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Weekly ScheduleSunday, August 25—9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy and Parish Picnic at St. Nick’s Grove

Tuesday, August 27—6:00 PM; Vespers for the Dormition of the Mother of God

Wednesday, August 28—9:00 AM; Divine Liturgy for the Dormition of the Mother of God

Saturday, August 31—11:00 AM; Baptism of Bennett Heberlee

Sunday, September 1—9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy

Confessions are available thirty minutes prior to Divine Liturgy on the first Sunday of every month; thirty minutes before Vespers on Saturday

evenings; or by appointment.

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Fr. Nicholas Mihaly, Pastor

1123 East Avenue Erie, PA 16503 H: (814) 453-4902 C: (203) 241-1027 nmihaly1013@gmail.com

More Information

Parish Website: www.stnicholaserie.org

Diocesan Website: www.acrod.org

www.facebook.com/StNicholasErie/

Welcome!

If you are new to our parish, welcome! St. Nicholas is a welcoming Orthodox Christian parish. As a reminder, only those Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves are invited to receive Communion. For all of our visitors, Orthodox or non-Orthodox, please join us for coffee downstairs; meet Fr. Nick & the parishioners!

ST. NICHOLAS ORTHODOX CHURCH “Let us therefore strive to preserve the holiness of our souls and to guard the purity of our

bodies with all fervor”-St. Nicholas of Myra

American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese | Ecumenical Patriarchate

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Diocesan Essay ContestAll Diocesan high school juniors, seniors & college students are being asked my His Eminence, Metropolitan Gregory, to write a 1,500 word essay about the Orthodox perspective on either abortion; end of life issues; same-sex marriage; wealth & poverty; or violence, conflict & war. All of the submissions will be printed in the XXIV Sobor Journal. Students are asked to submit their essays as a WORD document to our Diocesan Chancellor, Fr. Frank Miloro, via email, fpmiloro@atlanticbb.net, no later than August 31. Names should not be included on the essays so that they can be judged without bias. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded of $500, $400, & $300 respectively.

Pirohi Making MeetingSome people have expressed an interest in making pirohi. We will have a quick informational meeting following the Divine Liturgy on September 8. If you are interested in making pirohi with your parish family, please come!

First Day of Church SchoolThe first day of the new church school year will be Sunday, September 8. Also on that Sunday, all students are asked to bring their backpacks to Liturgy so that Fr. Nick can bless them for the beginning of the school year. Also, the coffee hour for that Sunday will be sponsored by our parish youth. All of the proceeds from that coffee hour will go towards youth activities.

Altar Society BreakfastOn Sunday, September 22, the Ladies Altar Society will host a parish breakfast. Please see Pat Molly or Joanne Coursin for more information!

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Upcoming Events

• August 25—Parish Picnic

• September 7—Outdoor Cleanup

• September 8—First Day of Church School Year

• September 8—Pirohi Planning Meeting

• September 17—Food ’n Cruze

• October 13-16—Diocesan Sobor

Birthdays & Anniversaries

If you would like Many Years to be sung for you or a loved one, please let Fr. Nick know prior to the beginning of Divine Liturgy

Aug

27 V. Rev. Michael Kabel

27 Steve Stafford

31 Theodore & Patricia (Bandy) Molly-46th Anniversary

Sep

1 Sandra Sekerak

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Outdoor Clean-UpThe board has decided to hold off on work on the neighborhood garden until the springtime. However, there is still a lot of yard work that needs to be on our own property. We will meet at 10:00 AM on Saturday, September 7, to do some outdoor cleanup of our parking lot and yard areas. Thank you!

Adult Classes ResumingOur adult spirituality classes will resume on Thursday evenings beginning at 6:00 PM September 5. We will be continuing our study of The Incarnate God by beginning volume 2 of this wonderful series on the feast days of the Church.

September Food ’n CruzeSince our June Food ’n Cruzes were so successful, we will be holding another Food ’n Cruze to close out the summer season on Tuesday, September 17 from 4:00 PM-8:00 PM. We will need people to help with parking, selling raffle tickets and greeting guests. We are looking for items or monetary donations for a fall themed basket which will be raffled off. Please see Elaine Stafford or Jim DeHaven for more information.

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“When was such a wonder of wonders ever seen by men? How does the Queen of all lie breathless? How has the Mother of Jesus reposed? Thou, O Virgin, wast the preaching of the prophets; thou art heralded by us. All the people venerate thee; the angels glorify thee. Rejoice, thou who art full of grace, the Lord is with thee, and through thee, with us. With Gabriel we hymn thee, with the angels we glorify thee; and with the prophets we praise thee, for they announced thee.

Habakkum beheld thee as an overshadowed mountain, for thou art covered with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Daniel beheld thee as a mountain from whom, seedlessly, the solid and strong King, the Christ, issued forth. Jacob saw thee as a ladder upon Whom Christ came down to eat and drink with us. And although we, His slaves, contemplate ascending into the heavens, yet thou hast ascended before all. Rejoice, O Virgin, for Gideon beheld thee as a fleece. David saw thee as the virgin daughter of the King. Isaias called thee Mother of God and Ezekiel a gate. All the prophets prophesied thee!

What shall we call thee, O Virgin? Paradise. It is meet, for thou hast blossomed forth the flower of incorruption, Christ, Who is the sweet-smelling fragrance for the souls of men. Virgin? Verily, a virgin thou art, for without the seed of man thou gavest birth to our Lord Jesus Christ. Thou wast a virgin before birth and virgin at birth and still a virgin after. Shall we call thee Mother? This is meet too; for as a Mother thou gavest birth to Christ the King of all. Shall we name thee Heaven? This thou art also for upon thee rose the Sun of righteousness. Wherefore, rejoice O Virgin, and hasten to thy Son’s rest and dwell in the tents of His beloved. Hasten there and make ready a palace and remember us and all thy people also, too. O Lady Mother of God, for both we and thyself are of the race of Adam. On account of this, intercede on our behalf; for this supplicate thy Son Whom thou hast held in thine embrace, and help us in our preaching and then afterwards that we may find rest in our hopes. Go forward, O Virgin from earth to heaven, from corruption to incorruption, from the sorrow of this world to the joy of the Kingdom of the heavens, from this perishable earth to the everlasting Heaven. Hasten, O Virgin to the heavenly light, to the hymns of the angels, to the glory of the saints from all the ages. Hasten, O Virgin, to the place of thy Son, to His Kingdom, to His power, where the angels chant, the prophets glorify and the Archangels hymn the Mother of the King, who is the lit lampstand, wider than the heavens, the firmament above, the protection of Christians, and the mediatress of our race.”

—St. Hierotheos, Quoted from The Life of the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos

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To Ponder

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Parish Prayer List“Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of

a righteous man has great power in its effects.” James 5:16

For the Health of…Fr. John Baranik, Fr. Lawrence Barriger, Fr. James Gleason, Fr. John Gido, Fr. Tony Joseph, Fr. Robert Lucas, Fr. Michael Polanichka, Fr. Michael Rustick, Fr. Jonathan Tobias, Fr. John Zboyovski, Fr. David Smoley, Pani Donna Smoley, Pani Connie Miloro, Pani Eleanor Pribish, Matushka Gail Mathewson, Deacon Charles Ellis, George Arghyrou, Douglas Borkowski, Stephen Brancho, Emma Burkell, John Candia, Robert Carlisle, Sandy Carlisle, Gail Collister, Robert Collister, James DeHaven, Mark DeHaven, Peter Dimitriadis, Helen Douglas, Curtis Elrod, Chad Feli, Irene Fendya, Miko Jovanovich, Aggie Kiehart, Richard Koerner, Jean Kramer, Don Kuzmin, Olivia Kuzmin, John Novak, Evelyn McCambridge, Mike McCambridge, Guy McIntyre, Rebecca McIntyre, Brenna Mihaly, Orestes Mihaly, Serge Mihaly, Mark Mizak, Robert Perevuznik, Sr., Stavros Rallis, Darren Ryan, Barbara Scheibeck, Richard Schrader, Irene Schwab, Alyn Shedden, Athena Silvestri, Elizabeth Skalko, Joseph Skalko, Isabella Smith, Eric Spiegelberg, Vicktor Volpe, Cheryl Walker, David Walker, Jake & Lauren, Steven, Katlyn Wyant, George Yurcan, Aaron Zak, Alisha Zak, Emilia Zak, Fred Zetts, Steve Zulovich…through the prayers of St. Nectarios the Wonderworker & St. Panteleimon the Great-Martyr and Healer

For the Repose of…Bishop Athanasius Akunda, Fr. George Havrila, Fr. Nicholas Palun, Pani Charlotte Conjelko, Pani Mary Kundla, Pani Patricia Patrick, Barabara Banosky, Mary DeHaven, Anna Evanisko, John Kloss, Dennis Kormos, Donna Novak, Imogene Savko, Patricia Slonaker, Dorothy Steiner…May their memories be eternal!

If you have someone you would like to be added to the prayer list, please see Fr. Nick

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WEEKLY OFFERINGS – Sunday, August 18, 2019

DONOR $2.00 WEEKLY CANDLES FOR HEALTH GIVEN FOR Phyllis Tarasovich Herself and Family Phyllis, Reader David, & Debra Tarasovich Daughter/Sister Pani Kelley Kabel’s Birthday, August 18 Theodore & Patricia Molly Themselves and Family Theodore & Patricia Molly John Novak Richard & Sonia Koerner Themselves and Family James & Nancy DeHaven Peter & Marge Sima John Lipchik Jr. & Kathleen Boyce Uncle Peter & Aunt Marge Sima Kathleen Boyce Families of Brother John Lipchik Jr. and Husband Gary Boyce DONOR $2.00 WEEKLY CANDLES FOR THE DECEASED GIVEN FOR Tamara Kloss Parents Very Rev. Proto. Ronald & Pani Dolores Hazuda Tamara Kloss Husband John Kloss Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Father Michael LaBoda Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Mother Virginia LaBoda Richard & Susanne Demchak Beloved Parents Joseph & Susan Demchak Dr. George & Kitty Kuzmishin Beloved Family Members John Lipchik Jr. & Kathleen Boyce Parents John Sr. & Helena Lipchik David Lipchik Parents Steve & Ann Lipchik Janet Belliveau Parents Douglas & Anne Liebel Phyllis Tarasovich Deceased in the Tarasovich and Kelley Families Reader David & Debra Tarasovich Grandson Carter Robert Egloff James & Nancy DeHaven His Parents George & Mary DeHaven and Her Mother Louise Butts James & Nancy DeHaven Cousin Dennis Kormos James & Nancy DeHaven Cousin David Raydo Mark DeHaven Parents George & Mary DeHaven John Katsikes Memory of Loved Ones Jean Kramer Deceased in Her Family CATEGORY AMOUNT CATEGORY AMOUNT Candles 106.00 Social Hour 10.15 Loose Change 3.00 Pigskin & Purse Raffle 420.00 Regular Envelopes 735.12 Total Income 1,274.27 ATTENDANCE Lesser Blessing of Water (Wed., Aug. 14): 7 Divine Liturgy (Sun., Aug. 18): 35

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The Children’s Word is a weekly bulletin for Orthodox Christian young people. Copyright 2019 Alexandra Houck. Email is orthodoxchildrensword (at) gmail.com. Find it each week at myocn.net.

Saint Fanourios, pray for us!

“Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them, for to such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Mark 10:14

Sunday, August 25, 2019 Volume 7, Issue 34

My beloved children!My beloved children!My beloved children!My beloved children! Have your parents ever told you not to do something? Have they ever told you not to say some-thing or wear something or act a certain way? Sure! That should happen to every kid!

Sometimes when our parents tell us not to do something, we might feel sad or embarrassed or even angry. But our parents tell us these things to help us, and to lead us the right way.

In the epistle today, we hear how Saint Paul did the same thing to his chil-dren. When Saint Paul says “children,” he means the new Christians...the ones he taught about our Lord, Jesus Christ. Today we read from the book of the Bible called First Corinthians. That book is mostly a kind of writing called “admonishment,” when the writer is telling the readers they are do-ing the wrong thing.

But Saint Paul writes, “I am not writing this to make you ashamed, but to ad-monish (warn) you as my beloved children.” Saint Paul tells the Christians he wants them to live the right way as Christians. Just like our parents, Saint Paul tells them these things because he loves them. He wants to see them live a good Christian life. So, whenever we get corrected, try to remember Saint Paul’s words too. Remember that our parents love us, just as Saint Paul loved his chil-dren!

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