Sunday 13 May 2012, 5th Sunday of Pascha, Mother’s Day

• Christ is risen! Хрістосъ воскресе! Χριστὸς ἀνέστη!
• The monthly Utility Collection is today, postponed from last week; please give generously!
• Fr George, Matushka Ann and their family are away today, we welcome Fr Vadim Pismenny
• The Moleben for Armed Forces Day scheduled for 3 pm Saturday 19 May is cancelled
• Church School graduation is in four weeks, the Sunday after Pentecost
• Read Encyclical on the celebration of the 5th Anniversary of the Reunification of the Russian Church
• Moleben of Thanksgiving on the 5th Anniversary will be celebrated at 6:30 pm Thursday 17 May
• Happy Mother’s Day – the children will present the mothers with carnations at the kissing of the Cross
• Congratulations to all the mothers of our parish on Mother’s Day!
• Eternal Memory (Вѣчная память) to all the departed mothers of our parish
• Many Years (Многая лѣта) to all the mothers of our parish and to Infant Gleb on his name day Tuesday 15 May

Sunday 6 May 2012, 4th Sunday of Pascha

• Christ is risen! Хрістосъ воскресе! Χριστὸς ἀνέστη!
• First Sunday of the month: Utility Collection today
• May Bulletin available now at the Candle Desk
• Blessing of graves and of houses by appointment; please contact Fr George
  
• Collection continues for Stephanie Seregos who died leaving a small child; see Marie Roettger
• Appeal for support of Holy Virgin Protection Parish in Nyack & Fr George Larin
• Fr George & Matushka Ann will be away next Sunday, Fr Vadim Pismenny will substitute
• Name days: Today, St George & St Alexandra; Tuesday 8 May, St Mark
• Many Years: Fr George Larin, our Dean; George Peavy; Alexandra Callaghan; Alexandra Rakov; Mark Jurgot

Sunday 29 April 2012, 3rd Sunday of Pascha, Myrrh-Bearers

• Christ is risen! Хрістосъ воскресе! Χριστὸς ἀνέστη!
• May Bulletin will be available next week
• Due to rain last Sunday, blessing of graves at St John’s Cemetery was postponed to 3:30 pm today
• Blessing of graves and of houses by appointment; please contact me
• Fr George & Matushka Ann will be away Sunday 13 May (in two weeks time), Fr Vadim Pismenny will substitute
• Collection for Stephanie Seregos, a single mother who died leaving a small child; see Marie Roettger
• Name days Myrrh-Bearing Women – Martha, Joanna & Susanna; and Martyr Irene
• Many Years: Joan Hudobenko, Joanna Smykowski, Susan Cole, Irene Ambrose

Sunday 22 April 2012, St Thomas Sunday

• We will have a short litya today for those who reposed during the past year; if you wish to add names please, hand them in now
• Many thanks to those who helped set up on Good Friday and those who helped get the church ready for Pascha during the procession at midnight! (Please supply me with a list before the end of Liturgy)
• Paschal Epistles of Patriarch Cyril and Metropolitan Hilarion
• The two schedules for cemetery visits posted in the Bulletin do not agree – here is the correct schedule:
• Today: 3:30 pm St Joseph’s in Lordship; 5:30 pm St John’s on Nichols Ave
• Tomorrow: 11 am Lakeview; 1 pm King’s Highway; no visit to Riverside in Shelton
• Tuesday: 3:30 pm Union Cemetery in Stratford; 5:30 pm St John’s in Monroe
• Fr George & Matushka Ann will be away Sunday 13 May (in three weeks time), Fr Vadim Pismenny will substitute
• Letters for schools for absences on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Bright Monday at Candle Desk
• Collection for Stephanie Seregos, a single mother who died leaving a small child; see Marie Roettger
• Name Days: today, St Thomas; Many years – Thomas Milligan

Sunday 15 April 2012, Pascha

• See Bulletin

Sunday 8 April 2012, Palm Sunday

• Special Collection today for the Holy Land in all parishes of the Russian Church Abroad
• Last week of the Fast: no meat, fish, eggs or dairy; fish, wine and oil permitted today for the Feast
• The collection box in the middle of the church is for flowers for Pascha; this is the last week to do it
• Holy Unction in Nyack, 4 pm today, served by Bishop Jerome
• Holy Unction here at St Nicholas will be at 6:30 pm on Holy Wednesday, 11 April
• See special schedule of services for Holy Week and Pascha posted at Candle Desk and in Bulletin
• Paskha and kulich pick up on Good Friday or Holy Saturday, see Maria Peavy
• Palms and pussy willows were blessed yesterday; take them home, we have many
• Services every night at 6:30 pm Tuesday through Friday, see special schedule
• Bridegroom Matins tomorrow at 2 pm; Vespers of the Plaschanitsa, 2 pm Friday 13 April
• Liturgy 9:30 am on Holy Thursday, 12 April; Liturgy 8:30 am on Holy Saturday, 14 April
• Paschal Vigil begins at 11:30 pm Saturday 14 April, ending with Divine Liturgy at 1:30 am
• Paschal Vespers next Sunday 10 am
• Letters for schools for absences on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Bright Monday at Candle Desk

Sunday 1 April 2012

• Today: First Sunday of the month – Utilities Collection
• Lent continues; no meat eggs or dairy until Pascha
• Today: Children’s Communion and Children’s Communion Breakfast
• Today: Relics of Saints at Holy Ghost Church until 2 pm; Bazaar until 4 pm
• Today: Holy Unction, Three Saints Church, 26 Howard Ave, Ansonia; Kursk-Root Icon will be present
• No Presanctified Liturgy this week; the final Presanctified was this past Friday
• Annunciation & Lazarus Saturday – Vigil 6:30 pm Friday 6 April; Liturgy 9:30 am Saturday 7 April
• Palm Sunday is next week – Vigil 5 pm Saturday 7 April; Liturgy next Sunday at 10 am, the usual time
• Fish is permitted on Annunciation, Saturday 7 April; and on Palm Sunday, 8 April (this next weekend)
• See special schedule of services for Holy Week and Pascha posted at the Candle Desk
• Holy Unction in Nyack, served by Bishop Jerome, 4 pm next Sunday, 8 April
• Holy Unction here at St Nicholas will be at 6:30 pm on Holy Wednesday, 11 April
• Paskha and kulich sale, deadline for orders this Thursday; see Masha Peavy
• We
  are holding a fundraiser for Sonya, a girl in Moscow with leukemia, the
  granddaughter of our parishioner  Galina Rakov; please give generously;
  see Masha Peavy
• Collection box in the middle of the church: flowers for the Plaschanitsa, please give a little each Sunday
• Name Days: Today, St Mary of Egypt
• Many Years:, Mary Collelo, Mary Coroneos, Maria Hancin, Maria Madzik, Maria Peavy

Sunday 25 March 2012

• Lent continues: We eat no meat, fish,
  eggs or dairy until Pascha, Sunday 15 April; wine and oil permitted on
  Saturdays and Sundays
• Today: 4 pm, Lenten Vespers at St John’s Church, 600 Silver Lane, Stratford
• Presanctified Liturgy 10 am Friday 30 March; note – morning service, the last Presanctified this year!
• Matins with the Great Canon of Repentance (Andreevo Stojanie), 6:30 pm Wednesday 28 March
• Matins with the entire Acathist Hymn, 6:30 pm Friday 30 March, no Lenten tea afterward
• Children’s Lenten Retreat is on Saturday 31 March, all children are invited, not just the Church School!
• Children’s Lenten Communion next Sunday, followed by the Children’s Communion Breakfast
• Holy
  Ghost is hosting relics of Saints from St Tikhon’s, 9 am to 6 pm Sat 31
  Mar, and 9 am to 2 pm Sun 1 Apr; also: Bazaar, “A Taste of Russian
  Easter” 10 am-4 pm Sat 21 Mar, 11 am-2 pm Sun 1 Apr
• Call for pussy willows – 3 weeks to Palm Sunday, and they are already in bloom; need to cut them now!
• Collection box in the middle of the church: flowers for the Plaschanitsa, please give a little each Sunday
• Name days: 40 Martyrs (one is Martyr Valery) – Thursday 22 March; Martyr Galina, Friday 23 March
• Many Years: Valery Petrov, Galina Kanonik, Galina Rakova, and Galina Rudins

Sunday 18 March 2012

• Lent
  continues: We eat no meat, fish, eggs or dairy until Pascha, Sunday 15
  April; wine and oil permitted on Saturdays and Sundays
• Today: 4 pm, Lenten Vespers at St George’s Albanian Church, 5490 Main St, Trumbull
• Moleben – 40 Martyrs of Sebastia, 6:30 pm Thursday 22 March
• Presanctified Liturgy 10 am Friday 23 March
• Note: This is an morning service, one of only two during Lent
• Small Compline with Acathist, Part IV, 6:30 pm Friday 23 March – Lenten potluck to follow
• General Pannychida, 3 pm Saturday 24 March, leave names of your loved ones at the Candle Desk
• Reminder: Saturday Vigil begins at 5 pm, and no change on the 3rd Saturday of the month
• Children’s Lenten Retreat is on Saturday 31 March, all children are invited, not just the Church School!
• Question of the Week: 5 minutes talk today at Coffee Hour – the sign of the Cross
• Call for pussy willows – 3 weeks to Palm Sunday, and they are already in bloom; need to cut them now!
• The collection box in the middle of the church is for flowers for the Plaschanitsa and Pascha, please give a little each Sunday

Sunday 11 March 2012

• Daylight time begins today – did you forget to set your clocks?
• Lent
  continues: We eat no meat, fish, eggs or dairy until Pascha, Sunday 15
  April; wine and oil permitted on Saturdays and Sundays
• Today: 4 pm, Lenten Vespers at St John the Baptist Church, 1240 Broadbridge Ave, Stratford
• Presanctified Liturgy 6:30 pm Wednesday 14 March
• Note: This is an evening service; later in Lent we will have morning Presanctified
• Small Compline with Acathist, Part III, 6:30 pm Friday 16 March – Lenten potluck to follow
• Starting yesterday – Saturday Vigil begins at 5 pm, and no change on the 3rd Saturday of the month
• Starting next Sunday – Question of the Week, 5 minutes talk at Coffee Hour and article in the Bulletin
• The collection box in the middle of the church is for flowers for the Plaschanitsa and Pascha, please give a little each Sunday

Sunday 4 March 2012

• March Bulletins available at the Candle Desk
• Utility collection today, first Sunday of the month – please give, collection covers only 10% of the cost
• Lent began last Monday; we abstain from meat, eggs, dairy and fish until Pascha, 15 April
• Moleben
  on the Sunday of Orthodoxy for those departed into error to follow
  sermon (before Announcements) with procession of icons by children of
  our Church School
• Inauguration of the Parish Council Officers will take place today after the Moleben of Orthodoxy
• Today: 4 pm, Lenten Vespers at St John the Baptist Church, 384 Mill Hill Ave, Bridgeport
• Wonder-Working Icon of St Anna will be present
• Lenten refreshments and talk by Abbot Sergius of St Tikhon’s Monastery to follow
• Presanctified Liturgy 6:30 pm Wednesday 7 March
• Note: This is an evening service; later in Lent we will have morning Presanctified
• Small Compline with Acathist, Part II, 6:30 pm Friday 9 March – Lenten potluck to follow
• Starting this week, Saturday Vigil will begin at 5 pm, and no change on the 3rd Saturday of the month
• We have kollyva for St Theodore blessed yesterday
• Paper commemoration lists will no longer be kept after the end of the Divine Liturgy
• Name day this week – Friday 2 March, St Leo, Pope of Rome
• Many Years: Leo Peavy III, our Starosta, Leo Peavy IV, Leo Wologodzew

Sunday 26 February 2012

• March Bulletins will be available next Sunday
• No kissing of the Cross, Vespers of Forgiveness begin immediately after announcements – this is the first Lenten service, please stay! It is only a little over half an hour
• Lent begins tomorrow, no meat today; from tomorrow – no fish, eggs or dairy; wine and oil permitted on Saturdays and Sundays
• Entire service of the First Day of Great Lent will be served tomorrow starting at 7 am
• No evening service tomorrow night: Fr George has to work
• Great Compline with Great Canon 6:30 pm Tuesday and Thursday this week
• Presanctified Liturgy 3 pm Wednesday 9 March (note: this is in the middle of the afternoon)
• Small Compline with Acathist, Part I, 6:30 pm Friday 2 March – Lenten potluck to follow
• Blessing of Kollyva for St Theodore, 5 pm Saturday 3 March
• Inauguration of the Parish Council Officers will take place next Sunday
• Newly reposed: Monday 20 February, Anatoly Safronov, one-time parishioner here, long time parishioner at Presentation Church; his funeral was at Presentation on Thursday 23 February served by Fr Andrei, Fr Constantine and Fr Theodore
• Newly reposed: Thursday 23 February, John Bludevich, son of the late Sotir Bludevich and his widow Marica; funeral was at Adzima’s on Friday 24 February, burial at St John’s Cemetery in Stratford
• Fortieth day: Friday 30 March, Anatoly Safronov; Monday 2 April, John Bludevich
• Name day this week – Friday 24 February, St Vsevolod
• Eternal Memory: John Bludevich and Anatoly Safronov
• Many Years: Vsevolod Rakov

Sunday 12 February 2012

• Forgiveness Sunday next week – this is the first Lenten service, please attend!
• If two services are too much for you, come late to the Liturgy and stay for the Vespers of Forgiveness
• Entire service of the First Day of Great Lent will be served on Monday 27 February starting at 7 am
• Bliny Dinner today – thanks to the ladies that cooked – support the Sisterhood and stay for the dinner!
• No Church School today because of the bliny
• Today is the last day of meat before Pascha, Maslenitsa begins tomorrow
• If you wish your house blessed, please see Fr George – this is the last week before Lent
• General Parish Meeting is today, during and after Bliny; please stay and participate!
• Name days this week – Thursday 16 February, Ss Symeon and Anna
• Many years, for St Anna (most of our Anns celebrate in September): Ann Sharog

Sunday 12 February 2012

• Pannychida today after kissing of the
  Cross, Leonid Rudins, Matushka Evdokia, Archpriest Platon, and Fr
  Protodeacon Vladimir Papov; Coffee Hour is sponsored in their memory
• Today: A discussion group, The Pew, will be held today at 5 pm at St Dimitrie’s Church, all are invited
• This
  is a normal week, Wednesday and Friday are fast days; but fish, wine
  and oil are permitted on Wednesday in honor of the Feast of the
  Presentation
• Major Feast: Presentation of the Lord, Vigil Tuesday evening 7 pm at Presentation Church
• Divine Liturgy 9:30 am Wednesday 15 February at Presentation Church; no services at St Nicholas
• Soul
  Saturday – General Pannychida 1:30 pm Saturday 18 February; leave names
  to be commemorated at Candle Desk (all commemoration books will be read
  in any case)
• Forgiveness Sunday in two weeks – this is the first Lenten service, please attend!
• Entire service of the First Day of Great Lent will be served on Monday 27 February starting at 7 am
• Fr George available for house blessings after today by appointment only
• Bliny next week, Sunday 19 February – support Sisterhood!
• Third Notification: General Parish Meeting is next week, Sunday 19 February

Sunday 5 February 2012

• First Sunday of the month – Utilities collection
• February Bulletin available today at Candle Desk
• Blessing of homes by schedule in the back of the church – if you wish to add your house, see Fr George
• Bliny two weeks from today, Sunday 19 February – support Sisterhood!
• Second Notification: General Parish Meeting is 2 weeks from today, Sunday 19 February
• Parish Council Meeting today
• Funeral in absentia for Neila Kriston tomorrow at 10 am
• Moleben to St Xenia tomorrow at 2:30 pm
• Name Days – Thursday 2 February, Ss Innas, Pinnas and Rimmas; Friday 3 February, St Timothy; tomorrow, Xenia; Tuesday 7 February, St Gregory the Theologian
• Many Years: Gregory Kendall, Timothy Paradiso, Xenia Podoltsev, Xenia Lardas, Inna Wolog

Sunday 29 January 2012

• Blessing of homes by schedule in the back of the church – if you wish to add your house, see Fr George
• Thanks to the Sisterhood for hosting the Pelmeni dinner last Sunday
• First Notification: General Parish Meeting is rescheduled to 3 weeks from today, Sunday 19 February
• Parish Council Meeting next week, Sunday 5 February
• Moleben schedule for tomorrow for St Antony is cancelled – Fr George will be at work
• Asking prayers for Tillie (Tekla) Kodnia of St Mary’s Orthodox Church in Yonkers NY; she reposed on Thursday 26 January; her funeral is here tomorrow at 10 am; burial is at Oaklawn Cemetery, Yonkers
• Asking prayers for Neila Kriston, former parishioner, reposed in Houston on Friday 20 January; buried at St John’s Cemetery Stratford Tuesday 24 January
• Asking prayers for Gennady who reposed in Belarus, a friend of our parishioners from Belarus
• Name days this week: St Nina, Friday 27 January; tomorrow, St Antony
• Many Years: Matushka Nina Shevzov, Nina (her granddaughter), Child Anton Licamele

Sunday 22 January 2012

• Blessing of homes by schedule in the back of the church – if you wish to add your house, see Fr George
• Sisterhood Pelmeni today, please support the Sisterhood’s fundraiser
• First Notification: General Parish Meeting in 2 weeks, Sunday 5 February (is this on?)
• Moleben, 6:30 pm Friday 27 January – St Nina
• Please update your Commemoration Books (pomjaniki) and subscriptions, some have lapsed
• Name Days – St John the Baptist, Friday 20 January; St Tatiana, Wednesday 25 January
• Many Years: John Denisevich, John Kendall, John Madzik, Evan Tilley, Tatiana Ambrose, Tatiana Porfirieva, Tatiana Sciaudone, Tatiana Sergievsky, Tatiana Stettinina
  

Sunday 15 January 2012

• Happy New Year 2012, which began yesterday!
• Some of the food (frozen) remains from the Festival, all of it is for sale – see Joan Hudobenko or Kathy Callaghan – get some for your holiday table!
• Next service: Vigil for Theophany, 6:30 pm Wednesday 18 January with Blessing of Waters
• Divine Liturgy for Theophany, 9:30 am Thursday 19 January with 2nd Blessing of Waters
• Blessing of homes by schedule in the back of the church – if you wish to add your house, see Fr George
• Strict fast Wednesday (eve of Theophany) Friday is also a fast day
• Sisterhood Pelmeni next Sunday; work party (?) Saturday 9 am (is this on? Ask Sisterhood)
• Children’s Christmas Party (Yolka) next Sunday, we hope for a visit from Djed Moroz
• First Notification: General Parish Meeting in 3 weeks, Sunday 5 February (is this on?)
• Please update your Commemoration Books (pomjaniki) and subscriptions, some have lapsed
• No name days this week

Sunday 8 January 2012

• Utility Collection today, postponed from last Sunday
• Bulletin for January and holidays at Candle Desk
• No fasting this week even on Wednesday and Friday
• Some of the food (frozen) remains from the Festival, all of it is for sale – see Joan Hudobenko or Kathy Callaghan – get some for your holiday table!
• Please update your Commemoration Books (pomjaniki) and subscriptions, some have lapsed
• Appeal: Candle Desk duty and attendance at Vigil of Parish Council members at least
• Thanks to Adzima’s Funeral home for 2012 calendars; they are available at the Candle Desk
• Excuse notes from the priest for school absences on Epiphany are at the Candle Desk
• Moleben – Holy Innocents, 6:30 pm Wednesday 11 January
• Vespers for St Basil and Old Calendar New Year 2012, 6:30 pm Friday 13 January
• Thanks to Ann Sharog for the beautiful Christmas flowers
• Thanks to everyone who participated in the Christmas dinners
• Name days this week: St Eugenia, Friday 6 January; St David and Joseph today; St Stephen tomorrow
• Many Years: Eugenia Jurgot, Stephen Wetowitz, Reader David Dutkanicz, David Solovyev, Joseph Scalzo, Stephen Beard, Stephen DeBiase, Stephen Zuber

Saturday 7 January 2012, Christmas, the Nativity of our Lord

• Bulletin for January and holidays at Candle Desk (are they available?)
• Some of the food (frozen) remains from the Festival, all of it is for sale – see Joan Hudobenko or Kathy Callaghan – get some for your holiday table!
• Thanks to Adzima’s Funeral home for 2012 calendars; they are available at the Candle Desk
• Excuse notes from the priest for school absences on Epiphany are at the Candle Desk

Sunday 1 January 2012

• First Sunday of the month: Utility Collection
• Bulletin for January and holidays at Candle Desk
• Special services: Royal Hours 9:30 am Friday 6 January; Holy Supper 5 pm
• Christmas Vigil 6:30 pm Friday 6 January; Liturgy 10 am Saturday 7 January, and Festive Trapeza
• Nativity Fast continues; stricter now – just like Great Lent, until Christmas, Saturday 7 January
• Some of the food (frozen) remains from the Festival, all of it is for sale – see Joan Hudobenko or Kathy Callaghan – get some for your holiday table!
• Please update your Commemoration Books (pomjaniki) and subscriptions, some have lapsed
• Appeal: Candle Desk duty and attendance at Vigil of Parish Council members at least
• Thanks to Adzima’s Funeral home for 2012 calendars; they are available at the Candle Desk
• Excuse notes from the priest for school absences on Christmas and Epiphany are at the Candle Desk
• Name days this week: St Anastasia Wednesday 4 January
• Many Years (are there any other Anastasias?): Anastasia Milligan, Anastasia Solovyev

Sunday 25 December 2011

• Thank the Sisterhood for the St Nicholas Dinner last Sunday – it was excellent!
• Some of the food (frozen) remains from the Festival, all of it is for sale – see Joan Hudobenko or Kathy Callaghan – get some for your holiday table!
• Thirteen days until Christmas!
• Nativity Fast continues; stricter starting tomorrow – like Great Lent, until Christmas, Friday 7 January
• Parish Bulletin available at Candle Desk (are they ready?)
• No services until next Saturday night (Vigil 6:30 pm Sat 1 Jan)
• Name Day: St Eugene, tomorrow
• Many Years: Eugene Kallaur

Sunday 18 December 2011

• Thank you to all who helped make our Holiday Festival a success: Fr John Perich, Tanya Guba, Elsie Trostonoff, Kathy Callaghan, Marty Hudobenko, Anastasia Milligan, Ann Sharog and the Sisterhood
• Nativity Fast continues; we abstain from meat eggs & dairy; fish permitted, except on Wednesdays and Fridays
• St Nicholas Day Fish Dinner today after the kissing of the Cross, please join us!
• St Nicholas Day tomorrow: Vigil for St Nicholas begins tonight at 6:30 pm
• Divine Liturgy for St Nicholas 9 am tomorrow
• There will be a luncheon after the Liturgy tomorrow
• Everyone should attend both the Vigil and the Divine Liturgy of our Patron Saint tonight & tomorrow
• No services until next Saturday night (Vigil 6:30 pm Sat 25 Dec)
• 2nd Anniversary of the repose of Archimandrite Joasaph (Matushka Ann’s brother)
• Eternal Memory: Archimandrite Joasaph
• Many Years: Nicholas Niejelow, Nikolai Podoltsev, Nicholas Scalzo, Nicholas Viner, and all parishioners of St Nicholas Church

Sunday 11 December 2011

• Thanks to Fr John Perich for bringing the Icons of our Lady Quick to Hear and Feodorovskaya, and all the Relics, and to the priests who have served with us yesterday at the Moleben, at Vigil, and today at the Liturgy
• The Icon of Our Lady Quick-to-Hear departs at 4 pm today
• Christmas Festival and Bazaar here ends at 4 pm today
• Nativity Fast continues; we abstain from meat eggs & dairy; fish permitted, except on Wednesdays and Fridays
• Moleben – St Andrew, 6:30 pm Tuesday 13 December
• Holy Unction at St George’s Albanian Church in Trumbull, 7 pm Wednesday 14 December; Kursk Root Icon will be present – see flier at Candle Desk
• Moleben – St Barbara, 1:30 pm Saturday 17 December
• Early Service next Saturday – Vigil begins at 3 pm
• St Nicholas Day next week: Vigil for St Nicholas begins 6:30 pm next Sunday, 18 December
• Divine Liturgy for St Nicholas 9 am Monday 19 December
• Everyone should attend both the Vigil and the Divine Liturgy
• St Nicholas Day Fish Dinner next Sunday, 18 December, after the Liturgy
• Name day: St Andrew, Tuesday
• Many years: Fr Andrei Semyanko, Andrei Kallaur

Sunday 4 December 2011

• First Sunday of the month: Utilities Collection today!
• Moleben, St Catherine – 6:30 pm Wednesday 7 December
• Moleben, Kursk Root Icon – 6:30 pm Friday 9 December
• Visit of Icon of Our Lady Quick-to-Hear; arrival 2 pm Sat 10 Dec, departure 4 pm Sun 11 Dec
• Christmas Festival and Bazaar here 10 am to 4 pm Saturday 10 December & Sunday 11 December
• Nativity Fast continues; we abstain from meat eggs & dairy; fish permitted, except on Wednesdays and Fridays
• Name days this week: St Alexander Nevsky, Tue 6 Dec; and St Catherine, Wed 7 Dec
• Many Years: Alexander Kendall, Alexander Podoltsev, Alexander Poznansky, Alexander Solovyev, Alexander Tumeniuk, Matushka Kathryn Papov, Kathryn Bruder (nee DeBiase), Katherine Callaghan, Catherine Kendall, Katherine Pcolka, Katherine Peavy, Katherine Pigiel

Sunday 27 November 2011

• Thanks to Fr Deacon Paul Giatas and Matushka Katherine Papov for conducting the Reader’s Service last Sunday in Fr George’s absence
• Thanks to Marty Hudobenko who did the Leaf Cleanup yesterday almost by himself
  
• Entry of the Mother of God – Vigil with Litya, 6:30 pm Sat 3 Dec; Divine Liturgy next Sunday
• Christmas Festival and Bazaar here 10 am to 4 pm Saturday 10 December
• Nativity Fast begins tomorrow: we abstain from meat eggs & dairy; fish permitted, except on Wednesdays and Fridays
• Many years to those who had a Name Day last week when Fr George was absent: Michael Nettle, Michael (Bruno) Licamele

Sunday 20 November 2011

• Sunday Service to be conducted by Fr Deacon Paul Giatas – Fr George could find no priest to substitute
• Coffee Hour & Church School will be held as usual
• Holiday Festival at Holy Protection Church in Nyack continues until 7 pm today
• Moleben – St Nectarius of Pentapolis, 6:30 pm Tuesday 22 November
• Moleben – St Menas 6:30 pm Wednesday 23 November
• Service of Thanksgiving, 9:30 am Thursday 24 November; begin the day with prayers of thanks
• Thanksgiving is this Thursday, and the food banks are running low – please everyone donate to our Food Drive by our Church School for Sterling House Food Pantry
• Brotherhood Leaf Cleanup – 9 am Saturday 26 November
• St Petersburg Men’s Ensemble concert next Sunday at 12 noon at Holy Ghost Parish in Bridgeport, $10
• Christmas Festival and Bazaar here 10 am to 4 pm Saturday 10 December
• Nativity Fast begins Monday 28 November, we abstain from meat eggs & dairy; fish permitted, except on Wednesdays and Fridays
• Name day – St Michael tomorrow, Monday 21 November
• Many years: Michael Nettle; Michael (Bruno) Licamele

Sunday 13 November 2011

• Special collection today for the St Herman Youth Conference
• No Vigil next Saturday – Fr George will be away
• Divine Liturgy next Sunday as usual – a substitute will serve
• Holiday Festival at Holy Protection Church in Nyack, Saturday & Sunday, 20 and 21 November
• Thanksgiving is coming up, and the food banks are running low – please everyone donate to our Food Drive by our Church School for Sterling House Food Pantry
• No name days this week
• Eternal Memory: All Orthodox soldiers that laid down their lives in battle (St Demetrius Saturday)

Sunday 6 November 2011

• Remember that Daylight time ended last night – some of you may have come early!
• Utilities collection today – first Sunday of the month
• Apologies: No services were served for the Kazan Icon, the St Demetrius memorial of soldiers, and for St James as Fr George was sick
• Vespers for St Nectarios at Christ the Savior Church, Southbury, 7 pm Tuesday 8 November
• Special collection next week, Sunday 13 November, for the St Herman Youth Conference
• Holiday Festival at Holy Protection Church in Nyack, Saturday & Sunday, 20 and 21 November
• Food Drive by our Church School for Sterling House Food Pantry continues – Thanksgiving is soon!
• Thank you to everyone for your well-wishes and gifts on my Birthday – Fr George
• Name Days: St Hilarion, Thursday 3 November; St James, Friday 5 November; St Demetrius Tuesday
• Many Years: Metropolitan Hilarion, Reader James Lardas, James Boemmels, James Callaghan, Dimitar Mace, Dzimitri Shurba

Sunday 30 October 2011

• Remember that Daylight time ends next weekend – set clocks behind 1 hr on Saturday evening, enjoy extra hour of sleep!
• November Bulletins available today at Candle Desk
• Pannychida today for Protodeacon Vladimir Papov (5 years)
• Vespers tomorrow night for St John of Kronstadt are cancelled – Fr George work schedule prevents
• Moleben, Kazan Icon – 6:30 pm Friday 4 November
• Moleben, St James – 5 pm Friday 5 November
• General Commemoration of Orthodox Soldiers (St Demetrius Saturday), 3 pm Saturday 5 November
• Vespers for St Nectarios at Christ the Savior Church, Southbury, 7 pm Tuesday 8 November
• Special collection in two weeks, Sunday 13 November, for the St Herman Youth Conference
• Today is the last day of the clothing drive on behalf of Big Brothers / Big Sisters – leave off clothing in Fr George’s Office downstairs
• Food Drive by our Church School on behalf of Sterling House Food Pantry continues
• St John’s Broadbridge Annual Slavic Food Festival this Saturday, 5 November, from 11 am to 2 pm
• No name days this week

Sunday 23 October 2011

• Pannychida today for Vladimir Brockert (6 years), Natalie Wolog (13 years), Thomas Hrynyk (Anastasia Milligan’s father, 40 years), and Anna Winogradow (2 years)
• Pannychida for Protodeacon Vladimir Papov (5 years) next week, Sunday 30 October
• This month – clothing drive on behalf of Big Brothers / Big Sisters – leave off clothing in Fr George’s Office downstairs
• Food Drive by our Church School on behalf of Sterling House Food Pantry continues
• St John’s Broadbridge Annual Slavic Food Festival from 11 am to 2 pm Saturday 5 November
• No name days this week

Sunday 16 October 2011

• Pannychida today – Bishop Joasaph (Fr Stephan Antonuk), Matushka Elikonida, and Olga
• Pannychida for Vladimir Brockert and Natalie Wolog next week, Sunday 23 October
• Pannychida for Protodeacon Vladimir Papov (fifth year) in two weeks, Sunday 30 October
• This month – clothing drive on behalf of Big Brothers / Big Sisters – leave off clothing in Fr George’s Office downstairs
• Food Drive by our Church School on behalf of Sterling House Food Pantry continues
• Name day today: St Dionysius Areopagite & St Denis of Paris; Wednesday 19 October – St Thomas; last Tuesday, 11 October – St Viacheslav (Wenceslas)
• St John’s Broadbridge Annual Slavic Food Festival from 11 am to 2 pm Saturday 5 November
• Many years: Thomas Milligan, Viacheslav Rakov, Denis Zimbalkin

Sunday 9 October 2011

• Utilities Collection postponed from last Sunday – please give generously
• St Nicholas Parish in Springfield – Picnic for young people (and not so young people) today, Sunday 9 October, morning till dark
• Next service: Holy Protection – Vespers 6:30 pm Thursday 13 October, no Liturgy Friday the 14th
• Early Vigil this coming Saturday, 3 pm 15 October
• Memorial Service for Bishop Joasaph (Fr Stefan Antonuk) next Sunday, 16 October
• Memorial Service for Vladimir Brockert and Natalie Wolog in two weeks, Sunday 23 October
• Memorial Service for Protodeacon Vladimir Papov (fifth year) in three weeks, Sunday 30 October
• This month – clothing drive on behalf of Big Brothers / Big Sisters – leave off clothing in Fr George’s Office downstairs
• Food Drive by our Church School on behalf of Sterling House Food Pantry continues

Sunday 2 October 2011

• Moleben to St Sergius, 5 pm Saturday 8 October
• St Nicholas Parish in Springfield – Picnic for young people, next Sunday 9 October, morning till dark
• Next week, Holy Protection – Vespers 6:30 pm Thursday 13 October, no Liturgy Thursday the 14th
• Name day – Friday 30 September, Ss Sophia, Faith (Vera), Hope (Nadezhda) and Charity (Ljubov’)
• Many years: Sophia Curran, Sophia DeBiase, Sophia Kallaur, Vera Abud, Vera Peebles, Vera Shevzov, Vera Shevzov, Vera Solovyev, Nada Bludevich, Nadezhda Glinsky, Nadezhda Hreschuk, Nadezhda Jakovenko, Nadezhda Koltchine

Sunday 25 September 2011

• Church School has already begun – please take your children there every Sunday after Communion
• There will be a short presentation by Djetskij Teatr “Malenkij Princ” of the skit, Telefonnyj Razgovor, in Russian at the Coffee Hour today, directed by Tatiana Pris; for information call 203 954-6952
• Elevation of the Cross this Tuesday, 27 September, is a strict fast day
  • Vigil with Litya, 6:30 pm Monday 26 September
  • Note: The time of the Divine Liturgy is moved from 7 am to 9:30 am on Tuesday 27 September; Fr George has received time off from work that day
• Moleben – Ss Sophia, Faith, Hope and Charity, 6:30 pm Friday 30 September
• Our sister parish, Holy New Martyrs, is having their Fall Festival this Saturday, 1 October, at 364 Canterbury Tpk, Norwich, call 860 822-6688 for more information
• St Mary’s Ukrainian Church at 10 Oakwood St, Bridgeport, is celebrating their 90th Anniversary; Meeting of the Bishop is at 9:30 am Saturday 1 October
• Name days – Thursday 22 September – Ss Joachim & Anna
• Many years: Matushka Ann

Sunday 18 September 2011

• Fr George is away this weekend
• No Vigil this Saturday 17 September; please attend Vigil at Presentation Church, 5 Wheeler Terr
• Fr Theodore will substitute for Fr George at the Divine Liturgy today, Sunday 18 September
• Church School will hold classes
• Nativity of the Theotokos – this week!
  • Vigil with Litya, 6:30 pm Tuesday 20 September
  • Divine Liturgy, 9:30 am Wednesday 21 September
• Elevation of the Cross next week:
  • Vigil with Litya, 6:30 pm Monday 26 September
  • Divine Liturgy, 7 am Tuesday 27 September – Notice very early time (due to Fr Georg’s work)
• Name Day: Today – St Zacharias
• Many Years: Zachary Abud

Sunday 11 September 2011

• The monthly Utilities Collection was postponed from last Sunday to today
• The September Bulletin is available today at the Candle Desk, please take your copy before you leave
• Today is the Beheading of St John the Baptist – it is a fast day; we eat no meat, eggs, dairy or fish
• 9/11 Memorial today – Litya for the reposed (some were Orthodox) at the end of the Liturgy
• Moleben for Church New Year 7519 – 6:30 pm Tuesday 13 September (New Year's Eve)
  
• Church school begins today
• Fr George will be away next weekend, 17 & 18 September, a substitute will be arranged
• No Vigil this Saturday 17 September; please attend Vigil at Presentation Church, 5 Wheeler Terr
• Name Days – Thursday 8 September, Ss Adrian & Natalia; tomorrow, St Alexander Nevsky
• Many Years: Adrian Mace, Natalie Back, Natalia Peavy, Natalia Starovoitova, Natalia Timoshina, Natalia Transtianko, Alexander Kendall, Alexander Poznansky, Aleksandr Solovyev, Alexander Tumeniuk, Alexander Wologodzew

Sunday 29 August 2011 - Hurricane Irene

According to the latest forecasts, the eye of Hurricane Irene is expected to pass over our area tomorrow morning, meaning that the worst of the storm will be during our normal time for the Divine Liturgy. Our policy in the past has been that in case of inclement weather, if I can make it to church at all, we will serve Liturgy. However, in view of the fact that the storm is expected to be accompanied by several hours of torrential rain and strong winds, we anticipate fallen tree limbs and power lines, making travel impossible. I live three miles from the church, and when there is heavy rain both railway underpasses between my house and the church flood. Furthermore, the highways, I-95 and the Merritt Parkway will be closed, and the Town of Stratford will have a parking ban effective 5 pm this afternoon.
- Fr George

In view of the above:

• The Vigil for the Feast of the Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Mother of God will be moved up from 6:30 today to 3 pm.
• We will NOT serve the Divine Liturgy tomorrow morning for the Feast. We ask our parishioners to remain home or in a safe shelter.
• As announced before, the Altar Boy Workshop that was scheduled for tomorrow is postponed to a time to be announced.
• Please set aside some time at home to mark the day with prayer and Scripture Reading.
  
• We will post an announcement of the above on the church telephone at 203 386-9516 and on the website, http://stnicholasstratford.org/.

Sunday 21 August 2011

• Dormition Fast continues – no meat, eggs or dairy all this week; the Fast ends next Sunday
• Paraclesis – Supplicatory Canon to the Mother of God, 6:30 pm Monday 22, Wednesday 24 August and Friday 26 August
• We have grapes blessed on Transfiguration last Friday; you may find these at the Coffee Hour today
• Dormition: Vigil with Litya 6:30 pm Saturday 27 August; Liturgy 10 am next Sunday, 28 August
• Blessing of fragrant herbs (flowers) next Sunday at the end of the Liturgy
• Canned food drive for the Sterling House Food Pantry here in Stratford continues
• Altar Boy meeting is next Sunday after the Coffee Hour, we ask all our young men to attend and participate
• No name days this week

Sunday 14 August 2011

• Utilities Collection today
• Pannychida today for Stephanie Weinberg after the kissing of the Cross
• Claudia Sczyrek, the Starosta at Presentation Church reposed on Thursday 11 August; Pannychida today at 12:30 and visiting hours at the church until 4 pm; her funeral is tomorrow at 10 am at Presentation
• Dormition Fast begins today – no meat, eggs or dairy until after Dormition, fish permitted on Transfiguration, Friday 19 August
• Paraclesis – Supplicatory Canon to the Mother of God, 6:30 pm Monday 15 and Wednesday 17 August
• Transfiguration is this Friday: Vigil with Litya & Blessing of Fruit 6:30 pm Thursday 18 August; Divine Liturgy followed by Blessing of Fruit 10 am Friday 19 August
• Early Vigil – 3 pm this Saturday, 20 August
• Canned food drive for the Sterling House Food Pantry here in Stratford continues
• Name Day this week: St Angelina, Friday 12 August (or 14 July)
• Anniversary of Repose: 1 year, Stephanie Weinberg & Maiko Cheremeteff; 2 years, Nina Kendall; 16 years, James McLellan (Matushka Ann’s father)
• Eternal Memory : newly-reposed Claudia Sczyrek, Stephanie Weinberg, Nina Kendall, Maiko Cheremeteff, and James McLellan
• Many Years: Angelina Kendall, Angelina Schneider, Angelina (her neice), and Angelina Shurba

Sunday 7 August 2011, 8th Sunday after Pentecost

• Today's lampadas are sponsored in memory of Mary Hrynyk, the mother of our Treasurer, Anastasia Milligan
• The Utilities Collection is postponed to next Sunday
• We thank Matushka Katherine for substituting as Choir Director in Matushka Ann’s absence
• Moleben – St Panteleimon, 6:30 pm Tuesday 9 August
• Moleben and Blessing of Waters – Procession of the Holy Cross, 5 pm Saturday 13 August
• Dormition Fast begins next Sunday – no meat, eggs or dairy until after Dormition, fish permitted on Transfiguration, Thursday 19 August
• Pray for Maria Peavy who had hip surgery on Tuesday 26 July
• Farewell to Voldymyr Nalysnyk who is returning to Poland this week
• Canned food drive for the Sterling House Food Pantry here in Stratford continues
• Name Day this week: St Mary Magdalene, Thursday 4 August; St Christina, yesterday; St Anna, today
• Many Years: Magdalena (Maggie) Cole, Christine Beard (née Hall), Child Anna Curran, Maria (Magdalene) Curran, Christina (Kelly) Kendall

Sunday 31 July 2011

• August Bulletins are available today at the Candle Desk
• Matushka Ann will be away next weekend; Reader James Lardas will conduct the choir at Vigil on Saturday night, and Matushka Katherine Papov will conduct the choir at the Liturgy on Sunday morning
• Irene Stepanoff’s father, Basil Joukov reposed yesterday; his funeral will be at Presentation on Tuesday morning at 10 am
• We are asking prayers for Maria Peavy who is recovering from hip surgery on Tuesday 26 July
• Moleben 5 pm Saturday 6 August – Ss Boris & Gleb
• Canned food drive for the Sterling House Food Pantry here in Stratford continues
• Baptism yesterday: Anna (Nancy) Qian, the godfather is Darko Jeliča
• Name Days this week:  St Vladimir, Thursday 28 July; St Marina yesterday; St Militsa tomorrow; Prophet Elias, Tuesday 2 August
• Eternal Memory: Basil Joukov, Protodeacon Vladimir Papov, Vladimir Brockert
• Many Years: Anna Qian, newly-baptized; Darko Jeliča, sponsor; Wolodymyr Nalysnyk, Vladimir Ostrinski, Vladimir Papov, Vladimir Papov, Vladimir Wolog, Marina Wologodzewa, Militsa (Melitta) Brockert, Iliana Paschalidis

Sunday 24 July 2011

• Lampadas sponsored in memory of Maria, the great aunt of the Pigiel and Smykowski families
• Pannychida today – Anna Shigalkowski, 5 years
• Welcome to the journalists from Russia who are doing a story on Igor Sikorsky and visiting our parish
• Moleben – St Vladimir, 6:30 pm Wednesday 28 July
• We are asking prayers for Maria Peavy who will have hip surgery on Tuesday 26 July
• Canned food drive for the Sterling House Food Pantry here in Stratford continues
• Name Day today: St Olga (we will congratulate the Vladimirs next Sunday)
• Eternal Memory: Olga Antonuk
• Many Years: Olga Paradiso, Olga Sakharova

Sunday 17 July

• Lampadas sponsored in memory of Archpriest Platon, Matushka Evdokia, Protoeacon Vladimir, and Leonid Rudins
  
• Coffee Hour today in memory of Fr Protodeacon Vladimir Papov on the occasion of his birthday (today) and name day (next week)
  
• Tatiana Petry, Paul Przybylski’s mother-in-law, reposed Thursday evening 14 July
• Visitation (6 to 8 pm) & pannychida (7 pm) are today, Sunday 18 July, at Holy New Martyrs Church in Norwich
  
• Funeral is at 11 am tomorrow, Monday 18 July, at Novo-Diveevo Convent in Nanuet NY
  
• Moleben here at St Nicholas for St Sergius of Radonezh, 6:30 pm tomorrow, Monday 18 July
• Moleben here at St Nicholas for the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, 6:30 pm Thursday 21 July
• Canned food drive begins today for the Sterling House Food Pantry here in Stratford, please give generously
  
• Sisterhood needs supplies, please donate – see Joan Hudobenko for details

Sunday 10 July 2011

• Utilities Collection scheduled for last Sunday will be held today instead
  
• July Bulletins are now ready, please pick up your copy at the Candle Desk
• Romanian Festival at St Dimitrie’s Church 405 Sport Hill Rd, Easton, till 5 pm – good fish!
• Pray for Tatiana Petry, Paul Przybylski’s mother-in-law, who is not expected to live the week
• Apostles’ Fast continues – we abstain from meat, eggs and dairy until Ss Peter & Paul, Tuesday 12 July
• Vigil with Litya for Ss Peter & Paul tomorrow, 6:30 pm Monday 11 July
• Divine Liturgy for Ss Peter & Paul 10 am Tuesday 12 July; fast ends!
• Early service next Saturday 16 July – Vigil 3 pm
• We need volunteers to help change the altar cloths tomorrow (Monday) afternoon at 5
• Canned food drive begins next Sunday – for local food pantry (Sterling House in Stratford)
• Sisterhood needs supplies, please donate – see Joan Hudobenko for details
• Name day Tuesday 12 July – Ss Peter & Paul
• Many Years: Fr Deacon Paul Giatas, Peter Curran, Peter Dutkanicz, Pavel Shurba, Pavel Trastsianka

Sunday 3 July 2011

• Please donate to the Emergency Fund – the collection box is in the middle of the church
• Utilities collection today – 1st Sunday of the month
• Paper copies of the July Bulletins are not ready this Sunday, email copies have already been sent out
  
• Apostles’ Fast continues – we abstain from meat, eggs and dairy until Ss Peter & Paul, Tuesday 12 July, and from fish, wine & oil on Wednesdays and Fridays
• Moleben and Bell-Ringing for Independence Day tomorrow at 1:45 pm
• Vespers for the Nativity of St John the Baptist (Midsummer’s Night), 6:30 pm Wednesday 6 July
• Moleben, Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, 5 pm Saturday 9 July
• Name day: St John Maximovitch yesterday, and St Inna today
• Many years to: John Lardas, Inna Wolog

Sunday 26 June 2011

• Please donate to the Emergency Fund – the collection box is in the middle of the church
• July Bulletins will be distributed next week
• Pannychida for Brenda Hall & Ann Franklin today; Coffee Hour is in their memory
• Pannychida for Olga Antonuk, sung by Pan-Orthodox Choir, today at 2 pm
• Pray for the newly-reposed Archpriest Philip Petrovsky, Wednesday 15 June, Jackson NJ
• Apostles’ Fast began Monday 20 June  – we abstain from meat, eggs and dairy until Ss Peter & Paul, Tuesday 12 July, and from fish, wine & oil on Wednesdays and Fridays
• St John Maximovitch – Moleben 5 pm this Saturday, 2 July
• Name day: St Antonina, today; St Jerome, Tuesday 28 June
• Eternal Memory:    Archpriest Philip Petrovsky, Ann Franklin, Brenda (Barbara) Hall, Olga Antonuk
• Many years to: Bishop Jerome, Antonina Korepina

Sunday 19 June 2011

• Please donate to the Emergency Fund – the collection box is in the middle of the church
• Church School today – Moleben for the successful completion of school year after kissing of the Cross
• Pannychida after the kissing of the Cross today in memory of Alexander Stettinin (three years today)
• Pannychida for Brenda Hall & Ann Franklin next week, Sunday 26 June after the Divine Liturgy
• Pannychida for Olga Antonuk, sung by Pan-Orthodox Choir next week, 2 pm, Sunday 26 June
• Apostles’ Fast begins tomorrow, Monday 20 June  – we abstain from meat, eggs and dairy until Ss Peter & Paul, Tuesday 12 July, and from fish, wine & oil on Wednesdays and Fridays
• Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers of our parish
• Name day: St Theodore Stratelates, Tuesday 22 June
• Eternal Memory: Alexander Stettinin, and all the reposed fathers of our parish
• Many years to: Fr Theodore Shevzov, and all the fathers of our parish

Sunday 12 June:

• Please donate to the Emergency Fund – the collection box is in the middle of the church
• Thank you to the Sisterhood and everyone who helped prepare for Bp Jerome’s visit last Sunday
• Kneeling Prayers today – seven prayers in three groups (I am not repeating them!)
• Kissing of the Cross after the kneeling prayers
• Church School graduation is next week, Sunday 19 June (Father’s Day)
• Early service this coming Saturday, Vigil 3 pm Saturday 18 June
• Pannychida for Brenda Hall & Ann Franklin in two weeks, Sunday 26 June after the Divine Liturgy
• Pannychida for Olga Antonuk, sung by Pan-Orthodox Choir in two weeks, 2 pm, Sunday 26 June
• Apostles’ Fast begins a week after tomorrow, Monday 20 June  – we abstain from meat, eggs and dairy until Ss Peter & Paul, Tuesday 12 July, and from fish, wine & oil on Wednesdays and Fridays
• No name days this week

Sunday 5 June

• First Sunday of the Month: Utilities Collection today!
• We welcome Bishop Jerome and Fr Demetrius, and we thank them for visiting us and serving with us
• We invite everyone to come downstairs for a festive meal (Coffee Hour) with Bishop Jerome
• Saturday of Souls: General Pannychida 4:30 pm Saturday 11 June; leave names at Candle Desk
• Pentecost (Troitsa) is next Sunday, we need green branches before Vigil 6:30 pm Saturday 11 June
• Kneeling Prayers are at the end of the Liturgy next Sunday, about 35 minutes
• Church School graduation is in two weeks: Sunday 19 June (Father’s Day)
• Pannychida for Brenda Hall & Ann Franklin, Sunday 26 June after the Divine Liturgy
• Pannychida for Olga Antonuk, sung by Pan-Orthodox Choir, 2 pm, Sunday 26 June
• Name Days this week: Thursday 3 June – Ss Constantine & Helen
• Many years: Elena Blessig, Elena Curran, Elena Niejelow, Elena Shurba, Elena Skorik, and Constantine & Helen Bezas

Sunday 29 May:

• June Bulletins available today at Candle Counter, please take your copy
• Memorial Day is tomorrow; today before the kissing of the Cross we will serve a short memorial (Litya)
  • Before the end of the Liturgy, send names from the Candle Desk of Orthodox soldiers
• Moleben – Ss Constantine & Helen, 6:30 pm Friday 3 June
• Ascension Day, Thursday 2 June – one of the 12 Great Feasts, an important holy day
  • Fr George will be in Boston on Wednesday 1 June, so no Vigil at St Nicholas; please attend Vigil at the Church of the Presentation, 6:30 pm Wednesday 1 June
  • Fr George will return on Wednesday night; Divine Liturgy at St Nicholas, 10 am Thursday 2 June
• Visit to our Parish by Bishop Jerome next week, Sunday 5 June – all parishioners should attend!
• Church School graduation is in three weeks: Sunday 19 June (Father’s Day)
• Name Days: Tuesday 24 May – Ss Cyril & Methodius; Wednesday 1 June – St Dimitry Donskoy
• Many years:    - Patriarch Cyrill    - Dzimitry Shurba

Sunday 22 May:

• Today is St Nicholas in May, our secondary parish feast
• Moleben this week for Ss Cyril & Methodius, 5 pm Tuesday 24 May (note the earlier time!)
• St George’s Albanian Church Food Festival, 10 am – 8 pm Saturday 4 June; 5490 Main St, Trumbull
• Visit to our Parish by Bishop Jerome in two weeks: Sunday 5 June
• Church School graduation in four weeks: Sunday 19 June (Father’s Day)

Sunday 15 May:

• Vespers and Blessing of Waters for Mid-Pentecost, 5 pm (note earlier  time!) Tuesday 17 May
• Moleben for St John the Evangelist and Theologian, 6:30 pm Friday 20 May
• Moleben for the Armed Forces on Armed Forces Day, 1 pm (note time!) Saturday 21 May
• Vigil with Litya for St Nicholas (our secondary Parish Feast), 3 pm Saturday 21 May – Early Service!
• Visit to our Parish by Bishop Jerome in three weeks: Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 June
• Name days this week: Wednesday 18 May – St Irene
• Many Years (Irene Ambrose celebrates a different day):    - Irene Stettinin

Sunday 8 May:

• Utility Collection postponed to today from last Sunday
• May Bulletin available now at the Candle Desk
• Happy Mother’s Day – the children will present the mothers with carnations at the kissing of the Cross
• Blessing of graves and of houses by appointment; please contact me
• Congratulations to Dmitry and Daria Shurba on the birth of their son, Alexander Zachary
• Name days: St George & St Alexandra, Friday 6 May; today, St Mark, and Myrrh-Bearing Women – Martha, Joanna & Susanna
• Eternal Memory to all the reposed Mothers and Sisters of our parish
• Many Years: Fr George Larin (our Dean), George Peavy, Alexandra Callaghan, Alexandra Rakov, Joan Hudobenko, Joanna Smykowski, Susan Cole, Mark Jurgot, and all the Mothers and Sisters of our Parish

Sunday 1 May:

• 1st Sunday of the month: Utility Collection
• May Bulletin will be available next Sunday
• Vespers (only) for St George, 5 pm (note the time!) Thursday 5 May
• Short litya today for those who reposed during the past year; if you wish to add names please hand in
• Many thanks to those who helped set up on Good Friday and those who helped get the church ready for Pascha during the procession at midnight! (Please supply me with a list before the end of Liturgy)
• Paschal Epistles of Patriarch Cyril and Metropolitan Hilarion
• The two schedules for cemetery visits posted in the Bulletin do not agree – here is the correct schedule:
  • Today: 1:30 Lakeview; 3:30 St Joseph’s; 5:30 St John’s on Nichols Ave
  • Tomorrow: 3:30 Lakeview; 5:30 King’s Highway; I will not be going to Riverside in Shelton
  • Tuesday: 3:30 Union Cemetery in Stratford; 5:30 St John’s in Monroe
• Name Days: today, St Thomas; Many years – Thomas Milligan

Sunday 17 April:

• Special Collection today for the Holy Land in all parishes of the Russian Church Abroad
• Last week of the Fast: no meat, fish, eggs or dairy; fish, wine and oil permitted today for the Feast
• The collection box in the middle of the church is for flowers for Pascha; this is the last week to do it
• Holy Unction in Nyack, 4 pm today, served by Bishop Jerome
• Holy Unction here at St Nicholas will be at 6:30 pm on Holy Wednesday, 20 April
• See special schedule of services for Holy Week and Pascha posted at Candle Desk and in Bulletin
• Paskha and kulich for sale, order now, pick up on Good Friday or Holy Saturday, see Maria Peavy
• Successful kulich work party, thanks to: Maria Peavy, Kathy Callaghan, Irene Ambrose, and Galina Rakov (did I forget anyone? Add name here)
• Palms and pussy willows were blessed yesterday; take them home, we have many
• Thanks to Steve Wetowitz, John Denisevich and Matushka Ann for the pussy willows
• Services every night at 6:30 pm beginning tomorrow, see special schedule
• Letters for schools for absences on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Bright Monday at Candle Desk

Sunday 10 April:

• Pannychida today after the kissing of the Cross for Anna, the mother of Victoria Licamele; Coffee Hour is in her memory
  
• Lent continues - we eat no meat, fish, eggs or dairy until Pascha; wine and oil are permitted on Saturdays and Sundays
• The collection box in the middle of the church is for flowers for Pascha, please give a little each Sunday
• The work on the drains is completed, but we have incurred a cost of nearly $7000 - we will begin an appeal soon to cover this expense
• The Lenten Vespers were a great success! We had nine visiting priests, and the church was packed with visitors from neighboring parishes
• Thanks to the ladies that helped in the kitchen: Ann Sharog, Maria Peavy, Vera Peebles, Kay Pcolka, Mary Colello, and Matushka Ann
• Yesterday's Children's Lenten Retreat was a great success, we had nine children and nine adults in attendance
• Children's Communion breakfast is today during Church School
  
• Presanctified Liturgy - 9:30 am Wednesday 13 April (note; this is a morning service)
• Matins for Lazarus Saturday - 6:30 pm Friday 15 April; no Liturgy on Saturday 16 April
• Although it will be the 3rd Saturday of the month, the Vigil for Palm Sunday, with the blessing of palms, will be at the usual time - 6:30 pm Saturday 16 April
• Next Sunday is Palm Sunday - we may have fish on that day
• Today at 4 pm at Three Saints Church in Ansonia - OCA Deanery Holy Unction
  
• OCA Deanery Holy Unction at 4 pm today at Three Saints Church in Ansonia
  
• Holy Unction in Nyack, served by Bishop Jerome - 4 pm next Sunday, 17 April
• Holy Unction here at St Nicholas will be at 6:30 pm on Holy Wednesday, 20 April
• See the special schedule of services for Holy Week and Pascha posted at the Candle Desk (and on this website)
• Baptism yesterday: Many years to the newly-illumined infant Aleksei Ryabchenko, and to his parents Valery and Daria, and his godparents Aleksandr Grushetsky and Anna Khovsepyan
• Name Day: Today - St Mary of Egypt
• Today's lampadas sponsored in memory of St Mary of Egypt
  
• Many years to: Mary Colello, Mary Coroneos, Maria Curran, Maria Hancin, Mary Madzik, and Maria Peavy

Sunday 3 April:

• First Sunday of the month - Utilities collection today
• Call for pussy willows - two weeks until Palm Sunday, and they are already in bloom; we should cut them now and put them in a cool dark place until Palm Sunday Vigil
• Lent continues - we eat no meat, fish, eggs or dairy until Pascha; wine and oil are permitted on Saturdays and Sundays
• The collection box in the middle of the churs is for flowers for Pascha; please give a little each Sunday
• Lenten Vespers at 4 pm today here at St Nicholas - we will welcome many people to our parish
• We need everyone's help to make this a success - cleanup, setup, prayers; we are expecting a packed church
• No Presanctified Liturgy this week
• Presanctified Liturgy next week at 9:30 am Wednesday 13 April
• Matins with the Great Canon tomorrow night, 6:30 pm Monday 4 April
• Vigil for Annunciation - 6:30 pm Wednesday 6 April; Divine Liturgy for Annunciation - 9:30 am Thursday 7 April
• Matins with the entire Acathist Hymn (Praises to the Most Holy Mother of God) - 6:30 pm Friday 8 April
• Children's Lenten Retreat will be at 3:30 pm this coming Saturday, 9 April
• Children's Communion next Sunday 10 April, followed by the Children's Communion Breakfast

Sunday 27 March:

• Appeal from the Fund for Assistance - Help the Orthodox Christians in Japan
• Call for pussy willows - 3 weeks to Palm Sunday, and they are already in bloom; we need to cut them now!
• Lent continues: no meat, fish, eggs or dairy; wine and oil are permitted on Saturdays and Sundays
• The collection box in the middle of the church is for flowers for Pascha, please give a little each Sunday
• Bite the bullet - We have to put money into the drains; further information will be posted in the April Bulletin
• Today: 4 pm, Lenten Vespers at St Nicholas Antiochian Church, 5458 Park Ave, Bridgeport
• We will host the Lenten Vespers next week - 4 pm Sunday 3 April
• Presanctified Liturgy - 6:30 pm Wednesday 30 March (note: this is an evening service!)
• Small Compline with the Acathist Hymn, Part III & IV - 6:30 pm Friday 1 April - Lenten potluck to follow
• General Pannychida, 5 pm Saturday 2 April; leave the names of your loved ones at the Candle Desk
• Pannychida - 40 days for Elizabeth Zarna (Fr George's aunt) at 2 pm today

Sunday 20 March:

• It is now Lent, we eat no meat, fish, eggs or dairy until Pascha, Sunday 24 April; wine and oil permitted on Saturdays and Sundays
• The collection box in the middle of the church is for flowers for Pascha, please give a little each Sunday
• Bite the bullet - We must put money into the drains; further information will be posted in the April Bulletin
• Inauguration of the Parish Officers will take place today after the Sermon
• Metropolitan Nicholas of the Carpatho-Russian Diocese reposed last Sunday; therefore the Lenten Vespers scheduled for today at St John's on Broadbridge have been moved so that Fr Peter may attend the funeral
• Lenten Vespers today at St Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 10 Oakwood St Bridgeport
• We will host the Lenten Vespers in two weeks - 4 pm Sunday 3 April
• Fr George will be in Washington DC for the Eastern Diocese clergy retreat Wednesday 23 - Friday 25 March
• No Presanctified Liturgy this week - Fr George will be away at the Clergy Retreat
• No Acathist this week
• Baptism yesterday: Alexandra, daughter of Alessandro and Anna Stefanzuk
• Eternal Memory: Metropolitan Nicholas
• Many Years: Newly-illumined Alexandra; Anna & Alessandro (parents); Svetlana (godmother); Laudair (witness)
  

Sunday 6 March:

• March Bulletins available today at Candle Desk
• Although this is the first Sunday of the month, the Utility Collection will be next Sunday - please give, the collection only covers about 10% of the cost
• Lent begins tomorrow, we eat no meat today, and from tomorrow until Pascha - no meat, fish, eggs or dairy; but wine and oil are permitted on Saturdays and Sundays
• No kissing of the Cross today, the Vespers of Forgiveness begin immediately after these announcements - this is the first Lenten service, please stay! It is only a little over half an hour
• The entire service of the First Day of Great Lent will be held here tomorrow starting at 6:30 am, see the Calendar for further details
• Great Compline with the Great Canon is 6:30 pm Monday through Thursday this week
• Presanctified Liturgy is at 9:30 am Wednesday 9 March (note: this is a morning service!)
• Small Compline with the Acathist, Part I will begin at 6:30 pm Friday 11 March - a Lenten potluck supper will follow
• Blessing of Kollyva for St Theodore is at 5 pm Saturday 12 March
• Name day this week - Thursday 2 March, St Leo Pope of Rome
• Many Years: Leo Peavy, our Starosta; Leo Peavy IV; and Leo Wologodzew

Sunday 27 February:

• March Bulletins will be available next Sunday
• Sisterhood Bliny today; thanks to the ladies that cooked: Ann Sharog, Maria Peavy, Valentina Zimbalkin, Irene Ambrose, Cathy Callaghan, Kay Pcolka, Vera Peebles, Victoria Licamele, Anna Sidorova, Matushka Ann Lardas and Catherine Peavy - the Bliny are delicious!
• No Church School today because of the Bliny
• Today is the last day of meat before Pascha; Maslenitsa begins tomorrow!
• If you wish your house blessed, see Fr George - this is the last week before Lent
• Forgiveness Sunday is next week; this is the first Lenten service, so please attend
• If two services are too much for you, come late to the Liturgy, and stay for the Vespers of Forgiveness
• The entire service of the First Day of Great Lent will be served on Monday 7 March starting at 6:30 am
• Name day this week - Thursday 24 February, St Vsevolod
• Many years: Vsevolod Rakov

  Sunday 20 February:

• Annual General Parish Meeting today! Please be sure to be up to date on your obligations so you can participate
• This is a normal week - we fast on Wednesday and Friday
• Fr George will be away this week - call Fr Theodore in case of emergency
• Fr George will bless houses after next Sunday by appointment
• Soul Saturday this coming Saturday, leave names to be commemorated at the Candle Desk (all commemoration books will be read in any case)
  
• Bliny next week - support our Sisterhood!
• Forgiveness Sunday in two weeks - this is the first Lenten service, so please attend
• Entire service of the First Day of Great Lent will be served on Monday 7 March starting at 6:30 am
• We ask prayers for Fr George's Aunt Elizabeth who reposed on Tuesday 15 February
  

Sunday 13 February:

• Pannychida today for Leonid Rudins, Archpriest Platon, Matushka Evdokia, and Protodeacon Vladimir Papov
• Lampadas today sponsored in their memory
• Coffee Hour hosted by the Rudins and Papov families in their memory
• Week of the Publican and Pharisee: No fasting this week, even on Wednesday and Friday!
• Presentation of the Lord in the Temple: no services at St Nicholas; we ask all our parishioners to attend services at the Church of the Presentation, 5 Wheeler Terr here in Stratford, for their Parish Feast
• Vigil 7 pm Monday 14 February at Presentation Church
• Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, Rt Rev Bishop Jerome officiating, 9:30 am Tuesday 15 February at Presentation Church
• General Parish Meeting next Sunday; please be up to date in your parish obligations and participate in this important function of our parish
• Name Days: Wednesday 16 February, Ss Symeon and Anna
• Many Years: Ann Sharog, Simon from Moldova

Sunday 6 February:

• Utility collection today - 1st Sunday of the month; please note that this collection only covers 10% of the actual cost
• Pannychida for Mary Nettle after kissing of the Cross - 40th Day; lampadas sponsored today in her memory
• Moleben - Three Hierarchs, 5 pm Saturday 12 February
• General Parish Meeting in two weeks - Sunday 20 February
• Eternal Memory: Vera Woronka reposed on Monday 31 January; funeral was yesterday in East Haven
• Name Days - Thursday 3 February, St Timothy; today, St Xenia; tomorrow St Gregory the Theologian
• Many Years:Timothy Paradiso, Xenia Lardas, Xenia Podoltsev, Gregory Kendall

Sunday 30 January:

• Blessing of homes by schedule in the January Bulletin - If your name is not on the schedule and you wish to set up an appointment, call Fr George, 203 209-9374; season ends on Saturday 19 February
• We thank our Sisterhood for last Sundays delicious Pelmeni Dinner
  
• The General Parish Meeting has been moved to Sunday 20 February
• Name Days this week - St Nina, Thursday 27 January; St Antony, Sunday 30 January; Ss Innas, Pinnas and Rimmas, Wednesday 2 February
• Many Years: Matushka Nina Shevzov, Nina (her granddaughter), Anton Licamele, Inna Wolog