Icon of Saints James, Andronicus and Athanasia -- October 9th

Twenty-First Sunday after pentecost

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 9, 2016

Glory to Jesus Christ! Our Bishop, clergy, religious and faithful welcome you to St. Stephen Cathedral. We are delighted that you have joined us for our Divine Liturgy. Our Church follows the teachings of Je-sus Christ as found in the Gospel and passed on to us through the teachings of the Apostles and Tradi-tion. If you are looking for a spiritual home, try our Cathedral parish. If you have questions, feel free to ask any of our clergy and religious. Join us again soon! God bless you!

This Week’s Liturgy Schedule

Sun. 10/9 TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Tone 4)Sat. 5:00 PM +Margaret O’Connor by Joseph Gallucci (Fr. Joe)Sun. 8:00 AM For Our Parishioners, Benefactors and Friends (Fr. David)Sun. 9:45 AM Mysteries of Christian Initiation of Mave BecktoldSun. 10:00 AM +Rt. Rev. Wes Izer from Estate (Fr. Diodoro)

Mon. 10/10 The Holy Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia (p. 381) 8:00 AM +Lela Foster by George Tomley (Fr. Joe) Tue. 10/11 The Holy Apostle Philip (p. 368) 8:00 AM +Rt. Rev. Wes Izer from Estate (Fr. Joe) Wed. 10/12 The Holy Martyrs Probus, Tarachus and Andronicus (p. 381)8:00 AM Rt. Rev. Wes Izer from Estate (Fr. Joe) Thu. 10/13 The Holy Martyrs Carpus, Papilus and Agathonica No Morning Divine Liturgy Fri. 10/14 The Holy Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus (p. 381)8:00 AM Elaine & Roberta by Alice (Bishop Gerald)Sat. 10/15 Our Venerable Mother Pelagia9:00 AM No Morning Divine Liturgy

Sun. 10/16 SUNDAY OF THE FATHERS OF THE 7TH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL Tone 5 (p. 143) (p. 263)Sat. 5:00 PM +Ann & Michael Larusso by Betty & Jean (Fr. Diodoro)Sun. 8:00 AM For Our Parishioners, Benefactors and Friends (Fr. David)Sun. 9:45 AM 3rd HourSun. 10:00 AM- Curtis-Kinyon Family (Anthony, Kristee & Joseph) by Kimberlee Curtis (Fr. Joe)

SPECIAL SPONSORS

This space is available for advertisements to help subside the cost of the bulletin. If you know of a business and/or an organization that would like to advertise in our bulletin please contact Fr. Diodoro for promotional rates. Thank you!

Feed My Starving Children: As the name implies, this is an organization that prepares food to feed starving children every day around the world. Our fellow Catholics at St. John of the Desert Melkite Catholic Church and St. Thomas the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church are participat-ing in a 2 hour food-packing session at FMSC and have several remaining slots that they need additional volunteers to fill and to help out with. St. Stephen’s parishioners have been invited to sign up and join them for this wonderful ministry. This is a great opportunity to live according to the gospel by helping the poor, hungry, and needy, and to serve and care for those less fortu-nate than ourselves. Please help if you are able to do so!

To sign up, please visit this link online: http://volunteer.fmsc.org/Register/Group/JoinGroup.aspx?gid=920390 (Please see Fr. Diodoro if you don’t have access to the Internet so we can arrange for you to use a computer in order to sign up. It only takes a couple of minutes).

Group Leader: Jocelyn Abyad, Group Name: St. John of the DesertSt. Stephen’s Group Coordinator: Anthony Kinyon (anthony.kinyon@hotmail.com)

When: Sat, October 15, 2016, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PMWhere: Feed My Starving Children, Mesa Fiesta Building, 1345 South Alma School Road, Mesa, AZ 85210

This Week’s Candle IntentionsEternal Light: +Lela Foster by George Tomley

Transfiguration: Denise Braskie by Diane PapkeNativity: +Julie Trutza

Resurrection: Kathleen Linkowsky by Liz and Tom KolTheophany: Cardinal Robert Sarah by Anthony Kinyon

Ascension: Bishop Emeritus Gerald Dino by Anthony Kinyon Encounter: Fr. Joseph Hutsko by Anthony Kinyon

Elevation of the Cross: Pope Benedict XVI by Anthony KinyonPentecost: Sr. Jean Marie Cihota by Anthony Kinyon

Coming Events – Mark Your Calendars Now

Sunday, October 9- Monthly Parish Potluck after 10 AM Divine Liturgy.

Our Weekly Gifts to the Lord—May the Lord bless your kindness and generosity!Saturday: 5 PM: 8 Sunday: 8 AM: 38 10:00 AM: 90

Tithes: $1720.00 Holyday: $10.00 Candles: $103.00 Coffee Social: $67.00Donations: $448.49 ECF Rel. Ed.: $70.00 Gift Shop: $283.70

Building Fund: $165.00 Candlestand Donation: $100.00Hall Rental: $150.00 Apt. Rental from Eparchy- $600.00 Total: $3842.59

Special Intentions: Erwin Armada, Barbara Dugan, Joanie Mahar, Helen Furka, Vincent Rice, the McCarthy Family, Gemma Hillman, Betty Iwinski, Anne Peterson, Marti Lopez, Kathleen Linkowsky, Betty Geletey, Richard Gable, Robert King, Jon Hrovat, Margaret Kunak, Ann Ryan Chris Faix, Robyn Foy, and Elaine Browne.

May the Lord rest His healing hand on His servants and hear their requestsMary Rabayda, Jane Walsh, Steve Durkit, Dorothy Dumnich, Richard Reese, Chris Balsz, Mary Lou Clark, Fr. Marcus Gomori, Sr. Christopher, OSBM, Dorothy Bezeredi, Carlene Eneroth, Eleanor Shields, Fred Way, Audrey Noble, Sharon White, Fr. Dennis Bogda, Nancy Sandrock, Marlene Rolling, Bob Dugan, Cathy Milko, Cathy Simpson, Michael Dougherty, Widad Butty, Kris Lara, Mike Chapa, Mark D. Chapa, Noa Lee Chapa, Teresa Blanc, and Clementina Men-doza, Dolores Balcazar, Vivian Rodarte, Austin Ely, and Nicholas Stefaniak Jr.

ECF Student Registrations Fees DUE. Please pay them as soon as possible. Thank you!

PARISH AND FINANCE COUNCILS have now been formed. Thank you very much for say-ing, ‘yes’ to assist the Cathedral in making very important decisions. We appreciate your gifts and talents for the building up of God’s kingdom. Our first meeting will be held on Sunday, October 16, after the 10 AM Liturgy. Please mark your calendars.

Finance Council: Ted Cooke, Stephanie Rimmer, Nicholas Stefaniak Jr.,Dolores Sugent, John Surmay, Joan Wolf, John Wursta

Advisory Council: Sr. Jean Marie Cihota, Mary Beth Foster, Sean Grimes, Michelle Klinger, Joanie Mahar, Patricia Marmol, Basil Rabayda,, Luke Roll

St. Nicholas Feast Day Dinner, Sunday, December 4, 2016 after the 10 AM Liturgy, sponsored by GCU with matching funds to benefit the Cathedral needs list. We are now accepting dona-tions for our upcoming St. Nick’s silent auction. Letters for sponsors are on the entry table. Sug-gested items: sporting events, museum tickets, dinner cards, gifts baskets, & Tricky Tray items for kids and teens to bid on.

MONTHLY BIRTHDAY & ANNIVERSARY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS- Since not too many people have e-mailed their birthday and anniversary dates in, there is a notebookat the entrance of the church where you can write in your name and dates.

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES: God grant you many years!

BIRTHDAYS: Fr. Joe – Oct. 9 & Fr. Diodoro – Oct. 20WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES: John & Kari Surmay – Oct. 9

PIROHI FOR SALE- On Sept. 24 we made 154 dozen pirohi. The majority of the pirohi were made to be used at fish frys. There however is a limited amount of pirohi available for sale for $9.00a dozen. Please see Fr. Joe if you are interested.

THE EIGHT TONES

In ancient times in the Mediterranean world, it was common to organize sung or chanted music into groups of melodies called “modes” or “tones”, each with its own distinctive flavor of characteristics. These tones (often eight in number) sometimes influenced the chant used in each part of the early Christian Church.

In the Byzantine rite, a complete set of hymns in eight tones was composed to add variety to the liturgy, and give hymnographers (hymn-writers) ample opportunity to praise God and the saints, to teach, and to encourage the faithful. These hymns are largely the work of Saint John Damascene (c. 676-749) and other hymnographers of the eighth and ninth centuries, and are collected in the liturgical book called the Octoechos.

The cycle of eight tones

In the Byzantine liturgical system, each week is assigned to one of the eight tones. The week begins with Sunday and more particularly, with the service of Vespers on Saturday evening. So each Saturday, we begin singing the hymns in a new tone, in order: tone 1 for a whole week, followed by tone 2 for the next week, and so on. Within each tone, there are hymns for each day of the week, corresponding to the traditional liturgical theme for the day. (For example, the hymns for Sunday always focus on the Resurrection, and those for Thursday on the apos-tles).

The assignment of tones to specific weeks begins on Pascha, the greatest feast of the liturgical year. At Vespers on Great and Holy Saturday, at the Lamp-lighting Psalms, we sing the Sunday hymns of Vespers in Tone 1, before continuing with the hymns proper to Great Saturday itself. Then at Matins for Pascha, we sing the Sunday Matins hymns in Tone 1.

Bright Week, the week following Pascha, is the most joyous week of the year, and to emphasize the universal nature of the Resurrection, we sing through the Sunday (Resurrection) hymns in all eight tones, one tone per day. Thus, for Bright Monday, we sing the Sunday hymns in Tone 2; on Tuesday, the Sunday hymns in Tone 3; and so on, ending with Tone 8 on Saturday. (Tone 7, traditionally considered the most somber of the tones, is omitted in order to fit the eight tones into seven days.)

On Sunday after Pascha (Thomas Sunday), we come back to Tone 1 beginning with Vespers on Saturday evening. For the rest of the liturgical year, the tones follow one another in regular pro-cession.

The eight tones in the Paschal season

Each week in the Paschal season is assigned to one of the eight tones, as follows:

• Thomas Sunday, and the following week – Tone 1• The Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers, and the following week – Tone 2• The Sunday of the Paralytic, and the following week – Tone 3• The Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, and the following week – Tone 4• The Sunday of the Man Born Blind, and the following week – Tone 5• The Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, and the following week – Tone 6

Pentecost Sunday, and the week that follows, would be assigned to Tone 7, but in fact all the hymns for this week are proper to the feast.

The Sunday of All Saints, and the following week – Tone 8

From Pascha until the Sunday of All Saints, we do not actually use the liturgical book called the Octoechos; instead, the appropriate hymns for each Tone are copied into the liturgical book for the Paschal season, the Pentecostarion. We return to using the Octoechos(in Tone 8) after the Sunday of All Saints.

(Taken from the Metropolitan Cantor Institute of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchyof Pittsburgh)

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