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26401 ST. JOSAPHAT DRIVE • WARREN, MI 48091 Rectory & Office: 586-755-1740 • Fax: 586-755-1399

www.stjoschurch.com • Email: stjucch@aol.com Parish Centre: 586-758-7711 • www.stjosaphatbanquets.com

Email: stjosaphathall@aol.com

Pastor: Fr. Mario Dacechen, OSBM Cell: 917-842-2819 • Email: madario88@gmail.com

Assistant: Fr. Walter Rybicky, OSBM Cell: 586-457-3314 • Email: FrWalterR@yahoo.com

Office Hours: Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. Sundays 9:30 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.

(Office is closed for lunch 12:00 –1:00 p.m.)

IC Schools: 586-574-2480 • www.icschools.org / www.icschools.net

REGULAR SCHEDULE OF DIVINE LITURGIES Sunday: (Ukrainian) 8:30, 10:00 a.m.; (English) 12:00 noon.

Saturday: (Ukrainian) 8:30 a.m.; (English) 4:00 p.m. Weekdays: (Ukrainian) 8:30 a.m.

Holy Days & Obligatory Feasts: (Ukr.) 9:00 and (Eng.) 7:00 p.m. Confessions - During Liturgies

Saturday 4:00pm, Sunday 8:30, 10:00 & 12:00 and all Holy Days

To arrange for Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Communion & Funerals - call the Office first. For Weddings make an appointment with the Pastor, at least 6 months ahead.

VOL. 55 / NO. 53 • SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS • TONE 6 • DECEMBER 31, 2017

Troparion:

Your voice resounds throughout the world

which has accepted the lessons so well

taught by you. You have gotten explanation

to divine truths. You have clarified the

nature of created things. You made a rule

of life for men. By your royal priesthood,

O venerable father Basil, intercede with

Christ to save our souls.

Troparion:

O Jesus, enthroned on high together with

Your eternal Father and Divine Spirit, You

condescended to be born on earth of a

maiden and virgin mother. And on the eighth

day, You were circumcised. Glory be to

Your most noble decision; glory be to Your

plan of salvation; glory be to Your

condescension, O Lord; You alone love

mankind.

Troparion:

At Your baptism in the Jordan, O Lord,

worship of the Trinity was revealed, for the

Father's voice bore witness to You, calling

You His beloved Son, and the Spirit in the

form of a dove confirmed the truth of these

words. O Christ God, Who appeared and

enlightened the world, glory be to You!.

Tropar: Po Vsij zemli prolunav Tvij holos i vona

pryjn]la Tvo= slovo, ]kym Ty pobowno

nav;av: Ty po]snyv pryrodu stvorinn]

i zvy;a\ l[ds/ki vpor]dkuvav. Cars/ke

sv]'enstvo, ot;e prepodobnyj Vasyli[!

Moly Xrysta Boha za spasinn] duq na'yx.

Tropar:

Na prestoli vohnennim, perebuva[;y

na nebi z bezpo;atkovym Otcem i

bowestvennym Tvo\m Duxom, blahoizvolyv

Ty, Isuse, rodytys] na zemli vid

neporo;no\ Divy, Tvo=\ Materi, tomu, ]k

l[dyna vos/mydenna, pryjn]v Ty zakonnu

pryznaku. Slava vsemylostyvomu Tvo=mu

zadumovi. Slava provydinn[ Tvo=mu! Slava

voplo;enn[ Tvo=mu, =dynyj :olovikol[b;e!.

Tropar:

Koly v Jordani xrystyvs] Ty, Hospody,

Tro\;ne z']vylos/ pokloninn]: holos Otc]

svid;yv pro Tebe, nazyva[;y Tebe

ul[blenym Synom, Dux we u vyhladi

holuba potverdwuvav ci slova. Hospody,

qo z']vyvs] i svit posvityv, - slava Tobi.

Kondak: Z']vyvs] Ty s/ohodni vselennij i svitlo

Tvo=, Hospody, oprominylo nas. Piznavqy

Tebe spiva=mo: Ty pryjqov i po]vyvs]

- Svitlo nedostupne.

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LITURGIES FOR THE WEEK

Sunday, December 31, 2017 New Year's Eve Gal. 1: 11-19; Mt. 2: 13-23 (Mol. st. 217, 469) (Prayer Bk pg. 223, 479) 9:00 — Liturgy of Thanksgiving

6:00p.m. — Liturgy of Thanksgiving

Monday, January 01, 2018 New Years Day Circumcision - St. Basil the Great (Mol. st. 471) (Pr Bk pg. 482) Col. 2: 8-12; Lk. 2: 20-21, 40-52

9:00a.m. #2246 Health & God's Blessings

for Fr. Basil Salkovski, OSBM and all the clergy Prayer Families: Z. Kisil / R. Nestorowicz Tuesday, January 02, 2018 (St. Sylvester)

Heb. 12: 25-26, 13: 22-25; Mk. 10: 2-12

8:30 #2182 + Maria Diakiw — A. Florchuk

#2072 + Eugenia Kostiuk — D. Halushka Prayer Families: C. Kizyma / I. Nestorowicz

Wednesday, January 03, 2018 (St. Malachi)

James 1: 1-18; Mk. 10: 11-16

8:30 #2621 ++ Bohdan, Maria & Wolodymyr — B. Kruczak

#2384 + Ed Milowski — R. & S. Bologna Prayer Families: M. Kizyma / M. Nestorowich

Thursday, January 04, 2018 (Synaxis of 70 Apostles)

James 1: 19-27; Mk. 10: 17-27

8:30 #1878 + Jaroslaw Karpinsky — S. & M. Piwtorak

Ukrainian Village 11:00 #1899 + Iwan Weliczko — M. & R. Baranyk Prayer Families: I. Klepach / L. Nestorowich

First Friday, January 05, 2018 Confessions Eve of Theophany (Mol. st. 476) (Pr Bk pg. 488) 1 Cor. 9: 19-27; Lk. 3: 1-18

9:00 #2620 Health & God's Blessings for Melenchuk, Prybylo,

Lafinchuk and Slobodian Family Members

— R. Prybylo

9:30 Small Water Blessing *5:00-6:00pm Silent Adoration of the Holy Eucharist

*7:00pm Liturgy / Mother’s Prayers / Healing Service Prayer Families: Y. Klepach / L. Nestorowich

First Saturday, January 06, 2018 Confessions Epiphany (Mol. st. 481) (Pr Bk pg. 492) Tit. 2: 11-14, 3: 4-7; Mt. 3: 13-17

9:00 Liturgy / Rosary

#2369 Health & God's Blessings for Mordowanec,

Pszenyczny & Kuclo Family Members

9:30 Great Water Blessing

4:00p.m. #2241+ Frieda Stubenvoll — Schaller Family Prayer Families: Z. Klepach / I. Nehaniv

Altar Cleaning

Millie Stachowski and Lorraine Short

Sunday, January 07, 2018 Eph. 4: 7-13; Mt. 4: 12-17 (Mol. st. 218, 484) (Prayer Bk pg. 224, 495) 8:30 #2403 Health & God's Blessings for John, Myrosia,

Maksym, Andri & Angela — Kloka 10:00 — For The Parish 12:00 #2338 + Dolores Tyro & Mary L. Fairchild — Tyro Family

Dear Parishioners,

You will be remembered

in the Novena for Peace and Blessings for 2018

during the Divine Liturgies celebrated in our church

from January 2nd to January 10th.

Dorohi Parafi]ny

Budemo molytys] za vsix vas -

dev']tnyc[ za myr i blahoslovenn] 2018 roku

pid;as Bowestvennyx Sv]tyx Liturhij u cerkvi

vid 2-ho do 10-ho si;n].

Please place your intention for the Novena

in the basket located near the Nativity,

by the Bethlehem Light in our church.

Prosymo postavyty vaqi namirann]

na dev']tnyc[ v koшyk pry vertepi

kolo v Vyfly=ms/koho Svitla.

The Staff and Parishioners of St. Josaphat Church

would like to wish

Fr. Mario Dacechen, OSBM

Fr. Walter Rybicky, OSBM

Fr. Roman Hykavy, OSBM

Fr. Daniel Schaicoski, OSBM

and all the clergy

of the Order of St. Basil the Great

Happy Feast Day and Mnohaya Lita!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2018

Wishing our Parishioners, their families and friends

God’s blessings for a healthy, happy, safe and prosperous New Year!

Bawa=mo Naqym parafi]nam,

\xnim rodynam i pry]telam Bowyx lask qaslyvoho, veseloho

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from Fr. Mario

I would like to thank the following

for their constant support:

Fr. Walter Rybicky -for being my Assistant here at our rectory and church. Roma Remeniuk - for handling office duties and creating the weekly bulletins, flyers, tickets, etc. Irene Maciborski - for handling office duties and heading the Sunflower Festival Maria Kalba - for being the rectory cook and housekeeper Irene Erard - for being the parish bookkeeper Jo Shalay - for managing the banquet center Rosemary Sobol and Banquet Staff - for assisting Jo Shalay Boris Dorosz and Dave Scott - for handling all the indoor maintenance and landscaping outside Fr. Bogdan Rybchuk - for helping out with serving the weekly Liturgies Fr. Roman Hykavy - for his exceptional dedication to our community Sr. RoseAnn Bukaczyk - for preparing the children for First Solemn Communion For the responders during the Liturgies: Sr. RoseAnn, Mr.& Mrs Kornelyuk, Michael Goshko, Lily Litynskyj, Lesia Florchuk, Olya Bej, Olya Terleckyj, Pavlo Weliczko, Steven Schaller and Matthew Wroblewski. The Altar Boys for serving during the liturgies The 10am and 12noon Church Choirs - for their dedication and singing the Sunday liturgies Orest Sowirka and Zachary Gala for preparing and running the Tuesday evening Faith Formation classes The Ushers - for their help in church during Liturgies Our Lady of Perpetual Help Soldality for organizing and running the White Elephant Sale for their weekly cleaning of the church for changing the linens in the church for helping out with decorating the church for Christmas for generous donations throughout the year Mothers in Prayers for their weekly cleaning of the church for changing the linens in the church Marishka Druzina Zavarnycia for helping with changing the linens in church for helping out with decorating the church for Christmas for generous donations throughout the year Knights of Columbus for sponsoring the weekly Faith Formation classes for the Food Drive and the Pancake Breakfast for the annual Thanksgiving Day Dinner for the Needy Maria Kushnir - for mending clergy vestments Christine Lash-Farion - for laundering and ironing the embroidered altar towlettes Anna Kravetz and her Helpers - for their beautiful flower arrangements for the church Michael Dorosz for heading the Steak Our Dinners and snow plowing during the winter season Ann Nordstrom for heading the annual Fish Fry Dinners Fish Fry/Steak Out Volunteers for all their hard work Sunflower Festival Volunteers for all their hard work Also to all the Parishioners for their support and prayers.

The Naming of Our Lord Jesus Christ

- St. Basil the Great,

Theophany The Naming of Our Lord Jesus Christ

On the 8th day after His birth, Jesus was circumcised

and named according to the precepts of the Jewish law

prescribed in Genesis 12; 10, and Leviticus 12; 3 as a sign

of God's covenant with Abraham. After this ritual, he is

given the name 'Yeshua-Jesus'-He who rescues-delivers

-Yahweh saves.'. In Scripture, the name also indicates a

function. Jesus is the Savior of the world. The Lord

underwent this ritual to fulfill the precepts of the Jewish

law, and that He truly assumed human flesh.

The ritual of circumcision would give way to Baptism

which it prefigured (Colossians 2; 11-12). When we are

baptized and are part of the New Covenant-the Church. At

baptism we are given a name to remind us that we have

entered the New Covenant with God. The name 'Christian'

is a sign of mankind's entrance into a New Covenant with

God.

St. Basil the Great 329-379

St. Basil was born in 329 in Cappadocia in Asia Minor

(modern Turkey) to virtuous, wealthy parents, St. Basil the

Elder and St. Emelia. Basil visited various monasteries in

Egypt, Palestine, and Syria to learn about the monastic life.

Basil sold his possessions and divided the proceeds among

the poor and with a small group of friends he established a

monastic community not far from his family's estate at

Anesi in the province of Pontus. They lived and prayed

together as a community. He established the Long Rules

and Short Rules, of monastic life based on the Evangelical

Counsels. He established many monastic communities and

used his inheritance to help the poor and established

hospitals called 'Basiliades'. Basil's idea of monasticism

would become a school of Christian perfection and would

later be adopted by St. Benedict in the West.

Basil would be ordained priest, and in 370 he was

consecrated bishop of Caesaria in Cappadocia, directing his

work to unity of the Church, fighting the Arian heresy

which denied the divinity of Christ, and strengthening the

Christian spirit in the faithful. He achieved this by

composing a treatise on the divinity of the Holy Spirit,

introduced strict discipline among his clergy, organized

charitable institutions and revived liturgical worship. He

died on January 1, 379, and his imprint on the Church

remains to this day. Justly, he was named 'the Great'.

The Holy Theophany of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus

Christ

'The earth, O Word of God, has been made holy by

Your holy birth; the heavens with the stars proclaimed Your

glory. Now water's nature is blessed by Your bodily

baptism and earthborn's race has returned again to its

former higher estate.'

"God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all." (1

John 1; 5) The feast of the Theophany-the revelation of

God-is sometimes called the 'Feast of Lights', and is

connected with the Nativity. Jesus Christ, the Son of God is

December 31, 2017 St. Josaphat, Warren, Michigan Page 4

Alexandra Kostyniuk, Natalia Hewko, Chrystyna Kozak,

Irena Schatz, Christina Pichurko, George Bojcuniak,

Eugenia Bojanowski, Marta Tomkiw, John Kloka,

Vasyl Makara, Vitalij Hlynskyy, Oksana Shtokalo,

Ivan Polovka, Alexander Plichota, Vitaliy Terletsky,

Solomiya Zadorozhnyy

Best Wishes, Health, Happiness and God's Blessings.

Happy Birthday

Mnoha] Lita!

Names printed are for birthdays for this week — from Sunday thru Saturday

the Light of the world and the 'Sun of Righteousness' is God

made flesh, revealed to the world. The Theophany is the

baptism of Jesus and the revelation of the Trinity. 'He who

covers Himself with light as a garment…today is covered

by the streams of the Jordan.' Jesus had no need for clean-

sing, but He does so in order to regenerate us. One of the

ancient names for baptism was 'Photismos', or

'Enlightenment'. Jesus Christ is the Light and brought us

the light of the knowledge of God, through the sacramental

mystery of Baptism which washes away our sins and makes

us members of the Church.

In our Ukrainian Christian tradition, the waters are

solemnly blessed in a solemn elaborate ceremony after the

Divine Liturgy, either in the church or on the bank of a lake

or river. The faithful bring the blessed water home, bless

their homes and farms and livestock with it, and later ask

the priest to come and bless the home. The faithful partake

of during the Schedrij Vechir-Abundant-Generous

Eve-Supper. The blessing of the waters liturgically and

ritually celebrate Jesus' Baptism, and reminds us of our

baptism. Also we are reminded of the baptism or

Rus'-Ukraine by Grand Prince Volodymyr the Great. The

River Dnipro in which the people of Kyiv were baptized

became the 'Ukrainian Jordan'.

Calender of Events

Feb 2nd……….. Blessing of Candles - 9:00a.m. liturgy

Feb 12th………. First Day of Lent

Feb 16th………. First Friday - Fish Fry at St. Josaphat Hall

Mar 23rd ……… Last Friday - Fish Fry at St. Josaphat Hall

Mar 25th …….. Palm Sunday - Annunciation of BVM

April 1st ……… Easter

April 15th…….. Sviatchene at 1:30pm at St. Josaphat Hall

St. Josaphat and Immaculate Conception Churches

cordially invite you to the Prosphora Dinner

Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 1:30p.m. at the St. Josaphat Banquet Centre

Adults - $25.00 Children - $12 (16 yrs & under)

Tickets available in both church offices.

Deadline: January 8, 2018

Spil/na Prosfora

u nedil[, 14-ho si;n] 2018 - hod. 1:30p.p.

u parafi]l/nomu oseredku sv. Josafata Kvytky - $25.00 dl] doroslyx

$12 - Dity do 16 rokiv

Kvytky mowna prydbaty v cerkovnyx kancel]ri]x

do 8-ho si;n]

**** Help Wanted ****

We are looking for someone to fill the position for a

fulltime Office Administrator with preferred previous

office experience. Computer experience and multitasking is

a plus. Please submit your resume at office@metrictool.net.

Please no phone calls.

Elderly Care Needed

We are looking for someone to help an English speaking elderly woman with cooking, cleaning, laundry and personal care. Needed for daily visits and some evenings and nights. For more information, please call Darlene at 586-295-4123.

I would like to sincerely

thank all the Ladies of Our Lady

of Perpetual Help for all their

hard work this year.

For their constant dedication of cleaning the altar every

week and strive to keep our parish moving.

For helping out at the Fish Fry dessert table by bringing

in baked goods or selling. For the long hours and hard work

in preparing for the White Elephant Sale this past summer

which was a success. With that, we were able to purchase a

new Christmas tree for the church and make donations to

the church for renovation and energy.

We are looking for new members to join the Sodality,

so if you are interested, please contact our church office for

more information.

Karen Holowchak

OLPH President

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