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

Sun. Nov. 4, 2007, 8:20 - 8:50 am. Reading of the Hours/Confession. 9:00 am. Divine Liturgy. Holy Equal-to-the Apostles Abercius, bishop and wonderworker of Hierapolis. The Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Birth-Giver of God, commemorating the deliverance from the Poles (1612). Tone 6. 10:45-11:30 am. Sunday School.

Mon. Nov. 5 - Holy Apostle James, the brother of the Lord. St. Ignatius, patriarch of Constantinople. 1Thessalonians 2:20-3:8. Luke 11:29-33.

Tue. Nov. 6 - Martyr Arethas of Omir and 4,299 martyrs with him. Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “The Joy of All Who Sorrow” 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13. Luke 11:34-41.

Wed. Nov.7 - 10:00 am. Akathist to the Mother of God. 6:00 pm. Vespers. Martyrs Markian and Martyrius the Notaries of Constantinople. Luke 11:42-46. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12. Fast Day

Fri. Nov. 9 - 10:00 am. Akathist to Our Lord. Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica. St. Nestor of the Kyiv Caves. 1 Thessl. 5:9-13,24-28. Luke 12-2-12. Fast Day

Sat. Nov. 10 - 10:00 am. General Panahida. Demetrius Memorial Saturday. Martyrs Terence and Neonilla, of Syria and their children. Repose of St. Job of Pochaiv 4:30 pm Great Vespers / Confession 2 Corinthians 11:1-6. Luke 9:1-6

Sun. Nov. 11 - 8:20-8:50 am. Reading of the Hours/Confession. 9:00 am. Divine Liturgy. Tone 7. Virgin-martyr Anastasia the Roman. St. Abramius the recluse of the Kyiv Caves. St. Rostislav, prince of Moravia, Czechoslovakia (870). Prayer for travelers. Coffee Hour. 10:45-11:30 am. Sunday School. 5:00 pm. Vespers.

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

Reader: And with your spirit! Priest: Wisdom!

Reader: The Prokimen in tone 6. O Lord, save Thy people / and bless Thine inheritance!

Verse: To Thee, O Lord, will I call. O My God, be not silent to me!

Priest: Wisdom!

Reader: The reading from the letter of Apostle Paul to the Ephesians.

Priest: Let us be attentive

Reader: Brothers, God who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ, by grace you have been saved, and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them.

Reader: And with your spirit. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Verse: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most-High will abide in the shadow of the heavenly God!

Verse: He will say to the Lord: “My Protector and my refuge; my God, in whom I trust!”

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Happy Birthday: Nov. 6 Sofia Moroz, 6 Michael Kornazewich.

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It’s a girl !!! Congratulations to Emily and Brian Smorol, with the birth of their daughter Anna. May God bless their new family! Also our best wishes to William and Mary Ann Klish as they have become grandparents. And also Anna Lewkowicz with the birth of her beautiful great grand daughter. Mnohaya Lita to all of them!

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Dear children of St. John’s (from kindergarten to High School) parents, grandparents and Sunday School teachers you are cardinally invited to visit the Phelps Mansion Museum on Sunday, November 18^th. We will leave from the church that day at 11:30 am. and will be back here around 1:00 pm. If parents will not go you can pick up your child at 1pm from the church. For further information please call Mary Harder 723-4659.

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Thanksgiving Day project: By the grace of God, this year our Jr/Sr UOL will continue our 3 year tradition of visiting our older parishioners in nursing homes, hospitals, and their homes, after the Thanksgiving Church Service. Anyone who would like to join us, you are welcome. Also if you would like us to visit someone else who is not a parishioner, please let Father know. May this Thanksgiving bring Christ’s warmth and grace unto all.

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Jail Ministry Family Literacy Christmas Project: Donate new or nearly new Children Books for the children of inmates at the Broome County Correctional Facility. Hard cover books will be wrapped and dropped off to children at their homes on Christmas eve. Soft cover books will used throughout the year to support family literacy at the jail. Inmates are invited to record themselves reading a book to their child. This two-fold program serves to both increase inmate literacy, while reinforcing the bond between incarcerated parent and child. Every child deserves a bedtime story! Please label all donations Jail Ministry Christmas Project. Thank you for your generosity. If you have questions, please contact Father.

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Every 72 seconds someone is diagnosed with Alzeimer’s. Are you or is someone that you know affected by Alzheimer’s or another form of Dementia? Would you like to learn more about the disease and what kind of help is available? If the answer is yeas, then plan to attend “Alzheimer’s Services” Wednesday, November 14, 2006, 6:00-8:00 pm. At Broome County Public Library. Guest Speaker will be Jane Hudreck from the Southern Tier Regional Office of the Alzheimer’s. Pre-registration is requested. Light refreshments will be served. If you have questions and /or want to register, call Andrea Wright in Caregiver Services at 778-2411.

**************************************************************Dear parishioners at an emergency if you can’t reach Father at the rectory, you can call him on his cell phone 245-9988.

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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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Öåé â³ðø ïðèñâÿ÷åíî óñ³ì òèì õòî áóâ çàìîðäîâàíèé øòó÷íèì ãîëîäîì íà Óêðà¿í³ ó 1932- 33 ðîêàõ. Ïàìÿòü ïðî íèõ çàëèøåòüñÿ çàâæäè ó íàøèõ ñåðöÿõ!

ÏÎÌ’ßͲÌÎ !

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Çà ñòàðèì óêðà¿íñüêèì çâè÷àºì

Ïîì’ÿí³ìî çàãèáëèõ áðàò³â,

²ìåíà ¿õ ³ äîëþ çãàäàºì

 ïîìèíàëüíèõ ãðàìàòêàõ â³ê³â.

¯õ áàãàòî, ¿õ òüìà, ëåã³îíè,

Íå ñïèñàòü ¿õ â ãðàìàòêàõ óñ³õ.

Õàé â ñåðöÿõ ïîìèíàëüí³¿ äçâîíè

Çáóäÿòü â³÷íóþ íàì’ÿòü ïðî íèõ!

Ïîì’ÿí³ìî ì³ëüéîí³¿ æåðòâè,

ßê³ ãîëîäîì âèíèùèâ êàò,

 òðèäöÿòü òðåòüîìó ðîö³, ùî âìåðëè

² ëèøèëèñü ëåæàòü êîëî õàò.

Ïîì’ÿí³ìî óñ³õ çàêàòîâàíèõ

 ï³äçåìåëëÿõ ×Ê-ÊÃÁ,

Âñ³õ ðîçòð³ëëÿíèõ é íåïîõîðîíåíèõ,

Ùî ìîãèëè ¿õ í³õòî íå çíàéäå.

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Quite Beyond Us: Jesus, as He appears in the Gospels, resists man’s efforts to comprehend him. There is a sense in which this is true of all human beings, I concede, but in the singular case of Jesus this resistance to interpretation is marked in a unique and special way. The “who” of Jesus, which he pointedly put in question form, remains utterly elusive apart from a special revelation (Matt. 16:15-17)

We have at least some chance of understanding other men “from within,” by recourse to the principle of inter-subjectivity, the assumption of the common structure of self-awareness in all human souls. Each of us goes inside and finds a “self,” nor does the experience differ essentially from person to person.

This is what allows us to talk to one another. It is the premise of all rational discourse, the implicit starting point of all conversation, the necessary basis of all argument.

Thus, no one attempts to convince me of anything except by first supposing that his consciousness and mine share an identical shape, a radical “who,” of which to be “self-aware.” No matter how separate we are, we have at least this much in common: that we can be self-conscious in the same way.

Hence, no matter how individual the two of us remain, that other person is able to enter into his own soul, examine his own experience, and through a process of analogy gain some idea of what is going on in my soul. What is human and therefore native to him is also human and native to me. He can interpret me by self-reflection.

Biographers presume that the inner content of their chosen subject-that is to say, the person’s subjectivity-is in some measure accessible by a consideration of what makes all human souls “tick.” It is probably impossible to write biography without some recourse to this process of analogy, which often produces a psychological portrait of its subject.

What Made Him Tick: Now a great deal of contemporary biblical scholarship is convinced that it is possible to do the same thing with Jesus. Exegetes of this persuasion, basing their efforts on the analogy of subjectivity, attempt to understand Jesus by recourse to the same sorts of internal information that are used to interpret other individuals in history. They study the social, environmental, and educational influences by which they believe the man Jesus can be rendered intelligible. They discover what made Him “tick.” Psychology provides a foundation for exegesis.

These scholars go on to explain Jesus in various ways, depending on what influences were brought to bear upon Him. Observing His compassion, for instance, they perceive in His soul the impact of the social prophets of the eight century. Or, taking note of the marked apocalyptic element in Jesus’ preaching, they feel safe in explaining that phenomenon as part of the general apocalyptic atmosphere of first-century Judaism.

Current impulses of messianism gave shape to His sense of vocation. At His baptism, they claim, Jesus fell under the influence of John the Baptist and thus became aware of his own historical destiny. He became a man with a mission. And so on.

Moreover, these scholars justify their psycho biographical efforts by appealing to the testimony of the gospel that Jesus “increased in wisdom” (Luke 2:52) That is to say, the soul of Jesus grew matured like the soul of any other human being. Therefore, His “self’ His “who” can be analyzed like that of any other person.

Those who take this approach believe that the doctrine of the Incarnation provides ample warrant for analyzing the soul, the subjectivity, the self-consciousness, of Jesus. They reconstruct His inner history through the discipline of biographical psychology.

Indeed, these scholars are often so confident of this method of investigation that if someone objects to their effort or expresses a mild reserve about its validity, he is likely to be accused of questioning the very doctrine of the Incarnation. I know from experience that he may find himself as a person who disbelieves in the full humanity of Jesus.

Nonetheless, it must be said that these modern efforts to interpret Jesus through the analogy of subjectivity are problematic at best. The reason is simply this: The “subject” in the subjectivity of Jesus is the eternal Son of God

According to the traditional theology of the Incarnation there is no human person in Jesus distinct from the divine person. The soul of Jesus, His psyche that these historians want to analyze and interpret, is the human soul of the eternal Son. The “self” of Jesus’ humanity is not someone distinct from the “who” of this divinity.

Consequently, that saddened subject weeping at the tomb of Lazarus is God, and the voice that summons the dead man to come forth is the same that Moses heard from the burning bush. The transfigured Lord of tabor is identical with the one Isaiah saw, high and lifted up (John 12:37-41). That weary Man who sits at the well and sleeps on the stern sheets of the fishing boat is the Creator of the universe.

Impossible to Analyze: What is there in Jesus that renders Him so impossible to analyze? He tells us: “ I and the Father are one” (John 10:30). Again, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Not does anyone know the Father except the Son (Matt. 11:27)

The identity of the man Jesus is rooted in this eternal relationship of the Son of the Father. Self-awareness in Jesus is indivisible at every point from the consciousness of His eternal relationship to the Father. He has no personal identity apart from that relationship.

Surely Jesus’ human awareness of this relationship to the Father grew and developed as He matured. Otherwise, it is not true that the Word became flesh. However, the lines of this conscious development in Jesus are quite impossible to trace, for the simple reason that there is nothing analogous to it inside our own consciousness, nothing within us that affords us even the slightest hint of what it means for a human being to be conscious of himself as God’s eternal Son.

The “subject,” the self, of Jesus’ consciousness is not a human being who is personally distinct from the consubstantial Son. We have not the foggiest idea how this self-awareness of Jesus took form in His soul, and speculation on the matter is an exercise in either futility or heresy.

The dogma of the early church councils, the councilor theology, teaches that the man Jesus and the Son of God are the same person. They are “one reality.” This respect for the “mystery” of the Incarnation has always been the orthodox approach of the Church. Not until the early decades of the nineteenth century, did Christians attempt to “get inside” Jesus, by the analogy of subjectivity - or even, psychoanalyze Him.

I believe such efforts to be Nestorian at best but often enough only a species of Arianism. That is to say, they either take for granted like Nestorius in the fifth century that there are two distinct persons in Jesus Christ, or they presume like Arius in the fourth century that God’s Son is really a created being. On this matter of the self-consciousness of Jesus, I am persuaded, theology must be resolutely remain orthodox.

/Will be continued in next Sunday’s Bulletin/

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The name of St. Demetrious and St. Nestor are so linked in the annals of Christianity. These two beloved men of God, who are now as inseparable in church archives as they were in life. It was their combined defiance of early fourth-century tyranny which brought them to a martyrdom, which individually they may not have attained, but which places them on equal footing in the final judgment. While Demetrious was the better known of the two, it was the quit courage of his friend, Nestor, added to the complete piety of Demetrious, that assumed their immortality.

Demetrious was a native of the city Thessalonike, the city established by Alexander the great, who named it for a sister very dear to him. In the tradition of the great thinkers of ancient Greece, Demetrious honed his keep oratorical power in the public forum, where the debates of the great minds of the day drew the spirited Christians as much as the gladiatorial games attracted the pagans. As the second leading city of the empire, Thessalonike had a reputation for providing the brightest intellectuals on the public platform and the most fearsome gladiators in the arena.

Demetrious was in the military service as well as a devout Christian, a study in contrast that was countenanced in Thesalonike, but when it came to the attention of the Emperor Maximianus, who had come for a annual exhibition of gladiatorial prowess in the arena, the dual nature met with royal displeasure. For his part in the Christian cause, Demetrious was stripped of his military rank and cast into prison to await an uncertain fate. It was at this point that the friendship of Nestor came to light. At great personal risk, Nestor visited his friend in prison regularly and sought to intercede in his behalf, a move which availed him little but the aroused suspicious of those who surrounded the emperor. This provided the setting for one of the finest displays of the power of God through the friendship of two gallant Christians.

It seems that one of the favorites of the arena, admired particularly by the emperor, was a giant man named Lyaeos, a seven-foot brute who destroyed every hapless gladiator he ever faced, and for whom the pagans sought an opponent who at least had the courage to walk up to Lyaeos and give a good account of himself before succumbing to the inevitable.

It was during one of his visits that Nestor heard from Demetrious that the power of the Lord could be transmitted through him to any man and make him invincible against any foe in the arena. The youthful Nestor, with the spirit of the true believer welling within him, agreed to hurl a challenge to the best of the gladiators with a declaration that the power of God would, thanks to his friend Demetrious prevail against all comers. Buoyed by the assurance of Demetrious, he stepped into the arena and shouted his defiance in the name of the Lord.

The pagan crowd, thinking this some practical joke, roared with laughter, but when Nestor strode to the royal box where Maximians had looked on with amusement and heard the young man invoke the name of Demetrious and the awesome power of God, his smile turned to a snarl and the audience joined him in derision, whereupon the scowling Lyaeos was brought into the pit. The crowd settled back to witness the anticipated cat and mouse match, which the giant would conclude when it pleased him. But they were brought to their feet in disbelief when the supposed victim withstood the withering attack of the gladiator who had never tasted defeat, and in due course, turned the tables and soundly defeated the greatest of the gladiators, and the young Christian Nestor walked away from his prostrated foe.

The frustrated Emperor now ordered the deaths of both Christian companions, and they were executed without delay by the Roman soldiers. Not all who left the arena that day remained pagans.

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Future Event. Please mark your calendars.

Tue. Nov. 6 - Birthright 24^th Annual Take Out Pizza Sale. Consol’s, 101 Oak Hill Ave. Endicott 4 pm. to close, 754-7437. Cortese’s 117 Robinson St. Binghamton 11 am - to close, 723-6477. Proceeds to benefit Birthright 798-7661. Thank you!

Tue. Nov. 6 - 6:00 - 9:00 pm. “Jazz Up Your Life” at Brothers 2 Restaurant, Endwell. Sponsored by Alzheimer’s Association and Broome County Office for Aging. To pre-register call 785-7852 or 778-3411.

Thu. Nov. 12 - 7:00 pm. Sr. U.O.L. Meeting.

Sat. Nov. 17 - 11:00 am. - 1:00 pm. Sisterhood Bake Sale.

Baked Blessings: We need your specialties (cakes, cookies, candies) to showcase at our Sisterhood Holiday Bake Sale! Saturday Nov. 17, 11:00 am. - 1:00 pm. Contact Jennifer Hatala. 723-9435 or Carolyn Hatala 748-4380.

Cook Book Special: Our cookbooks, Volume I and Volume II will be available for $7.95 each or two for $15.00 during our Holiday Bake Sale Only!

Sat. Nov. 17 - Solemn march to honor 10 million innocent victims of the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-33. Starting 11:45 am. 7^th Street, between 2^nd and 3^rd Avenues, New York City. 75^th anniversary of the Holodomor!

Sat. Nov. 17 - 7:00-11:00 pm. St. Cyril’s Hall, Clinton St. Binghamton. Music For Dancing by the European Brass Entertainment by the Club’s Dancers. Ethnic food and baked goods will be available. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Donation $5.00

Sun. Nov. 18 - 3:00 pm. at St. John’s Memorial Center. History of Armenian Genocide and prayerful remembrance of millions of victims from the Ukrainian Famine 1932-33. Speaker Dr. Garabed Fattal. Everyone is welcome

Mon. Nov. 19 - 7:00 pm. Board meeting.

Tue. Nov. 20 - 5:00 -6:30 pm. Volunteer to Sarah Jane’s Soup Kitchen, to help people of need in our area. Mary and Walter Gulachok, Linda Zapach. If you would like to be added to the list of volunteers please call Beth Harendza 321-3685.

Thu. Nov. 22 - 10:30 am. Thanksgiving Service.

Sat. Jan. 12 - St. John’s Ukrainian Social Club 2008 Malanka.

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JULY 30 - AUGUST 3, 2008. 61 ANNUAL UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX

LEAGUE CONVENTION AT ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN JOHNSON CITY, NY. “THE LIGHT OF CHRIST ILLUMINESS ALL” COME AND ENJOY SPIRITUAL AND COLTURAL ACTIVITIES.

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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; 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: Archbishop Vsevolod, Fr. Michael Michalopolos, John Tylko, Helen Rucky, Pam Scannell, Paul Chebiniak, Jon Ward, Evelyn Kanazawich, Robert Kocak, Audrey and Eugene Klym, Michael Hovancik, Kevin Terpak, Emilia Lewkowicz, 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 and Karen Girnis, Julie Sadowitz, Catherine Dobransky, Pelahia Kit, 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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St. John’s Holiday Bake Sale!

Saturday, November 17, 11 a.m. - 1p.m.

Taking advance orders for:

*Bread (Plant or Raisin)

*Holubtsi

*Kolachky (Apricot, Lekvar, Nut)

*Rolls (Apricot, Lekvar, Nut, Poppy)

*Order Early - Limited Quantities

Call 729-5231 (after 3p.m.)

All orders must be picked up by 1p.m.

Specialty baked goods, cookbooks, and gift also available!

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Please give Father any information or announcements that you would like to publish in the Sunday’s bulletin, before Friday of that week. This way all parishioners will know about St. John’s events. Thank you.

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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.

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