LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 25: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

            Living & Deceased Members

            Of the Sacred Heart Society

Sun: 26: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            Sunday of the Paralytic Man

            For the parishioners

Mon. 27: NO LITURGY

Tues. 28: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Special Intentions

Wed. 29: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Special Intentions

Thurs. 30: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Special Intentions

Fri. 1: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Special Intentions

Sat: 2: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

            For the parishioners

Sun: 3: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            Sunday of the Paralytic Man

            For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 04/19/2026

$           1104.00   Sunday Offering

$             150.00   Easter

$             104.00   Candles

$               20.00   Seminary

$               65.00   Garage Rent

$           1434.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 18

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 total available is $344,607.80 for the hall renovation campaign. Thank you for your continued generosity and support to our church.

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.

CONDOLENCES:

Our former beloved parishioner, Dolores Schurko, passed away on April 19^th. Her services were this weekend. Our deepest sympathy and prayers to Dolores’s family and friends. Blessed repose to his servant +Dolores.

BREAKFAST BRUNCH:

Thank you to all parishioners who attended and donated baskets to last week’s church brunch. Also, a great job from the Byzantine Social Club for hosting and organizing the event. It was a wonderful afternoon. Please watch the bulletin for upcoming information on our picnic in May. We really hope all can attend!!!

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club of Infant Jesus invites ALL parishioners to join. Dues is $10/person. The social club meets on the last Wednesday of every month (attendance is optionally) for socialization and plan events like picnics, etc. It is a wonderful way to meet all parishioners of both churches.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of April 26-May 2, 2026, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Virginia & +Donald Graneto from the Graneto Family. The right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Dolly Vrabel from the Graneto & Vrabel Families.

CHRIST IS RISEN!

INDEED HE IS RISEN!

CHRSITOS VOSKRESE!

VOISTINU VOSKRESE!

5:10 Unlawful to Carry a Burden on the Sabbath

SABBATH LAWS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: Jesus does not pray to relieve the patient’s sickness in case he [Jesus] should seem to be like one of the holy prophets. Rather, as the Lord of powers, he commands with authority that it be so. He tells him to go home rejoicing, to take his bed on his shoulders, to be a memento to those who would see the might of the one who had healed him. And so the man does as he is asked and by obedience and faith gains the threefold longed for grace,… Christ heals the man on the sabbath, and when healed immediately enjoins him to break through the custom of the law. He induces him to walk on the sabbath, and this while carrying his bed, although God clearly cries aloud by one of the holy prophets, “Neither carry a burden out of your house on the sabbath day.” And no one, I suppose, who is sober-minded would say the man was then a despiser or unruly in the face of the divine commands. They would instead see that, as in a type, Christ was making known to the Jews that they should be healed by obedience and faith in the last times of the world (for this is what I think “the sabbath” signifies, being the last day of the week). But once they have received healing through faith and are remodeled into a new life, it was necessary that the old letter of the law should become of no effect and that the typical worship in shadows and empty Jewish customs should be rejected. COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 2.5.

       LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 18: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

            For the parishioners

Sun: 19: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            Sunday of the Ointment-

            Bearers

            For the parishioners

Mon. 20: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Special Intentions

Tues. 21: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Special Intentions

Wed. 22: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 23: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            George Great-Martyr

            For the parishioners

Fri. 24: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Special Intentions

Sat: 25: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

            Living & Deceased Members

            Of the Sacred Heart Society

Sun: 26: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            Sunday of the Paralytic Man

            For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 04/05/2026

$             551.00   Sunday Offering

$               40.00   Holy Day

$             110.00   Seminary

$             168.00   Candles

$               70.00   Garage Rental

$               25.00   Maintenance Fund

$             420.00   Easter

$           1384.00   TOTAL

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.

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.

BREAKFAST BRUNCH:

REMINDER:

This Sunday is the parish brunch that will be held @ Byzantine Center at the Grove, on Shady Run Road for those who signed up. Doors open at 12:30 pm, brunch served @ 1:00 pm.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club of Infant Jesus invites ALL parishioners to join. Dues is $10/person. The social club meets on the last Wednesday of every month (attendance is optionally) for socialization and plan events like picnics, etc. It is a wonderful way to meet all parishioners of both churches.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of April 19-25, 2026, there are no request for the sanctuary candles

CHRIST IS RISEN!

INDEED HE IS RISEN!

CHRSITOS VOSKRESE!

VOISTINU VOSKRESE!

16:2b They Went to the Tomb

The sequence of burial events.

Bede: As to its being said in the gospel reading that holy women came to see the sepulcher “on the evening which was growing on toward the dawn of Sunday,” we should understand this thus: they started to come during the evening, but reached the sepulcher as the morning of Sunday was dawning; that is, they prepared the spices with which they wanted to anoint our Lord’s body on [Satur­day] evening, but brought the spices that they had prepared in the evening to the sep­ulcher in the morning. Matthew, for the sake of brevity, wrote this more obscurely; but the other evangelists show more dis­tinctly the order in which it was done. After our Lord had been buried on Friday, the women went away from the tomb and pre­pared spices and ointments for as long as it was permitted them to work. They then re­frained from activity on the sabbath, in ac­cord with they commandment, as Luke clearly reports. When the sabbath was over, as evening was coming on, the time for working had returned. Being resolute in their devotion, they bought the spices that they had not prepared [earlier] (as Mark re­cords it) so that they might come and anoint him. Homilies on the gospels 2.7.

     LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 11: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

            Bright Saturday

            For the parishioners

Sun: 12: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            Thomas Sunday

            Special Intention

Mon. 13: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            SPECIAL INTENTION

Tues. 14: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            SPECIAL INTENTION

Wed. 15: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 16: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

             SPECIAL INTENTION

Fri. 17: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            SPECIAL INTENTION

Sat: 18: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

            For the parishioners

Sun: 19: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            Sunday of the Ointment-

            Bearers

            Special Intention

Collection Report

Week of 04/05/2026

$             1725.00   Sunday Offering

$                 70.00   Holy Day

$               300.00   Candles

$             2770.00   Easter

$                 10.00   Seminary

$                 20.00   Eastern Europe

$                 20.00   Maintenance Fund

$                 25.00   Easter Flowers

$             4940.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Easter:  96

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.

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.

BREAKFAST BRUNCH:

This is the LAST weekend (April 11th-12^th) to sign-up and pay for the parish brunch that will be held on Sunday, April 19^th @ Byzantine Center at the Grove, on Shady Run Road. Doors open at 12:30 pm, brunch served @ 1:00 pm. Cost is $ 22/person, $7.50 for children 12 and under. We hope to see you there!

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club of Infant Jesus invites ALL parishioners to join. Dues is $10/person. The social club meets on the last Wednesday of every month (attendance is optionally) for socialization and plan events like picnics, etc. It is a wonderful way to meet all parishioners of both churches.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of April 12-18, 2026, there are no request for the sanctuary candles

THANK YOU:

Thank you to all parishioners, families and visitors for their generous donations this Easter. May God bless all of you for your continued generosity to our parish!

CHRIST IS RISEN!

INDEED HE IS RISEN!

CHRSITOS VOSKRESE!

VOISTINU VOSKRESE!

THE GRADUAL MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT.

Gregory of Nazianzus: [Christ’s disciples] were able to receive [the Spirit] on three occasions: before he was glorified by the passion, after he was glorified by the resurrection and after his ascension…. Now the first of these manifests him—the healing of the sick and casting out of evil spirits and so does that breathing on them after the resurrection, which was clearly a divine inspiration. And so too the present distribution of the fiery tongues. But the first manifested him indistinctly, the second more expressly, this present one more perfectly, since he is no longer present only in energy but… substantially, associating with us and dwelling in us. On Pentecost, Oration 41.11. Twofold giving of the spirit. Augustine: But the reason why, after his resurrection, he both gave the Holy Spirit, first on earth, and afterward sent him from heaven,” is in my judgment this: that “love is shed abroad in our hearts,” by that gift itself, whereby we love God and our neighbors, according to those two commandments, “on which hang all the law and the prophets.” And Jesus Christ signified this by giving them the Holy Spirit once on earth because of the love of our neighbor and a second rime from heaven because of the love of God, And if some other reason may perhaps be given for this double gift of the Holy Spirit, at any rate we ought not to doubt that the same Holy Spirit was given when Jesus breathed on them, of whom he says, “Go, baptize all nations in the name of the Father, and of – the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” where this Trinity is especially commended to us. It is therefore he who was also given from heaven on the day of Pentecost, that is, ten days after the Lord ascended into heaven. On the Trinity

       LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 4: 2:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

            Holy Saturday

            Blessing of baskets to follow

Sun: 5: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

           Resurrection of Our Lord-

           Pascha

           +Edward & +Dolly Vrabel

           From the Graneto & Vrabel

           Families

           Blessing of baskets to follow

Mon. 6: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Bright Monday

            For the parishioners

Tues. 7: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Bright Tuesday

            For the parishioners

Wed. 8: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 9: NO LITURGY    

Fri. 10: NO LITURGY

Sat: 11: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

            Bright Saturday

            For the parishioners

Sun: 12: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            Thomas Sunday

            For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 03/29/2026

$             647.00   Sunday Offering

$               10.00   Holy Day

$             151.00   Candles

$               35.00   Easter

$               80.00   Easter Flowers

$             923.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 24

Sunday: 28

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.

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.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club of Infant Jesus invites ALL parishioners to join. Dues is $10/person. The social club meets on the last Wednesday of every month (attendance is optionally) for socialization and plan events like picnics, etc. It is a wonderful way to meet all parishioners of both churches.

BREAKFAST BRUNCH:

All parishioners are invited to our breakfast brunch on Sunday, April 19^th @ Byzantine Center at the Grove, on Shady Run Road. Doors open at 12:30 and brunch will be served at 1:00 pm. Cost is $22/person, children 12 and under-$7.50. Menu includes Chicken Francese, penne pasta with red sauce, tossed salad, scrambled eggs, sausage links, breakfast potatoes, French toast, and assorted muffins, breakfast pastries & breads. Beverages include assorted juices, coffee, hot tea and ice water. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table. Reservations and money are to be in by THIS SUNDAY April 5^th. Make checks out to the Byzantine Social Club and return in the weekend collection basket.  There will be a 50/50 and basket raffle. We hope you all can come!

HAPPY EASTER:

Father Michael, Maryna, Andriy, Emma & Veronica wish all parishioners, families and quests a very blessed Easter.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of April 5-11, 2026, the sanctuary candle is in memory of +Mike Kohl from his sister Rose. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

PASCHA

Glorious is our Paschal Festival and truly splendid this great assembly of the Christian people. And within this holy mystery are contained things both old and new. The celebration of this week, or rather its joyfulness, is shared by such a multitude, that not alone does man rejoice on earth, but even the powers of heaven are united with us in joyful celebration of Christ’s Resurrection. For now the angels, and the hosts of the archangels, also keep holiday this day. And stand waiting for the triumphant return from this earth of Christ Our Lord, Who is King of heaven. And the multitude of the blessed likewise rejoice, proclaiming the Christ Who was begotten before the daystar rose (Ps. 109:3). The earth rejoices, now washed by divine blood. The sea rejoices, honored as it was by His feet upon its waters. And ever more let each soul rejoice, who is born again of water and the Holy Spirit; and at last set free from the ancient curse!

With such great joy does Christ fill our hearts this day by His Resurrection, not alone because He gives us the gladness of this day, but because He has also given us salvation through His Passion, immortality through His Death, healing for our wounds and resurrection from our fall!                                                         

St. Proclus of Constantinople “On the Holy Pasch”

CHRIST IS RISEN!

INDEED HE IS RISEN!

CHRSITOS VOSKRESE!

VOISTINU VOSKRESE!

       LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 28: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             Saturday of Lazarus

             For the parishioners            

Sun: 29: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            Palm Sunday

            +Charlotte Baiocco from her

            Sister Rose Bonamase

Mon. 30: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Bright Monday

            Lenten Hours

Tues. 31: 6:00 pm @ St. Michael

            Holy Tuesday

            Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

            Confessions to follow

Wed. 1: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Holy Wednesday

            Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

 Thurs. 2: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Holy Thursday

            Divine Liturgy of St. Basil

Fri. 3: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Good Friday

Sat: 4: 2:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

            Holy Saturday – Mattins

            Blessing of baskets to follow

Sun: 29: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

           Resurrection of Our Lord-

           Pascha

           +Edward & +Dolly Vrabel

           From the Graneto & Vrabel

           Families

           Blessing of baskets to follow

Collection Report

Week of 03/22/2026

$             652.00   Sunday Offering

$               45.00   Holy Day

$               21.00   Easter Candles

$               90.00   Easter Flowers

$             160.00   Candles

$             299.00   Maintenance Fund

$               10.00   Eastern Europe

$           1277.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 28

Sunday: 24

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 $343,102.92 for the Capital campaign. Thank you for your continued generosity and support to our church.

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.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club of Infant Jesus invites ALL parishioners to join. Dues is $10/person. The social club meets on the last Wednesday of every month (attendance is optionally) for socialization and plan events like picnics, etc. It is a wonderful way to meet all parishioners of both churches.

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE:

Holy Monday–9:00 am Lenten Service

Holy Tuesday– 6:00 pm @ St. Michael

Pre-Sanctified Liturgy followed by confessions

Holy Wednesday-6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus. Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

Holy Thursday–6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus Liturgy of St. Basil

Good Friday– 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

                         6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Holy Saturday: 2:00 pm @St. Nicks

                         4:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Blessing of Baskets to follow

Easter Sunday: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas Blessings of Baskets to follow

BREAKFAST BRUNCH:

All parishioners are invited to our breakfast brunch on Sunday, April 19^th @ Byzantine Center at the Grove, on Shady Run Road. Doors open at 12:30 and brunch will be served at 1:00 pm. Cost is $22/person, children 12 and under-$7.50. Menu includes Chicken Francese, penne pasta with red sauce, tossed salad, scrambled eggs, sausage links, breakfast potatoes, French toast, and assorted muffins, breakfast pastries & breads. Beverages include assorted juices, coffee, hot tea and ice water. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table. Reservations and money are to be in by April 5^th. Make checks out to the Byzantine Social Club and return in the weekend collection basket.  There will be a 50/50 and basket raffle. We hope you all can come!

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of March 29-Apeil 4, 2026, there is no request for the sanctuary candles.

PALM SUNDAY:

By St. Andrew of Crete

Let us go together to meet Christ on the Mount of Olives. Today he returns from Bethany and proceeds of his own free will toward his holy and blessed passion, to consummate the mystery of our salvation. He who came down from heaven to raise us from the depths of sin, to raise us with himself, we are told in Scripture, above every sovereignty, authority and power, and every other name that can be named, now comes of his own free will to make his journey to Jerusalem. He comes without pomp or ostentation. As the psalmist says: He will not dispute or raise his voice to make it heard in the streets. He will be meek and humble, and he will make his entry in simplicity. Let us run to accompany him as he hastens toward his passion, and imitate those who met him then, not by covering his path with garments, olive branches or palms, but by doing all we can to prostrate ourselves before him by being humble and by trying to live as he would wish.

       LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 21: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             Akathistos Saturday

             For the parishioners            

Sun: 22: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            5^th Sunday of the Great Fast

            Mary of Egypt Venerable

            Living & Deceased Members

            Of Sacred Heart Society

Mon. 23: NO LITURGY

Tues. 24: NO LITURGY

Wed. 25: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

         Annunciation of the Theotokos

             For the parishioners

Thurs. 26: NO LITURGY

Fri. 27: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

            Lenten Education Classes

Sat: 28: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             Saturday of Lazarus

             For the parishioners            

Sun: 29: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            Palm Sunday

            +Charlotte Baiocco from her

            Sister Rose Bonamase

Collection Report

Week of 03/15/2026

$             989.00   Sunday Offering

$               30.00   Easter Candles

$             116.00   Easter Flowers

$             116.00   Candles

$               10.00   Maintenance Fund

$               56.00   Garage Rental

$           1317.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 21

Sunday: 26

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 $343,102.92 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.

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.

SPAGHETTI DINNER:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, Campbell, is having a Palm Sunday delicious Spaghetti Dinner, March 29^th from Noon-2:00 pm in their hall, 405 Robinson Rd. Campbell. $12/adult, $6.00/kids. Eat-in or take-out. Walk-ins welcome.

FOOD SALE: LAST CALL

We are selling homemade, frozen pirohy (cheese/potato, sweet cabbage and lekvar) for Lent. Cost is $8.00/dozen. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table and pick up will be the week of your order.

Also, we will be baking kolachi (nut or apricot) and Paska (Easter) bread with and without raisins for Easter. The kolachi is $15 and Paska $10. Pick-up for the kolachi and Paska will be Holy week. Please see the sign-up sheet also located on the table in the vestibule.

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE:

Holy Monday–9:00 am Lenten Service

Holy Tuesday– 6:00 pm @ St. Michael

Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

Holy Wednesday-6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus. Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

Holy Thursday–6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Good Friday– 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

                         6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Holy Saturday: 2:00 pm @St. Nicks

                         4:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Blessing of Baskets to follow

Easter Sunday: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas Blessings of Baskets to follow

BREAKFAST BRUNCH:

All parishioners are invited to our breakfast brunch on Sunday, April 19^th @ Byzantine Center at the Grove, on Shady Run Road. Doors open at 12:30 and brunch will be served at 1:00 pm. Cost is $22/person, children 12 and under-$7.50. Menu includes Chicken Francese, penne pasta with red sauce, tossed salad, scrambled eggs, sausage links, breakfast potatoes, French toast, and assorted muffins, breakfast pastries & breads. Beverages include assorted juices, coffee, hot tea and ice water. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table. Reservations and money are to be in by April 5^th. Make checks out to the Byzantine Social Club and return in the weekend collection basket.  There will be a 50/50 and basket raffle. We hope you all can come!

LENTEN EDUCATION CLASSES:

This coming week, Lenten Education Classes will be held on Friday evening after Pre-Sanctified Liturgy instead of Wednesday due to the Byzantine Social Club meeting.  This Wednesday is a Divine Liturgy for Annunciation of the Holy Theotokos.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of March 22-28, 2026, there is no request for the sanctuary candles.

FIFTH SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT

“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life.” Mark 10:45 Verses 17 and 32 sound the note of Jesus being “on the way”— on the way to Jerusalem, on the way of the cross, with his disciples following along behind. While on the way, Jesus again speaksof his coming passion and death (verses 32-34). This is the third explicit prediction of his suffering and resurrection we find in the gospels. How many additional times he tried to convey the same message to his followers we do not know: in biblical symbolism, three is often a sign of emphasis rather than simply the number between two and four.

We should understand the incident of the rich man in light of verses 33 and 34 and what they imply about discipleship. Jesus invites the man to give his wealth to the poor and “then come, follow me” (verse 21). If the way of Jesus is the way of the cross, then anyone who would come after Jesus must also follow the way of self-sacrificing love. The disciples protest against the difficulty of this way (verses 24,26), for it is as narrow as the eye of a needle (verse 25). Only the grace of God can pull our camel-sized selves through the needle and into his kingdom (verse 27).

The disciples again demonstrate their need for God’s grace by wanting power and glory for themselves (verse 37). Jesus must again instruct them in the way they are to think and behave (verses 42-44) – which is the way he served his Father, by giving up his life as a ransom for many (verse 45).

* For reflection: What has Jesus asked me to give up in order that I may be free to follow him? What has he asked me to do for others in imitation of his laying down his life for them?

* Prayer starter: Lord Jesus, you have asked me to be perfect as your Father is perfect. Give me the grace to do what it is impossible for me to do on my own.

       LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 14: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             4th All Soul Saturday

             For the parishioners            

Sun: 15: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            4^th Sunday of the Great Fast

            John Climacus Venerable

            +Dolly Vrabel from the

            Graneto & Vrabel Families

Mon. 16: NO LITURGY

Tues. 17: NO LITURGY

Wed. 18: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

            Lenten Education Classes

 Thurs. 19: NO LITURGY

Fri. 20: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

             Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

Sat: 21: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             Akathistos saturaday

             For the parishioners            

Sun: 22: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            5^th Sunday of the Great Fast

            Mary of Egypt Venerable

            Living & Deceased Members            Of Sacred Heart Society

Collection Report

Week of 03/08/2026

$             702.00   Sunday Offering

$                 6.00   Easter Candles

$               10.00   Easter Flowers

$               30.00   Eastern Europe

$               91.00   Candles

$                 5.00   Maintenance Fund

$               25.00   Garage Rental

$             869.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 18

Sunday: 19

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.

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.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS RAFFLE:

The Knights of Columbus are holding a cash bonanza. All proceeds benefit local charities. Tickets are $5.00. Please see Father Michael for tickets.

FOOD SALE:

We are selling homemade, frozen pirohy (cheese/potato, sweet cabbage and lekvar) for Lent. Cost is $8.00/dozen. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table and pick up will be the week of your order.

Also, we will be baking kolachi (nut or apricot) and Paska (Easter) bread with and without raisins for Easter. The kolachi is $15 and Paska $10. Pick-up for the kolachi and Paska will be Holy week. Please see the sign-up sheet also located on the table in the vestibule.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

ALL parishioners are welcomed to join the club. We meet once a month to socialize and plan events for the parish. Attendance is not required for every month. Dues is $10/person.

LENTEN EDUCATION CLASSES:

Lenten Education classes will be held on Wednesday during Lent after Pre-sanctified liturgies. Please join us to learn more about our Byzantine faith.

BREAKFAST BRUNCH:

All parishioners are invited to our breakfast brunch on Sunday, April 19^th @ Byzantine Center at the Grove, on Shady Run Road. Doors open at 12:30 and brunch will be served at 1:00 pm. Cost is $22/person, children 12 and under-$7.50. Menu includes Chicken Francese, penne pasta with red sauce, tossed salad, scrambled eggs, sausage links, breakfast potatoes, French toast,and assorted muffins, breakfast pastries & breads. Beverages include assorted juices, coffee, hot tea and ice water. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table. Reservations and money are to be in by April 5^th. Make checks out to the Byzantine Social Club and return in the weekend collection basket.  There will be a 50/50 and basket raffle. We hope you all can come!

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.

The week of March 15-21, there is no request for the sanctuary candles.

Mk 9:22 If You Can! All Things Are Possible to Him Who Believes

THE INFIRM FAITH OF THE BOY’S FATHER.

CHRYSOSTOM: The Scripture indicates that this man was extremely weak in faith, as is evident at four points: from Christ’s saying that “All things are possible to him that believes;” from the saying of the man himself as he approached, “Help me in my unbelief;” from Christ’s commanding the devil to “enter no more into him.;” and from the man’s saying again to Christ, “If you can.” THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW, HOMILY 57.3

       LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 7: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             3^rd All Soul Saturday

             +George & +Ann Migletz

             From Gerald & Paulette

             Migletz

Sun: 8: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            3rd Sunday of the Great Fast

            Veneration of the Cross

            +Paul Burgess from the

             Burgess Family

Mon. 9: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Lenten Services

Tues. 10: NO LITURGY

Wed. 11: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

            Lenten Education Classes

 Thurs. 12: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

              Canon of Andrew of Crete

Fri. 13: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

             Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

Sat: 14: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             4th All Soul Saturday

             For the parishioners            

Sun: 15: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            4^th Sunday of the Great Fast

            John Climacus Venerable

            +Dolly Vrabel from the

            Graneto & Vrabel Families

Collection Report

Week of 03/01/2026

$             849.00   Sunday Offering

$               10.00   Eastern Europe

$             108.00   Candles

$               90.00   Maintenance Fund

$                 3.00   Initial Offering

$           1060.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 22

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 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.

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 call Father Michael.

FOOD SALE:

We are selling homemade, frozen pirohy (cheese/potato, sweet cabbage and lekvar) for Lent. Cost is $8.00/dozen. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table and pick up will be the week of your order.

Also, we will be baking kolachi (nut or apricot) and Paska (Easter) bread with and without raisins for Easter. The kolachi is $15 and Paska $10. Pick-up for the kolachi and Paska will be Holy week. Please see the sign-up sheet also located on the table in the vestibule.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS RAFFLE:

The Knights of Columbus are holding a cash bonanza. All proceeds benefit local charities. Tickets are $5.00. Please see Father Michael for tickets.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

ALL parishioners are welcomed to join the club. We meet once a month to socialize and plan events for the parish. Attendance is not required for every month. Dues is $10/person.

LENTEN EDUCATION CLASSES:

Lenten Education classes will be held on Wednesday during Lent after Pre-sanctified liturgies. Please join us to learn more about our Byzantine faith.

SAVED THE DATE:

April 19^th will be the church’s brunch at Byzantine at the Grove. Please watch the bulletin for more information.

NEW BISHOP:

The Vatican announced this week the resignation of the Most Reverend Peter Rusnak as Bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Bratislava in Slovakia. Most Reverend Milan J. Lach, S.J. is appointed the Bishop of Bratislava.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.

The week of March 8-14, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Ann & +Steve Kohl from daughter Rose. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

THIRD SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT

“Never leave your house without making the sign of the cross. It will be to you a staff, a weapon, an impregnable fortress. Neither man nor demon will dare to attack you, seeing you covered with such powerful armor. Let this sign teach you that you are a soldier, ready to combat against the demons, and ready to fight for the crown of justice. Are you ignorant of what the cross has done? It has vanquished death, destroyed sin, emptied hell, dethroned Satan, and restored the universe. Would you then doubt its power?”

By St. John Chrysostom

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 28: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             2^nd All Soul Saturday

             For the parishioners

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

            2^nd Sunday of the Great fast

            +Anna & +Arthur Hughes

            From Burgess Family

Mon. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Lenten Services

Tues. 3: NO LITURGY

Wed. 4: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

            Lenten Education Classes

 Thurs. 5: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

              Lenten Services

Fri. 6: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

             Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

Sat: 7: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             3^rd All Soul Saturday

             +George & +Ann Migletz

             From Gerald & Paulette

             Migletz

Sun: 8: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            3rd Sunday of the Great Fast

            Veneration of the Cross

            +Paul Burgess from the

             Burgess Family

Collection Report

Week of 02/22/2026

$           1125.00   Sunday Offering

$               50.00   Renovation

$             236.00   Candles

$               45.00   Garage rental

$                 3.00   Initial Offering

$           1459.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 36

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 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.

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 call Father Michael.

FOOD SALE:

We are selling homemade, frozen pirohy (cheese/potato, sweet cabbage and lekvar) for Lent. Cost is $8.00/dozen. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table and pick up will be the week of your order.

Also, we will be baking kolachi (nut or apricot) and Paska (Easter) bread with and without raisins for Easter. The kolachi is $15 and Paska $10. Pick-up for the kolachi and Paska will be Holy week. Please see the sign-up sheet also located on the table in the vestibule.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS RAFFLE:

The Knights of Columbus are hosting a cash bonanza with $109,000 in prizes to support local charities. Tickets cost $5 each; contact Father Michael to purchase. Your participation makes a difference.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

ALL parishioners are welcomed to join the club. We meet once a month to socialize and plan events for the parish. Attendance is not required for every month. Dues is $10/person.

LENTEN EDUCATION CLASSES:

Lenten Education classes will be held on Wednesday during Lent after Pre-sanctified liturgies. Please join us to learn more about our Byzantine faith.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.

The week of March 1-7, the left and right sanctuary candles are in memory of +George & Ann Migletz from Gerald & Paulette Migletz.

JESUS HEALS A PARALYTIC

THEOPHYL. But though their thoughts were laid bare, still they remain insensible, refusing to believe that He who knew their hearts could forgive sins, wherefore the Lord proves to them the cure of the soul by that of the hotly, showing time invisible by the visible, that which is more difficult by that which is easier, although they did not look upon it as such. For the Pharisees thought it more difficult to heal the body, as being more open to view; but the soul more easy to cure, because the cure is invisible; so that they reasoned thus, Lo, He does not now cure the body, but heals the unseen soul; if He had had more power, lie would at once have cured the body, and not have fled for refuge to the unseen world. The Savior, therefore, showing that He can do both, says, which is the easier? as if He said, I indeed by the healing of time body, which is in reality more easy, but appears to you more difficult, will prove to you the health of the soul, which is really more difficult.

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 21: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             Commemoration of the

             Miracle of the Great-Martyr

             Theodore

             Living & Deceased

             Members of the Sacred

             Heart Society

Sun: 22: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

            1^st Sunday of the Great fast

           +Nicholas Hrycyk from the

           Burgess Family

Mon. 23: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

            Lenten Services

Tues. 24: NO LITURGY

Wed. 25: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

            Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

 Thurs. 26: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

              Lenten Services

Fri. 27: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

             Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

             Lenten Education Classes

Sat: 28: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

             2^nd All Soul Saturday

             For the parishioners

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

            2^nd Sunday of the Great fast

            +Anna & +Arthur Hughes

            From Burgess Family

Collection Report

Week of 02/15/2026

$           1287.00   Sunday Offering

$             179.00   Candles

$               88.00   Maintenance Fund

$               81.00   Grage Rental

$           1635.00   TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 28

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 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.

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 PARISH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

The end of year financial reports for the parish is available on the side table. Any questions, please ask Fr. Michael.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club will hold their NEXT meeting THIS Wednesday February 25^th FOLOWING PRE-SANCTIFIED LITURGY!

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!!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

On the First Sunday of the Great Lent, THIS SUNDAY, February 22^nd @ 4:00pm, our Deanery will have a common prayer of Lenten Vespers at Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Church.  You will have a chance to spend a prayerful night, receive a blessing and enrich your spiritual life this Lenten season. Priests from our Deanery will be available for confessions and a social with refreshments will follow the service. ALL parishioners are invited and encouraged to attend.

LENTEN EDUCATION CLASSES:

Lenten Education classes will be held on Wednesday during Lent after Pre-sanctified liturgies. Please join us to learn more about our Byzantine faith.

PLEASE NOTE: Lenten Education will be held on Friday, February 27^th only instead of Wednesday, February 25^th due to the social club meeting.

HRATOMY:

2^nd All-Souls Saturday is next week if anyone still would like to request Hramoty, please get your request in.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.

The week of February 22-28, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Robbie from Mom Rose. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

Great Things Come Out of Nazareth.

 Cyril of Alexandria: Nathanael readily agrees that he expects great things to appear out of Nazareth. It is, I suppose, perfectly clear that not only did he take Nazareth as a pledge of what he sought but, bringing together knowledge from Moses and the prophets as one fond of learning, he gained a pretty quick understanding. “Come and see,” [Philip] says. Sight will suffice for faith. All you need to do is talk with him, and you will be all the more ready to confess and say without hesitation that he is indeed the expected One. But we must also believe that there was a divine and ineffable grace flowing from the words of our Savior that proved alluring for the souls of his hearers…. For since his word is mighty in power, it is also efficacious to persuade. Commentary on the Gospel of John 2.1.