LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 25: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Commemoration of the
Miracle of the Great-Martyr
Theodor
For the parishioners
Sun. 26: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
1st Sunday of Great Lent
+Sister Leocadia Sevachko
From Sacred Heart Society
of St. Nicholas
Mon. 27: NO LITURGY
Tues. 28: NO LITURGY
Wed. 1: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Lenten Education Class to
Follow
Thurs. 2: NO LITURGY
Fri. 3: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
For increase in religious
Vocations from Sacred Heart
Society
Sat. 4: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
2nd All Souls Saturday
For the parishioners
Sun. 5: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
2nd Sunday of Great Lent
+Helen Popovich from
John Popovich
Collection Report
Week of 02/19/2023
$ 967.00 Offertory
$ 152.00 Candles
$ 2.00 Children
$ 3.00 Initial
$ 270.00 Renovation
$ 1394.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 23
Sunday: 26
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Michael Kisak- Inn at Glenellen, Kevin Ulrich Ivywoods Manor, Mary Dubos and Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, Fr. Nicholas Kraynak at Shepherd of the Valley on Western Reserve Rd. and Margaret and William Zigarevich 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 $108,461.10 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.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The 2023 Sanctuary request sheet is available on the vestibule table.
LENTEN ETHNIC FOOD SALE:
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, 2140 Highland Road in Hermitage is holding Lenten Ethnic Food Sale on Wednesday, March 8th from 3:00pm-5:00pm. PRE-ORDERS ONLY! All food is homemade which includes frozen potato-cheese, sauerkraut or prune pierohi for $9.00/dozen and 1 quart fresh halushki-also $9.00. Call Bill @ 724-962-4618 or Christine @ 724-866-0058 to place an order.
LENTEN EDUCATION CLASS:
This year, following all Wednesday Pre-Sanctified liturgies at Infant Jesus of Prague there will be again, a Lenten adult education class. All parishioners, family and friends are welcomed to learn about our Byzantine faith.
PARISHIONER NEWS:
Our parishioner Nicholas Dubos passed away on February 22nd. His services were held on Friday. Our deepest sympathy, thoughts and prayers to
Nicholas’s family and friends. Blessed repose to his servant Nicholas.
LENTEN EDUCATION CLASS:
This year, following all Wednesday Pre-Sanctified liturgies at Infant Jesus of Prague there will be again, a Lenten adult education class. All parishioners, family and friends are welcomed to learn about our Byzantine faith.
2022 FINANCILA REPORT:
The 2022 financial reports are available on the vestibule table. As of 12/31/2022:
We thank all parishioners for their continued support of our parish. May God bless all of you with health, happiness and many blessed years.
Any questions, please see Fr. Michael or Greg Slemons.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.
For the week of February 26-March 4, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of mother +Ed and Marge Sekerak and the left is in memory of grandmother +Ed and Marge Sekerak both from Kim and Pam Trevis
Is the Veneration of Images Justified?
St John Damascene
Some people reprove us for honoring images of the Savior, of the Mother of God and other holy servants of Christ. But let them think for a moment. In the beginning God created humanity in his own image. Why ever should we have such respect for one another, if not because we are made in the image of God? In Basil’s words, ‘the honor paid to the image is in reality paid to its prototype,’ that is to say, to what the image represents. Thus, the Jewish people revered the Tabernacle because that, much more than the rest of creation, was an image of God. The making and the veneration of images are not a novelty. They are based on a very ancient tradition. God made the first human being as an image of himself. Abraham, Moses, Isaiah and all the prophets saw God, not in his true being, but in his image. The burning bush was an image of the Mother of God. When Moses wanted to approach, God said to him: ‘Put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.’ [Exod. 3:5] If the ground on which Moses saw the image of the Mother of God was holy, how much more holy will the image itself be!
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