May 21, 2006

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Very Reverend Stav. Srboljub Jockovich, Parish Priest - Church Office(717) 939-3872

Rectory Phone (717) 939-0251Our website: <www. st.nicholasteelton.com>

Our Vision:To be a strong and vibrant community enablingparishioners to live the fullness of the Orthodox faith in our Lord, Jesus Christ, "as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God." ( 1 Cor. 4:1) 

Our Mission:To teach, assist, and provide the environment for members to live the message of our Lord, Jesus Christ in their daily lives through worship, witness/outreach, stewardship, service, education, and fellowship.

READING OF THE HOLY EPISTLE ACCORDING TO Acts11:19-26,29-30(page 296-297 )

READING OF THE HOLY GOSPELACCORDING TOJn.4: 5-42(page 220-222)

SUNDAY OF THESAMARITAN WOMAN-FIFTHSUNDAY OFPASCHA- St. Apostle and Evangelist the Theologian John, St. Arsenius the Great, St. Emelia, mother of St. Makrina, Basilthe Great and Gregory of Nycia , St. Arensius the lover of Labor, St. Arsenius of Novgorod,whom we commemorate today 

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Tone 4

TROPARION:

WHEN THE WOMEN DISCIPLES OF THE LORD LEARNED FROM THE ANGEL THE JOYOUS MESSAGE OF THY RESURRECTION; THEY CAST AWAY THE ANCESTRAL CURSE AND PROUDLY TOLD THE APOSTLES: DEATH IS OVERTHROWN CHRIST IS RISEN, GRANTING THE WORLD GREAT MERCY. 

GLORY TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

KONTAKION:

MY SAVIOUR AND REDEEMER AS GOD ROSE FROM THE TOMB DELIVERED THE EARTHBORN FROM THEIR CHAINS. HE HAS SHATTERED THE GATES OF HELL, AND AS MASTER, HE HAS RISENON THE THIRD DAY!

TROPARION :Christ is Risen form the dead trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. ?p

Pomen will be offered during theDivine Liturgy for the departed servants of God: Kritzie Marijan, Angelina Coviello, Desanka Andric, Zora Trbovich, Milorad Lalovic, Emilia Chernitcaia.Vjecnaja Pamjat! Memory Etrenal! 

Pomen will be offered during theDivine Liturgy for the departed servants of God Mildred Komko (1yr, 5-21). Sadly missed by Betty Matovich & Family. Memory Eternal!

VIGIL LIGHTS ARE BEING OFFERED TODAY:

---In loving memory of my dear sister Mildred Komko (1yr, 5-21), Grant that the Lord will assign her soul to where the just repose. Sadly missed by Betty Matovich & Family. Memory Eternal!

---For Nikki Lewis . MayGod’s blessingand lovebe with you at all times . Happy Birthdayfrom Mom and Dad.

--- In celebration of 60^th Wedding anniversaryof our parents John and Helen Zerba ( 5/25) .Given by children, John, Linda and Jan.

---CONGRATULATIONS to our son, Lenny and his lovely wife Tina for having been chosen Kum and Kuma for the church's 103rd anniversary.Our entire family is very proud of you and we pray that God will continue to bless you and your loving family with love, good health and happiness always.Offered with our love and affection, Mom, Dad and all the Tepsich family. 

FLOWERS IN FRONT OF THE ICON OF THE HOLY THEOTOKOS ARE BEING OFFERED

---In celebration of the 103rd Anniversary of our St. Nicholas SEO Church.May God bless our Kum & Kuma, Lenny and Tina Tepsich and grant us many years!. . .MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS.. . .FOR THE LORD IS GREAT AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED. . . .

---CHURCH ATTENDANCE AND MONETARY OFFERINGS FOR 05-14-06: Adults 111, Church School Students & Teachers 33, Altar Servers 7, Babes in Arms 5,Total: 156.Candles $175.00, Monetary Offerings $70.00, Stewardship $1765.00, Total: $2010.00.

---ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO Alma Stanovich who with love for her Holy Orthodox Church andwith sincere and earnest efforts for years prepared the loaves which were used at the Holy Eucharist. Many prayers of thanks have gone up to God for your generous gifts. Thank you and God bless you.

Altar Servers:Team #3Jason Millietics,Captain , Zdravko Blagojevic, Jonathan Bowers, Djordje Miljevic, Nemanja Nonkovic.

CONGRATULATIONSTo Father Srboljub upon completing Level I in Clinical Pastoral Education at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center from September 26, 2005, to May 8, 2006. The Association awarded Father Srboljub the certification from The College of Medicine-Department of Pastoral Services, Accredited for Clinical Pastoral Education, Decatur, Georgia. We commend you Father Srboljub for your diligence and commitment to stay the course with it's obligations and at the same time fulfilling all your pastoral obligations at St. Nicholas.May the Lord keep you and grant you patience, prayer and help in all your good endeavors.

THE HOLY ASSEMBLY OF 

BISHOPS CONVENES TODAY

Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro - With the Invocation of the Holy Spirit in the Chapel of St. Symeon the Myrrh-flowing, the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church convened on Monday, May 15, 2006 at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade.The beginning of the work of the assembly will be the election of the assembly working committee. During the Assembly reports will be heard from all Diocesan bishops as well as other church bodies of their work in the previous year. The Assembly will take into consideration all the serious questions from the life of the church and people, with special attention to Kosovo and Metohija. As in previous years a public communiqué will be issued at the end of the Holy Assembly.

CHARITY SUNDAY TODAY, 05-21-06OCMC. We are literally serving the Lord anytime we love those who are less fortunate.Please give from your heart.

103^rd Church Anniversary 

Today we are celebrating the 103 Church Slava and Church Anniversarysince the founding of our St. NicholasChurchon SecondStreet in Steelton . As our honored Kumovi we haveLenny and Tina Tepsich. May God grant them many and many more years in our midst! 

We also take this opportunity to honor our high school, college and technical school students.

High School: Jason Milletics – Central Dauphin East High School , Mark Nation- Elizabethtown Area High School; Jazmin Peck- Central DauphinHigh School; Taylor Reigel –Palmyra High School 

College:Janie Atty –Pennsylavana State University;Megan Cashman –University of Delaware

Also:Andrea Govelovich – Completed her Resident year at Pennsylvania College of Optometry 

After the Ambo Prayer thee will be the procession inside the church and reading of the resurrection Gospel from Mark 16: 9-20 at the door of the entranceinto the church, blessing with the Holy Water ,supplication Litany, followed by “Budi Imja Gospodnje,” and the end of the Liturgy.

Our thank you to Millie Yezdimir for making the Kolach, andKat Gruich formaking the wheat,for thecelebration of ?ur Church Krsna Slava . 

WE ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER THOSE IN HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES, THE HOMEBOUND AND THOSE RECUPERATING AT HOME IN YOUR PRAYERS :SPRING CREEK (Dauphin Manor) Rose Marjan and Dot Rados. WEST SHORE MANOR CARE: Mira Cuckovic, Helen Dopko,and Victor Elfimov; MIDDLETOWNHOME:Dusan Taleff. COLONIAL PARK CENTER CARE:Annie Milovich, Ljubomir Icitovic.GRAYSON VIEW: Ruby Govelovich.LONGWOOD MANOR: Dancy Stepanovic. 

AT HOME:Presbytera Pearl Veronis, Victor Bucharew, Marlin Seiders, Milka Antic, Jovo Lemajic, Delores Mravich, Cathy Mentzer, James Mihailoff, Dee Breski, DanielPetkovich, Sava Jankovich & Bob and Lela Howard, Violet Enders, Child of God Luis Antonio,Zorka Radanovic,Milka & Ikey Belic, Ann Yancheff, Steve & Anna Katic , Taylor Macut, George Rupich,Dan Radanovic ,Natalie Vacondios,Jean Namey, New born infant of God Christian Geib, Bob Yanich. Please continue to pray for all our men and women who are serving in the Middle East and around the world in your prayers. Especially we are asking you to pray for Kurt Nielson, JarrodN. Jonovich andCapt. Mike Carlson. LET US PRAY TO THELORD!

LATEST CHURCH PICNIC NEWS!!!

Our Church Picnic will be held on Sunday, June 4, 2006.Ticket sales begin at 12:00 noon.Come early to avoid the lines for tickets, pastries and food.

Plans are moving into high gear.The stewards of St. Nicholas are stepping up to the plate to hit this event out of the park – Serb Park!Fun things are being planned for everybody.

Sviraj and the Polka Quads will provide non-stop music.Listen, dance, or sing along.Our very own St. Nicholas Junior Tamburitzans and the St. Sava Youth Choir will perform!Bravo!They’re great!

Join us at Serb Park for a special day filled with warm fellowship, wonderful food and excellent entertainment.Bring your friends and neighbors.It’s going to be a great time!We don’t want you to miss it!

DONATIONS:There’s still time to make a donation to off-set the Picnic costs.For your convenience, special envelopes are located on the Tutor’s stand where the candles are sold.Help us increase the Picnic profits by making a small gift now.We know we can count on you.HVALA!THANKS!

ONE HOUR SHIFTS!!!Sign up to work in the kitchen, pastry shop, or bar.Or add your name to the clean-up team.Sign-up sheets are located on the bulletin board in the Sunday School area.Don’t miss this chance to offer your time and talents!

MEETING:The next Picnic Committee meeting will be held on Sunday, May 28th, after Divine Liturgy in the Sunday School area.Everyone Welcome!We even have a good time at the meetings!

Dr Jaroslav Pelikan falls asleep in the Lord

Christ is Risen!

We have just learned that our seminary trustee and friend, Dr Jaroslav Pelikan, fell asleep in the Lord this afternoon, Saturday, May 13 around 2:30pm after a long battle with lung cancer. The schedule of services in the seminary chapel is as follows:

Tuesday evening, May 16 7:00 pm VIGIL (FUNERAL) SERVICE

Wednesday morning, May 17 9:00 am MEMORIAL DIVINE LITURGY

Recognized by many as the most noted church historian of our times, Dr. Pelikan made St Vladimir's his parish home upon his reception into the Orthodox Church along with his wife in 1998. Memory Eternal!

Yale History Department Banner Transparent SpacerNavigation Jaroslav Pelikan Sterling Professor of History Emeritus

Jaroslav Pelikan is an internationally distinguished scholar of the history of Christianity and medieval intellectual history. He joined the Yale faculty in 1962 as the Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History and in 1972 was appointed to the Sterling Professorship. He served as acting dean and then dean of the Graduate School 1973-78 and was the William Clyde DeVane Lecturer 1984-86 and in the fall of 1995. His more than 30 books include the acclaimed five-volume work The Christian Tradition. His numerous awards include the Graduate School's 1979 Wilbur Cross Medal and the Medieval Academy of America's 1985 Haskins Medal. In 1983 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Professor Pelikan to deliver the 12^th annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, the highest honor conferred by the federal government for outstanding achievement in the humanities. In 1992-93 he presented the Guifford Lectures in Scotland, an honor considered comparable to winning the Nobel Prize. He has been editor of the religion section of Encyclopedia Britannica, and in 1980 he founded the Council of

Scholars at the Library of Congress. His numerous professional affiliations also includes the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of which he is president. Two years ago President Bill Clinton appointed Professor Pelikan to serve on the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

Sterling Professor of History Emeritus Jaroslav Pelikan is the recipient of two recent honors

A four-volume work he co-edited, titled Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition, will be distributed to developing countries with support from a $50,000 grant from the Virginia Farah Foundation. In addition, Pelikan's 80th birthday is being celebrated through the end of this year with a national lecture series.

Book project : The grant from the Virginia Farah Foundation will allow the complete set of "Creeds And Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition," which Pelikan co-edited with Valerie Hotchkiss, to be distributed to Orthodox seminaries and other theological schools of many denominational backgrounds in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America. The book was published by Yale University Press. "It is a significant project for the Virginia Farah Foundation to undertake," says Pelikan. "It signifies the willingness to help spread cultural and intellectual scholarship in the developing world to people who would not be able to afford the books."

The Virginia Farah Foundation supports creative projects that help to spread the Christian message while improving the quality of life. Seminaries and schools in countries that have emerged from communism and where theology was ignored or persecuted will receive copies of "Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition." In the spirit of the program, Pelikan will forego royalties for this project. The foundation expects to send sets to about 300 schools.

Pelikan has been translating, editing and studying the Christian creeds and confessions for 60 years. The complete work includes over 225 texts, with translations from many languages. Pelikan and Hotchkiss provide a brief introduction to each creed and confession, as well as commentary and notes identifying its biblical and other sources. A massive comparative index prepared by Pelikan serves as a comprehensive guide, doctrine by doctrine, to all the creeds and confessions. A CD-ROM, which contains all the translated texts in their original languages, is also included. Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition has received praise from such individuals as Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Lawrence S. Cunningham, a theology professor at The University of Notre Dame, said of the collection: "There is no doubt that this new capacious assemblage will be the standard resource for the next century and an indispensable tool for serious theological research."- Yale Bulletin & Calendar : August 29, 2003

St. Cyril and Methodius ,Wednesday, May 24. 2006 Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. Come for the Liturgy.

Orthodox Bible Study will be held on Wednesday evening, May 24,2006, at 7:00 pm. in the Church Library. Plan now to attend and invite a friend. 

Samaritan WomAn 

A significant figure in the Johannine community, the Samaritan Woman, like many other women, contributed to the spread of Christianity. She therefore occupies a place of honor among the apostles. In Greek sermons from the fourth to the fourteenth centuries she is called "apostle" and "evangelist." In these sermons the Samaritan Woman is often compared to the male disciples and apostles and found to surpass them.

Later, Byzantine hagiographers developed the story of the Samaritan Woman, beginning where Saint John left off. At Pentecost Saint Photini received baptism, along with her five sisters, Anatole, Photo, Photis, Paraskeve, Kyriake, and her two sons, Photeinos and Joseph. She then began a missionary career, traveling far and wide, preaching the good news of the Messiah's coming, His death and resurrection. When Nero, the emperor of Rome, began to persecute Christians, Photini and her son Joseph were in Carthage, in Africa, where she was preaching the Christian gospel. After Jesus appeared to Photini in a dream, she sailed to Rome. Her son and many Christians from Africa accompanied her. Photini's arrival and activity aroused curiosity in the capital city. Everyone talked about her, "Who is this woman?" they asked. "She came here with a crowd of followers and she preaches Christ with great boldness."

Troparion: Illuminated by the Holy Spirit, All-Glorious One, from Christ the Saviour you drank the water of salvation. 

With open hand you give it to those who thirst. Great-Martyr Photini, Equal-to-the-Apostles,pray to Christ for the salvation of our souls. 

Adapted from Saints and Sisterhood: The lives of forty-eight Holy Women by Eva Catafygiotu Topping, Light and Life Publishing Company

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Fr. Srboljub's Thoughts on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman (John 4:5-42)

Imagine being the Samaritan woman, meeting Christ at the well.Because of His thirst, her life is forever changed.In speaking to her, Christ crosses barriers of culture, tradition, ethnicity, and custom.He sees in her a different kind of thirst - the longing of a dried up spirit to be revived.He sees it in each of us.We want to feel good about who we are and what we do.We want to live honest, productive lives at peace with ourselves and in harmony with our neighbors.Christ meets each of us at the well and offers Living Water so our souls may be blessed.He meets each of us at the Cross and offers us Eternal Life.Drink deeply from His cup.Embrace the light of His resurrection.Reach out to others and bring His message to them.

Pastoral Visitation: Tuesday, May 16, LONGWOOD MANOR:Dancy Stepanovic. MANOR CARE. LEBANON, Julia Hulgus, CEDAR HEVEN, Lebanon, Pa. Robert Dabic and VeselinDabic, HILL FARM, ANNVILE. Pa. Helen Hulgus, GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, Lebanon, Pa. Daniel Petkovich, R: 256 and Dolly Saylor R: 471. Thursday, May 18, GRAYSON VIEW: Ruby Govelovich, Millicent Rossell, Violet Miller, Margaret Spaseff. 

ON THE SUNDAY OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN

In today's Gospel, we see clearly how Our Lord combines within His Person two natures, the human and the divine. On the one hand, we see that as a human-being, like all of us, He is wearied, thirsty and hungry. The Gospel tells us, for example, that when midday, the sixth hour, had come, His disciples left him to obtain food in the city and that Christ, thirsty, asked the Samaritan Woman for drink. On the other hand, we see that He is also divine. Living as God in eternity, He knows the present, past and future of all. Thus as God He knows that the Samaritan Woman has already been married five times and that at present she is living in sin with yet another man. Also He tells her that He can give her 'living water' from an Eternal Well, and He tells the disciples that His 'food is to do the will of Him that sent Me'.As a man, Christ was a Jew, and His disciples are therefore astonished to find Him conversing not only with a woman, but with a Samaritan Woman. A Jew would never even have talked to a Samaritan, let alone a Samaritan Woman, for as the Apostle John says in his Gospel, 'the Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans'. As God, however, Christ does not hesitate to talk to one who is able to accept Him as the Messiah, for the vocation of Christ is universal. 'Salvation comes forth from the Jews', but salvation is only for those who accept Christ and few were the Jews who did accept Him.

True, from the Jewish viewpoint, the Samaritans, Jews who had intermarried with pagans, were heretics; they had rejected the importance of Jerusalem and much of the Old Testament, including the Prophets; they had confused pagan idolatry with the Old Testament. 

 

They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world." ( John 4: 39-42 Today’s Gospel)

Subject: Orthodox Christian Academy 

Come Learn about this EXCITING Pan-Orthodox School & Center!

AGENDA:

0615-0630pm Arrival

0630-0635pm Prayers

0635-0645pm Meet the Board

0645-0715pm Project Overview

0715-0745pm Committee Planning Sessions/Summary

0745-0800pm Question & Answer, Prayers, & Adjourn

PLACE: Laurel Building 3705 Trindle Rd. Camp Hill, PA17011

DATE:May 25, 2006! 

TIME:6:30pm-8:00pmFor more information, please contact: V. Rev. Daniel Ressetar:(717)652-1825 or frdanhbg@aol.comRev. Deacon Joe Kreta:(610)782-0225 or jkreta@erols.com

The first Orthodox church to be blessed in Rome - Interfax
May 18, 2006

Moscow, May 18, Interfax - The first Orthodox church in the capital of Italy will be solemnly blessed on Friday, May 19.

The head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad currently on a visit in Rome will perform the Office of the Lesser Blessing of the church. An official delegation of the Moscow government headed by Mayor Yury Luzhkov will take part in the ceremony. The choir of the Moscow Sretensky monastery is expected to sing.
The Russian orthodox church of St. Catherine the Great Martyr was built at the Russian Embassy in Italy on the Gianiculum Hill not far from the St. Peter's Basilica. The construction was licensed in June 2002 with the Embassy's assistance, and the works began in summer 2003. The cross and the domes were blessed and installed later in March 2006.

The necessity of the construction of the first Orthodox church in the Eternal City where many martyrs had shed their blood is explained by the presence of numerous Russian orthodox believers in Rome.
The idea to build an Orthodox church in the capital of Italy first appeared in the 19th century, but the Revolution impeded the project. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs took the initiative in constructing the church in the early 1990s. Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russian blessed the initiative. A special foundation for the construction of the church headed by Metropolitan Kirill was set up in May 2004.
Both the Orthodox and the Catholics worship St. Catherine to whom the church is dedicated.

Coming Up Meetings:Renovations Committee Meeting on May 23rd, at 6PM.

Next Church Board Meeting on Wednesday, May 31^st at 7:00 P.M.

Vesper Service Wednesday, May 31^st at 6:00 P.M. (Ascension of Our Lord)