LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 12: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
2nd All Souls saturday
+Jane Mingo from Gregg &
Donna Mingo
Sun. 13: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Second Sunday of the Great
Fast
+Marge & +Al Iannazone
from Marilyn Davis
Mon. 14: NO LITURGY
Tues. 15: NO LITURGY
Wed. 16: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Lenten Education Class to
follow
Thurs. 17: NO LITURGY
Fri. 18: 6:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Sat. 19: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
3rd All Souls Saturday
+ Julia Fabian from Dennis
& Stephanie Lubinsky
Sun. 20: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
3rd Sunday of the Great Fast
Veneration of the Cross
+Jeanette Kulifay from Mr.
& Mrs. Stephen Stanislav
Collection Report
Week of 3/6/2021
$ 972.00 Offertory
$ 15.00 Holy Day/Thanksgiving
$ 25.00 Easter
$ 20.00 Eastern Europe
$ 5.00 Easter Flowers
$ 200.00 Renovation
$ 52.97 Utilities
$ 3.00 Initial
$ 75.00 Garage Rent
$ 99.00 Candles
$ 1466.97 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 26
Sunday: 18
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Kevin Ulrich Ivywoods Manor, Paul Fabian -Windsor House, Mary and Nicholas Dobus, Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, Fr. Nicholas Kraynak at Shepherd of the Valley on Western Reserve Rd. Catherine Ulrich at home. May God grant to all the sick and homebound of our parish many blessed, happy and healthy years.
UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:
The NEW total we have collected is $94,724.77 for the Capital Campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200, 000. Thank you for your generous donations and continued support to our Church.
PHONE NUMBER REQUEST:
There is a sign-up sheet for parishioners to give their phone numbers in order to receive phone information/updates on our church if interested.
LENTEN EDUCATION CLASS:
This year, following all Wednesday Pre-Sanctified liturgies there will be a Lenten adult education class @ Infant Jesus of Prague. All parishioners, family and friends are welcomed to learn about our Byzantine faith.
RUMMAGE SALE:
St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church, Hermitage, Pa is holding a rummage sale on Thursday, March 31st from 4:00-7:00pm,Friday, April 1st from 9;00 am-2:00pm and Saturday , April 2nd from 9:00 am-noon. $ 2.00/bag and bake sale included.
HEARTFELT THANK YOU!
We humbled and grateful for a huge support for Ukraine in a light of recent war with Russia. So far, we received $3310.00 of generous donations from both parishes. From behalf of all people who suffers from war in Ukraine we would like to thank you for your support and prayers!
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intention. For the week of March 13-20, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Marge Iannazone and the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Al Iannazone both from Marilyn Davis.
Gregory Palamas
The scion of a noble Anatolian family, St. Gregory was born, probably at Constantinople, c. 1296. After his father’s death, he became a monk, as did several members of his family. He entered a monastery on Mt. Athos and followed the rule of St. Basil. He lived on Athos in solitude for most of the following twenty years. In the 1330’s, he began to defend the practice of hesychasm against the attacks of people like Barlaam of Calabria, who denied, among other things, that the light of Tabor which hesychasts experience is the uncreated light. Athough the 1341 council of Constantinople upheld Gregory’s teachings about theosis, he was excommunicated in 1344. Three years later, he was consecrated bishop of Thessaloniki. Because hesychasm had come to have political as well as theological associations, the choice was not popular, and he entered his see with the aid of the Byzantine emperor. The Turks captured Gregory in 1354 and kept him captive for a year. He died in 1359.
Gregory believes that although God is ultimately unknowable, man can experience his energies through the sacraments and mystical experience, which are possible because of the Incarnation of Christ. The practice of the Jesus prayer opens one to God’s energies.
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