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UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ПРАВОСЛАВНИЙ СОБОР СВ. ВОЛОДИМИРА 855 Barton Street, East, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 3B4 Fr. Wasyl Makarenko, Parish Priest Cell: 905-730-7542 Residence: 905-385-2712 e-mail: [email protected] Parish Council President: Orysia Sushko Telephone: 289-755-1525 e-mail: [email protected] ПОРЯДОК БОГОСЛУЖЕНЬ/SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES FROM NOVEMBER 1 st TO NOVEMBER 30 TH , 2018 ВІД 1-ОГО ЛИСТОПАДА, ДО 30-ОГО ЛИСТОПАДА, 2018 THE FEAST DAY OF ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL NOVEMBER 21 st , 2018 VESPERS (as per bulletin) SATURDAYS: 5:00 P.M. EVE OF FEAST DAYS: 6:30 P.M. CONFESSIONS: SAT. NIGHTS BEFORE OR AFTER VESPERS BEFORE 9:45 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE 9:30 A.M. ON FEAST DAYS OR BY APPOINTMENT FOR OUR SHUT IN’S

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Page 1: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF STVLADIMIR УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ПРАВОСЛАВНИЙ СОБОР СВ ВОЛОДИМИРА

855 Barton Street East Hamilton Ontario L8L 3B4

Fr Wasyl Makarenko Parish Priest Cell 905-730-7542 Residence 905-385-2712

e-mail wlmakarenkorogerscom

Parish Council President Orysia Sushko Telephone 289-755-1525 e-mail stvladshamiltonyahooca

ПОРЯДОК БОГОСЛУЖЕНЬSERVICES AND ACTIVITIES FROM

NOVEMBER 1st TO NOVEMBER 30

TH 2018

ВІД 1-ОГО ЛИСТОПАДА ДО 30-ОГО ЛИСТОПАДА 2018

THE FEAST DAY OF ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

NOVEMBER 21st 2018

VESPERS (as per bulletin) SATURDAYS 500 PM

EVE OF FEAST DAYS 630 PM CONFESSIONS SAT NIGHTS BEFORE OR AFTER VESPERS BEFORE 945 AM SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE 930 AM ON FEAST DAYS OR BY APPOINTMENT FOR OUR SHUT INrsquoS

ВІТАЄМО ГОСТЕЙ ДО НАШОЇ ПАРАФІЇ Щиро сердечно вітаємо всіх гостей з далека і близька до нашої громади Прошу під час кави в церковній авдиторії

зголосіться до о Василя за інформаціями про нашу громаду Дякуємо

WELCOME TO OUR PARISH Our warmest greetings are extended once again to all visitors and guests who are participating in todayrsquos Divine Liturgy

It is always a joy to have you praying with us After the service please join us for fellowship in the church auditorium and

do not hesitate to introduce yourself to fr Wasyl and find out more about our faith and our parish WELCOME

SERVICES ndash NOVEMBERndash 2018

Sunday 4

th 1000 am - Divine Liturgy ndash 23

rd Sunday after Pentecost - Tone 6 ndash Ephesians 24-10

Luke 1619-31

Thursday 8th 930 am - Divine Liturgy ndash Gr Martyr Demetrius ndash Service in the Chapel - Tone 6 -

Timothy 21-10 ndash John 1517-162

Sunday 11th 1000 am - Divine Liturgy ndash English Divine Liturgy ndash Tone7 ndash Ephesians 214-22 -

Luke 826-39

Sunday 18th 1000 am - Divine Liturgy ndash Tone 8- Ephesians41-6 ndash Luke 841-56

Wednesday 21st 930 am - Divine Liturgy ndash Synaxis Archangel Michael ndash Service in Chapel - Tone 8 ndash

Hebrews 22-10 ndash Luke 1016-

Saturday 24th 930 am - English Divine Liturgy -

Sunday 25th 1000 am - Divine Liturgy ndash Tone 1- Ephesians 58-19 - Luke 1025-37-

Holodomor Commemoration ndash Panachyda and Program

Wednesday 28th

- Nativity Fast Begins Pylypivka

СЛУЖБИ ndash ЛИСТОПАД ndash 2018

Неділя 4-ого 1000 рано - Св Літургія - Голос 6 ndash Еф 24-10 Лк 1619-31

Четвер 8-ого 930 рано - Св Літургія ndash Великомученика Димитрія - служба в каплиці - Голос 6 - Тим 21-10 - Ів 1517-162

Неділя 11-ого 1000 рано - Св Літургія ndash Англомовна ndash Голос 7 - Еф 214-22 - Лк 826-39

Середа 21-ого 930 рано - Св Літургія ndash Собор Архистратига Михаїла ndash Служба в каплиці - Голос 8

- Євр 22-10 - Лк 1016-21

Субота 24-ого 930 рано - Англомовна Св Літургія

Неділя 25-ого 1000 рано - Св Літургія ndash Голос 1- Еф 58-19 - Лк 1025-37 - Відзначення

Голодомору ndash Панахида та Програма

Середа 28-ого - Початок Пилипівки ndash Піст

Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other

Bodiless Powers

Commemorated on November 21

The Synaxis of the Chief of the Heavenly Hosts Archangel Michael and the Other Heavenly Bodiless Powers

Archangels Gabriel Raphael Uriel Selaphiel Jehudiel Barachiel and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the

fourth century at the Council of Laodicea which met several years before the First Ecumenical Council The 35th Canon

of the Council of Laodicea condemned and denounced as heretical the worship of angels as gods and rulers of the world

but affirmed their proper veneration

A Feastday was established in November the ninth month after March (with which the year began in ancient times) since

there are Nine Ranks of Angels The eighth day of the month was chosen for the Synaxis of all the Bodiless Powers of

Heaven since the Day of the Dread Last Judgment is called the Eighth Day by the holy Fathers After the end of this age

(characterized by its seven days of Creation) will come the Eighth Day and then ldquothe Son of Man shall come in His Glory

and all the holy Angels with Himrdquo (Mt 2531)

The Angelic Ranks are divided into three Hierarchies highest middle and lowest

The Highest Hierarchy includes the Seraphim Cherubim and Thrones

The six-winged SERAPHIM (Flaming Fiery) (Is 612) stand closest of all to the Most Holy Trinity They blaze with love

for God and kindle such love in others

The many-eyed CHERUBIM (outpouring of wisdom enlightenment) (Gen 324) stand before the Lord after the

Seraphim They are radiant with the light of knowledge of God and knowledge of the mysteries of God Through them

wisdom is poured forth and peoplersquos minds are enlightened so they may know God and behold His glory

The THRONES (Col 116) stand after the Cherubim mysteriously and incomprehensibly bearing God through the grace

given them for their service They are ministers of Godrsquos justice giving to tribunals kings etc the capacity for righteous

judgment

The Middle Angelic Hierarchy consists of three Ranks Dominions Powers and Authorities

DOMINIONS (Col 116) hold dominion over the angels subject to them They instruct the earthly authorities established

by God to rule wisely and to govern their lands well The Dominions teach us to subdue sinful impulses to subject the

flesh to the spirit to master our will and to conquer temptation

POWERS (1 Pet 322) fulfill the will of God without hesitation They work great miracles and give the grace of

wonderworking and clairvoyance to saints pleasing to God The Powers assist people in fulfilling obedience They also

encourage them to be patient and give them spiritual strength and fortitude

AUTHORITIES (1 Pet 322 Col 116) have authority over the devil They protect people from demonic temptations and

prevent demons from harming people as they would wish They also uphold ascetics and guard them helping people in

the struggle with evil thoughts

The Lowest Hierarchy includes the three Ranks Principalities Archangels and Angels

PRINCIPALITIES (Col 116) have command over the lower angels instructing them in the fulfilling of Godrsquos

commands They watch over the world and protect lands nations and peoples Principalities instruct people to render

proper honor to those in authority as befits their station They teach those in authority to use their position not for

personal glory and gain but to honor God and to spread word of Him for the benefit of those under them

ARCHANGELS (1 Thess 416) are messengers of great and wondrous tidings They reveal prophecies and the mysteries

of the faith They enlighten people to know and understand the will of God they spread faith in God among the people

illuminating their minds with the light of the Holy Gospel

ANGELS (1 Pet 322) are in the lowest rank of the heavenly hierarchy and closest to people They reveal the lesser

mysteries of God and His intentions guiding people to virtuous and holy life They support those who remain steadfast

and they raise up the fallen They never abandon us and they are always prepared to help us if we desire it

All the Ranks of the Heavenly Powers are called angels although each has its own name and position by virtue of their

service The Lord reveals His will to the highest ranks of the angels and they in turn inform the others

Over all the Nine Ranks the Lord appointed the Holy Archangel Michael (his name in Hebrew means ldquowho is like unto

Godrdquo) the faithful servitor of God as Chief Commander He cast down from Heaven the arrogantly proud Lucifer and the

other fallen spirits when they rebelled against God Michael summoned the ranks of angels and cried out ldquoLet us attend

Let us stand aright before our Creator and do not consider doing what is displeasing unto Godrdquo

Різдвяний піст 2018 календар харчування по днях

Як не можна помислити вихід з дому не почистивши зуби і не вмиваючись так і зустріч християнського

свята не можна уявити без попереднього дотримання посту Мило очищає наше тіло від бруду а пост ndash

сприяє очищенню нашої душі від скверни

Через шість днів після зустрічі Нового року до нас приходить ще більш величне свято яке відзначають

православні християни по всьому світу Імrsquoя цього свята Різдво Христове Для належної підготовки до цього

святого події належить ревно молитися перебувати в абсолютній гармонії з оточуючими і старанним

спокої а також постити протягом сорока днів

Початок Різдвятого посту

Різдвяний піст встановлений на честь підготовки до одного з найвеличніших свят всього християнства ndash

Різдва Христового Пост охоплює всі сорок днів до великого релігійного свята яке з задоволенням

відзначають навіть невіруючі люди Оскільки Різдво не є перехідним церковним святом то і терміни

Різдвяного посту який так тісно з ним повrsquoязаний теж залишаються незмінні щороку

Календар харчування по днях

Як і будь-який інший пост Різдвяний також не сприймає мrsquoясні та молочні продукти Віруючі говорять про

те що в багатьох речах пост перед Різдвом схожий з Апостольським річним постом Але все ж Різдвяний

піст слід більш складною схемою живлення ніж Петрів піст

Кожен з трьох етапів Різдвяного посту відрізняється своїми заборонами і дозволу в їжі

Перший етап Різдвяного посту

Перша частина підготовки свого тіла і своєї душі до Різдва вважається найбільш простою так як багато чого

з забороненого в інший час посту на стадії першого етапу дозволяється куштувати

В інші дні можна додавати в своє пісне меню рибу як морську так і річкову При цьому рибу можна

відварювати або готувати на пару смажити на сковороді або запікати в духовці або печі Для приготування

риби дозволено додавання рослинного масла На гарнір в такі дні добре підійдуть овочі каші і гриби

Якого числа різдвяний піст в 2018 році календар харчування по днях що можна їсти

По суботах і неділях Церква дозволяє вживати червоне вино в помірних кількостях

Другий етап Різдвяного посту

Недарма другий етап Різдвяного посту суворіший першого ndash по вівторках і четвергах їсти рибу вже не можна

ndash на столі повинна бути гаряча їжа але вже з маслом Це можуть бути каші з соусом або підливою з овочів

паштети з грибів овочі на пару або відварені супи і пироги без використання яєць і вершкового масла

Вихідні на щастя залишаються незмінними ndash як і раніше можна вживати в їжу рибні страви у всіх

варіаціях Вино в малих кількостях також дозволено до випитого в ці дні

Третій етап Різдвяного посту

У вівторок і четвер а також у вихідні дні дозволено додати до мізерного пісному меню ароматну гарячу їжу

приправлену малою кількістю рослинного масла Якщо раніше можна було пити червоне вино у вихідні дні

посту то в останні дні перед світлим Різдвом Христовим цього робити вже не можна Втім будь-який

алкоголь знаходиться на третьому етапі Різдвяного посту під суворою забороною

Перш ніж приступити до посту потрібно з усією відповідальністю прийняти розуміння того що пост по

суті своїй не є лише обмеженням в їжі тієї ж дієтою Сутність християнського посту лежить набагато

глибше ndash справжнє упокорення душі і тіла повrsquoязано з молитвами щирим покаянням втікання від мирських

пристрастей і пороків повсякденному житті утриманням від створення злого щирим прощенням образ

винятком непотрібних розваг відволікаючих і відвертається віруючої людини від Всевишнього

ldquoFaith is the beginning and love is the end and the union of the two together is GOD All that makes for a soulrsquos

perfection follows in their train for nobody who professes faith will commit sin and nobody who posses love can

feel hatredrdquo St Ignatius of Antioch

Attend church as a family and be active in the life of St Vladimir parish

There is no vacation from God and his holy church

ПРИХОДЬТЕ КОЖНОЇ НЕДІЛІ З РОДИНОЮ НА БОГОСЛУЖІННЯ ТА БУДЬТИ

АКТИВНИМИ У ЖИТТІ НАШОЇ ПАРАФІЇ СВ ВОЛОДИМИРА

UKRAINIAN WOMENrsquoS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA ndash LESIA UKRAINKA BRANCH

Glory to Jesus Christ Glory be Forever

Збори Союзу Українок КанадиndashВідділь Лесі Українки ndash Відбудуться ndash Понеділок 5-ого

Листопада в Церковні Авдиторії ndash о годині 200-ій Запрошуємо всіx членкинь

UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch will hold their regular meeting on Monday November 5th

at 200 pm in church auditorium

Please keep these datersquos open - UWAC - Christmas Bake Sale ndash Saturday November 17th and Work Beeshelliphellip

Tuesday November 27

th Prep for Perogy Bee ndash 830 am

Wednesday November 28th

Making Perogies ndash 830 am

Thursday November 29th

Making Cabbage Rolls ndash 830 am

Friday and Saturday November 30th

and December 1st ndash packaging and sales

Щоб притримати цей успіх нам бракує одне - а це більше число добровольців Ми вдячні нашим

сеньорам але їм треба допомоги отож ми звертаємось до вас ndash до жінок і мущин ndash допомогти нам у цій

дуже потрібій і важливій справі Дякуємо всім які приходять і помагають

Щоб мати успішний базар просимо всіх жінок нашої парафії приготовити печево на продаж Сердечно

вам усім дякую за ваш труд

Thank you to our volunteers for their gift of time contributions and donations of supplies for our September and October

Bees and Sales

We once again appeal to all our parish members to please support our Christmas Bazaar and Bake Sale by

donating some home baking and attending

The profits that we make from our varenykycabbage roll sales are donated to the church

Stamp Donors

To all those who have dropped off their cancelled stamps in the labelled bag in the Church Hall we have

received a very appreciative thank you with an assurance that the stamps will be put to good use

The teacher who runs the after-school Stamp Club in several local schools continues to need stamps

Please drop off your donations whenever convenient

Julia Kinar

GENERAL INFORMATION AND REMINDERS

ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLASS

Reminder ndash Our Adult Christian Education Classes have begun This year our classdiscussion will deal with

the subject of ldquoContemporary Moral Issuesrdquo and all things associated with it Obviously from the Orthodox

Christian Perspective

November class times have been changed to Mondays at 100 pm in the TYC Room

ALL ARE WELCOME

If anyone is interested in being a greeter please contact ndash Brenda Zalitack at bzalitackhotmailcom

or 289-682-0652

Are your 20172018 parish dues paid Please check in the parish office if you have any questions

In accordance with a motion passed at our annual meeting held on February 26th

2017 the membership

donation is now $13000 per person

ЧИ ВИ ЗАПЛАТИЛИ СВОЇ ВНЕСКИ ЗА 20172018 РІК ЯКЩО ВИ МАЄТЕ ЯКІСЬ ЗАПИТАННЯ ТО

ПРОСИМО ЗВЕРТАТИСЯ ДО ЦЕРКОВНОЇ КАНЦЕЛЯРІЇ

Згідно із рішенням на Річних Зборах 26-го лютого 2017 р членські внески від тепер встановлено в

сумі $13000 від особи

Perogy and Cabbage Roll Bee for November ndash Tues 27rd prep Wed 28th varenyky bee Thurs 29th Cabbage Rolls Fri 30th Packaging and Sales Sat Dec 1st Sales

Next UWAC Meeting will take please on Monday November 5th

in church auditorium New members are

always welcome

НАСТУПНІ ЗБОРИ МІСЦЕВОГО ВІДДІЛУ СУК відбудуться в неділю 5-го Листопада ndash у церковні

авдиторії Ласкаво просимо щоб усі члени відділу були присутні

Ukrainian Self- Reliance League (TYC) meets the last Monday of the month at 700 pm in the TYC

cultural centre Call Steve Stasiuk for more information 905-561-3642 New members are always welcome

Sunday Coffee Hour ndash is always greatly appreciated by the members of our parish Thank you ladies for our

Sunday coffee hours We could always use more volunteers If you could spare some time please contact

Eroslava Evanetz at eroslavasympaticoca who would love to add your name to her list of helpers We always

welcome new volunteers

БРАТЕРСЬКА ЗУСТРІЧ ПРИ КАВІ після Божественної Літургії в Авдиторії Усіх ласкаво просимо на каву для спілкування з своїми знайомими прихожанами Шукаємо до помочі жінок щоб допомогли з кавою

Baptisms Parents must arrange with father to make arrangements God-parents must be practicing Orthodox

Christians Baptising a child in the Orthodox Church presupposes that the child will be raised as an Orthodox

Christian

Хрещення Батьки мусять зустрінутеся з отцем щоб полагодити Хрещення Куми мусять бути

правосласними християними Батьки зобовязані виховувати своїх дітей з поученням православної церкви

Weddings Couples must arrange a personal meeting with the priest to make arrangements If one

of the couple is not Orthodox certain conditions may apply

A Collection Bin for Food Bank ndash is downstairs in the auditorium (Please keep in mind Christmas is coming)

We collect food all year and then deliver the canned and dry food items as the

baskets get filled Please bring items to church with you over the next few

Sundayrsquos God bless your generosity Remember Thanksgiving is just around the

corner lsquoThen the righteous will answer Him [Christ] saying lsquoLord when did we see You hungry and feed You or thirsty and give You drink And the King [Christ] will answer and say to them Assuredly I say to you inasmuch asyou did it to one of the least of these my

brethren you did it to Mersquo (Matthew 25 3740)

Boutique open after Liturgy

Крамниця Відкрита після Богослуження

Please notify fr Wasyl if a family member is admitted to the hospital Also parishioners who would like a home

visit are asked to contact fr and make their wishes known

Просимо повідомити отця що член Вашої родини є у лікарні Також якщо хтось бажає щоб їх відвідали

вдома то просимо бути в контакті з оцем

Reminder Please if you shop at Denningers we need your receipts Drop them off in our ldquoDenningers Receipt

Boxrdquo on the stage Thank you

For Hall Rental contact person is - Orysia Sushko at 289-887-0626

We are in need of SINGERS The Cathedral Choir invites you to join us For information contact Oksana

Sushko at fernridge1035gmailcom

СПІВАКИ-ХОРИСТИ Просимо Вас вступити до Катедрального Хору По дальші інформаціїОксана

Сушко дириґент ndash fernridge1035gmailcom

William Sarchuk Ukrainian School Registration ndash At this time we have 13 students registered We

canrsquot stress the importance of your children learning their language culture and heritage and there

faith Especially in light of the fact of what is taking place in Ukraine today PLEASE JOIN US

Українська Школа ім Василя Сарчука розпочали свою діялність Ми просимо всіх батьків долучитися

до великого діла плекати любов до рідного слова до обичаї і традицій українського народу і до своєї

рідної церкви

Просимо записувати дітей до школи

Please remember to include St Vladimirrsquos Cathedral in your Last Will and Testament Let your love and

support for our parish continue for many years Please be generous with your weekly offering envelopes

contributing even when you are away on vacation

Будь ласка памrsquoятайте Святу ndash Володимирську Парафію у Вашому останьому

заповіті Нехай Ваша любов і підтримка до нашої парафії продовжується ще на багато років

Просимо Вас щоб Ви були щедрими у Ваших щотижневих пожертвах навіть тоді коли Ви є у

відпустці

November 17th

ndash UWAC ndash CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND BAKE AND FOOD SALE

C H R I S T M A S B A Z A A R

SATURDAY - November 17 2018

10 am ndash 2 pm (Sponsored by the UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch)

Proceeds designated to St Vladimirrsquos Church Restoration Projects

Bazaar Day Sales of --

Christmas Baked Goods PerogiesCabbage

RollsBorschtPatychkyPreserves

Jewellery Crafts Paperback books and more

Free Admission Free Coffee Door Prizes Raffle

Donations ndash

We would appreciate your donations of the following items for the bazaar preserves home-baked items jewellery new knittedcrochet items paper-back books

Please bring items in Sunday Nov 3th or 10th 900 ndash 1230 pm Please bring home baking on November 15th amp 16th 900 ndash 12 noon

Thank you

Tables are available for rent to -

Crafters and individuals who wish to have a table to sell their own products

Enquiries and Information

Darlene Choma 519-754-5484 dchomarogerscom

Mary Adamson 905-643-6941

DECEMBER 2nd

- ORDER OF ST ANDREW AGM ndash lunch to follow with guest speaker

HIS GRACE BISHOP ANDRIJ ORDER OF ST ANDREWrsquoS

Mission Statement of St Andrewrsquos College

St Andrewrsquos College is an institution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and is affiliated with the

University of Manitoba The College exists to promote spiritual academic cultural and moral leadership within

the Church the Ukrainian Canadian community and the Canadian community

Vision of St Andrewrsquos -To offer programs and courses in Orthodox Christian Theology

-To prepare candidates for the clergy and other professionals for service in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of

Canada and other Orthodox churches

-To provide a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian residence for Ukrainian Orthodox and other students in Canada

-To provide community outreach integral to its mission statement

-To support faculty in scholarly educational activities

-To encourage propagation and support of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian culture within Canadian society

-To provide Orthodox witness on the campus of the University of Manitoba

Please join Us for the

7th

Annual

ST NICHOLAS DAY

ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19

930 AM - Church Service in the Chapel

1100 AM - Light Lunch in the Dining Room

Christmas Bazaar Raffle Draw

Noon - St Nicholas Bingo in the ldquoBingo Roomrdquo

Lunch and Bingo sponsored by

Lesia Ukrainka (Ladies Auxiliary) of

St Vladimirs Ukrainian Orthodox Church

ALL WELCOME

Go and Do Likewiserdquo as Our Response to Evil

In a world of mass shootings terrorism and constant strife between nations and competing groups of all kinds

it is tempting to narrow down the list of people we care about By limiting our concern only to those we think

deserve it we try to protect ourselves from going beyond the easy habit of loving only those who are like us and

love us in return The problem however is that shortening our list of neighbors in this way is a complete

rejection of the good news of our salvation

When a lawyer tried to find a loophole to limit the requirement to love his neighbor as himself Jesus Christ told

the parable of the good Samaritan in response After having been attacked by robbers and left

half dead by the side of the road a Jewish man was ignored by religious leaders of his own people But a

Samaritan whom the Jews certainly did not view as a neighbor stopped to help him bound up his wounds

took him to an inn and paid for his lodging even promising to return in order to pay for any additional costs as

the man recovered In response to the Lordrsquos question concerning who was a neighbor to this fellow the lawyer

answered rightly ldquoThe one who showed mercy on himrdquo

In other words the true neighbor was the hated Samaritan Christ concluded the parable by saying ldquoGo and do

likewiserdquo which meant to become like that Samaritan In other words He told the lawyer to love as himself

even those who hated and rejected him even members of ethnic and religious groups he had learned to view as

his enemies Not only did the lawyer fail to find a loophole in the requirement of love for all his neighbors he

found himself facing a much more demanding standard than he had ever considered For the Lord responded to

his question in a way that made clear his obligation to treat as a neighbor even those usually thought of as

despised strangers and enemies

The Savior used this parable to call us to participate personally in His merciful love for all corrupt humanity for

the Samaritan is surely an image of our Lord coming to heal us from the deadly ravages of sin Stripped of the

divine glory like Adam and Eve cast out of paradise and bearing the wounds of our own transgressions we have

become slaves to death the wages of sin Religious rituals and laws were powerless to restore the spiritual

health of those who bear the image and likeness of God So the One Who was rejected as a blasphemer and

even accused of being a Samaritan (John 848) became one of us in order to conquer death and make us

participants by grace in His eternal life The oil and wine of the parable represent the Holy Mysteries through

which Christ nourishes and heals us His Body the Church is the inn where we regain our strength to grow in

holiness He will return in glory to raise the dead and fulfill His Kingdom

ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo is not an abstract legal or moral command but a truthful statement that those who are in

Christ will manifest His mercy in their own lives Those who participate already in His eternal life will become

living icons of His love even to those who hate and reject them The point is not to reduce our relationship with

God to being nice to others which usually means little more than helping our friends and trying to have warm

feels about humanity in general It is instead that those who are being healed by the ravages of sin through the

mercy of Christ will no longer be blinded by the passions and fears that make it so appealing to limit our list of

neighbors to those who measure up to our standards Christ died and rose again for the salvation of all people

including those who called for His crucifixion and literally nailed Him to the Cross He enables those who are

truly in personal union with Him to become radiant with the divine glory in a way that overcomes the darkness

that so easily separates people and groups of people from one another

That is why St Paul reminded the Corinthians that ldquoGod is able to provide you with every blessing in

abundance so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good

workrdquo There are no limits to the merciful love of our Savior We must relate to our neighbors not on the basis

of how we happen to feel about them or how much moral virtue we can muster but instead on the basis of the

boundless grace we have received The Apostle knew that ldquohe who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and

he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyrdquo The more fully we open our lives to the healing mercy of

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

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Honour of 65th anniversary

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Home for Living in Your Golden Years

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For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

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Page 2: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

ВІТАЄМО ГОСТЕЙ ДО НАШОЇ ПАРАФІЇ Щиро сердечно вітаємо всіх гостей з далека і близька до нашої громади Прошу під час кави в церковній авдиторії

зголосіться до о Василя за інформаціями про нашу громаду Дякуємо

WELCOME TO OUR PARISH Our warmest greetings are extended once again to all visitors and guests who are participating in todayrsquos Divine Liturgy

It is always a joy to have you praying with us After the service please join us for fellowship in the church auditorium and

do not hesitate to introduce yourself to fr Wasyl and find out more about our faith and our parish WELCOME

SERVICES ndash NOVEMBERndash 2018

Sunday 4

th 1000 am - Divine Liturgy ndash 23

rd Sunday after Pentecost - Tone 6 ndash Ephesians 24-10

Luke 1619-31

Thursday 8th 930 am - Divine Liturgy ndash Gr Martyr Demetrius ndash Service in the Chapel - Tone 6 -

Timothy 21-10 ndash John 1517-162

Sunday 11th 1000 am - Divine Liturgy ndash English Divine Liturgy ndash Tone7 ndash Ephesians 214-22 -

Luke 826-39

Sunday 18th 1000 am - Divine Liturgy ndash Tone 8- Ephesians41-6 ndash Luke 841-56

Wednesday 21st 930 am - Divine Liturgy ndash Synaxis Archangel Michael ndash Service in Chapel - Tone 8 ndash

Hebrews 22-10 ndash Luke 1016-

Saturday 24th 930 am - English Divine Liturgy -

Sunday 25th 1000 am - Divine Liturgy ndash Tone 1- Ephesians 58-19 - Luke 1025-37-

Holodomor Commemoration ndash Panachyda and Program

Wednesday 28th

- Nativity Fast Begins Pylypivka

СЛУЖБИ ndash ЛИСТОПАД ndash 2018

Неділя 4-ого 1000 рано - Св Літургія - Голос 6 ndash Еф 24-10 Лк 1619-31

Четвер 8-ого 930 рано - Св Літургія ndash Великомученика Димитрія - служба в каплиці - Голос 6 - Тим 21-10 - Ів 1517-162

Неділя 11-ого 1000 рано - Св Літургія ndash Англомовна ndash Голос 7 - Еф 214-22 - Лк 826-39

Середа 21-ого 930 рано - Св Літургія ndash Собор Архистратига Михаїла ndash Служба в каплиці - Голос 8

- Євр 22-10 - Лк 1016-21

Субота 24-ого 930 рано - Англомовна Св Літургія

Неділя 25-ого 1000 рано - Св Літургія ndash Голос 1- Еф 58-19 - Лк 1025-37 - Відзначення

Голодомору ndash Панахида та Програма

Середа 28-ого - Початок Пилипівки ndash Піст

Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other

Bodiless Powers

Commemorated on November 21

The Synaxis of the Chief of the Heavenly Hosts Archangel Michael and the Other Heavenly Bodiless Powers

Archangels Gabriel Raphael Uriel Selaphiel Jehudiel Barachiel and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the

fourth century at the Council of Laodicea which met several years before the First Ecumenical Council The 35th Canon

of the Council of Laodicea condemned and denounced as heretical the worship of angels as gods and rulers of the world

but affirmed their proper veneration

A Feastday was established in November the ninth month after March (with which the year began in ancient times) since

there are Nine Ranks of Angels The eighth day of the month was chosen for the Synaxis of all the Bodiless Powers of

Heaven since the Day of the Dread Last Judgment is called the Eighth Day by the holy Fathers After the end of this age

(characterized by its seven days of Creation) will come the Eighth Day and then ldquothe Son of Man shall come in His Glory

and all the holy Angels with Himrdquo (Mt 2531)

The Angelic Ranks are divided into three Hierarchies highest middle and lowest

The Highest Hierarchy includes the Seraphim Cherubim and Thrones

The six-winged SERAPHIM (Flaming Fiery) (Is 612) stand closest of all to the Most Holy Trinity They blaze with love

for God and kindle such love in others

The many-eyed CHERUBIM (outpouring of wisdom enlightenment) (Gen 324) stand before the Lord after the

Seraphim They are radiant with the light of knowledge of God and knowledge of the mysteries of God Through them

wisdom is poured forth and peoplersquos minds are enlightened so they may know God and behold His glory

The THRONES (Col 116) stand after the Cherubim mysteriously and incomprehensibly bearing God through the grace

given them for their service They are ministers of Godrsquos justice giving to tribunals kings etc the capacity for righteous

judgment

The Middle Angelic Hierarchy consists of three Ranks Dominions Powers and Authorities

DOMINIONS (Col 116) hold dominion over the angels subject to them They instruct the earthly authorities established

by God to rule wisely and to govern their lands well The Dominions teach us to subdue sinful impulses to subject the

flesh to the spirit to master our will and to conquer temptation

POWERS (1 Pet 322) fulfill the will of God without hesitation They work great miracles and give the grace of

wonderworking and clairvoyance to saints pleasing to God The Powers assist people in fulfilling obedience They also

encourage them to be patient and give them spiritual strength and fortitude

AUTHORITIES (1 Pet 322 Col 116) have authority over the devil They protect people from demonic temptations and

prevent demons from harming people as they would wish They also uphold ascetics and guard them helping people in

the struggle with evil thoughts

The Lowest Hierarchy includes the three Ranks Principalities Archangels and Angels

PRINCIPALITIES (Col 116) have command over the lower angels instructing them in the fulfilling of Godrsquos

commands They watch over the world and protect lands nations and peoples Principalities instruct people to render

proper honor to those in authority as befits their station They teach those in authority to use their position not for

personal glory and gain but to honor God and to spread word of Him for the benefit of those under them

ARCHANGELS (1 Thess 416) are messengers of great and wondrous tidings They reveal prophecies and the mysteries

of the faith They enlighten people to know and understand the will of God they spread faith in God among the people

illuminating their minds with the light of the Holy Gospel

ANGELS (1 Pet 322) are in the lowest rank of the heavenly hierarchy and closest to people They reveal the lesser

mysteries of God and His intentions guiding people to virtuous and holy life They support those who remain steadfast

and they raise up the fallen They never abandon us and they are always prepared to help us if we desire it

All the Ranks of the Heavenly Powers are called angels although each has its own name and position by virtue of their

service The Lord reveals His will to the highest ranks of the angels and they in turn inform the others

Over all the Nine Ranks the Lord appointed the Holy Archangel Michael (his name in Hebrew means ldquowho is like unto

Godrdquo) the faithful servitor of God as Chief Commander He cast down from Heaven the arrogantly proud Lucifer and the

other fallen spirits when they rebelled against God Michael summoned the ranks of angels and cried out ldquoLet us attend

Let us stand aright before our Creator and do not consider doing what is displeasing unto Godrdquo

Різдвяний піст 2018 календар харчування по днях

Як не можна помислити вихід з дому не почистивши зуби і не вмиваючись так і зустріч християнського

свята не можна уявити без попереднього дотримання посту Мило очищає наше тіло від бруду а пост ndash

сприяє очищенню нашої душі від скверни

Через шість днів після зустрічі Нового року до нас приходить ще більш величне свято яке відзначають

православні християни по всьому світу Імrsquoя цього свята Різдво Христове Для належної підготовки до цього

святого події належить ревно молитися перебувати в абсолютній гармонії з оточуючими і старанним

спокої а також постити протягом сорока днів

Початок Різдвятого посту

Різдвяний піст встановлений на честь підготовки до одного з найвеличніших свят всього християнства ndash

Різдва Христового Пост охоплює всі сорок днів до великого релігійного свята яке з задоволенням

відзначають навіть невіруючі люди Оскільки Різдво не є перехідним церковним святом то і терміни

Різдвяного посту який так тісно з ним повrsquoязаний теж залишаються незмінні щороку

Календар харчування по днях

Як і будь-який інший пост Різдвяний також не сприймає мrsquoясні та молочні продукти Віруючі говорять про

те що в багатьох речах пост перед Різдвом схожий з Апостольським річним постом Але все ж Різдвяний

піст слід більш складною схемою живлення ніж Петрів піст

Кожен з трьох етапів Різдвяного посту відрізняється своїми заборонами і дозволу в їжі

Перший етап Різдвяного посту

Перша частина підготовки свого тіла і своєї душі до Різдва вважається найбільш простою так як багато чого

з забороненого в інший час посту на стадії першого етапу дозволяється куштувати

В інші дні можна додавати в своє пісне меню рибу як морську так і річкову При цьому рибу можна

відварювати або готувати на пару смажити на сковороді або запікати в духовці або печі Для приготування

риби дозволено додавання рослинного масла На гарнір в такі дні добре підійдуть овочі каші і гриби

Якого числа різдвяний піст в 2018 році календар харчування по днях що можна їсти

По суботах і неділях Церква дозволяє вживати червоне вино в помірних кількостях

Другий етап Різдвяного посту

Недарма другий етап Різдвяного посту суворіший першого ndash по вівторках і четвергах їсти рибу вже не можна

ndash на столі повинна бути гаряча їжа але вже з маслом Це можуть бути каші з соусом або підливою з овочів

паштети з грибів овочі на пару або відварені супи і пироги без використання яєць і вершкового масла

Вихідні на щастя залишаються незмінними ndash як і раніше можна вживати в їжу рибні страви у всіх

варіаціях Вино в малих кількостях також дозволено до випитого в ці дні

Третій етап Різдвяного посту

У вівторок і четвер а також у вихідні дні дозволено додати до мізерного пісному меню ароматну гарячу їжу

приправлену малою кількістю рослинного масла Якщо раніше можна було пити червоне вино у вихідні дні

посту то в останні дні перед світлим Різдвом Христовим цього робити вже не можна Втім будь-який

алкоголь знаходиться на третьому етапі Різдвяного посту під суворою забороною

Перш ніж приступити до посту потрібно з усією відповідальністю прийняти розуміння того що пост по

суті своїй не є лише обмеженням в їжі тієї ж дієтою Сутність християнського посту лежить набагато

глибше ndash справжнє упокорення душі і тіла повrsquoязано з молитвами щирим покаянням втікання від мирських

пристрастей і пороків повсякденному житті утриманням від створення злого щирим прощенням образ

винятком непотрібних розваг відволікаючих і відвертається віруючої людини від Всевишнього

ldquoFaith is the beginning and love is the end and the union of the two together is GOD All that makes for a soulrsquos

perfection follows in their train for nobody who professes faith will commit sin and nobody who posses love can

feel hatredrdquo St Ignatius of Antioch

Attend church as a family and be active in the life of St Vladimir parish

There is no vacation from God and his holy church

ПРИХОДЬТЕ КОЖНОЇ НЕДІЛІ З РОДИНОЮ НА БОГОСЛУЖІННЯ ТА БУДЬТИ

АКТИВНИМИ У ЖИТТІ НАШОЇ ПАРАФІЇ СВ ВОЛОДИМИРА

UKRAINIAN WOMENrsquoS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA ndash LESIA UKRAINKA BRANCH

Glory to Jesus Christ Glory be Forever

Збори Союзу Українок КанадиndashВідділь Лесі Українки ndash Відбудуться ndash Понеділок 5-ого

Листопада в Церковні Авдиторії ndash о годині 200-ій Запрошуємо всіx членкинь

UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch will hold their regular meeting on Monday November 5th

at 200 pm in church auditorium

Please keep these datersquos open - UWAC - Christmas Bake Sale ndash Saturday November 17th and Work Beeshelliphellip

Tuesday November 27

th Prep for Perogy Bee ndash 830 am

Wednesday November 28th

Making Perogies ndash 830 am

Thursday November 29th

Making Cabbage Rolls ndash 830 am

Friday and Saturday November 30th

and December 1st ndash packaging and sales

Щоб притримати цей успіх нам бракує одне - а це більше число добровольців Ми вдячні нашим

сеньорам але їм треба допомоги отож ми звертаємось до вас ndash до жінок і мущин ndash допомогти нам у цій

дуже потрібій і важливій справі Дякуємо всім які приходять і помагають

Щоб мати успішний базар просимо всіх жінок нашої парафії приготовити печево на продаж Сердечно

вам усім дякую за ваш труд

Thank you to our volunteers for their gift of time contributions and donations of supplies for our September and October

Bees and Sales

We once again appeal to all our parish members to please support our Christmas Bazaar and Bake Sale by

donating some home baking and attending

The profits that we make from our varenykycabbage roll sales are donated to the church

Stamp Donors

To all those who have dropped off their cancelled stamps in the labelled bag in the Church Hall we have

received a very appreciative thank you with an assurance that the stamps will be put to good use

The teacher who runs the after-school Stamp Club in several local schools continues to need stamps

Please drop off your donations whenever convenient

Julia Kinar

GENERAL INFORMATION AND REMINDERS

ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLASS

Reminder ndash Our Adult Christian Education Classes have begun This year our classdiscussion will deal with

the subject of ldquoContemporary Moral Issuesrdquo and all things associated with it Obviously from the Orthodox

Christian Perspective

November class times have been changed to Mondays at 100 pm in the TYC Room

ALL ARE WELCOME

If anyone is interested in being a greeter please contact ndash Brenda Zalitack at bzalitackhotmailcom

or 289-682-0652

Are your 20172018 parish dues paid Please check in the parish office if you have any questions

In accordance with a motion passed at our annual meeting held on February 26th

2017 the membership

donation is now $13000 per person

ЧИ ВИ ЗАПЛАТИЛИ СВОЇ ВНЕСКИ ЗА 20172018 РІК ЯКЩО ВИ МАЄТЕ ЯКІСЬ ЗАПИТАННЯ ТО

ПРОСИМО ЗВЕРТАТИСЯ ДО ЦЕРКОВНОЇ КАНЦЕЛЯРІЇ

Згідно із рішенням на Річних Зборах 26-го лютого 2017 р членські внески від тепер встановлено в

сумі $13000 від особи

Perogy and Cabbage Roll Bee for November ndash Tues 27rd prep Wed 28th varenyky bee Thurs 29th Cabbage Rolls Fri 30th Packaging and Sales Sat Dec 1st Sales

Next UWAC Meeting will take please on Monday November 5th

in church auditorium New members are

always welcome

НАСТУПНІ ЗБОРИ МІСЦЕВОГО ВІДДІЛУ СУК відбудуться в неділю 5-го Листопада ndash у церковні

авдиторії Ласкаво просимо щоб усі члени відділу були присутні

Ukrainian Self- Reliance League (TYC) meets the last Monday of the month at 700 pm in the TYC

cultural centre Call Steve Stasiuk for more information 905-561-3642 New members are always welcome

Sunday Coffee Hour ndash is always greatly appreciated by the members of our parish Thank you ladies for our

Sunday coffee hours We could always use more volunteers If you could spare some time please contact

Eroslava Evanetz at eroslavasympaticoca who would love to add your name to her list of helpers We always

welcome new volunteers

БРАТЕРСЬКА ЗУСТРІЧ ПРИ КАВІ після Божественної Літургії в Авдиторії Усіх ласкаво просимо на каву для спілкування з своїми знайомими прихожанами Шукаємо до помочі жінок щоб допомогли з кавою

Baptisms Parents must arrange with father to make arrangements God-parents must be practicing Orthodox

Christians Baptising a child in the Orthodox Church presupposes that the child will be raised as an Orthodox

Christian

Хрещення Батьки мусять зустрінутеся з отцем щоб полагодити Хрещення Куми мусять бути

правосласними християними Батьки зобовязані виховувати своїх дітей з поученням православної церкви

Weddings Couples must arrange a personal meeting with the priest to make arrangements If one

of the couple is not Orthodox certain conditions may apply

A Collection Bin for Food Bank ndash is downstairs in the auditorium (Please keep in mind Christmas is coming)

We collect food all year and then deliver the canned and dry food items as the

baskets get filled Please bring items to church with you over the next few

Sundayrsquos God bless your generosity Remember Thanksgiving is just around the

corner lsquoThen the righteous will answer Him [Christ] saying lsquoLord when did we see You hungry and feed You or thirsty and give You drink And the King [Christ] will answer and say to them Assuredly I say to you inasmuch asyou did it to one of the least of these my

brethren you did it to Mersquo (Matthew 25 3740)

Boutique open after Liturgy

Крамниця Відкрита після Богослуження

Please notify fr Wasyl if a family member is admitted to the hospital Also parishioners who would like a home

visit are asked to contact fr and make their wishes known

Просимо повідомити отця що член Вашої родини є у лікарні Також якщо хтось бажає щоб їх відвідали

вдома то просимо бути в контакті з оцем

Reminder Please if you shop at Denningers we need your receipts Drop them off in our ldquoDenningers Receipt

Boxrdquo on the stage Thank you

For Hall Rental contact person is - Orysia Sushko at 289-887-0626

We are in need of SINGERS The Cathedral Choir invites you to join us For information contact Oksana

Sushko at fernridge1035gmailcom

СПІВАКИ-ХОРИСТИ Просимо Вас вступити до Катедрального Хору По дальші інформаціїОксана

Сушко дириґент ndash fernridge1035gmailcom

William Sarchuk Ukrainian School Registration ndash At this time we have 13 students registered We

canrsquot stress the importance of your children learning their language culture and heritage and there

faith Especially in light of the fact of what is taking place in Ukraine today PLEASE JOIN US

Українська Школа ім Василя Сарчука розпочали свою діялність Ми просимо всіх батьків долучитися

до великого діла плекати любов до рідного слова до обичаї і традицій українського народу і до своєї

рідної церкви

Просимо записувати дітей до школи

Please remember to include St Vladimirrsquos Cathedral in your Last Will and Testament Let your love and

support for our parish continue for many years Please be generous with your weekly offering envelopes

contributing even when you are away on vacation

Будь ласка памrsquoятайте Святу ndash Володимирську Парафію у Вашому останьому

заповіті Нехай Ваша любов і підтримка до нашої парафії продовжується ще на багато років

Просимо Вас щоб Ви були щедрими у Ваших щотижневих пожертвах навіть тоді коли Ви є у

відпустці

November 17th

ndash UWAC ndash CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND BAKE AND FOOD SALE

C H R I S T M A S B A Z A A R

SATURDAY - November 17 2018

10 am ndash 2 pm (Sponsored by the UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch)

Proceeds designated to St Vladimirrsquos Church Restoration Projects

Bazaar Day Sales of --

Christmas Baked Goods PerogiesCabbage

RollsBorschtPatychkyPreserves

Jewellery Crafts Paperback books and more

Free Admission Free Coffee Door Prizes Raffle

Donations ndash

We would appreciate your donations of the following items for the bazaar preserves home-baked items jewellery new knittedcrochet items paper-back books

Please bring items in Sunday Nov 3th or 10th 900 ndash 1230 pm Please bring home baking on November 15th amp 16th 900 ndash 12 noon

Thank you

Tables are available for rent to -

Crafters and individuals who wish to have a table to sell their own products

Enquiries and Information

Darlene Choma 519-754-5484 dchomarogerscom

Mary Adamson 905-643-6941

DECEMBER 2nd

- ORDER OF ST ANDREW AGM ndash lunch to follow with guest speaker

HIS GRACE BISHOP ANDRIJ ORDER OF ST ANDREWrsquoS

Mission Statement of St Andrewrsquos College

St Andrewrsquos College is an institution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and is affiliated with the

University of Manitoba The College exists to promote spiritual academic cultural and moral leadership within

the Church the Ukrainian Canadian community and the Canadian community

Vision of St Andrewrsquos -To offer programs and courses in Orthodox Christian Theology

-To prepare candidates for the clergy and other professionals for service in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of

Canada and other Orthodox churches

-To provide a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian residence for Ukrainian Orthodox and other students in Canada

-To provide community outreach integral to its mission statement

-To support faculty in scholarly educational activities

-To encourage propagation and support of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian culture within Canadian society

-To provide Orthodox witness on the campus of the University of Manitoba

Please join Us for the

7th

Annual

ST NICHOLAS DAY

ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19

930 AM - Church Service in the Chapel

1100 AM - Light Lunch in the Dining Room

Christmas Bazaar Raffle Draw

Noon - St Nicholas Bingo in the ldquoBingo Roomrdquo

Lunch and Bingo sponsored by

Lesia Ukrainka (Ladies Auxiliary) of

St Vladimirs Ukrainian Orthodox Church

ALL WELCOME

Go and Do Likewiserdquo as Our Response to Evil

In a world of mass shootings terrorism and constant strife between nations and competing groups of all kinds

it is tempting to narrow down the list of people we care about By limiting our concern only to those we think

deserve it we try to protect ourselves from going beyond the easy habit of loving only those who are like us and

love us in return The problem however is that shortening our list of neighbors in this way is a complete

rejection of the good news of our salvation

When a lawyer tried to find a loophole to limit the requirement to love his neighbor as himself Jesus Christ told

the parable of the good Samaritan in response After having been attacked by robbers and left

half dead by the side of the road a Jewish man was ignored by religious leaders of his own people But a

Samaritan whom the Jews certainly did not view as a neighbor stopped to help him bound up his wounds

took him to an inn and paid for his lodging even promising to return in order to pay for any additional costs as

the man recovered In response to the Lordrsquos question concerning who was a neighbor to this fellow the lawyer

answered rightly ldquoThe one who showed mercy on himrdquo

In other words the true neighbor was the hated Samaritan Christ concluded the parable by saying ldquoGo and do

likewiserdquo which meant to become like that Samaritan In other words He told the lawyer to love as himself

even those who hated and rejected him even members of ethnic and religious groups he had learned to view as

his enemies Not only did the lawyer fail to find a loophole in the requirement of love for all his neighbors he

found himself facing a much more demanding standard than he had ever considered For the Lord responded to

his question in a way that made clear his obligation to treat as a neighbor even those usually thought of as

despised strangers and enemies

The Savior used this parable to call us to participate personally in His merciful love for all corrupt humanity for

the Samaritan is surely an image of our Lord coming to heal us from the deadly ravages of sin Stripped of the

divine glory like Adam and Eve cast out of paradise and bearing the wounds of our own transgressions we have

become slaves to death the wages of sin Religious rituals and laws were powerless to restore the spiritual

health of those who bear the image and likeness of God So the One Who was rejected as a blasphemer and

even accused of being a Samaritan (John 848) became one of us in order to conquer death and make us

participants by grace in His eternal life The oil and wine of the parable represent the Holy Mysteries through

which Christ nourishes and heals us His Body the Church is the inn where we regain our strength to grow in

holiness He will return in glory to raise the dead and fulfill His Kingdom

ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo is not an abstract legal or moral command but a truthful statement that those who are in

Christ will manifest His mercy in their own lives Those who participate already in His eternal life will become

living icons of His love even to those who hate and reject them The point is not to reduce our relationship with

God to being nice to others which usually means little more than helping our friends and trying to have warm

feels about humanity in general It is instead that those who are being healed by the ravages of sin through the

mercy of Christ will no longer be blinded by the passions and fears that make it so appealing to limit our list of

neighbors to those who measure up to our standards Christ died and rose again for the salvation of all people

including those who called for His crucifixion and literally nailed Him to the Cross He enables those who are

truly in personal union with Him to become radiant with the divine glory in a way that overcomes the darkness

that so easily separates people and groups of people from one another

That is why St Paul reminded the Corinthians that ldquoGod is able to provide you with every blessing in

abundance so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good

workrdquo There are no limits to the merciful love of our Savior We must relate to our neighbors not on the basis

of how we happen to feel about them or how much moral virtue we can muster but instead on the basis of the

boundless grace we have received The Apostle knew that ldquohe who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and

he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyrdquo The more fully we open our lives to the healing mercy of

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

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KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

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Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

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Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

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Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

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MacPherson Helen 2500

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MacPherson Helen 2500

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MacPherson Helen 2500

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MacPherson Helen 2500

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Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

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Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

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Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

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For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

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Page 3: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other

Bodiless Powers

Commemorated on November 21

The Synaxis of the Chief of the Heavenly Hosts Archangel Michael and the Other Heavenly Bodiless Powers

Archangels Gabriel Raphael Uriel Selaphiel Jehudiel Barachiel and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the

fourth century at the Council of Laodicea which met several years before the First Ecumenical Council The 35th Canon

of the Council of Laodicea condemned and denounced as heretical the worship of angels as gods and rulers of the world

but affirmed their proper veneration

A Feastday was established in November the ninth month after March (with which the year began in ancient times) since

there are Nine Ranks of Angels The eighth day of the month was chosen for the Synaxis of all the Bodiless Powers of

Heaven since the Day of the Dread Last Judgment is called the Eighth Day by the holy Fathers After the end of this age

(characterized by its seven days of Creation) will come the Eighth Day and then ldquothe Son of Man shall come in His Glory

and all the holy Angels with Himrdquo (Mt 2531)

The Angelic Ranks are divided into three Hierarchies highest middle and lowest

The Highest Hierarchy includes the Seraphim Cherubim and Thrones

The six-winged SERAPHIM (Flaming Fiery) (Is 612) stand closest of all to the Most Holy Trinity They blaze with love

for God and kindle such love in others

The many-eyed CHERUBIM (outpouring of wisdom enlightenment) (Gen 324) stand before the Lord after the

Seraphim They are radiant with the light of knowledge of God and knowledge of the mysteries of God Through them

wisdom is poured forth and peoplersquos minds are enlightened so they may know God and behold His glory

The THRONES (Col 116) stand after the Cherubim mysteriously and incomprehensibly bearing God through the grace

given them for their service They are ministers of Godrsquos justice giving to tribunals kings etc the capacity for righteous

judgment

The Middle Angelic Hierarchy consists of three Ranks Dominions Powers and Authorities

DOMINIONS (Col 116) hold dominion over the angels subject to them They instruct the earthly authorities established

by God to rule wisely and to govern their lands well The Dominions teach us to subdue sinful impulses to subject the

flesh to the spirit to master our will and to conquer temptation

POWERS (1 Pet 322) fulfill the will of God without hesitation They work great miracles and give the grace of

wonderworking and clairvoyance to saints pleasing to God The Powers assist people in fulfilling obedience They also

encourage them to be patient and give them spiritual strength and fortitude

AUTHORITIES (1 Pet 322 Col 116) have authority over the devil They protect people from demonic temptations and

prevent demons from harming people as they would wish They also uphold ascetics and guard them helping people in

the struggle with evil thoughts

The Lowest Hierarchy includes the three Ranks Principalities Archangels and Angels

PRINCIPALITIES (Col 116) have command over the lower angels instructing them in the fulfilling of Godrsquos

commands They watch over the world and protect lands nations and peoples Principalities instruct people to render

proper honor to those in authority as befits their station They teach those in authority to use their position not for

personal glory and gain but to honor God and to spread word of Him for the benefit of those under them

ARCHANGELS (1 Thess 416) are messengers of great and wondrous tidings They reveal prophecies and the mysteries

of the faith They enlighten people to know and understand the will of God they spread faith in God among the people

illuminating their minds with the light of the Holy Gospel

ANGELS (1 Pet 322) are in the lowest rank of the heavenly hierarchy and closest to people They reveal the lesser

mysteries of God and His intentions guiding people to virtuous and holy life They support those who remain steadfast

and they raise up the fallen They never abandon us and they are always prepared to help us if we desire it

All the Ranks of the Heavenly Powers are called angels although each has its own name and position by virtue of their

service The Lord reveals His will to the highest ranks of the angels and they in turn inform the others

Over all the Nine Ranks the Lord appointed the Holy Archangel Michael (his name in Hebrew means ldquowho is like unto

Godrdquo) the faithful servitor of God as Chief Commander He cast down from Heaven the arrogantly proud Lucifer and the

other fallen spirits when they rebelled against God Michael summoned the ranks of angels and cried out ldquoLet us attend

Let us stand aright before our Creator and do not consider doing what is displeasing unto Godrdquo

Різдвяний піст 2018 календар харчування по днях

Як не можна помислити вихід з дому не почистивши зуби і не вмиваючись так і зустріч християнського

свята не можна уявити без попереднього дотримання посту Мило очищає наше тіло від бруду а пост ndash

сприяє очищенню нашої душі від скверни

Через шість днів після зустрічі Нового року до нас приходить ще більш величне свято яке відзначають

православні християни по всьому світу Імrsquoя цього свята Різдво Христове Для належної підготовки до цього

святого події належить ревно молитися перебувати в абсолютній гармонії з оточуючими і старанним

спокої а також постити протягом сорока днів

Початок Різдвятого посту

Різдвяний піст встановлений на честь підготовки до одного з найвеличніших свят всього християнства ndash

Різдва Христового Пост охоплює всі сорок днів до великого релігійного свята яке з задоволенням

відзначають навіть невіруючі люди Оскільки Різдво не є перехідним церковним святом то і терміни

Різдвяного посту який так тісно з ним повrsquoязаний теж залишаються незмінні щороку

Календар харчування по днях

Як і будь-який інший пост Різдвяний також не сприймає мrsquoясні та молочні продукти Віруючі говорять про

те що в багатьох речах пост перед Різдвом схожий з Апостольським річним постом Але все ж Різдвяний

піст слід більш складною схемою живлення ніж Петрів піст

Кожен з трьох етапів Різдвяного посту відрізняється своїми заборонами і дозволу в їжі

Перший етап Різдвяного посту

Перша частина підготовки свого тіла і своєї душі до Різдва вважається найбільш простою так як багато чого

з забороненого в інший час посту на стадії першого етапу дозволяється куштувати

В інші дні можна додавати в своє пісне меню рибу як морську так і річкову При цьому рибу можна

відварювати або готувати на пару смажити на сковороді або запікати в духовці або печі Для приготування

риби дозволено додавання рослинного масла На гарнір в такі дні добре підійдуть овочі каші і гриби

Якого числа різдвяний піст в 2018 році календар харчування по днях що можна їсти

По суботах і неділях Церква дозволяє вживати червоне вино в помірних кількостях

Другий етап Різдвяного посту

Недарма другий етап Різдвяного посту суворіший першого ndash по вівторках і четвергах їсти рибу вже не можна

ndash на столі повинна бути гаряча їжа але вже з маслом Це можуть бути каші з соусом або підливою з овочів

паштети з грибів овочі на пару або відварені супи і пироги без використання яєць і вершкового масла

Вихідні на щастя залишаються незмінними ndash як і раніше можна вживати в їжу рибні страви у всіх

варіаціях Вино в малих кількостях також дозволено до випитого в ці дні

Третій етап Різдвяного посту

У вівторок і четвер а також у вихідні дні дозволено додати до мізерного пісному меню ароматну гарячу їжу

приправлену малою кількістю рослинного масла Якщо раніше можна було пити червоне вино у вихідні дні

посту то в останні дні перед світлим Різдвом Христовим цього робити вже не можна Втім будь-який

алкоголь знаходиться на третьому етапі Різдвяного посту під суворою забороною

Перш ніж приступити до посту потрібно з усією відповідальністю прийняти розуміння того що пост по

суті своїй не є лише обмеженням в їжі тієї ж дієтою Сутність християнського посту лежить набагато

глибше ndash справжнє упокорення душі і тіла повrsquoязано з молитвами щирим покаянням втікання від мирських

пристрастей і пороків повсякденному житті утриманням від створення злого щирим прощенням образ

винятком непотрібних розваг відволікаючих і відвертається віруючої людини від Всевишнього

ldquoFaith is the beginning and love is the end and the union of the two together is GOD All that makes for a soulrsquos

perfection follows in their train for nobody who professes faith will commit sin and nobody who posses love can

feel hatredrdquo St Ignatius of Antioch

Attend church as a family and be active in the life of St Vladimir parish

There is no vacation from God and his holy church

ПРИХОДЬТЕ КОЖНОЇ НЕДІЛІ З РОДИНОЮ НА БОГОСЛУЖІННЯ ТА БУДЬТИ

АКТИВНИМИ У ЖИТТІ НАШОЇ ПАРАФІЇ СВ ВОЛОДИМИРА

UKRAINIAN WOMENrsquoS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA ndash LESIA UKRAINKA BRANCH

Glory to Jesus Christ Glory be Forever

Збори Союзу Українок КанадиndashВідділь Лесі Українки ndash Відбудуться ndash Понеділок 5-ого

Листопада в Церковні Авдиторії ndash о годині 200-ій Запрошуємо всіx членкинь

UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch will hold their regular meeting on Monday November 5th

at 200 pm in church auditorium

Please keep these datersquos open - UWAC - Christmas Bake Sale ndash Saturday November 17th and Work Beeshelliphellip

Tuesday November 27

th Prep for Perogy Bee ndash 830 am

Wednesday November 28th

Making Perogies ndash 830 am

Thursday November 29th

Making Cabbage Rolls ndash 830 am

Friday and Saturday November 30th

and December 1st ndash packaging and sales

Щоб притримати цей успіх нам бракує одне - а це більше число добровольців Ми вдячні нашим

сеньорам але їм треба допомоги отож ми звертаємось до вас ndash до жінок і мущин ndash допомогти нам у цій

дуже потрібій і важливій справі Дякуємо всім які приходять і помагають

Щоб мати успішний базар просимо всіх жінок нашої парафії приготовити печево на продаж Сердечно

вам усім дякую за ваш труд

Thank you to our volunteers for their gift of time contributions and donations of supplies for our September and October

Bees and Sales

We once again appeal to all our parish members to please support our Christmas Bazaar and Bake Sale by

donating some home baking and attending

The profits that we make from our varenykycabbage roll sales are donated to the church

Stamp Donors

To all those who have dropped off their cancelled stamps in the labelled bag in the Church Hall we have

received a very appreciative thank you with an assurance that the stamps will be put to good use

The teacher who runs the after-school Stamp Club in several local schools continues to need stamps

Please drop off your donations whenever convenient

Julia Kinar

GENERAL INFORMATION AND REMINDERS

ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLASS

Reminder ndash Our Adult Christian Education Classes have begun This year our classdiscussion will deal with

the subject of ldquoContemporary Moral Issuesrdquo and all things associated with it Obviously from the Orthodox

Christian Perspective

November class times have been changed to Mondays at 100 pm in the TYC Room

ALL ARE WELCOME

If anyone is interested in being a greeter please contact ndash Brenda Zalitack at bzalitackhotmailcom

or 289-682-0652

Are your 20172018 parish dues paid Please check in the parish office if you have any questions

In accordance with a motion passed at our annual meeting held on February 26th

2017 the membership

donation is now $13000 per person

ЧИ ВИ ЗАПЛАТИЛИ СВОЇ ВНЕСКИ ЗА 20172018 РІК ЯКЩО ВИ МАЄТЕ ЯКІСЬ ЗАПИТАННЯ ТО

ПРОСИМО ЗВЕРТАТИСЯ ДО ЦЕРКОВНОЇ КАНЦЕЛЯРІЇ

Згідно із рішенням на Річних Зборах 26-го лютого 2017 р членські внески від тепер встановлено в

сумі $13000 від особи

Perogy and Cabbage Roll Bee for November ndash Tues 27rd prep Wed 28th varenyky bee Thurs 29th Cabbage Rolls Fri 30th Packaging and Sales Sat Dec 1st Sales

Next UWAC Meeting will take please on Monday November 5th

in church auditorium New members are

always welcome

НАСТУПНІ ЗБОРИ МІСЦЕВОГО ВІДДІЛУ СУК відбудуться в неділю 5-го Листопада ndash у церковні

авдиторії Ласкаво просимо щоб усі члени відділу були присутні

Ukrainian Self- Reliance League (TYC) meets the last Monday of the month at 700 pm in the TYC

cultural centre Call Steve Stasiuk for more information 905-561-3642 New members are always welcome

Sunday Coffee Hour ndash is always greatly appreciated by the members of our parish Thank you ladies for our

Sunday coffee hours We could always use more volunteers If you could spare some time please contact

Eroslava Evanetz at eroslavasympaticoca who would love to add your name to her list of helpers We always

welcome new volunteers

БРАТЕРСЬКА ЗУСТРІЧ ПРИ КАВІ після Божественної Літургії в Авдиторії Усіх ласкаво просимо на каву для спілкування з своїми знайомими прихожанами Шукаємо до помочі жінок щоб допомогли з кавою

Baptisms Parents must arrange with father to make arrangements God-parents must be practicing Orthodox

Christians Baptising a child in the Orthodox Church presupposes that the child will be raised as an Orthodox

Christian

Хрещення Батьки мусять зустрінутеся з отцем щоб полагодити Хрещення Куми мусять бути

правосласними християними Батьки зобовязані виховувати своїх дітей з поученням православної церкви

Weddings Couples must arrange a personal meeting with the priest to make arrangements If one

of the couple is not Orthodox certain conditions may apply

A Collection Bin for Food Bank ndash is downstairs in the auditorium (Please keep in mind Christmas is coming)

We collect food all year and then deliver the canned and dry food items as the

baskets get filled Please bring items to church with you over the next few

Sundayrsquos God bless your generosity Remember Thanksgiving is just around the

corner lsquoThen the righteous will answer Him [Christ] saying lsquoLord when did we see You hungry and feed You or thirsty and give You drink And the King [Christ] will answer and say to them Assuredly I say to you inasmuch asyou did it to one of the least of these my

brethren you did it to Mersquo (Matthew 25 3740)

Boutique open after Liturgy

Крамниця Відкрита після Богослуження

Please notify fr Wasyl if a family member is admitted to the hospital Also parishioners who would like a home

visit are asked to contact fr and make their wishes known

Просимо повідомити отця що член Вашої родини є у лікарні Також якщо хтось бажає щоб їх відвідали

вдома то просимо бути в контакті з оцем

Reminder Please if you shop at Denningers we need your receipts Drop them off in our ldquoDenningers Receipt

Boxrdquo on the stage Thank you

For Hall Rental contact person is - Orysia Sushko at 289-887-0626

We are in need of SINGERS The Cathedral Choir invites you to join us For information contact Oksana

Sushko at fernridge1035gmailcom

СПІВАКИ-ХОРИСТИ Просимо Вас вступити до Катедрального Хору По дальші інформаціїОксана

Сушко дириґент ndash fernridge1035gmailcom

William Sarchuk Ukrainian School Registration ndash At this time we have 13 students registered We

canrsquot stress the importance of your children learning their language culture and heritage and there

faith Especially in light of the fact of what is taking place in Ukraine today PLEASE JOIN US

Українська Школа ім Василя Сарчука розпочали свою діялність Ми просимо всіх батьків долучитися

до великого діла плекати любов до рідного слова до обичаї і традицій українського народу і до своєї

рідної церкви

Просимо записувати дітей до школи

Please remember to include St Vladimirrsquos Cathedral in your Last Will and Testament Let your love and

support for our parish continue for many years Please be generous with your weekly offering envelopes

contributing even when you are away on vacation

Будь ласка памrsquoятайте Святу ndash Володимирську Парафію у Вашому останьому

заповіті Нехай Ваша любов і підтримка до нашої парафії продовжується ще на багато років

Просимо Вас щоб Ви були щедрими у Ваших щотижневих пожертвах навіть тоді коли Ви є у

відпустці

November 17th

ndash UWAC ndash CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND BAKE AND FOOD SALE

C H R I S T M A S B A Z A A R

SATURDAY - November 17 2018

10 am ndash 2 pm (Sponsored by the UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch)

Proceeds designated to St Vladimirrsquos Church Restoration Projects

Bazaar Day Sales of --

Christmas Baked Goods PerogiesCabbage

RollsBorschtPatychkyPreserves

Jewellery Crafts Paperback books and more

Free Admission Free Coffee Door Prizes Raffle

Donations ndash

We would appreciate your donations of the following items for the bazaar preserves home-baked items jewellery new knittedcrochet items paper-back books

Please bring items in Sunday Nov 3th or 10th 900 ndash 1230 pm Please bring home baking on November 15th amp 16th 900 ndash 12 noon

Thank you

Tables are available for rent to -

Crafters and individuals who wish to have a table to sell their own products

Enquiries and Information

Darlene Choma 519-754-5484 dchomarogerscom

Mary Adamson 905-643-6941

DECEMBER 2nd

- ORDER OF ST ANDREW AGM ndash lunch to follow with guest speaker

HIS GRACE BISHOP ANDRIJ ORDER OF ST ANDREWrsquoS

Mission Statement of St Andrewrsquos College

St Andrewrsquos College is an institution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and is affiliated with the

University of Manitoba The College exists to promote spiritual academic cultural and moral leadership within

the Church the Ukrainian Canadian community and the Canadian community

Vision of St Andrewrsquos -To offer programs and courses in Orthodox Christian Theology

-To prepare candidates for the clergy and other professionals for service in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of

Canada and other Orthodox churches

-To provide a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian residence for Ukrainian Orthodox and other students in Canada

-To provide community outreach integral to its mission statement

-To support faculty in scholarly educational activities

-To encourage propagation and support of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian culture within Canadian society

-To provide Orthodox witness on the campus of the University of Manitoba

Please join Us for the

7th

Annual

ST NICHOLAS DAY

ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19

930 AM - Church Service in the Chapel

1100 AM - Light Lunch in the Dining Room

Christmas Bazaar Raffle Draw

Noon - St Nicholas Bingo in the ldquoBingo Roomrdquo

Lunch and Bingo sponsored by

Lesia Ukrainka (Ladies Auxiliary) of

St Vladimirs Ukrainian Orthodox Church

ALL WELCOME

Go and Do Likewiserdquo as Our Response to Evil

In a world of mass shootings terrorism and constant strife between nations and competing groups of all kinds

it is tempting to narrow down the list of people we care about By limiting our concern only to those we think

deserve it we try to protect ourselves from going beyond the easy habit of loving only those who are like us and

love us in return The problem however is that shortening our list of neighbors in this way is a complete

rejection of the good news of our salvation

When a lawyer tried to find a loophole to limit the requirement to love his neighbor as himself Jesus Christ told

the parable of the good Samaritan in response After having been attacked by robbers and left

half dead by the side of the road a Jewish man was ignored by religious leaders of his own people But a

Samaritan whom the Jews certainly did not view as a neighbor stopped to help him bound up his wounds

took him to an inn and paid for his lodging even promising to return in order to pay for any additional costs as

the man recovered In response to the Lordrsquos question concerning who was a neighbor to this fellow the lawyer

answered rightly ldquoThe one who showed mercy on himrdquo

In other words the true neighbor was the hated Samaritan Christ concluded the parable by saying ldquoGo and do

likewiserdquo which meant to become like that Samaritan In other words He told the lawyer to love as himself

even those who hated and rejected him even members of ethnic and religious groups he had learned to view as

his enemies Not only did the lawyer fail to find a loophole in the requirement of love for all his neighbors he

found himself facing a much more demanding standard than he had ever considered For the Lord responded to

his question in a way that made clear his obligation to treat as a neighbor even those usually thought of as

despised strangers and enemies

The Savior used this parable to call us to participate personally in His merciful love for all corrupt humanity for

the Samaritan is surely an image of our Lord coming to heal us from the deadly ravages of sin Stripped of the

divine glory like Adam and Eve cast out of paradise and bearing the wounds of our own transgressions we have

become slaves to death the wages of sin Religious rituals and laws were powerless to restore the spiritual

health of those who bear the image and likeness of God So the One Who was rejected as a blasphemer and

even accused of being a Samaritan (John 848) became one of us in order to conquer death and make us

participants by grace in His eternal life The oil and wine of the parable represent the Holy Mysteries through

which Christ nourishes and heals us His Body the Church is the inn where we regain our strength to grow in

holiness He will return in glory to raise the dead and fulfill His Kingdom

ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo is not an abstract legal or moral command but a truthful statement that those who are in

Christ will manifest His mercy in their own lives Those who participate already in His eternal life will become

living icons of His love even to those who hate and reject them The point is not to reduce our relationship with

God to being nice to others which usually means little more than helping our friends and trying to have warm

feels about humanity in general It is instead that those who are being healed by the ravages of sin through the

mercy of Christ will no longer be blinded by the passions and fears that make it so appealing to limit our list of

neighbors to those who measure up to our standards Christ died and rose again for the salvation of all people

including those who called for His crucifixion and literally nailed Him to the Cross He enables those who are

truly in personal union with Him to become radiant with the divine glory in a way that overcomes the darkness

that so easily separates people and groups of people from one another

That is why St Paul reminded the Corinthians that ldquoGod is able to provide you with every blessing in

abundance so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good

workrdquo There are no limits to the merciful love of our Savior We must relate to our neighbors not on the basis

of how we happen to feel about them or how much moral virtue we can muster but instead on the basis of the

boundless grace we have received The Apostle knew that ldquohe who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and

he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyrdquo The more fully we open our lives to the healing mercy of

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

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Parfeniuk Dobr Marion 50000 Windows Future

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Festeryga Hon Justice William amp Doris 8981

Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

Choma Darlene 10000 Windows Future

Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Natalie Babich

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Nina Pawluk

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Peter Kopiak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Mary Pohoreski

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Twin Sister Hilda Tuskey

Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

Semeniuk Jean Pierre amp Luba 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

Senchuk Taras amp Natalie 50000 Windows Future

UWAC Lesia Ukr Br 1000000 Windows Future

Buciora Rev Jaroslaw amp Dobr Natalie 10000 Windows Future

Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

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190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom

Page 4: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

ARCHANGELS (1 Thess 416) are messengers of great and wondrous tidings They reveal prophecies and the mysteries

of the faith They enlighten people to know and understand the will of God they spread faith in God among the people

illuminating their minds with the light of the Holy Gospel

ANGELS (1 Pet 322) are in the lowest rank of the heavenly hierarchy and closest to people They reveal the lesser

mysteries of God and His intentions guiding people to virtuous and holy life They support those who remain steadfast

and they raise up the fallen They never abandon us and they are always prepared to help us if we desire it

All the Ranks of the Heavenly Powers are called angels although each has its own name and position by virtue of their

service The Lord reveals His will to the highest ranks of the angels and they in turn inform the others

Over all the Nine Ranks the Lord appointed the Holy Archangel Michael (his name in Hebrew means ldquowho is like unto

Godrdquo) the faithful servitor of God as Chief Commander He cast down from Heaven the arrogantly proud Lucifer and the

other fallen spirits when they rebelled against God Michael summoned the ranks of angels and cried out ldquoLet us attend

Let us stand aright before our Creator and do not consider doing what is displeasing unto Godrdquo

Різдвяний піст 2018 календар харчування по днях

Як не можна помислити вихід з дому не почистивши зуби і не вмиваючись так і зустріч християнського

свята не можна уявити без попереднього дотримання посту Мило очищає наше тіло від бруду а пост ndash

сприяє очищенню нашої душі від скверни

Через шість днів після зустрічі Нового року до нас приходить ще більш величне свято яке відзначають

православні християни по всьому світу Імrsquoя цього свята Різдво Христове Для належної підготовки до цього

святого події належить ревно молитися перебувати в абсолютній гармонії з оточуючими і старанним

спокої а також постити протягом сорока днів

Початок Різдвятого посту

Різдвяний піст встановлений на честь підготовки до одного з найвеличніших свят всього християнства ndash

Різдва Христового Пост охоплює всі сорок днів до великого релігійного свята яке з задоволенням

відзначають навіть невіруючі люди Оскільки Різдво не є перехідним церковним святом то і терміни

Різдвяного посту який так тісно з ним повrsquoязаний теж залишаються незмінні щороку

Календар харчування по днях

Як і будь-який інший пост Різдвяний також не сприймає мrsquoясні та молочні продукти Віруючі говорять про

те що в багатьох речах пост перед Різдвом схожий з Апостольським річним постом Але все ж Різдвяний

піст слід більш складною схемою живлення ніж Петрів піст

Кожен з трьох етапів Різдвяного посту відрізняється своїми заборонами і дозволу в їжі

Перший етап Різдвяного посту

Перша частина підготовки свого тіла і своєї душі до Різдва вважається найбільш простою так як багато чого

з забороненого в інший час посту на стадії першого етапу дозволяється куштувати

В інші дні можна додавати в своє пісне меню рибу як морську так і річкову При цьому рибу можна

відварювати або готувати на пару смажити на сковороді або запікати в духовці або печі Для приготування

риби дозволено додавання рослинного масла На гарнір в такі дні добре підійдуть овочі каші і гриби

Якого числа різдвяний піст в 2018 році календар харчування по днях що можна їсти

По суботах і неділях Церква дозволяє вживати червоне вино в помірних кількостях

Другий етап Різдвяного посту

Недарма другий етап Різдвяного посту суворіший першого ndash по вівторках і четвергах їсти рибу вже не можна

ndash на столі повинна бути гаряча їжа але вже з маслом Це можуть бути каші з соусом або підливою з овочів

паштети з грибів овочі на пару або відварені супи і пироги без використання яєць і вершкового масла

Вихідні на щастя залишаються незмінними ndash як і раніше можна вживати в їжу рибні страви у всіх

варіаціях Вино в малих кількостях також дозволено до випитого в ці дні

Третій етап Різдвяного посту

У вівторок і четвер а також у вихідні дні дозволено додати до мізерного пісному меню ароматну гарячу їжу

приправлену малою кількістю рослинного масла Якщо раніше можна було пити червоне вино у вихідні дні

посту то в останні дні перед світлим Різдвом Христовим цього робити вже не можна Втім будь-який

алкоголь знаходиться на третьому етапі Різдвяного посту під суворою забороною

Перш ніж приступити до посту потрібно з усією відповідальністю прийняти розуміння того що пост по

суті своїй не є лише обмеженням в їжі тієї ж дієтою Сутність християнського посту лежить набагато

глибше ndash справжнє упокорення душі і тіла повrsquoязано з молитвами щирим покаянням втікання від мирських

пристрастей і пороків повсякденному житті утриманням від створення злого щирим прощенням образ

винятком непотрібних розваг відволікаючих і відвертається віруючої людини від Всевишнього

ldquoFaith is the beginning and love is the end and the union of the two together is GOD All that makes for a soulrsquos

perfection follows in their train for nobody who professes faith will commit sin and nobody who posses love can

feel hatredrdquo St Ignatius of Antioch

Attend church as a family and be active in the life of St Vladimir parish

There is no vacation from God and his holy church

ПРИХОДЬТЕ КОЖНОЇ НЕДІЛІ З РОДИНОЮ НА БОГОСЛУЖІННЯ ТА БУДЬТИ

АКТИВНИМИ У ЖИТТІ НАШОЇ ПАРАФІЇ СВ ВОЛОДИМИРА

UKRAINIAN WOMENrsquoS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA ndash LESIA UKRAINKA BRANCH

Glory to Jesus Christ Glory be Forever

Збори Союзу Українок КанадиndashВідділь Лесі Українки ndash Відбудуться ndash Понеділок 5-ого

Листопада в Церковні Авдиторії ndash о годині 200-ій Запрошуємо всіx членкинь

UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch will hold their regular meeting on Monday November 5th

at 200 pm in church auditorium

Please keep these datersquos open - UWAC - Christmas Bake Sale ndash Saturday November 17th and Work Beeshelliphellip

Tuesday November 27

th Prep for Perogy Bee ndash 830 am

Wednesday November 28th

Making Perogies ndash 830 am

Thursday November 29th

Making Cabbage Rolls ndash 830 am

Friday and Saturday November 30th

and December 1st ndash packaging and sales

Щоб притримати цей успіх нам бракує одне - а це більше число добровольців Ми вдячні нашим

сеньорам але їм треба допомоги отож ми звертаємось до вас ndash до жінок і мущин ndash допомогти нам у цій

дуже потрібій і важливій справі Дякуємо всім які приходять і помагають

Щоб мати успішний базар просимо всіх жінок нашої парафії приготовити печево на продаж Сердечно

вам усім дякую за ваш труд

Thank you to our volunteers for their gift of time contributions and donations of supplies for our September and October

Bees and Sales

We once again appeal to all our parish members to please support our Christmas Bazaar and Bake Sale by

donating some home baking and attending

The profits that we make from our varenykycabbage roll sales are donated to the church

Stamp Donors

To all those who have dropped off their cancelled stamps in the labelled bag in the Church Hall we have

received a very appreciative thank you with an assurance that the stamps will be put to good use

The teacher who runs the after-school Stamp Club in several local schools continues to need stamps

Please drop off your donations whenever convenient

Julia Kinar

GENERAL INFORMATION AND REMINDERS

ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLASS

Reminder ndash Our Adult Christian Education Classes have begun This year our classdiscussion will deal with

the subject of ldquoContemporary Moral Issuesrdquo and all things associated with it Obviously from the Orthodox

Christian Perspective

November class times have been changed to Mondays at 100 pm in the TYC Room

ALL ARE WELCOME

If anyone is interested in being a greeter please contact ndash Brenda Zalitack at bzalitackhotmailcom

or 289-682-0652

Are your 20172018 parish dues paid Please check in the parish office if you have any questions

In accordance with a motion passed at our annual meeting held on February 26th

2017 the membership

donation is now $13000 per person

ЧИ ВИ ЗАПЛАТИЛИ СВОЇ ВНЕСКИ ЗА 20172018 РІК ЯКЩО ВИ МАЄТЕ ЯКІСЬ ЗАПИТАННЯ ТО

ПРОСИМО ЗВЕРТАТИСЯ ДО ЦЕРКОВНОЇ КАНЦЕЛЯРІЇ

Згідно із рішенням на Річних Зборах 26-го лютого 2017 р членські внески від тепер встановлено в

сумі $13000 від особи

Perogy and Cabbage Roll Bee for November ndash Tues 27rd prep Wed 28th varenyky bee Thurs 29th Cabbage Rolls Fri 30th Packaging and Sales Sat Dec 1st Sales

Next UWAC Meeting will take please on Monday November 5th

in church auditorium New members are

always welcome

НАСТУПНІ ЗБОРИ МІСЦЕВОГО ВІДДІЛУ СУК відбудуться в неділю 5-го Листопада ndash у церковні

авдиторії Ласкаво просимо щоб усі члени відділу були присутні

Ukrainian Self- Reliance League (TYC) meets the last Monday of the month at 700 pm in the TYC

cultural centre Call Steve Stasiuk for more information 905-561-3642 New members are always welcome

Sunday Coffee Hour ndash is always greatly appreciated by the members of our parish Thank you ladies for our

Sunday coffee hours We could always use more volunteers If you could spare some time please contact

Eroslava Evanetz at eroslavasympaticoca who would love to add your name to her list of helpers We always

welcome new volunteers

БРАТЕРСЬКА ЗУСТРІЧ ПРИ КАВІ після Божественної Літургії в Авдиторії Усіх ласкаво просимо на каву для спілкування з своїми знайомими прихожанами Шукаємо до помочі жінок щоб допомогли з кавою

Baptisms Parents must arrange with father to make arrangements God-parents must be practicing Orthodox

Christians Baptising a child in the Orthodox Church presupposes that the child will be raised as an Orthodox

Christian

Хрещення Батьки мусять зустрінутеся з отцем щоб полагодити Хрещення Куми мусять бути

правосласними християними Батьки зобовязані виховувати своїх дітей з поученням православної церкви

Weddings Couples must arrange a personal meeting with the priest to make arrangements If one

of the couple is not Orthodox certain conditions may apply

A Collection Bin for Food Bank ndash is downstairs in the auditorium (Please keep in mind Christmas is coming)

We collect food all year and then deliver the canned and dry food items as the

baskets get filled Please bring items to church with you over the next few

Sundayrsquos God bless your generosity Remember Thanksgiving is just around the

corner lsquoThen the righteous will answer Him [Christ] saying lsquoLord when did we see You hungry and feed You or thirsty and give You drink And the King [Christ] will answer and say to them Assuredly I say to you inasmuch asyou did it to one of the least of these my

brethren you did it to Mersquo (Matthew 25 3740)

Boutique open after Liturgy

Крамниця Відкрита після Богослуження

Please notify fr Wasyl if a family member is admitted to the hospital Also parishioners who would like a home

visit are asked to contact fr and make their wishes known

Просимо повідомити отця що член Вашої родини є у лікарні Також якщо хтось бажає щоб їх відвідали

вдома то просимо бути в контакті з оцем

Reminder Please if you shop at Denningers we need your receipts Drop them off in our ldquoDenningers Receipt

Boxrdquo on the stage Thank you

For Hall Rental contact person is - Orysia Sushko at 289-887-0626

We are in need of SINGERS The Cathedral Choir invites you to join us For information contact Oksana

Sushko at fernridge1035gmailcom

СПІВАКИ-ХОРИСТИ Просимо Вас вступити до Катедрального Хору По дальші інформаціїОксана

Сушко дириґент ndash fernridge1035gmailcom

William Sarchuk Ukrainian School Registration ndash At this time we have 13 students registered We

canrsquot stress the importance of your children learning their language culture and heritage and there

faith Especially in light of the fact of what is taking place in Ukraine today PLEASE JOIN US

Українська Школа ім Василя Сарчука розпочали свою діялність Ми просимо всіх батьків долучитися

до великого діла плекати любов до рідного слова до обичаї і традицій українського народу і до своєї

рідної церкви

Просимо записувати дітей до школи

Please remember to include St Vladimirrsquos Cathedral in your Last Will and Testament Let your love and

support for our parish continue for many years Please be generous with your weekly offering envelopes

contributing even when you are away on vacation

Будь ласка памrsquoятайте Святу ndash Володимирську Парафію у Вашому останьому

заповіті Нехай Ваша любов і підтримка до нашої парафії продовжується ще на багато років

Просимо Вас щоб Ви були щедрими у Ваших щотижневих пожертвах навіть тоді коли Ви є у

відпустці

November 17th

ndash UWAC ndash CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND BAKE AND FOOD SALE

C H R I S T M A S B A Z A A R

SATURDAY - November 17 2018

10 am ndash 2 pm (Sponsored by the UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch)

Proceeds designated to St Vladimirrsquos Church Restoration Projects

Bazaar Day Sales of --

Christmas Baked Goods PerogiesCabbage

RollsBorschtPatychkyPreserves

Jewellery Crafts Paperback books and more

Free Admission Free Coffee Door Prizes Raffle

Donations ndash

We would appreciate your donations of the following items for the bazaar preserves home-baked items jewellery new knittedcrochet items paper-back books

Please bring items in Sunday Nov 3th or 10th 900 ndash 1230 pm Please bring home baking on November 15th amp 16th 900 ndash 12 noon

Thank you

Tables are available for rent to -

Crafters and individuals who wish to have a table to sell their own products

Enquiries and Information

Darlene Choma 519-754-5484 dchomarogerscom

Mary Adamson 905-643-6941

DECEMBER 2nd

- ORDER OF ST ANDREW AGM ndash lunch to follow with guest speaker

HIS GRACE BISHOP ANDRIJ ORDER OF ST ANDREWrsquoS

Mission Statement of St Andrewrsquos College

St Andrewrsquos College is an institution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and is affiliated with the

University of Manitoba The College exists to promote spiritual academic cultural and moral leadership within

the Church the Ukrainian Canadian community and the Canadian community

Vision of St Andrewrsquos -To offer programs and courses in Orthodox Christian Theology

-To prepare candidates for the clergy and other professionals for service in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of

Canada and other Orthodox churches

-To provide a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian residence for Ukrainian Orthodox and other students in Canada

-To provide community outreach integral to its mission statement

-To support faculty in scholarly educational activities

-To encourage propagation and support of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian culture within Canadian society

-To provide Orthodox witness on the campus of the University of Manitoba

Please join Us for the

7th

Annual

ST NICHOLAS DAY

ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19

930 AM - Church Service in the Chapel

1100 AM - Light Lunch in the Dining Room

Christmas Bazaar Raffle Draw

Noon - St Nicholas Bingo in the ldquoBingo Roomrdquo

Lunch and Bingo sponsored by

Lesia Ukrainka (Ladies Auxiliary) of

St Vladimirs Ukrainian Orthodox Church

ALL WELCOME

Go and Do Likewiserdquo as Our Response to Evil

In a world of mass shootings terrorism and constant strife between nations and competing groups of all kinds

it is tempting to narrow down the list of people we care about By limiting our concern only to those we think

deserve it we try to protect ourselves from going beyond the easy habit of loving only those who are like us and

love us in return The problem however is that shortening our list of neighbors in this way is a complete

rejection of the good news of our salvation

When a lawyer tried to find a loophole to limit the requirement to love his neighbor as himself Jesus Christ told

the parable of the good Samaritan in response After having been attacked by robbers and left

half dead by the side of the road a Jewish man was ignored by religious leaders of his own people But a

Samaritan whom the Jews certainly did not view as a neighbor stopped to help him bound up his wounds

took him to an inn and paid for his lodging even promising to return in order to pay for any additional costs as

the man recovered In response to the Lordrsquos question concerning who was a neighbor to this fellow the lawyer

answered rightly ldquoThe one who showed mercy on himrdquo

In other words the true neighbor was the hated Samaritan Christ concluded the parable by saying ldquoGo and do

likewiserdquo which meant to become like that Samaritan In other words He told the lawyer to love as himself

even those who hated and rejected him even members of ethnic and religious groups he had learned to view as

his enemies Not only did the lawyer fail to find a loophole in the requirement of love for all his neighbors he

found himself facing a much more demanding standard than he had ever considered For the Lord responded to

his question in a way that made clear his obligation to treat as a neighbor even those usually thought of as

despised strangers and enemies

The Savior used this parable to call us to participate personally in His merciful love for all corrupt humanity for

the Samaritan is surely an image of our Lord coming to heal us from the deadly ravages of sin Stripped of the

divine glory like Adam and Eve cast out of paradise and bearing the wounds of our own transgressions we have

become slaves to death the wages of sin Religious rituals and laws were powerless to restore the spiritual

health of those who bear the image and likeness of God So the One Who was rejected as a blasphemer and

even accused of being a Samaritan (John 848) became one of us in order to conquer death and make us

participants by grace in His eternal life The oil and wine of the parable represent the Holy Mysteries through

which Christ nourishes and heals us His Body the Church is the inn where we regain our strength to grow in

holiness He will return in glory to raise the dead and fulfill His Kingdom

ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo is not an abstract legal or moral command but a truthful statement that those who are in

Christ will manifest His mercy in their own lives Those who participate already in His eternal life will become

living icons of His love even to those who hate and reject them The point is not to reduce our relationship with

God to being nice to others which usually means little more than helping our friends and trying to have warm

feels about humanity in general It is instead that those who are being healed by the ravages of sin through the

mercy of Christ will no longer be blinded by the passions and fears that make it so appealing to limit our list of

neighbors to those who measure up to our standards Christ died and rose again for the salvation of all people

including those who called for His crucifixion and literally nailed Him to the Cross He enables those who are

truly in personal union with Him to become radiant with the divine glory in a way that overcomes the darkness

that so easily separates people and groups of people from one another

That is why St Paul reminded the Corinthians that ldquoGod is able to provide you with every blessing in

abundance so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good

workrdquo There are no limits to the merciful love of our Savior We must relate to our neighbors not on the basis

of how we happen to feel about them or how much moral virtue we can muster but instead on the basis of the

boundless grace we have received The Apostle knew that ldquohe who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and

he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyrdquo The more fully we open our lives to the healing mercy of

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

D O N A T I O N S - October 7 to October 28th

Polos Anne 15000 Windows Future In memory- Helen Lazarowich

Parfeniuk Dobr Marion 50000 Windows Future

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Festeryga Hon Justice William amp Doris 8981

Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

Choma Darlene 10000 Windows Future

Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Natalie Babich

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Nina Pawluk

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Peter Kopiak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Mary Pohoreski

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Twin Sister Hilda Tuskey

Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

Semeniuk Jean Pierre amp Luba 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

Senchuk Taras amp Natalie 50000 Windows Future

UWAC Lesia Ukr Br 1000000 Windows Future

Buciora Rev Jaroslaw amp Dobr Natalie 10000 Windows Future

Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

Taras Shevchenko Home for the Aged Seniorsrsquo Complex

190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom

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Якого числа різдвяний піст в 2018 році календар харчування по днях що можна їсти

По суботах і неділях Церква дозволяє вживати червоне вино в помірних кількостях

Другий етап Різдвяного посту

Недарма другий етап Різдвяного посту суворіший першого ndash по вівторках і четвергах їсти рибу вже не можна

ndash на столі повинна бути гаряча їжа але вже з маслом Це можуть бути каші з соусом або підливою з овочів

паштети з грибів овочі на пару або відварені супи і пироги без використання яєць і вершкового масла

Вихідні на щастя залишаються незмінними ndash як і раніше можна вживати в їжу рибні страви у всіх

варіаціях Вино в малих кількостях також дозволено до випитого в ці дні

Третій етап Різдвяного посту

У вівторок і четвер а також у вихідні дні дозволено додати до мізерного пісному меню ароматну гарячу їжу

приправлену малою кількістю рослинного масла Якщо раніше можна було пити червоне вино у вихідні дні

посту то в останні дні перед світлим Різдвом Христовим цього робити вже не можна Втім будь-який

алкоголь знаходиться на третьому етапі Різдвяного посту під суворою забороною

Перш ніж приступити до посту потрібно з усією відповідальністю прийняти розуміння того що пост по

суті своїй не є лише обмеженням в їжі тієї ж дієтою Сутність християнського посту лежить набагато

глибше ndash справжнє упокорення душі і тіла повrsquoязано з молитвами щирим покаянням втікання від мирських

пристрастей і пороків повсякденному житті утриманням від створення злого щирим прощенням образ

винятком непотрібних розваг відволікаючих і відвертається віруючої людини від Всевишнього

ldquoFaith is the beginning and love is the end and the union of the two together is GOD All that makes for a soulrsquos

perfection follows in their train for nobody who professes faith will commit sin and nobody who posses love can

feel hatredrdquo St Ignatius of Antioch

Attend church as a family and be active in the life of St Vladimir parish

There is no vacation from God and his holy church

ПРИХОДЬТЕ КОЖНОЇ НЕДІЛІ З РОДИНОЮ НА БОГОСЛУЖІННЯ ТА БУДЬТИ

АКТИВНИМИ У ЖИТТІ НАШОЇ ПАРАФІЇ СВ ВОЛОДИМИРА

UKRAINIAN WOMENrsquoS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA ndash LESIA UKRAINKA BRANCH

Glory to Jesus Christ Glory be Forever

Збори Союзу Українок КанадиndashВідділь Лесі Українки ndash Відбудуться ndash Понеділок 5-ого

Листопада в Церковні Авдиторії ndash о годині 200-ій Запрошуємо всіx членкинь

UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch will hold their regular meeting on Monday November 5th

at 200 pm in church auditorium

Please keep these datersquos open - UWAC - Christmas Bake Sale ndash Saturday November 17th and Work Beeshelliphellip

Tuesday November 27

th Prep for Perogy Bee ndash 830 am

Wednesday November 28th

Making Perogies ndash 830 am

Thursday November 29th

Making Cabbage Rolls ndash 830 am

Friday and Saturday November 30th

and December 1st ndash packaging and sales

Щоб притримати цей успіх нам бракує одне - а це більше число добровольців Ми вдячні нашим

сеньорам але їм треба допомоги отож ми звертаємось до вас ndash до жінок і мущин ndash допомогти нам у цій

дуже потрібій і важливій справі Дякуємо всім які приходять і помагають

Щоб мати успішний базар просимо всіх жінок нашої парафії приготовити печево на продаж Сердечно

вам усім дякую за ваш труд

Thank you to our volunteers for their gift of time contributions and donations of supplies for our September and October

Bees and Sales

We once again appeal to all our parish members to please support our Christmas Bazaar and Bake Sale by

donating some home baking and attending

The profits that we make from our varenykycabbage roll sales are donated to the church

Stamp Donors

To all those who have dropped off their cancelled stamps in the labelled bag in the Church Hall we have

received a very appreciative thank you with an assurance that the stamps will be put to good use

The teacher who runs the after-school Stamp Club in several local schools continues to need stamps

Please drop off your donations whenever convenient

Julia Kinar

GENERAL INFORMATION AND REMINDERS

ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLASS

Reminder ndash Our Adult Christian Education Classes have begun This year our classdiscussion will deal with

the subject of ldquoContemporary Moral Issuesrdquo and all things associated with it Obviously from the Orthodox

Christian Perspective

November class times have been changed to Mondays at 100 pm in the TYC Room

ALL ARE WELCOME

If anyone is interested in being a greeter please contact ndash Brenda Zalitack at bzalitackhotmailcom

or 289-682-0652

Are your 20172018 parish dues paid Please check in the parish office if you have any questions

In accordance with a motion passed at our annual meeting held on February 26th

2017 the membership

donation is now $13000 per person

ЧИ ВИ ЗАПЛАТИЛИ СВОЇ ВНЕСКИ ЗА 20172018 РІК ЯКЩО ВИ МАЄТЕ ЯКІСЬ ЗАПИТАННЯ ТО

ПРОСИМО ЗВЕРТАТИСЯ ДО ЦЕРКОВНОЇ КАНЦЕЛЯРІЇ

Згідно із рішенням на Річних Зборах 26-го лютого 2017 р членські внески від тепер встановлено в

сумі $13000 від особи

Perogy and Cabbage Roll Bee for November ndash Tues 27rd prep Wed 28th varenyky bee Thurs 29th Cabbage Rolls Fri 30th Packaging and Sales Sat Dec 1st Sales

Next UWAC Meeting will take please on Monday November 5th

in church auditorium New members are

always welcome

НАСТУПНІ ЗБОРИ МІСЦЕВОГО ВІДДІЛУ СУК відбудуться в неділю 5-го Листопада ndash у церковні

авдиторії Ласкаво просимо щоб усі члени відділу були присутні

Ukrainian Self- Reliance League (TYC) meets the last Monday of the month at 700 pm in the TYC

cultural centre Call Steve Stasiuk for more information 905-561-3642 New members are always welcome

Sunday Coffee Hour ndash is always greatly appreciated by the members of our parish Thank you ladies for our

Sunday coffee hours We could always use more volunteers If you could spare some time please contact

Eroslava Evanetz at eroslavasympaticoca who would love to add your name to her list of helpers We always

welcome new volunteers

БРАТЕРСЬКА ЗУСТРІЧ ПРИ КАВІ після Божественної Літургії в Авдиторії Усіх ласкаво просимо на каву для спілкування з своїми знайомими прихожанами Шукаємо до помочі жінок щоб допомогли з кавою

Baptisms Parents must arrange with father to make arrangements God-parents must be practicing Orthodox

Christians Baptising a child in the Orthodox Church presupposes that the child will be raised as an Orthodox

Christian

Хрещення Батьки мусять зустрінутеся з отцем щоб полагодити Хрещення Куми мусять бути

правосласними християними Батьки зобовязані виховувати своїх дітей з поученням православної церкви

Weddings Couples must arrange a personal meeting with the priest to make arrangements If one

of the couple is not Orthodox certain conditions may apply

A Collection Bin for Food Bank ndash is downstairs in the auditorium (Please keep in mind Christmas is coming)

We collect food all year and then deliver the canned and dry food items as the

baskets get filled Please bring items to church with you over the next few

Sundayrsquos God bless your generosity Remember Thanksgiving is just around the

corner lsquoThen the righteous will answer Him [Christ] saying lsquoLord when did we see You hungry and feed You or thirsty and give You drink And the King [Christ] will answer and say to them Assuredly I say to you inasmuch asyou did it to one of the least of these my

brethren you did it to Mersquo (Matthew 25 3740)

Boutique open after Liturgy

Крамниця Відкрита після Богослуження

Please notify fr Wasyl if a family member is admitted to the hospital Also parishioners who would like a home

visit are asked to contact fr and make their wishes known

Просимо повідомити отця що член Вашої родини є у лікарні Також якщо хтось бажає щоб їх відвідали

вдома то просимо бути в контакті з оцем

Reminder Please if you shop at Denningers we need your receipts Drop them off in our ldquoDenningers Receipt

Boxrdquo on the stage Thank you

For Hall Rental contact person is - Orysia Sushko at 289-887-0626

We are in need of SINGERS The Cathedral Choir invites you to join us For information contact Oksana

Sushko at fernridge1035gmailcom

СПІВАКИ-ХОРИСТИ Просимо Вас вступити до Катедрального Хору По дальші інформаціїОксана

Сушко дириґент ndash fernridge1035gmailcom

William Sarchuk Ukrainian School Registration ndash At this time we have 13 students registered We

canrsquot stress the importance of your children learning their language culture and heritage and there

faith Especially in light of the fact of what is taking place in Ukraine today PLEASE JOIN US

Українська Школа ім Василя Сарчука розпочали свою діялність Ми просимо всіх батьків долучитися

до великого діла плекати любов до рідного слова до обичаї і традицій українського народу і до своєї

рідної церкви

Просимо записувати дітей до школи

Please remember to include St Vladimirrsquos Cathedral in your Last Will and Testament Let your love and

support for our parish continue for many years Please be generous with your weekly offering envelopes

contributing even when you are away on vacation

Будь ласка памrsquoятайте Святу ndash Володимирську Парафію у Вашому останьому

заповіті Нехай Ваша любов і підтримка до нашої парафії продовжується ще на багато років

Просимо Вас щоб Ви були щедрими у Ваших щотижневих пожертвах навіть тоді коли Ви є у

відпустці

November 17th

ndash UWAC ndash CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND BAKE AND FOOD SALE

C H R I S T M A S B A Z A A R

SATURDAY - November 17 2018

10 am ndash 2 pm (Sponsored by the UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch)

Proceeds designated to St Vladimirrsquos Church Restoration Projects

Bazaar Day Sales of --

Christmas Baked Goods PerogiesCabbage

RollsBorschtPatychkyPreserves

Jewellery Crafts Paperback books and more

Free Admission Free Coffee Door Prizes Raffle

Donations ndash

We would appreciate your donations of the following items for the bazaar preserves home-baked items jewellery new knittedcrochet items paper-back books

Please bring items in Sunday Nov 3th or 10th 900 ndash 1230 pm Please bring home baking on November 15th amp 16th 900 ndash 12 noon

Thank you

Tables are available for rent to -

Crafters and individuals who wish to have a table to sell their own products

Enquiries and Information

Darlene Choma 519-754-5484 dchomarogerscom

Mary Adamson 905-643-6941

DECEMBER 2nd

- ORDER OF ST ANDREW AGM ndash lunch to follow with guest speaker

HIS GRACE BISHOP ANDRIJ ORDER OF ST ANDREWrsquoS

Mission Statement of St Andrewrsquos College

St Andrewrsquos College is an institution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and is affiliated with the

University of Manitoba The College exists to promote spiritual academic cultural and moral leadership within

the Church the Ukrainian Canadian community and the Canadian community

Vision of St Andrewrsquos -To offer programs and courses in Orthodox Christian Theology

-To prepare candidates for the clergy and other professionals for service in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of

Canada and other Orthodox churches

-To provide a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian residence for Ukrainian Orthodox and other students in Canada

-To provide community outreach integral to its mission statement

-To support faculty in scholarly educational activities

-To encourage propagation and support of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian culture within Canadian society

-To provide Orthodox witness on the campus of the University of Manitoba

Please join Us for the

7th

Annual

ST NICHOLAS DAY

ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19

930 AM - Church Service in the Chapel

1100 AM - Light Lunch in the Dining Room

Christmas Bazaar Raffle Draw

Noon - St Nicholas Bingo in the ldquoBingo Roomrdquo

Lunch and Bingo sponsored by

Lesia Ukrainka (Ladies Auxiliary) of

St Vladimirs Ukrainian Orthodox Church

ALL WELCOME

Go and Do Likewiserdquo as Our Response to Evil

In a world of mass shootings terrorism and constant strife between nations and competing groups of all kinds

it is tempting to narrow down the list of people we care about By limiting our concern only to those we think

deserve it we try to protect ourselves from going beyond the easy habit of loving only those who are like us and

love us in return The problem however is that shortening our list of neighbors in this way is a complete

rejection of the good news of our salvation

When a lawyer tried to find a loophole to limit the requirement to love his neighbor as himself Jesus Christ told

the parable of the good Samaritan in response After having been attacked by robbers and left

half dead by the side of the road a Jewish man was ignored by religious leaders of his own people But a

Samaritan whom the Jews certainly did not view as a neighbor stopped to help him bound up his wounds

took him to an inn and paid for his lodging even promising to return in order to pay for any additional costs as

the man recovered In response to the Lordrsquos question concerning who was a neighbor to this fellow the lawyer

answered rightly ldquoThe one who showed mercy on himrdquo

In other words the true neighbor was the hated Samaritan Christ concluded the parable by saying ldquoGo and do

likewiserdquo which meant to become like that Samaritan In other words He told the lawyer to love as himself

even those who hated and rejected him even members of ethnic and religious groups he had learned to view as

his enemies Not only did the lawyer fail to find a loophole in the requirement of love for all his neighbors he

found himself facing a much more demanding standard than he had ever considered For the Lord responded to

his question in a way that made clear his obligation to treat as a neighbor even those usually thought of as

despised strangers and enemies

The Savior used this parable to call us to participate personally in His merciful love for all corrupt humanity for

the Samaritan is surely an image of our Lord coming to heal us from the deadly ravages of sin Stripped of the

divine glory like Adam and Eve cast out of paradise and bearing the wounds of our own transgressions we have

become slaves to death the wages of sin Religious rituals and laws were powerless to restore the spiritual

health of those who bear the image and likeness of God So the One Who was rejected as a blasphemer and

even accused of being a Samaritan (John 848) became one of us in order to conquer death and make us

participants by grace in His eternal life The oil and wine of the parable represent the Holy Mysteries through

which Christ nourishes and heals us His Body the Church is the inn where we regain our strength to grow in

holiness He will return in glory to raise the dead and fulfill His Kingdom

ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo is not an abstract legal or moral command but a truthful statement that those who are in

Christ will manifest His mercy in their own lives Those who participate already in His eternal life will become

living icons of His love even to those who hate and reject them The point is not to reduce our relationship with

God to being nice to others which usually means little more than helping our friends and trying to have warm

feels about humanity in general It is instead that those who are being healed by the ravages of sin through the

mercy of Christ will no longer be blinded by the passions and fears that make it so appealing to limit our list of

neighbors to those who measure up to our standards Christ died and rose again for the salvation of all people

including those who called for His crucifixion and literally nailed Him to the Cross He enables those who are

truly in personal union with Him to become radiant with the divine glory in a way that overcomes the darkness

that so easily separates people and groups of people from one another

That is why St Paul reminded the Corinthians that ldquoGod is able to provide you with every blessing in

abundance so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good

workrdquo There are no limits to the merciful love of our Savior We must relate to our neighbors not on the basis

of how we happen to feel about them or how much moral virtue we can muster but instead on the basis of the

boundless grace we have received The Apostle knew that ldquohe who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and

he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyrdquo The more fully we open our lives to the healing mercy of

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

D O N A T I O N S - October 7 to October 28th

Polos Anne 15000 Windows Future In memory- Helen Lazarowich

Parfeniuk Dobr Marion 50000 Windows Future

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Festeryga Hon Justice William amp Doris 8981

Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

Choma Darlene 10000 Windows Future

Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Natalie Babich

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Nina Pawluk

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Peter Kopiak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Mary Pohoreski

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Twin Sister Hilda Tuskey

Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

Semeniuk Jean Pierre amp Luba 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

Senchuk Taras amp Natalie 50000 Windows Future

UWAC Lesia Ukr Br 1000000 Windows Future

Buciora Rev Jaroslaw amp Dobr Natalie 10000 Windows Future

Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

Taras Shevchenko Home for the Aged Seniorsrsquo Complex

190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom

Page 6: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

UKRAINIAN WOMENrsquoS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA ndash LESIA UKRAINKA BRANCH

Glory to Jesus Christ Glory be Forever

Збори Союзу Українок КанадиndashВідділь Лесі Українки ndash Відбудуться ndash Понеділок 5-ого

Листопада в Церковні Авдиторії ndash о годині 200-ій Запрошуємо всіx членкинь

UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch will hold their regular meeting on Monday November 5th

at 200 pm in church auditorium

Please keep these datersquos open - UWAC - Christmas Bake Sale ndash Saturday November 17th and Work Beeshelliphellip

Tuesday November 27

th Prep for Perogy Bee ndash 830 am

Wednesday November 28th

Making Perogies ndash 830 am

Thursday November 29th

Making Cabbage Rolls ndash 830 am

Friday and Saturday November 30th

and December 1st ndash packaging and sales

Щоб притримати цей успіх нам бракує одне - а це більше число добровольців Ми вдячні нашим

сеньорам але їм треба допомоги отож ми звертаємось до вас ndash до жінок і мущин ndash допомогти нам у цій

дуже потрібій і важливій справі Дякуємо всім які приходять і помагають

Щоб мати успішний базар просимо всіх жінок нашої парафії приготовити печево на продаж Сердечно

вам усім дякую за ваш труд

Thank you to our volunteers for their gift of time contributions and donations of supplies for our September and October

Bees and Sales

We once again appeal to all our parish members to please support our Christmas Bazaar and Bake Sale by

donating some home baking and attending

The profits that we make from our varenykycabbage roll sales are donated to the church

Stamp Donors

To all those who have dropped off their cancelled stamps in the labelled bag in the Church Hall we have

received a very appreciative thank you with an assurance that the stamps will be put to good use

The teacher who runs the after-school Stamp Club in several local schools continues to need stamps

Please drop off your donations whenever convenient

Julia Kinar

GENERAL INFORMATION AND REMINDERS

ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLASS

Reminder ndash Our Adult Christian Education Classes have begun This year our classdiscussion will deal with

the subject of ldquoContemporary Moral Issuesrdquo and all things associated with it Obviously from the Orthodox

Christian Perspective

November class times have been changed to Mondays at 100 pm in the TYC Room

ALL ARE WELCOME

If anyone is interested in being a greeter please contact ndash Brenda Zalitack at bzalitackhotmailcom

or 289-682-0652

Are your 20172018 parish dues paid Please check in the parish office if you have any questions

In accordance with a motion passed at our annual meeting held on February 26th

2017 the membership

donation is now $13000 per person

ЧИ ВИ ЗАПЛАТИЛИ СВОЇ ВНЕСКИ ЗА 20172018 РІК ЯКЩО ВИ МАЄТЕ ЯКІСЬ ЗАПИТАННЯ ТО

ПРОСИМО ЗВЕРТАТИСЯ ДО ЦЕРКОВНОЇ КАНЦЕЛЯРІЇ

Згідно із рішенням на Річних Зборах 26-го лютого 2017 р членські внески від тепер встановлено в

сумі $13000 від особи

Perogy and Cabbage Roll Bee for November ndash Tues 27rd prep Wed 28th varenyky bee Thurs 29th Cabbage Rolls Fri 30th Packaging and Sales Sat Dec 1st Sales

Next UWAC Meeting will take please on Monday November 5th

in church auditorium New members are

always welcome

НАСТУПНІ ЗБОРИ МІСЦЕВОГО ВІДДІЛУ СУК відбудуться в неділю 5-го Листопада ndash у церковні

авдиторії Ласкаво просимо щоб усі члени відділу були присутні

Ukrainian Self- Reliance League (TYC) meets the last Monday of the month at 700 pm in the TYC

cultural centre Call Steve Stasiuk for more information 905-561-3642 New members are always welcome

Sunday Coffee Hour ndash is always greatly appreciated by the members of our parish Thank you ladies for our

Sunday coffee hours We could always use more volunteers If you could spare some time please contact

Eroslava Evanetz at eroslavasympaticoca who would love to add your name to her list of helpers We always

welcome new volunteers

БРАТЕРСЬКА ЗУСТРІЧ ПРИ КАВІ після Божественної Літургії в Авдиторії Усіх ласкаво просимо на каву для спілкування з своїми знайомими прихожанами Шукаємо до помочі жінок щоб допомогли з кавою

Baptisms Parents must arrange with father to make arrangements God-parents must be practicing Orthodox

Christians Baptising a child in the Orthodox Church presupposes that the child will be raised as an Orthodox

Christian

Хрещення Батьки мусять зустрінутеся з отцем щоб полагодити Хрещення Куми мусять бути

правосласними християними Батьки зобовязані виховувати своїх дітей з поученням православної церкви

Weddings Couples must arrange a personal meeting with the priest to make arrangements If one

of the couple is not Orthodox certain conditions may apply

A Collection Bin for Food Bank ndash is downstairs in the auditorium (Please keep in mind Christmas is coming)

We collect food all year and then deliver the canned and dry food items as the

baskets get filled Please bring items to church with you over the next few

Sundayrsquos God bless your generosity Remember Thanksgiving is just around the

corner lsquoThen the righteous will answer Him [Christ] saying lsquoLord when did we see You hungry and feed You or thirsty and give You drink And the King [Christ] will answer and say to them Assuredly I say to you inasmuch asyou did it to one of the least of these my

brethren you did it to Mersquo (Matthew 25 3740)

Boutique open after Liturgy

Крамниця Відкрита після Богослуження

Please notify fr Wasyl if a family member is admitted to the hospital Also parishioners who would like a home

visit are asked to contact fr and make their wishes known

Просимо повідомити отця що член Вашої родини є у лікарні Також якщо хтось бажає щоб їх відвідали

вдома то просимо бути в контакті з оцем

Reminder Please if you shop at Denningers we need your receipts Drop them off in our ldquoDenningers Receipt

Boxrdquo on the stage Thank you

For Hall Rental contact person is - Orysia Sushko at 289-887-0626

We are in need of SINGERS The Cathedral Choir invites you to join us For information contact Oksana

Sushko at fernridge1035gmailcom

СПІВАКИ-ХОРИСТИ Просимо Вас вступити до Катедрального Хору По дальші інформаціїОксана

Сушко дириґент ndash fernridge1035gmailcom

William Sarchuk Ukrainian School Registration ndash At this time we have 13 students registered We

canrsquot stress the importance of your children learning their language culture and heritage and there

faith Especially in light of the fact of what is taking place in Ukraine today PLEASE JOIN US

Українська Школа ім Василя Сарчука розпочали свою діялність Ми просимо всіх батьків долучитися

до великого діла плекати любов до рідного слова до обичаї і традицій українського народу і до своєї

рідної церкви

Просимо записувати дітей до школи

Please remember to include St Vladimirrsquos Cathedral in your Last Will and Testament Let your love and

support for our parish continue for many years Please be generous with your weekly offering envelopes

contributing even when you are away on vacation

Будь ласка памrsquoятайте Святу ndash Володимирську Парафію у Вашому останьому

заповіті Нехай Ваша любов і підтримка до нашої парафії продовжується ще на багато років

Просимо Вас щоб Ви були щедрими у Ваших щотижневих пожертвах навіть тоді коли Ви є у

відпустці

November 17th

ndash UWAC ndash CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND BAKE AND FOOD SALE

C H R I S T M A S B A Z A A R

SATURDAY - November 17 2018

10 am ndash 2 pm (Sponsored by the UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch)

Proceeds designated to St Vladimirrsquos Church Restoration Projects

Bazaar Day Sales of --

Christmas Baked Goods PerogiesCabbage

RollsBorschtPatychkyPreserves

Jewellery Crafts Paperback books and more

Free Admission Free Coffee Door Prizes Raffle

Donations ndash

We would appreciate your donations of the following items for the bazaar preserves home-baked items jewellery new knittedcrochet items paper-back books

Please bring items in Sunday Nov 3th or 10th 900 ndash 1230 pm Please bring home baking on November 15th amp 16th 900 ndash 12 noon

Thank you

Tables are available for rent to -

Crafters and individuals who wish to have a table to sell their own products

Enquiries and Information

Darlene Choma 519-754-5484 dchomarogerscom

Mary Adamson 905-643-6941

DECEMBER 2nd

- ORDER OF ST ANDREW AGM ndash lunch to follow with guest speaker

HIS GRACE BISHOP ANDRIJ ORDER OF ST ANDREWrsquoS

Mission Statement of St Andrewrsquos College

St Andrewrsquos College is an institution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and is affiliated with the

University of Manitoba The College exists to promote spiritual academic cultural and moral leadership within

the Church the Ukrainian Canadian community and the Canadian community

Vision of St Andrewrsquos -To offer programs and courses in Orthodox Christian Theology

-To prepare candidates for the clergy and other professionals for service in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of

Canada and other Orthodox churches

-To provide a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian residence for Ukrainian Orthodox and other students in Canada

-To provide community outreach integral to its mission statement

-To support faculty in scholarly educational activities

-To encourage propagation and support of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian culture within Canadian society

-To provide Orthodox witness on the campus of the University of Manitoba

Please join Us for the

7th

Annual

ST NICHOLAS DAY

ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19

930 AM - Church Service in the Chapel

1100 AM - Light Lunch in the Dining Room

Christmas Bazaar Raffle Draw

Noon - St Nicholas Bingo in the ldquoBingo Roomrdquo

Lunch and Bingo sponsored by

Lesia Ukrainka (Ladies Auxiliary) of

St Vladimirs Ukrainian Orthodox Church

ALL WELCOME

Go and Do Likewiserdquo as Our Response to Evil

In a world of mass shootings terrorism and constant strife between nations and competing groups of all kinds

it is tempting to narrow down the list of people we care about By limiting our concern only to those we think

deserve it we try to protect ourselves from going beyond the easy habit of loving only those who are like us and

love us in return The problem however is that shortening our list of neighbors in this way is a complete

rejection of the good news of our salvation

When a lawyer tried to find a loophole to limit the requirement to love his neighbor as himself Jesus Christ told

the parable of the good Samaritan in response After having been attacked by robbers and left

half dead by the side of the road a Jewish man was ignored by religious leaders of his own people But a

Samaritan whom the Jews certainly did not view as a neighbor stopped to help him bound up his wounds

took him to an inn and paid for his lodging even promising to return in order to pay for any additional costs as

the man recovered In response to the Lordrsquos question concerning who was a neighbor to this fellow the lawyer

answered rightly ldquoThe one who showed mercy on himrdquo

In other words the true neighbor was the hated Samaritan Christ concluded the parable by saying ldquoGo and do

likewiserdquo which meant to become like that Samaritan In other words He told the lawyer to love as himself

even those who hated and rejected him even members of ethnic and religious groups he had learned to view as

his enemies Not only did the lawyer fail to find a loophole in the requirement of love for all his neighbors he

found himself facing a much more demanding standard than he had ever considered For the Lord responded to

his question in a way that made clear his obligation to treat as a neighbor even those usually thought of as

despised strangers and enemies

The Savior used this parable to call us to participate personally in His merciful love for all corrupt humanity for

the Samaritan is surely an image of our Lord coming to heal us from the deadly ravages of sin Stripped of the

divine glory like Adam and Eve cast out of paradise and bearing the wounds of our own transgressions we have

become slaves to death the wages of sin Religious rituals and laws were powerless to restore the spiritual

health of those who bear the image and likeness of God So the One Who was rejected as a blasphemer and

even accused of being a Samaritan (John 848) became one of us in order to conquer death and make us

participants by grace in His eternal life The oil and wine of the parable represent the Holy Mysteries through

which Christ nourishes and heals us His Body the Church is the inn where we regain our strength to grow in

holiness He will return in glory to raise the dead and fulfill His Kingdom

ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo is not an abstract legal or moral command but a truthful statement that those who are in

Christ will manifest His mercy in their own lives Those who participate already in His eternal life will become

living icons of His love even to those who hate and reject them The point is not to reduce our relationship with

God to being nice to others which usually means little more than helping our friends and trying to have warm

feels about humanity in general It is instead that those who are being healed by the ravages of sin through the

mercy of Christ will no longer be blinded by the passions and fears that make it so appealing to limit our list of

neighbors to those who measure up to our standards Christ died and rose again for the salvation of all people

including those who called for His crucifixion and literally nailed Him to the Cross He enables those who are

truly in personal union with Him to become radiant with the divine glory in a way that overcomes the darkness

that so easily separates people and groups of people from one another

That is why St Paul reminded the Corinthians that ldquoGod is able to provide you with every blessing in

abundance so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good

workrdquo There are no limits to the merciful love of our Savior We must relate to our neighbors not on the basis

of how we happen to feel about them or how much moral virtue we can muster but instead on the basis of the

boundless grace we have received The Apostle knew that ldquohe who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and

he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyrdquo The more fully we open our lives to the healing mercy of

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

D O N A T I O N S - October 7 to October 28th

Polos Anne 15000 Windows Future In memory- Helen Lazarowich

Parfeniuk Dobr Marion 50000 Windows Future

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Festeryga Hon Justice William amp Doris 8981

Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

Choma Darlene 10000 Windows Future

Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Natalie Babich

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Nina Pawluk

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Peter Kopiak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Mary Pohoreski

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Twin Sister Hilda Tuskey

Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

Semeniuk Jean Pierre amp Luba 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

Senchuk Taras amp Natalie 50000 Windows Future

UWAC Lesia Ukr Br 1000000 Windows Future

Buciora Rev Jaroslaw amp Dobr Natalie 10000 Windows Future

Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

Taras Shevchenko Home for the Aged Seniorsrsquo Complex

190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom

Page 7: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

GENERAL INFORMATION AND REMINDERS

ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CLASS

Reminder ndash Our Adult Christian Education Classes have begun This year our classdiscussion will deal with

the subject of ldquoContemporary Moral Issuesrdquo and all things associated with it Obviously from the Orthodox

Christian Perspective

November class times have been changed to Mondays at 100 pm in the TYC Room

ALL ARE WELCOME

If anyone is interested in being a greeter please contact ndash Brenda Zalitack at bzalitackhotmailcom

or 289-682-0652

Are your 20172018 parish dues paid Please check in the parish office if you have any questions

In accordance with a motion passed at our annual meeting held on February 26th

2017 the membership

donation is now $13000 per person

ЧИ ВИ ЗАПЛАТИЛИ СВОЇ ВНЕСКИ ЗА 20172018 РІК ЯКЩО ВИ МАЄТЕ ЯКІСЬ ЗАПИТАННЯ ТО

ПРОСИМО ЗВЕРТАТИСЯ ДО ЦЕРКОВНОЇ КАНЦЕЛЯРІЇ

Згідно із рішенням на Річних Зборах 26-го лютого 2017 р членські внески від тепер встановлено в

сумі $13000 від особи

Perogy and Cabbage Roll Bee for November ndash Tues 27rd prep Wed 28th varenyky bee Thurs 29th Cabbage Rolls Fri 30th Packaging and Sales Sat Dec 1st Sales

Next UWAC Meeting will take please on Monday November 5th

in church auditorium New members are

always welcome

НАСТУПНІ ЗБОРИ МІСЦЕВОГО ВІДДІЛУ СУК відбудуться в неділю 5-го Листопада ndash у церковні

авдиторії Ласкаво просимо щоб усі члени відділу були присутні

Ukrainian Self- Reliance League (TYC) meets the last Monday of the month at 700 pm in the TYC

cultural centre Call Steve Stasiuk for more information 905-561-3642 New members are always welcome

Sunday Coffee Hour ndash is always greatly appreciated by the members of our parish Thank you ladies for our

Sunday coffee hours We could always use more volunteers If you could spare some time please contact

Eroslava Evanetz at eroslavasympaticoca who would love to add your name to her list of helpers We always

welcome new volunteers

БРАТЕРСЬКА ЗУСТРІЧ ПРИ КАВІ після Божественної Літургії в Авдиторії Усіх ласкаво просимо на каву для спілкування з своїми знайомими прихожанами Шукаємо до помочі жінок щоб допомогли з кавою

Baptisms Parents must arrange with father to make arrangements God-parents must be practicing Orthodox

Christians Baptising a child in the Orthodox Church presupposes that the child will be raised as an Orthodox

Christian

Хрещення Батьки мусять зустрінутеся з отцем щоб полагодити Хрещення Куми мусять бути

правосласними християними Батьки зобовязані виховувати своїх дітей з поученням православної церкви

Weddings Couples must arrange a personal meeting with the priest to make arrangements If one

of the couple is not Orthodox certain conditions may apply

A Collection Bin for Food Bank ndash is downstairs in the auditorium (Please keep in mind Christmas is coming)

We collect food all year and then deliver the canned and dry food items as the

baskets get filled Please bring items to church with you over the next few

Sundayrsquos God bless your generosity Remember Thanksgiving is just around the

corner lsquoThen the righteous will answer Him [Christ] saying lsquoLord when did we see You hungry and feed You or thirsty and give You drink And the King [Christ] will answer and say to them Assuredly I say to you inasmuch asyou did it to one of the least of these my

brethren you did it to Mersquo (Matthew 25 3740)

Boutique open after Liturgy

Крамниця Відкрита після Богослуження

Please notify fr Wasyl if a family member is admitted to the hospital Also parishioners who would like a home

visit are asked to contact fr and make their wishes known

Просимо повідомити отця що член Вашої родини є у лікарні Також якщо хтось бажає щоб їх відвідали

вдома то просимо бути в контакті з оцем

Reminder Please if you shop at Denningers we need your receipts Drop them off in our ldquoDenningers Receipt

Boxrdquo on the stage Thank you

For Hall Rental contact person is - Orysia Sushko at 289-887-0626

We are in need of SINGERS The Cathedral Choir invites you to join us For information contact Oksana

Sushko at fernridge1035gmailcom

СПІВАКИ-ХОРИСТИ Просимо Вас вступити до Катедрального Хору По дальші інформаціїОксана

Сушко дириґент ndash fernridge1035gmailcom

William Sarchuk Ukrainian School Registration ndash At this time we have 13 students registered We

canrsquot stress the importance of your children learning their language culture and heritage and there

faith Especially in light of the fact of what is taking place in Ukraine today PLEASE JOIN US

Українська Школа ім Василя Сарчука розпочали свою діялність Ми просимо всіх батьків долучитися

до великого діла плекати любов до рідного слова до обичаї і традицій українського народу і до своєї

рідної церкви

Просимо записувати дітей до школи

Please remember to include St Vladimirrsquos Cathedral in your Last Will and Testament Let your love and

support for our parish continue for many years Please be generous with your weekly offering envelopes

contributing even when you are away on vacation

Будь ласка памrsquoятайте Святу ndash Володимирську Парафію у Вашому останьому

заповіті Нехай Ваша любов і підтримка до нашої парафії продовжується ще на багато років

Просимо Вас щоб Ви були щедрими у Ваших щотижневих пожертвах навіть тоді коли Ви є у

відпустці

November 17th

ndash UWAC ndash CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND BAKE AND FOOD SALE

C H R I S T M A S B A Z A A R

SATURDAY - November 17 2018

10 am ndash 2 pm (Sponsored by the UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch)

Proceeds designated to St Vladimirrsquos Church Restoration Projects

Bazaar Day Sales of --

Christmas Baked Goods PerogiesCabbage

RollsBorschtPatychkyPreserves

Jewellery Crafts Paperback books and more

Free Admission Free Coffee Door Prizes Raffle

Donations ndash

We would appreciate your donations of the following items for the bazaar preserves home-baked items jewellery new knittedcrochet items paper-back books

Please bring items in Sunday Nov 3th or 10th 900 ndash 1230 pm Please bring home baking on November 15th amp 16th 900 ndash 12 noon

Thank you

Tables are available for rent to -

Crafters and individuals who wish to have a table to sell their own products

Enquiries and Information

Darlene Choma 519-754-5484 dchomarogerscom

Mary Adamson 905-643-6941

DECEMBER 2nd

- ORDER OF ST ANDREW AGM ndash lunch to follow with guest speaker

HIS GRACE BISHOP ANDRIJ ORDER OF ST ANDREWrsquoS

Mission Statement of St Andrewrsquos College

St Andrewrsquos College is an institution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and is affiliated with the

University of Manitoba The College exists to promote spiritual academic cultural and moral leadership within

the Church the Ukrainian Canadian community and the Canadian community

Vision of St Andrewrsquos -To offer programs and courses in Orthodox Christian Theology

-To prepare candidates for the clergy and other professionals for service in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of

Canada and other Orthodox churches

-To provide a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian residence for Ukrainian Orthodox and other students in Canada

-To provide community outreach integral to its mission statement

-To support faculty in scholarly educational activities

-To encourage propagation and support of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian culture within Canadian society

-To provide Orthodox witness on the campus of the University of Manitoba

Please join Us for the

7th

Annual

ST NICHOLAS DAY

ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19

930 AM - Church Service in the Chapel

1100 AM - Light Lunch in the Dining Room

Christmas Bazaar Raffle Draw

Noon - St Nicholas Bingo in the ldquoBingo Roomrdquo

Lunch and Bingo sponsored by

Lesia Ukrainka (Ladies Auxiliary) of

St Vladimirs Ukrainian Orthodox Church

ALL WELCOME

Go and Do Likewiserdquo as Our Response to Evil

In a world of mass shootings terrorism and constant strife between nations and competing groups of all kinds

it is tempting to narrow down the list of people we care about By limiting our concern only to those we think

deserve it we try to protect ourselves from going beyond the easy habit of loving only those who are like us and

love us in return The problem however is that shortening our list of neighbors in this way is a complete

rejection of the good news of our salvation

When a lawyer tried to find a loophole to limit the requirement to love his neighbor as himself Jesus Christ told

the parable of the good Samaritan in response After having been attacked by robbers and left

half dead by the side of the road a Jewish man was ignored by religious leaders of his own people But a

Samaritan whom the Jews certainly did not view as a neighbor stopped to help him bound up his wounds

took him to an inn and paid for his lodging even promising to return in order to pay for any additional costs as

the man recovered In response to the Lordrsquos question concerning who was a neighbor to this fellow the lawyer

answered rightly ldquoThe one who showed mercy on himrdquo

In other words the true neighbor was the hated Samaritan Christ concluded the parable by saying ldquoGo and do

likewiserdquo which meant to become like that Samaritan In other words He told the lawyer to love as himself

even those who hated and rejected him even members of ethnic and religious groups he had learned to view as

his enemies Not only did the lawyer fail to find a loophole in the requirement of love for all his neighbors he

found himself facing a much more demanding standard than he had ever considered For the Lord responded to

his question in a way that made clear his obligation to treat as a neighbor even those usually thought of as

despised strangers and enemies

The Savior used this parable to call us to participate personally in His merciful love for all corrupt humanity for

the Samaritan is surely an image of our Lord coming to heal us from the deadly ravages of sin Stripped of the

divine glory like Adam and Eve cast out of paradise and bearing the wounds of our own transgressions we have

become slaves to death the wages of sin Religious rituals and laws were powerless to restore the spiritual

health of those who bear the image and likeness of God So the One Who was rejected as a blasphemer and

even accused of being a Samaritan (John 848) became one of us in order to conquer death and make us

participants by grace in His eternal life The oil and wine of the parable represent the Holy Mysteries through

which Christ nourishes and heals us His Body the Church is the inn where we regain our strength to grow in

holiness He will return in glory to raise the dead and fulfill His Kingdom

ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo is not an abstract legal or moral command but a truthful statement that those who are in

Christ will manifest His mercy in their own lives Those who participate already in His eternal life will become

living icons of His love even to those who hate and reject them The point is not to reduce our relationship with

God to being nice to others which usually means little more than helping our friends and trying to have warm

feels about humanity in general It is instead that those who are being healed by the ravages of sin through the

mercy of Christ will no longer be blinded by the passions and fears that make it so appealing to limit our list of

neighbors to those who measure up to our standards Christ died and rose again for the salvation of all people

including those who called for His crucifixion and literally nailed Him to the Cross He enables those who are

truly in personal union with Him to become radiant with the divine glory in a way that overcomes the darkness

that so easily separates people and groups of people from one another

That is why St Paul reminded the Corinthians that ldquoGod is able to provide you with every blessing in

abundance so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good

workrdquo There are no limits to the merciful love of our Savior We must relate to our neighbors not on the basis

of how we happen to feel about them or how much moral virtue we can muster but instead on the basis of the

boundless grace we have received The Apostle knew that ldquohe who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and

he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyrdquo The more fully we open our lives to the healing mercy of

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

D O N A T I O N S - October 7 to October 28th

Polos Anne 15000 Windows Future In memory- Helen Lazarowich

Parfeniuk Dobr Marion 50000 Windows Future

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Festeryga Hon Justice William amp Doris 8981

Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

Choma Darlene 10000 Windows Future

Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Natalie Babich

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Nina Pawluk

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Peter Kopiak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Mary Pohoreski

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Twin Sister Hilda Tuskey

Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

Semeniuk Jean Pierre amp Luba 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

Senchuk Taras amp Natalie 50000 Windows Future

UWAC Lesia Ukr Br 1000000 Windows Future

Buciora Rev Jaroslaw amp Dobr Natalie 10000 Windows Future

Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

Taras Shevchenko Home for the Aged Seniorsrsquo Complex

190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom

Page 8: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

A Collection Bin for Food Bank ndash is downstairs in the auditorium (Please keep in mind Christmas is coming)

We collect food all year and then deliver the canned and dry food items as the

baskets get filled Please bring items to church with you over the next few

Sundayrsquos God bless your generosity Remember Thanksgiving is just around the

corner lsquoThen the righteous will answer Him [Christ] saying lsquoLord when did we see You hungry and feed You or thirsty and give You drink And the King [Christ] will answer and say to them Assuredly I say to you inasmuch asyou did it to one of the least of these my

brethren you did it to Mersquo (Matthew 25 3740)

Boutique open after Liturgy

Крамниця Відкрита після Богослуження

Please notify fr Wasyl if a family member is admitted to the hospital Also parishioners who would like a home

visit are asked to contact fr and make their wishes known

Просимо повідомити отця що член Вашої родини є у лікарні Також якщо хтось бажає щоб їх відвідали

вдома то просимо бути в контакті з оцем

Reminder Please if you shop at Denningers we need your receipts Drop them off in our ldquoDenningers Receipt

Boxrdquo on the stage Thank you

For Hall Rental contact person is - Orysia Sushko at 289-887-0626

We are in need of SINGERS The Cathedral Choir invites you to join us For information contact Oksana

Sushko at fernridge1035gmailcom

СПІВАКИ-ХОРИСТИ Просимо Вас вступити до Катедрального Хору По дальші інформаціїОксана

Сушко дириґент ndash fernridge1035gmailcom

William Sarchuk Ukrainian School Registration ndash At this time we have 13 students registered We

canrsquot stress the importance of your children learning their language culture and heritage and there

faith Especially in light of the fact of what is taking place in Ukraine today PLEASE JOIN US

Українська Школа ім Василя Сарчука розпочали свою діялність Ми просимо всіх батьків долучитися

до великого діла плекати любов до рідного слова до обичаї і традицій українського народу і до своєї

рідної церкви

Просимо записувати дітей до школи

Please remember to include St Vladimirrsquos Cathedral in your Last Will and Testament Let your love and

support for our parish continue for many years Please be generous with your weekly offering envelopes

contributing even when you are away on vacation

Будь ласка памrsquoятайте Святу ndash Володимирську Парафію у Вашому останьому

заповіті Нехай Ваша любов і підтримка до нашої парафії продовжується ще на багато років

Просимо Вас щоб Ви були щедрими у Ваших щотижневих пожертвах навіть тоді коли Ви є у

відпустці

November 17th

ndash UWAC ndash CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND BAKE AND FOOD SALE

C H R I S T M A S B A Z A A R

SATURDAY - November 17 2018

10 am ndash 2 pm (Sponsored by the UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch)

Proceeds designated to St Vladimirrsquos Church Restoration Projects

Bazaar Day Sales of --

Christmas Baked Goods PerogiesCabbage

RollsBorschtPatychkyPreserves

Jewellery Crafts Paperback books and more

Free Admission Free Coffee Door Prizes Raffle

Donations ndash

We would appreciate your donations of the following items for the bazaar preserves home-baked items jewellery new knittedcrochet items paper-back books

Please bring items in Sunday Nov 3th or 10th 900 ndash 1230 pm Please bring home baking on November 15th amp 16th 900 ndash 12 noon

Thank you

Tables are available for rent to -

Crafters and individuals who wish to have a table to sell their own products

Enquiries and Information

Darlene Choma 519-754-5484 dchomarogerscom

Mary Adamson 905-643-6941

DECEMBER 2nd

- ORDER OF ST ANDREW AGM ndash lunch to follow with guest speaker

HIS GRACE BISHOP ANDRIJ ORDER OF ST ANDREWrsquoS

Mission Statement of St Andrewrsquos College

St Andrewrsquos College is an institution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and is affiliated with the

University of Manitoba The College exists to promote spiritual academic cultural and moral leadership within

the Church the Ukrainian Canadian community and the Canadian community

Vision of St Andrewrsquos -To offer programs and courses in Orthodox Christian Theology

-To prepare candidates for the clergy and other professionals for service in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of

Canada and other Orthodox churches

-To provide a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian residence for Ukrainian Orthodox and other students in Canada

-To provide community outreach integral to its mission statement

-To support faculty in scholarly educational activities

-To encourage propagation and support of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian culture within Canadian society

-To provide Orthodox witness on the campus of the University of Manitoba

Please join Us for the

7th

Annual

ST NICHOLAS DAY

ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19

930 AM - Church Service in the Chapel

1100 AM - Light Lunch in the Dining Room

Christmas Bazaar Raffle Draw

Noon - St Nicholas Bingo in the ldquoBingo Roomrdquo

Lunch and Bingo sponsored by

Lesia Ukrainka (Ladies Auxiliary) of

St Vladimirs Ukrainian Orthodox Church

ALL WELCOME

Go and Do Likewiserdquo as Our Response to Evil

In a world of mass shootings terrorism and constant strife between nations and competing groups of all kinds

it is tempting to narrow down the list of people we care about By limiting our concern only to those we think

deserve it we try to protect ourselves from going beyond the easy habit of loving only those who are like us and

love us in return The problem however is that shortening our list of neighbors in this way is a complete

rejection of the good news of our salvation

When a lawyer tried to find a loophole to limit the requirement to love his neighbor as himself Jesus Christ told

the parable of the good Samaritan in response After having been attacked by robbers and left

half dead by the side of the road a Jewish man was ignored by religious leaders of his own people But a

Samaritan whom the Jews certainly did not view as a neighbor stopped to help him bound up his wounds

took him to an inn and paid for his lodging even promising to return in order to pay for any additional costs as

the man recovered In response to the Lordrsquos question concerning who was a neighbor to this fellow the lawyer

answered rightly ldquoThe one who showed mercy on himrdquo

In other words the true neighbor was the hated Samaritan Christ concluded the parable by saying ldquoGo and do

likewiserdquo which meant to become like that Samaritan In other words He told the lawyer to love as himself

even those who hated and rejected him even members of ethnic and religious groups he had learned to view as

his enemies Not only did the lawyer fail to find a loophole in the requirement of love for all his neighbors he

found himself facing a much more demanding standard than he had ever considered For the Lord responded to

his question in a way that made clear his obligation to treat as a neighbor even those usually thought of as

despised strangers and enemies

The Savior used this parable to call us to participate personally in His merciful love for all corrupt humanity for

the Samaritan is surely an image of our Lord coming to heal us from the deadly ravages of sin Stripped of the

divine glory like Adam and Eve cast out of paradise and bearing the wounds of our own transgressions we have

become slaves to death the wages of sin Religious rituals and laws were powerless to restore the spiritual

health of those who bear the image and likeness of God So the One Who was rejected as a blasphemer and

even accused of being a Samaritan (John 848) became one of us in order to conquer death and make us

participants by grace in His eternal life The oil and wine of the parable represent the Holy Mysteries through

which Christ nourishes and heals us His Body the Church is the inn where we regain our strength to grow in

holiness He will return in glory to raise the dead and fulfill His Kingdom

ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo is not an abstract legal or moral command but a truthful statement that those who are in

Christ will manifest His mercy in their own lives Those who participate already in His eternal life will become

living icons of His love even to those who hate and reject them The point is not to reduce our relationship with

God to being nice to others which usually means little more than helping our friends and trying to have warm

feels about humanity in general It is instead that those who are being healed by the ravages of sin through the

mercy of Christ will no longer be blinded by the passions and fears that make it so appealing to limit our list of

neighbors to those who measure up to our standards Christ died and rose again for the salvation of all people

including those who called for His crucifixion and literally nailed Him to the Cross He enables those who are

truly in personal union with Him to become radiant with the divine glory in a way that overcomes the darkness

that so easily separates people and groups of people from one another

That is why St Paul reminded the Corinthians that ldquoGod is able to provide you with every blessing in

abundance so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good

workrdquo There are no limits to the merciful love of our Savior We must relate to our neighbors not on the basis

of how we happen to feel about them or how much moral virtue we can muster but instead on the basis of the

boundless grace we have received The Apostle knew that ldquohe who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and

he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyrdquo The more fully we open our lives to the healing mercy of

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

D O N A T I O N S - October 7 to October 28th

Polos Anne 15000 Windows Future In memory- Helen Lazarowich

Parfeniuk Dobr Marion 50000 Windows Future

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Festeryga Hon Justice William amp Doris 8981

Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

Choma Darlene 10000 Windows Future

Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Natalie Babich

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Nina Pawluk

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Peter Kopiak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Mary Pohoreski

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Twin Sister Hilda Tuskey

Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

Semeniuk Jean Pierre amp Luba 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

Senchuk Taras amp Natalie 50000 Windows Future

UWAC Lesia Ukr Br 1000000 Windows Future

Buciora Rev Jaroslaw amp Dobr Natalie 10000 Windows Future

Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

Taras Shevchenko Home for the Aged Seniorsrsquo Complex

190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom

Page 9: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

C H R I S T M A S B A Z A A R

SATURDAY - November 17 2018

10 am ndash 2 pm (Sponsored by the UWAC ndash Lesia Ukrainka Branch)

Proceeds designated to St Vladimirrsquos Church Restoration Projects

Bazaar Day Sales of --

Christmas Baked Goods PerogiesCabbage

RollsBorschtPatychkyPreserves

Jewellery Crafts Paperback books and more

Free Admission Free Coffee Door Prizes Raffle

Donations ndash

We would appreciate your donations of the following items for the bazaar preserves home-baked items jewellery new knittedcrochet items paper-back books

Please bring items in Sunday Nov 3th or 10th 900 ndash 1230 pm Please bring home baking on November 15th amp 16th 900 ndash 12 noon

Thank you

Tables are available for rent to -

Crafters and individuals who wish to have a table to sell their own products

Enquiries and Information

Darlene Choma 519-754-5484 dchomarogerscom

Mary Adamson 905-643-6941

DECEMBER 2nd

- ORDER OF ST ANDREW AGM ndash lunch to follow with guest speaker

HIS GRACE BISHOP ANDRIJ ORDER OF ST ANDREWrsquoS

Mission Statement of St Andrewrsquos College

St Andrewrsquos College is an institution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and is affiliated with the

University of Manitoba The College exists to promote spiritual academic cultural and moral leadership within

the Church the Ukrainian Canadian community and the Canadian community

Vision of St Andrewrsquos -To offer programs and courses in Orthodox Christian Theology

-To prepare candidates for the clergy and other professionals for service in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of

Canada and other Orthodox churches

-To provide a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian residence for Ukrainian Orthodox and other students in Canada

-To provide community outreach integral to its mission statement

-To support faculty in scholarly educational activities

-To encourage propagation and support of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian culture within Canadian society

-To provide Orthodox witness on the campus of the University of Manitoba

Please join Us for the

7th

Annual

ST NICHOLAS DAY

ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19

930 AM - Church Service in the Chapel

1100 AM - Light Lunch in the Dining Room

Christmas Bazaar Raffle Draw

Noon - St Nicholas Bingo in the ldquoBingo Roomrdquo

Lunch and Bingo sponsored by

Lesia Ukrainka (Ladies Auxiliary) of

St Vladimirs Ukrainian Orthodox Church

ALL WELCOME

Go and Do Likewiserdquo as Our Response to Evil

In a world of mass shootings terrorism and constant strife between nations and competing groups of all kinds

it is tempting to narrow down the list of people we care about By limiting our concern only to those we think

deserve it we try to protect ourselves from going beyond the easy habit of loving only those who are like us and

love us in return The problem however is that shortening our list of neighbors in this way is a complete

rejection of the good news of our salvation

When a lawyer tried to find a loophole to limit the requirement to love his neighbor as himself Jesus Christ told

the parable of the good Samaritan in response After having been attacked by robbers and left

half dead by the side of the road a Jewish man was ignored by religious leaders of his own people But a

Samaritan whom the Jews certainly did not view as a neighbor stopped to help him bound up his wounds

took him to an inn and paid for his lodging even promising to return in order to pay for any additional costs as

the man recovered In response to the Lordrsquos question concerning who was a neighbor to this fellow the lawyer

answered rightly ldquoThe one who showed mercy on himrdquo

In other words the true neighbor was the hated Samaritan Christ concluded the parable by saying ldquoGo and do

likewiserdquo which meant to become like that Samaritan In other words He told the lawyer to love as himself

even those who hated and rejected him even members of ethnic and religious groups he had learned to view as

his enemies Not only did the lawyer fail to find a loophole in the requirement of love for all his neighbors he

found himself facing a much more demanding standard than he had ever considered For the Lord responded to

his question in a way that made clear his obligation to treat as a neighbor even those usually thought of as

despised strangers and enemies

The Savior used this parable to call us to participate personally in His merciful love for all corrupt humanity for

the Samaritan is surely an image of our Lord coming to heal us from the deadly ravages of sin Stripped of the

divine glory like Adam and Eve cast out of paradise and bearing the wounds of our own transgressions we have

become slaves to death the wages of sin Religious rituals and laws were powerless to restore the spiritual

health of those who bear the image and likeness of God So the One Who was rejected as a blasphemer and

even accused of being a Samaritan (John 848) became one of us in order to conquer death and make us

participants by grace in His eternal life The oil and wine of the parable represent the Holy Mysteries through

which Christ nourishes and heals us His Body the Church is the inn where we regain our strength to grow in

holiness He will return in glory to raise the dead and fulfill His Kingdom

ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo is not an abstract legal or moral command but a truthful statement that those who are in

Christ will manifest His mercy in their own lives Those who participate already in His eternal life will become

living icons of His love even to those who hate and reject them The point is not to reduce our relationship with

God to being nice to others which usually means little more than helping our friends and trying to have warm

feels about humanity in general It is instead that those who are being healed by the ravages of sin through the

mercy of Christ will no longer be blinded by the passions and fears that make it so appealing to limit our list of

neighbors to those who measure up to our standards Christ died and rose again for the salvation of all people

including those who called for His crucifixion and literally nailed Him to the Cross He enables those who are

truly in personal union with Him to become radiant with the divine glory in a way that overcomes the darkness

that so easily separates people and groups of people from one another

That is why St Paul reminded the Corinthians that ldquoGod is able to provide you with every blessing in

abundance so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good

workrdquo There are no limits to the merciful love of our Savior We must relate to our neighbors not on the basis

of how we happen to feel about them or how much moral virtue we can muster but instead on the basis of the

boundless grace we have received The Apostle knew that ldquohe who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and

he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyrdquo The more fully we open our lives to the healing mercy of

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

D O N A T I O N S - October 7 to October 28th

Polos Anne 15000 Windows Future In memory- Helen Lazarowich

Parfeniuk Dobr Marion 50000 Windows Future

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Festeryga Hon Justice William amp Doris 8981

Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

Choma Darlene 10000 Windows Future

Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Natalie Babich

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Nina Pawluk

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Peter Kopiak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Mary Pohoreski

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Twin Sister Hilda Tuskey

Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

Semeniuk Jean Pierre amp Luba 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

Senchuk Taras amp Natalie 50000 Windows Future

UWAC Lesia Ukr Br 1000000 Windows Future

Buciora Rev Jaroslaw amp Dobr Natalie 10000 Windows Future

Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

Taras Shevchenko Home for the Aged Seniorsrsquo Complex

190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom

Page 10: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

DECEMBER 2nd

- ORDER OF ST ANDREW AGM ndash lunch to follow with guest speaker

HIS GRACE BISHOP ANDRIJ ORDER OF ST ANDREWrsquoS

Mission Statement of St Andrewrsquos College

St Andrewrsquos College is an institution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and is affiliated with the

University of Manitoba The College exists to promote spiritual academic cultural and moral leadership within

the Church the Ukrainian Canadian community and the Canadian community

Vision of St Andrewrsquos -To offer programs and courses in Orthodox Christian Theology

-To prepare candidates for the clergy and other professionals for service in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of

Canada and other Orthodox churches

-To provide a Ukrainian Orthodox Christian residence for Ukrainian Orthodox and other students in Canada

-To provide community outreach integral to its mission statement

-To support faculty in scholarly educational activities

-To encourage propagation and support of Ukrainian and Ukrainian Canadian culture within Canadian society

-To provide Orthodox witness on the campus of the University of Manitoba

Please join Us for the

7th

Annual

ST NICHOLAS DAY

ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 19

930 AM - Church Service in the Chapel

1100 AM - Light Lunch in the Dining Room

Christmas Bazaar Raffle Draw

Noon - St Nicholas Bingo in the ldquoBingo Roomrdquo

Lunch and Bingo sponsored by

Lesia Ukrainka (Ladies Auxiliary) of

St Vladimirs Ukrainian Orthodox Church

ALL WELCOME

Go and Do Likewiserdquo as Our Response to Evil

In a world of mass shootings terrorism and constant strife between nations and competing groups of all kinds

it is tempting to narrow down the list of people we care about By limiting our concern only to those we think

deserve it we try to protect ourselves from going beyond the easy habit of loving only those who are like us and

love us in return The problem however is that shortening our list of neighbors in this way is a complete

rejection of the good news of our salvation

When a lawyer tried to find a loophole to limit the requirement to love his neighbor as himself Jesus Christ told

the parable of the good Samaritan in response After having been attacked by robbers and left

half dead by the side of the road a Jewish man was ignored by religious leaders of his own people But a

Samaritan whom the Jews certainly did not view as a neighbor stopped to help him bound up his wounds

took him to an inn and paid for his lodging even promising to return in order to pay for any additional costs as

the man recovered In response to the Lordrsquos question concerning who was a neighbor to this fellow the lawyer

answered rightly ldquoThe one who showed mercy on himrdquo

In other words the true neighbor was the hated Samaritan Christ concluded the parable by saying ldquoGo and do

likewiserdquo which meant to become like that Samaritan In other words He told the lawyer to love as himself

even those who hated and rejected him even members of ethnic and religious groups he had learned to view as

his enemies Not only did the lawyer fail to find a loophole in the requirement of love for all his neighbors he

found himself facing a much more demanding standard than he had ever considered For the Lord responded to

his question in a way that made clear his obligation to treat as a neighbor even those usually thought of as

despised strangers and enemies

The Savior used this parable to call us to participate personally in His merciful love for all corrupt humanity for

the Samaritan is surely an image of our Lord coming to heal us from the deadly ravages of sin Stripped of the

divine glory like Adam and Eve cast out of paradise and bearing the wounds of our own transgressions we have

become slaves to death the wages of sin Religious rituals and laws were powerless to restore the spiritual

health of those who bear the image and likeness of God So the One Who was rejected as a blasphemer and

even accused of being a Samaritan (John 848) became one of us in order to conquer death and make us

participants by grace in His eternal life The oil and wine of the parable represent the Holy Mysteries through

which Christ nourishes and heals us His Body the Church is the inn where we regain our strength to grow in

holiness He will return in glory to raise the dead and fulfill His Kingdom

ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo is not an abstract legal or moral command but a truthful statement that those who are in

Christ will manifest His mercy in their own lives Those who participate already in His eternal life will become

living icons of His love even to those who hate and reject them The point is not to reduce our relationship with

God to being nice to others which usually means little more than helping our friends and trying to have warm

feels about humanity in general It is instead that those who are being healed by the ravages of sin through the

mercy of Christ will no longer be blinded by the passions and fears that make it so appealing to limit our list of

neighbors to those who measure up to our standards Christ died and rose again for the salvation of all people

including those who called for His crucifixion and literally nailed Him to the Cross He enables those who are

truly in personal union with Him to become radiant with the divine glory in a way that overcomes the darkness

that so easily separates people and groups of people from one another

That is why St Paul reminded the Corinthians that ldquoGod is able to provide you with every blessing in

abundance so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good

workrdquo There are no limits to the merciful love of our Savior We must relate to our neighbors not on the basis

of how we happen to feel about them or how much moral virtue we can muster but instead on the basis of the

boundless grace we have received The Apostle knew that ldquohe who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and

he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyrdquo The more fully we open our lives to the healing mercy of

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

D O N A T I O N S - October 7 to October 28th

Polos Anne 15000 Windows Future In memory- Helen Lazarowich

Parfeniuk Dobr Marion 50000 Windows Future

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Festeryga Hon Justice William amp Doris 8981

Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

Choma Darlene 10000 Windows Future

Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Natalie Babich

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Nina Pawluk

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Peter Kopiak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Mary Pohoreski

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Twin Sister Hilda Tuskey

Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

Semeniuk Jean Pierre amp Luba 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

Senchuk Taras amp Natalie 50000 Windows Future

UWAC Lesia Ukr Br 1000000 Windows Future

Buciora Rev Jaroslaw amp Dobr Natalie 10000 Windows Future

Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

Taras Shevchenko Home for the Aged Seniorsrsquo Complex

190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom

Page 11: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

Go and Do Likewiserdquo as Our Response to Evil

In a world of mass shootings terrorism and constant strife between nations and competing groups of all kinds

it is tempting to narrow down the list of people we care about By limiting our concern only to those we think

deserve it we try to protect ourselves from going beyond the easy habit of loving only those who are like us and

love us in return The problem however is that shortening our list of neighbors in this way is a complete

rejection of the good news of our salvation

When a lawyer tried to find a loophole to limit the requirement to love his neighbor as himself Jesus Christ told

the parable of the good Samaritan in response After having been attacked by robbers and left

half dead by the side of the road a Jewish man was ignored by religious leaders of his own people But a

Samaritan whom the Jews certainly did not view as a neighbor stopped to help him bound up his wounds

took him to an inn and paid for his lodging even promising to return in order to pay for any additional costs as

the man recovered In response to the Lordrsquos question concerning who was a neighbor to this fellow the lawyer

answered rightly ldquoThe one who showed mercy on himrdquo

In other words the true neighbor was the hated Samaritan Christ concluded the parable by saying ldquoGo and do

likewiserdquo which meant to become like that Samaritan In other words He told the lawyer to love as himself

even those who hated and rejected him even members of ethnic and religious groups he had learned to view as

his enemies Not only did the lawyer fail to find a loophole in the requirement of love for all his neighbors he

found himself facing a much more demanding standard than he had ever considered For the Lord responded to

his question in a way that made clear his obligation to treat as a neighbor even those usually thought of as

despised strangers and enemies

The Savior used this parable to call us to participate personally in His merciful love for all corrupt humanity for

the Samaritan is surely an image of our Lord coming to heal us from the deadly ravages of sin Stripped of the

divine glory like Adam and Eve cast out of paradise and bearing the wounds of our own transgressions we have

become slaves to death the wages of sin Religious rituals and laws were powerless to restore the spiritual

health of those who bear the image and likeness of God So the One Who was rejected as a blasphemer and

even accused of being a Samaritan (John 848) became one of us in order to conquer death and make us

participants by grace in His eternal life The oil and wine of the parable represent the Holy Mysteries through

which Christ nourishes and heals us His Body the Church is the inn where we regain our strength to grow in

holiness He will return in glory to raise the dead and fulfill His Kingdom

ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo is not an abstract legal or moral command but a truthful statement that those who are in

Christ will manifest His mercy in their own lives Those who participate already in His eternal life will become

living icons of His love even to those who hate and reject them The point is not to reduce our relationship with

God to being nice to others which usually means little more than helping our friends and trying to have warm

feels about humanity in general It is instead that those who are being healed by the ravages of sin through the

mercy of Christ will no longer be blinded by the passions and fears that make it so appealing to limit our list of

neighbors to those who measure up to our standards Christ died and rose again for the salvation of all people

including those who called for His crucifixion and literally nailed Him to the Cross He enables those who are

truly in personal union with Him to become radiant with the divine glory in a way that overcomes the darkness

that so easily separates people and groups of people from one another

That is why St Paul reminded the Corinthians that ldquoGod is able to provide you with every blessing in

abundance so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good

workrdquo There are no limits to the merciful love of our Savior We must relate to our neighbors not on the basis

of how we happen to feel about them or how much moral virtue we can muster but instead on the basis of the

boundless grace we have received The Apostle knew that ldquohe who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and

he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifullyrdquo The more fully we open our lives to the healing mercy of

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

D O N A T I O N S - October 7 to October 28th

Polos Anne 15000 Windows Future In memory- Helen Lazarowich

Parfeniuk Dobr Marion 50000 Windows Future

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Festeryga Hon Justice William amp Doris 8981

Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

Choma Darlene 10000 Windows Future

Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Natalie Babich

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Nina Pawluk

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Peter Kopiak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Mary Pohoreski

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Twin Sister Hilda Tuskey

Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

Semeniuk Jean Pierre amp Luba 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

Senchuk Taras amp Natalie 50000 Windows Future

UWAC Lesia Ukr Br 1000000 Windows Future

Buciora Rev Jaroslaw amp Dobr Natalie 10000 Windows Future

Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

Taras Shevchenko Home for the Aged Seniorsrsquo Complex

190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom

Page 12: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

His grace the more He will work through us to bless the world So instead of limiting our list of concerns out of

fear that we will run out of steam we must unite ourselves so fully with the Savior that His merciful holiness

becomes characteristic of our lives Then we will say with St Paul ldquoIt is no longer I who lives but Christ who

lives in merdquo

Some people today find it hard to believe in God in light of all the problems of the world the divisions between

people and especially horrible acts of wickedness like mass murder in churches and other public places It is

understandable why in the face of such suffering some will ask ldquoWhere is Godrdquo Here we must remember that

Jesus Christ came to a world of sin and death to heal our wounds and grant us the spiritual strength to manifest

His love to all who suffer He did not rain down wrath upon evildoers but as the God-Man entered into our

brokenness and pain to the point of death burial and Hades over which He triumphed gloriously in His

resurrection The same hateful wickedness that led people to crucify Him wounds human beings to this day and

none of us is yet fully healed from its malign effects Surely every form of human depravity imaginable will

remain in this world of corruption until He returns and fulfills His Kingdom But until then He works through

His Body the Church to bind up the wounds of those He died and rose again to save

Our response to horrific acts of evil is to obey Christrsquos command ldquoGo and do likewiserdquo His Kingdom comes

not through the coercive powerbrokers of the world as we know it but through the healing of human souls and

communities in which broken imperfect people extend to others the same mercy we ask for ourselves His

divine mercy is not limited to people we like or admire or to any nation race or group Even as the Lord

offered Himself on the Cross for the salvation of the entire world we must refuse to live as though anyone in

His image and likeness is not a neighbor whom He calls us to love and serve even as He has loved and served

us

At the end of the day our answer to those who doubt Godrsquos presence in the world is primarily practical not

abstract or theoretical It is to love our neighbors as ourselves in a way that foreshadows the blessedness of a

Kingdom in which there are no hated foreigners It is for our common life to become a sign of our Lordrsquos

merciful love for everyone He came to save It is to become living icons of the indiscriminate love of our

Savior for He came to bless us all who like the man in the parable have been beaten stripped and left for dead

by the side of the road

For that to happen we must invest ourselves in the abundant grace of our Lord such that His life becomes

present in ours When that happens our lives will be living proof that He is still at work binding up the wounds

of suffering humanity By treating everyone as a beloved neighbor we will provide the world a much needed

sign of hope for an alternative to the pointless strife and divisions that so easily blind us to the humanity of our

enemies Yes God is with us in Jesus Christ as the Samaritan was with the man who was victimized in the

parable The only question is whether we will be with Him in refusing to narrow down the list of neighbors

whom we are to love as ourselves Fr Philip LeMasters

D O N A T I O N S - October 7 to October 28th

Polos Anne 15000 Windows Future In memory- Helen Lazarowich

Parfeniuk Dobr Marion 50000 Windows Future

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Festeryga Hon Justice William amp Doris 8981

Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

Choma Darlene 10000 Windows Future

Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Natalie Babich

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Nina Pawluk

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Peter Kopiak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Mary Pohoreski

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Twin Sister Hilda Tuskey

Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

Semeniuk Jean Pierre amp Luba 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

Senchuk Taras amp Natalie 50000 Windows Future

UWAC Lesia Ukr Br 1000000 Windows Future

Buciora Rev Jaroslaw amp Dobr Natalie 10000 Windows Future

Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

Taras Shevchenko Home for the Aged Seniorsrsquo Complex

190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom

Page 13: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

D O N A T I O N S - October 7 to October 28th

Polos Anne 15000 Windows Future In memory- Helen Lazarowich

Parfeniuk Dobr Marion 50000 Windows Future

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Festeryga Hon Justice William amp Doris 8981

Ball Leanne 10000 Windows Future

Halyk Kenneth amp Lesia 6500

Honour of 65th anniversary

Mykytyshyn John 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Sushko Orysia 10000

In memory- Peter Kopiak

Cipywnyk Harold amp Sylvia 10000

In memory- Sister Elaine Wingerak

Smyrniw Dr Walter amp Lina 10000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Snisarenko Tamara 20000

In memory- Husband Victor 10 Yr repose

Zalitack Richard amp Brenda 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

KlemFrances 5000

In memory- Natalie Babich

Goy Luba 50000 Windows Future

Port Nelson United Church 10000 Sacred Places Tour

Migus Lucy 10000

In memory- Ronald Migus

Choma Darlene 10000 Windows Future

Evanetz Victor amp Eroslava 50000 Windows Future

Kinar Julia 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Natalie Babich

Kindraka Alex amp Margaret 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Nina Pawluk

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Peter Kopiak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Mary Pohoreski

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

MacPherson Helen 2500

In memory- Twin Sister Hilda Tuskey

Makarenko Rev William amp Larysa 40000 Windows Future

Semeniuk Jean Pierre amp Luba 5000

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 2500

In memory- Elaine Wingerak

Chmilenko Christine Senchuk amp Luke 50000 Windows Future

Senchuk Taras amp Natalie 50000 Windows Future

UWAC Lesia Ukr Br 1000000 Windows Future

Buciora Rev Jaroslaw amp Dobr Natalie 10000 Windows Future

Khomenko Margaret 20000 Windows Future

Taras Shevchenko Home for the Aged Seniorsrsquo Complex

190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom

Page 14: UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.VLADIMIR … 2018.pdfArchangels Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Selaphiel, Jehudiel, Barachiel, and Jeremiel was established at the beginning of the fourth

Taras Shevchenko Home for the Aged Seniorsrsquo Complex

190-194 Gage Avenue South

Hamilton Ontario L8M 3E2

Home for Living in Your Golden Years

(Directly across from Gage Park)

For information on apartment availability or to view -- please call

Fran Smith Property Manager ndash 905-548-8505 -- tarasshevchenko4gmailcom John Mykytyshyn President ndash 905-547-2414 --tarasjmgmailcom