Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory Forever!
12th Sunday after Pentecost
August 31, 2025
Sat 8/30/25 4:00pm Vigil Divine Liturgy +Herbert and +Margaret Moniot by Drew Moniot
Sun 8/31/25 9:30am Divine Liturgy +Tim Hayes by Marian Luther
Tue 9/2/25 12:00pm Funeral Divine liturgy for Martha Sapar
Wed 9/3/25 1:00pm Liturgy for Healing +Bob Yohe by Marian Luther
Fri 9/5/25 7:00pm Moleben to Mary - adoration before Eucharist starts at 6pm
Sat 9/6/25 4:00pm Vigil Divine Liturgy +Stanley and +Mary Gawlikoski by Drew Moniot
Sun 9/7/25 9:30am Divine Liturgy Before the Exaltation +Fr. Sylvan Capatini by Marian Luther
Variable Parts Tone 3 - Pages 135 — 137
Epistle 1 Cor 15:1-11
Gospel Mt 19:16-26
Memorial Candle Request: +Beverly Zavacky by Richard and Mary Anne Pribis
Epistle Readers 30-Aug John Baycura/Mary Motko 31-Aug Liz/John Pocchiari 6-Sep Mary Troyan 7-Sep Amanda Stavish
Please Pray for: Brian Buchkovich, Lejen Warner, Sharon King, Ole J. Bergh, Liz Moyta, Fr. Michael Huszt 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 8/23 - 24 8/24 — 83; Collection 8/23 and 8/24 - $2,113.00
Martha Sapar RIP Parish sympathies to Derek Berns and family on the passing of his grandmother, Martha. May her memory be eternal, may she rest in peace.
Honoring the Theotokos During August and September, we honor/venerate The Blessed Mother because of the Feast Days celebrated — the Dormition and her Birth. Help us honor her by sharing your favorite icon of the Theotokos. It can be of her image or a feast day. They will be displayed in the Church Windows. Stands will be provided if needed. Remember to put your name on the back so we know who it belongs to. Place your icon at any window you like. Labels are available on the readers lectern.
Religious Education Classes Youth Religious Education classes will begin on Sunday, September 21! The elementary class is open to children in Kindergarten to 5th grade and will meet weekly after Sunday Divine Liturgy until 12 pm. New this year is our Youth group program! This program is geared for youth ages 12-17 and will meet twice a month. Please talk to Amanda Stavish (724-272-2963) or Katie Koch by September 14 to register and/or for more information.
Student Food Pantry Our parish will begin collecting food for school age children. Each month will be a different food item. For August, it will be soups, and the donations can be placed in the baskets supplied. Any questions, contact Pam Gagen.
Operation Christmas Child Attention back to school shoppers, don't forget to buy extra school supplies for the Shoe Box Kids. The kids need school supplies, clothing, underwear, hats, gloves, toiletry items, etc. No liquid or toothpaste, please. The children are ages 2-14. There will be a box in the vestibule for you to place your items in, which our Religious Education students will pack in distribution boxes in November as part of their social services project.
Polka Party Deserts should be dropped off Friday or Saturday morning before noon (i.e. Sept 5/6), in the church basement. Saturday morning, we will work to get everything moved to Highfield Hall. We would appreciate all the help we can get. Signup sheets are on the bulletin board.
Polka Party 50/50 Tickets Please pickup your 50/50 tickets in the vestibule. If you do not find your name, use a blank envelope from the back of the box and ask us to add you to the mailing list. Last year's winner received over $600.00! Envelopes of tickets which are not picked up will be mailed.
Upcoming Event Dates 1. The Polka Ball will be held Saturday. September eh at the Highfield Community Center, which is a new venue for this event. 2. Our church rummage sale will take place on October 10th and 11th. Donations may be dropped off September 28th - October 5th.
The Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry invites all 7th Grade through High School students to Walking the Walk: 2025 ByzanTeen Hike and Cookout. Date: September 6, 2025 (Saturday)
Where?: Riverview Park and the office building of Metropolitan Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, 66 Riverview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15214 Resister by September 2. The registration fee is $10, which includes Cookout and all activities. Please make checks payable to "METROPOLITAN ARCHDIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH" and mail to: METROPOLITAN ARCHDIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH, The Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, 66 Riverview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15214. If you are registering more than one teen, please fill out the form separately for each teen. Registration form: https://forms.gle/ZkV2RE9LPG27TDGZ7
Schedule: 1:30 pm Registration at the office building of Metropolitan Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, 66 Riverview Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15214
2:00 pm Hike begins next door at Riverview Park. Track difficulty level: EASY, Walking time with activity stops: about 2 hours.
4:00 pm Games and Cookout with Metropolitan Archbishop William Skurla
6:30 pm Departure (parents pick up) from the office building of Metropolitan Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, 66 Riverview Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15214
On Saturday, September 27. from 9 AM to 2 pm, American Red Cross will be holding an event in Butler Township called Sound the Alarm. The teams will install smoke alarms on every floor and will be able to install four FREE smoke alarms in the homes. All team members will have the American Red Cross vest to identify themselves. There is no cost to the residents as the smoke alarms have been provided by the sponsors. If the residents cannot be available on September 27, we will make other arrangements to find a workable schedule. The phone number to call is 724 480 3170.
The Church New Year Sept 1st: The first day of the Church New Year is also called the beginning of the Indiction. The term Indiction comes from a Latin word meaning, "to impose." It was originally applied to the imposition of taxes in Egypt. The first worldwide Indiction was in 312 when the Emperor Constantine saw a miraculous vision of the Cross in the sky. Before the introduction of the Julian calendar by Gaius Julius Ceasar, Rome began the New Year on September 1. According to Holy Tradition, Christ entered the synagogue on September 1 to announce His mission to mankind (Luke 4:16-22). Quoting Isaiah 61:1-2, the Savior proclaimed, "The spirit of the Lord is upon Me; because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to proclaim release to captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.."
Tradition says that the Hebrews entered the Promised Land in September. In Traditional Judaism is new year or ROSH HA SHANAH (literally head of the year) celebrated on the first two days of the month Tishri that correspondents to our moth September. The New year is also named as day of Trumpets- because by Jewish tradition on that day. the whole universe was created by God and is renew by God as well. In this day it is prescribed to blow the horn (shofar) in order to coronate God as the king of the universe.
