St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church

January 25, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 24: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Saturday after Theophany

For the parishioners

Sun: 25: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of the Publican &

Pharisee

NO LITURGY

Mon. 26: NO LITURGY

Tues. 27: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 28: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Thurs. 29: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 30: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Three Holy Hierarchs

For the parishioners

Sat: 31: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun: 1: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Special intentions of Lori

Graneto

Collection Report

Week of 01/18/2026

$ 467.00 Sunday Offering

$ 20.00 Holy Day

$ 20.00 Christmas

$ 20.00 Christmas Flowers

$ 200.00 Candles

$ 10.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 126.00 Garage Rental

$ 863.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 25

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, 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.

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.

END OF YEAR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS:

If any parishioner would like their end of the year contribution statement, please see the sign-up sheet on the front table in the vestibule. Your statement will be available to following week.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club will hold its first meeting of 2026 on Wednesday, January 28^th @ 6:00 pm in the church.

ALL parishioners are welcomed to join the club. We meet once a month to socialize and plan events for the parish. Dues is $10/person. We hope to see you on the 28^th!!

TEEN EVENT:

The office of Youth & Young Adults invites all 7^th grade through high school students to “Called to Love and to Dance-an evening of faith, fun and dancing while exploring the basics of Theology of the Body in an engaging, age-appropriate way for teens. The event will be held @ St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Church, 506 Saline Street in Pittsburgh from 5:00pm-7:30pm. Registration is $10 and includes pizza and activities. Register by February 3^rd @ www.archpitt.org

HRAMOTY:

1^st All-Soul Saturday is February 7^th, please submit your Hramoty requests as soon as possible.

ECF CLASSES:

Our ECF classes will resume for all school-age children on Sunday, February 1^st after 9:00 am liturgy at Infant Jesus.

FUNDRAISER:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church & their parish family in Campbell are holding a fundraiser on Sunday, February 15^th from 12:00-3:00 pm for their 3-year-old parishioner Carmela Circelli & her family. Carmela underwent surgery to repair a hole in her heart, and this fundraiser is to help defray medical expenses. Chicken parm. dinner is $15 or pasta /meatballs-$10-eat in or carry out. For dinner tickets please call Annette @ 330-540-4334 or at entry.

Night of races on Jan 31, 2026. Admission is $20 per person and includes food. Cost of raffle ticket is $2 and there also will be basket raffle and 50/50.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of January 25-31, the left sanctuary candle is for the health & well-being of Jill from her Mom Rose Bonamase. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

THE PUBLICAN AND THE PHARISEE

Spreading Arms to Heaven

To describe it with the boldest expression, prayer is a conversation with God. Even if we speak with a low voice, even if we whisper without opening the lips, even if we call to him only from the depths of the heart, our unspoken word always reaches God and God always hears. Sometimes, however, besides speaking, we lift our head and raise our arms to heaven. In this way we are underlining the desire that the spirit has for the spiritual world. We are striving with the word to raise the body above the earth. We are giving wings to the soul for it to reach the good things on high. By St. Clement of Alexandria Miscellaneous Studies, 7, 7, 39ff.

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January 18, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 17: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun: 18: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

32nd Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday of Zacchaeus

+Msgr. Alexis Mihalik from

Sacred Heart Society

Mon. 19: NO LITURGY

Tues. 20: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed.21: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Thurs. 22: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 23: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Sat: 24: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Saturday after Theophany

For the parishioners

Sun: 25: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of the Publican &

Pharisee

Special intentions of Lori

Graneto

Collection Report

Week of 01/11/2026

$ 982.00 Sunday Offering

$ 55.00 Holy Day

$ 148.00 Candles

$ 88.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 12.00 Initial Offering

$ 1285.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 26

Sunday: 20

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

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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

Liturgical requests for 2026 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.

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.

END OF YEAR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS:

If any parishioner would like their end of the year contribution statement, please see the sign-up sheet on the front table in the vestibule. Your statement will be available to following week.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club will hold its first meeting of 2026 on Wednesday, January 28^th @ 6:00 pm in the church.

ALL parishioners are welcomed to join the club. We meet once a month to socialize and plan events for the parish. Dues is $10/person. We hope to see you on the 28^th!!

TEEN EVENT:

FUNDRAISER:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church & their parish family in Campbell are holding a fundraiser on Sunday, February 15^th from 12:00-3:00 pm for their 3-year-old parishioner Carmela Circelli & her family. Carmela underwent surgery to repair a hole in her heart, and this fundraiser is to help defray medical expenses. Chicken parm. dinner is $15 or pasta /meatballs-$10-eat in or carry out. For dinner tickets please call Annette @ 330-540-4334 or at entry.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of January 18-24, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Michael Kohl from Rose Bonamase. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

19:2-4 Zacchaeus Seeks Jesus

Cyril of Alexandria: Zacchaeus was leader of the tax collectors, a man entirely abandoned to greed, whose only goal was the increase of his gains. This was the practice of the tax collectors, although Paul calls it idolatry, possibly as being suitable only for those who have no knowledge of God. Since they shamelessly, openly professed this vice, the Lord very justly joined them with the prostitutes, saying to the leaders of the Jews, “The prostitutes and the tax collectors go before you into the kingdom of God.” Zacchaeus did not continue to be among them, but he was counted worthy of mercy at Christ’s hands. He calls near those who are far away and gives light to those who are in darkness. commentary on Luke, homily 127.

January 11, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 10: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Saturday after Theophany

For the parishioners

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

Sunday after Theophany

Special Intentions from

Lori Graneto

Mon. 12: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Tues. 13: NO LITURGY

Wed. 14: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Thurs. 15: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 16: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Sat: 17: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

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

32^nd Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday of Zacchaeus

+Monsignor Alexis Mihalik

From Sacred Heart Society

Collection Report

Week of 01/03/2026

$ 487.00 Sunday Offering

$ 98.00 Holy Day

$ 45.00 Garage Rental

$ 118.00 Candles

$ 600.00 Christmas

$ 40.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 50.00 Catholic Charities

$ 40.00 Initial Offering

$ 1416.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 22

Sunday: 16

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

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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

Liturgical request for 2026 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.

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.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club of Infant Jesus of Prague will hold its first meeting of 2026 on Wednesday, January 28^th @ 6:00 pm in the church.

ALL parishioners are welcomed to join the club. We meet once a month to socialize and plan events for the parish. Dues is $10/person. We hope to see you on the 28^th!!

END OF YEAR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS:

If any parishioner would like their end of the year contribution statement, please see the sign-up sheet on the front table in the vestibule. Your statement will be available to following week.

HOLY WATER:

Father Michael will be blessing Holy Water THIS Saturday, January 10^th for Theophany. Holy water will be available in the church throughout the year. Please bring your containers.

RETREAT:

The Fifth Annual Men’s Retreat will be held on January 30-Febraury 1^st at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Parma. The Thirteenth Annual Women’s Retreat will be held on February 20-22nd at the Maria Stein Retreat Center in Marie Stein, Ohio. For more information, please see the cards on the vestibule table.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of January 11-17, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Lenny Kohl from Rose Bonamase. The right sanctuary candle is in memory of +George “Billy” Vrabel from Graneto & Vrabel families.

Theophany – The Holy Festival of the Lights

By St. Gregory Nazianzus

Christ is bathed in light; let us also be bathed in light. Christ is baptized; let us also go down with Him and rise with Him. John is baptizing when Jesus draws near. Perhaps He comes to sanctify His baptizer; certainly, He comes to bury sinful humanity in the waters. He comes to sanctify the Jordan for our sake and in readiness for us; He Who is spirit and flesh comes to begin a new creation through Spirit and water. The Baptist protests; Jesus insists. Then John says: “I ought to be baptized by You.” He is the lamp in the presence of the Sun, the voice in the presence of the woman in the presence of the Firstborn of all creation, the one who leapt in his mother’s womb in the presence of Him Who has already come and is to come again. “I ought to be baptized by You”; we should add: “and for You, ” for John is to be baptized in blood, washed clean like Peter, not only by the washing of his feet. Jesus rises from the waters; the world rises with Him. The heavens like Paradise with its flaming sword, closed by Adam for himself and his descendants, are rent open. The Spirit comes to Him as to an equal, bearing witness to His Godhead. A voice bears witness to Him from heaven, His place of origin.

January 4, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

Mon. 5: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Tues. 6: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Theophany of Our Lord

For the parishioners

Wed.7: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 8: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 9: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Sat: 10: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Saturday after Theophany

Blessing of the Water

For the parishioners

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

Sunday after Theophany

Special Intentions from

Lori Graneto

Collection Report

Week of 12/21/2025

$ 687.00 Sunday Offering

$ 20.00 Holy Day

$ 15.00 Christmas Flowers

$ 165.00 Candles

$ 2490.00 Christmas

$ 45.00 Garage Rental

$ 500.00 Capital Campaign

$ 8.00 Initial Offering

$ 4280.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 32

Sunday: 23

Christmas Eve: 84

Christmas: 23

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

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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

Liturgical request for 2026 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.

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.

BLESSING OF HOMES:

Father Michael will be blessing homes the week of 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.

END OF YEAR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS:

If any parishioner would like their end of the year contribution statement, please see the sign-up sheet on the front table in the vestibule. Your statement will be available to following week.

HOLY WATER:

Father Michael will be blessing Holy Water on Saturday, January 10^th for Theophany. Please bring your containers for Holy Water.

THANK YOU:

A sincere thank you to all parishioners, families, friends and visitors for their generous donation this Christmas. May God bless all of you for your continued generosity to our parish!

RETREAT:

CHRISTMAS DECORATION:

We will be taking down our Christmas decorations on Sunday, January 11^th following 11:00 am liturgy. Volunteers would be appreciated.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of January 4-10, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Mary Terlecky and the right sanctuary candle is in memory +Katherine Fuzer. Both candles are from Myron Terlecky.

TYPES OF BAPTISM.

GREGORY NAZIANZEN;

Let us here treat briefly of the different kinds of baptism. Moses baptized, but in water, in the cloud and in the sea; but this he did figuratively. John also baptized, not indeed in the rite of the Jews, not solely in water, but also for the remission of sins; yet not in an entirely spiritual manner, for he had not added: “in the spirit.” Jesus baptized, but in the Spirit; and this is perfection. There is also a fourth baptism, which is wrought by martyrdom and blood, in which Christ himself was also baptized, which is far more venerable than the others, in as much as it is not soiled by repeated contagion. There is yet a fifth, but more laborious, by tears; with which David each night bedewed his bed, washing his couch with tears, ORATION 39.

December 28, 2025

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:

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:

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

December 21, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 20: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Saturday before Christmas

For the parishioners

Sun: 21: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday before Christmas-of

The Ancestors

Happy 25^th Anniversary

Patrick & Davene Garvey

From Robert & Helen

Marie Vaclav

Mon. 22: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Tues. 23: NO LITURGY

Wed. 24: 2:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Christmas Eve

For the parishioners

Thurs. 25: 11:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Christmas-Birth of Our Lord

+Edward & +Dolly Vrabel

From the Graneto & Vrabel

Families

Fri. 26: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Synaxis of the Theotokos

For the parishioners

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

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 12/14/2025

$ 715.00 Sunday Offering

$ 50.00 Holy Day

$ 102.00 Christmas Flowers

$ 10.00 Children

$ 45.00 Christmas Candles

$ 500.00 Christmas

$ 25.00 Garage Rental

$ 69.00 Candles

$ 1516.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 20

Sunday: 9

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

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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

Liturgical request for 2026 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.

PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:

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.

CHRISTMAS PARSIH PARTY:

Thank you, the Byzantine Social Club and all parishioners who came out in our winter wonderland, for last week’s Christmas party. It was a wonderful time. Also, a very sincere gratitude to the parishioners who donated baskets for the Chinese Auction. We truly appreciate Melissa Boughner for all her work in putting the auction together-she did an amazing job. Please watch the bulletin in January for announcements from the social club.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY:

Congratulations and Happy 25^th Anniversary to Patrick & Davene Garvey. May God bless them with health, happiness and many blessed years!

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of December 21-27, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Steve Kohl from Rose Bonamase. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

We wish all parishioners, families and friends a very Merry Christmas!

CHRIST IS BORN!

GLORIFY HIM!

Sunday Before the Nativity of Our Lord

By St. Cyril of Jerusalem

We do not preach only one coming of Christ, but a second as well, much more glorious than the first. The first coming was marked by patience; the second will bring the crown of a divine kingdom.

In general, whatever relates to our Lord Jesus Christ has two aspects. There is a birth from God before the ages, and a birth from a virgin at the fullness of time. There is a hidden coming, like that of rain on fleece, and a coming before all eyes, still in the future.

At the first coming He was wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger. At His second coming He will be clothed in light as in a garment. In the first coming He endured the cross, despising the shame; in the second coming He will be in glory, escorted by an army of angels.

We look then beyond the first coming and await the second. At the first coming we said: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. At the second we shall say it again; we shall go out with the angels to meet the Lord and cry out in adoration: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.

December 14, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 13: 11:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Funeral Liturgy for Msgr

Alexis Mihalik

4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Paula Angelo from Tyler

& Arica Hardgrove

Sun: 14: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of Our Forefathers

+Josephine Turjanica from

Joseph Turjanica

Mon. 15:9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Tues. 16: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 17: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Thurs. 18: NO LITURGY

Fri. 19: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Sat: 20: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Sunday before Christmas

For the parishioners

Sun: 21: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday before Christmas-of

The Ancestors

Happy 25^th Anniversary

Patrick & Davene Garvey

From Robert & Helen Marie Vaclav

Collection Report

Week of 12/07/2025

$ 1037.00 Sunday Offering

$ 95.00 Holy Day

$ 300.00 Christmas Flowers

$ 54.00 Christmas Candles

$ 133.00 Candles

$ 40.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 10.00 Archdiocesan Charities

$ 14.00 BCW

$ 1683.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 23

Sunday: 14

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $118,778.10 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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

Liturgical request 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.

CHRISTMAS PARSIH PARTY:

Reminder, the Christmas Parish Christmas Party is THIS Sunday, December 14^th at 12:30 at Byzantine at the Grove for all those who signed up. Payment can be put in this week’s collection or bring to the party. Please make checks out to the Byzantine Social Club.

DECORATING THE CHURCH:

Thank you to all parishioners who came on Friday to decorate the church. The church looks beautiful. May God bless all of you for your continued support of our parish –it is greatly appreciated.

CHRISTMAS LITURGY SCHEDULE:

Christmas Eve: 2:00 pm @ St. Nick

4:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Christmas Day: 9:00 am @ Infant

11:00 am @ St. Nick’s

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of December 14-20, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Ann Kohl from Rose Bonamase. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

Last week, December 7-13, the left sanctuary candle was in memory of +Charlotte Baicco from Rose Bonamase.

THE HEAVENLY FOOD OF JESUS’WORD. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: The holy agape is the sublime and saving creation of the Lord…. An agape is in reality heavenly food, a banquet of the Word. The agape, or love, “bears all things, endures all things, hopes all things. Love never fails. “Blessed is he who eats bread in the kingdom of God.” The most unlikely of all downfalls is charity that does not fail” to be thrown down from heaven to earth among all these dainty seasonings. Do you still imagine that I refer to a meal that will be destroyed? “If I distribute my goods to the poor and do not have love,” Scripture says, “I am nothing.” The whole law and the word depend on this love. If you love the Lord your God and your neighbor,’ there will be a heavenly feast in heaven. The earthly feast, as we have proved from Scripture, is called a supper. It is permeated with love yet is not identified with it but is an expression of mutual and generous good will.

December 7, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

Nicholas of Myra

Archbishop

+Joseph Blasko from family

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

26th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Mon. 8: 6:00 pm @Infant Jesus

Maternity of Holy Anna

For the parishioners

Tues. 9: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 10: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 11: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 12: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Sat: 13: 11:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Funeral Liturgy for Msgr

Alexis Mihalik

4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Paula Angelo from Tyler

& Arica Hardgrove

Sun: 14: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of Our Forefathers

+Josephine Turjanica from

Joseph Turjanica

Collection Report

Week of 11/30/2025

$ 1112.00 Sunday Offering

$ 135.00 Holy Day

$ 243.00 Candles

$ 3.00 Christmas Candles

$ 12.00 BCW

$ 65.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 110.00 Christmas

$ 1680.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 22

Sunday: 21

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $118,778.10 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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

Liturgical request 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. Please see Fr. Michael for further information.

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.

CHRISTMAS PARSIH PARTY:

Reminder, the Christmas Parish Christmas Party is NEXT Sunday, December 14^th at 12:30 at Byzantine at the Grove for all those who signed up. Payment can be put in this week’s collection or bring to the party. Please make checks out to the Byzantine Social Club.

HALUSHKI SALE:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church in Campbell is a drive through Halushki sale on Friday, December 12. A quart of Halushki is $10.00 and can be picked up between 2-6 pm at the church social hall. Pre-order by calling Regina @ 330-720-2100.

DECORATING THE CHURCH:

We will be decorating the church for Christmas NEXT Friday, December 12^th @ 4:30 pm. We appreciate all volunteers to help prepare the church for the Nativity of Our Lord.

CHRISTMAS LITURGY SCHEDULE:

Christmas Eve: 2:00 pm @ St. Nick

4:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Christmas Day: 9:00 am @ Infant

11:00 am @ St. Nick’s

CONDOLENCES:

This past week, Msgr. Alexis Mihalik passed away. His services will be on Saturday, December 13^th at Infant Jesus of Prague. Calling hours are 9:00 am-11:00 am followed by liturgy at 11:00 am. Our deepest sympathy and prayers to his sister Rosalie Krivan and his family and friends. Blessed repose to his servant Msgr. Alexis.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of December 7-13, 2025, there are no request for the sanctuary candles.

THE THANKFULNESS OF THE SAMARITAN.

CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: Falling into a thankless forgetfulness, the nine lepers that were Jews did not return to give glory to God. By this, he shows that Israel was hard of heart and utterly unthankful. The stranger, a Samaritan, was of foreign race brought from Assyria. The phrase “in the middle of Samaria and Galilee” has meaning. “He returned with a loud voice to glorify God.” It shows that the Samaritans were grateful but that the Jews, even when they benefited, were ungrateful. COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILIES 113-16.

November 30, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 29: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Dolly Vrabel from Tony &

Theresa Swindler

Sun: 30: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

25th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Mon. Dec. 1: 9:00 am @Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Tues. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 3: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 4: 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus

For the Increase in

Religious Vocations from

The Sacred Heart Society

Fri. 5: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Vigil for St. Nicholas

For Parishioners

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

Nicholas of Myra

Archbishop

+Joseph Blasko from family

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

26th Sunday after Pentecost For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 11/23/2025

$ 1012.00 Sunday Offering

$ 243.00 Holy Day

$ 252.00 Candle

$ 5.00 Christmas Candle

$ 5.00 Children

$ 50.00 Renovation

$ 45.00 Garage rental

$ 40.00 Christmas

$ 1652.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 22

Sunday: 24

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total collected is $118,778.10 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:

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.

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.

CHRISTMAS PARSIH PARTY:

All parishioners are invited to our parish Christmas party on December 14^th @ 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. If still interested, please see father Michael.

HALUSHKI SALE:

CHRISTMAS LITURGY SCHEDULE:

Christmas Eve: 2:00 pm @ St. Nick

4:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Christmas Day: 9:00 am @ Infant

11:00 am @ St. Nick’s

DECORATING THE CHURCH:

We will be decorating the church for Christmas on Friday, December 12^th @ 4:30 pm. We appreciate all volunteers to help prepare the church for the Nativity of Our Lord.

SACRED HEART SOCIETY:

At the end of 2025, Helen Vaclav and May Jane Backus will step down from their roles as president and secretary-treasurer. We are searching for driven individuals who would like to assume leadership of the Sacred Heart Society and cultivate a close relationship with God via prayer and devotion to the Virgin Mary and Jesus. We thank Helen, Mary Jane and Mary Perry for 20 years (now retired 3 years) for their tireless efforts over the past 2 decades and we pray that God will continue to bless them with many more years.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of November 30- December 6, 2025, there are no request for the sanctuary candles.

JESUS OVERCOMES DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: The incarnation of the Word and his assumption of human nature took place for the overthrow of death, destruction and the envy harbored against us by the wicked Serpent, who was the first cause of evil. This plainly is proved to us by facts themselves. He set free the daughter of Abraham from her protracted sickness, calling out and saying, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.” A speech most worthy of God, and full of supernatural power! With the royal inclination of his will, he drives away the disease. He also lays his hands upon her. It says that she immediately was made straight. It is now also possible to see that his holy flesh bore in it the power and activity of God. It was his own flesh, and not that of some other Son beside him, distinct and separate from him, as some most impiously imagine. COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 96.

November 23,2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 22: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Joseph Blasko from Carole

Pezzuto

Sun: 23: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

24th Sunday after Pentecost

+John & +Anna Biros from

John Biros

Mon. 24: 9:00 am @Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Tues. 25: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 26: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 27: 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Thanksgiving

For the parishioners

Fri. 28: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Sat: 29: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Dolly Vrabel from Tony &

Theresa Swindler

Sun: 30: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

25th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

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

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:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

Liturgical request for 2025-26 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.

PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:

CHRISTMAS PARSIH PARTY:

celebrate the Christmas season.

STUFFED CABBAGE DINNER:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church will host a Stuffed Cabbage Dinner THIS SUNDAY, November 23, 2025, from noon-2:00 pm, dine in or take out. This $15 dinner includes 2 stuffed cabbage, real mashed potatoes, a vegetable, bread/butter and dessert. Drinks will be available for eat in only. Child’s portion (children 12 and under) includes 1 stuffed cabbage. Pre-orders are available by calling Regina @ 330-720-2100.

CHRISTMAS LITURGY SCHEDULE:

Christmas Eve: 2:00 pm @ St. Nick

4:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Christmas Day: 9:00 am @ Infant

11:00 am @ St. Nick’s

SACRED HEART SOCIETY:

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of November 23-29, 2025, the left and right sanctuary candles are in memory of +John & +Anna Biros from son John Biros.

We wish all parishioners and families a Happy & Blessed Thanksgiving!

12:16-20 The Parable of the Rich Fool

SURROUNDED BY WEALTH, BLIND TO CHARITY. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: What does the rich man do, surrounded by a great supply of many blessings beyond all numbering? In distress and anxiety, he speaks the words of poverty. He says, “What should I do?”… He does not look to the future. He does not raise his eyes to God. He does not count it worth his while to gain for the mind those treasures that are above in heaven. He does not cherish love for the poor or desire the esteem it gains. He does not sympathize with suffering. It gives him no pain nor awakens his pity. Still more irrational, he settles for himself the length of his life, as if he would also reap this from the ground. He says, “I will say to myself, ‘Self, you have goods laid up for many years. Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.'” “O rich man,” one may say, ‘You have storehouses for your fruits, but where will you receive your many years? By the decree of God, your life is shortened.'”

“God,” it tells us, “said to him, ‘You fool, this night they will require of you your soul. Whose will these things be that you have prepared?'” COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 89,