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

Trustee Co-Chairman: Michael Kosanovich V. Pres. Ted Potkonjak and Sofia Obradovic Scalzitti

Circle of Serbian Sisters: Masha Kosanovich Choir Director: Nada Savatic

Church School Coordinator: Vasilija Vojcanin; Folklore Coordinator: Daniela Gavric/Natasa Per ic Serbian School: Jelena Visnjevac and Svjetlana Masic

Brotherhood: Alex Lazic; Bookstore: Diana Potkonjak; Paul Saniuk Facilities Contact: Matija Peyakovic and Nikola Gabr ic

Weekly Digital Communications: Zoran Mihajlovic

Blessings are Gifts FROM God. Ste-war-dship is our Gift TO God. Stewardship is a legacy of personal sup-port in time, talent and

treasure, to maintain a church for today and tomorrow.

STEWARDSHIP FORMS

FOR 2017 ARE AVAILABLE

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GOLF OUTING

St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Church Annual

Golf

Outing

Picnic

Saturday, July 15th, 2017

Foss Park Golf Course! North Chicago, IL

12:00 pm - Registration

and Lunch 1:00 pm Shot-gun Start

At St. Basil Church

6:00 pm Picnic Opens 8:00 pm Awards Ceremony

Start planning ahead….. join the church efforts to

host this great event!

TROPARION OF THE RESURRECTION - Tone 1:

When the stone had been sealed by the Jews, and the soldiers were guarding Thine immaculate Body, Thou didst arise on the third day, O Savior, granting life unto the world. Wherefore, the Hosts of the heaven cried out to Thee, O Life/giver: Glory to Thy Resurrection, O Christ. Glory to Thy dispensation, O only Lover of mankind. TROPARION OF THE CROSS - Tone 1:

O Lord, Glory...Kontakion of the Resurrection - Tone 1:

As God, Thou didst arise from the tomb in glory, and Thou didst raise the world together with Thyself. And mortal nature praiseth Thee as God, and death hath van-ished. And Adam danceth, O Master, and Eve, now freed from fetters, rejoiceth as she crieth out: Thou art he, O Christ, that grandest unto all resurrection.

TROPARION OF THE RESURRECTION - Tone 1:

When the stone had been sealed by the Jews, and the soldiers were

guarding Thine immaculate Body, Thou didst arise on the third day,

O Savior, granting life unto the world. Wherefore, the Hosts of the

heaven cried out to Thee, O Life/giver: Glory to Thy Resurrection,

O Christ. Glory to Thy dispensation, O only Lover of mankind.

TROPARION OF THE CROSS - Tone 1:

O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance. Grant

Thou victory unto Orthodox Christians over their adversaries,

and by the power of Thy Cross do Thou preserve Thy habitation.

Glory...Kontakion of the Resurrection - Tone 1:

As God, Thou didst arise from the tomb in glory, and Thou didst

raise the world together with Thyself. And mortal nature praiseth

Thee as God, and death hath vanished. And Adam danceth, O

Master, and Eve, now freed from fetters, rejoiceth as she crieth

out: Thou art he, O Christ, that grandest unto all resurrection.

BOTH… Kontakion of the Feast - Tone 4:

O Thou Who wast lifted up willingly on the Cross, bestow Thy

mercies upon the new community named for Thee, O Christ God;

gladden by Thy power Orthodox Christians, granting them victory

over enemies. May they have as Thy help the weapon of peace,

the invincible trophy.

IRMOS….Instead of “It is meet…” Tone 8: Magnify, O my soul, the most precious Cross of the Lord.

O Theotokos, thou art a mystical Paradise, who untilled hast

brought forth Christ. He has planted upon earth the life-giving

Tree of the Cross: therefore at its Exaltation on this day, we

worship Him and thee do we magnify.

TROPARION OF THE RESURRECTION - Tone 2: When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, then Thou slay hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst also raise the dead put of the nethermost depths, all the Hosts of the heavens cried out: O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee. 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. TROPARION OF VENERABLES - Tone 4: O God of our fathers, deal ever with us according to Thy gentleness; take not Thy mercy from us, but by their supplications direst our life in peace. Kontakion of the Resurrection - Tone 2: Thou didst arise from the tomb, O omnipotent Savior, and hades was terrified on beholding the wonder; and the dead arose, and creation at the sight thereof rejoiceth with Thee. And Adam also is joyful, and the world, O my Savior, praiseth Thee for ever., 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. Kontakion of St. Onuphrios—Tone 3:

Illumined by the radiance of the all-holy Spirit, o divinely wise one, thou didst forsake all the tumults of life; and on reaching the desert, O venerable father, thou didst gladden God the Creator, Who is over all things. Where-fore, Christ, the great Bestower of gifts, doth glorify thee, O blessed one. GLORY… Kontakion of Ven. Peter - Tone 2:

Having withdrawn thyself from human companionship, out of divine desire and love for thy Lord, O Peter, thou didst dwell in caves of stone and deep ravines; and thou didst receive from Him a crown. Pray thou unceasingly, that we be saved. BOTH NOW… Kontakion of 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 - Home Fax (847) 680-1127 frkrosnjar@gmail.com - Church Phone (847) 247-0077 - Church FX (847) 247-0088

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EYE ON SCRIPTURE

Therefore, having been justi– fied by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribu-lations, knowing that tribula-tion produces perseverance; and perseverance character; and character hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit…

(Rom. 5, 1-6)

Tone 2:

Epistle:

Rom. (5, 1-10) Gospel:

Mt. (6, 22-33)

3rd Sunday after Pentecost Venerable Onuphrius the Great;

Venerable Petar of Mt. Athos

Pre-Feast Day and Saturday

Vespers at 5:00 PM ~Next Sunday~

Divine Liturgy at 10:00 AM

Orthodox Study Bible

Faith in Christ makes us justified - in a right and faithful relationship with God—and therefore at peace with God. The Greek word pistis can be translated both “faith” and “faithfulness.” Faith is the conviction that something is true; faithful-ness is loyalty and obedience to God. Faith, therefore, is far more than possessing mental belief. Since neither faith nor making us Godlike, bearing the fruit of the Spirit. Christ died for the ungodly, those

who lack the capac-ity to become right-eous due to aliena-tion from their Crea-tor…

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

Difference between ordinary time and the time of the fast,

QUESTION: What should you do if you become

used to a fasting diet, and fasting becomes a formali-ty? What should be the difference between ordinary

time and the time of the fast, other than food?

ANSWER: F irst of all, it is helpful to remember

that physical fasting — abstinence from or limiting food intake — is not an end in it-

self, but merely a means toward more readily doing what is of greater importance: learning the discipline of subordinating the lower to the higher, saving up resources to

help the needy, paying more attention to prayer, learning God’s Commandments, ex-

amining one’s conscience and prayerfully seeking out the paths to correcting one’s

spiritual deficiencies.

The most powerful means toward such correction is to do acts of charity. Without

works of this kind, one cannot at all talk of some God-pleasing and non-formalistic

way of spending the Fast. There is no valor in not eating; rather, it rests in doing good. After all, even placing an emphasis on one’s sins and passions without serving one’s

neighbor and helping those in need becomes some kind of selfish and excessive self-

analysis, depriving the Christian of the most powerful means of overcoming his sinful

passions.

was heavy. As Christ approa-ched His Passion, He feared the coming trial, yet divine com-passion and prayer moved him to submit to the Father's will. He suffered spitting, scourging, and slaps, but endured all to save us from sin and death. Christ put into action the defini-tion of love He gave to His dis-ciples. He told them, "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends". As Christians, we must imitate Christ's sacrifice. We must resist our egos, which be-ckon us toward selfishness and pride, to become God's faithful servants. We must be moved by divine love and approach our own Golgotha’s to be crucified, and to face our fears and selfish reservations. We must learn how to give all of ourselves - all of our life - to further the good of others. Unfortunately, we can be tem-pted to believe that we can ne-glect this self-sacrifice in our spiritual lives. We believe that if we actively attend church services, sing along to the hym-ns, and participate in various parish organizations, then we are justified in the eyes of God. We think that these practices prove to God that we are right-eous and dedicated to Him, but this is a twisted perspective of Christianity. In his first epistle, St. John the Beloved writes, "Whoever does not practice ri-ghteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his bro-ther". Our relationship with God is the same relationship as the one we share with our nei-ghbors. If we separate the two bars of the cross by ignoring our personal relationships, we no longer have a cross to carry at all. Thus love is the purest form of worship toward God, and service is the focal point of the Christian life. These facts, however, do not diminish the importance of our beloved church services. On the contrary, the Divine Liturgy is the foundation to our spiritual integrity, the channel through which God endows us with His divine energy. Without God's grace, we cannot hope to burn with the same love He has, for "every good and every perfect gift is from above." Only God can sanctify us and kindle our love, which is the heavenly gift. This sanctification, this kindli-ng of our burning love, is ef-fected by our contact with Ch-rist in the Liturgy. The Lord deigns to make His abode in us through our fervent prayers, our hearing of the Gospel, and our partaking of the Holy Eucharist.

Our bodies become His throne, from which He can guide our lives as the King of All. Our imperfections are swallowed up by His divinity, like a drop of water lost in an ocean of perfume, recreating us as ves-sels of Himself. As Saint Paul writes, "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me" (Gal. 2:20). Through the death of our selfishness during Liturgy, our will aligns with the Lord's will. Our love trans-mits His love, and our charita-ble demeanor channels His peace into the world. As we leave the Liturgy to serve our neighbors, Christ will walk alongside us. He will be crucified with us when we reach our Golgotha-s in the world. He will strengthen us with His grace so that we can reenact His sacrifice. It is only after having given all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength to God, to become Christ's abode, that we can give all of ourselves to our neighbors and properly serve them. Yet even when we receive Christ into our lives, we still hold back from fully serving humanity. We selectively ser-ve our neighbors. Everyone can love their friends and fam-ily, but few want to be cruci-fied for strangers, those who have wronged us, those we deem morally corrupt, or our worst enemies; as Christians, however, we cannot choose not to love some people. Christ tells us, "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them". Christians are called to a greater standard: to imitate the unconditional love of God hi-mself. Christ died for all man-kind, including the unrepentant thief, the aggressive Roman soldiers, and the hypocritical Jewish leaders. God loves each individual as His child, regard-less of his or her morality. Christ, speaking of His Father, says, "He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust". Someone's sins cannot and should not cost them our unconditional love. As Saint John of Kronstadt says, "Never confuse the per-son, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a cha-nce misfortune, an illness, a devilish reverie. But the very essence of the person is the image of God, and this remai-ns in him despite every disfig-urement." Elder Thaddeus, ex-pands on this point. He info-

A l l Th i n g s a r e P o s s i b l e t h r o u g h

C h r i s t . . . Our world, despite its claim to modernity, continues to en-gage in the traditional debate over humanity's purpose. So-me say, "Our existence is a fortunate, scientific coinci-dence, and the universe has no deeper meaning." Others affirm, "Truth is subjective, so everyone should decide their paths for themselves." Others suggest, "There can't be a God, but we should still try to get along and be nice." Our race cannot seem to come to a consensus on life's meaning. This dissonance of ideas leads to a world suffering from con-fusion and dissatisfaction, be-cause none of these ideas gu-ides humans to fulfill their na-ture. When we rebel against the nature God "hardwired" us with - a nature seeking union with God – we can't harvest true joy from life. As Augus-tine of Hippo says, "Our hearts are restless, until they find their rest in Thee (God)." Christians should not fall into our world's rut of confu-sion, because Christ makes our life's mission obvious. He commands us, "Y ou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your stre-ngth, and your neighbor as yourself". Love is the entire foundation of our existence summed up in a beautiful, four-letter package, the chief of virtues, the fount of our joy, the connection between God and man, and the execu-tioner of our egos. Love is what defines our Christian li-ves, but, if we are to embrace it as our driving virtue, we must understand what love in action looks like so that we can practice it. As always, Christ provides an example for our way of li-fe. His Crucifixion is the per-fect template of love that we must imitate every day. Con-sider the shape of the Cruci-fix: the Tree's vertical bar st-retches from the earth to heav-en and represents our relation-ship with God. The horizontal bar hovers over the world's surface and symbolizes our personal relationships. The bars of the cross - these two relationships - converge at a central point, on which hangs Christ, who fully bears the burden of both relationships, who carries His cross by obe-ying the Father and serving all of humanity. But His cross

rms us that when Christ's love is manifested in us "we see no difference between people: eve-ryone is good… and we consi-der ourselves to be the worst of men - servants of every created thing." The words of Christ and these Saints pose a personal challen-ge for me. One of my peers at school often insults my faith and my intelligence for follow-ing God, and his remarks about the legitimacy of our church and theology has brought my spiritual life years of turmoil. It is almost impossible for me to show love for him; however, that is only because I forget to look past his biting remarks and cold deeds to recognize the imprint of Christ in him. This young man is my brother, and my pride or hatred will not change that fact. If I truly de-sire to take up my cross and follow Christ, if I truly want to be a child of God, then I must be crucified for all my brothers and sisters - even my worst enemy. I should not ignore him when he insult him, when he makes a mistake. I cannot harbor dark thoughts toward him or curse at him under my breath. Rather, I should engage him in a meaningful conversa-tion once in a while and try to understand his suffering, so I can show him compassion and serve him better. I never said that unconditional love was easy to practice, but it is neces-sary. Loving our enemies is what sets Christians apart from the rest of the world. If we don't have this spiritual quality, what credit we have? I must ask myself: Have I ig-nored the significance of love in my spiritual life? Do I exalt our religious practices over true Christian living? When have I neglected the gifts Christ gives me in the Divine Liturgy? Why do I prevent Christ from living in me? Which Golgotha’s do I avoid? Whom do I marginalize in my life because my pride bars me from loving them? What can I do to break the chains that hold me back from commending all of my life to Christ our God? We must ask ourselves these questions and seek repentance for the unlo-ving decisions we have made in our lives. If we approach God with a contrite and humble heart, Christ will raise us up from our spiritual darkness into His sanctifying light. Then, we can receive Him back into our lives, take up our crosses, and sacrifice our lives for our nei- ghbors. This is our purpose as human beings...

Lord, visit Thy servants in their suffering, and grant them grace

and strength to bear their sickness with which they are afflicted; heal and save them:

Sister ANGELINA; Boja BERIC; Milica BILBIJA; Milorad BLAGOJEVIC; Stevan BOGOJEVIC; Aleksandar BURMEISTER; Milica CASTALDO; Petar COKIC; Milan DAVORIJA; Danilo DEJANOVICH; Roxanne GETZ; Aleksandar GLISOVIC; Daniela GOMEZ; Mira HAUSSER; Jim IACUBINO; Philip KEJZAR Jadranka KOPAC; Branko KOSANOVIC; George KOSTOV; George KOVAC; Mara KOVACEVIC; Stojanka KOVACEVIC; Ray/Laura KULMALA; Cathy LALICH; Djuro LONCAR; Slavojka MILESIC; Milka MILICEVIC; Ron MITROVICH; Dragica MRKALJ; Boro NEDINIC: Vojislav/Helen NOGULICH; Daliborka OPACIC; Luka OPACIC; Djuro/Jelena OPSENICA; Faith -Vera PAICH Mladen PECANAC; Natalija PETROVIC: Milo/Bonnie POPOVIC; Aleksandra RALEVICH; Marko RATIC; Paul ROKNICH; Jessica SELOUNTOS; George SINNOKRAK; Bessie STEVANOVIC; Nikola SREJOVIC; Zivan SUBARIC; Samuel SUTER; Angie TERZIC; Jordan VASILJEVIC; Milica VELJASEVIC Dawn VELJKOVIC Nick VINCICH; Vojislav VLA; Jovan ZORCIC; Gloria-Ljubica ZRNIC;

ST. BASIL OF OSTROG SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Glenview Summer Lecture

Sts. Peter and Paul Greek

Orthodox Church in Glenview, IL we will be

hosting their annual Creticos Memorial Lecture.

Featuring Fr. Andrew

Stephen Damick of the Antiochian Archdiocese.

The title of his lecture is The Church in the Bible: The Body of Christ in the

Holy Scriptures, and he will be speaking at the parish at 7:00 pm, following vespers, on Monday,

June 26th, 2017.

In Christ, Fr. Panagiotis Boznos.

SUNDAY

Fellowship Lunch

With our Chef Jelica available weekly for food and fellowship

Join us following Divine Liturgy

Adults $7.00

Children $4.00

By Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick

This new edition of the bestselling Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy is fully revised and significantly expanded. Major new features include a full chapter on Pen-tecostalism and the Charismatic movements and two new appendices (Relations with the Non-Orthodox and How and Why I Became an Orthodox Christian). More detail and more religions and movements have been includ-ed, and the book is now addressed broadly to both Orthodox and non-Orthodox, making it even more sharable than before. Are you an Orthodox Christian who wonders how to explain to your Baptist grandmother, your Buddhist neighbor, or the Jehovah’s Witness at your door how your faith differs from theirs? Or are you a member of another faith who

is curious what Orthodoxy is all about? Look no further. In Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick covers the gamut of ancient heresies, modern Christian denominations, fringe groups, and major world religions, highlighting the main points of each faith. This book is an inval-uable reference for anyone who wants to understand the faiths of those they come in contact with - as well as their own.

V i d o v d a n celebration

today

Immediately following the Divine Liturgy and

General Parastos. ~Sunday Lenten

Luncheon~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Great-martyr Lazar

Wed. June 28th

Divine Liturgy at 10am

Upcoming Dates and Events

June 25, Sunday. Liturgy at 10:00am. Vidovdan celebration after Liturgy.

June 28, Wednesday. Vidovdan. St. martyr Prince Lazar.

Divine Liturgy at 10:00am.

July 4, Tuesday. Independence Day. Divine Liturgy at monastery Graca-

nica at 10:00am, followed by picnic on the monastery grounds.

July 7, Friday. Birth of St. John the Baptist. Divine Liturgy at 10:00am

July 12, Wednesday. Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles. Divine Liturgy at

10am. (Fasting day).

July 14-16, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Divine Liturgy at 9:30am.

At St. Sava monastery, Libertyville. St. Mardarije celebration and glorify-

cation Days. Please plan to attend. No service at our church that Sunday.

July 15, Saturday. St. Basil of Ostrog church Golf Outing.

Foss Park Golf Course, North Chicago, IL. Dinner at church hall at 6:00pm.