language you say it in, it is
' - , Vechernya.
the principal evening service, which prepares us for the next day and serves as the
, , , beginning of the cycle of Sunday Services; Vespers, Matins and Divine Liturgy.
: ,
The service of Vespers was set by the Church Fathers for two reasons. The first is to
.
thank God for all the graces and gifts He bestowed upon us during the course of the
. -,
day. The second reason is to hold ourselves ac-counta ,
ble to God for our actions throughout the day and

. ,
implore His forgiveness for the ways in which we have

transgressed His will. These prescribed directions are
,
,
reinforced by St. Basil the Great who said, When the
...
.
day is finished (implying at the time of the Vespers
, : (
service) let us give thanks for what has been given to us
) ,
during the day and for what we have done rightly; and
: ,
let us confess what we have left undone, perhaps
unknown to us, either in word or in deed or in heart,
, , , beseeching the mercy of God in our prayers"
, , , ,
Vespers today includes four themes, Creation, the
, .
Fall, Salvation and Parousia (an ancient Greek word
:
meaning presence or arrival--and refers to the Second
, , (Coming of Christ.) and divided into three parts, the
, ,
beginning, the central and the conclusion. There are
). three main forms of Vespers; Great Vespers (which is
: , served on Saturday nights), Daily Vespers (an abbrevi. :
e have reached the
ated form of Great Vespers) and Little Vespers (which
( ), setting
of
the
sun
and
are served on days of an All-Night Vigil). There are
( ) see the evening light... also seven special forms of Vespers served at various
( ).
times through the year.
,
from the Hymn of Light
At dusk we recall our day, to remind us of the cre .
ation of the world, the first humans to fall into sin and
, their repentance, and we pray for salvation. The priest begins by opening the Royal
, , , .
Doors reminding us that the Gates of Heaven are open to all. He censes the Holy Table
, ,
and fills the entire sanctuary with clouds of aromatic incense to remind us of the good
.
creation of the world. We chant Psalm 103, which describes creation and glorifies
, . 103,
Gods wisdom.
.
The Royal Doors are closed to remind us that because of the fall of Adam and Eve,
, , ,
we were deprived of a life in Paradise. The deacon moves to the front of the Royal
.
Doors asking for peace from above and for Christ to save our souls. He incenses the
, .
sanctuary as the people chant O Lord, I have cried to You, hear me: Receive the voice
, , . ,
of my prayer when I call upon You. Let my prayer rise like incense before you; The
. , , lifting up of my hands like an evening sacrifice. (Psalm 140/141:1-2) after which the
, ( 140/141 :1-2),
Theotokion is chanted and the Royal Doors are once again opened.
... .
The Central part of the service focuses on thanksgiving and praise to our Lord, the
Light of the World. The faithful unite in singing O Joyful Light! welcoming Christ
. ' !
into our midst as the true light that enlightens all men (Jn 1:9.) Early Christians asso, , ( 1:09).
ciated light with the sacred presence of our Lord in their midst. As lamps are lighted
. we sing, Now that we have reached the setting of the sun, and see the evening light,
, : ... , , we sing to God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
St. Basil the Great refers to this ancient hymn as a Hymn of Thanksgiving, explain , ....
ing: "It seemed fitting to our Fathers not to receive the gift of light at eventide in
. , , :
silence, but as soon as is appeared they immediately gave thanks with a hymn. In AD
375 St. Basil referred to this hymn as "very old", and yet it is still sung at Vespers even
, , ', .
to this day.
, , , The Concluding part of Vespers begins with the Ektenia of Supplication (Let us all
.
say...), followed by the ancient hymn, O Lord, keep us this night without sin..., after
( ...),
which another set of Petitions follows. (On the vigil of a solemn Holy Day at this point
, ...,
the service of Litiya is inserted, blessing wine, wheat and oil). Now Sticheras are
( , chanted, in which the mystery of the feast or of the day are mentioned. On Saturday
, , , ). evening, the mystery of the resurrection is paramount. On feast days of Our Lord the
, . ,
mysteries of our salvation are recalled and on feast days of the Mother of God or of
. , the Saints, their role and assistance in our salvation, and theirs, is emphasized.
,
Having been strengthened with the assurance of our salvation, we can now chant the
.
Canticle of Simeon. Remembering the Encounter of Simeon with The Christ-Child,
, .
God we repeat his words: Now You shall dismiss Your servant, O Lord, in peace....
-, :
Our evening services are concluded with a Troparion through which the principal mys ....
tery of the day is briefly presented to us in poetic form, the Trisagion, the Lords Prayer
,
and the singing of the salutation of the Most Holy Theotokos. The priest then imparts
, , - .
this blessing The blessing of the Lord be upon you, through His grace and love for
: , mankind, always, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. We can now depart for our
, , .
homes, prepared for the next day. As Evensong draws to an end we are prepared for
, . , ,
sleep--to await a new day in God's good creation.
.
Phyllis Muryn Zaparaniuk