LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat: 27: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Saturday after Christmas
Stephen Protomartyr
+Paula Angelo from Tyler
& Arica Hardgrove
Sun: 28: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday after Christmas-
David, Joseph & James
+Edward Kraynak from
Mr. Albert Keshock
Mon. 29: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Tues. 30: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Wed. 31: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Thurs. 1: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Circumcision of Our Lord
Basil The Great
Fri. 2: 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus
For Peace in the World thru
The Most Blessed Mary &
The Rosary
Sat: 3: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Saturday before Theophany
For the parishioners
Sun: 4: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday before Theophany
+Katherine Fuzer from
Myron Terlecky
Collection Report
Week of 12/21/2025
$ 926.00 Sunday Offering
$ 20.00 Holy Day
$ 6.00 Christmas Candles
$ 123.00 Candles
$ 170.00 Christmas
$ 65.00 Garage Rental
$ 1310.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 23
Sunday: 18
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 NEW 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 requests for 2026 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. There are a few dates still available.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The 2026 Sanctuary candle sign-up sheet is on the table. Cost is still $10/candle. PLEASE CALL PAULA @ 330-799-5983 for ALL REQUESTS. Just deposit your money in the collection basket.
BLESSINGS OF HOUSES:
Father Michael will be blessings homes the week after Theophany (January 7-12). 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.
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of December 28-January 3, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Robbie from Rose Bonamase. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.
HAPPY NEW YEAR:
Father Michael, Maryna, Andriy, Emma and Veronica wish all parishioners, families and friends Happy New Year. May God bless all with a healthy, happy and prosperous 2026.
2:13 The Holy Family Flees to Egypt
Babylon and Egypt.
Chrysostom: But why was the Christ child sent into Egypt? The text makes this clear: he was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt have I called my son.”‘ From that point onward we see that the hope of salvation would be proclaimed to the whole world. Babylon and Egypt represent the whole world. Even when they were engulfed in ungodliness. God signified that he intended to correct and amend both Babylon and Egypt. God wanted humanity to expect his bounteous gifts [he world over. So, he called from Babylon the wise men and sent to Egypt the holy family. Besides what I have said, there is another lesson also to be learned, which tends powerfully toward true self-constraint in us. We are warned from the beginning to look out for temptations and plots. And we see this even when he came in swaddling clothes. Thus, you see even at his birth a tyrant raging, a flight ensuing and a departure beyond the border. For it was because of no crime that his family was exiled into the land of Egypt.
Similarly, you yourself need not be troubled if you are suffering countless dangers. Do not expect to be celebrated or crowned promptly for your troubles. Instead, you may keep in mind the long-suffering example of the mother of the Child, bearing all things nobly, knowing that such a fugitive life is consistent with the ordering of spiritual things. You are sharing the kind of labor Mary herself shared. So did the magi. They both were willing to retire secretly in the humiliating role of fugitive. the gospel of Matthew, homily 8.2
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