LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 2: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Akathistos Saturday
For the parishioners
Sun. 3: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
5th Sunday of the Great Fast
St. Mary of Egypt
+Jeanette Kulifay from Mary
Elizabeth McClain
Mon. 4: NO LITURGY
Tues. 5: NO LITURGY
Wed. 6: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Lenten Education Class to
follow
Thurs. 7: NO LITURGY
Fri. 8: 6:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
For the Living & Deceased
Members of the Sacred Heart
Society
Sat. 9: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Saturday of Lazarus
+Julia Fabian from Patty
Snitzer
Sun. 10: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Palm Sunday
For the Parishioners
Collection Report
Week of 3/27/2021
$ 652.00 Offertory
$ 65.00 Holy Day/Thanksgiving
$ 15.00 Easter candles
$ 50.00 Easter Flowers
$ 220.00 Relief fund for Ukraine
$ 171.00 Candles
$ 1223.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 24
Sunday: 20
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 $96,543.77 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.
EASTER EGG HUNT:
There will be an Easter Egg Hunt for all children 14 and under on April 10th, following Palm Sunday Liturgy. All children are invited to participate.
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.
THANK YOU:
A special thank you to all parishioners who continue to generously donated to the Ukrainian fund. Both parishes have collected thus far 6025.00. May God bless all of you for your continued support.
UKRAINE RELIEF FUNRAISER:
Our Ukraine fundraiser will be April 24, 2022 from 11:00 am-3:00 pm at Byzantine Center at the Grove. A TAKE-OUT ONLY Holupki dinner will be sold. The cost is $14.00 for 2 stuffed cabbage, mashed potatoes, corn, roll/butter and cake. Stuffed cabbage will also be sold by the dozen or individually. Pre-sale orders/payments are required by calling (330) 782-6388 (payment can be credit/debit) or orders forms are available in the vestibule and can be returned in the collection basket. All pre-sale orders must be in by Monday April 18, 2022. Please make checks payable to Byzantine Center at the Grove. If anyone would like to donate/bake a cake, please call (330) 782-6388 or notify JoAnn Stock and bring to the Grove on Saturday on April 23from 1:00- 3:00 pm. ALL proceeds from this fundraiser will go to the Ukraine relief fund.
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intention. For the week of April 3-9 there are no request for sanctuary candles.
Schedule for Holy Week and Resurrection
Mon. 11: 6:00 pm Lenten Hours at
Infant Jesus 9 (confession)
Tues. 12 : 6.00pm Pre-Sanctified
Liturgy at St. Michaels
Followed by confessions
Wed. 13 : 6:00 pm at Infant Jesus
Reconciliation 5 to 6pm
Healing services with anointing to follow Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Thurs 14 : 6:00 at Infant Jesus
Reconciliation 5-6pm
Liturgy of St. Basil the great with Vespers
Fri.15: Entombment Vespers
with Burial of our Lord
4:00pm- St. Nicholas
6:00pm- Infant Jesus
Sat. 16: Resurrectional Matins with procession followed by Solemn Blessing of Paschal Baskets
4:00 pm-St Nicholas
7:00 pm- Infant Jesus
Sun. 17: Resurrection of our
Lord Divine Liturgy and blessing of Paschal Baskets
9:00 am- Infant Jesus
11:00am – St. Nicholas
SYMBOLS OF THE LORD’S TEACHING.
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: That woman had not yet entered communion with the Word, because she was still a sinner. She paid the Master honor with what she considered the most precious thing she had, her perfume. She wiped off the remainder of the perfume with the garland of her head, her hair. She poured out upon the Lord her tears of repentance. Therefore her sins were forgiven her.
This is a symbol of the Lord’s teachings and of his sufferings. The anointing of his feet with sweet-smelling myrrh suggests the divine teaching whose good smell and fame has spread to the ends of the earth. “Their sound has gone forth to the ends of the earth.” Moreover, those anointed feet of the Lord (not to be too subtle) are the apostles. The sweet odor of the myrrh prefigures their reception of the Holy Spirit. I mean that the figure of the Lord’s feet is to be understood of the apostles, who journeyed about the whole world preaching the gospel.
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