St. Michael The Archangel Ukrainian Orthodox Church

12104-129 Avenue Parish Hall – 12918 – 121 Street

Edmonton, AB T5L 3J1 Office: (780) 454-8385 ▪ Fax: (780) 447-4768

Website: www.uocc-stmichael.ca Email: stmichaeluoc@shaw.ca

Upcoming Events Feb. 01: Mens & Ladies meeting -7:00 pm

Feb. 13: Fraternal evening bingo

Feb. 16: Parish Board meeting – 7:00 pm

Feb. 22: Parish evening bingo

March 04: Parish afternoon bingo

March 05: PUSHCHENIA Supper & Dance

March 14: GREAT LENT BEGINS

March 15: Parish Board meeting-7:00 pm

March 19: PRE-EASTER BAZAAR 11-2:00

March 17: Fraternal evening bingo

March 31: Parish evening bingo

April 09: Parish evening bingo

Served By: Rt. Rev. Mitred Protopresbyter Fr. Nicholas Orest Rauliuk

Митрофорний Протопресвітер Миколай Орест Равлюк

10335 – 159 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5P 3A5 Home telephone: 780-461-3088 ▪ Cell: 780-938-3004

Email: revorestrauliuk@gmail.com

Contact the following for information:

Parish President: Shirley Wozimirsky - 780-475-5875 Men’s Society President: Ron Kluchka – 780-456-1059

UWA Ladies President: Mary Paltzat – 780-472-2337

St. Michael’s Seniors Society President: Fr. Nicholas Orest – 780-461-3088 or 780-938-3004

Worship Service Times: SUNDAYS and FEEASTDAYS Confession: 9:15 am Divine Liturgy: 10:00 am

Service Language Schedule:

First Sunday of the month - Ukrainian

Middle Sundays - Ukrainian & English

Last Sunday of the month - English

Fellowship every Sunday after Divine Liturgy

except JULY and August

лютий/березень 2016 February/March

Церковний Дзвін

Св. Михаїла

St. Michael’s

Church Bell

Bulletin of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Michael in Edmonton

Бюлетень Української Православної Церкви Св. Михаїла в Едмонтонi

President’s Message

Submitted by Shirley Wozimirsky

Happy New Year to everyone! We started the year on a sad note but hopefully

the rest of the year will flow smoothly. Please mark the following dates on your

2016 calendar:

Bingos – Feb. 22 (evening), March 4 (afternoon), March 31 (evening), April 9

(evening)

Puschenia – March 5 (Saturday)

Bazaar – March 19 (Saturday)

Parish Board Meetings – Tuesdays – Feb. 16, March 15, 7:00 p.m., church

basement

On Sunday, January 31, at the Parish annual meeting the following executive was

elected:

President – Shirley Wozimirsky Casino chairperson – Ron Kluchka

Vice – president – Ron Ewanchuk Bingo chairperson – Korneil

Secretary - Liz Maybroda Ozipko

Treasurer - Elaine Kluchka

Assistant Treasurer – Lloyd Holden

Get Well wishes are extended to Liz Maybroda, Audrey Kotyk, Alex Palamarek,

Martin Husieff, Agnes Hodinski, Jenny Budy, Rosalie Ewasiuk, Marie Holden and

any other parish member who is ill at home or in the hospital. May God grant you

the strength to recover from your illness. We hope to have you join us at church

very soon.

Memories Eternal! (Vichnaya Pamyat!)

Our deepest sympathies are extended to the following Families:

Alex Palamarek in the loss of his wife MaryAnn and to members of the Borosiuk

and Palamarek families in the loss of a loved one.

Anthony Euchuk and family and Carol Mos and family in the loss of their mother

and grandmother MaryAnn Euchuk, to the Chornoluk family in the loss of a loved

one.

Lloyd and Marie Holden in the loss of your sister Rose and to the members of the

Chornoluk family who have lost their mother and grandmother.

Our parish has lost 3 members who were still active in our parish. May they rest in

peace.

Membership - The membership will remain at $125.00 for 2016. Please pay your

membership by March 30, 2016 and eliminate the need to be reminded later. If

you choose to drop your membership, we would appreciate being notified of your

decision.

Alberta Benevolent Cantors Association annual general meeting will be held on

Sunday, February 21 at 12:30 p.m. Please try to participate.

You are special ………

A well – known speaker started off his seminar by holding a $20 bill. In the room

of 200, he asked, who would like this $20 bill? Hands started going up. He said, I

am going to give this one to one of you, but first, let me do this. He proceeded to

crumple the bill up. He then asked, who still wants it? Still the hands were up in

the air. Well, he replied, what if I do this? He dropped it on the ground, and

started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. Still hands went into the air. My

friends, you have learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the

money, you still wanted it, because, it did not decrease in value. It was still worth

20 dollars.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled and ground into the dirt by

the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel that

we are worthless, but , no matter what has happened or what will happen, you

will never lose your value, dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are

still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives comes not in what

we do, or whom we know, but by who we are. You are special, don’t ever

forget it!

The cheapest, if not the best, computer is the one located between your ears.

SCHEDULE OF DIVINE SERVICES - 2 0 1 6

F E B R U A R Y 2nd: TUESDAY – Rosslyn Care Home Service - 10:00 am 7th: 36th Sunday after Holy Pentecost - Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 9th: TUESDAY - St. Michael’s Extended Care Home Service - 10:30 am 14th: Sunday about Zacchaeus - Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 16th: TUESDAY - St. Michael’s Millennium Pavilion Service - 10:00 am 21st: Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 23rd: TUESDAY – Shepherd’s Care Home Service - 10:00 am 25th: THURSDAY – McQueen Place Care Home Service - 10:30 am 28th: Sunday of the Prodigal son - Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am

M A R C H 1st: TUESDAY – Rosslyn care Home Service – 10:00 am 6th: Meat-fare Sunday - Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 7th: MONDAY – Citadel Care Home Service – 10:30 am 13th: Cheese-fare Sunday - Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 13th: SUNDAY – “FORGIVENESS” Vespers at St. John’s Cathedral – 6:00 pm 14th: MONDAY – BEGINNING OF GREAT FAST (LENT) 14th: MONDAY – Shepherd’s Care Service – 10:00 am 14th: MONDAY – Canon of St. Andrew of Crete Service at St. Andrew’s Sobor – 6:00 pm 15th: TUESDAY - Canon of St. Andrew of Crete Service – St. Elias Church – 6:00 pm 16th: WEDNESDAY – Canon of St. Andrew of Crete Service – St. Michael’s Parish-6:00 pm 17th: THURSDAY – Canon of St. Andrew of Crete Service – St. Anthony’s Parish – 6:00 pm 18th: FRIDAY – Liturgy of Pre-Sanctified Gifts – St. John’s Cathedral – 10:00 am 20th: FISRT SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT (FAST) SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am; Procession with ICONS VESPER SERVICE – SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY – Place & time to be announced 27th: SECOND SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT (FAST) NO DIVINE LITURGY at St. Michael’s Parish “PASEEYA” at St. Elias Parish – 6:00 pm

A P R I L 3rd: 3rd Sunday of Great Lent(Fast) – Confession-9:30am; Divine Liturgy-10:00 am 3rd: Sunday – “PASEEYA” at St. Andrew’s Sobor – 6:00 pm 5th: TUESDAY – Rosslyn Care Home Service – 10:00 am 7th: THURSDAY – ANNUNCIATION OF THE THEOTOKOS (BLESSED VIRGIN MARY) Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 10th: 4th Sunday of Great Lent(Fast) – Confession-9:30 am; Divine Liturgy-10:00 am 10th: SUNDAY – “PASEEYA” at St. Michael’s Parish – 6:00 pm

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

-Men’s Mtg-7:00pm

-UWA Mtg –7:00 pm

2

Rosslyn Care Home

Service—10:00 am

3 4 5 6

7

Confession-9:30 am

Divine Liturgy-10:00

8 9 St. Michael’s

Extended Care

Home Service-

1030am

10 11 St. Michael’s

Seniors Society

ANNUAL

MEETING at 1:00

pm

12 13

Fraternal evening

bingo

14

Confession-9:30 am

Divine Liturgy-10:00

15 16 St. Michael’s

Millennium Care

Home Service-10:00

-Parish Board meet-

ing—7:00 pm

17 18 19 20

21 Confession-9:30

Divine Liturgy-10:00

-Cantor’s Assoc.

AGM at St. Elias at

12:30 pm

22

Parish evening bingo

23

Shepherd’s Care

Home Service at

10:00 am

24 25

McQueen Place

Care Home Ser-

vice—10:30 am

26 27

28

Confession-9:30am

Divine Liturgy-10:00

29

February 2016

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Rosslyn Care Home

Service—10:00am

2 3 4

Parish afternoon

bingo

5

PUSHCHENYA

Sponsored by the

Men’s Society

6

Confession-9:30am

Divine Liturgy-10:00

7

Citadel Care Home

Service 10:30 am

8 9 10 11 12

13

Confession-9:30am

Divine Liturgy-10:00

14 HOLY GREAT

LENT BEGINS

T O D A Y

-Canon service

6:00pm at

St. Andrew’s Sobor

15 St. Michael’s

Millennium Care

Home Service-10:00

-Canon Service-6:00

pm at St. Elias

-Parish Board

meeting—7:00 pm

16 Shepherd’s

Care Home Service-

10:00 am

-Canon Service-6:00

pm at St. Michael’s

Parish

17 St. Michael’s

Extended Care

Home Service—

10:30 am

-Canon Service-6:00

pm at St. Anthony’s

18 19

20 SUNDAY OF

ORTHODOXY

Confession-9:30am

Divine Liturgy-10:00

Vespers TBA

21 22 23 24 25 26

27

-NO SERVICE at St.

Michael’s Parish

-Paseeya-St. Elias @

6:00 pm

28 29 30 31 McQueen Place

Care Home

Service—10:30 am

-Parish evening

bingo

Fraternal bingo is on

March 17 in the

evening

March 2016

Jordan Blessing of water at St. Michael’s 2016

St. Michael’s Ukrainian Women’s Association Kniahynia Ol’ha Branch

I wish to express sincere condolences to the Families of three UWAC members who passed away recently. +Mary Palamarek (Dec. 27, 2015) was a member for 14 years, and served as vice-president. +Mary Ann Euchuk (Jan. 4, 2016) was a former president, a member for 30 years. +Rose Chornoluk (Jan. 13, 2016) was a member for 30 years, volunteering in multi ways. All three women were extremely dedicated to St. Michael’s UWAC and the Parish. We feel an enormous loss.

A new year has begun. We have high hopes that 2016 will be as successful and productive as 2015 has been. The Easter bazaar will take place on March 19 at St. Michael’s Hall. In preparation, pyrogy and cabbage roll workshops are planned for every Tuesday in February and March until the bazaar date Dates of paska and babka workshops have not been determined. The public can purchase frozen and fresh goods, as well as a hot Ukrainian meal.

Some humor: We were making leaflets for a local Church, and the client wanted a logo designed with Earth being shielded by the hand of God. I sent the client a proof. Shortly thereafter, I got a call. Client: The hand looks too human. Please use a hand that looks like God’s. Submitted by President: Mary Paltazt

ST. MICHAEL’S UKRAINIAN WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE FOR 2016: Past President: Dorothy Stachniak

President: Mary Paltazt First Vice President: position not filled Second Vice President: position not filled

Recording Secretary: Shirley Wozimirsky Treasurer: Elaine Kluchka

Assistant Treasurer: Dorothy Stachniak Chaplain/Parish Priest: Rt. Rev. Mitred Protopresbyter Nicholas Orest Rauliuk

Supper prepared by chef J I M and his staff

Head table g u e s t s

Emilia sings a Ukrainian Christmas Carol Emilia’s baba brings Christmas greetings

St. Michael’s Ukrainian Women’s Association

Saturday, March 19, 2016 at

St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Hall

12918 – 121 Street 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

On Sale at 11:00 a.m. Crafts

Frozen Pyrohy and Cabbage Rolls

Meals Enjoy a plate of pyrohy, cabbage rolls, and sausage.

Baking on Sale at 12:00 noon

Paska – Babka

No Admission Fee For information phone 780-454-8385 or 780-476-3646

President’s Report by Ron Kluchka

Hoping everyone enjoyed Malanka and Sviata Vecheria (Epiphany) with family and friends. Our January 16th Malanka was attended by 176 people and many positive compliments were received. The 50/50 continues to be a great hit and the performance by the Veeteretz Ukrainian dancers was thoroughly enjoyed. The success of these events would not be possible without the many great people who volunteered their time. Thank you to all. Special thanks to Jim and the kitchen staff who once again did a superb job. On behalf of the St. Michael’s Men’s Society, we would like to express our deepest sympathy to Alex Palamarek for the recent loss of his wife, Mary Ann and to Marie & Lloyd Holden & the many members of the Euchuk & Chornoluk families for their recent loss of Mary Ann Euchuk & Rose Chornoluk. May their memory be eternal. Vichnaya Pamyat

Our 2016 PUSCHENIA takes place on March 5, 2016 and the Sparkling Tones will be providing the music. Please tell your family, friends, neighbors and who ever else might listen and buy a ticket. To purchase tickets, please contact:

Korneil @ 780-475-3951 Henry @ 780-471-4661 Myron@ 780-475-5875 Ron @ 780-497-8852 Mark your calendars, the men's society’s next meeting will be held April 4th at 7:00 p.m. I

encourage all members to attend, your input is needed.

Thank you, Rev. Fr. Nicholas Orest Rauliuk for your continued blessings and guidance.

Veeterertz School of Ukrainian dance performed at St. michael’s parish

malanka 2016

P U S C H E N I A

PRE-LENTEN SUPPER & DANCE AT

St. Michael’S PariSh hall

12918 – 121 street

Saturday, march 05, 2016

Music by: sparkling tones

SPonSored by: St. Michael’S MenS Society

Refreshments: 5:30 pm – 12:00 AM Supper: 6:30 PM – 8:00 pm Dance: 8:30 PM – 12:30 AM

Admission: $ 40.00 per person

Tickets available from: Ron – 780-497-8852 Henry – 780-471-4661 Korneil – 780-475-3951 myron – 780-475-5875

This is To inform all members of The sT. michael’s Uoc seniors Society of edmonton that:

The Annual Meeting of the Society will be held, THURSDAY, February 11, 2016 at

1:30 pm in the Parish Hall. Anyone interested in joining the Seniors, Please come on Thursday to the AGM and you will be sincerely welcomed

St. Michael’s SENIORS will meet on the following days: Februray: 11th and 25th ; March: 10th and 31st

Alberta Council on Aging publishes news publications available to the public. You may pick up your “Fall Copy” at the entrance to the Church. You can also become a member of the Council by filling out an application form available in the publication. 211 is the number to dial for the seniors Information Phone Line: Connecting Seniors to Supports and Services.

Who are these saints?

Saint Joseph the Betrothed was the lineage of King David. In his first marriage, he had four sons and two daughters. After he became a widower, St Joseph led a life of strict temperance. He was chosen to be the husband and guardian of the Most Holy Theotokos, Mother of God, who had taken a vow of virginity. An Angel told Joseph of the Incarnation of the Son of God through her. St. Joseph was present when the shepherds and the Wisemen worshipped the New-born Divine Infant, Jesus Christ. On the orders of the Angel, he fled into Egypt with the Mother of God and the Infant Jesus, saving them from the wrath of King Herod. He lived in Egypt with the Virgin Mary and the Divine Child, working as a carpenter. St. Joseph died at the age of one hundred and is commemorated on the Sunday after the Nativity of Christ and on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers.

St. James the Brother of the Lord Jesus, was the eldest son of Joseph the Betrothed from his first marriage with Solomonia. St. James is remembered after the Feast of the Nativity of Christ together with his father Joseph and the Holy Prophet King David, since he accompanied his Family on the

flight into Egypt and lived there with the Infant Jesus, the Mother of God and Joseph. Later he returned to Israel with them. After the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ, St. James was the first Bishop of Jerusalem, gaining the great esteem not only of the Christians, but also of the Jewish Nation. He was thrown from the roof top of the Jerusalem Temple because he had publicly preached about the God-manhood of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is also commemorated on November 5th.

The Holy Prophet King David was a forefather of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh. The youngest son of Jesse, David shepherded a flock of sheep belonging to his father. He was distinguished by his deep faith, and he zealously fulfilled the will of God. During a battle with the Philistines, he vanquished the giant Goliath in single combat, which decided the outcome of the war in favor of the Israelites. He endured many things from King Saul, who saw him as a favorite of the people and his rival. David, however, showed his own decency magnanimity. Twice, when he had the opportunity of killing Saul, he did not do so. After Saul and his son perished, David was proclaimed King of the southern part of Israel and after Saul’s second son was killed, he became King of all Israel. He built a new capital, Jerusalem “The City of Peace” and a new Tabernacle. His great wish was to build a Temple was not realized. It was foretold to him that his son would build the Temple. The life of Prophet David was darkened by a grievous falling: he took his soldier Uriah’s wife for himself and sent Uriah to his death in battle. He was also an example of great repentance, humbly and with faith bearing the sorrows sent in punishment for his sins. He gave a model for repentance in Psalm 50/51. King David died in great old age with steadfast faith in the coming of the promised Messiah, our Lord Jesus Christ. His divinely inspired Psalter (Book of Psalms) is widely used in the Divine Services and in personal prayers. The Holy Prophet King David is invoked by those who face difficult situations in life. The Holy Prophet King David, St. Joseph the Betrothed and St. James the Brother of the Lord are commemorated on the Sunday after the Nativity of Jesus Christ. If there is no Sunday between January 7th and January 14th , then their commemoration is moved to January 8th. In Jerusalem, the Saints mentioned above were combined with a feast that the Jews of Hebron celebrated on January 7th or 8th in honor of the Old Testament Patriarch Jacob. Later on, the Christians substituted St. James for Jacob, and then the commemoration of the Brother of the Lord became associated with his ancestor King David. In time, St. Joseph was linked with Saints David and James.