LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat: 8: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Archangel Michael and All
The Angels
+Joseph Blasko from Tony
& Tracey Sgambati
Sun: 9: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
22th Sunday after Pentecost
For the parishioners
Mon. 10: NO LITURGY
Tues. 11: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Wed. 12: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Thurs. 13: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Fri. 14: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Sat: 15: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
+Paula Angelo from Tyler &
Arica Hardgrove
Sun: 16: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
23rd Sunday after Pentecost
For the parishioners
Collection Report
Week of 11/02/2025
$ 862.00 Sunday Offering
$ 73.00 Holy Day
$ 107.00 Candles
$ 36.00 BCW
$ 80.00 Maintenance Fund
$ 1158.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 18
Sunday: 15
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Michael Volsko- Briarfield Manor, Kevin Ulrich- Ivywoods Manor, Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, John Porubensky-Windsor House at Omni manor, 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 total collected is $141,363.90 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.
PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:
Every parish has received an icon specially written for this program- “The Call of the Disciples.” Those who accept the icon agree to pray daily during that time for religious and priestly vocations. Every member of the parish is invited to have icon in their home for a week of special prayer for vocations. Prayer booklets are provided. Please see the sign-up sheet in the vestibule. Please see Fr. Michael for further information.
CHRISTMAS PARSIH PARTY:
All parishioners are invited to our parish Christmas party on December 14th @ 12:30 pm at Byzantine at the Grove. Menu is the following: Chicken Milanese, baked white fish, roast beef, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans almandine, mixed green salad, dessert, and beverages. Cost is $25 per person. $10 for children 12 and under. There will be a 50/50 raffle and a Chinese auction. If you would like to donate a basket for the raffle, please call Paula @ (330) 799-5983. Please make checks payable to the Byzantine Social Club. Payment can be deposited in the collection basket-please mark envelope Christmas party. There is a sign-up sheet on the back table. Deadline to sign up is November 23rd. We hope all parishioners and families can attend and enjoy an afternoon to
celebrate the Christmas season.
ST. NICHOLAS CELEBRATION:
All parishioners are invited to the 68th Annual St. Nicholas celebration on December 7th @ 3:30 pm at the Cathedral in Pittsburgh benefitting the Byzantine Seminary. Cost is $45/adult, $20 for children 12 and under. Deadline to sign-up is November 17th. Please see Fr. Michael for more details.
RAFFLE:
We are selling raffle tickets to benefit the Byzantine Seminary in Pittsburgh. Cost is $10/ ticket. Winning numbers are taken from the PA Daily 3-digit number. Prize is $250 for numbers picked on December 8&9, and $1,500 for December 10th. Please see Fr. Michael for tickets.
BLESSING OF VETERANS:
Fr. Michael will be blessing all Veterans and active service military personnel following liturgies this weekend in honor of Veterans Day this week. We thank all our Veterans for their service. May God blessed all of you with health, happiness and many blessed years!
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of November 9-15, 2025, the left and right sanctuary candles are in memory of +John & +Anna Biros from son John Biros.
THE REASON JESUS HEALS HER WOMB.
EPHREM THE SYRIAN: “Who touched me? For a power has gone forth from me.” A detail such as this is not reported about our Physician in any other place. This is because in no other place did our Physician encounter an affliction such as this. This affliction was presented to many physicians, yet only one Physician encountered this affliction to heal it. Many physicians encountered and wearied her. Only one encountered her who was able to give her rest from the toil of many physicians. The art of healing encountered a shameful affliction but added pain after pain to it. The more they came, the worse the affliction got. The fringe of the Lord’s cloak touched her and up-rooted this suffering from its root. She perceived within herself that he healed her affliction. Since the art of healing clothed with all our practical wisdom was reduced to silence, the divinity clothed with garments was proclaimed. He clothed himself in the body and came down to humanity, so that humanity might loot him. He revealed his divinity through signs, so that faith in his humanity alone could not be explained. He revealed his humanity that the higher beings might believe that he was a lower being, and he revealed his divinity so that the lower beings would accept that he was a higher being. He took on a human body so that humanity might be able to attain to divinity, and he revealed his divinity so that his humanity might not be trampled under foot. COMMENTARY ON TATIAN’S DIATESSARON 7.I6-I7.21
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