December 31, 2023 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 30: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

            Saturday after Christmas

            For the parishioners

Sun. 31: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

           Sunday after Christmas-

           David, Joseph and James

           +Sister Leocadia Sevachko

           From the Slemons Family

Mon. 1: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

          Circumcision of Our Lord

          Basil the Great Archbishop

          For the parishioners

Thurs. 4: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

           For World Peace thru the

           Blessed Mary & the Rosary

           From the Sacred Heart

           Society of St. Nicholas

Fri. 5: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Vigil of Theophany

H&W Petro Tokach from Family

            6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

           Vigil of Theophany

            For the parishioners

Sat. 6: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

            Theophany of Our Lord

            For the parishioners

Sun. 7: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

           Sunday after Theophany

           +Paula Angelo from Kathy &

           Karen Kollar

Collection Report

Week of 12/24-25/2023

$                   960.00   Sunday Offertory

$                     38.00   Holy Day

$                 4280.00   Christmas

$                     20.00   Christmas Flowers

$                     15.00   Christmas Candles

$                     12.00   BCW

$                   610.00   Candles

$                 5938.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Sunday: 25

Christmas Eve: 84

Christmas: 39

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:

Michael Kisak- Inn at Glenellen, Kevin Ulrich Ivywoods Manor, 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 collected is $121,397.10 for the Capital campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200,000. Thank you for your continued generosity and support to our church.

SANCTUARY CANDLE REQUEST:

The sanctuary candle request sheet for 2024 is on the back table in the church. Cost remains $10 per candle. Please call Paula @ (330) 799-5983 for specific requests. Money can be deposited in the weekend collection.  

THANK YOU:

Thank you to all parishioners, families and guests for the generous donations this Christmas. May God bless all of you for your continued support to our parish.

THANK YOU:

Thank you to generous donation of $1000 in memory of Frances Reid, mother of Sylvia Shirilla. She was thankful for being able to pray in our Church for pas two years! May God grant His servant Frances eternal life!

HOLY WATER:

Next Saturday, January 6th, is the Theophany of Our Lord and Father Michael will be blessing holy water. Please bring in your containers for you to have holy water in your home.

BLESSINGS OF HOUSES:

Father Michael will be blessings homes the week after Theophany (January 8-12). There is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule if you would like your home blessed. If you have a specific date and time, please add to your information. Father Michael will contact you with specifics.

HAPPY NEW YEAR:

Father Michael, Marina, Andriy, Emma and Nica wish all parishioners, families and friends a Happy New Year. May our Lord bless all with health and happiness in 2024!

SANCTUARY CANDLE:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of December 31-January 6 the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Mary Terlecky from her son Myron Terlecky. There is no request for the left sanctuary candle.

why a nazarene?

Chromatius: Our Lord and Savior is called “the Nazarene” as much after the name of the place, the city of Nazareth, as from the mystery of the law. For, according to the law, those are called Nazarenes who make an extraordinary vow of chastity to God, maintain­ing that vow with the hair of their heads, which the ordained law had commanded them to offer as a sacrifice. Therefore, because the author and ruler of every act of sanctity and piety is Christ the Lord, who said through the prophet, “Let them be holy, since I am holy, says the Lord,” it was not undeservedly that he was called “the Nazarene.” It was he who, following truly what was preordained in the law, offered as a pledge to God the Father the sacrifice of his own body. David spoke about this pledge when he said of the Lord, “Just as Jacob swore an oath to the Lord, he was offered a pledge to God. “The Lord would show himself as the Nazarene at the time when he became a creature of flesh. trac­tate on Matthew 7.2.