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. St. Joseph the Betrothed


Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
5000 N Cumberland, Chicago, IL 60656
Fr. Volodymyr Kushnir . www.stjosephukr.com stjosephucc@gmail.com Office: 773-625-4805 Rectory: 773-625-4806 Fax: 773-887-5000 Fr. Mykola Buryadnyk - Pastor . - Fr. Tom Glynn .

The Feast of the As cension of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ is celebrated each year on the . fortieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha (Easter). Since the date of , Pascha changes each year, . the date of the Feast of the Ascension changes. The . Feast is always celebrated on a Thursday. , The Feast itself com . memorates when, on the fortieth day after His ResurAscension rection, Jesus led His disci , ples to the Mount of Olives, . and after blessing them and asking them to wait for the fulfillment of the promise , . of the Holy Spirit, He ascended into heaven. . The story of the Ascension of our Lord, cele brated as one of the Twelve Great Feasts of the . Church, is found in the book of the Acts of the Apos . tles 1:3-11. It is also mentioned in the Gospels of , , . Mark (16:19) and Luke (24:50-53). The moment of , , the Ascension is told in one sentence: "He was lifted up before their eyes in a cloud which took Him from . their sight" (Acts 1:9). ' . Christ made His last appearance on earth, forty , . days after His Resurrection from the dead. The Acts of . the Apostles states that the disciples were in Jerusa , , lem. Jesus appeared before them and commanded . them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the . 3
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from page 1. "Promise of the Father". He stated, "You shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now" (Acts 1:5). After Jesus gave these instructions, He led the disciples to the Mount of Olives. Here, He commissioned them to be His witnesses "in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8). It is also at this time that the disciples were directed by Christ to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19). Jesus also told them that He would be with them always, "even to the end of the world" (Matthew 28:20). As the disciples watched, Jesus lifted up His hands, blessed them, and then was taken up out of their sight (Luke 24:51; Acts 1:9). Two angels appeared to them and asked them why they were gazing into heaven. Then one of the angels said, "This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen Him going into heaven" (Acts 1:11).

O Christ our God, upon fulfilling Your dispensation for our sake, You ascended in Glory, uniting the earthly with the heavenly. You were never separate but remained inseparable, and cried out to those who love You, "I am with you and no one is against you."

The icon of The Ascension of Our Lord is a joyous icon. It is painted with bright colors. Christ is shown ascending in His glory in a mandorla. A mandorla is a design which is almond-shaped or round. Inside the mandorla is the figure of a holy person. Christ blesses the assembly with His right hand. In His left is a scroll. The scroll is a symbol of teaching. This icon shows that the Lord in heaven is the source of blessing. In addition, Jesus is the source of knowledge. The icon reminds us that Christ continues to be the source of the teaching and message of the Church, blessing and guiding those to whom He has entrusted his work.

The Theotokos occupies a very special place in this icon. She is in the center of the icon, immediately below the ascending Christ. The gesture of her hands is gesture of prayer. She is clearly outlined by the whiteness of the garments of the angels. The Theotokos is depicted in a very calm pose. This is quite different from the appearance of the Disciples. They are moving about, talking to one another and looking and pointing towards heaven. The entire group, the Theotokos and the disciples represent the Church. The icon of the Ascension includes some who did not witness the Ascension. St. Paul is shown to the left of the Theotokos, but we know that he was not present at the Ascension. At that time, St. Paul did not yet believe in Jesus. But he became a Christian and one of the greatest Apostles and missionaries of Church. The icon expresses the sovereignty of Christ over His Church; He is its Head, its guide, its source of inspiration and teaching; it receives its commission and ministry from Him, and fulfils it in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Fathers of the that Jesus Christ is of the same substance as His Father, and there was never a time when He did not exist. His perfect divinity, therefore, was able to assume perfect humanity, and save all who are human. This teaching is squarely Biblical. In one verse of the reading chosen for this day, John 17:5, Jesus prays, "And now, Father, glorify me in thy own presence with the glory which I had with thee before the world was made." Father and Son have the same glory, and have had it forever. Despite its clear Biblical basis, there are many who don't accept the Church's teaching, including Unitarians, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Mormons whose work is so generously supported by the devout Marriott family's hotel empire. Even immediately after the decisive declarations of Nicaea, there was conflict. Saint Athanasius was the hero of the Council because he formulated the term "homoousion" (meaning "of one substance" and referring to Christ and His Father.) But Athanasius was hounded ever after by his Arian enemies; they managed to get him condemned and exiled. The truth established at Nicaea remains basic to our faith. But then, as now, truth was accompanied by deceitfulness and the persecution of truth tellers. We must take comfort, as fourth century Orthodox Christians also had to do, in another verse (16:33b) from John's Gospel: "In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

Today we remember the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, convened at Nicaea in 325. The results of the Council were very important, but so was its personal meaning for those who attended, as Father Alexander Schmemann described: For the first time, after centuries of semi-subterranean existence, prelates gathered from all parts of the Church, many still with the marks of wounds and mutilations received under [the persecutions of the emperor] Diocletian. The unprecedented magnificence of their reception and the hospitality and kindness of the emperor [Constantine] confirmed their joyous assurance that a new era had begun and that Christ was indeed victorious over the world. Constantine himself was the first to interpret the council in this way. The great accomplishment of the Council was to refute Arianism, a widely-held heresy that threatened to divide the Church. It was a dispute, as the emperor said, that was "more dangerous than war and other conflicts" because it called into question Jesus' ability to be our Savior. The Arians claimed that Jesus was not eternal, not equal to His Father, but a created being. The Church insisted that He had to be the divinely powerful Son of God in order to be able to save us. So, opposing Arianism, the Fathers of the Council at Nicaea proclaimed . 1 , . , . . . , . . -, . .
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55th

We would like to thank all the participants who purchased a ticket to the Anniversary and in doing so contributed to the financial success of this event.

We also express our gratitude to those who made additional financial contributions:

$100.00 Mr & Mrs. T Kocur Mr. & Mrs. G. Swytnyk Mr. & Mrs. B Sabetskii Mr. & Mrs. I Artiushenko Mr. & Mrs. Tikhiy

Mrs. L Sawka Mrs. I. Szymanskyj


Mr. & Mrs. C Yakonski Mr. & Mrs. T Proczko

$75.00 Dr. & Mrs. Lechman $55.00 Dr. J. Celewycz


$50.00 Ms. Olga Prohny $30.00 Mr. & Mrs. J Melinyshyn Mr. A Gulya

Mrs. W. Holod

Mr. & Mrs. Powidajko Mrs. Nadia Boryszezak Mr & Mrs. M Andruch Mr. R Arnold Mrs. O Gulya Mrs. A Doroshewycz Fr. & Mrs. V Kushnir Mr. & Mrs. B Kovaltchouk Ms. O Kopystynsky

Mr. & Mrs. Vandzhala, Mrs. O Melnyk Mr. & Mrs. I Urban Mrs S. Farion Mrs. P Duda Mrs. O Burydanyk Mr. & Mrs. J Zaobidny Ms. E Dankwycz Mrs. H Eizik Mr. J Szpak

$25 and less Mr. & Mrs. C VandenBergh Mr. & Mrs. Solan Mrs. O Magur Mr. & Mrs. Protas Mr. Steve Zgoba Ms. O Melnyk Mr. A Yurkiw Mr. & Mrs. M Pawluk Mr. & Mrs. J Fedynsky

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-Malachi 3:1-18
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The Week Ahead


Sunday, May 20th Sunday of the Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council
Acts 20:16-18 & 28-38 John 17:1-13

8:00 am For the sick and shut-ins of the parish 9:30 am +Alen, +Raya, +Omelyn, Yra, +Slavik, +Ganna, +Roman (Ihor) 11:30 am -+Erica, +Margaret, +Unsoon, +Marion (Dr. G. Podlusky)

Monday May 21st Equals to the Apostles Constantine & Helen


Acts 26:1-5 &12-20 John 10:1-9

9:00 am Health for Fr. Tom; Alen, +Raya, +Omelyn, Yra, +Slavik, +Ganna, +Roman (Ihor) 6:30pm Moleben to the Mother of God

Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council May, 20th

Tuesday, May 22nd Martyr Basiliscus


Acts 21:26-32 John 16:2-13

CANDLES FOR MAY 2012


Memorial Candles *In loving memory of Wasyl Palahniuk (Family) *In loving memory of Bohdan Durbak (Family) Perpetual Oil Lamp *Available Mother of God at Hoshiw Shrine *Available Mother of God Shrine *In loving memory of Mary Gabriel *Dackiw, Millie and Howard Crownhurst, Joseph Zubrycky (Lorraine Zubrycky)

9:00 am Alen, +Raya, +Omelyn, Yra, +Slavik, +Ganna, +Roman (Ihor) 6:30pm Moleben to the Mother of God

Wednesday, May 23rd Bishop and Confessor Michael of Synnada


Acts 23:1-11 John 16:15-23

9:00 am Mike & Florence Kozyra, 69th Wedding Anniversary 6:30pm Vespers with Lytia

Thursday May 24th ASCENSION OF OUR LORD (J)


Acts 1:1-12 Luke 24:36-53

9:00 am - +Gregory, +Maria, +Sophia (P. Duda);Alen, +Raya, +Omelyn, Yra, +Slavik, +Ganna, +Roman (Ihor) 6:30 pm - For the sick and the shut-ins of the parish

Friday, May 25th Venerable Simon


Acts 27:1-44 John 17:18-26

Iconostas Icon Vigil


Christ the Teacher *To teach us all patience * Available Mother of God *Available St. Joseph the Betrothed *Available St. Nicholas the Wonderworker *Available Protection of the Mother of God *In loving memory of Mae Kuzma, Barb Gawaluch and Xenia Kuzma (George and Diane) *Special intention for the Andrus Family
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9:00 am +John Papinko (wife Mary); +Alen, +Raya, +Omelyn, Yra, +Slavik, +Ganna, +Roman (Ihor) 6:30pm Moleben to the Mother of God

Saturday, May 26th - 5th All Souls Saturday


Acts 28:1-31 John 21:15-25

9:00 am +Stepan and +Anna Brudny (Irene & Luba Nowak) +Anne Sawkiw, Wedding Remebrance (Wally Sawkiw) ; +Dmytro, +Vasyl, +Maria; Alen, +Raya, +Omelyn, Yra, +Slavik, +Ganna, +Roman (Ihor)

Sunday, May 27th Pentecost Sunday


Acts 2:1-11 John 7:37-52 & 8:12

8:00 am For the sick and shut-ins of the parish 9:30 am +Alen, +Raya, +Omelyn, Yra, +Slavik, +Ganna, +Roman (Ihor) ; +Joseph, 5yrs; +Jaroslaw Mandzij (Mandzij Family) 11:30 am -+Erica, +Margaret, +Unsoon, +Marion (Dr. G. Podlusky)
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Parish News
Apse Restoration
As evident by the scaffolds in our churchs sanctuary, you can see that our parish has finally begun restoring the tarnished gold on our churchs apse (the curved wall behind the altar). As you can imagine, working with pure gold in such volumes is very expensive and we would like to ask you for your help in making this project a success. Please contact the parish office at 773-625-4805 or email stjosephucc@gmail.com to donate.



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Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage for the restoration of the Cathedral of St. Sophia in honor of the 120th birthday of Patriarch Joseph Slipyj with Bishop Richard Seminack October 11-16, 2012. For more information please call Subdeacon Pete Rudka at 773-276-5080 or online at www.esnucc.org

120- . ' 11-16 , 2012. : 773-276-5080

Manna Cards
Do you have prescriptions to be filled? We have CVS, Jewel/Osco, Dominick's and Walgreen's cards for you. What kind of gas do you put in your car? We have cards for BP, Exxon, Marathon, Mobil, Shell and Speedway. Check out the many restaurant and clothing cards we have on hand as well. See Mary Jo after Liturgy, or check in the office during the week. Every card purchased gives a donation to our parish.


? CVS, Jewel/ Osco, Dominick's Walgreen's . , . , .

Blessing of Graves - Memorial Day


Our parish priests will be at St. Nicholas Cemetery blessing graves Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-28th. Friday and Saturday between 11am -3pm, Sunday, between 1-3pm and Monday between 10am-3pm. General Panakhyda at the cemetery and will be at 10:00 am on Monday.


- 25 28 : 11-3.., 1-3.., 10-3.. , 30 10:00 .

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Please pray for the health and well-being of the following parishioners:

Olga Dackiw Russel Haluczak Zoryana Z. Reitz Delia Haluczak Jean Chlypnacz

Lucille Maryniw Andrij Sawula Mike Kozyra Stephie Worobetz Larissa Sawka

Regular Liturgical Schedule


Monday through Friday (in Chapel) Saturday (in Church): 9:00 am - Divine Liturgy Sundays: 8:00 am - English 9:30 am Ukrainian 11:30 am Childrens Liturgy Holy Days: 6:30 pm - Vespers with Lytia (Night Before) 9:00 am and 6:30 pm - Holy Day Service

: : , , ' ' . , . : , , , '. : . : . Reconciliation: Sundays during the Divine Liturgy and by appointment. Baptism and Confirmation: Please notify the pastor when a child is born so that dates for the proper prayers and blessings, other than baptism, can be arranged. Call the pastor at 773-625-4805 to make arrangements. Marriage: Please notify the pastor at least six months before the anticipated date to allow for adequate preparation for this lifetime commitment. Visiting the Sick and Shut-Ins: Please notify the pastor if a family member is in the hospital or unable to attend services due to illness and would like a visit. It is the responsibility of the immediate family to notify the pastor at 773.625.4806 Funerals: Please Contact the parish office before making arrangements with the funeral director. Sunday Collections-May 6th, 2012 Sunday $4,652.00 Mortgage Utilities $1,058.00 $50.00 Cap Imp $275.00 Other $543.00


- ( ) ( ) 9:00 - . : 8:00 - 9:30 - 11:30 - : 6:30 . - ( ) 9:00 6:30 . - . i ! a . 773 625 4805 Be part of our growing parish family. Register to become parishioners! Contact the office for more information. Please call: 773 625 4805 Remember Us in Your Will You can leave a lasting legacy to benefit future generations! Please remember St. Joseph Parish when creating your will. Your good works will continue after you have gone home! Please contact the office for information. ! , ', . . , ! View this bulletin or many of our past bulletins online at www.stjosephukr.com or by scanning this barcode with an enabled mobile device. w w w .s t j os ep h u kr . com - . -720 May 2012

TOTAL $6,578.00

Thank You!
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