Sunday of the Blind Man
St. Nicholas Bulletin - June 6, 2021 - Sixth Sunday of Pascha
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Christ is Risen! Христос Васкрсе! Χριστός Ανέστη! Cristo ha Resucitado! |
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Hope for Us Who Dwell in Darkness
Homily for the Sunday of the Blind Man
from Fr. Philip LeMasters
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Christ is Risen!
It is usually a good idea to follow the old saying, “Look before you leap.” We can get into a lot of trouble by acting before we have a good understanding of our circumstances and of what is likely to come from our actions. The blind man in today’s gospel reading, however, was in a very different situation. Because of blindness, he could not look at all. Christ acted on him by putting clay on his eyes and telling him to wash in the pool of Siloam. This fellow did not know who the Lord was, but because his sight was restored after he obeyed that command, the man said that He was a prophet. It is not until the end of the passage that the Savior revealed Himself as the Son of God; then the man believed and worshiped Him. At that point, the eye of the man’s soul was opened to know Christ in His divine glory.
In our reading from Acts, we encounter another man who dwelt in darkness. The Roman jailer was ready to kill himself when an earthquake opened the doors of the prison and broke the chains of the prisoners. Knowing that he would be executed for failing to keep the prison secure, the wretched man was about to take his own life with his sword. He was in one of the darkest spots imaginable at that point, when St. Paul assured him that the prisoners had not escaped. We read that “the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out and said, ‘Men, what must I do to be saved?’ And they said, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.’” That is what this fellow did. He was baptized along with his whole family. After washing the apostles’ wounds, the man took them to his home and served them food. Then he “rejoiced with all his household that he had believed in God.” Like the blind man in the gospel reading, the jailer had his eyes opened to know Christ in His divine glory.
The men in our readings were not deliberately on a journey for spiritual fulfillment. They were not investigating their religious options and seeing which one suited them the best. Neither seems to have been focused on much more than the day-to-day realities of their lives when the light of Christ came upon them. It was surely just another Sabbath day for the blind man when the Savior’s healing restored His sight in such a miraculous fashion that he found himself in the middle of a controversy so fierce that he was cast out of the synagogue simply for having a positive view of the Lord Who had healed him. The jailer had fulfilled his responsibilities in securing the prisoners when an earthquake set them all free in a way reminiscent of the Lord’s victory over Hades, which set free the captives of death. They were both shocked and disoriented by these events. The predictable lives they had known were over and they found themselves in unfamiliar, distributing circumstances. They both asked questions as they came to faith. The formerly blind man asked Who the Son of God was so that he could believe in Him. The jailer asked how to be saved. These were not theoretical questions for them, but truly practical matters of life and death.
As we prepare to conclude our celebration of Pascha in the coming week, we must remember that the Savior’s resurrection is neither a theological concept nor a reward that we receive for being religious people. The good news that “Christ is Risen!” is even more extraordinary than a man blind from birth gaining his sight or a jailer finding that all his prisoners are still there after having been set free by an earthquake. But in order to open our eyes to the shocking brilliance of the empty tomb, we need to ponder the examples of human beings who suddenly found themselves, through no fault or credit of their own, in the life-changing circumstance of encountering Jesus Christ. The formerly blind man had originally thought that Christ was a prophet who had worked a great miracle of healing. The jailer was a pagan Roman and there is no telling what, if anything, he knew about the Lord before asking Paul and Silas what he had to do in order to be saved. The Savior changed their lives radically and in ways that they could neither predict nor control.
We will be guilty of trying to make God in our own image if we think we can calculate with precision why and how the brilliant light of the resurrection shines in particular ways in our world of darkness. Remember the conversion of St. Paul, who thought that his miraculous conversion, as “the chief of sinners,” was merely a sign that “Christ Jesus might display His immense patience as an example for those who would believe in Him and receive eternal life.” (1 Tim. 1:15-16) In other words, if the Lord could save Paul, then there is hope for us all. That was a very modest and humble affirmation on his part.
When Christ was asked whose sin was responsible for the man being born blind, He answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. I must work the works of Him Who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” If we spend our time and energy obsessing about the effects of our sins or those of others, we will end up blindly focusing on ourselves and other people in a way that will only enslave us further to spiritual darkness. Our Risen Lord is the Light of the world. He has illumined even the tomb, making it an entrance into the glory of His eternal life. Pascha teaches us that our participation by grace in the joy of His resurrection is no more a matter of what we deserve or even understand than was the healing of the blind man or the strange set of circumstances that led to the conversion of the jailer. Their stories are not primarily about them as particular people, but about how our Lord restored them to the sublime dignity of those who share in His life by grace.
The blind man did not respond with questions and reservations driven by fear about the future course of his life. He simply obeyed, washed, and saw, then he moved forward to encounter challenges he could never have anticipated. The jailer did not ask how the earthquake that freed the prisoners related to this or that in his life experience. Terrified to the point of taking his own life, he simply asked how to be saved once he realized that the captives had not escaped. We must learn from their examples not to get so caught up in our own thoughts, emotions, worries, and fears that we distract ourselves from doing what it takes to open the eyes of our souls more fully to the brilliant light of Christ. The question of the jailer, “Men, what must I do to be saved?” is not a one-time question with an abstract answer, but concerns the ongoing journey of becoming radiant with the divine energies of our Lord as we become more like Him in holiness. We must continuously discern the answer to that question through our full participation in the sacramental and ascetical life of the Church as we enter more fully into the holy mystery of our salvation and turn away from habits of thought, word, and deed that tempt us to choose death over life. As those who were born spiritually blind and have been illumined through the washing of Baptism and the anointing of Chrismation, we must persist in turning away from the darkness in our souls as we embrace the light of the resurrection more fully.
Our Risen Lord has conquered Hades, death, and the tomb, and now nothing can keep us from shining with the brilliant light of holiness other than our own choice to persist in blindness. Even though the season of Pascha soon concludes, we may always live in the new day of His resurrection. Like the men in today’s readings, let us urgently embrace the Savior as we disorient ourselves from the darkness and turn toward the Light of the world, for Christ is Risen!
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PASCHAL TROPARION—TONE 1
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death; and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!
RESURRECTION TROPARION—TONE 5
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.
SUNDAY OF THE BLIND MAN KONTAKION —TONE 4
I come to You, O Christ, blind from birth in my spiritual eyes, and call to You in repentance: “You are the most radiant Light of those in darkness.”
PASCHA KONTAKION —TONE 8
You descended into the tomb, O Immortal, You destroyed the power of death. In victory You arose, O Christ God, proclaiming: “Rejoice!” to the Myrrhbearing Women, granting peace to Your Apostles, and bestowing resurrection on the fallen.
Instead of “It is Truly Meet…”
The Angel cried to the lady full of grace: Rejoice, Rejoice, O pure virgin. Again, I say rejoice, your Son is risen from His three days in the tomb. With Himself, He has raised all the dead, rejoice, rejoice, O ye people.
Shine, Shine, Shine O new Jerusalem; the Glory of the Lord has shown on you. Exult, now exult, and be glad, O Zion. Be radiant, O pure Theotokos in the Resurrection, the Resurrection of your Son.
Priest: “Blessed is the Kingdom…” Choir: Amen. Priest: Tropar 2 1/2 times. Choir: Finishes.
Priest: “In the fear of God …” Choir: “Blessed is He that comes in the Name of the Lord … “
Priest: “O Lord, save Your people …” Choir: “Christ is risen from the dead … “ (slow version)
Priest: “Always, now and ever …” Choir: “Let our mouths be filled …”
(At the Dismissal, the Priest says: “Glory to You, O Christ….,” and the choir sings “Christ is risen from the dead….” (thrice).
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~Scripture Readings of the Day~ |
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READERS:
Matins: Nicholas Ressetar Epistle: Dasha Gencturk
Matins Next Week: Milan Radanovic Epistle Next Week: Grant Govelovich
EPISTLE: Acts 16: 16-34
EPISTLE: Acts 16: 16-34
DEACON: Let us pay attention.
PRIEST: Peace be unto all!
READER: And with your spirit!
DEACON: Wisdom.
READER: The Prokeimenon in the Eighth Tone: Pray and make your vows before the Lord, our God!
CHOIR: Pray and make your vows before the Lord, our God!
READER: v: In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel.
CHOIR: Pray and make your vows before the Lord, our God!
READER: Pray and make your vows ...
CHOIR: … before the Lord, our God!
DEACON: Wisdom!
READER: The Reading is from the Acts of the Apostles.
DEACON: Let us attend!
READER: 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 in 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.
PRIEST: Peace be unto you, reader!
READER: And with your spirit! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
CHOIR: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
READER: Look upon me and have mercy on me!
CHOIR: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
READER: Guide my steps according to Your word!
CHOIR: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
АПОСТОЛ: Дјела Ап. 16: 16-34
Ђакон: Пазимо
Свештеник: Мир свима!
Читач: I Духу Твоме!
Ђакон: Премудрост
Читач : ПРОКИМЕН- глас 8 Молите се и извршујте своје завете Господу Богу нашему.
Хор: Молите се и извршујте своје завете Господу Богу нашему.
Читач: Зна се у Јудеји за Бога, у Израиљу је велико име Његово.
Хор: Молите се и извршујте своје завете Господу Богу нашему.
Читач: Молите се и извршујте своје
Хор: завете Господу Богу нашему!
Ђакон: Премудрост
Читач: читање из књиге дјела апостолских
Ђакон: Пазимо
Читач: Браћо, у то вријеме кад иђасмо на молитву, догоди се пак да нас срете једна робиња која имаше дух погађачки и гатајући доношаше велики добитак својим господарима. Ова пође за Павлом и за нама, и викаше говорећи: Ови су људи слуге Бога Вишњега, који нам јављају пут спасења. И овако чињаше много дана. А када се Павлу досади, окрену се и рече духу: Заповиједам ти именом Господа Исуса Христа, изиђи из ње! И изиђе у тај час. А када видјеше њезини господари да изиђе нада њиховог добитка, узеше Павла и Силу и одвукоше их на трг пред поглаваре. И кад их доведоше војводама, рекоше: Ови људи узбуњују наш град, а Јевреји су, И проповиједају обичаје које нама не приличи примати ни творити, јер смо Римљани. И слеже се народ на њих, и војводе им раздријеше хаљине, и заповједише да их шибају. И пошто им ударише много батина, бацише их у тамницу, и заповједише тамничару да их добро чува. Примивши такву заповијест, он их баци у најдоњу тамницу и ноге им метну у кладе. А око поноћи Павле и Сила мољаху се и слављаху Бога; а сужњи их слушаху. Одједном пак настаде велики земљотрес, тако да се потресоше темељи тамнице; и одмах се отворише сва врата и свима спадоше окови. А кад се пробуди тамничар и видје отворена врата тамничка, извади нож и хтједе да се убије, мислећи да су сужњи побјегли. А Павле повика јаким гласом говорећи: Не чини себи зла никаква, јер смо сви овдје! А он заискавши свјетиљку улетје и дрхтећи паде пред Павла и Силу; И извевши их напоље рече: Господо, шта ми треба чинити да се спасем? А они рекоше: Вјеруј у Господа Исуса Христа и спашћеш се ти и сав дом твој. И говораху му ријеч Господњу, и свима у дому његову. И узевши их у онај час ноћи опра им ране; и одмах се крсти он и сви његови. И уведе их у свој дом и постави трпезу, и радоваше се са свим домом својим што је повјеровао у Бога.
Свештеник: Мир свима Читачу!
Читач: I Духом Твоме! Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
Хор: Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
Читач: Погледај ме и смилуј се на ме.
Хор: Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
Читач: Утврди стопе моје у речи Твојој.
Хор: Алилуиа, Алилуиа, Алилуиа
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LITURGY GOSPEL:
John 9: 1-38
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.
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ЈЕВАНЂЕЉЕ:
Јован 9: 1-38
И пролазећи видје човјека слијепа од рођења. И запиташе га ученици његови говорећи: Рави, ко сагријеши, овај или родитељи његови, те се роди слијеп? Исус одговори: Не сагријеши ни он ни родитељи његови, него да се јаве дјела Божија на њему. Мени ваља чинити дјела Онога који ме посла, док је дан. Долази ноћ кад нико не може радити. Док сам у свијету, свјетлост сам свијету. Рекавши ово, пљуну на земљу и начини блато од пљувачке, и помаза блатом очи слијепоме. И рече му: Иди умиј се у бањи Силоамској, што преведено значи: послан. Он оде, дакле, и уми се, и дође гледајући. А сусједи и они који га бијаху видјели прије да бјеше слијеп говораху: Није ли ово онај што је сједио и просио? Једни говораху да је он. а други да је налик на њега. Он говораше: Ја сам. Тада му говораху: Како ти се отворише очи? Он одговори и рече: Човјек који се зове Исус начини блато, и помаза очи моје, и рече ми: иди у бању Силоамску и умиј се. И кад отидох и умих се, прогледах. Тада му рекоше: Гдје је он? Рече: Не знам. Онда њега, некадашњега слијепца, одведоше фарисејима. А бјеше субота кад Исус начини блато и отвори му очи. А фарисеји га тада опет питаху како прогледа. А он им рече: Блато ми метну на очи, и умих се и видим. Тада говораху неки од фарисеја: Није овај човјек од Бога, јер не светкује суботу. Други говораху: Како може човјек грјешан таква знамења чинити? И наста раздор међу њима. Опет рекоше слијепцу: Шта ти велиш за онога што отвори очи твоје? А он рече: Пророк је. Тада Јудејци не вјероваше за њега да је био слијеп и прогледао, док не дозваше родитеље тога што је прогледао, И запиташе их говорећи: Је ли ово син ваш за кога ви кажете да се роди слијеп? Како, дакле, сада види? А родитељи његови одговорише им и рекоше: Знамо да је ово син наш, и да се роди слијеп; А како сада види не знамо, или ко му отвори очи ми не знамо: сам је већ одрастао, питајте њега, нека сам каже за себе. Ово рекоше родитељи његови јер се бојаху Јудејаца; јер се Јудејци већ бијаху договорили да буде одлучен од синагоге ко год њега призна за Христа. Зато рекоше родитељи његови: Одрастао је, њега питајте. Тада по други пут дозваше човјека који је био слијеп. и рекоше му: Подај славу Богу, ми знамо да је онај човјек грјешан. А он одговори и рече: Је ли грјешан, не знам; једно знам – да ја бијах слијеп, и сада видим. Тада му опет рекоше: Шта ти учини? Како отвори очи твоје? Одговори им: Већ вам казах и не слушасте. Шта опет хоћете да чујете? Да нећете и ви да постанете ученици његови? Они га изгрдише и рекоше: Ти си ученик његов, а ми смо ученици Мојсејеви. Ми знамо да је Мојсеју говорио Бог; а овога не знамо откуда је. Одговори човјек и рече им: У томе и јесте чудо што ви не знате откуда је, а он отвори очи моје. А знамо да Бог не слуша грјешнике; него ако ко Бога поштује и вољу његову твори, тога слуша. Откако је вијека није се чуло да ико отвори очи рођеноме слијепцу. Кад он не би био од Бога, не би могао ништа чинити. Одговорише и рекоше му: Ти си се родио сав у гријесима, па ти нас да учиш? И истјераше га напоље. Чу Исус да га истјераше напоље, па нашавши га рече му: Вјерујеш ли ти у Сина Божијега? Он одговори и рече: А ко је он, Господе, да у њега вјерујем? А Исус му рече: И видио си га и онај који говори с тобом, тај је. А он рече: Вјерујем, Господе! И поклони му се.
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June Birthdays
Nikolas Lukic (June 1), Kolton Myers (June 2), Danica Mitrovic (June 2), Theodore Havalchak (June 3), Linda Wolf (June 4), Nora Van Huysen (June 5), Danilo Yanich (June 6), Marie Hernjak (June 6), Luke Jacobs (June 8), Jim Martin (June 9), Guiliana Bracale (June 10), Kyranna Radanovic (June 11), Jimmy Hernjak (June 11), Russell Heilman (June 13), Baylor Hook (June 13), Braydon Fithian (June 16), Xenia Grabbe (June 20), Aleksandar Bracale (June 20), Brian Lewis Jr (June 22), Cayden Healy (June 26), Michael Krnjaic (June 26), Matthew Hoover (June 28), Wayln Heilman (June 28)
June Anniversaries
Dr. James & Liliya Moses (June 1), Brian & Nikki Lewis (June 4), Mike & Terra Heilman (June 4), Fr Christopher & Popadija Andreja (June 13), Mike & Janet Krnjaic (June 14), Nick & Carole Blitva (June 16), Meghan & Brad Livingston (June 25), Mike & Samantha Stefan
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SUMMER SERVICE SCHEDULE
As we will continue to have the doors of the Church open during services, we will move the start time once again. Beginning next week, Matins will begin at 8am followed by Divine Liturgy at 9am.
SERB PARK CLEAN-UP
We will begin our Serb Park clean-up on Saturday June 26 at 9am. The scheduled clean-up for this Saturday, June 12, has been canceled.
SOTAYA BURGER SALE IS BACK!
On June 20th after Holy Liturgy, SOTAYA will be selling jumbo burger meals. Come and see us outside the church (weather permitting) or in the kitchen to get your meal. You may enjoy the meal in the social hall, bring a chair and enjoy it outside, or take some home. We hope to see you all, this is a once a year deal and we don’t want you to miss it!!
ST NICHOLAS SENIORS MEETING
The Seniors next meeting will be Tuesday, September 14, 2021. This will be our first meeting since February 2020. We will have the meeting in the Church Social Hall and it will be our indoor picnic. Further information will be sent closer to the September date.
SERBIAN/AMERICAN CLUB 2021 DUES
Peggy Radanovic is collecting club dues once again. Please mail your dues to her at her new address (203 Community Circle, Palmyra 17078) or here at church. You may call her with questions at 717-641-4249. Dues are $5 for the year.
ST NICHOLAS SENIORS 2021 DUES
JoAnn Filepas is collecting 2021 dues for the St Nicholas Seniors. Please mail your dues to her at (7054 Red Top Road, Harrisburg 17111). Dues are $5 for the year.
CHURCH HALL USAGE
The Church Hall is once again available for parishioner use. Schedule your event with Daria Milletics or Fr. Chris to check for availability.
HOME MASSAGE THERAPY
Heather Dockery, our recently newly-illumined convert, is a licensed massage therapist and is offering free 30 home chair massages for all ages to parishioners. The massage would focus on the head, neck, shoulders and back. Reflexology (foot massage) and cranial sacral (head massage) are available as well. Call Heather to set up an appointment at 340.643.9800 or email at tresorvi@gmail.com. While not necessary, tips are appreciated!
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June Charity
OCCGH
The Orthodox Christian Charities of Greater Harrisburg, Inc. (OCCGH,) was formed in October of 2009 as a non-profit organization comprised of clergy and faithful from five local Orthodox Churches of the greater Harrisburg metropolitan area. Our goal is to provide opportunities for the citizens of the greater Harrisburg area to come into contact with Orthodoxy, to serve as an educational support to our local parishes, and to develop projects that witness to our Faith, as well as provide financial assistance to organizations and individuals who are in need.
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St. Nicholas Graduates
from High School, College, and Graduate Degrees
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This year, Father Christopher forgot to announce our graduates from High School, College and Graduate School at our 118th Slava. It is important to honor and recognize these achievements, so we recognize them now:
Dr. Jevgenija Radanovic (EdD): Dr. Jevi has served as our Church School Superintendent for over 10 years. In the past year, she earned her Doctorate of Education from Shippensburg/Millersburg joint University Cohort. Dr. Jevi will continue to work in administration at the Northeastern School District.
Tomislav Lojpur: Tomislav received his Bachelor of Science in Biology/Pre-PA from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania. Tom plans to attend the University of California in the fall, pursuing an advanced degree as a Physician's Assistant.
Nikolas Lukic: Nikolas received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from California University of PA. Niki will be taking a few months off, before beginning a career as an engineer.
Savo Stojanovic: Savo graduated from Mechanicsburg High School this year. We wish him all of the best in his future endeavors.
Maddison Vorkapich: Maddison graduated from Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon, PA. She completed her high school career involved in many activities, not the least of which were serving as our SOTAYA president. Maddie will be continuing her education at Setan Hall University studying to receive her Bachelor's in Science, Nursing.
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