Icon of Saints Moses and Ezekias -- August 28th

Fifteenth Sunday after pentecost

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 28, 2016

Glory to Jesus Christ! Our Bishop, clergy, religious and faithful welcome you to St. Stephen Ca-thedral. We are delighted that you have joined us for our Divine Liturgy. Our Church follows the teachings of Jesus Christ as found in the Gospel and passed on to us through the teachings of the Apostles and Tradition. If you are looking for a spiritual home, try our Cathedral parish. If you have questions, feel free to ask any of our clergy and religious. Join us again soon! God bless you!

This Week’s Liturgy ScheduleSun. 8/28 FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Tone 6) (p. 149)Sat. 5:00 PM + Rev. Michael J. Mondik by Joseph Gallucci (Fr. Joe) Sun. 8:00 AM +Monta Lee Tomley by Penny & Paul Furis (Fr. David) Sun. 9:45 AM Holy Mysteries of Christian Initiation for Crystal Taylor Sun. 10:00 AM Parishioners, Benefactors and Friends (Fr. Diodoro)

Mon. 8/29 THE BEHEADING OF THE FORERUNNER & BAPTIST JOHN (p. 355) 7:00 PM +Mary Bush by Ron Kichinko (Fr. Diodoro)

Tue. 8/30 Leave-taking of Beheading –Holy Fathers Alexander, John & Paul (p. 355)8:00 AM Special Intention (Bishop Gerald) Wed. 8/31 The Deposition of the Venerable Belt of the Mother of God (p. 358)8:00 AM Robert & Kathleen Crossley by Mary Rabayda (Fr. Diodoro) Thu. 9/1 Beginning of the Church Year –Simeon the Stylite No Morning Divine Litur-gy Fri.9/2 The Holy Martyr Mammas (p. 379) 8:00 AM +Fr. Jacques Hamel by Joseph Gallucci (Fr. Diodoro)

Sat. 9/3 The Holy Martyr Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia No Morning Divine Liturgy

Sun. 9/4 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (Tone 7) (p. 154)Sat. 5:00 PM +William O’Connor by Joseph Gallucci (Fr. Diodoro)Sun. 8:00 AM Parishioners, Benefactors and Friends (Fr. David)Sun. 10:00 AM Kimberlee Curtis by Anthony Kinyon (Fr. Diodoro)

This Week’s Candle Intentions

Eternal Light: Parishioners, Benefactors and FriendsElevation of Cross: Cpt. Will McGehee by Ken & Rebecca Roberts

Transfiguration: Denise Braskie by Diane PapkeResurrection: Dorothy Bezeredi by Liz & Tom Kol

Coming Events – Mark Your Calendars Now

Sunday, August 28: Parish Information Session (Part 2) -Parish Hall after 10:00 AM Divine LiturgySaturday, September 3: Zach & Crystal Mundall Wedding with Divine Liturgy and Hall recep-tion at 2:00 PM Wednesday, September 7: Vigil Vesper/Liturgy for Nativity of Theotokos at 7:00 PMTuesday, September 13: Sick Call Visits by Fr. JoeTuesday, September 13: Vigil Vesper/Liturgy for Feast of Exaltation of the Cross at 7:00 PMWednesday, September 14: Divine Liturgy for Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross at 9:00 AMFriday, September 23: Peeling & Cooking Potatoes and Making of Potato Balls for Pirohi beginning at 8:00 AM ( Its okay to come after 8:00 AM)Saturday, September 24- Pirohi Making from 8:00 AM

Special Intentions: Erwin Armada, Barbara Dugan, Joanie Mahar, Helen Furka, Vincent Rice, James McGill, the McCarthy Family, Gemma Hillman, David & Betty Iwinski, Anne Peterson, Marti Lopez, Kathleen Linkowsky, Betty Geletey, Richard Gable, Robert King, Jon Hrovat, Mar-garet Kunak, Ann Ryan Chris Faix, Robyn Foy.

May the Lord rest His healings hands on His servants and hear their requests: Mary Rabayda, Jane Walsh, Bonnie Durkit, Dorothy Dumnich, Richard Reese, Chris Balsz, Mary Lou Clark, Sr. Kathy Izer, SSND, Fr. Marcus Gamori, Sr. Christopher, OSBM, Julie Trutza, Dorothy Bezeredi, Carlene Eneroth, Eleanor Shields, Fred Way, Audrey Noble, Sharon White, Fr. Dennis Bogda, Nancy Sandrock, Marlene Rolling, Bob Dugan, Cathy Milko, Cathy Simpson, Michael Dough-erty, Widad Butty, Deacon Alexis Washington, Kris Lara, Mike Chapa, Mark D. Chapa, Noa Lee Chapa, Teresa Blanc, and Clementina Mendoza, Fr. Basil Hutsko and Dolores Balcazar

Our Weekly Gifts to the Lord—May the Lord bless your kindness and generosity!Saturday: 5 PM 19: Sunday: 8 AM: 24 10:00 AM: 103 Tithes: $2609.50 Youth Tithes: $1.12 Candles: $62.00 Coffee Social: $23.00 Holyday (Dormition): $90.00 Anaheim Loan Payment- $225.23Accordion Club Hall Rental- $180.00 Hall Rental (Wedding) - $250.00 APS Reimbursement from Eparchy- $192.61 Donations-$164.00 = $3797.01

Announcements

+ Sister Kathy Izer SSND, the sister of +Fr. Wes Izer, fell asleep in the Lord on Sunday, August 21. Please keep her in your prayers. Eternal Memory!

Thanksgiving Service For Chester & Dolores - 50th Wedding Anniversary: During 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy on Sunday September 11, 2016.

GCU Meeting: Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 11:30 AM in the church hall. Everyone is welcome!

St. Nicholas Feast Day Dinner, Sunday, December 4, 2016 after the 10 AM Liturgy, sponsored by GCU with matching funds to benefit the Building Fund. We are now accepting donations for our upcoming St. Nick’s silent auction. Suggested items: sporting events, museum tickets, dinner cards, gifts baskets, & Tricky Tray items for kids and teens to bid.

PARISH GIFT SHOP IS OPEN IN NEW LOCATION IN PARISH HALL – Please visitour parish gift shop which is now located in the former Conference Room (next to the bar). The gift shop is open every Sunday after the 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy.

DIVINE LITURGY OF THANKSGIVING OF REV. MICHAEL BEZRUCHKA –Rev. Michael Bezruchka who was one of our deacons here at St. Stephen Cathedral for a year will be celebrating the Divine Liturgy on Saturday, September 10 at 5:00 PM and also on Sunday, Sep-tember 11 at 8:00 AM & 10:00 AM. Fr. Michael wants to celebrate a Divine Liturgy of Thanksgiv-ing at each Divine Liturgy that weekend.

PIROHI PREPARATION AND PIROHI MAKING DAYS- We kindly ask your help with a parish pirohi project. On Friday, September 23, 2016 we will need your help to peel and boil the pota-toes and make the filling for the potato pirohi. We will begin at 8:00 AM and if you can’t quite make 8:00 AM come when you can. Then on Saturday, September 24 we will need a large group of people to help and make the pirohi. Lunch will be provided both days. Please come and enjoy the company of your fellow parishioners while we work together. The Saturday, September 24 will take place from 8:00 AM to 12 Noon.

FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF THE THEOTOKOS: We will have Vesper/Liturgy on Wednes-day, September 7 at 7:00 PM and a Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. Please come to celebrate this special feast of the Theotokos.

The Divine Liturgy: Part Two

Themes of the Divine Liturgy

The central theme of the Divine Liturgy is thanksgiving – in Greek, Eucharist. We acknowledge all that God has done for us in gratitude. And in order to give thanks, we must first remember. (The Greek word for remembering is anamnesis.”)

In the Old Testament, the act of remembering is continually emphasized. We are urged to remember all that God has done for us, as a people and as individuals; it is when we forget God and his goodness to us that we violate the covenant, and fall into sin. At the same time, God is asked to remember those same works, and do them once more in our day; and that He remem-ber each and every one of us, for should He forget, we would return to the nothing from which we were made.

In the New Testament, too, the disciples were told to offer the Eucharistic sacrifice “in remem-brance of ” our Lord Jesus Christ – and it was in the breaking of the bread that the disciples at Emmaus recognized the Lord.

So in the Divine Liturgy, we remember all that God has done for us, recalling it solemnly through the words of the priest in the great Eucharistic prayer called the Anaphora, and offer him all that we have. Together with this sacrifice; the Lamb of God, our Lord Jesus Christ. It is the life, death and resurrection of Christ – that is, the Paschal Mystery of God’s love for us – that we remember and offer.

The Divine Liturgy in the life of the Church

In the Byzantine Church, the Divine Liturgy is essentially festive – that is, it is an occasion for joy. For this reason, it is not celebrated on days of fasting and penance (the so-called “a-liturgical days”).

The Divine Liturgy is normally celebrated on Saturdays and feast days, as well on Saturdays (ac-cording to tradition, we do not fast on either Saturday or Sunday.) The Divine Liturgy may be celebrated on ordinary weekdays, Monday through Friday, except on aliturgical days.

In the Divine Liturgy, the local church is most clearly seen as gathered together in a orderly fashion, led by a priest who is empowered by ordination to offer sacrifice and prayers on behalf of the faithful. Word and actions emphasize the unity of the faithful. For this reason, it is tradi-tional in the Byzantine Churches that there should only be on celebration of the Divine Liturgy in a particular church on a given day – “one altar, one liturgy.”

The bishop is the original celebrant of the Divine Liturgy, and it is still the case that a priest cel-ebrates the service only by his permission. When the bishop participates in the service, wear-ing his episcopal vestments, certain hymns are added to the service or performed in a more solemn fashion; this is referred to as a hierarchical liturgy (“hierarch” means “high priest”, and is another word for “bishop”).

The liturgical books set various times for the Divine Liturgy to be celebrated, but it is almost always held at mid-morning. The morning is the time of hope and recognition in the light of day of all that God has done for us and given us.

Other important moments in the life of the local church – baptisms, weddings ordinations and the installation of a bishop – normally take place during the Divine Liturgy (althoughCustoms for baptisms and weddings have varied over time). In the public character of these services, celebrated in the midst of a gathering of all the faithful, we see the Church gathered in unity – the “kingdom of God” present in the world.

(The Metropolitan Cantor Institute of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh)

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