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Sunday, May 21, 2023
Tone 5
6th Sunday of Pascha
Sunday of the Blind Man
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Sunday of the Blind Man
(OCA) At the end of Chapter 8 in Gospel of Saint John, the Savior was disputing with the Pharisees in the Temple during the Feast of Tabernacles. He told them, "Your father Abraham was glad that he should see my day; and he saw it and rejoiced" (John 8:56). The Jews said that Jesus was not even fifty years old, so how could He claim to have seen Abraham? The Lord replied, "Before Abraham was, I am." I am, of course, is the name that God revealed to Moses in the Burning Bush. When the Jews picked up stones to throw at Him, He hid Himself and went out of the Temple.
We read in SaInt John's Gospel (9:1-38): "As He passed by, he saw a man who was blind from birth." It might appear that Jesus was on His way to something or someone else, but in his Commentary on the Gospel of Saint John, the ever-memorable Archbishop Dmitri of Dallas, quotes from Homily LVI of Saint John Chrysostom: "that on going out of the Temple, He proceeded intentionally to the work, is clear from this: it was He who saw the blind man, and not the blind man who came to Him...."
Christ's disciples asked Him who had sinned, the blind man or his parents that he had been born blind. Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God might be manifested in him" (John 9:3). It was thought that a person who had some affliction must have sinned (or his parents did) to deserve such punishment. In the Book of Exodus (20:5), God said that he would visit "the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation." This, however, applied to the sin of idolatry, if the children emulated their parents' behavior.
The blind man was not born blind just so the miracle could be performed, but seeing the man in such a condition, the Lord decided to use him in a way that would manifest God's glory. He Who is the Light of the world healed the blind man and enlightened him. Giving sight to the blind was one of the signs which would identify the Messiah (Matthew 11:4-6).
The Lord made clay when He spat on the ground, and placed it in the man’s empty eye sockets and sent him to the pool of Siloam to wash. Most versions of the Gospels translate the word επεθηκεν as "anointed," but it can also mean "to spread on," or "to smear." Siloam means "sent," and in Saint John's Gospel Christ says about forty times that He Himself had been sent by the Father."
This manner of healing reminds us of the way God created man by fashioning him from the dust of the earth. In the Old Testament God created man from the dust of the earth, now Christ, the same God, fashions eyes from the clay and places them in the blind man’s empty sockets. Here are some quotes from the Pentecostarion:
At the Oikos of Matins: "He receives physical eyes as well as those of the soul."
In the Verses of the Synaxarion: O Bestower of light. Who are Light coming forth from Light; You gave eyes to the man who was blind from birth, O Word."
In the second exapostilarion: "Along the way, the Savior found a man who lacked both sight and eyes."
At Monday Vespers (stikheron of the Feast) we sing, "With his whole soul, and mind, and his tongue, the man who in times not long passed had been blind, confessed Him Who had fashioned eyes for him out of spittle and clay..."
Saint Theophylaktos says in his Commentary that "Jesus our Lord fashioned all the members of the blind man's body except for the eyes, which He omitted. By healing them now, he completes the divine act of creating and demonstrates that He is the Creator."
Jesus tests the faith of the blind man by sending him to the Pool of Siloam (which means “sent”). He respects the man’s freedom, but asks for his voluntary and free participation in the miracle. The blind man, with faith, obeys God’s command. He goes and washes in the pool, and he returns seeing.
The former blind man’s life was not made easier, however. He becomes the object of the Scribes' and Pharisees' evil and hatred, those who believed in God and in the observance of His Law. They themselves were blind, yet they were suspicious of the formerly blind man, imagining that he only pretended to be blind and now was able to see. "They willingly were made blind by the dark letter of the Law, in which Christ, the resplendent Sun shines."
They questioned the man who was blind, but when they see the miracle before their eyes, instead of believing, they shut the eyes of their souls. Then the man's parents were questioned. They were afraid to confirm the miracle that happened to their son who was born blind, because they did not want to be expelled from the synagogue. They tried to avoid trouble by concealing the truth. Therefore, they said, "He is of age, ask him!"
We who receive benefits from God every day are ashamed or afraid to confess God because of our lack of trust. We put our own interests above God, knowing that He will understand us! He will understand us, but He will also see our faith and what priorities we have in our lives. Christ will see what "gods" we have put in His place, but He will not cease to remind us that He is the light of the world.
The blind man was healed, not only in the eyes of his body but eventually in his soul as well. He recognizes Jesus as God, and does not hesitate to confess it before the religious rulers with courage that many of us would envy. Faith alone is not enough, we also need to confess our faith in order to become genuine children of God. When we confess Christ before men, He will confess us before His Father, as the Lord has promised us: "Everyone who shall confess me before men, I also shall confess him before my Father who is in Heaven; and whoever denies me before men I also will deny him before my Father who is in Heaven" (Matthew 10:32). |
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Equal of the Apostles and Emperor Constantine with his Mother Helen
(OCA) The Church calls Saint Constantine (306-337) “the Equal of the Apostles,” and historians call him “the Great.” He was the son of the Caesar Constantius Chlorus (305-306), who governed the lands of Gaul and Britain. His mother was Saint Helen, a Christian of humble birth.
At this time the immense Roman Empire was divided into Western and Eastern halves, governed by two independent emperors and their corulers called “Caesars.” Constantius Chlorus was Caesar in the Western Roman Empire. Saint Constantine was born in 274, possibly at Nish in Serbia. In 294, Constantius divorced Helen in order to further his political ambition by marrying a woman of noble rank. After he became emperor, Constantine showed his mother great honor and respect, granting her the imperial title “Augusta.”
Constantine, the future ruler of all the whole Roman Empire, was raised to respect Christianity. His father did not persecute Christians in the lands he governed. This was at a time when Christians were persecuted throughout the Roman Empire by the emperors Diocletian (284-305) and his corulers Maximian Galerius (305-311) in the East, and the emperor Maximian Hercules (284-305) in the West.
After the death of Constantius Chlorus in 306, Constantine was acclaimed by the army at York as emperor of Gaul and Britain. The first act of the new emperor was to grant the freedom to practice Christianity in the lands subject to him. The pagan Maximian Galerius in the East and the fierce tyrant Maxentius in the West hated Constantine and they plotted to overthrow and kill him, but Constantine bested them in a series of battles, defeating his opponents with the help of God. He prayed to God to give him a sign which would inspire his army to fight valiantly, and the Lord showed him a radiant Sign of the Cross in the heavens with the inscription “In this Sign, conquer.”
After Constantine became the sole ruler of the Western Roman Empire, he issued the Edict of Milan in 313 which guaranteed religious tolerance for Christians. Saint Helen, who was a Christian, may have influenced him in this decision. In 323, when he became the sole ruler of the entire Roman Empire, he extended the provisions of the Edict of Milan to the Eastern half of the Empire. After three hundred years of persecution, Christians could finally practice their faith without fear.
Renouncing paganism, the Emperor did not let his capital remain in ancient Rome, the former center of the pagan realm. He transferred his capital to the East, to the city of Byzantium, which was renamed Constantinople, the city of Constantine (May 11). Constantine was deeply convinced that only Christianity could unify the immense Roman Empire with its diverse peoples. He supported the Church in every way. He recalled Christian confessors from banishment, he built churches, and he showed concern for the clergy.
The emperor deeply revered the victory-bearing Sign of the Cross of the Lord, and also wanted to find the actual Cross upon which our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified. For this purpose he sent his own mother, the holy Empress Helen, to Jerusalem, granting her both power and money. Patriarch Macarius of Jerusalem and Saint Helen began the search, and through the will of God, the Life-Creating Cross was miraculously discovered in 326. (The account of the finding of the Cross of the Lord is found under the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, September 14). The Orthodox Church commemorates the Uncovering of the Precious Cross and the Precious Nails by the Holy Empress Helen on March 6.
While in Palestine, the holy empress did much of benefit for the Church. She ordered that all places connected with the earthly life of the Lord and His All-Pure Mother, should be freed of all traces of paganism, and she commanded that churches should be built at these places.
The emperor Constantine ordered a magnificent church in honor of Christ’s Resurrection to be built over His tomb. Saint Helen gave the Life-Creating Cross to the Patriarch for safe-keeping, and took part of the Cross with her for the emperor. After distributing generous alms at Jerusalem and feeding the needy (at times she even served them herself), the holy Empress Helen returned to Constantinople, where she died in the year 327.
Because of her great services to the Church and her efforts in finding the Life-Creating Cross, the empress Helen is called “the Equal of the Apostles.”
The peaceful state of the Christian Church was disturbed by quarrels, dissensions and heresies which had appeared within the Church. Already at the beginning of Saint Constantine’s reign the heresies of the Donatists and the Novatians had arisen in the West. They demanded a second baptism for those who lapsed during the persecutions against Christians. These heresies, repudiated by two local Church councils, were finally condemned at the Council of Milan in 316.
Particularly ruinous for the Church was the rise of the Arian heresy in the East, which denied the Divine Nature of the Son of God, and taught that Jesus Christ was a mere creature. By order of the emperor, the First Ecumenical Council was convened in the city of Nicea in 325.
318 bishops attended this Council. Among its participants were confessor-bishops from the period of the persecutions and many other luminaries of the Church, among whom was Saint Nicholas of Myra in Lycia. (The account about the Council is found under May 29). The emperor was present at the sessions of the Council. The heresy of Arius was condemned and a Symbol of Faith (Creed) composed, in which was included the term “consubstantial with the Father,” at the insistence of the Emperor, confirming the truth of the divinity of Jesus Christ, Who assumed human nature for the redemption of all the human race.
After the Council of Nicea, Saint Constantine continued with his active role in the welfare of the Church. He accepted holy Baptism on his deathbed, having prepared for it all his whole life. Saint Constantine died on the day of Pentecost in the year 337 and was buried in the church of the Holy Apostles, in a crypt he had prepared for himself. |
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Christ is Risen!
Христос Воскрес! Khrystos Voskres!
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Christos Anesti
المَسيح قام! ĀalmaSiH qām!
Thursday, May 25 is the feast of the Ascension of Our Lord. We'll have Vespers (with Lita) at 6 pm, Wednesday, May 24. Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 7 am, Thursday, May 25.
A number of people have asked me about baking prosphora. We haven't been able to have classes to do this because the pan I used was out of stock. Well, it's back in STOCK!
At $75 the Gifted Baking Pan is expensive but it also consistently turns out a very good loaf prosphora. You can find more about the pan here and if you are interested in learning how to bake bread for Liturgy please contact me.
In Christ,
Fr Gregory |
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Baking a prosphora is a spiritual event and is not to be seen as a chore, but many worry about producing a legible seal, which can cause stress and anxiety during the baking process. The Gifted Pan makes it easy to bake with joy and confidence, as it produces a clear, beautiful seal every time. The pan is custom made non-stick heavy cast aluminum pan is 9 1/2" inside diameter; 2 1/2" inside depth and weighs 4-Pound, 12-Ounce |
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Honor Your 2023 Graduates
along with His Eminence Metropolitan Antony and His Eminence Archbishop Daniel |
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The Consistory Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry with blessing of our Hierarchs is pleased to announce Commencement 2023! Graduation from high school and college is a major milestone in life. We would like to honor them in a special way and in the life of the church.
June 11, 2023 will be Commencement Day for all high school and college graduates of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA. There are several ways we hope to honor our graduates and we require the assistance of our parishes and parents to accomplish this.
Submission information and details may be found on our website https://www.uocyouth.org/2020commencement
His Eminence Metropolitan Antony and His Eminence Archbishop Daniel will give a special commencement day presentation on-line. We ask that you participate in this special event June 11, 2023 at 3:00PM EST.
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This Week at Ss Cyril & Methodius
Wednesday, May 17
- 11:00 AM-3:00 PM: Office Hours/Confessions
Thursday, May 18
- 12:00-1:30 PM: URW Meeting
- 2:00-4:00 PM: Office Hours/Confessions
Saturday, May 20
- 3:30-4:30 PM: Inquirers' Class
- 5:00 PM: Great Vespers
- 6:00 PM: Confessions
Sunday, May 21 (Sunday of the Blind Man)
- 9:00 AM: Hours/Pre-Communion Prayers
- 9:30 AM: Divine Liturgy
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Looking Ahead
Wednesday, May 24 (Leavetaking of Pascha)
- 4:00-6:00 PM: Office Hours/Confessions
- 6:00 PM: Vespers & Litia
Thursday, May 25 (Feast of the Ascension)
Saturday, May 27
- 3:30-4:30 PM: Inquirers' Class
- 5:00 PM: Great Vespers
- 6:00 PM: Confessions
Sunday, May 28 (Sunday of the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council)
- 9:00 AM: Hours/Pre-Communion Prayers
- 9:30 AM: Divine Liturgy
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Priest: “Blessed is the Kingdom…”
Choir: “Amen.”
Priest: “Christ is risen… “ (2 ½ times)
Choir: “and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!”
(The Divine Liturgy is begun in this manner until the Leavetaking of Pascha.) |
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Hymns After the Small Entrance
Tone 5 Troparion (Resurrection)
Let us, the faithful, praise and worship the Word,
co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit,
born for our salvation from the Virgin;
for He willed to be lifted up on the Cross in the flesh,
to endure death,
and to raise the dead//
by His glorious Resurrection.
Tone 8 Troparion (Sts. Constantine and Helen)
Thy servant Constantine, O Lord and only Lover of man,
beheld the figure of the Cross in the heavens.
Like Paul, not having received his call from men,
but as an apostle among rulers set by Thy hand over the royal city,//
he preserved lasting peace through the prayers of the Theotokos.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
Tone 3 Kontakion (Sts. Constantine and Helen)
Today Constantine and his mother Helen reveal the precious Cross,
the weapon of Orthodox Christians against their enemies,//
for it is manifest for us as a great and fearful sign in struggle.
now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
Tone 4 Kontakion (Pentecostarion)
I come to Thee, O Christ, blind from birth in my spiritual eyes,
and call to Thee in repentance://
“Thou art the most radiant Light of those in darkness.” |
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Epistle: Acts 16:16-34/Acts 26:1-5;12-20
Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour. But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities. And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city; and they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.” Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods. And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed. And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.” Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself: “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently. My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know. They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me. Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.
Gospel: John 9:1-38/John 10:1-9
Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing. Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?” Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.” He said, “I am he.” Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?” He answered and said, “A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.” Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He said, “I do not know.” They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.” But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give God the glory! We know that this Man is a sinner.” He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.” Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?” He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?” Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. We know that God spoke to Moses; as for this fellow, we do not know where He is from.” The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.” They answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out. Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?” He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?” And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.” Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them. Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. |
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(Instead of “It is truly meet…,” we sing:)
The Angel cried to the Lady, full of grace:
“Rejoice, O pure Virgin! Again, I say: Rejoice,
thy Son is risen from His three days in the tomb!
With Himself He has raised all the dead.”
Rejoice, O ye people!
Shine, shine, O new Jerusalem!
The glory of the Lord has shone on thee.
Exult now, and be glad, O Zion!
Be radiant, O pure Theotokos,
in the Resurrection of thy Son!
Communion Hymn
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise thy God, O Zion!
The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance! He shall not fear evil tidings
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Priest: “In the fear of God…”
Choir: “Blessed is He that comes in the Name of the Lord… “
Priest: “O God, save Thy people… “
Choir: “Christ is risen from the dead… “ (sung once, instead of “We have seen the True Light…)
Priest: “Always, now and ever…”
Choir: “Let our mouths be filled…”
At the Dismissal, the Priest says: “Glory to Thee, O Christ…” and the choir sings “Christ is risen from the dead…” (thrice).
And unto us He has given eternal life.
Let us worship His Resurrection on the third day! |
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Language |
Greeting |
Response |
Aleut: |
Khristus anahgrecum! |
Alhecum anahgrecum! |
Aleut: |
Khris-tusax agla-gikux! |
Agangu-lakan agla-gikux! |
Albanian: |
Krishti U Ngjall! |
Vertet U Ngjall! |
Alutuq: |
Khris-tusaq ung-uixtuq! |
Pijii-nuq ung-uixtuq! |
Amharic: |
Kristos tenestwal! |
Bergit tenestwal! |
Anglo-Saxon: |
Crist aras! |
Crist sodhlice aras! |
Arabic: |
El Messieh kahm! |
Hakken kahm! |
Armenian: |
Kristos haryav ee merelotz! |
Orhnial eh harootyunuh kristosee! |
Athabascan: |
Xristosi banuytashtch'ey! |
Gheli banuytashtch'ey! |
Bulgarian: |
Hristos voskrese! |
Vo istina voskrese! |
Byelorussian: |
Khrystos uvaskros! |
Saprawdy uvaskros! |
Chinese: |
Helisituosi fuhuole! |
Queshi fuhuole! |
Coptic: |
Pchristos aftooun! |
Alethos aftooun! |
Czech: |
Vstal z mrtvých Kristus! |
Vpravdě vstal z mrtvých! |
Danish: |
Kristus er opstanden! |
Ja, sandelig opstanden! |
Dutch: |
Christus is opgestaan! |
Ja, hij is waarlijk opgestaan! |
English: |
Christ is risen! |
Indeed He is risen! |
Eritrean-Tigre: |
Christos tensiou! |
Bahake tensiou! |
Esperanto: |
Kristo levigis! |
Vere levigis! |
Estonian: |
Kristus on üles tõusnud! |
Ta on tõesti üles tõusnud! |
Ethiopian: |
Christos t'ensah em' muhtan! |
Exai' ab-her eokala! |
Finnish: |
Kristus nousi kuolleista! |
Totisesti nousi! |
French: |
Le Christ est réssuscité! |
En verite il est réssuscité! |
Gaelic: |
Taw creest ereen! |
Taw shay ereen guhdyne! |
Georgian: |
Kriste aghsdga! |
Cheshmaritad aghsdga! |
German: |
Christus ist auferstanden! |
Wahrlich Er ist auferstanden! |
Greek: |
Christos anesti! |
Alithos anesti! |
Hawaiian: |
Ua ala hou 'o Kristo! |
Ua ala 'I 'o no 'oia! |
Hebrew: |
Ha Masheeha houh quam! |
Be emet quam! |
Hungarian: |
Krisztus feltamadt! |
Valoban feltamadt! |
Ibo ( Nigeria): |
Jesu Kristi ebiliwo! |
Ezia o' biliwo! |
Indian (Malayalam): |
Christu uyirthezhunnettu! |
Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu! |
Indonesian: |
Kristus telah bangkit! |
Benar dia telah bangkit! |
Italian: |
Cristo e' risorto! |
Veramente e' risorto! |
Japanese: |
Harisutos Fukkatsu! |
Jitsu ni Fukkatsu! |
Javanese: |
Kristus sampun wungu! |
Tuhu sampun wungu! |
Korean: |
Kristo gesso! |
Buhar ha sho nay! |
Latin: |
Christus resurrexit! |
Vere resurrexit! |
Latvian: |
Kristus ir augsham sales! |
Teyasham ir augsham sales vinsch! |
Lugandan: |
Kristo ajukkide! |
Amajim ajukkide! |
Norwegian: |
Christus er oppstanden! |
Sandelig han er oppstanden! |
Polish: |
Khristus zmartwyckwstal! |
Zaprawde zmartwyckwstal! |
Portuguese: |
Cristo ressuscitou! |
Em verdade ressuscitou! |
Romanian: |
Hristos a inviat! |
Adevărat a înviat! |
Russian: |
Khristos voskrese! |
Voistinu voskrese! |
Sanskrit: |
Kristo'pastitaha! |
Satvam upastitaha! |
Serbian: |
Hristos vaskrse! |
Vaistunu vaskrse! |
Slovak: |
Christos vstal z mŕtvych! |
Vpravde vstal z mŕtvych! |
Spanish: |
Cristo ha resucitado! |
En verdad ha resucitado! |
Swahili: |
Kristo amefufukka! |
Kweli amefufukka! |
Swedish: |
Kristus är uppstånden! |
Han är sannerligen uppstånden! |
Syriac: |
M'shee ho dkom! |
Ha koo qam! |
Tlingit: |
Krisdos kux̱ wudigút! |
X’éiga kux̱ wudigút! |
Turkish: |
Hristos diril - di! |
Hakikaten diril - di! |
Ugandan: |
Kristo ajukkide! |
Kweli ajukkide! |
Ukrainian: |
Khristos voskres! |
Voistinu voskres! |
Welsh: |
Atgyfododd Crist! |
Atgyfododd yn wir! |
Yupik: |
Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuq! |
Iluumun Ung-uixtuq! |
Zulu: |
UKristu uvukile! |
Ngempela uvukile! |
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Women's Monastery Trip
Hello ladies,
There is a change of plan regarding our visit to the monastery of St. John Chrysostom at Kenosha! Our sisters at St. Ignatius will not be able to join on the 6th because their bishop is coming to visit and there is also a wedding of one of the parish members at that weekend. For that reason we have decided to move the date of the trip one week after, on Saturday May 13. I hope this does not bring any inconvenience to your plans. As far as I have checked, most women who signed up for the 6th can also come on the 13th.
The plan of the trip is the following: we will meet at the Assumption church at 8:30 am on Saturday May 13, and estimate to arrive in Kenosha around 11 am. We will first visit the church and venerate the relics they have, and then will have a talk with abess Melanie (maybe fr Lukas too). Lunch will be offered by the monastery afterwards and then we will have the time to do some shopping from the store of the monastery. There are a variety of religious books in English and Greek, many icons, incense etc . There is also fresh food that we can buy, tyropita, spanakopita, koulourakia, honey and plenty of other delicacies. All food has been made from organic plants from their gardens, eggs and yogurt has been made from their animals etc The plan is to leave from the monastery around 2:30 pm.
One option is travelling by bus and we need to know the number of the people coming in order to get an offer. We will be responsible for our bus fare. However there is a great possibility that this will not work out (very busy season, there wasn't any availability for the 6th from Badger bus company), so we might go by car as we always did before, meaning that we need drivers. I will keep you informed as long as we have the final number of participants.
Looking forward to this pilgrimage trip.
Take care!
Peli |
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By the age of 25, about 60% of those baptized as infants will no longer consider themselves members of the Orthodox Church. A parish on a university campus is an important witness not only to the surrounding community but also to high school age and younger parishioner. Establishing a parish on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison helps remind young people that graduating high school doesn't mean "graduating" from the Church. Please consider joining those who have committed their time, treasure and talent in establishing an Orthodox community on the Isthmus. Help us reach your children and grandchildren with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. |
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