Divine Liturgy Guide
Sunday, April 20, 2024
Sunday of the Paralytic Man
SAT APRIL 20: 4:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy +Ukrainian Solders by Friends
SUN APRIL 21: 10:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy Sunday of the Paralytic Man Blessings for His People
MON APRIL 22: Theodore Sykiot Venerable READ John 6:56-69
TUES APRIL 23: 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy Blessing for Maria Shablousky by Regina Kozel
WED APRIL 24: 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy Blessings for Bohdan Kulchycky by Family
THURS APRIL 25: 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy Safety of Ukrainian People by Christopher Lilik
FRI APRIL 26: 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy Thankfulness for Stephen S. Evers by Regina Kozel
SAT APRIL 27: 4:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy + Ukrainian Solders by Friends
SUN APRIL 28: 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy Sunday of the Samaritan Woman Blessings for His People
Collection Basket
4/13-4/14 $1574
Thank you to last week’s counters
Dave Pedley and Linda Gerrity
Next Week’s Counters are:
Mike Trusz and Olenka Chandoha-Knott
HAPPY BIRTHDAY and anniversary!
April 20-26
No birthdays or anniversaries this week
VIGIL CANDLE SPONSORS: week beginning April 20, 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: Peace in Ukraine and the Middle East By: Regina Kozel For: I.M.O. + Ihor Shablovsky By: Biloskirka Family For: I.M.O. + Nicholas and + Nadia Biloskirka By: Sharmayne Tucker For: I.M.O. + Walter Michael Tucker, Jr. |
| 8 9 10 | St. Vladimir Vigil at Iconostas $5 Jesus Entrance Vigil $5 Mary Entrance Vigil $5 | By: Regina Kozel For: Health and God’s Blessings for Jack Mackar By: Stella Patrick For: Health and God’s Blessings for Stephen Patrick By: Laskowski Family For: Health and God’s Blessings – Joseph Laskowski, Jr. |
| 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: A grateful Welcome – the heroic Defenders of Ukraine By: Laskowski Family For: Health and God’s Blessings – John Lyden & family By: Laskowski Family For: Health and God’s Blessings – Jeffrey Lyden & family By: Linda Pirritano For: I.M.O. + Esther Linko – birthday remembrance APR 20 By: Mary Warholak For: Easter Blessings & Good Health – Sophie Soniak |
| 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
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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
635 North River St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705
Sick calls / Communion calls / Home visits/ Emergencies: call parish office.
- Divine Liturgy requests being accepted
We are now accepting Divine Liturgy requests for the Spring & Summer months. Liturgies are available Mondays through Saturdays. Please fill out a request form and drop it into the collection basket or give it to Fr. Myron directly. This is your chance to honor a Loved One (Living or Deceased) by requesting a Divine Liturgy in their Honor.
- 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.
- Collection for Insurance this Weekend
A reminder that Donations toward our Insurance Costs can be made this weekend, April 20th & 21st. Please use the specially marked envelope in your collection packet. Thank you for your generous support of our Parish.
- Ukraine Action Summit
On Monday, April 15, metropolitan Borys Gudziak participated in a Ukraine Action Summit event at the Ukraine House in Washington, DC. The evening paid tribute to the suffering of children affected by the war in Ukraine. In his speech, Archbishop Borys stressed the harsh realities of war and its profound impact on Ukrainian children. ‘It is important to hold on to hope and to keep our hearts pure and strong,’ he said. ‘We must continue our efforts and trust that God’s truth will prevail.’
Sunday of the Paralytic
The Gospel story this Sunday is that of the paralytic. He had been ill for 38 years. He would come to the pool called in Hebrew “Bethesda”. It was located in Jerusalem at the Sheep (Gate). The paralytic would wait there for the stirring of the water. For the first person who would enter after the stirring of the water would be cured. Many of the ill, blind, lame and crippled would come to the Bethesda pool. On one occasion Jesus noticed a man who had been waiting there for a long time. Jesus asked him: “Do you want to be well?” The paralytic replies: “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me.” Only one fortunate individual would be healed that way. But with the Lord, healing is offered to those who have the desire to be cured and believe in Jesus as Lord. The Lord even today offers healing to each of us. The word of God is powerful. The Lord God says: “Rise, take up your mat, and walk.” Immediately, instantaneously, the paralytic is healed. The man cured takes up his mat and walks. Jesus then quickly departs amidst the crowd. The paralytic who is cured didn’t know who it was who healed him. Once again, we note that not all are pleased with Jesus’ action. Some of the Jews who were present note that it was the sabbath day and according to the regulations of the Jewish sabbath it was not proper to do work. They say to the paralytic: “It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” They inquire who was it who cured you. Since Jesus slipped away the paralytic cured did not know. Those who objected did not understand that Our Lord performed an act of love, mercy and healing. Sometime afterwards, Jesus finds the cured man in the temple area and tells him to look, to be careful, to avoid sin. You don’t want to experience even something worse than what you had already suffered for many years. Sickness and disease, illness, is a consequence of the fallenness of human nature. Before the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise, there was ultimate, complete harmony. But with the sin of disobedience, they suffered the consequences of that sinful act; one of them being sickness, infirmity. But with the Lord, our Savior, there is healing. He is “the Physician of our soul and body.” This the paralytic who was healed in this Sunday’s gospel recognized and bore witness. He tells others that it was Jesus who had made him well. Like the paralytic cured, let us acclaim Jesus as our Lord and Savior, the Giver of all good things and the Healer of our souls and bodies. Let us not fail to thank God for all that He does for us continually, day after day. Let us thank Him for all the benefits we receive, seen and unseen, manifest and hidden. Let us know that the Almighty Lord truly loves each and every one of us and cares for our physical and spiritual well-being. To the Lord God be the glory forever and ever. – Rev. D. George Worschak
The Great Martyr George Holy Day this Tuesday
The great martyr George was the son of wealthy and pious parents, who raised him in the Christian faith. He was born in the city of Beirut at the foot of the Lebanese mountains. Having entered military service, George stood out among the other soldiers by virtue of his mind, valor, physical strength, military bearing and beauty. Having quickly attained to the rank of millenary, an officer in the Roman army in charge of a thousand or more soldiers, Saint George became a favorite of the Emperor Diocletian, one of the cruelest persecutors of Christians. Once, when he heard in a court the inhuman sentence concerning the annihilation of Christians, Saint George became inflamed with compassion for them. Foreseeing that sufferings were also awaiting him, George distributed his property to the poor, freed his slaves, appeared before Diocletian and, having revealed himself as a Christian, denounced him for cruelty and injustice. George’s speech was full of powerful and convincing objections against the imperial order to persecute Christians. After futile persuasions to deny Christ, the Emperor ordered that the saint be subjected to various tortures. Saint George was confined in a dungeon, where they placed him supine on the ground; his legs they confined in stocks, and on his breast they placed a heavy stone. But Saint George manfully endured the sufferings and glorified the Lord. Then George’s torturers began to refine their cruelty. They beat the Saint with ox hide whips, subjected him to the wheel, threw him into quicklime and forced him to run in shoes with sharp nails inside. The holy Martyr endured everything patiently. Finally, the Emperor ordered the Saint’s head to be cut off. Thus, the holy sufferer departed unto Christ in Nicomedia in 303 AD.
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
Stella Patrick
Stanley Krupinski
Home
Helen Ewasko
Katrina Izak Wilson
Jean Chomko
Julie Yevich
Charles Drumsta
Regina Kozel
Andrea Wells
Bohdonna Sherpinskas
Home
Mary Warholak
Dorothy Kowalchick
Mary Tucker
Michael Seechock
Steve Patrick