Ñåðäå÷íî â³òàºìî íàøèõ ãîñòåé, ÿê³ ìîëèëèñü ñüîãîäí³ ç íàìè. Áóäåìî ðàä³ áà÷èòè Âàñ ó íàñòóïíó íåä³ëþ. Íåõàé Âàñ îáåð³ãຠÃîñïîäü.

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Priest: Let us be attentive! Peace be with you all!

Reader: And with your spirit!

Priest: Wisdom!

Reader: The Prokimen for the Palm Sunday on tone 4. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord!

Verse: O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good!

Priest: Wisdom!

Reader: The reading from the letter of Apostle Paul to the Philipians:

Reader: Brethren, rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy - meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. Priest: Peace be with you reader. Reader: And with your spirit. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Verse: O sing unto the Lord a new song: for He has done marvelous things! Verse: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our Lord!

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Happy 90^th Birthday to John Pufky. Mnohaya Lita!

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Last Monday, March 25 Margaret Evanchoff asleep in the Lord. Memory to her Eternal!

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Thank you all who worked at our Easter Bake Sale yesterday.

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Dear parishioners, you are invited on Saturday, April 7 at 10:00 AM to help prepare for the Easter Paschal breakfast.

Please sign up for the volunteer readers for the Psalms and Acts of the Apostles on Passion Friday and Holy Saturday. The sheet is on the tetrapod, near the icon.

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Dear parents and youth. You can obtain applications and information for our All Saints Church Camp in Emlenton, PA. from Father. Church School Camp for ages 8-13 will be held from June 24-July 7. Teenage Conference will be from July 8-21, but you can go only for one week. Mommy and Me, Daddy and Me camp for little children is from July 30-August 3.

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*$5.00 Patron ads for the 2007 UOL Convention in Carnegie can be given to Pam Scannell. Your name will appear in this years Convention Yearbook as a Patron supporter. Responses are due to Pam by April 15th.

*Would you like to volunteer at a Sarah Jane soup kitchen? The Sr. UOL is trying to get enough volunteers to send 3-4 people on one Tuesday each month. If you are interested please give your name to Beth Harendza.

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Holy icons in our faith and life. In this bulletin we continue describing about the icon of Saint Basil the Great located on the left side, standing next to the Virgin Mary Theotokos. St. Basil did a great work in defending Orthodoxy. Going from city to city, St. Basil explained the teaching of the Church against the heretics, and invoked a strict discipline among the clergy, holding them responsible for order in the Church. When hunger threatened the region, he convinced the rich to share their wealth with the poor, and sold his own property, as well, and shared it with the poor and hungry, whether they were pagan, Hebrew or Christians. He then revised his rules for the monasteries, wrote by-lows for the churches, and finally wrote Divine Liturgy.

Later St. Basil became a bishop of Caesarea. Emperor Valentinus sided with the heretics and even sent his own educated professor Modestus to argue and try to prevail upon St. Basil to accept the teaching that Christ was not “of one essence with the Father” but that He was “seemingly of one essence.” Modestus could not influence St. Basil preach in the cathedral. The enemies of St. Basil were not satisfied, so they persuaded the Emperor to banish St. Basil from Caesarea. It was so ordered but on the same day the Emperor’s son became seriously ill. This was taken to be an omen and punishment for the banishment of St. Basil, so the order was rescinded. St. Basil then went to the palace where he prayed and the child got well.

St. Basil died from complete exhaustion at the early age of 49 years on the first day of January in the year 379 A.D. There is a tradition that on the day before St. Basil’s death a well-known Hebrew doctor was called to diagnose his case. The doctor told everyone present to prepare for a funeral because St. Basil would not live until the following morning. But St. Basil asked the doctor, “If I will live longer, will you accept Christianity and believe that Christ was the Son of God?” The doctor agreed and gave his solemn promise feeling certain that St. Basil could not possibly live that long. Much to the doctor’s surprise, he found St. Basil alive and improved the following morning The doctor confessed and said, “Now I believe that your God is the True God and I am ready to fulfill my promise.” St. Basil replied, “ I myself will baptize you.” The doctor cautioned, “You must not get up, Bishop Basil,” but St. Basil insisted and answered, “God will give me strength to rise and do what I have said.” With these words, he got up, baptize the doctor, served Divine Liturgy and gave the doctor Holy Communion. Then he went home and thanked God for all His mercies and peacefully passed to eternal life.

/Will continue in the next Sunday’s Bulletin/

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Future Event. Please mark your calendars.

Sat. April 14 - Weekend of St. Thomas Sunday Pilgrimage. 9:30 am. Divine Liturgy in St. Andrew Memorial Church. Education Seminar on Iconography hosted by the Ukrainian Orthodox League in South Bound Brook, NJ. Featuring iconographer Michael Kapeluck. 11:00 am Overview of Iconography. 2:00 pm. Icons within the Church. Workshops are free.

6:00 pm. Vespers. For more details please see Father.

Sun. March 15 - Saint Thomas Sunday Pilgrimage. South Bound Brook NJ. 9:00 am. Greeting of the Hierarchs. 9:30 am. Hierarchal Divine Liturgy.

11:30 am. A procession to the Cemetery’s Great Memorial Cross for the celebration of a Panahyda.

3:00 pm. Meet our Father Bishops during an Ice Cream Social (all ages)

Sat. April 21 and Sun. April 22 - Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox Monastery in Otego, NY. invited us to celebrate their thirtieth anniversary.

Saturday 10:00 am. Divine Liturgy. 1:30 pm. Akathist. 3:30 pm. Healing Service. Bishop Tikhon of South Canaan presenting. 6:00 pm. Vespers.

Sunday 10:00 am. Divine Liturgy. 2:00 pm. Healing Service. 4:00 pm. Vespers. 144 Bert Washburn Road. Otego, NY 13825. /607/ 432-3179

Sun. April 22 - We will collect the contest entries.

Sun. April 22 - Bring a friend to Church day. The Jr. UOL is once again delighted to sponsor our “bring a friend to Church Day” As Orthodox Christians, it is our responsibility to spread the word of God, to act as missionaries. This is your opportunity to show those you know what Orthodoxy is all about: the chance to open them up to a place they probably never would have experienced; to show them the part of you they don’t yet know.

Sun. May 20 - Sacrament of First Confession.

Thu. May 24 - 7:00 pm. Sr. UOL Meeting.

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Procession on Passion Friday: 1) Altar boys with lighted candles.

2) Cross. 3) Holy Shroud (plaschenitsia) - held by four people at the corners above the priest 4) Altar Server with a censer in front of or beside the Holy Shroud 5) Children walking in pairs 6) Choir 7) Faithful with lighted candles.

During the procession, the funeral bell in rung.

Procession on the holy day of our Lord’s Resurrection: 1) A processional lantern at the front. 2) Processional Cross. 3) Processional icon to the left of the Holy Gospel, two people walking side by side. 4) Banners are carried in pairs. 5) Altar boys. 6) Children holding icons (You can bring icons with you) 7) Choir. 8) Altar server carrying censer. 9) Priest. 10) Faithful.

During the procession, the lights should be turned off in the Church; at the end of the procession no one should remain in the Church. The three Paschal bells are rung until the procession stops at the closed front doors. The priest will open the door making the sign of the cross and enter into the dark Church like Christ entered into Hades. After the priest enters the Church, the lights will be turned on. The priest will light a candle in the Church and the light will be passed from one person to the next. (The candles will be given to you at end of the procession.) This symbolizes Christ opening the gates into paradise, freeing people from eternal death and lighting the eternal candle of life. You can hold the lighted candles during the Resurrection Matins. Those who can stand please remain standing through-out the Matins Service to greet our Lord’s Resurrection.

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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 Lord our God, Who by Your Word alone healed all diseases; Who cured the Mother-in-law of Apostle Peter of fever; Who chastises with pity and heals according to Your goodness; Who are able to put aside every malady and infirmity: Do You the same Lord, now relieve Your servants: Fr. Michael Michalopolos, Scott Shirk, Audrey Klym, Valerie Melnychenko, Kevin Terpak, Emilia Lewkowicz, John Karaim, Mildred Charnetsky, Mary & Walter Gulachok, Mary Gormish, Olga Gooley, Mary Ford, Mary Mihalko, Margaret Klish, Marlyn Klish, Cypryan Klish II , Sophia Malowicky, Genevieve Sadowitz, Michael Sr. Duby, Anne & Karen Girnis, Paul Laszko, Julie Sadowitz, Catherine Dobransky, Pelahia Kit, Charles Stasko, Stephania Moroz, Mildred Bogdan, Wasyl Krawecki, Meghan Scannell, Olga Drost, Marion Kaspryk, Nicholas Corba, and cure them of the sicknesses which grieves them; lift them up from their beds of pain, sending down upon them Your mercy; and if it be Your will, give to them health and a complete recovery. For You are the Physician of our souls and bodies, and to You we ascribe glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.

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Dear brothers and sisters for those who do not attend confession (repentance)

and Holy Communion, please participate in these sacraments. This is for your own salvation, for the remission of sins and life everlasting. Please do not wait till the last minute, it could be too late. We never know when God will call us.

Today we are here tomorrow we will go into eternity, and will stand before God’s judgment.

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Please let Father know who is in need of visiting, prayers

or receiving of sacraments. Visits can be any time.

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The 61st Ukrainian Orthodox League (UOL) Convention will be held at the Holiday Inn Arena in downtown Binghamton from July 30-August 3rd, 2008.

St. John the Baptist Sr. and Jr. UOL chapters are hosting several hundred conventioneers from all over the nation. This is a great financial undertaking. We are inviting you to consider sponsoring one of the funding opportunities listed on the attached sheet. General contributions are also welcome.

All sponsors will be recognized in the Convention Yearbook and on St. John The Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Church website. Your sponsorship will help us to host a wonderful convention for these special visitors to our community. If you are sponsoring through your business, it will provide your business with increased visibility on local, regional and national levels.

The UOL is a national organization that promotes and strengthens the Orthodox faith and its Ukrainian culture. It also provides charitable donations to local, national, and worldwide organizations and funds for seminarians and young adults attending college. In addition, our local chapter members serve in leadership roles in our church, do mission work, and participate in community affairs. Thank you in advance for your consideration and support of our organization. Please contact me at the above number for more information or to coordinate your sponsorship or gift today

Sincerely, Pam Scannell Convention Chair

2007 Opportunities

Promotional Convention Advertisement $300.00

Hospitality night $300.00

Promotional Banquet Favor $200.00

2008 Opportunities

Welcoming Gift $300.00

Nametags and Lanyards $150.00

Wednesday Hospitality Night $500.00

Holiday Inn Arena

Thursday Brunch $1720.00

Holiday Inn Arena

Thursday Event-Ukrainian Picnic $2700.00
On the 18th floor of the State office bldg

Thursday evening beverages

St. John’s Social Club Friday Event-TBD $4700.00

Holiday Inn Arena

Saturday Banquet and Ball $7500.00

Holiday Inn Arena ballroom

Sunday Farewell Luncheon St. Mary’s Sisterhood

At St. John’s Memorial Center

Convention Yearbook Printing $1000.00

A group of individuals or businesses can join together to sponsor an event or convention expense. All donations can be mailed to the above address.

Checks are payable to 61st UOL Convention.

Senior and Junior UOL Chapters

St. John the Baptist Ukrainian

Orthodox Church, Johnson City, NY.

61st Ukrainian Orthodox League Convention

July 30th-August 3rd, 2008 “THE LIGHT OF CHRIST ILLUMINES ALL” /Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts/

Pam Scannell, Convention Chair 754-1554. 2000 Clover Dr Vestal, NY 13850

Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry.

With the blessing of the Council of Bishops, the Office of Youth & Youth Adult Ministry and Mission and Christian Charities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA announce its Missionary trip to St. Sophia Seminary in South Bound Brook NJ. for High School aged teenagers. The High School Mission Trip to St. Sophia’s will take place August 5-12, 2007. St. Sophia Seminary was established in 1976. The Seminary is in major need of remodeling and has been under constriction for over a year. Application Due Date: March15, 2007. For application please see Father. We are pray that you will be able to join us on this ground-breaking trip to act upon the command of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. For application please see Father.

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Dear St. Johns Parish family members and friends. We are now organizing the 2007 Tuesday Night League at River Run II Golf Links. This golf league has been made up of St. Johns Parish and Social Club members and friends. We are looking to continue with that tradition. If you are interested in our league please contact Fran at River Run II Golf Links - 775-9280 /Alfred Gorick/

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