UPCOMING EVENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS

St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church 27450 N. Bradley Rd . Mettawa – Lake Forest , Illinois 60045 –5104

Email: (office@stbasilchurch.org) www.stbasilchurch.org Parish Priest: V. Rev. Stavrophor Djuro Krosnjar - frkrosnjar@gmail.com (847) 477-1531 cell

Trustee Co-Chairman: Michael Kosanovich Circle of Serbian Sisters: Richelle Arandjelovic

Choir Director: Roxanne Getz Coordinators: Folklore: Slobodanka Vranjes Church School: Nada Savatic &Vasilija Vojcanin

St. Varnava Men’s Club: Marko Vojcanin; Bookstore: Diana Potkonjak and Paul Saniuk Facilities Contact: Goran Bogojevic and Radenko Krajisnik, Webmaster: Peter Pirocanac

Serbian School: Dunja Vla, Jelena Visnjevac and Svjetlana Masic

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TROPARION OF THE RESURRECTION - Tone 7:

Thou didst destroy death by Thy Cross, Thou didst open Paradise to the thief. Thou didst change the lamentation of the Myrrh-bearers, and Thou didst command Thine Apostles to proclaim that Thou didst arise, O Christ God, and grandest to the world great mercy

TROPARION OF SAINT BASIL OF OSTROG - Tone 4:

From your youth you gave yourself entirely to the Lord, remaining in pray-er, labor and fasting, O God-bearing Father. Because you were an example of virtues and good works to your flock, seeing your good work, God es-tablished you as a pastor and good hierarch of His Church. And after your repose, He kept your body incorrupt, O Holy Basil. Therefore, with bold-ness pray to Christ God to save our souls.

TROPARION OF THE PROPHET - Tone 2:

Celebrating the memory of Thy prophet Ezekiel, O Lord, through him do we entreat Thee: Save Thou our souls!

Kontakion of The Resurrection - Tone 7:

No longer will the dominion of death be able to keep men captive; for Christ hath descended, demolishing and destroying the powers thereof. Hades is bound; the Prophets rejoice with one voice, saying: A Savior hath come for them that have faith. Come forth, ye faithful, for the Resurrection.

Kontakion of St. Basil of Ostrog - Tone 8:

Even as a youth, you served the Lord, O Wise one, belaboring your body with prayer and vigil. Because you were shown to be a precious vessel of the Holy Spirit, He established you as a pastor of His Church which you tended well. And as such, you departed to the Lord whom you loved. We pray to you to re-member us who keep your memory with faith, that all may shout unto you: Rejoice, O most honorable Basil.

GLORY… Kontakion of the prophet - Tone 4:

Thou hast been shown to be a prophet of God, O wondrous Ezekiel, and hast proclaim unto all the incarnation of the Lord, the Lamb and Creator, the Son of God Who hath revealed Himself forever.

BOTH NOW… Kontakion of the Theotokos- Tone 6:

O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame/, O mediation unto the Creator unfailing/, disdain not the suppliant voices of sinners/, but be thou quick, O good one, to help us who in faith cry unto thee/; hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication//, thou who dost ever pro-tect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.

V. Rev. Stavrophor Djuro Krosnjar Home (847) 680-1117 Cell (847) 477-1531 H. Fax (847) 680-1127 frkrosnjar@gmail.com - Church Phone (847) 247-0077 Church FX (847) 247-0088

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EYE ON SCRIPTURE Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment… Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?.. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the Gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

1 Cor. (1, 10-13

Tone 7:

Epistle: 1 Cor. (1, 10-18)

Gospel: Mt. (14, 14 - 22)

8-th Sunday after Pentecost Venerable Symeon, the Fool for Christ’s

sake; Holy Prophet Ezekiel

Saturday and Pre-Feast Vespers 5:00 P.M.

~Next Sunday~

Divine Liturgy at 10:00 A.M.

Orthodox Study Bible

Here for the first time Paul rebukes the Corinthians, pleading with them in the name of the Lord to put away divi-sions and maintain unity in the church… Is Christ divided? Or is the Church? The answer to all questions in this passage is no. One can leave the Church, but not divide it! Factionalism, however, brings great harm to the Church, for it seeks to give to the apostle as teachers of philosophy rather than preach-ers of the Cross.. The factious do not accept true wisdom, which is besto-

wed by the Spirit, and they misrepre-sent the apostles as rivals to each other rather than as fellow workers with Christ.

St. Basil of Ostrog

Serbian Orthodox Church 27450 N. Bradley Rd, Mettawa - Lake Forest, IL. 60045-5104

SERBIAN ORTHODOX UNITY AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH

IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

THE EBB AND FLOW OF LIFE

Because of his willingness to confront King Ahab for his un-righteous and pagan ways, the Prophet Elijah often found him-self fleeing for his life. In the First Book of Kings, we read how God sends him to the safety of the Brook Cherith, where he not only finds shelter, but food and refreshing waters. Elija’s for-tunes change quickly, however, and soon that brook, which brought him much-needed refuge dries up and is utterly worth-less to him. For the Prophet joy had come in despair. How often do we see this happening in our own lives? How many times has our good fortune turned to bad almost over-night? Our once-thriving business suddenly fails… our high-value stocks suddenly plummet… the “love of our life” forsakes us. Yet, life is truly filled with ‘dried up brooks’. Yet we must believe that things always happen for a reason. As

the old saying goes, “When God closes a door, He always opens a window some-where.” When the Brook of Cherith dried up and the outlook for Elijah was at its bleakest point, we read in the First Book of Kings that the word of God came to him. God had not led him there so that he could die. No, He had other plans for him, setting Elijah on a path that would eventually take him back to the king so that he could show the power of the One True God of Israel. Elijah listened to the voice of God, and so must we. We must be receptive to what His new plan for us may be, just as Elijah was. When our world seems to be falling apart, this is precisely the time to put our trust in the Lord. When darkness engulfs us, we must seek the true Light to brighten our path. Yes, “dried up brooks’ can be transformed very quickly, if we recognize the right “Source” needed to fill them!

Alone, sola scriptura, Inerran-cy, Infallibility, indulgences, the Immaculate Conception, “once saved always saved,” the Rapture, the Millennium, current events as fulfillments of prophesy, abortion, justifi-cation of homosexual acts, “demythologizing,” “spiritual-lityof the earth,” the Branch Theory, the Invisible Church, “personal theology,” women priests, nurseries during chur-ch services, writing new litur-gies, prosperity as a sign of virtue, “we all worship the same God,” obligations, dis-pensations, Dispensationalism, “open Communion” ....? NO. WHO IS THE THEOTOKOS? Theotokos (Mother of God) is a title for the Virgin Mary. Orthodox love and honor (but do not worship) her because of our union with her Son. The attention given her in the Church also expresses our faith that Jesus Christ is truly human, born of a woman as we are, yet has always been God, so His human mother is called the Mother of God. In many hymns she personifies the Church as the beloved Bride of God (Rev. 21:2); her exaltation as “more glorious than the Seraphim” is a sign of the exaltation awaiting all who “hear the Word of God and keep it” as she did. WHAT ARE ICONS? Icons are pictures of Christ and the saints. They must be painted according to a strict tradition because they are an important way the Faith is handed down and taught. Icons and crosses are venerated – but not wor-shipped – because we believe that in Christ God took a phys-ical body, became part of our physical world so we could know Him. Other human be-ings who unite themselves with Christ become holy and the image of God becomes visible in them, so we honor their icons as well. WHY INCENSE? Incense, vestments, and lamps are part of the imagery of heavenly worship in the Book of Reve-lation. In our worship we par-ticipate while still in this world in the worship of the angels and saints in heaven. Many people buy candles and place them in the church as an offer-ing of light to the Lord, who told us to let our light shine.

Frequently asked questions ABOUT

ORTHODOXY

Some of these are not the most important things about the Orthodox Church, but I am asked them frequently. HOW DOES YOUR CHURCH DIFFER FROM THE GREEK ORTHODOX? We are the same Church. Orthodox people came to America from different coun-tries and are not yet adminis-tratively united, but we are in communion with each other and have the same doctrine and worship. In the Chicago area we have a very close relationship with the other Orthodox Churches. HOW DOES YOUR CHURCH DIFFER FROM THE _____ CHURCH? In general these are hard ques-tions to answer briefly. Many issues that divide the churches were fought over for centu-ries, resulting in oversimpli-fied polemical answers to complex questions. The Ro-man Catholic Church and the Orthodox formally separated in 1054, and most other chur-ches split from the Roman Catholic Church 450 or more years later. So the Orthodox were never involved in most of the issues of the Protestant Reformation and later, and generally have a different approach from either position. The Orthodox Church can be best understood on its own terms rather than trying to fit it into Western terms. In gen-eral, many Orthodox feel that the Catholic and Protestant churches of the West are much more like each other than either is like the Ortho-dox Church. But since many people ask these questions, I will try to give short answers. Orthodox reject many things that Roman Catholics and most Protestants have in com-mon, such as the teaching that human beings are by nature sinful, and that the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross is to be understood in a legal sense as a payment of a debt to satisfy divine justice. Orthodox un-derstand salvation as a rela-tionship with God rather than a legal status. We emphasize the Trinity, the real divinity and humanity of Christ, the

Cross, the Resurrection, the Holy Spirit, and human free-dom. HOW DOES YOUR CHURCH DIFFER FROM THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH? The Roman Church was in com-munion with the Orthodox Churches for a thousand years, so we probably have more in common with Roman Catholics than any other Christians. Nevertheless there are many important differences. We teach that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father alone, not from the Father and the Son, which results in a different un-derstanding of the Trinity, and we do not accept Papal suprem-acy or infallibility. In general, Orthodox are less interested in authority and definitions and more interested in worship and experience of God than West-ern Christians, whether Catho-lic or Protestant. We are gener-ally less involved in relating to American secular culture and politics. HOW DOES THE ORTHO-DOX CHURCH DIFFER FROM MOST PROTESTANT CHURCHES? Orthodox inter-pret the Bible in the context of the whole tradition of the Church, not by individual ins-piration or “scientific” study. We seek to know God more through prayer and worship than through study or reason-ing. Our worship follows pat-terns evolved from the Temple and the Synagogue and has changed very little over many centuries. Our children are bap-tized, receive Holy Commun-ion, and worship with us from infancy; they are not sent to other activities during worship. DO ORTHODOX “BELIEVE IN”.... the Trinity, the Divinity of Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Birth, the Bodily Resur-rection, the Bible, miracles, healing, saints, relics, the Vir-gin Mary, angels, demons, heaven, hell, the Second Com-ing, the Last Judgment, sin, baptism by immersion, infant baptism and communion, con-fession, fasting, monasticism, chastity, prayer for the dead, the Body and Blood of Christ in Holy Communion, anointing of the sick...? YES! DO ORTHODOX “BELIEVE IN”.... Total Depravity, Predes-tination, Justification by Faith

WHY DO YOU READ PRAY-ERS OUT OF A BOOK? Standard prayers and hymns are used rather than extempora-neous or modern ones because they contain the accumulated insights of many centuries of Christians, and most of them are packed with Biblical quota-tions. They are repetitious be-cause that way they become rooted in our minds. They are chanted or sung rather than spoken so we are less conscious of the personality of the indi-vidual reader. CAN ORTHODOX PRIESTS MARRY? No, but a married man may be ordained deacon or priest if it is the first mar-riage for both him and his wife. If his wife dies he may not re-marry and remain a clergyman. Bishops must be chosen from among the unmarried men. WHY DOES YOUR CROSS HAVE THREE BARS? The top bar represents the sign (“Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”). The bottom bar is a foot-piece to which our Lord’s feet were nailed. There are many explanations why it is slanted; the most popular is that it reminds us of the two thieves crucified with the Lord, one of whom mocked the Lord, while the other confessed Him and was raised up to Paradise (Lu-ke 23:39 ff). DO ORTHODOX USE THE SAME BIBLE AS PROTES-TANTS? The New Testament is the same; for the Old Testa-ment we accept some 14 addi-tional books or parts of books that are not in most Protestant Bibles. HOW CAN I JOIN THIS CHURCH? We don’t hurry anyone to join; many people “visit” for years. But after vi-siting a while, if you wish to be a member, speak to the priest. Those wishing to be members are received as cate-chumens (learners), and usually spend at least a year attending the services and learning the Faith. Then if they have not already received Christian baptism they are baptized, and in any case are chrismated (anointed with oil as the “seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit”) and given Holy Communion, which makes them full mem-bers.

Lord, visit Thy ser-vants in their suffering, and grant them grace

and strength to bear their sickness with which they are afflicted; heal and save them:

Sister ANGELINA; Krista BAUMAN; Milica BILBIJA; Milorad BLAGOJEVIC; Zivota BLAZIC; Stevan BOGOJEVIC; Aleksandar BURMEISTER; David CASTALDO; Petar COKIC; Milan DAVORIJA; Daniel DEJANOVICH; Janko-Dan DEJANOVIC; Sotir DJORDJEVIC; Dusan DRONDIC; Ivan GAVRILOVIC; Aleksandar GLISOVIC; Daniela GOMEZ; Radoslav IVANOVIC; Snezana JOVANOVIC: Ljubica JOVANOVIC; Elena KONSTANTINOVIC; Branko/Anka KOSANOVIC; George KOVAC; Lesia KOSTIC; Mara KOVACEVIC; Ray/Laura KULMALA; Cathy LALICH; Slavojka MILESIC; Milka/Milan MILICEVIC; Ron MITROVICH; Dragica MRKALJ; Suzana NEDIC; Boro NEDINIC: Vladeta & Marie NIKOLICH; Daliborka OPACIC; Mladen PECANAC; Natalija PETROVIC: Aleksandra RALEVICH; Marta RALEVICH; Milan RASKOVIC; Jessica SELOUNTOS; George SINNOKRAK; Nikola SREJOVIC; Nicole STEINBERG; Ratko STISEVIC; Nikola STOKOVIC; Zika SUBARIC; Jovan VOJCANIN; Danijela VRANJES; metr. JOVAN (Vraniskovski)

ST. BASIL OF OSTROG SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Musical Orchestra

Every Friday at 7:00 PM

Dormition Lent August 14-28

Food donations accepted

SUNDAY

LUNCHES

With our Chef Jelica

Available weekly for

food and fellowship.

Join us following

Divine Liturgy

Adults $7.00 Children $4.00

Where volunteers have the most fun!!!!! St. Basil Church “Taste of Serbia”

Start planning ahead! Join the church efforts to host this great events!!!

For Taste of Serbia—Contact: Helen Mandich helen.mandich@abbvie.com Become a volunteer and have the time of your life,

make new friends, your volunteer stewardship is so welcome.

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With your: Talents, Time, or monetary gift.

Premier Sponsor $1,000 + Tents, Entertainment, Coolers, etc. Sponsors $500 - $ 999 Grilling Supplies, Equipment Rental… Donation $201 - $ 499 Whole lambs, pigs; Beverages: soft drinks, water, beer, specialty brands... Donation $76 - 200 Grilled meats, farm fresh corn... Donation up to $75.00 Desserts, Food (chicken, sarma), paper supplies (plates, forks, knives…)

Shop With A Cause 100% of the Funds

from Sales go directly to the

church.

Purchase a 25% Off cou-pon for Macy’s for

$5.00—good to shop all day Saturday, August 23

at Macy’s on Regular, Sales and Clearance

Items $5 Coupons available to purchase at the candle

table.