St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church

June 28, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 27: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun: 28: 11:00 AM @ St. Nicholas

5^th Sunday after Pentecost

Special Intention

Mon. 29: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Peter & Paul Prime Apostles

Holy Day of Obligation

For the parishioners

Tues. 30: 12:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Funeral for Clara Hritz

Wed. 1: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

Fri. 3:10:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Divine Liturgy for 250 years

Of the USA

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

Deceased members of the

George Stanislaw Family-

+George, +Mary, +Raymond,

+George & +Deloris from the

Kenneth Stanislaw Family

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

6^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 06/21/2026

$ 1460.00 Sunday Offering

$ 40.00 Holy Day

$ 188.00 Candles

$ 65.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 1753.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 24

Sunday: 21

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

Michael Volsko- Briarfield Manor, Kevin Ulrich- Ivywoods Manor, 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 with added interest is $346,116.37 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.

CONDOLENCES:

On June 26, 2026, Minerva Ellen Zapeda, mother of Garry Glaspell passed away. Our deepest sympathy to her family and friends. Blessed repose to his servant Minerva.

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.

PICNIC:

Please mark your calendars for the–CHURCH PICNIC on SUNDAY, JULY 19^{th at} 3:00 pm in the church pavilion. Hot dogs, hamburgers, condiments and beverages will be provided. We ask that everyone please their favorite side dish or dessert. We are planning a corn hole tournament and kids activities. More information will be forthcoming on activities. There is a sign-up sheet in the vestibule. We hope to see you all there!!

SIMPLY SLAVIC FEASTIVAL:

The annual Simply Slavic Heritage Festival will be held THIS Saturday, June 27 (12:00 noon-midnight) and NEW Sunday, June 28^th (11:00 am -5:00 pm) at Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre near W. Front Street in Downtown Youngstown. Homemade ethnic food, folk dance performances, live ethnic & polka music and more. Admission is $5.00, children 12 and under are free.

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:

The Archdiocese of Pittsburgh will again be honoring the couples who are celebrating significant year anniversaries of their marriage this year on Sunday, September 20, 2026 at St. Elias Church in Pittsburgh. Couples who are celebrating 10, 15,20,25,30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or additional years that are multiples are five during this year of 2026 will be celebrated. If unable to attend, certificates will be sent to the couples. Please notify Paula Slemons @ (330) 799-5983 by July 26th so the information can be given to the Chancery.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of June 28-July 4, 2026, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Mary & +Nicholas Terlecky from Myron Terlecky. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

5^th Sunday After Pentecost

Orthodox Study Bible

Mt. 8:28-34 The two Gergesene demoniacs are unsuitable for society and live at a great distance from the village. They are possessed by mental derangement, which makes them aggressive and self-destructive. The demons in them recognize Jesus as the Son of God. They know they have nothing in common with Him, for Jesus seeks man’s salvation; but His presence torments them and expels them. They are surprised that their power is being terminated before the time of the last judgment. Thus, even before His Resurrection Jesus rescues people from the devil’s control. Jesus does not yield to their request but sends them out by His will: though the malice and deceitfulness of the demons is great, they can do nothing unless He permits them. Even the demoniacs had enjoyed God’s providential care. The demons’ entering into the swine (v. 32), which were unclean for the Jews, is a sign of the reality of the demoniacs’ healing. Jesus’ sovereign power is not only over physical infirmity, but over mental illness as well. It shows us the incomparable value of human beings, whose salvation is worth every sacrifice.

June 221, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

For the parishioners

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

4^th Sunday after Pentecost

Father’s Day

For the parishioners

Mon. 22: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Tues. 23: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Wed. 24: 6:00 m @ Infant Jesus

Birth of John the Baptist

For the parishioners

Thurs. 25: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Fri. 26: NO LITURGY

Sat: 27: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun: 28: 11:00 AM @ St. Nicholas

5^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 06/14/2026

$ 427.00 Sunday Offering

$ 5.00 Holy Day

$ 99.00 Candles

$ 10.00 Peter’s Pence

$ 15.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 81.00 Garage Rental

$ 637.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 25

Sunday: N/A

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:

PICNIC:

SIMPLY SLAVIC FEASTIVAL:

The annual Simply Slavic Heritage Festival will be held on Friday, June 26 (5:00 pm-11:00 pm), Saturday , June 27 (12:00 noon-midnight) and NEW Sunday, June 28^th (11:00 am -5:00 pm) at Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre near W. Front Street in Downtown Youngstown. Homemade ethnic food, folk dance performances, live ethnic & polka music and more. Admission is $5.00, children 12 and under are free.

FATHER’S DAY:

We wish all fathers, grandfathers, godfathers, father-in-law’s a very Happy Father’s Day. May God bless all with a wonderful day, heath happiness and many blessed years.

After liturgy, we are giving flowers to all fathers.

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of June 21-27, 2026, the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Edward Vrabel from the Graneto & Vrabel Families. There is no request for the left sanctuary candle.

Mt. 8:5 A Centurion Beseeches Jesus

The centurion expected THE healing.

Chrysostom: Some argue that the centurion, by his description, implied the reason why he had not brought his servant to Jesus, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress,” as though he was at his last gasp, or even, as Luke said, he was “at the point of death.” In my opinion, however, the reason he had not brought him in was itself a signofhis great faith, even much greater than those who let the patient down through the roof.Because the centurion knew for certain that even a mere command was enough for raising the servant up, he thought it unnecessaryto bring him. the gospel of Matthew, Homily 26.1

June 14, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 13: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun: 14: NO LITURGY

Mon. 15: NO LITURGY

Tues. 16: NO LITURGY

Wed. 17: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 18: NO LITURGY

Fri. 19: NO LITURGY

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

For the parishioners

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

4^th Sunday after Pentecost

Father’s Day

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 06/07/2026

$ 337.00 Sunday Offering

$ 137.00 Candles

$ 75.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 549.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 23

Sunday: 10

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total with added interest is $346,116.37 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:

PICNIC:

SIMPLY SLAVIC FEASTIVAL:

The annual Simply Slavic Heritage Festival will be held on Friday, June 26 (5:00 pm-11:00 pm), Saturday, June 27 (12:00 noon-midnight) and NEW Sunday, June 28^th (11:00 am -5:00 pm) at Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre near W. Front Street in Downtown Youngstown. Homemade ethnic food, folk dance performances, live ethnic & polka music and more. Admission is $5.00, children 12 and under are free.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Father Michael will be out of town June 14^th-19^th. Any emergency, please contact Father Michael on his cell phone.

FATHER’S DAY:

Next Sunday is Father’s Day, and all fathers, grandfathers, godfathers will be receiving flowers following liturgy next weekend.

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of June 14-20, 2026, there are no request for the sanctuary candle.

ENDS AND MEANS. AUGUSTINE: At first, Jesus makes it abundantly clear that these things are not to be sought as if they were for us the kind of blessings for the sake of which we ought to make all our actions good actions but that they are necessities, nevertheless. Then Jesus says, “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.” In this sentence he clearly shows the difference between a good that ought to be sought as an end and a value that ought to be seen as a means. Our final good is therefore the kingdom of God and his justice. We ought to seek this good and fix our aim upon it. Let us perform all our actions for the sake of it. Yet, since we are waging war in this life in order to be able to reach that kingdom and since this life cannot be maintained unless those necessities are supplied, he says, “These things shall be given you besides, but seek you first the kingdom of God and his justice.” SERMON ON THE MOUNT 2.I6.53.

June 7, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

For the parishioners

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

2^nd Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Mon. 8: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

Tues. 9: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

Wed. 10: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 11: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

Fri. 12: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

Sat: 13: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun: 14: NO LITURGY

$ 942.00 Sunday Offering

$ 88.00 Candles

$ 1030.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 23

Sunday: 19

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total with added interest is $345,374.09 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:

PICNIC:

SIMPLY SLAVIC FEASTIVAL:

The annual Simply Slavic Heritage Festival will be held on Friday, June 26 (5:00 pm-11:00 pm), Saturday, June 27 (12:00 noon-midnight) and NEW Sunday, June 28^th (11:00 am -5:00 pm) at Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre near W. Front Street in Downtown Youngstown. Homemade ethnic food, folk dance performances, live ethnic & polka music and more. Admission is $5.00, children 12 and under are free.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Father Michael will be out of town June 14^th-19^th. There will no liturgy at St. Nicholas on June 14^th. There will be liturgy at Infant Jesus of Prague @ 9:00 am. Any emergency, please contact Father Michael on his cell phone.

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:

GRADUATES:

If there are any parishioners who have graduated from high school or college please notified Fr. Michael or Paula, we would love to acknowledge your accomplishments.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of June 7-13, 2026, the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Lisa Ferenchak Currao from the Graneto Family. There is no request for the left sanctuary candle.

2^nd SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Commentary: by Basil of Seleucia

Spurred on by the testimony of John the Baptist, the glorious apostle Andrew left his teacher and ran to the one pointed out by him. John’s words were his signal, and, moving more swiftly than John could speak, he approached the master with obvious longing, his companion, John the Evangelist running beside him. Both had left the lamp to come to the sun.

Andrew was the first to become an apostle. It was he who opened the gates of Christ’s teaching. He was the first to gather the fruits cultivated by the prophets, and he surpassed the hopes of all by being the first to embrace the one awaited by all. He was the first to show that the precepts of the law were in force only for a limited time. He was the first to embrace the one awaited by all. He was the first to show that the precepts of the law were in force only for a limited time. He was the first to restrain the tongue of Moses, for he would not allow it to speak after Christ had come. Yet he was not rebuked for this, because he did not dishonor the teacher of the Jews, but honored more the sender than the one sent. In fact Andrew was seen to be the first to honor Moses, because he was the first to recognize the one he foretold when he said: The Lord God will raise up for you from among your kindred a prophet like myself. Listen to him. Andrew set the law aside in obedience to the law. He listened to Moses who said: Listen to him. He listened to John who cried out: Behold the Lamb of God, and of his own accord went to the one pointed out to him.

Having recognized the prophet foretold by the prophets, Andrew led his brother to the one he had found. To Peter, who was still in ignorance, he revealed the treasure: We have found the Messiah for whom we were longing. How many sleepless nights we spent beside the waters of the Jordan, and now we have found the one for whom we longed! Nor was Peter slow when he heard these words, for he was Andrew’s brother. He listened attentively, then hastened with great eagerness.

Taking Peter with him, Andrew brought his brother to the Lord, thus making him his fellow-disciple. This was Andrew’s first achievement: he increased the number of the apostles by bringing Peter to Christ, so that Christ might find in him the disciples’ leader. When later on Peter won approval, it was thanks to the seed sown by Andrew. But the commendation given to the one rebounded to the other, for the virtues of each belonged to both, and each was proud of the other’s merits. Indeed, when Peter promptly answered the master’s question, how much joy he gave to all the disciples by breaking their embarrassed silence! Peter alone acted as the mouthpiece of those to whom the question was addressed. As though all spoke through him, he replied clearly on their behalf: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. In one sentence he acknowledged both the Savior and his saving plan.

Notice how these words echo Andrew’s. By prompting Peter the Father endorsed from above the words Andrew used when he led Peter to Christ. Andrew had said: We have found the Messiah. The Father said, prompting Peter: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God, almost forcing these words on Peter. “Peter”, he said, “when you are questioned, use Andrew’s words in reply. Show yourself very prompt in answering your master. Andrew did not lie to you when he said: We have found the Messiah. Turn the Hebrew words into Greek and cry out: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!” (Exhortatory Sermon 3-4: PG 28, 1104-06)

May 31, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 30: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun: 31: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of All Saints

For the parishioners

Mon. 1: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

Tues. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

Wed. 3: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 4: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

Fri. 5: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

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

For the parishioners

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

2^nd Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 05/24/2026

$ 672.00 Sunday Offering

$ 10.00 Holy Day

$ 266.00 Candles

$ 50.51 Gas Royalties

$ 45.00 Grage Rental

$ 1043.51 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 26

Sunday: 14

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total with added interest is $345,374.09 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:

PICNIC:

Thank you all parishioners and families who came out last Wednesday and brought/made delicious food for the picnic. Also, a sincere appreciation to Group B of the Byzantine Social Club and all members of the club who organized the event. It was a wonderful evening.

Please mark your calendars for the next event-CHURCH PICNIC SUNDAY, JULY 19^th. More information will be forthcoming in a few weeks along with a sign-up sheet.

SIMPLY SLAVIC FEASTIVAL:

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of May 31-June 6 2026, the left sanctuary candle is for the health & well-being of Bella D’Amato from grandparents Debbie & Rick Hornick. The right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Carolyn Volchko from John & Donna Volchko.

The soul that has been accounted worthy of becoming a partaker of Divine grace, because it has been sanctified, necessarily sanctifies its whole body, since the soul holds the body together and is present in all its parts. For this reason the grace of the Holy Spirit, just as it appropriates to itself the soul, so too it appropriates to itself the body. However, as long as the soul is united with the body, the All-Holy Spirit does not bring all of the body fully to its own glory, because it is necessary that the soul show its will until the end of this life. But when the end comes and the soul separates from the body, then, as the struggle has ceased and the soul has won and departs from the body with the wreath of incorruptibility, then I say, the grace of the Holy Spirit appropriates to itself and sanctifies fully the body of such a soul. And for this reason the bare bones and bodies of Saints emit remedies and cure diseases. St. Symeon the New Theologian quoted in Modern Orthodox Saints, Vol. 10:Sts. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene

May 24, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 23: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

5^th All Souls Saturday

For the parishioners

Sun: 24: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Pentecost Sunday

+George & +Edith Shirilla

From Greg & Mary Lou

Shirilla

Mon. 25: NO LITURGY

Tues. 26: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

For all volunteers of our parishes

Wed. 27: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

For all volunteers of our parishes

Thurs. 28: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

For all volunteers of our parishes

Fri. 29: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

For all volunteers of our parishes

Sat: 30: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun: 31: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of All Saints

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 05/10/2026

$ 769.00 Sunday Offering

$ 38.00 Holy Day

$ 167.00 Candles

$ 50.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 56.00 Garage Rental

$ 1080.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 24

Sunday: 15

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.

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:

PICNIC:

ALL parishioners are invited to a picnic THIS Wednesday, May 27^th @ 6:00 pm in the church pavilion. Hot dogs, hamburgers and beverages will be provided. Please bring your favorite side dish or dessert. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table so we can have a count. Group B of the Byzantine Social is in charge.

SIMPLY SLAVIC FEASTIVAL:

PILGRIMAGE PREPARATION VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

The Greek Catholic Union is sponsoring a helping hands day at Mount St. Macrina on Saturday, May 30^th, to prepare for the 92^nd annual pilgrimage. They will also be organizing a second preparation day on Saturday, August 22, 2026. To register or for more information please call Sr. Joanne at 724-438-4940.

MEMORIAL DAY PANACHIDA:

There will be a Memorial Day Panachida on Sunday, May 24^th @ St. Nicholas Cemetery in Campbell. The Panachida will be at 12:30 following 11:00 am liturgy at St. Nicholas Church. All are welcome to attend.

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of May 24-30 2026, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +George & +Mary Jean Getsy from Debbie & Rick Hornick. There is no request for the left sanctuary candle.

Happy Memorial Day to all parishioners, families, friends and guests. May will honor all those who have died while serving our beautiful country. God bless the USA!

PENTECOST

‘And my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.’ My friends, consider the greatness of this solemn feast that commemorates God’s coming as a guest into our hearts! If some rich and influential friend were to come to your home, you would promptly put it all in order for fear something there might offend your friend’s eyes when he came in. Let all of us then who are preparing our inner homes for God cleanse them of anything our wrongdoing has brought into them. The homily of St. Gregory the Great on Pentecost in Be Friends of God

‘And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit’ (Acts 2:3-4). They partook of fire, not of burning but of saving fire; of fire which consumes the thorns of sins, but gives luster to the soul. This is now coming upon you also, and that to strip away and consume your sins which are like thorns, and to brighten yet more that precious possession of your souls, and to give you grace; for He gave it then to the Apostles. And He sat upon them in the form of fiery tongues, that they might crown themselves with new and spiritual diadems by fiery tongues upon their heads. A fiery sword barred of old the gates of Paradise; a fiery tongue which brought salvation restored the gift.

St. Cyril of Jerusalem (Catechetical Lectures: Lecture 17 no. 15)

May 17, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat. 16: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

For the parishioners

Sun. 17: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Sundays of the Fathers of the

1^st Ecumenical Council

+Msgr. Alexis Mihalik from

Family

NO LITURGY FOR WEEKDAYS

CLERGY DAYS

Sat. 23: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

5^th All Soul Saturday

+Anna Marie Bednar from

Joe Rudinec

Sun. 24: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Pentecost Sunday

+Bernadette Litwin from Ken

Litwin

Collection Report

Week of 05/10/2026

$ 1773.00 Sunday Offering

$ 170.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 15.00 Holy Day

$ 250.56 Utility Offering

$ 165.00 Seminary Collection

$ 141.00 Candles________

$ 2514.56 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 38

Sunday: 87

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

Nina Zavatsky at home, Tillie Chachko at Briarfield Place in Poland and the rest of our parishioners who are ill or in nursing homes. May God grant to all the sick of our parish many blessed, happy and healthier years.

ATTENTION:

If any parishioner or family member is ill & would like to be on the pray list, or receive get-well wishes, please notify Fr. Michael or Paula.

ROSARY:

The Altar & Rosary Society will be praying the rosary again SUNDAY June 7^th at 8:30 am. Everyone is welcomed.

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

The Byzantine Social Club 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 for our church like picnics, etc. It is a wonderful way to meet our parishioners.

CONGRATULATIONS:

Congratulations and best wishes to Rocco and Melissa Melia on their con-validation of their marriage in Holy Mystery of Matrimony this week. May God bless Rocco and Melissa with health, happiness and many more blessed years!

PICNIC:

ALL parishioners are invited to a picnic on Wednesday, May 27^th @ 6:00 pm in the church pavilion. Hot dogs, hamburgers and beverages will be provided. Please bring your favorite side dish or dessert. There is a sign-up sheet on the vestibule table so we can have a count. Group B of the Byzantine Social is in charge.

CONGRATULATIONS:

RETREAT:

Using the Scripture for the Love of God Retreat will be held on May 30^th, 9:00 am-2:30 pm at St. Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church in warren. Speaker will be Fr. Nathan Symeon, host of Searches of the Lost Podcast. RSVP to Fr. Miron Kerul-Kmec, Jr. @ 330-372-1875 or miron.ml@gmail.com.

PILGRIMAGE PREPARATION VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

CANDLES:

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

For the week of May 17-23, 2026 the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Tina Bush from the Sheely Family. The right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Mary Pankewitz from the Lenyk Family.

Proved as son by nature, not adoption.

Hilary of Poititers: He does not say that the day or the time but that the hour has come. An hour contains a portion of a day. What was this hour?… He was now to be spit on, scourged, crucified. But the Father glorifies the Son. The sun, instead of setting, fled, and all the other elements felt that same shock of the death of Christ. The stars in their courses, to avoid complicity in the crime, escaped by self-extinction from beholding the scene. The earth trembled under the weight of our Lord hanging on the cross and testified that it did not have the power to hold within it him who was dying…. The centurion proclaimed, “Truly this was the Son of God.” Creation is set free by the mediation of this sin offering. The very rocks lose their solidity and strength. Those who had nailed him to the cross confess that truly this is the Son of God. The outcome justifies the assertion. Our Lord had said, “Glorify your Son,” testifying that he was not the Son in name only but properly the Son. “Your Son,” he said. Many of us are sons [children] of God. But he is Son in another sense. He is the proper, true Son by nature, not by adoption; in truth, not in name; by birth, not by creation. After he was glorified, that centurion’s confession touched on the truth. And so, when the centurion confesses him to be the true Son of God, none of his believers might doubt what one of his persecutors could not deny. On the Trinity 3.10-11.

May 17, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Sat: 16: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

+Ms. Michele Migletz from

Her parents Gerald &

Paulette Migletz

Sun: 17: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Sunday of the Fathers of the

1^st Ecumenical Council

Living & Deceased Members

Of the Sacred Heart Society

Mon. 18: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

For all volunteers of our Parishes

Tues. 19: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

For all volunteers of our Parishes

Wed. 20: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

For all volunteers of our Parishes

Thurs. 21: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

+Janice Salcedo from family

Fri. 22: NO LITURGY

Sat: 23: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

5^th All Souls Saturday

For the parishioners

Sun: 24: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Pentecost Sunday

+George & +Edith Shirilla

From Greg & Mary Lou

Shirilla

Collection Report

Week of 05/10/2026

$ 1352.00 Sunday Offering

$ 25.00 Holy Day

$ 142.00 Candles

$ 5.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 70.00 Garage Rental

$ 1594.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 20

Sunday: 26

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The NEW total with added interest is $345,374.09 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:

PICNIC:

PILGRIMAGE PREPARATION VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

RETREAT:

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of May 17-23, 2026, the left & right sanctuary candles are in memory of Ms. Michele Migletz from her parents Gerald & Paulette Migletz.

Proved as son by nature, not adoption.

May 10, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

Fri. 9: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

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

Translation of the Relics of

Nicholas of Myra

Mother’s Day

For the parishioners

Mon. 11: NO LITURGY

Tues. 12: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

Wed. 13: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

Thurs. 14: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Ascension of Our Lord

Special Intention

Fri. 15: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intention

Sat: 16: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

Mirovanie (Anointing with the oil)

+Ms. Michele Migletz from

Her parents Gerald &

Paulette Migletz

Sun: 17: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

Mirovanie (Anointing with the oil)

Sunday of the Fathers of the

1^st Ecumenical Council

Living & Deceased Members

Of the Sacred Heart Society

Collection Report

Week of 05/03/2026

$ 994.00 Sunday Offering

$ 45.00 Holy Day

$ 10.00 Easter

$ 10.00 Initial offering

$ 10.00 Seminary

$ 10.00 Eastern Europe

$ 143.00 Candles

$ 200.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 20.00 Easter Candles

$ 1437.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 25

Sunday: 19

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

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.

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.

PARISHIONER NEWS:

Congratulations to our parishioner, Ralph Rivera, who won the primary this past Tuesday for Judge of the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas. May God bless Ralph with success, health, and happiness!

PICNIC:

PILGRIMAGE PREPARATION VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY:

We wish all mothers, grandmothers, and godmothers a blessed and Happy Mother’s Day. May God bless all of you with health, happiness, a beautiful day and many blessed years! After each liturgy, flowers are available for all mothers.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of May 10-16, 2026, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Dolly Vrabel from the Graneto & Vrabel Families. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

What is the Cause of Suffering?

Cyril of Alexandria: We do not believe that the soul previously existed; nor indeed can we think that it sinned before the body, for how can someone sin who has not yet been born? But if there has been no sin or fault preceding the suffering, what then shall we allege as the cause of the suffering’? Truly, by our minds we cannot comprehend those things that are far above us. And, I should advise the prudent and myself above all to abstain from wishing to thoroughly scrutinize them. For we should recall to mind what we have been commanded and not curiously examine things that are too deep, or pry into those that are too hard or rashly attempt to discover those things that are hidden in the divine and ineffable counsel alone. Rather, concerning such matters we should piously acknowledge that there are certain wondrous things that God alone understands. At the same time, we should maintain and believe that since God is the fountain of all righteousness, God will neither do nor determine anything whatsoever in human affairs or in those of the rest of creation that is unbecoming to God or differs at all from the true righteousness of justice. Since therefore it is fitting for us to be affected in this way, I say, that the Lord does not speak dogmatically when he says, “that me works of God should be made manifest in him..’ Rather, he says it to redirect the questioner in another direction and to lead us from things too deep for us to more suitable ones. Commentary on the Gospel of John 6.1.

May 3, 2026 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

Mon. 5: NO LITURGY

Tues. 6: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 7: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

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

Translation of the Relics of

Nicholas of Myra

For the parishioners

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

Sunday of the Man Born Blind

Mother’s Day

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 04/26/2026

$ 942.00 Sunday Offering

$ 20.00 Holy Day

$ 109.00 Candles

$ 143.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 50.00 Easter Flowers

$ 1264.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 20

Sunday: 13

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

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.

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

From behalf of our church community, we would like to thank all our teachers. May God bless them with His heavenly blessings and with goods from above! Many and blessed years!

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:

PILGRIMAGE PREPARATION VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. For the week of May 3-9, 2026, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +John Sr. & +Carolyn Volchko from John & Donna Volchko. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

CHRIST IS RISEN!

INDEED HE IS RISEN!

CHRSITOS VOSKRESE!

VOISTINU VOSKRESE!

Illumination of the Spirit enables worship.

Basil the Great: To worship in the Spirit implies that our intelligence has been enlightened. Consider the words spoken to the Samaritan woman. She was deceived by local custom into believing that worship could only be offered in a specific place. But the Lord, attempting to correct her, said that worship ought to be offered in Spirit and in truth. By truth he clearly meant himself. If we say that worship offered in the Son (the truth) is worship offered in the Father’s image, we can say the same about worship offered in the Spirit since the Spirit in himself reveals the divinity of the Lord. The Holy Spirit cannot be divided from the Father and the Son in worship. If you remain outside the Spirit, you cannot worship at all, and if you are in him, you cannot separate him from God. Light cannot be separated from what it makes visible, and it is impossible for you to recognize Christ, the image of the invisible God, unless the Spirit enlightens you. Once you see the image, you cannot ignore the light; you see the light and the image simultaneously. It is fitting that when we see Christ, the brightness of God’s glory, it is always through the illumination of the Spirit. Through Christ the image, may we be led to the Father, for he bears the seal of the Father s very likeness.

On the Spirit 26.64.