St Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church of Scranton, PA

Divine Liturgy Guide

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Sunday After Exaltation

SAT SEP 14:  4:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy Exaltation of the Holy Cross                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Blessings for Kenn & Karen Lilik by Brooke Kohut

SUN SEP 15:  9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy Sunday after Exaltation of the Holy Cross                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Blessings for His People

MON SEP 16:  Clergy retreat

TUES SEP 17:  Clergy retreat

WED SEP 18:  Clergy retreat

THURS SEP 19: Clergy retreat

FRI SEP 20:  8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy Blessings for Taras Myronyuk Family by Regina Kozel

SAT SEP 21:  4:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy +Rose Ann Ferry The Lilik Family

SUN SEP 22:  9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy 18^th  Sunday after Pentecost Blessings for His People

Collection Basket

9/7 & 9/8 $1138

Thank you to last week’s counters

Dave Pedley & Linda Gerrity Week’s Counters are:

Mike Trusz & Olenka Chandoha-Knott

HAPPY Birthday & ANNIVERSARY!

September 14-20

Birthdays:

Elena Cortese – Sept. 14

Mary Tucker – Sept. 14

Amber Nidoh – Sept. 17

Brooke Kohut – Sept. 19

Anniversary

Katherine & Frank Renda – Sept, 15

VIGIL CANDLE SPONSORS: week beginning September 14, 2024

1   2   3	Hanging Eternal Lamp $10 2 Altar Vigil Candles $10 Proskomedia Candles $10	By: Linda Pirritano  For: I.M.O.  + Joseph and + Esther Linko  By: Fr. Myron & the Faithful of St.  Vladimir’s Church  For: I.M.O.  + Soldiers,  + Civilians,  + Refugees of Ukraine  By: Lilik Family  For: Deliverance of Ukraine & Protection of her Defenders
4   5   6   7	2 Tetrapod Candles $10 Jesus Vigil at Iconostas $5 Mary Vigil at Iconostas $5 St. Nicholas $5	By: Fr. Myron & the Faithful of St. Vladimir’s Church  For: Commemoration  – Exaltation of the Holy Cross SEP 14  By: Sharmayne  – Love you always  For: + Walter Michael Tucker,  Jr. – Happy Birthday in heaven  By: Biloskirka Family For: I.M.O.  + Nicholas and  + Nadia Biloskirka By: Laskowski Family  For: Health & God’s Blessings  – John Lyden & family
8   9   10	St. Vladimir Vigil at Iconostas $5 Jesus Entrance Vigil $5 Mary Entrance Vigil $5	By: Laskowski Family  For: Health & God’s Blessings  – Joseph Laskowski, Jr. By: Stella Patrick For: Health and God’s Blessings for Stephen Patrick By: Laskowski Family  For: Anniversary remembrance  – our grandmother Pearl SEP 15
11   12   13   14   15	Mother of God Statue $10 Altar 7 branch Saturday $5 Altar 7 branch Sunday $5 Blessed Mother (side altar) $5 Jesus (side altar) $5	By: Parish Family of St.  Vladimir’s Church  For: Blessings of Health – Elderly & Infirm parishioners & friends By: Laskowski Family  For: Health & God’s Blessings  – Jeffrey Lyden & family  By: Regina Kozel  For: I.M.O.  + Ihor Shablovsky  By: Regina Kozel  For: Birthday Blessings for Adriana Shablovsky SEP 20 By: Laskowski Family  For: Birthday Blessings for Jeff Jenner SEP 20

CONFESSIONFor anyone that would like to receive the holy sacrament of confession you can let Father Myron know and set up a time either before or after Liturgy from Tuesday through Saturday.

SAINT VLADIMIR

Mailing address: 430 N. 7th Ave., Scranton, Pa. 18503-2104

Telephones: Parish Office (570) 342-7023 Fax 342-7130

Website stvladimirscranton.org

REVEREND MYRON MYRONYUK, PASTOR Email:  myronyukm@yahoo.com

Glory to Jesus Christ!  Glory Forever!  Slava Isusu Christu!  Slava Na Viky!

Divine Liturgies: Saturday 4 p.m., Sunday 9:00 a.m.,

Holy Days & Weekdays see bulletin

OUR MISSION PARISH: Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. ROTARY STANDS UP FOR UKRAINE -FUNDRAISER FOR UKRAINE

ROTARY STANDS UP FOR UKRAINE -FUNDRAISER FOR UKRAINE -Sunday, September 29th 2PM-4PM (takeouts from 12:30-1:30) -IN OUR PARISH HALL.  Tickets are $35. Advance sales only. No tickets will be sold at the door. Special guests include Ukrainian soldiers, Ukrainian entertainment, Ukrainian food and raffles.  See Father Myron or Jean Pedley for details.

• Weekly Vigil Candles available for Sponsorship

Honor a loved one by sponsoring a Vigil Candle which will be lit for them for an entire week.  These 7-day candles are available with your special intention starting at only $5.  Contact Helen Pagnotti to reserve yours today.

• Solemn Holy Day this Saturday

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross solemn Holy Day is this Saturday, September 14th.  Divine Liturgy will be held at the usual time of 4:00pm.  Everyone is encouraged to attend this Holy Day Liturgy.

• Exaltation of the Holy Cross

As well as celebrating the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross commemorates two historical events. The first is the discovery in 320 AD of the True Cross, of Calvary and of the tomb of Christ by St. Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine, which the Romans had buried under a Temple to Venus. The second is the dedication of a church on the site in 335 AD. Today this church, in continuous existence since then, is known as the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, and houses Calvary, the Tomb of Jesus and the cistern in which St. Helena found the instruments of the Passion, including the Cross.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Collection for Insurance this Weekend

A reminder that Donations toward our Insurance Costs can be made this weekend, September 14th & 15th.  Please use the specially marked envelope in your collection packet.  Thank you for your generous support of our Parish.

• Divine Liturgy requests being accepted

We are now accepting Divine Liturgy requests for the Fall. Liturgies are available Mondays through Saturdays.  Please fill out a request form (pink sheet) located in the back of the Church and drop them into the collection basket or give them to Fr. Myron directly.  This is your chance to honor a Loved One (Living or Deceased) by requesting a Divine Liturgy in their Name.

• Flea Market/Craft Fair/Slavic Food Festival next Saturday in Swarthmore

Everyone is invited to Holy Myrrh-Bearers Ukrainian Catholic Church, 900 Fairview Road, in Swarthmore (Ridley Township) to a community-wide Outdoor Flea Market/Craft Fair/Slavic Food Festival on Saturday September 21st from 9:00 am-3:00 pm.  In addition to the outdoor vendors, inside the parish hall Slavic Foods/Baked Goods will be available for your enjoyment and our “Annual Cavalcade of Baskets” will be on display and you can purchase chances for the basket(s) of your choice. Looking forward to seeing you next Saturday!

THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY, PRECIOUS, AND LIFE-GIVING CROSS

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“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

God is Love. His love for us is infinite, limitless. Without measure. In the fulness of time, God sends His Only Begotten Son into the world to redeem us, save us. How did Jesus do this? By His passion, death, and resurrection. The crucifixion was the greatest act of injustice done to One Who was and is totally innocent. During the Divine Liturgy on weekdays, we pray the First Antiphon: The Lord our God is righteous; in Him there is no wrong.  Jesus, the Son of God, took upon Himself the sin of the world, although He Himself was sinless. Jesus bore the shame of the cross. For crucifixion was reserved as punishment for the most heinous of sins, crimes. Jesus our Lord endured this to rescue us from the bonds of the evil one. By His death on the Cross, He conquered death by death. His rising from the dead on the third day, His resurrection is a pledge, a promise of our own resurrection, if we but remain faithful to Christ and His gospel message of absolute Love and Truth. Having opened the gates to Heaven, Christ descended into Hades, the waiting place where the righteous would wait for the Messiah to come and make reparation for sin. In the Icon of the Descent into Hades, Christ extends His hands to Adam and Eve. This gesture symbolizes the victory of the Risen Christ over the powers of sin, death, and evil.  The offer to salvation is extended to all. We baptized Christians have been designated as heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven. We shall inherit eternal life if we take up our cross and follow in the footsteps of Christ. For the Christian, the Cross is a sign of Victory and thus we live in the hope of our own resurrection. We have the blessed assurance that the Lord God truly loves us and wants us to be deemed worthy of His eternal kingdom of Heaven.  On Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the year, we sing or recite the troparion, a hymn commemorating the victory of the Cross of Christ: “Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance, grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your people by Your Cross.” May our long-suffering brothers and sisters in Christ, especially in Ukraine, find some solace knowing that after the cross comes the resurrection. The Lord God shall come again to judge all nations, all people, the living and the dead. On that glorious day, all wrongs will be made right and there will be Justice, swift and complete.  – Father D. George Worschak

SUNDAY AFTER THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS

First Antiphon, from the Feast of the Exaltation

O God, my God, hear me; why have you forsaken me?  The words of my transgressions put salvation far from me.

Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Savior, save us!

O God, I will call to You by day, but You will not listen; and by night, yet it will not be foolish of me.

Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Savior, save us!

But You, the praise of Israel, dwell in the holy place.

Through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Savior, save us!

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever.  Amen.

Only begotten Son . . . .

Third Antiphon, from Sunday and the Feast of the Exaltation

Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord, let us acclaim God, our Savior.  Son of God, crucified in the flesh, save us who sing to You:  Alleluia!

Let us come before His face with praise, and acclaim Him in psalms.  Son of God, crucified in the flesh, save us who sing to You:  Alleluia!

For God is the great Lord, and the great king over all the earth.  Son of God, crucified in the flesh, save us who sing to You:  Alleluia!

Priest:  Wisdom!  Stand aright!

People:  Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ.  Son of God, crucified in the flesh, save us who sing to You:  Alleluia!

Tropar of the Resurrection, tone 8 — You came down from on high, O Merciful One, and accepted three days of burial to free us from our sufferings. O Lord, our life and our resurrection, glory be to You!

Tropar of the Cross, tone 1 — Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance.  Grant victory to Your faithful people against enemies, and protect Your community by Your cross.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Kondak of the Resurrection, tone 7 —When You rose from the tomb, You also raised the dead and resurrected Adam. Eve exults in Your resurrection, and the ends of the world celebrate Your rising from the dead, O most merciful One.

Now and forever and ever.  Amen.

Kondak of the Cross, tone 4 — By Your own choice, O Christ our God, You were lifted on the cross.  Grant Your mercies to Your new community that bears Your name.  By Your power, gladden the faithful people, and grant them victory against enemies.  May they have the help of Your instrument of peace, the invincible sign of victory.

“HOLY GOD” is sung as usual.

Prokimen of the Cross, tone 7

Exalt the Lord our God, and bow in worship at the footstool of His feet, for it is holy.

verse: The Lord reigns, let the peoples tremble.

Exalt the Lord our God, and bow in worship at the footstool of His feet, for it is holy.

Alleluia verses of the Sunday after the Exaltation

Remember Your congregation, which You acquired from the beginning.

But God is our king before the ages;  He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

Hymn to the Mother of God (instead of “It is truly right . . .”

O my soul, magnify the most precious Cross of the Lord.

You are a mystical Paradise, O Mother of God, who though untilled, have brought forth Christ.  He has planted upon earth the life-giving Tree of the Cross.  Therefore today, as we raise it on high, we bow low and we magnify you.

Communion Verse of Sunday, and of the Cross

Let the light of Your countenance, O Lord, shine upon us.

Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the highest!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

EPISTLE –  Galatians 2:16-20

“A reading from the Epistle of the holy apostle paul, to the GALATians”

Brethren, we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law.

But if, in our effort to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

But if I build up again the very things that I once tore down, then I demonstrate that I am a transgressor.

For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ;

and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.

And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

GOSPEL –  Mark 8:34—9:1

 AT THAT TIME, Jesus called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up  his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”

 BENEATH THE CROSS I STAY

(Peed Khrest Tviy Stayu)

Beneath the Cross I stay, to mourn, to weep, to grieve, to pray.

     (repeat) O Christ crucified, Who, in torment died, for sin-ins of the world.

You sacrificed for me, by dying on the sacred tree.

     (repeat) For my sins I plead, Jesus, You I need. Cleanse me-e of my sins.

O Jesus, You are mine, Savior and God of all, Divine.

     (repeat) How I pray to Thee: Jesus come to me, and save my sinful soul.

PLEASE PRAY FOR

Please include in your prayers those members of our parish who are in hospitals, care homes, rehabilitation facilities & those who are not able to join us actively in our church community.

Mountain View

Irene Slagan

Clarks Summit Senior Living

Sophia Soniak

Home

Anastasia Korman

Andrea Geraghty

Shirley Nidoh

Helen Ewasko

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Katrina Izak Wilson

Jean Chomko

Julie Yevich

Charles Drumsta

Regina Kozel

Andrea Wells

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Mary Warholak

Dorothy Kowalchick

Mary Tucker

Michael Seechock

Steve Patrick

Bohdonna Sherpinskas

Stella Patrick

Stanley Krupinski