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SUNDAY MARCH 10ер, 2019

SUNDAY LITURGY

10:00 a.m. English

(Rosary at 9:30 am)

12:00 p.m. Ukrainian

Office Hours (Tues. & Thurs.)

11:00 am – 2:00 pm

CONFESSIONS Before Divine Liturgies

BAPTISIMS By appointment

FUNERALS By arrangement

MARRIAGES: By appointment at least six months in advance

WEBSITE: www.saintbasilwpg.ca

PARISH OFFICE EMAIL ADDRESS: parish@saintbasilwpg.ca

BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS: bulletin@saintbasilwpg.ca

SAINT BASIL the GREAT

СВ. ВАСИЛІЯ ВЕЛИКОГО

Ukrainian Catholic Parish Парафія УГКЦ

202 HARCOURT STREET, WINNIPEG, MB R3J 3H3

Parish Office: 204-837-4180 Parish Hall: 204-889-9057

Rev. Fr. Ihor Shved о. Ігор Швед Cell: 431-996-2343

Email Address Stbasilpriest@gmail.com

HISTORY OF THE SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY

Icons were venerated in the Eastern Church until the reign

of Leo III (717-741 A.D.). Under the influence of two bishops

from Asia Minor (Turkey), he decreed that since the venera-

tion of icons was idol worship all veneration of them should

cease and all icons should be destroyed. This decree

marked the beginning of a long bloody battle against sacred

images in the Eastern Church. Icons were destroyed or

burned and their defenders cast into prison, exiled and even

tortured. It lasted, with short intervals of peace, for about

100 years. In 842 A.D. Empress Theodora restored the use

and veneration of icons. A synod at Constantinople was con-

voked which restored the veneration of holy images. On the

first Sunday of the Great Lent the icons were brought back

to the churches in solemn procession. That day was made

into a perpetual memory of the triumph of Orthodoxy at the

end of the Iconoclast persecution. © https://www.skeparchy.org/

wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/first-sunday-of-great-fast.pdf

We warmly

welcome all of

our visitors! It’s

good to have

you with us!

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Schedule

NOTE: All the Liturgies scheduled on the calendar are all open for your intention requests.

If you would like to request please contact the office and book your preferred date.

These names will be published in the bulletin the following week.

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

Call and visit our many parishioners that are ill or experiencing various challenges in life.

Remember: If anyone wishes to receive the Sacraments at home or in the hospital or nursing

home please contact the parish office or Fr. Ihor directly, at the numbers given above,

and we will be happy to visit.

SCHEDULE

Time Feast or Intention, requested by

10 Mar., Sunday 10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Divine Liturgy for all parishioners

Divine Liturgy (UKR)

11 Mar., Monday 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy open

12 Mar., Tuesday 10:00 AM

7:00 PM

Divine Liturgy open

Lecto Divina

13 Mar., Wednesday 11:00 AM

19.00 PM

Presanctified Liturgy followed by UCWLC meeting

Stations of the Cross

14 Mar., Thursday 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy open

15 Mar., Friday 10.00 AM Presanctified Liturgy and the Sorokousty Service

16 Mar., Saturday 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy for all deceased

17 Mar., Sunday 10:00 AM

12:00 PM

Divine Liturgy for all parishioners,

Divine Liturgy (UKR)

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God’s Blessings for your

Happiest Birthday

Katherine Dunsford

Tony Stastook

Allan Rebenchuk

МНОГАЯ ЛІТА!

EPISTLE READERS:

March 17—Martin Nechwediuk March 24—Alex Zimrose

March 31—Rob Hotel

SANCTUARY LIGHT

burns eternally to indicate the presence of

the Holy Eucharist in the tabernacle.

Sanctuary Light March 10th --March 17st.

For the soul of Walter Malchuk offered by

Gus & Pearl Groan and family.

Tatsa counters

for March are Linda & Andy Labay,

Phyllis Fedorchuk

DONATIONS – God bless you for supporting

your parish.

Sunday collection for March 3, 2019—was $

Church Custodians

March — David &Phyllis Shumski,

MaryAnne Siwicki

Dear Parishioners, Please contact me to help

clean the church for a month in 2019. Your early

attention would be greatly appreciated Diane

Pinuta - Church Cleaning Chair

204-774-1350

USHERS & GREETERS

March 10—Gus & Pearl Groen Mar. 17 & 24—Nick Labay &

Raymond Yakimik

To Rob Hotel for the very

informative presentation

on the timely topic of

Fraud on Feb. 21, 2019.

Our next Senior Game Day Meeting will be

held March 21, 2019 1:30-4:00 PM. Please

bring your favorite gameor activity. We will

also have a brief discussion on suggestions

for future events.

Everyone is welcome. Coffee and snack will

be served. Thank you!

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Catechetical Sermon on the Divine Liturgy #3 The Entrance Rite Because we come to church today and wait in our place for the service to begin, it may sound strange to separate the gathering from the entrance, but in the very early Church—on the banks of the Mediterranean Sea with its milder yearlong weather—the people gath-ered in the courtyard of the church and then entered the building with the ministers together, so the two events of gathering and entering really were separate events, where one flowed from the other. The earliest description of what we call today the “little entrance” goes back to the early part of the 6

thcentury. The bishop and believers entered the church to-

gether while singing the Trisagion (Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal . . . ), a hymn first documented in 451 at the Council of Chalcedon. In due time, possibly to make use of the time it took for people to get from the courtyard into the church and settle down, psalms were sung with refrains (evolving into a little office of three psalms already in use in Constantinople for votive processions). The hymn O Only Begotten Son was then sung to conclude the entrance rite, but was moved later to its present position. While credited by some to Athanasius of Alex-andria, who may have written it sometime after the First Ecumenical Council of Ni-caea in the 4

thcentury, most credit it to the 6

th century Byzantine Emperor Justini-

an the Great, possibly because he ordered it sung in all the churches of the Em-pire as part of the entrance rite of the Liturgy. Arriving at a friend’s home, if we are invited for dinner, we may gather in a living room or family room to socialize, but at a certain point someone will indicate that “dinner is served.” In the same way, at the Divine Liturgy the priest usually prays (privately today), “Lord God our Master . . . grant that as we make our en-trance, the holy angels may enter too, serving with us and joining in the praise of your goodness.” Humanity and the angels, the living and the dead, are all called to the gathering. The priest says, “Blessed is the entrance of your holy ones!” And the people reply, “Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ!” We are arriving, not simply from one place to another, we are coming from one dimension and entering another: the invisible realm of the Kingdom of God about to become physical among us. © http://stjosaphateparchy.com/catechetical-sermon-on-the-divine-liturgy-2/

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569 Authentic fasting means “to put away all evil, to control the tongue, to resist anger, and to abstain from lust, slander, falsehood, and perjury.”392The mean-ing of fasting for the Christian is presented in a sticheron from the Vespers of Cheesefare Sun-day:Let us set out with joy upon the season of the Fast, and prepare ourselves for spiritual combat. Let us purify our soul and cleanse our flesh; and as we fast from food, let us abstain also from every passion. Rejoicing in the virtues of the Spirit, may we per-severe with love, and so be counted worthy to see the solemn Passion of Christ our God, and with great spiritual gladness behold his holy Passover.393The Lenten liturgical services progressively reveal the essence of true fasting: if we sow the “seeds of re-pentance” (First Sunday of Lent), our “shoots of vir-

tues” will grow to maturity (Second Sunday of Lent), to allow us to consume the fruit of the life-giving Tree “which leads us back to paradise” (Third Sunday of Lent, the Veneration of the Holy Cross), and by way of the “spiritual ladder” (Fourth Sunday of Lent, Commemoration of Saint John of the Lad-der) reach the summits of spiritual purification and repentance (Fifth Sunday of Lent, Commem-oration of Saint Mary of Egypt).

570 Saint John Chrysostom, in his teaching on fasting, emphasizes the fruits of fasting in the moral and spiritual life:What advantage is it, if we have gone through the Fast devoid of good works? If another says, “I have fasted the whole of Lent,” then you should say, “I had an enemy, but I was rec-onciled; I had a habit of speaking evil of others, but I put a stop to it; I had a habit of swearing, but I have broken through this evil practice.”394If we engage the Fast with zeal, we will experience what is described by Saint John Chrysostom in his teaching: Having in this week attained the practice of not swearing at all; and in the following having extinguished wrath; and in that which succeeds it, having pulled up evil-speaking by the roots; and after that, having amended what yet remains; thus go-ing for-ward in our course, we shall come by little and little to the very summit of virtue.

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Lord and Master of my life, keep me from being

lazy, apathetic, selfish, and boastful. (Prostration)

Instead, bestow on me, your servant, the spirit of

integrity, humility, patience, and love. (Prostration)

Yes, O Lord and King, let me see my own sins and not judge my brothers and sisters;

For you are blessed forever and ever. Amen (Prostration) During the period Great Lent, the prayer written by St. Ephrem the Syrian is said frequently. It is

a prayer on which everyone should carefully meditate. Allow the prayer into your heart and

mind, and it will inevitably speak to you. Each of us can relate to this prayer, allowing it to raise

many issues in our hearts. It reminds us that God is the Master of our lives, and asks God to free

us from the sins of everyday life, like pride and gossip and laziness and greed. In it we ask God to

give us humility and love of our neighbor, awareness of our own sins, and disinterest in the sins

of others. It asks for the gifts and graces we need to lead a holy life.

This prayer also acts as a warning to us. We need to spiritually be on our guard, avoiding the

temptations that each day brings, and making amends for our failings, first by recognizing them,

and then bringing them before our Lord God with humility and in repentance. To emphasize the

theme of this prayer– changing our lives –we accompany it with Great Prostration , kneeling and

touching the forehead to the floor.

Often we have become lazy, and even faint-hearted, in our prayers,

meditations and readings.This season of Great Lent reminds us to be

awake, alert, concentrating anew on the Glory that has been revealed

to us.

What we should really be doing, during this period of Lent, is seeking to overcome our faults,

and learning to be loving Christians! This is a time to look at our own errors, to honour our Lord

God in prayer, seeking out humbly our repentance. Let us take advantage of this rich period of

time given to us; let us, with great love in our hearts, go to Church more frequently -as the

Church offers us more services during this time of the 40 -day fasting period, and Holy Week,

eventually leading up to the joyful celebration of our Lord’s Holy Glorious Resurrection. What a

blessed time this is for us! Let us now begin humbly, and with love to pray as we continue our

journey to Holy Pascha. © http://sspp.ca/our-faith/liturgical-services-and-prayers/prayer-of-st-ephrem/

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UCWLC News:

Glory be to Jesus

Christ!

SAINT BASIL’S UCWLC PALM SUNDAY TEA WILL BE HELD ON

April 14, 2019

Can you help us make our Players Choice

Raffle (formerly known as Silent Auction)

a SUCCESS? Cash Donations will enable us

to purchase several larger items. You may

put your cash donation in a separate enve-

lope with your envelope number indicated

on it and put in in the collection basket.

For Further information, you may also con-

tact : Sylvia Martyniuk—204-831-1788

Gwen Dankewich—204-889-3104

Pearl Groan 204 888-3830

March 16th - LENTEN RETREAT Hosted St. Nicholas U.C.W.L.C. Saturday, March 16th at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church 737 Bannerman (at Arlington) Presented By: Sister Theresa Matwe, SSMI Registration at 9:00 am, Confessions – 2:30 pm, Divine Liturgy – 3 pm All ladies are invited to attend – (you don’t need to be a UCWLC member)

On behalf of the parish council we thank all the parishioners that attended

the Annual General Meeting.

Your Feedback on reports and the questions asked, were an indication that you are interested in what is happening in our Church. We wel-come any ideas or suggestions that would make this parish more vibrant.

Below is the list of the Parish Council members for 2019:

President - Fr. Ihor Shved

Vice President -Rose Olynyk

First Vice President - Andy Labay

Financial Secretary - Gerry Skochyles

Treasurer- Harry Fediuk

Recording Secretary - Linda Gardiner

Committees Chairpersons :

Building and Maintenance - Orest Kulchyski

Social- Kyle Robins

Tatza - Linda Labay

Hall Rental- Leona Solomon

Carolling- Natalia Hotel

Thank you to all the members that accepted their positions.

Rose Olynyk Vice President

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2019 Youth Winter Games

Theme: Keep Christ In Your Life

Mini-Olympics: Saturday, March 16 *St.Basil's is co-hosting this event

Immaculate Heart of Mary School, 650 Flora Ave.

Registration 1:00pm

Games and snacks 2:00-5:00 pm.

Clean indoor shoes required

Basketball skills, floor hockey, relays and more!

for February 25 to March 22

have been changed to Monday

and Thursday from 11:00 am

to 2:00 pm due to Marusia be-

ing away in B.C. because of a

work contract with the Cana-

dian Food Inspection Agency.

Perogies for Sale

If anybody wants

perogies, we are selling them

for $6.00 a dozen. Please call:

Phyliss at 204-832-0175 or

Rose at 204-888-3884.

Home of Hope – Annual Fundraising Breakfast

Sponsored by the UCWLC Archeparchy of Winnipeg

Saturday, April 13th – 10 a.m.

Holy Eucharist Parish Hall - 460 Munroe Avenue, Winnipeg

Enjoy a breakfast and special presentation with the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate from Ukraine

Hear how you are helping keep young girls off the streets of Lviv.

Tickets are $30/person, all proceeds help to support the girls directly.

For tickets, please call the Lubov SSMI Foundation at 204-942-0443

OR contact a member of the (UCWLC) OR your parish office.

Also, available at the event will be the release of the new Easter CD “Христос Воскрес" recorded by the Chabluk family.

Net proceeds from CD sales go to support Home of Hope.