James the Apostle, son of Alphaeus
The holy Apostle James was one of the Twelve, and preached Christ to many nations, and finally suffered death by crucifixion.
Divine Liturgy - Sundays and Feast Days : 9:00 am
Great Vespers - Saturday Evenings: 5:00 pm
Great Vespers - Eve of Great Feasts: 7:00 pm
Moleben to St. Nectarios - Second Tuesday 7:00 pm
Resurrectional Tone 3
9:00AM Divine Liturgy
10:45AM Church School
3:00PM Lemko Association Lecture: Bishop Soter Ortynsky
4:30PM DDD Dinner - Roberto's Restaurant, Monroe, CT
7:00PM Teen Catechism Class
7:00PM Orthodox Boot Camp Adult Education
9:00AM Pagachi Workshop
5:00PM Great Vespers
9:00AM Divine Liturgy
10:45AM Church School
7:00PM Orthodox Boot Camp Adult Education
9:00AM Stuffed Cabbage Workshop
9:00AM Stuffed Cabbage Workshop
10:00AM Slavic Food Sale
5:00PM Great Vespers
9:00AM Divine Liturgy
10:45AM Church School
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Oct 29 |
Ivers/Pierce |
Holly |
Serge |
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Nov 5 |
Lomme/Mihaly |
Pani Carol |
Bill |
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COLLEGE STUDENT SUNDAY - Special collection for OCF netted $212.00. Many thanks to all for your generosity. ADULT EDUCATION DISCUSSION - Our Orthodox Boot Camp Adult Education has resumed . We are discussing the Assembly of Bishop Study on best practices for growing parishes. Please let Fr. Peter know if you are unable to physically attend the class, but would like to participate via video conferencing or by telephone. Those taking part are asked to download and print up the executive summary, and download the full study for reference. It can be downloaded here: http://assemblyofbishops.org/news/2017/evangelization-study-report FUND DRIVE FOR AIRCONDITIONING & PARKING LOT - At our parish annual meeting, we decided to allocate the necessary funds to complete the Church Parking Lot and install central airconditioning in the Church. While there is sufficient funds in the Church Treasury to cover the costs, we have decide to have a special fund drive to defray the cost of these projects to allow a bigger cash reserve in case of unforseen expenses or shortfalls in the parish budget. To date, $2985.00 has been already raised for the airconditioning and $11,500 for the Onofrey Parking Lot. If you would like to make a donation please see Fr. Peter or any parish council officer. Thank you for your consideration of this request. COMMUNITY SUPPER - Our next meal will be Wednesday Nov 14 at Christ Church in Stratford. Please See Mary or Eve to help. PARISH TAG SALE - We will hold a tag sale on our church grounds. The date has been changed to November 17-18. Help is needed at the sale. Please add your name to the sign-up sheet in the Church Hall if you are able to help. PAGACHI WORKSHOPS - Sat Oct 28 STUFFED CABBAGE WORKSHOPS Nov 2 & 3 SLAVIC FOOD SALE SPONSORSHIPS - Please see Fr. Peter if you can offer a sponsorship for our Slavic Food Sale. Suggested donation is $100.00. These sponsorships each year completely covers the cost of our baking ingredients, so that all monies raised is pure profit. Thank you for your support! FALL YOUTH ENCOUNTER AT CAMP NAZARETH - Nov 10-12, 2017. Cost is $90. Open to all Diocesan Youth ages 8-18. See Fr. Peter if interested. EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGES – We have instituted a parish email system. For a
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FINANCIAL STATISTICS 10/15/17 |
Offering at Door | 06.00 |
7 day Candles | 9.00 |
OCF Collection | 212.00 |
First Sunday | 10.00 |
Pew Collection | 924.00 |
TOTAL | $1,155.00 |
The holy Apostle James was one of the Twelve, and preached Christ to many nations, and finally suffered death by crucifixion.
Saints Andronicus and Athanasia were from Antioch, and finished their lives in asceticism about the year 500.
The holy Patriarch Abraham, born a pagan, ten generations after Noah, when the knowledge of God had perished from among men, became the beginning of God's dispensation for the universal renewal and salvation of man. He was called out of his country--the land of the Chaldees, that is, Mesopotamia--to the land of Canaan, and received the promise that through his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed; through his singular faith in the promises of God, he was justified before the giving of the Law and the coming of Grace; through his willingness to sacrifice Isaac, he portrayed the love wherewith God loved the world in sacrificing His only-begotten Son. The greatness of Abraham, and the trials that he and his righteous nephew Lot underwent, are set forth in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament, chapters twelve through twenty-five. See also the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers, December 11-17.
The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19
Brethren, I would have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.
The Reading is from Luke 7:11-16
At that time, Jesus went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"
Christmas Fair Flier
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