OCTOBER ,1967

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FEAST OP THE HOLY THEOTOKOS PROTECTION

On October 14, our church celebrates the Feast of the HolyThootokos Protect ion. Even though i t is not one of the twelve majorfeasts of the year, this feast is always celebrated. Many circlesof Serbian Sisters bear its name ".Po^oj2. Er^osvctc Bogorodice^ orProtection of the Blessed Virgin. ^EIs feast is the Patron oainto f our Canton o i rc le o f Serb ian S is ter^_

The event commomorated on, this day, hajxp^enod in the year 903 A»D«The Byzantine Empire was being invaded by its enemies and the cityof Constantinople was in great danger. An al l-night vigi l servicewas ho ld in one o f i ts churches. Dur ing th is serv ice , a s t range andv/ondorful vision was seen by a man, called Andrev;, who happened tobe standing in the crowd. Ho sav/ Mary, the Mother of Our Lord,surrounded by angel's and- saints, entering the- Church, :walking as ifon air, above the people. She stopped before the Royal Doors, whoreshe prayed for a long while. -Tearsran down-hcr face as she prayed*As she turned tov/ard the people, she took off tbic vei l that coveredher head and spread it in a gesture of- protection over the heads ofthe people. The veil glistened and shone as bright as the sunshine.

Andrew v/atchcd this protect ing vei l unt i l the Thootokos becameinvis ib le. He spoke to the people in the Church, encouraged themand comforted thorn. The enemy v/ithd^id-Sv-without destroying the city.

■Mary,''the Mother 'of-Our-'Lord, Mary the Thootokos prays ;for us,also. The vision/.vhich was soon by Andrew holds true for all timesand for us today. ' As^'^jrou know; Mary is the Mother whoso heart brokeas she s tood a t t he C ross and v /a t chcd he r Son i n H i s agony, dy ingf o r a l l o f u s . I s ' i t h o ' w o n d e r t h e n , t h a t H i s M o t h e r i s t h e H v l o t h c rof all mankind,, .of all. of us*?, Is it no wonder that she still praysfor us, sheds 'tears' for us,' for all our sins and misdeeds? -Yes,s h e i s t r u l y t h G _ , M o t h e r o f , a l l . o f u s .

N O T E :

All v/ho arc free on Saturday, October' 14, shoulda t t e n d t h e D i v i n e L i t u r g y a t 9 : 0 0 a . m . I t i s t h e l e a s t\ i c can do to show ou r l ove fo r God , and o f f e r humb let h a n k s f o r t h e P r o t e c t i o n o f t h e B l e s s e d M o t h e r o f G o d *

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b l V I N j ^ L I T U R G Y O F

T h e A n t i p h o n s

( F a r t Tw o )

T h e g r e a t L i t a n y i s f o l l o w y d b y t h r e e A n t i p h o n s a n d t w o S h o r tLitanies betv/eon them. The Greek word antiphoneo moans "I Respond;"hence ant iphon is the a l ternate chant ing o f two cantors . They chantin turn cither versos from the Psalms, or Church hymns. In Serbian,i t i s a n t l f o n .

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In those Antiphons, the liturgioal drama is being.developed stepby step. Tho^ First Antiphon glorifies God as before the ii-dvent ofJesus Christ,* the Second Aetiphon dwells on the hyst.ry of theIncarnat ion, and the Third / in t iphon deals wi th the miss ionary work ofJ e s u s C h r i s t .

The F i r s t An t i phon . cons i s t s o f t he Psa lm-103 , i n -wh i ch t he Nameof God is g lor ified, .as w'e l l as His mercy and r ighoousnoss. Usual ly,only the first verse of the Psalm is chanted, prefaced by theg l o r i fi c a t i o n o f t h e . H o l y T r i n i t y . '

The Second Antiphon consists of the Psalm 146 and the hymndedicated to the Only-Bcgotton Son of God. The hymn is prefaced byt h e g l o r i fi c a t i o n o f t h e H o l y T r i n i t y . I t p o i n t s o u t t h e s a l i e n tfac ts in the luys tc ry o f the Incarna t ion . The -compos i t ion o f th iss i g n i fi c a n t h y m n i s a t t r i b u t e d t o t h e B y z a n t i n e E m p e r o r J u s t i n i a n(527-565). Usually, the Psalm 146 is omitted from the Second imtiphona n d o n l y t h i s h y m n i s s u n g .

The Third Antiphon consists of eight hymns, of which number thefi r s t s i x a r c p r o f a o o d b y t h e B c a t i t u d c s - - t h c i n t r o d u c t o r y p a r t o four Lord's Sermon on the iviount (iit. 5:7-12). The last two hymns arcp r e f a c e d b y t h e g l o r i fi c a t i o n o f t h e H o l y Tr i n i t y. T h c ' s u b j e c t m a t t e ro f t h o s e e i g h t - h y m n s i s b a s e d u p o n t h e p r o p h e c i d s o f t h e O l d Te s t a m e n tconcerning the Incarnat ion of our Lord and bis salutary work.

Wni lo thc Ant iphons arc be ing chanted, the pr ies t secret ly prays.The sub jcc f mat te r o f h is p rayers i s c lose ly re la ted to thc sub jec tm a t t e r o f t h c r e s p e c t i v e A n t i p h o n s . T h u s , i n h i s fi r s t p r a y e r, t h cpr iest suppl icates for God's mercy and char i ty ; in thc Second Ant iphon,for the Salvat ion which came through thc Incarnate Lord; and, in thcThird Ant iphon, ho prays for a proper understanding of the d iv inet r u t h , w h i c h i s r e v e a l e d i n t h c t e a c h i n g o f o u r L o r d .

A f t e r t h e f o u r t h h y m n o f t h e T h i r d A n t i p h o n , t h c p r i e s t o p e n s t h cr o y a l d o o r s , s o t h a t t h c f a i t h f u l m a y f e a s t t h e i r e y e s u p o n t h e i n n e rm y s t e r y . O p e n i n g o f t h e r o y a l d o o r s s i g n i fi e s t h a t o u r L o r d J o s u sChrist by His Advent into this world opened the gates of thc iCingdom

of licavon to th^vfaithful people. Tt is' also' a rcmiftd^r that theheavens v /er - .e opbhcd at the bapt ism of pur Lore" . Jesus; Chr is t 'a t ther iver Jordan^ just before He launched upon Lis missionary work. Thepr iest takes the Holy Gospel , v /h ich is ly ing on the holy table, ande rec t s i t . I t i s ano the r symbo l i c ac t man i f es t i ng t he bod i l y p resenceo f o u r L o r d i n t h i s w o r l d . I t v ; i l l s t a n d e r e c t o n t h e h o l y t a b l e ,e x c e p t v / h c n i t w i l l b e . , u s e d , u n t i l t h e e n d o f t h e l i t u r g i c a l d r a m a ,w h e n o u r L o r d ' s d o p a r r u r e T f r ' d n i t h i s w o r l d . . w i l l b e s y m b o l i c a l l yre -onc . - " t cd . T 'hep , the Ho ly ' Gospe l . . .w i l l be ' l a id down aga in . - -

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I t s h o u l d b o r e m e m b e r e d t h a t t h i s o r d e r o f t h e A n t i p h o n s i sp r e s c r i b e d f o r c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h c - H o . l y L i t u r g y. d u r i n g t h e , v / h o l o y e a r - - -e x c e p t o n t h e g r e a t h o l i d a y s o f t h e L o r d . I n t h o s e d a y s , a l l t h ethroe Ai i t iphons are rop lacod by spec ia l ant iphonal versos, se lectedf r o m t h e O l d Te s t a m e n t a n d s u i t e d f o r e a c h o c c a s i o n . O n l y t h e . h y m n . - i .■honoring the Only-Bcgotton Son of God (in the Second Antiphon) isa l w a y s a d d e d t o t h e v e r s o s p r e s c r i b e d f o r t h e S e c o n d A n t i p h o n .

The Short Li tany, which is said bctv/eon the Ant iphons, is dcsignot o i n t e n s i f y t h e p r a y e r f u l d i s p o s i t i o n o f l h c w o r s h i p p e r. - I t c o n s i s t so f t w o s h o r t p e t i t i o n s ' , o n e s e l f - d e d i c a t i o n ' . t o t h e L o i - d , a r i d o n eg l o r i fi c a t i o n o f G o d . I t m a y b e n o t e d h e r o , ' t h a t a l l l i t a n i e s i n v a r ! - -a b l y e n d w i t h a g l o r i fi c a t i o n , w h i c h ' i s * e v e r y t i m e d i f f e r e n t i nw o r d i n g . T h u s , t h e G r e a t L i t a n y e n d s w i t h t h e g l o r i fi c a t i o n o f t h eHo ly Tr in i t y ; t ho - fi rs t Shor t L i t a r i y G : fo l l ow ing the F i r s t An t iphon)e n d s v j i t h t h o g l o r i fi c a t i o n o f t h e D b m l n i o x i , K i n g d o m , P o w e r, a n d t h og lo ry o f the Ho ly Tr in i t y ; and the Second Shor t L i tany ( fo l low ing tk .Second Ant lp j ipn) ends wi th the-g lor ificat ion of the goodness andl o v i n g k i n d n o s s o f G o d . .

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a n d l e a v e t h e p a s t b e h i n d , t h e y c a n n o t b a n i s h t h e s u n .T h a t - m u c h I h a v e c o u n t e d , s o r r o w A n d ^ t h c o a r t l i s h i n e s o u t t h e b r i g h

b u t p r o v e s t h a t t h o w o r l d i s k i n d ; w h e n t h o w e a r y r a i n i s d o n c eT h a t m a n y a fl o v / c r I l o n g e d f o r - Y I c s t a n d i n t h o d e e p e s t s o r r o w■ • . h a d a h i d d e n t h o r n o f p a i n , t o . s e c t h o c l e a r e s t l i g h t ,' x n d m a n y a r u g g e d b y p a t h A n d o f t e n - f r o m v / r o n g ' s ' o w n d r * ^ '

l e d t o fi e l d s o f r i p e n e d g r a i n . . c o m e s t h o v e r y s t r e n g t h o f r i g r i v

S o , t h e h e a r t f r o m t h e h a r d e s t t r i a lg a i n s t h o p u r e s t j o y o f a l l .

A n d f r o m l i p s t h a t h a v e t a s t e d s a d n e s s , ^t h e s w e e t e s t s o n g s w i l l f a l l .

F o r a s p e a c e c o m e s a f t e r s u f f e r i n g ,a n d l o v e i s r e w a r d o f p a i n ,

S o a f t e r e a r t h c o m e s h e a v e n ,a n d o u t o f o u r l o s s t h o g a i n .

IHE VENERABLE MOTHER PARASKEVA• - i h -

In the Orthodox calendar,-there are~1toe~--sainti5 by the name Paraskeva. TheFareskeva was of Serbi^ nationality. She is commemorated on October

liith, which is Octdber 27th according to .the new style.calendar.The second St.Paraskeva^was a martyr who. lived, and died in the 3rd century^ She is commemoratedon October 28 (Nov. IQth new style). T^. thirxi St. Paraskeva is the so-calledRoman. Paraskeya. In Serbian, she is called Trnova petka. She. died a martyr'sdeath in t|ie 2nd century. She, is commemorated on Juiy 26th (August "Sth new style).

m the Serbian Orthodox calendar, of the three saints' days only the day ofthe Serbiah St. Paraskevaregarded as a medium holiday. In the calendar, itIS a red-lettered holiday. The days of the other two saints are classified aslittle holidays (eve.iy-day^daints).

• , The Serbian saint, the V eherable ther Paraskeva is called in Serbian Prepo-dobna Mdti Paraskeva or .Sveta Petka. Many Serbian homes venerate her as theirp a t r o n s a i n t . ' • , , —

' , St. Paraskeva was.bprn.'in E iivat, in Thracia, .towards the end of the'lOth century. Her p'arents were: pious, peopl ^ and iiiey raised her in a truly Christian spirit.St. Parahkeya.,fervently prayed -regularly attended all church services. As adeeply reli^o»s"gi^;r,;.^h^ Ipyed-.d-jrei^dy,. but she was particularly charitabletowards the poorV^ had npthing';;to give to the poor, she used to" take offpieces of. her,garment,.and give them away.; .

_ l^ile St. P^askeya jfas still .a young girl,; her parents passed away, leaving! ^ inherit^ce because they were well—toi?do people. She promptly gaveaway the entire ,property, she inherited,from her-.parents,. and went'to Constantinople,the capital of-the Byzantine Empire. There,-she took the monastic vows in'thefamous cathedral of St. Sophia and dedicated herself to-an ascetic, life, which meansto a life of a.y®ry strict self—discipline, self-denial, constant fasting, prayerand meditatidrt. Aften a'#lil'e, she went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (pales-tine), where she visited all the holy places. During this-pilgrimage, St. Paraskeva decided to settle in the Holy Land. She withdrew in a desert near the riverJordan,, and there she spent stLmost her whole lifet as a;.hermi; jiirj prayer and fasting.

St.. Paraskeya decided to return to her nativeiland to die inher birthplace. Many.ha?i passed sinca-she left the' citylOffEpivat. Jfost ofthose who knew^her wheh^sbe was a young girl were idead. ^ So,; she lived;,her lastdays and died as a stranger.. Some time after.'her death,; somebody acuidentlyv dugout her grave found her body unspoiled, ^-though'she was sleeping^ Peopleregarded it a^ ,a sign that, she w^as a saint. . They took her body out of the graveend tr sferrbd it to/the loc j church. The Church canonized her, ("made'her:A saint)Many-sick people'were"" by praying'in the church where her 376-r a a i n s ' w e r e • l a f d ^ ^ o d t ! . . " ; . r • [ f , ' . ' r . - .

In 1238 the Bulgarian Emperor ordered that the remains"of St. Paraskeva betransferred to the city of Trnovo and deposited in a church .^speciallyibu'ilt forher. People flockedj.that church, praying for her intercession.^.r Mr ' "i

^Princess Militza, the widow of the famous Lazar ]^eb6l-battle'on Kossovo Field;, obtained pefsmission from the

Turkish Sultan arfd ..transferred her remains to Belgrade. In 1^21, Sultan Suleimanthe Second tr sferred her remains to Constantinople and deposited them in hispalace. In l6iil, her remains were transferred to the city of Jassy, in Rumania,where they are still reposing.

The, Orthodox Church glorifies .the memory of St. ParaskeVa'in the.church hymncalled tropar, in the following wayj

THE VENERftBLK MOTHER PAIUSKEVA (COWT^D)

"You fell in love vd.th "the quiet hermit life» You have "wholesheartedly followed the footsteps of your bridegroom Christ» inyour youth, you have taken upon yourself His praiseworthy yoke.You have armed yourself heroically with the emblem of the Crossagainst invisible enemies. , Tdu have extinguished the embers of ,passions with ascetic austerities, feating, prayers, and dropsof tears, 0 glorious Paraskeva. And now, standing together withthe wise virgins before Christ in heavenly mansions, intercedefor us who venerate your honorable memory".

prep. Petka —Paraskeva. 0va slavna svetiteljka bese srpskoga porekla, rodjenau gradu Epivatu (Pivat, po turski Boo^dos), izmedju Silinavrije i Carigrada.Roditelji sv. Petke behu imucni 1,pobozni hriscani, i osim Petke imadjahu iJednoga sina, Jevtimija, koji se za zivota roditelja zamonasi, i docnlje postaznameniti episkop Madotski. Po smrti roditelja devica Petka, vazda zeljna zivota podviznickog Hrista radi,,n^pusti.,dom,roditeljski i ode najpre u Carigrad,a ptom u pustinju Jordansku,.gde se^podvizavala do starosti svoje. Ko bi mogaoiskazati sve trudove, i patnje, i iskusenja demonska, koja pretrpe sv. petka utoku'mnogih godina? Pod starost javi, 30I se jednom angel Bozji i rece jog:"ostavi pustinju^'i Vrati se u tvoje otecestvoj potrebno je da tamo predas svojetelo £emlji, a dus6m da se preselis Gospddu".,Sv. Petka poslusa glas s^neba,ostavi omiljenu joj pustinju, i vrati'se u Epivat. Tu ona, prozive jos dve go-dine, opet u neprestanpm postu i molitvi, i qndaipredade duh svoj Bogu i preselise urajska naselja. Upokojila'se u XI stolecu. Mqsti njene cudotvorne u tokuvremena behu preno'sene: u Carigrad, u Trnpvp, p,a bpet u Carigrad, pa u Beograd.Sada se nalaze u Rumuniji, u gradu Jasu^ U Bebgradskom gradu nalazi se voda(agiazma) sv. Petke, koja cudotvorno leci sve one bolesnike, koji s verom uB o g a i l j u b a v i p r e m a o v o j s v e t i t e l j k i k n j b j p r i t i c u .

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E v e r y O r t h o d o x p a r i s h h a sI t s " f r e e - l o a d e r s " a n d s h i r k - .e r a w h o a r e r e a d y t o l e t o t he r s c a r r y t h e fi n a n c i a l b u r -d e n s o f m a i n t a i n i n g t h e p a r i s hand carrying on i ts work. "Passing the buck" may seem the r» :s h r e w d t h i n g t o d o , b u t i t i sd e fi n i t e l y n o t t h e C h r i s t i a nt h i n g t o d o . D o y o u h i d e b e h i n de x c u s e s a n d a l i b i v / h e n i t c o m e st o g i v i n g y o u r t i m e , c o n t r i b u ting" your Ihbor or means? Uusto t h e r s c a r r y y o u r b u r d e n s a n d

' o b l i g a t i o n s , t o o ? G O D s e e s w h a ty o u d o , e v e n i f y o u r f a m i l y a n df r i e n d s d o n o t .

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"A day a l l per fec t , ho ly, peacefu l , and" s in less , le t us ask o fthe LORD':

Sin, no matter how "good" or "bad" the things we do, ist ry ing to l i ve w i thou t GOD, to pu t one^s se l f fi rs t .

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s o m e p o o d f o r t h o u g h t

Does God seem far away? V^hodo you th ink moved?

Go to CHURCH every SUIHDAY.

C o n f e s s i o n o f s i n i s a m e rc i fu l p r i v i lege . Communion ist h e B r e a d o f L i f e , D o y o u t a k eadvan tage o f them?

•TODAri CHUGKLi/....

I t i s n e v e r v ; i s e t o a r g u ew i t h a f o o j - — b y s t a n d e r s d on o t k n o T ' V v h i c h I s w h i c h .

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B i ^ P T I S i u S

Inscribe thorn in Ti^y Buok of Life, and unite them to the flocko f T h i n e i n l i u r i t a n c o . "

Lewis (Luka) Cecil Todd, Jr., son of Mr, k ins. Lewis Todd, Sr.b a p t i z e d a n d c o n fi r m e d o nScptomb^Jr 9, 1967.Ku.; i - Dan Stcpanovich

Shirley Rinard, dauiihter of hr. & iirs. Tracy Rinard,b a p t i z e d a n d c o n fi r m e d o nSeptember 12 , 1967.K u i i i u v i - I v l r , 6 : L i r s . N i c k B a b i e s

Tamara Planick, daughter of i.r, S; mrs. Robert Planick, wasc o n v e r t e d , c o n fi r m e d a n d u n i t e d h e r s e l f w i t hthe Sastorn Orthodox C,.urch on Septeraber 9, 1967,Tamara 's sponsor v^as Dan Stepanov ich.

H O S F I T i i L I h E D

G r a c e B a b i e s - M a s s i l l o n C i t y H o s p i t a li l a r k o B r a . t i c h "i . I i k e i = I i l o s o v i c h "S o k a T o t h "

E l i S t c p a n o v i c h - D o c t o r s H o s p i t a l

D r . H a l i n a L i n k c v i c h - C l e v e l a n d C l i n i cM a r y S t a n "

ho are happy to report that the fol lowing have been releasedfrom area hospitals--Dan Vesich, Jim Heilin, Milan Gracak, i\nn Glodon,a n d S t e l l a M o g u s .

Best wishes for speedy recover ies to a l l o f our par ish ioners^ n t h e s i c k l i s t .

AGive rest 0 Ci . r is t to the soul o f thyd e p a r t e d s e r v a n t , L k Z O S A N h O V I G H ,w h o w a s l a i d t o r e s t o n S e p t . 1 2 , 1 9 6 7 .

VmTCH FOR ST, GEORO'^ kQ ' rHJ ; : ;a 'S CLUB

T E A , w h i c h i s t o b e a n n o u n c e d

" a t a l a t e r d a t e #

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A t r e e i n a u t u m n i s a l o v e l y s i g h t . O n e t r ^ c a l o n e c a n c o n c e n t r a t et h e b e a u t y o f a w h o l e v / o o d l a n d , l o a f b y l o a f a n d b r a n c h b y b r a n c h y a so n e fl o w e r c a n g i v e t h e " e s s e n c e o f a w h o l o g a r d e n . ' T h e b e a u t y o f t h e

w o o d s i s n o t a l o n o i n t h u s c a r l e t o f a m a p l e g r o v e o r t h e s u n -g l o w o f a h i l l s i d e s t a n d j f b e e c h e s . I t i s i n t h e s u b t l e c h a n g e

t h a t c r e u p s a l o n g t h e l e a v e s t h e m s e l v e s , f r o m p o i n t v t o p o i n t a n d v e i nt o V v ^ i n . A w o o d l a n d i n f u l l c o l o r i s a w e s o m er a a g n i t u d c a t l e a s t ; b u t a s i n g l e t r e e i s l i k efl a m e t o v / a r m t h e h e a r t .

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A b u s w i l l b o c h a r t e r e d f r o m t h e C a n t o n - i . i a s s i l l o n a r e a t oa t t e n d t h e c o n s c c r c . t i o n o f t h e S t . L a z a r u s S e r b i a n o r t h o d o x C h u r c hi n D e t r o i t , h i c h i g a n , o n S u a d a y, I To v o m b c r 2 6 . i x i i y o n c w h o i sI n t o r c s t c d , p l e a s e c a l l L u c i l l e R o g i c h , P h o n e 4 7 7 - 6 6 0 8 . T h e f a r ewill bo 4)7.00 per person. Space- is available for forty-onep a s s e n g e r s . F i r s t c o m e , fi r s t s o r v o .

SOC XAL i'lJiiliiS

Our St. George parish is really hunarnxng vith activity^ with thee n d o f s u m m e r a n d t h e s t a r t o f f a l l . O n S u n d a y , 2 0 t h , t h eannual church picnic ivas hold at the K of G picnic grounds. Thanksto the .x-n's Club, who helped make it a success by ^bringing in .theHen's SlcApi i tch Leagues from Al iquippa, midland and kassi l lon.Aliquippa took Union hravvTi by a score of 2 to 1; Canton boat midland10 to 5. Al iquippa won the trophy by boat ing Canton 7 to 0. Hanyt h a n k s t o a l l t h a t a t t e n d e d a n d h e l p e d t o m a k e i t a s u c c e s s , m u s i cwas fu rn i shed by Pe te - Rddakov i ch Orches t ra .

The first y^ar of church camp ended v/ith much success, dpspitcthe many obstacles that occur at the opening of any now camp. CampC h a i r m a n G r a c e B a b i e s , . . n d H i l k a S i m i c h , w i t h t h e i r a i d e s a r c t o b ocoriimcndcd highly for the personal sacrifices ti ioy• nio.dc this year, nohelp our youth. Wi th on ly one teon-agcr in a t toncancc f rom our par ish,lot 's hope next"camp season finds as many as possible attending. Theyoung^..r group, ages six to twelve, thoroughly onjoj'Cd themselves. Somewanted to stay longer, however duo to the shortage of space, wore unabact o d o s o .

The final v/eck of camp was given to ■the altar boys. .Many thanksto V-.ry Fr. Harkovina of V/ i lmerding, Pennsylvania, and hisassistant, Rev. Rcna.d ResahbVich of Akron. Kach night sl ides v.xroshown to the boys, wi th c: . -p lanat ions fo l lovfing. TLcy at tended serv icesat our Church each ■f- .orning vj i th Father Slobodan off iciat ing, assistedby Rev. konad Rcsanovich. On Vjcdncsday of that vxck, after church,they w^ro treated to lunch by the l^SS of Canton. ' Later thoy woretaken* to the Hall of Fame as guests of SOTYA. This proved to be avery enjoyable day to all that attended. Some of the parents whoa t t e n d e d s e r v i c e s i n f o r m e d m c t h a t t h o y w e r e s o i m p r e s s e d b y t h eexp lana t ions , thoy too learned many th ings o f the l i tu rgy.

' (Ed i to r ' s no tc f ' I f such ins t ruc t ion-s were shown to our ch i ld renand parents, the liturgy would have so much more ^xaning to .many of us.)On Sunday, September 10th, Sunday School enrollment began,

^ , with 57 children in attendance. Father Slobodan was pleased .but hop^st h o s e w h o d i d n o t e n r o l l w i l l d o i t w i t h i n t h e n e x t f e w \ / c c k s . I t i sn e v e r t o o l a t e t o b r i n g y o u r c h i l d r e n t o c h u r c h i

In the- past few weeks wo have welcomed sonic-visitors to ourcongregation. Eva Poraslch of Luqueshc, Pennsylvania, and the Evasovichfami ly o f mid land, Pennsy lvan ia .

The Hen's Bowling League started on September 4th, at the HolidayLanos. They are Hike V/uchenich, C-ptain; Hike Trbovich; Mike Babies;George Babies; Tod TrboviCh; Doc Hill, and Joe Rvsanovich. Thoy wontheir first games by three points and their second game by two points.Keep up the good work, i tea l

The Women's League started on S^'ptcmber 11th at the College BowlLanes. Thoy won throe, and lost one. The bowlers arc Darlenc Ih-esovich,Captain; Nancy La.:,odich; Margie Hilisich; Millie Zupkovich; Hary Hill;and Boots Capboanco; Lucille Rogich. Lot's hope wo can continue to doa s g o o d t h e r e m a i n d e r o f t h e s e a s o n .

I t w a s a y e a r o n S c p t c m b o r 1 8 , t h a t F a t h e r P e t e r P r i t z a■w a s o r d a i n e d a p r i e s t i n o - u r p a r i s h , b y H i s G r a c e , t h e l a t e B i s h o pS t o p h a n . S i n c e t h a t d a y h o . . . a s s e r v e d t h e p a r i s h i o n e r s o f S t , h i c h a o lt h e A r c h a n g e l , o f H i b b i n g , i . i n n e s o t a . h a y G o d c o n t i n u e t o b e s t o w H i sw o n d e r f u l b l e s s i n g s u p o n y o u , a n d y o u r f a i t h C u L p a r i s h i o n e r s .

A t t h e r e c e n t N a t i o n a l S N F c o n v e n t i o n h o l d i n P i t t s b u r g h , P e t e rErnjakovich was sent as a delegate from our St. George Lodge # 143,M a y h e c o n t i n u e t o s ^ r v o t h e S A P a s f a i t h f u l l y a s h e h a s f o r " m a n y y e a r st o c o m e J

O n O c t o b e r 7 , u i s s Ta m a r a P l a n i c k v ; i l l b e c o m e t h e b r i d e o fL o u i s C c c . i l T o d d , J r . T a m a r a i s t h e g r a n d d a u g h t e r o f M r s . S m i l j aJ a c k s i c h . T h e f u t u r e b r i d e w a s r e c e n t l y c o n v e r t e d t o t h e O r t h o d o xf a i t h , a n d t h e f u t u r e g r o o m w a s b a p t i z e d i n o u r C h u r c h . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s JO u r p a r i s h e x t e n d s a w a r m w e l c o m e t o b o t h o f t h e m .

. V / c e x t e n d o u r b e s t w i s h e s t o M r , c c M r s . G c o r g o R e s a n o v i c h , o nt h e i r n o w a d d i t i o n , a b a b y b o y, R o b o r t S c o t t , b o r n A u g u s t 1 4 t h . A l s o ,

^ t o i i T . N i c k R e s a n o v i c h , o n t h e b i r t h o f a b a b y g i r l , A u g u s t 1 5 .

T h e r e v / a s a n o l d l a d y . . .V J h o l i v e d i n a s h o e ,■ She had so many- grandchildrenShe forgot to anno'unco,

. . " J o v a n D o m i t r i S t o o d "B o r n J u l y l l t h - - s o n o f H a r r y & F r a n c i s S t e e d .

(Submitted by Margie Mil isich, Grandmo'thcr)

I v l a r g i o i s s p e n d i n g t h e l a s t t w o w e e k s o f S e p t e m b e r i n P h o e n i x ,A r i zona , as t he gues t o f M r. & Mrs . E l i Wuo in i c , and i v l r. 2 c i - ^ r s . JohnP c t r o v i c h . ,

J o h n M i l i s i c h h a s b ^ . , o n e l e c t e d P r e s i d e n t o f t h e U o n t o n o g r i n C l u bo f A k r o n . J o h n v / a s o n ^ o f t h o fi r s t t o o r g a n i z e t h e c l u b a n d s e r v e d a st h e fi r s t p r e s i d e n t u n t i l h o v ; a s d r a f t e d i n t o t h o A r m e d f o r c e s i n 1 9 4 3 .

Our deepest sympathy to Bill and 'Ann Bitzcl, in the ovunt of thed e a t h o f h i s s i s t e r , t h e l a t e i . i r s . J o h n ( L o t t i e ) C c b u l a .

A t t h o S t a r k C o u n t y F a i r h o l d e a r l y i n S e p t v ^ m b ^ r, S a r a h Y / i n o v i c hwon t iui 'cc awards;, one in baking, canning and handcrafts. Congratulat ionsS a r a h i

O u r c o n g r e g a t i o n s e n d s i t s b e s t t o i \ I r . B o b / J i d e r s o n , t h o n e w l ye l ec ted p res i den t ^ f t he SSP o f Amer i ca , and t o Bob S tone , who wase l e c t e d a s p r e s i d e n t o f t h e S N P i n P i t t s b u r g h . G o o d l u c k t ^ t h e i r. e n t i r e s t a f f .

S c h o o l b e l l s o n c e m o r e r i n g o u t f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g o c l l o g c s t u d o n t s -M i k c R o g i c h , s o n o f M i k e a n d L u c i l l e , w h o w i l l a t t e n d h i s f r e s h m a n y e a ra t Yo u n g s t o w n U n i v e r s i t y . P a t P e n o v i c h w i l l r e s u m e c l a s s e s a s a j u n i o r■at Woost^r Ccllcgc. Tom Lagodich wil l begin his sophomore year atKent State. Mike Babies, Jr. wil l start his prc-junior year at theU n i v e r s i t y o f C i n c i n n a t i .

C h a r l o t t e K r o s o v i c h b e g a n h e r fi r s t y e a r o f f o u r t h g r a d e e l e m e n t a r yt e a c h i n g a t L . J . S m i t h S c h h o l i n l i a s s i l l o n .

SIX WEEK COURSE

O R T H O D O X T H E O L O G Y F O R T H E L A Y M A NOctober 3rd - November 7th

Tuesday

(Coffee served at 9:00 p.m.)

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COUNCIL OF EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES OF STARK COUNTY, OHIO

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Orthodoxy S Other Christ ians

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On Sunday J . October 1st , our KSS of Canton v; i l l ce lebrate i tsKrsna Slava, Pokrov St . Bogorodice. (Under the Vei l of the BlessedV i r g i n i . i a r y ) S i n c e o u r c o n g r e g a t i o n a l m e e t i n g w a s j u s t h o l d , a n dl a n d w i l l b o p u r c h a s e d f o r a f u t u r e h a l l a n d c h u r c h , P r e s i d e n t I \ n nB i t z c l m a d e a v e r y ^ o o d s u g g e s t i o n . I n t h e p a s t , w o h a v e b e e n b l c s s . e dv / i t h s o m a n y g o o d t h i n g s o n t h i s s a m e d a y, t h a t i t w o u l d b e a v e r y■_ , o o d i d e a i f v ; c . a l l , a s m o m b o r s o f t h e c h u r c h , w o u l d t r y t o g e t a tl e a s t o n e f a m i l y , o t h e r t h a n o u r o w n , t o a t t e n d t h i s d i n n e r . L e t ' seiako i t a "Kickoff dinner" to help raise funds for our future needs I-L - t ' s a l l s h o w h o w g r a t e f u l w o a r e a n d m a k e i t o n e o f t h e b i g g e s td i n n e r s v / c h a v e ' e v e r h a d . I t i s t i m e n o w t h a t w o s t a n d o n o u r o v ^ n •u w o f e e t a n d n o t l e t s o m e o n e e l s e d o f o r u s .

W o a r e s o r r y t o i i c a . r t h a t L i a r y H i l l i s n o t w c l l - - w c h o p e y o uw i l l b o a m o n g u s v e r y s o o n .

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l i r s . S t e v e To t h r e c e n t l y a r r i v e d f r o m o . v i s i t t o Yu g o s l a v i a .S o k a v i s i t e d h e r p a r e n t s a n d f a m i l y. S i n c e h e r r e t u r n s h e h a s b o o nc o n fi n e d t o t h e i l a s s i l l o n C i t y H o s p i t a l . W c w e l c o m e h e r b a c k t oh a s s i l l o n , a n d h o p e s h e w i l l s o o n b e o u t o f t h e • h o s p i t a l .

h r . & m r s . i u i k o S t c p a n o v i c h , a n d d a u g h t e r h i c h c l l c , w e r e h e r of r o m W i n d s o r, C a n a d a . T h e y w e r e t h e g u e s t s o f L o t t i e & D a nS t - ^ p a n o v i c h . A l t h o u g h t h e y a r e l i v i n g i n C a n a d a , m i k e a n d B e t t y s t i l lc o n s i d e r t h e m s e l v e s m e m b e r s o f o u r C h u r c h . T h e y w o r e m o s t h a p p y t obo able to a.ttond our Church, and especially commcntod on our Choir.

N i c k P r i b i c h , s o n o f h r . & . . . r s . G e o r g e P r i b i c h , w i l l b e a t t e n d i n gK^nt State Universi ty, Canton Branch, in September. Good Luck to Nicki

m a s s i l l o n S e r b i a n S i s t o r s w i l l c e l e b r a t e t h o i r S l a v a , " S v o t aPetka'' on B-unday, November 5th, at the iC of 0 Hall in .-.iassillon. Thes i s t e r s a r c h o p i n g t h a t a l l p a r i s h i o n v ^ r s w i l l k u o p t h i s d a t e i n m i n da n d h e l p u s o n t h i s i m p o r t a n t d a y . K u m a s f o r t h i s h c . i D p y o c c a s i o n v ; i l lbo Kay Sa ls , s , and her daughte r, Dar la . The cooks c . r ^ p lo .nn ing al o v e l y d i n n e r a n d m u s i c w i l l b o f u r n i s h e d f o r y o u r p l e a s u r e b y t h eC o n t i n e n t a l S t r i n g s o f C l o v c l o . n d , O h i o .

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HOW DO YOU SOOHD uN THIS EyvADINATION?

1 . Do YOU ever do th ings tha t you know a re v / rong?2» Do YOU eve r have though ts tha t you Imov / a re ev i l ?3* Do YOU omit doing things that you know you should do?4 . D o Y O U k n o w w h a t i t m e a n s t o b e a C h r i s t i a n ?5 . Do YOU know why you shou ld be a Chr is t ian?6. Do YOU know when you became a Chr ist ian?7 . A r e Y O U a C h r i s t i a n - ?8 . Do YOU a t t end Sunday Schoo l and Chu rch regu la r l y?9 . D o Y O U c o n t r i b u t e y o u r s h a r e ?

10, Do YOU remember your loved' ones who passed on byl i g h t i n g c a n d l e s a n d o f f e r i n g p r a y e r s f o r t h e i rs o u l s ?