LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 1: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
For the parishioners
Sun. 2: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday of Cheese Fare
For the parishioners
Mon. 3: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Tues. 4: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Wed. 5: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Pre-sanctified Liturgy
Lenten Education Classes to Follow
Thurs. 6: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
For World Peace thru the
Blessed Mary & the Rosary
From Sacred Heart Society of
St. Nicholas
Fri. 7: 4:00 PM @ St. Nicholas
Pre-sanctified Liturgy
Sat. 8: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
+ Dorothy & +Nicholas
Blasko from their children
Sun. 9: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
1st Sunday of the Great Lent
Forty Holy Martyrs of
Sebaste
For the parishioners
Collection Report
Week of 02/23/2025
$ 1661.00 Offering
$ 3.00 Initial offering
$ 10.00 Renovation
$ 300.00 Garage Rental
$ 123.00 Candles
$ 2097.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 29
Sunday: 16
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Michael Volsko- Briarfield Manor, Kevin Ulrich- Ivywoods Manor, Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, Dolly Vrabel, 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 $140,718.10 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 2025 is on the back table in the church. Cost remains $10 per candle. Please call Paula @ (330) 799-5983 for ALL requests. Money can be deposited in the weekend collection.
LITURGICAL REQUESTS:
Liturgical request for 2025 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.
LENTEN EDUCATION CLASSES:
Lenten Education classes begin this Wednesday, March 5th following the 6:00 pm Pre-Sanctified Liturgy. We hope all can attend as we learn more about the Byzantine Faith.
VESPERS:
On the First Sunday of The Great lent and Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 9th @ 4:00 pm our Deanery will have a common prayer of Lenten Vespers at Infant Jesus of Prague. You will have a chance to spend a prayerful night and receive a blessing and enrich your spiritual life. Priests from our Deanery will be available for confessions and a social with refreshments will follow the service. All parishioners are invited and encourage to attend.
RUMMAGE SALE:
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, 2140 Highland Road, Hermitage, Pa. is holding a rummage sale on Friday, March 14th from 9:00 am-2:00 pm and Saturday, March 15th from 9:00 am-noon.
THE GREAT FAST 2025:
The Great fast begins THIS Monday, March 3.
Strict abstinence (fasting) is to observed on Monday, March 3rd and on Great and Holy Friday, April 18th. Strict abstinence forbids the use of and consumption of all meats, eggs and dairy products.
Simple abstinence forbids the use of meats, but permits the use of eggs and dairy products. All faithful of the Archeparchy who receive the Eucharist are obliged to observe simple abstinence on all Wednesday and Fridays of Great lent.
Pre-Sanctified Liturgies will be celebrated on Wednesday and Friday evenings of the Great Fast and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of March 2-8, 2025, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Dorothy Blasko and the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Nicholas Blasko. Both candles are given by their children.
Why We Should Fast
By St. Isaac the Syrian
If the lawyer Himself fasts, how can any of those who have to obey the Law, be exempt from fasting? This is why the human race knew no victory before fasting, and the devil was never defeated by our nature as it is: but this weapon has indeed deprived the devil of strength from the outset. As soon as the devil sees someone possessed of this weapon, fear straightway falls on this adversary and tormentor of ours, who remembers and thinks of his defeat by the Savior in the wilderness; his strength is at once destroyed and the sight of the weapon, given us by the Supreme Leader, burns him up. A man armed with the weapon of fasting is always afire with zeal. He who remains therein, keeps his mind steadfast and ready to meet and repel all violent passions.
St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church 