Today - Prayer for travelers. Coffee hour. Cook books on sale at the hall. Team up against hunger walk/run. For more details see Stephanie Shirk.

Mon. Oct. 20 - 9:30 am. Akathist to St. John the Baptist

Tue. Oct. 21 - 7:00 pm. Bible Study.

Wed. Oct. 22 - 9:30 am. Akathist to our Lord.

5:00 pm. Service at the Binghamton University.

Thu. Oct. 23 - 9:30 am. Morning Service.

Fri. Oct. 24 - Visitation of those who cannot attend Church.

Sat. Oct. 25 - 9:30 am. Akathist to the Mother of God. Prayer for the sick

6:00 pm. Vespers/Confession. Âå÷³ðíÿ.

Sun. Oct. 26 - 8:30 am. Confession with the reading of the Hours.

9:00 am. Divine Liturgy. Tone 2. Reading: Second Letter of Ap. Paul to the Corinthians 11:31-12:9. Gospel from Ap. John 17:1-17. 10:45am. Sunday School.

Welcome all visitors of St. John’s. We are happy to see you again.

Happy Birthday: Oct. 19 Andrew Baranyk,

20 Thomas Klodowski, 21 Alexis Raniery, 22 Sally Shirk

Happy Anniversary: Oct. 20 William & Pam Scannell,

24 Peter Sr. & Phyliss Hatala.

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Priest: Let us be attentive! Pease be with you all! Reader: And with your spirit.

Priest: Wisdom!

Reader: The Prokimen in tone 1: Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us/as we have set our hope on Thee! (Psalm 33:22)

Reader: The reading from the second letter of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians: Priest: Let us be attentive!

Bearing in mind that prayer with God is the most important activity in life, we must devote time to it when we are at our fullest strength. We must not forget to pray to our Creator. Otherwise we will blind ourselves spiritually, for if prayer is not necessary, then neither is God. Blessed is he who believes that all visible things are from God, for such a person will not be shaken from the path of pleasing Him.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, having Himself as perfect man, was spiritual to the highest degree. When the Savior prayed, he revealed the spiritual essence of his prayer, raising His eyes to heaven, bending the knee, or falling upon His face. (John 17:1; Luke 22:41; Matt. 26:39) Stand at prayer with bowed head and your weight equally distributed on both feet. Look up at the icon, and through the sacred face depicted thereon see the eyes of the Lord Himself trained upon you. Steady your heart, peacefully sealing upon it the sign of the cross in the name of the father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Pray without hurrying, and do not say a word without full attention. Do not worry about how to phrase yourself, for God does not need eloquence; let your prayer even be like the nonsense words of a little child, so long as it is a devout outpouring of the heart. We should not neglect prostrations, which signify our fall into sinfulness and rising through the grace of God. Ma! ke prostrations slowly, after crossing yourself. Prostrations warm the blood and facilitate mental work; but in order that the mind’s vivacity lead not to harm, it is necessary to turn it immediately to mental prayer in union with the heart. It is impossible to accomplish anything useful by wearing out the body but not taking care to uproot from the heart the passions. Do not let prayer please the lazy flesh - do not rush; for when the flesh is tired and worn out by this holy activity, it tries to finish as quickly as possible in order to return to fleshly, worldly affairs.

* The sisterhood have organized and sponsored

a bus trip to the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse Dinner

Theatre in New Jersey on Saturday, November 8.

The trip includes a dinner during the Theatre

Christmas Variety Show with a delicious dessert.

All active members of sisterhood and “brotherhood”

are invited. The cost of the show and meal is $53 per person and will be paid for by the sisterhood. Your only cost will be $15, (non refundable) to reserve your seat on the bus. The deadline for registration is Monday, Oct. 27. There is a possibility to visit Bound Brook, NJ. (a short distance from the theatre), the historical and religious center of our Church before the show. For more details, please see Steffie Stasko or Nancy Kanazawich.

Mon. Oct. 20 - 7:00 pm. Parish Board Meeting.

Wed. Oct. 22 - 7:00 pm. Choir Rehearsal.

Thu. Oct. 23 - 8:00 am. Men cook cabbage.

9:00 am. Women trim cabbage. Need help - lots to do.

Sat. Oct. 25 - 7:30 am. Make holubtsi.

6:15 pm. Bill Flynn Polka Club Dinner /Dance.

Sun. Oct. 26 - Following the Divine Liturgy, prayer and recognition of Audrey Klym for all her years of teaching Sunday School. At the end of the Liturgy, all her previous students, her children and grandchildren are asked to come up to the front of the Church at the conclusion of the Liturgy.

Sun. Oct. 26 - 11:45 AM After Sunday School: Halloween Party- Parade. Food and Games. Come one, come all young and old.

Sat. Nov. 1 - 3:00 PM Sacrament of Holy Matrimony performed over William and Dannette Harder. Please keep their new Christian family in your prayers. If you have any questions regarding this marriage, please see father.

Sun. Nov. 2 - Spaghetti dinner at 11:45 AM. Sponsored by the JUOL.

Sat. Nov. 22 - 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Sisterhood Holiday Bake Sale.

2:00 PM. Altar boy and JUOL retreat “World of Icons” including a visit to a local iconographer.

Sun. Nov. 23 - JUOL meeting after Sunday School.

Sat. Nov. 15 - March in New York City commemorating the 70^th Anniversary of the Man-made Famine in Ukraine. There will be a service held at St. Patrick Cathedral in New York. Those who aren’t able to walk, the bus will drive up to the cathedral. Anyone who wishes to go, there will be a bus leaving at 6:30 AM from the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Johnson City. This trip should be interesting for our youth. We will have a chance to spend some time in New York City after the service. Please see father or Helen Kaspryk for more details.

Sun. Nov. 16 - 4:30 pm. Panahida in memory of all those who died during the Man-mad famine in Ukraine 1932-33. Ìîëèòîâíå çãàäóâàííÿ òèõ õòî áóâ çàìóðäîâàíèé ãîëîäîì íà Óêðà¿í³ 1932-33 ðîêàõ.

Sat. Dec. 13 - 12 noon. Lecture for our parishioners “Heart of Christianity” Monasteries and icons.

Sts. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church. 210 Hill Ave. Endicott. Bus Trip: Corning Glass Museum/Wine Trail. Thursday, October 30^th. Leave Endicott at about 7:45 am. Visit Corning Glass Museum. Lunch. Visit 2 or 3 wineries in the Seneca/Cayuga Lake region. Dinner in Ithaca. Cost: will be $30 (to $20) depending on number of people. Corning Museum is about $10. Call, Paul Farbanish 754-0249

“Old Country Harvest Dance” The Hody sponsored by the Czechoslovak Moravan Club.

Saturday, Nov. 15 at St. Cyril’s Church hall, Clinton Ave. Binghamton. Music for dancing

7-11PM by the European Brass Doors open at 5:00PM and fod will be available at that time. Admission tickets at the door: $3.00 for members, $5.00 for nonmembers.797-3351

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Please pray for the sick. The Lord said, “Do unto others as you would want them do unto you” So if we will be sick, we will ask help from God, we will ask priests and people to pray for us. In order for the Lord to listen to us when we are sick, we need to pray for those who are sick. O Holy Father, heavenly Physician of our soul and body, who sent thine only Begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to heal ailments and deliver us from death, do thou heal thy servants: Steffie Stasko, Marlyn Klish, Steph! ania Moroz, Mildred Bogdan, Sarah Oxx, Josephine Rezucha, Anne Girnis, Natalia Boser, Wasyl Krawecki, Meghan Scannell, Mary Gormish, Anna Chyl, Vera Cibulsky, Anna Dobransky, Olga Drost, Mary Evanchoff, Charles Stasko, Michael Rosinsky, Marion Kaspryk, Michael Soroka, of all suffering and restore them to health by the grace of thy Divine Son, through the prayers of our most Holy, Ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and all the saints, for thou art fountain of all cure, o Lord and we return thee thanks, Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.