UPCOMING EVENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS

St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church 27450 N. Bradley Rd . Mettawa – Lake Forest , Illinois 60045 –5104

Email: (office@stbasilchurch.org) www.stbasilchurch.org

Parish Priest: V. Rev. Stavrophor Djuro Krosnjar - frkrosnjar@gmail.com (847) 477-1531 cell Trustee Chairman: Michael Kosanovich

Circle of Serbian Sisters: Richelle Arandjelovic Choir Director: Nada Savatic

Coordinators: Church School: Vasilija Vojcanin; Folklore: Slobodanka Vranjes St. Varnava Men’s Club: Vladimir Rokvic; Bookstore: Diana Potkonjak and Paul Saniuk Facilities Contact: Matija Peyakovic and Nikola Gabr ic; Weekly Email: Zoran Mihajlovic

Serbian School: Jelena Visnjevac, Svjetlana Masic and Dunja Vla

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August 14-28, Dormition Lent

Friday, August 19, Transfiguration

of our Lord; Holy Liturgy 10AM

Sunday, August 28, Dormition of the

Theotokos; Holy Liturgy 10AM. Mid-

west KSS Slava banquet at Monastery

Gracanica

TASTE OF SERBIA

SEPTEMBER 3 and 4, 2016

Sunday, September 11, Beheading

of St. John the Baptist. Liturgy at 10am.

STRICT FAST DAY Wednesday, September 21; Nativity of

Most Holy Theotokos; Liturgy at 10am.

(Monastery slava at New Carlisle, IN)

Tuesday, September 27, Exaltation of

the Life-giving Cross. Liturgy at 10am.

STRICT FAST DAY

TROPARION OF THE RESURRECTION - Tone 6:

Angelic Hosts were above Thy tomb, and they that guarded Thee became as

dead. And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate Body. Thou didst

despoil hades and wast not tempted by it. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst

grant us life. O Thou Who didst rise from the dead, O Lord, glory be to Thee.

TROPARION OF RIGHTEOUS ANNA - Tone 4:

O divinely wise Anna, in thy womb thou didst bear the pure Mother of God, who

gave birth unto Life. Wherefore, rejoicing in glory, Thou, hast now been translated

to the mansions of heaven, where is the abode of those who rejoice. O ever-blessed

one, beseech thou cleansing of transgressions for those who honor thee with love.

TROPARION OF ST. BASIL OF OSTROG - Tone 4:

From your youth you gave yourself entirely to the Lord, remaining in prayer,

labor and fasting, O God-bearing Father. Because you were an example of

virtues and good works to your flock, seeing your good work, God established

you as a pastor and good hierarch of His Church. And after your repose,

He kept your body incorrupt, O Holy Basil. Therefore, with boldness pray

to Christ God to save our souls. Kontakion of the Resurrection - Tone 6:

Having by His life-bestowing hand raised up all the dead out of the dark

abysses, Christ God, the Giver of Life, hath bestowed the resurrection upon

the fallen human race; for he is the Savior of all, the Resurrection, and the

Life, and the God of all.

Kontakion of the Righteous Anna - Tone 2:

We celebrate the memory of the forebears of Christ, entreating them with faith

for help, that from every tribulation all may be delivered who cry: Our God

is with us, Who glorified them, as was his good pleasure!

GLORY… Kontakion of St. Basil of Ostrog - Tone 8:

Even as a youth, you served the Lord, O Wise one, belaboring your body with

prayer and vigil. Because you were shown to be a precious vessel of the Holy

Spirit, He established you as a pastor of His Church which you tended well.

And as such, you departed to the Lord whom you loved. We pray to you to

remember us who keep your memory with faith, that all may shout unto you:

Rejoice, O most honorable Basil.

BOTH NOW… Kontakion to Theotokos - Tone 6:

O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame/, O mediation unto the

Creator unfailing/, disdain not the suppliant voices of sinners/, but be thou

quick, O good one, to help us who in faith cry unto thee/; hasten to intercession

and speed thou to make supplication//, thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos,

them that honor thee.

V. Rev. Stavrophor Djuro Krosnjar - Home (847) 680-1117 Cell (847) 477-1531 H. Fax (847) 680-1127 frkrosnjar@gmail.com - Church Phone (847) 247-0077 - Church FX (847) 247-0088

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EYE ON SCRIPTURE We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please our-selves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, lead-ing to edification. For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, ‘the re-proaches of those who re-proached You fell on Me’. For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one anoth-er, according to Christ Jesus…

Rom. (15, 1-5)

Tone 6:

Epistle: Rom. (15, 1-7)

Gospel: Mt. (9, 27-35)

7th Sunday after Pentecost Dormition of the Righteous Anna;

St. Olympiada; Ven. Eupraxia; Comm. of Holy Fathers of the Fifth Eccu. Council

Pre-Feast Day and Saturday

Vespers at 5:00 PM

~Next Sunday~

Divine Liturgy at 10:00 AM

Orthodox Study Bible

The mature in faith, with whom Paul theologically identifies, are here called strong and are exhorted to be patient, regard-ing the scruples of the weak. Christ is the supreme example of sacrificing personal rights and not pleasing Himself. Ap. Paul addresses Jewish and Gen-tile Christians on their cultural differences regarding foods and festivals. Both are exhorted to mutual acceptance, just as both are accepted by Christ for the

glory of God. The Old Testament had fore-

seen the unity of faith and joy of be-lieving Jews and Gentiles joined in Christ…

St. Basil of Ostrog

Serbian Orthodox Church 27450 N. Bradley Rd, Mettawa - Lake Forest, IL. 60045-5104

SERBIAN ORTHODOX UNITY AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH

IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary Magdalane Mary Magdalene, or Mary of Magdala, is a figure in Chr istianity.

Mary Magdalene travelled with Jesus as one of his followers. She is said

to have witnessed Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. Within the four

Gospels she is named at least 12 times, more than most of the apostles.

During the Middle Ages she developed a reputation in Western Christi-

anity as being a repentant prostitute or loose woman, however, these

claims are not supported by the canonical gospels.

The Gospel of Luke says seven demons had gone out of her, and the

longer ending of Mark says Jesus had cast seven demons out of her. She

is most prominent in the narrative of the crucifixion of Jesus, at which she was present. She was

also present two days later, immediately following the Sabbath, when, according to all four ca-

nonical Gospels, she was either alone or as a member of a group of women the first to testify to

the resurrection of Jesus. John 20 and Mark 16:9 specifically name her as the first person to see

Jesus after his resurrection.

Mary Magdalene was present from the "beginning of a movement that was going to trans-

form the West". She was the "Apostle to the Apostles", an honorific that fourth-century orthodox

theologian Augustine gave her and that others earlier had possibly conferred on her. Ideas that

go beyond the gospel presentation of Mary Magdalene as a prominent representative of the

women who followed Jesus have been put forward over the centuries. Some have considered

her as fulfilling a role similar to that of Simon Peter among the male disciples. The Orthodox

church commemorate her on the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearers and on August 4.

Unfortunately, so often this is

so the reward of a true prophet

– to proclaim the word of God,

but then to be ignored and to

suffer persecution for what

you proclaim.

So Elijah runs away to Mt.

Horeb, where he fasts for 40

days and nights. He stays in a

cave, praying continuously to

God. He even enters into the

presence of God, and as he

stands before God, he shares

his discouragement. He basi-

cally says, “I have been zeal-

ous for you and have faithful-

ly followed you. But look, I

am the only one. All the chil-

dren of Israel have forsaken

you, torn down your altars,

and killed your pro-

phets.

Look,

I am alone,

and now they seek to even

take my life!”

Elijah shares a common frus-

tration that I’m sure even ma-

ny faithful people in our con-

temporary world face. Many

faithful Christians feel as if

they are alone in this faithless

and sinful world. So often,

when we seek to follow Christ,

and live according to His tea-

chings, we seem like we are

the only ones – the only seri-

ous Christian in our work pla-

ce, the only serious Christian

in our neighborhood, or in our

schools, or wherever.

From Elijah we realize that

this feeling of being alone as

we struggle to faithfully walk

with God is not something

new. Throughout history, the

faithful men and women who

ST. ELIJAH On August 2nd of this month,

we remembered one of the

greatest prophets of the Old

Testament, the Prophet Elijah

(or Ilia). Elijah has a wonder-

ful and inspiring story with

an extremely relevant mes-

sage for all of us today.

A “prophet of God” is some-

one who boldly speaks the

word of the Lord. Throughout

the Old Testament, these pro-

phets would courageously

speak before kings and power-

ful people, publicly revealing

to them where they have

strayed from the path of God,

and calling them back to the

straight path. More often than

not, however, the “reward”

these prophets received was

ridicule, slander, persecution

and even death. The leaders

and people often didn’t want

to change their corrupt ways

and listen to the word of God.

Elijah lived at a time when

King Ahab and his wife Jeze-

bel were ruling over Israel.

This king and queen, along

with many of the people of

Israel, had forgotten about the

one true God of Abraham,

Isaac, and Jacob, and begun

worshipping the false god of

Baal. The king also ruled his

people with corruption and

injustice.

So God calls Elijah to go and

proclaim His word to King

Ahab. Of course, the King

doesn’t receive Elijah’s words

warmly, and even threatens to

kill him. Elijah, however, fil-

led with the power of God,

dares the king and all his

priests of the false god Baal

to a competition. He challen-

ges them to see which God is

greater, the holy God of Isra-

el, or their god of Baal. This

“prayer competition” is held

before King Ahab.

First, the priests of Baal are

asked to pray to their god and

ask him to send down fire from

heaven to consume their sacri-

fices placed on an altar. The

priests begin to pray. After ma-

ny hours, and with no results,

they give up in despair.

Elijah then builds an altar and

places a bull on top of the altar.

Before he begins praying,

though, he tells the people to

poor four large jars of water on

top of the sacrifice. They do

this three times to ensure that

the altar and animal are thor-

oughly soaked. Then he called

out to God and prays, “O Lord,

God of Abraham, Isaac and

Israel, let be known today that

You are God in

Israel

and

that I

am Your ser-

vant. Answer me, O Lord, an-

swer me this day with fire, and

let the people know You are

the God of Israel, and I am

Your servant. Let these people

know You are the Lord God,

so as to turn the heart of this

people back..”

Then fire fell from the Lord

out of the heaven and consu-

med the whole burnt offering,

including the altar. And all the

people fell to the ground and

cried out, “Truly the Lord is

God. He is God.”

One would think that after

such a miraculous event, the

king and the people would lis-

ten to Elijah and believe in

God. But the opposite happe-

ned. The king and his wife Jez-

ebel became so furious with

Elijah that they tried to kill him.

have sincerely tried to follow

Christ and live according to

His ways have often felt alone.

The world around us will

always be seeking after some-

thing else. Even those who call

themselves Christians are too

often Christian in name alone,

but not in an authentic struggle.

Jesus Himself warned His dis-

ciples by saying, “The road is

narrow and the way is difficult

that leads to life, and there are

few who find it. And the way is

wide and broad that leads to

destruction, and there are ma-

ny who go in by it.” (Mt 7:13-

14)

This story of Elijah ends with

God comforting the prophet

and encouraging him by saying,

“There are seven thousand in

Israel who have not bowed to

Baal.” In other words, you’re

not alone! There are other faith-

ful people who struggle to fol-

low God.

May each of us remember

these words. We’re not alone.

Don’t be deceived by the Gal-

lop Polls that show what the

majority or the masses think

or do. Instead, be inspired and

encouraged by the remnant,

the saints, the few faithful who

continue to follow the ways

of the Lord.

I share this story of Elijah to

encourage and inspire each one

of us, especially when we feel

alone in our struggle to follow

the paths of God. We’re not

alone. God is with us. His Holy

Spirit is within us. And there

are other faithful people, also

fighting the good fight to stay

faithful until the end. May we

remember the Prophet Elijah

on his feast-day on August 2/

July 20, as one of these faithful

saints, and be inspired by his

example.

Fr. Luke VERONIS

Elijah shares a common frustration that I’m sure even many faithful people in our contem-

porary world face. Many faithful Christians feel as if they are alone in this faithless and

sinful world. So often, when we seek to follow Christ, and live according to His teachings, we seem like we are the only ones – the only seri-ous Christian in our work place, the only seri-ous Christian in our neighborhood, or in our

schools, or wherever.

Lord, visit Thy ser-vants in their suf- fering, and grant them grace and

strength to bear their sick-ness with which they are afflicted; heal and save them:

Sister ANGELINA;

Katarina ARGYRIS;

Milica BILBIJA;

Milorad BLAGOJEVIC;

Stevan BOGOJEVIC;

Aleksandar BURMEISTER;

Milica CASTALDO;

Petar COKIC;

Milorad, dr. CUPIC.

Milan DAVORIJA;

Danilo DEJANOVICH;

Dusan DRONDIC;

Aleksandar GLISOVIC;

Daniela GOMEZ;

Dusan JEROSIMIC;

Philip KEJZAR

Jadranka KOPAC;

Branko KOSANOVIC;

George KOSTOV;

George KOVAC;

Mara KOVACEVIC;

Stojanka KOVACEVIC;

Ray/Laura KULMALA;

Cathy LALICH;

Una MIHAJLOVIC:

Slavojka MILESIC;

Milka/Milan MILICEVIC;

Ron MITROVICH;

Dragica MRKALJ;

Boro NEDINIC:

Vojislav/Helen NOGULICH;

Kathryn-Seja O’DELL

Daliborka OPACIC;

Djuro/Jelena OPSENICA;

Faith-Vera PAICH

Mladen PECANAC;

Natalija PETROVIC:

Aleksandra RALEVICH;

Jessica SELOUNTOS;

George SINNOKRAK;

Bessie STEVANOVIC;

Nikola SREJOVIC;

Simonida STIPANOVIC;

Zivan SUBARIC;

Angie TERZIC;

Dawn VELJKOVIC

ST. BASIL OF OSTROG SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

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