St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church

October 26, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

+Paula Angelo from Tyler &

Arica Hardgrove

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

20^th Sunday after Pentecost

+Michael & +Martha

Zakucia from Marge Babik

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. 31: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Sat: 1: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas

For the parishioners

Sun: 2: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas

21^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 10/19/2025

$ 837.00 Sunday Offering

$ 86.00 Candles

$ 5.00 Children

$ 56.00__Garage rental

$ 984.00 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.

SANCTUARY CANDLE REQUEST:

The sanctuary candle request sheet for 2025 is on the back table in the church. Cost remains $10 per candle. Please call Paula @ (330) 799-5983 for ALL requests. Money can be deposited in the weekend collection.

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

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

PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:

Every parish has received an icon specially written for this program- “The Call of the Disciples.” Those who accept the icon agree to pray daily during that time for religious and priestly vocations. Every member of the parish is invited to have icon in their home for a week of special prayer for vocations. Prayer booklets are provided. Please see the sign-up sheet in the vestibule. Please see Fr. Michael for further information.

CHRISTMAS PARSIH PARTY:

All parishioners are invited to our parish Christmas party on December 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. A children’s menu will be available. There will be a 50/50 raffle and a Chinese auction. Please make checks payable to the Byzantine Social Club. Payment can be deposited in the collection basket-please mark envelope Christmas party. There is a sign-up sheet on the back table. Deadline to sign up is November 23^rd. We hope all parishioners and families can attend and enjoy an afternoon to

celebrate the Christmas season.

ST. NICHOLAS CELEBRATION:

All parishioners are invited to the 68^th Annual St. Nicholas celebration on December 7^th @ 3:30 pm at the Cathedral in Pittsburgh benefitting the Byzantine Seminary. Cost is $45/adult, $20 for children 12 and under. Deadline to sign-up is November 17^th. Please see Fr. Michael for more details.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of October 26-Nov. 1, 2025, there are no requests for the sanctuary candle.

SACRED HEART SOCIETY:

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

New members are always welcome. Jesus, I trust in You!

22nd SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

St. Ephrem the Syrian – The Lord compared the priests of the people with him who was clothed in purple. Nothing is more honored than purple clothing. He compared the disciples of the cross with Lazarus. There were none more lowly than Lazarus was. He revealed the names of his beloved ones through Lazarus, his beloved one. He also wished to reveal the name of his enemies through the words, “If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets.” It is not the case that all those living are alive, or that all those buried are dead.

October 19, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

+Joseph Blasko from family

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

19^th Sunday after Pentecost

+Dolly Vrabel from Sandi &

Kevin Henchar

Mon. 20: 9:00 am NO LITURGY

Tues. 21: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 22: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Thurs. 23: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 24: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

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

+Paula Angelo from Tyler &

Arica Hardgrove

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

20^th Sunday after Pentecost

+Michael & +Martha

Zakucia from Marge Babik

Collection Report

Week of 10/12/2025

$ 962.00 Sunday Offering

$ 10.00 Holy Day

$ 116.00 Candles

$ 25.00 Garage Rental

$ 1148.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 23

Sunday: 17

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

PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:

CHRISTMAS PARSIH PARTY:

celebrate the Christmas season.

ST. NICHOLAS CELEBRATION:

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of October 19-25, 2025, there are no requests for the sanctuary candle.

Jesus Christ The Sower

Saint Theophilus the Confessor, Archbishop of Bulgaria, teaches:

“He came out of the bosom of the Father, from invisibility, and became visible. He who always sows came out. Because the Son of God does not stop always sowing in our souls. The Lord sows through preachers who proclaim the truth, not their own, but inspired by the Spirit of Truths, sowing the seeds of the saving teaching of Christ. The apostles sent by the savior to preach went all over the world announcing the Gospel of the Kingdom to all creation. They did not announce their own teaching, but announced to everyone the Divine teaching, announced to them by the Lord Himself, who guided them to all truth, making them mystics. The work of the preaching of Christ’s apostles was continued by the holy martyrs and confessors, who glorified the crucified and risen Christ not only with their prayers, but also with their pious deeds. Their banner was taken up by the saints of Christ, the holy fathers and teachers of the Church… the holy and the righteous, each sowing seeds in his [or her] own field The gracious word of God.”

October 12, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

+Joe & +Ann Sweetko from

Mr. Ron & Mrs. Lynda

Sweetko

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

Sunday of the Fathers of the

7^th Ecumenical Council

For the parishioners

Mon. 22: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Tues. 23: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 24: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Thurs. 25: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 26: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

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

+Joseph Blasko from family

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

19^th Sunday after Pentecost

+Dolly Vrabel from Sandi &

Kevin Henchar

Collection Report

Week of 10/05/2025

$ 1069.00 Sunday Offering

$ 5.00 Children

$ 123.00 Candles

$ 25.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 1222.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 24

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

CHRISTMAS PARTY:

Please mark your calendars for December 14^th as this is the date for the upcoming Christmas party with Infant Jesus of Prague. More information will be forthcoming.

PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:

“Today we begin our Pilgrim Vocation Icon Program! This program is beginning today in every Byzantine Catholic parish in the United States. Everyone in the parish is invited to pray for and encourage others within the Church that they might respond generously to God’s call in their lives. God relies on generous men and women to minister among us as priests, deacons, monks and nuns. The church needs people like you to pray for and encourage them. 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 CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of October 12-18, 2025, the left and right sanctuary candles are in memory of +Paula Angelo from Tyler & Arica Hardgrove.

Council of Nicaea II

“But since some find fault with us for worshipping and honoring the image of our Savior and that of our Lady, and those, too, of the rest of the saints and servants of Christ, let them remember that in the beginning God created man after His own image. On what grounds, then, do we show reverence to each other unless because we are made after God’s image? For as Basil, that much-versed expounder of divine things, says, the honor given to the image passes over to the prototype. Now a prototype is that which is imaged, from which the derivative is obtained. Why was it that the Mosaic people honored on all hands the tabernacle which bore an image and type of heavenly things, or rather of the whole creation? God indeed said to Moses, Look that thou make them after their pattern which was showed you in the mount. The Cherubim, too, which overshadow the mercy seat, are they not the work of men’s hands? What, further, is the celebrated temple at Jerusalem? Is it not hand-made and fashioned by the skill of men?”

-St. John of Damascus, Exposition Of the Orthodox Faith, Book 4, Chapter 16

October 5, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

+Joseph Blasko from Bonnie

Pastello

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

17^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Mon. 6: NO LITURGY

Tues. 7: NO LITURGY

Wed. 8: NO LITURGY

Thurs. 9: NO LITURGY

Fri. 10: NO LITURGY

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

+Joe & +Ann Sweetko from

Mr. Ron & Mrs. Lynda

Sweetko

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

Sunday of the Fathers of the

7^th Ecumenical Council

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 09/28/2025

$ 790.00 Sunday Offering

$ 5.00 Children

$ 196.00 Candles

$ 790.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 26

Sunday: 16

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The total collected is $141,363.90 for the Capital campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200,000. Thank you for your continued generosity and support to our church.

SANCTUARY CANDLE REQUEST:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

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

SPIRITUAL RETREAT:

Father Michael will be out of town next week for spiritual retreat/ clergy days. For an emergency, call 421-722-4670.

PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:

PROTECT ‘N SHRED

On Saturday, October 11, Byzantine Center at the Grove Banquet Center will be hosting a free Protect ‘n Shred on-site, mobile document shredding event. The free community-service event will be held from 10 a.m. until 12 noon in the Center’s parking lot. Although the event is free, there is a limit of 4 – 5 standard boxes with materials for shredding. Paper documentation containing confidential, identifying or proprietary information should be properly destroyed.

SACRED HEART SOCIETY:

New members are always welcome.

Jesus, I trust in You!

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of October 5-11, 2025, Health and Wellbeing of Helen Marie Vaclav and Mary Jane Backus.

ON THE CROSS, CHRIST PRAYS FOR HIS SLANDERERS. AMBROSE: What Christ said in word, he proved also by example. Indeed, when he was on the cross, he said in reference to his persecutors who were slandering him, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing,” so that he might pray for his slanderers, although he could have forgiven them himself. THE PRAYER OF JOB AND DAVID 2.2.6.9

September 28, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

+Joseph Sweetko from Mr.

Ron & Mrs. Lynda Sweetko

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

16^th Sunday after Pentecost

+Edward Vrabel from the

Graneto & Vrabel Families

Mon. 29: 9:00 NO LITURGY

Tues. 30: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 1: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Protection of the Theotokos

For the parishioners

Thurs. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 3: 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Peace in the world thru the

Most Holy Blessed Mary &

The Rosary from Sacred

Heart Society

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

+Joseph Blasko from Bonnie

Pastello

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

17^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 09/21/2025

$ 852.00 Sunday Offering

$ 100.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 141.00 Candles______

$ 1093.00 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.

SANCTUARY CANDLE REQUEST:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

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

ECF CLASSES:

ECF classes for all school-aged children will begin NEXT Sunday, September 28^th. PLEASE NOTE: Pre-school -1^st grade will not begin until Sunday, October 5^th.

REMINDER:

THIS SUNDAY @ 3:00pm ALL ECF students are invited to White House Farms for the beginning of the year outing. Please meet there.

REVERSE RAFFLE:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, Campbell is having their annual Reverse raffle on Saturday, October 4^th at their church hall. Grand prize is $2500 along with other prizes, games and chances to win. Ticket numbers 1-200 are being sold at $100 per ticket ($150 with guest) which includes entry into the raffle, appetizers, dinner and open bar. Call 330-755-4831 for your ticket. Appetizers begin @5:00 pm followed by dinner & the raffle starts @7:00pm.

PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:

“The Call of the Disciples” Pilgrim Vocation Icon Program: Our Lord reminds us that “the harvest is truly plentiful but the laborers are few. Pray, therefore, the Lord of the harvest that he send laborers into his harvest.” (Matthew 9:37-38). As Christian faithful we all have a responsibility to foster future leaders of the Church-priests, deacons, nuns and monks-dedicated to serving God’s people. One way we can be involved in the nurturing of vocations is to pray. Next Sunday begins a special time of prayer for vocations for the Byzantine Catholic Church in the United States. Every parish has received an icon specially written for this program. 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 “The Call of the Disciples” 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 CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of September 28-Oct. 4, 2025, the left candle is in memory of +Michael & +Helen Tirpak and the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Richard Alan Tirpak. Both candles are given by Robert & Helen Marie Vaclav.

The Secret of the Peace We Need

Those who are engaged in spiritual warfare must always keep their hearts tranquil. Only then can the mind sift the impulses it receives and store in the treasure house of the memory those that are good and come from God, while rejecting altogether those that are perverse and devilish. “When the sea is calm, the fishermen’s eyes can see the movements of the fish deep down, so that hardly any of them can escape. But when the sea is ruffled by the wind, the turmoil of the waves hides from sight the creatures that would easily have been seen if the sea wore the smile of calm. The skill of the fisherman is of little use in rough weather. Something of the same sort happens with the soul, especially when it is stirred to the depths by anger. At the beginning of a storm, oil is poured on the waters to calm them, and in fact the oil defeats their commotion. In this way, when the soul receives the anointing of the gift of the Holy Spirit, it gladly gives in to this inexpressible and untroubled sweetness. And even if it is continually attacked by temptation, it maintains its peace and joy.

September 21, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

Saturday After the

Exaltation of the Cross

+John & + Carmella Horvat

From Mr. & Mrs. Gerald

Migletz

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

Sunday after the Exaltation

Of the Cross

+Charlotte Baicco from her

sister Rose Bonamase

Mon. 22: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Tues. 23: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 24: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Thurs. 25: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 26: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

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

+Joseph Sweetko from Mr.

Ron & Mrs. Lynda Sweetko

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

16^th Sunday after Pentecost

+Edward Vrabel from the

Graneto & Vrabel Families

Collection Report

Week of 09/14/2025

$ 1112.00 Sunday Offering

$ 10.00 Holy Day

$ 103.00 Renovation

$ 81.00 Garage rental

$ 85.00 Candles__________

$ 1391.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 22

Sunday: 20

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The total collected is $141,363.90 for the Capital campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200,000. Thank you for your continued generosity and support to our church.

SANCTUARY CANDLE REQUEST:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

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

ECF CLASSES:

ECF classes for all school-aged children will begin Sunday, September 28^th. PLEASE NOTE: Pre-school -1^st grade will not begin until Sunday, October 5^th.

REVERSE RAFFLE:

PURSE BINGO:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church in Hermitage is hosting a Purse Bingo on Saturday, September 27^th, doors open @ 5:00 pm and bingo starts @ 6:00 pm. Admission is $30 (18years and up). Call Megan @ 724-699-0613 or Donna @724-877-6736 for reservations.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of September 21-27, 2025, the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Mary & +Joseph Hudran from the Graneto & Vrabel families. There is no request for the left sanctuary candle.

PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:

Pilgrim Vocation Icon Program to begin in 2 weeks! The seeds of God’s grace are planted in our hearts hoping to find fertile fields that will bear the fruits of the Holy Spirit and, in particular, ministerial service in the Church. Prayer is integral in the process of nurturing Church vocations. On Sunday, October 5^th, the entire Byzantine Catholic Church in America is beginning a Pilgrim Vocation Icon Program. Each week, the icon is taken by a household in the parish. Those who accept the icon agree to pray daily during that time for religious and priestly vocations. Everyone in the parish is invited and encouraged to have this icon in their home for one week. Prayer booklets are provided. Please see the sign-up sheet in the vestibule. Please see Fr. Michael for further information.

the enjoyment OF earthly goods.

Clement of Alexandria: Those who neglect good works may fail to grasp just how much the good work of God has benefited them. Hence, they are less capable of praying fittingly so as to receive good things from God. And even if they receive them, they will likely be unaware of what has been given them. And even if they enjoy them, they will not enjoy worthily what they have not understood. For from their lack of knowledge they will not grasp how to use the good things given them. And from their impulsiveness they will remain ignorant of how to avail themselves of the divine gifts offered. Stromata 6.14.

September 14, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

Saturday Before the

Exaltation of the Cross

For the parishioners

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

Exaltation of the Cross

+John & +Mary Backus &

Deceased Members of their

Family from Mary Jane

Backus

Mon. 15: 9:00 NO LITURGY

Tues. 16: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 17: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Thurs. 18: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 19 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

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

Saturday After the

Exaltation of the Cross

+John & + Carmella Horvat

From Mr. & Mrs. Gerald

Migletz

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

Sunday after the Exaltation

Of the Cross

+Charlotte Baicco from her

sister Rose Bonamase

Collection Report

Week of 09/07/2025

$ 809.00 Sunday Offering

$ 99.00 Holy Day

$ 90.00 Maintenance Fund

$ 131.00 Candles

$ 5.00 Children

$ 1134.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 23

Sunday: 22

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

ECF CLASSES:

ECF classes for all school-aged children (pre-school-high school) will begin Sunday, September 28^th. Classes are held @ Infant Jesus of Prague. Pre-school-1^st grade will be during liturgy in the cry room. Second grade and up will be following 9:00 am liturgy @ 10:30 am. Teachers are Christine Bero, Mary Sinowski and Elena Slemons. May God bless our teachers and students as we begin the new ECF year!

REVERSE RAFFLE:

PURSE BINGO:

THANK YOU!

Thank you to all parishioners, families, friends and the Byzantine Social Club for making the corn roast such a success. It was a wonderful evening and a great way to close the summer season. Please watch the bulletin for information on the upcoming Christmas Party on December 14^th @ the Grove.

PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:

Please watch the bulletin the next three weeks for announcements on the Pilgrim Vocation Icon Program of the Byzantine Catholic Church.

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of September 14-20, 2025, the right and left sanctuary candles are in memory of +John & +Carmella Horvat from Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Migletz.

HOLY CROSS

Let us not be ashamed to confess the Crucified. Let the Cross be our seal, made with boldness by our fingers on our brow, and on everything; over the bread we eat, and the cups we drink; in our comings in, and goings out; before we sleep, and when we rise up; when we are on the road, and when we are still. Great is that preservative; it is without price… it is the Sign of the faithful, and the dread of devils: for He triumphed over them in it, having made a show of them openly for when they see the Cross they are reminded of the Crucified; they are afraid of Him, who bruised the head of the serpent.

By St. Cyril of Jerusalem

September 7,2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

For the parishioners

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

Sunday Before the

Exaltation of the Cross

+Joe & +Ann Sweetko

From Mr. & Ronald &

Mrs. Lynda Sweetko

Mon. 8: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Birth of the Theotokos

For the parishioners

Tues. 9: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 10: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Thurs. 11: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 12 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

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

Saturday Before the

Exaltation of the Cross

For the parishioners

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

Exaltation of the Cross

+John & +Mary Backus &

Deceased Members of their

Family from Mary Jane

Backus

Collection Report

Week of 08/31/2025

$ 725.00 Sunday Offering

$ 25.00 Holy Day

$ 108.00 Candles

$ 42.46 Gas Royalties

$ 900.46 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 21

Sunday: 17

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The total collected is $141,363.90 for the Capital campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200,000. Thank you for your continued generosity and support to our church.

SANCTUARY CANDLE REQUEST:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

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

ECF CLASSES:

CORN ROAST:

ALL parishioners are invited to the Infant Jesus of Prague Corn Roast on THIS Wednesday, September 10^th @ 5:30 pm in their pavilion. Hot dogs, hamburgers, condiments, beverages and corn will be provided. Please bring your favorite side dish or dessert. There is a sign-up sheet on the back table. We hope to see everyone there as we close the summer season!

REVERSE RAFFLE:

PURSE BINGO:

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of September 7-13, 2025, the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Katherine Fuzer from Myron Terlecky. There is no request for the left sanctuary candle.

THE CROSS RAISED FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE.

ANDREW OF CRETE: The cross is raised and appears above the earth, which until recently malice had kept hidden. It is raised, not to receive glory (for with Christ nailed to it what greater glory could it have?) but to give glory to God who is worshiped on it and proclaimed by it…. It is not surprising that the church rejoices in the cross of Christ and robes herself in festal clothes, revealing her bridal beauty as she honors this day. Nor is it surprising that this great throng of people has gathered together today to see the cross exposed aloft and to worship Christ whom they see raised upon it. For the cross is exposed in order to be raised and is raised to be exposed.

What cross? The cross, which a little while ago was hidden in a place called The Skull but now is everywhere adored. This is what we rejoice over today; this is what we celebrate; this is the point of the present feast; this is the manifestation of the mystery…. For this hidden and life-giving cross had to be exposed, set on high like a city on a hill or a lamp on a stand, for all the world to see. HOMILY II ON THE EXALTATION OF THE VENERABLE CROSS.

August 31, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

+Dolly Vrabel from Karen

Blasko

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

12^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Mon. 1: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Labor Day – No Liturgy

Tues. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 3: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Thurs. 4: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 5 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Increase in Religious

Vocations from Sacred

Heart Society

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

For the parishioners

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

Sunday Before the

Exaltation of the Cross

+Joe & +Ann Sweetko

From Mr. & Ronald &

Mrs. Lynda Sweetko

Collection Report

Week of 08/24/2025

$ 634.00 Sunday Offering

$ 100.00 Renovation

$ 246.00 Candles

$ 980.00 TOTAL

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

UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:

The total collected is $141,363.90 for the Capital campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200,000. Thank you for your continued generosity and support to our church.

SANCTUARY CANDLE REQUEST:

LITURGICAL REQUESTS:

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

ECF CLASSES:

CHINESE AUCTION:

St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, Campbell is having their annual3-Tier Chinese Auction on Sunday, September 7^th in their church hall. Admission is $10 & includes 25 tier-one tickets and lunch (pasta bowl). Doors open @ Noon and drawings begin @ 2:15 pm. Over 200 great prizes, gift certificates and theme baskets all waiting to be won. A takeout pasta is available for $12.

REVERSE RAFFLE:

PURSE BINGO:

CORN ROAST:

ALL parishioners are invited to the Infant Jesus of Prague Corn Roast on Wednesday, September 10^th @ 5:30 pm in their pavilion. Hot dogs, hamburgers, condiments, beverages and corn will be provided. Please bring your favorite side dish or dessert. There is a sign-up sheet on the back table. We hope to see everyone there as we close the summer season!

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of August 31-Sept. 6, 2025, the left sanctuary candle is for the health & well-being of Rose Bonamase’s friend George. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.

The law and life. Origen: These commandments are sufficient for someone entering on the ground level of the path of eternal life. But they are not sufficient to lead one to the higher life, and certainly not to perfection. One who fails in just one of these commandments cannot even enter the beginnings of life. Anyone who wishes to enter the early stages of the path of life must be free from adultery and murder and any kind of theft. For just as the adulterer and murderer will not enter into life, so neither will the thief. Many of those who are said to believe in Christ are guilty of this sin. Just look at their daily business and the way money is entrusted to them and the crafts they practice. commentary on Matthew 15.13.

August 24, 2025 Bulletin

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE

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

+Michele Migletz from her

parents

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

11^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Mon. 25: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Tues. 26: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Wed. 27: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Thurs. 28: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus

Special Intentions

Fri. 29 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus

Beheading of John the

Baptist

For the parishioners

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

+Dolly Vrabel from Karen

Blasko

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

12^th Sunday after Pentecost

For the parishioners

Collection Report

Week of 08/17/2025

$ 892.00 Sunday Offering

$ 63.00 Holy Day

$ 156.00 Garage Rental

$ 131.00 Candles

$ 1242.00 TOTAL

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday: 20

Sunday: 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 2025 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.

PILGRIMAGE:

Sisters of the Order of St. Basil 91th Annual Pilgrimage, 500 West Main Street, in Uniontown will be held over Labor Day weekend. Seeker of the Lost is this year’s Pilgrimage.

CHINESE AUCTION:

REVERSE RAFFLE:

ECF CLASSES:

As the school years begins, the start of our ECF program will also start for all school age children. There is a sign-up sheet on the table. Parents can also call Fr. Michael or Paula to enroll. More information will be forthcoming.

CORN ROAST:

PURSE BINGO:

SANCTUARY CANDLES:

Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of August 24-30, 2025, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Anna & +John Vrabel from the Graneto & Vrabel families. The right sanctuary candle is in memory of +John Volchko Sr. from John Jr. & Donna Volchko.

11th Sunday After Pentecost

Orthodox Study Bible

18:21-35 Unlimited forgiveness toward a brother or sister is illustrated by this parable. Sin is portrayed as a debt to God (6:12), a: debt originated by neglecting God’s will. Ten thousand talents (v. 24) as an impossible sum, more than a laborer could earn in all lifetime – is contrasted to a hundred denarii (v. 28), equivalent to about a hundred days’ wages. Just as the king shows mercy and severity toward the servant, so does God show love and strictness toward us depending on our willingness to forgive our brothers and sisters., The love of God is manifested in paying off the debt, a remission or letting go of sins. Because God forgives us, we in return are obliged to grant this gift of forgiveness to others. When each Christian forgives from his heart (v. 35), true reconciliation and healing come to the Church by God’s grace.