Sunday of the Paralytic
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!
Sunday of the Paralytic Man
April 26, 2026
Sat 4/25/26 4:00pm Vigil Divine Liturgy +Abbot Leo by Valerie Rodenbucher
Sun 4/26/26 9:30am Divine Liturgy +Peter and +Mary Kavchak by Drew Moniot
Wed 4/29/26 7:00pm Liturgy for Healing
Fri 5/1/26 7:00pm Resurrection Matins
Sat 5/2/26 4:00pm Vigil Divine Liturgy +Alec Olen by Cindy Hills
Sun 5/3/26 9:30am Liturgy+Michael Fizer (7th Anniversary of Passing) by Family
Variable Parts Sunday of the Paralytic Man: Tone Pgs 181— 183
Epistle Acts 9:32-42
Gospel John 5:1-15
Memorial Candle Request: +Helen Hallhan by Dave Hallahan
Epistle Readers 25-Apr John Baycura/Mary Motko 26-Apr Kathy Moyto 2-May Mary Troyan 3-May Shari Allen
Please Pray for: Erik Bergh, Mike Oshlick, Kathy Moyta, Dorothy Moyta, Brian Buchkovich, Lejen Warn Sharon King, Ole J. Bergh, Liz Moyta, Fr. Michael Huszti, Fr. Laska, Susie Curcio, Teresa Milkovich, Robert Saper, Anna Habil, Mike Dancisin, Diane Sotak, Anna Pocchiari, Larry Hamil, Beverly Jones, Maryann Russin Schyvers, Nick Russin and Ken Konchan
Attendance 4/18 — 20 4/19 — 79; Collection: 4/18 & 4/19 $1,763.00
Student Food Pantry: April's school donation drive will be a continuation from March of Mac N Cheee. Any questions, please contact Pam Gagen.
St. John BCC Historical Video & Presentation: On Saturday April 25th and Sunday April 26th (THIS WEEKEND) a playing of some video footage done for our church's 75th anniversary will be show after both day's liturgies. For life-long members of St John's of a certain age it will be a chance to look ba in time. For newer members you will get some perspective on the history of St John Byzantine Catholic Church. Drew Monoit and John Baycura will make very brief introductory comments and afterwards will available to answer questions. On Saturday pizza will be provided. On Sunday the usual after-liturgy fare will be available. Anyone wishing to bring complimentary homemade food are welcome.
Salad Bingo Follow-Up: Thank you to everyone who helped, We made a net profit of $1,787.00.
Parish council - meeting on Monday April 27th at 6:30 pm
Ladies Guild: There will be a Ladies Guild meeting on Sunday, May 3rd at 11:00 am in the church. Al the Ladies Guild Spring Dinner will be Tuesday, May 12t1 at 6:00pm at Mamma Rosa restaurant.
Church Picnic: The Church Picnic will be held on Sunday, August rd at Connoquenessing Park.
We're excited to announce that participant registration for the UPMC for Life Medicare Faith and Wellness Program officially begins Friday, April 24th till May 24 The program is for all those who are on Medicare program. Each participant can earn 50 dollars for successful participation and brings the same amount for the church. Just by registration you help bring 10 dollars for the church.
Registration Options:
1. Direct Online Registration at upmchp.us/we11ness-re2istratic. Please feel free to share this link via text message or email so participants can register directly. Particip can be even a person who does not belong to the church.
2. Paper Registration Form: Participants can complete the paper form in the Participant Handbook hand it to Fr. Radko or a loved one to enter their responses online on their behalf. Ten (10) participant handbooks will be delivered to the church
Upcoming Opportunities for Youth:
1. Spring Hike: Date: Sat, May 16, 2026. Time: 10:00 AM — 2:00 PM Location: Raccoon Creek State Park — Wildflower Reserve Who: Teens in grades 7 through high school Registration: https://form.jotform.com/YouthArchPitt/2026-byzanteen-spring-hike—registr
2. ByzanTEEN Rally: Dates: July 9-11, 2026 Location: John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH; Who: Teens ages 13 through high school
3. Echoes East and West Conference —Dates: May 22-24, 2026 Location: Our Lady of Victory Maronite Catholic Church, Pittsburgh, PA
Pardon the Latin-rooted neologism, but if "patricide" works for murdering your father and "regicide" for taking out a king, why not "ecclesiacide" for trying to kill an entire Church? That's what happened 80 years ago in 1946 in Soviet Union, 1947 in Poland, 1948 in Romania, 1950, in Czechoslovakia. The communist regimes through their secret police with direct coordination of the soviet secret service KGB decided to “kill" the Byzantine Catholic church. The scenario was the same. The communists called the local gathering of people (sobor) and voted to annul belonging to the Catholic church. It was decided that all the properties of the church, its parishes and finances would be transferred to The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) which has always been a useful tool of the different regimes. To be sure, this "Pseudo-Sobor" was a strategic failure, as the Soviet Ministry of State Security acknowledged shortly afterward, in a directive to its agents:
"The formal liquidation of the Byzantine Catholic Church, arising from the resolutions of the Sobor ... and the formal reunification with the ROC do not constitute the completion of the actual liquidation of those hostile aspirations of which the Byzantine Catholic clergy were the bearers."
Massive and often-lethal repression followed; the priests were imprisoned and sent to the forced labor camps, (gulags) and bishops sentenced to death. Any person who was loyal to the Catholic church was considered an enemy of the state. The KGB elaborated on plans as to how to force people to embrace Atheism as the official doctrine of the state. Yet the net effect of this attempted "ecclesiacide" was to create the world's largest underground religious body. For the Byzantine Church survived through clandestine religious services, clandestine religious education, clandestine priestly formation, and clandestine episcopal consecrations, before the Church emerged from under the ruins of the shattered Communistic regime. In Czechoslovakia it emerged again after 18 years of being forbidden and in Soviet Union and other communistic countries it took 45 years before the church could be again formed. Since all of the properties and finances were transferred to the Russian Orthodox church, the Byzantine Catholic church would not be able to reemerged without strong support of the US Byzantine Catholic church. Thank you to all for this miracle. Today The church serves in more than 6000 churches in Europe
The Archeparchy of Pittsburgh is committed to protecting the rights, safety and dignity of every person, especially children, entrusted to its pastoral care and to implementing fully the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People adopted by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, including programs to increase awareness and promote safe environments for children and youth engaged in activities on the parish, protopresbyteral, and Archieparchial levels. In accordance to Pennsylvania law Reports of suspected child abuse must be made both by telephone and by written report.
1) Oral reports- by telephone to ChildLine, 1-800-932-0313.
2) Written reports. Written reports must be made within 48 hours after the oral report is made. More info on our website: https://www.archpittnet/protection-of-children/
