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Cheesefare SundaySunday of Forgiveness

Great Vespers Vigil Divine Liturgy of St. John ChrysostomSaturday, February 10, 2018 Service begins on page 104 of the Green BookPsalm 103 “Bless the Lord, O My Soul” Version A Pg 104 Version with melodyLamp-Lighting Psalms & Great Incensation Tone 6 Pg 149 (Resurrection Tone)Hymns of Vespers Tone 6 Handout (Cheese-fare Sunday) O Joyful Light Pg 117Holy God (Trisagion) Version A Pg 27Prokeimenon Tone 8 Pg 219 (Cheese-fare Sunday)Alleluia Tone 6 Pg 219 (Cheese-fare Sunday)Let us Who Mystically Version A Pg 42Nicene Creed Version A Pg 51Holy, Holy, Holy Version A Pg 56We Praise You (Anamnesis) Version A Pg 58Magnification Pg 62 Our Father Tone 1 Pg 66Communion Hymn (Sunday) Version A Pg 78We Have Seen the True Light Version A Pg 82May Our Mouth Be Filled Version A Pg 84Blessed Be the Name Version A Pg 88

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Sunday of Meat-fareSunday, February 11, 2018Service begins on page 11 of the Green BookHymn of the Incarnation Version A Pg 183rd Antiphon Pg 22 Entrance Hymn Version A Pg 25Troparion Tone 3 Pg 135-136 (Resurrection Tone)Kontakion Tone 6 Pg 219 (Cheese-fare Sunday)Holy God Version A Pg 27Prokeimenon of Meat-fare Tone 8 Pg 219 (Cheese-fare Sunday)Alleluia of Meat-fare Tone 6 Pg 219 (Cheese-fare Sunday)Let us Who Mystically Version A Pg 42 Nicene Creed Version A Pg 51Holy, Holy, Holy Version A Pg 56We Praise You (Anamnesis) Version A Pg 58Magnification Pg 62Our Father Tone 1 Pg 66Communion Hymn (Sunday) Version A Pg 78We Have Seen the True Light Version A Pg 82May Our Mouth Be Filled Version A Pg 84Blessed Be the Name Version A Pg 88

This Week’s Liturgical ScheduleSun. 2/11 Cheesefare Sunday/ Sunday of Forgiveness Tone 3Sat. 4:00 PM Health of Sr. Christopher by Fr. Joe (Fr. David)Sun. 9:00 AM Parishioners of St. Stephen Cathedral (Fr. Diodoro) Vespers of Cheesefare Sunday/Forgiveness Vespers Follows the Divine Liturgy

Mon. 2/12 Pure Monday-First Day of Great Lent/ The Holy and Great Fast Our Holy Father Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch7:00 PM Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts (Fr. Diodoro)

Tue. 2/13 Our Venerable Father Martinian 9:00 AM Terce-Sext (Fr. Diodoro)

Wed. 2/14 Our Venerable Father Auxentius 7:00 PM Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts +Dmytro Kalenchuk by Daughter Mary Jean (Bishop John)

Thu. 2/15 The Holy Apostle Onesimus No Liturgical Services Tday

Fri. 2/16 The Holy Martyrs, the Presbyter Pamphilius, Porphyrius and their Companions7:30 PM Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Mr. & Mrs. Jose Vincente (Fr. Joe)Sat. 2/17 Commemoration of Miracle of Theodore the Recruit No Morning Sevices

Sun. 2/18 First Sunday of the Great Fast/Sunday of Orthodoxy (Sunday of Holy Icons)Sat. 3:00 PM Vespers of Great Lent (Fr. Joe)Sat. 4:00 PM Vigil Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (Fr. Joe)Sun. 9:00 AM Solemn Blessing of Tetrapod Icons by Bishop JohnProcession with Holy Icons & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great (Bishop John) David Kruse by Gilda & Michael Dougherty (Fr. David)

Special Intentions: Erwin Armada, Barbara Dugan, Joanie Mahar, Helen Furka, Vincent Rice,McCarthy Family, Gemma Hillman, Marti Lopez, Kathleen Linkowsky, Betty Geletey, Richard Gable, Robert King, Ann Ryan, Chris Faix, Robyn Foy and Elaine Browne, Mark Chapa, Mike Chapa and Iliana Villegas.

May the Lord rest His healing hand on His servants and hear their requests:Mary Rabayda, Jane Walsh, Steve Durkit, Dorothy Dumnich, Richard Reese, Chris Balsz, Sr. Christopher OSBM, Dorothy Bezeredi, Carlene Eneroth, Fred Way, Sharon White,

Nancy Sandrock, Marlene Rolling, Bob Dugan, Cathy Milko, Michael Dougherty, Widad Butty, Clementina Mendoza, Nicholas Stefaniak Sr., Mary Popovich, Dan Palaschak, Michael Sherwood, Christina Toth, Liz Kol, Evelyn Sopiak, Deacon Craig Anderson, Nicholas Toth, Michelle Montalvo, Nicholas Oprendek, Dennis Milko, Karen Kol, Gabriel Papke.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WELCOME TO SEMINARIAN DAVID VONDEROHE FROM OUR LADY OF WISDOMITALO-GREEK CHURCH IN LAS VEGAS- David will be with us at St. Stephen Cathedral until June to get some training before he enters SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Pittsburgh in August.

THANK YOU FROM SISTER CHRISTOPHER- The following is a note of thanksgiving from Sister Christopher:Dear Bishop John, Bishop Gerald, Priests, Parishioners and Friends: Thank you for your prayers, kindness and gifts during my hospital & rehabilitation center stay and for the farewell brunch. A Divine Liturgy will be offered at Mt. St. Macrina for your spe-cial intention. Thank you very much for your kindness.

Sr. Christopher

VALENTINE’S DAY BAKE SALE-February 11. Proceeds to benefit +Alice Garcia’s burial expens-es. Thank you for your kindness.

PARISH SUPER BOWL POOL FUNDRAISER- Thank you to those of you who participated in this fundraiser. Our goal was to take in $2,000.00 (100 squares at $20.00 each). We ended up filling 95 squares which brought in a total of $1900.00. The total winnings paid out to the four winners totaled $1,000.00 which leaves the church with a profit of $900.00. The $900.00 will go towards Lenten vestments. The winners of the pool were:1st Quarter: Peter Kostyun- $200.00 2nd Quarter: Michael Hanifan- $200.003rd Quarter: Nancy Hlebasko- $200.00 & Final Score: Kristina Danovich- $400.00

PIROHI & FISH FRY DINNERS TO RESUME? We are planning to have pirohi and fish fry din-ners during Great Lent on February 16, 23 & March 2, 9, 16 & 23. We are going to need a lot of volunteers to work the dinners. We are going to put out work schedule sheets and we need the help of you the parishioners to make the sacrifice of time and effort to help out. There is no doubt about it, having the pirohi and fish fry requires a lot of preparation and physical work. As parish-ioners we must look out for each other and try and help and make the work burden easier for each other. If we do not fill up the work list by Sunday, February 11 we will be forced to cancel the fish fry during Great Lent. This is why there is a question mark with this notice!

PRE-SANCTIFIED DIVINE LITURGY- Great Lent or the Great Fast begins on Monday, Febru-ary 12 and ends on Friday, March 23. The Pre-Sanctified Liturgy which is our primaryService during Great Lent will be celebrated on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM and on Fridays at 7:30 PM.

ANNOUNCEMENTS (CONTINUED)

LENTEN SOUP DINNER ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21- On Wednesday, February 21 we will have a presentation given to us by a theologian, Michael Crowe of St. John Chrysostom Byzan-tine Catholic Church in Seattle, Washington. The presentation will be:“How the Scientific Account of Creation Proves the Existence of God”.

MONDAY SOUP DINNERS DURING GREAT LENT BEGINNING ON MONDAY,FEBRUARY 19 UNTIL MONDAY, MARCH 19- Lenten reflections begin or Byzantine Bible Study begins at 6:30 PM for 45 minutes followed by soup dinner. Reflection on Matthew’s pas-sages on Christ’s Passion and Resurrection.

CHEESE-FARE SUNDAY (FORGIVENESS SUNDAY) VESPERS, MEATLESS POT LUCK& BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES CAKE SOCIAL:Today, Sunday, February 11, (Cheese-Fare Sunday) the day before Great Lent begins we have Di-vine Liturgy at 9:00 AM followed by Forgiveness Vespers for the Beginning of Great Lent.After the Forgiveness Vespers we will have the Cheese-fare Meatless Pot Luck followed by the Parishioners February Birthdays & Anniversaries Cake Social.

COVERAGE OF OUR LADY OF WISDOM ITALO-GREEK CHURCH IN LAS VEGAS- As most of you know by now, Bishop John and the clergy here at the Cathedral and the Eparchial Offices have been going up to Las Vegas to take care of Our Lady of Wisdom during the illness and subsequent death of +Archimandrite Francis Vivona. We ask you to keep the parishioners of Our Lady of Wisdom and the hierarchy and clergy who will continue to serve the parish until a perma-nent pastor or administrator is appointed by Bishop John in your prayer. Here is a revised sched-ule of the dates when our clergy will be serving at Our Lady of Wisdom:February 10- February 12: Fr. Joe February 16- February 18: Fr. DiodoroFebruary 23- February 25: Msgr. Kevin March 2- March 11: Fr. JoeMarch 16- March 18: Msgr. Kevin March 23- April 3: Fr. Diodoro

ST. STEPHEN CATHEDRAL GREAT LENT MISSION: MARCH 3 – MARCH 7Our March 50th Jubilee Anniversary Event for our parish will be a parish mission directed by Archpriest David Petras. The theme of the mission will be “The Cross in the Life of Christians”.

The parish mission will begin on Saturday, March 3 with the 3:00 PM Vespers followed by the Di-vine Liturgy and conclude on Wednesday, March 7 with the 7:00 PMPre-Sanctified Liturgy. Archpriest Petras will preach at the Liturgies on Saturday and Sunday, the Services on Monday and Tuesday, and at the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy on Wednesday. Confession times will also be scheduled during the parish mission. The parish mission gives us a wonderful opportunity to prepare for Our Lord’s Resurrection on Pascha. More information concerning the parish mission will be published in future parish bulletins.

This Week’s Candle Intention

Eternal Lamp- +Fr. Francis Vivona Resurrection: Seminarian David Vonderohe

Our Weekly Gifts to the Lord—May the Lord bless your kindness and generosity!Saturday: 4 PM: 15/ 9 AM: 136

Tithes: $2418.45 Candles: $80.25 Holydays: $415.00 Gift Shop: $4.00 Coffee Social: $3.00Total: $2,501.70

Coming Events – Mark Your Calendars

Thursday, February 15- Byzantine Bible Study at 6:00 PM in Parish Hall

Saturday, February 17- Marriage Preparation Class at 1:00 PM in Parish Conference Room

Sunday, February 18- Parish 50th Jubilee Committee Meeting after 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy

Wednesday, February 21- Lenten Soup Dinner with Theological Presentation by Theologian Michael Crowe from St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church, Seattle WAafter the Pre-Sanctified Divine Liturgy.

Sunday, February 25- “Heart to Heart” Evangelization Seminar for Parishioners and ClergyFollowing the 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy. Presentation to given by Fr. Joe

Monday, February 26- Pascha (Easter Bread) Baking begins at 8:00 AM (Volunteers Needed)

Friday, March 16-GCU Matching Funds Rummage Sale for Painting of Church Exterior & Bell 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Saturday, March 17- GCU Rummage Sale for Painting of Church Exterior & Bell 8 AM – 1 PM

THE HOLY AND GREAT FAST

All days of the Great Fast are days of Alleluia, unless otherwise noted. (Days of Alleluia are days that the Divine Liturgy are not be celebrated, because we fast from praying the Anaphora). On each day, the schedule of services begins with Matins in the morning to Vespers on the evening of the day itself. However, the commemoration of the saint is anticipated as usual. Therefore, the stichera for the saint sung at Vespers are those of the saint whom we remember on the following day. During the Great Fast, prostrations are taken at the end of Vespers and Matins.

The Great Fast is our penitential preparation for the great feast of Pascha (Passover). As such, it is one of the most ancient parts of the liturgical year. Its forty days symbolizes the forty years the Israelites wandered in the desert, while the Divine Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified Gifts is the fulfill-ment of the promise of the manna, as St. John wrote, “So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you it was not Moses who gave bread from heaven; my Father give you the true bread from heaven (John 6:32)”. In the Great Fast, we imitate Jesus our Lord who fasted for forty days in the desert following his baptism. The feast of Pascha was also the time for baptisms, and so the Great Fast was a time of preparation for baptism. Our observance of the Great Fast, therefore, is a renewal of our baptismal fervor.

During the First Week of the Great Fast, at Vespers, we read the story of the fall of Adam and Eve.

In the Great Fast, abstinence from meat, fish, dairy products, alcohol and foods cooked in oil was prescribed for all days, except days of mitigation. All Saturdays and Sundays, February 24, March 9, Wednesday to Friday of the Fifth Week, the Pre-festive Day and Otdanije (Leave-taking) of An-nunciation were mitigations from wine and oil. The Feast of the Annunciation (March 24) and Palm Sunday were general mitigations. The Ruthenian Metropolia prescribes strict abstinence (from meat and dairy products) on the First Monday of the Great Fast (Pure Monday) and on Great & Holy Friday, and abstinence from meat on all Wednesdays and Fridays.

Sunday of Cheese-fare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise

As we begin the Great Fast, the Church reminds us of Adam’s expulsion from Paradise. God com-manded Adam to fast (Gen. 2:16), but he did not obey. Because of their disobedience, Adam and Eve were cast out of Eden and lost the life of blessedness, knowledge of God, and communion with Him, for which they were created. Both they and their descendants became heirs of death and cor-ruption.

Let us consider the benefits of fasting, the consequences of disobedience, and recall our fallen state. Today we are invited to cleanse ourselves of evil through fasting and obedience to God. Our

fasting should not be a negative thing or a mere abstention from certain foods. It is an opportunity to free ourselves from the sinful desires and urges of our fallen nature, and to nourish our souls with prayer, repentance, to participate in church services, and partake of the life-giving Mysteries of Christ.

At Forgiveness Vespers we sing: “Let us begin the time of fasting in light, preparing ourselves for spiritual efforts. Let us purify our soul, let us purify our body. As we abstain from food, let us ab-stain from all passion and enjoy the virtues of the spirit....”

CHEESE-FARE SUNDAY/ FORGIVENESS SUNDAY

EPISTLE: ROMANS 13:11b-14:4

And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual im-morality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

GOSPEL: MATTHEW 6:14-21

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Sunday of Cheese-fare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise

As we begin the Great Fast, the Church reminds us of Adam’s expulsion from Paradise. God com-manded Adam to fast (Gen. 2:16), but he did not obey. Because of their disobedience, Adam and Eve were cast out of Eden and lost the life of blessedness, knowledge of God, and communion with Him, for which they were created. Both they and their descendants became heirs of death and cor-ruption.

Let us consider the benefits of fasting, the consequences of disobedience, and recall our fallen state. Today we are invited to cleanse ourselves of evil through fasting and obedience to God. Our fasting should not be a negative thing or a mere abstention from certain foods. It is an opportunity to free ourselves from the sinful desires and urges of our fallen nature, and to nourish our souls with prayer, repentance, to participate in church services, and partake of the life-giving Mysteries of Christ.

At Forgiveness Vespers we sing: “Let us begin the time of fasting in light, preparing ourselves for spiritual efforts. Let us purify our soul, let us purify our body. As we abstain from food, let us ab-stain from all passion and enjoy the virtues of the spirit....”

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Forgive, So That You May Be Forgiven

Cheese-fare Sunday / Sunday of Forgiveness February 11, 2018Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him Forever! Welcome to Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral. We are delighted you have come to pray with us. Our Church follows the teachings of Jesus Christ as found in the Gospel and passed on to us through the teachings of the Holy Apostles and Holy Tradition.

Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral8141 North 16th Street, Front Sunday Divine Liturgy Phoenix, Arizona 85020-3950 Saturday 4:00 PM Office: 602.943.5379 Fax 602.997.4093 Sunday 9:00 AM Website www.stsbcc.org Weekday Services See BulleServed by: Most Rev. John S. Pazak, CSsR., Bishop

Most Reverend Gerald N. Dino, Bishop EmeritusVery Rev. Diodoro Mendoza, Rector – rectorss@eparchyofphoenix.org

Rev. Joseph Hutsko, Vice-Rector – huts1009@gmail.comVery Rev. Archpriest David M. Petras, Retired

Msgr. Kevin McAuliffe, In ResidenceDeacon John Montalvo - Deacon James Danovich - Deacon Adam Lowe

Parish Advisory Council Served by: Parish Finance Council Served by:Mary Beth Foster Sean Grimes Peyton Becktold John Surmay Dolores Sugent Jessica Kotyun Joanie Mahar Basil Rabayda Joan Wolfe Nicholas Stefaniak IIISimon Marmol Ann Zlamal Jennifer Landis Msgr. Kevin McAuliffe