Ukrainian Catholic Parish Парафія СВ. ВАСИЛІЯ ВЕЛИКОГО УГКЦ

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SUNDAY, February 14th.

2021

SUNDAY LITURGY

10:00 a.m. English

(Rosary at 9:30 am)

SATURDAY LITURGY

5:00 pm—Bilingual

Office Hours (Tues. & Thurs.)

11:00 am – 2:00 pm

CONFESSIONS Before Liturgies

BAPTISM By appointment

FUNERALS By arrangement

MARRIAGES: By appointment at least six months in advance

WEBSITE: www.saintbasilwpg.ca

PARISH OFFICE EMAIL ADDRESS:

[email protected]

ВІТАЄМО! WELCOME! To all

those who are tired and need

rest, to all who mourn and need

comfort, to all who are friend-

less and need friendship, to all

who are discouraged and need

hope, to all who are hopeless

and need sheltering love, to all

who sin and need a Saviour,

this Church

opens wide its

doors in the

name of the

Lord Jesus

Christ!

SAINT BASIL the GREAT Ukrainian Catholic Parish Парафія СВ. ВАСИЛІЯ

ВЕЛИКОГО УГКЦ _________________________________________________________________________

202 HARCOURT STREET, WINNIPEG, MB R3J 3H3 Parish Office: 204-837-4180 Parish Hall: 204-889-9057

Rev. Fr. Mykhaylo Khomitskyy Cell: 431-286-0205

Email Address [email protected]

Cheese-fare Sunday Forgiveness Sunday

Sunday, February 14 36th Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday of Cheese-fare

Sunday Tropar, tone 4: When the disciples of the Lord learned from the angel the

glorious news of the resurrection* and cast off the ancestral condemnation,* they

proudly told the apostles:* "Death has been plundered! Christ our God is risen* grant-

ing to the world great mercy."

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and for ever and

ever. Amen!

Kondak of Ñheese-fare Sunday, tone 6: Guide of wisdom, giver of understanding,*

teacher of the ignorant and protector of the poor,* Master, strengthen my heart and

make it understand.* You give me speech, word of the Father,* for I will not keep my

lips from crying out to You.* Merciful Lord, have mercy on me a sinner.

Prokimen, tone 8: Pray and give praise to the Lord our God.

Verse: God is renowned in Judah, in Israel great is his name.

Epistle: A reading from the Letter of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans. (13:11

- 14:4)

Brothers and Sisters! Our salvation is closer than when we first accepted the faith. The

night is far spent; the day draws near. Let us cast off deeds of darkness and put on the

armor of light. Let us live honorably as in daylight; not in carousing and drunkenness,

not in sexual excess and lust, not in quarreling and jealousy. Rather, put on the Lord

Jesus Christ and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. Extend a kind wel-

come to those who are weak in faith. Do not enter in disputes with them. A man of

sound faith knows he can eat anything, while one who is weak in faith eats only vege-

tables. The man who will eat anything must not ridicule him who abstains from certain

foods; the man who abstains must not sit in judgment on him who eats. After all, God

himself has made him welcome. Who are you to pass judgment on another’s servant?

His master alone can judge whether he stands or falls. And stand he will, for the Lord

is able to make him stand..

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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SCHEDULE All Sunday and Feast Day Divine Liturgies

only by registration (max 25 people). To REGISTER

please call Rose Olynyk at 204-888-3884

Time Feast or Intention, requested by 14 Feb., Sunday

Sunday of Cheese-

fare—Service of

Forgiveness

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

2:00 PM

8:00 PM

Rosary

Divine Liturgy for all parishioners (Eng) - only by registration (max 25)

MORDEN Divine Liturgy Health of Ed Tokaryk by Tokaryk family (Ukr) - by registration

Rosary – Jesus Prayer —Live stream on Facebook

15 Feb., Monday 10:00 AM

6:00 PM

8:00 PM

NO Liturgy -Aliturgical Day

First day of Lent A day of strict abstinence from Meat & dairy products

Parish Council Meeting on ZOOM

Rosary—Jesus Prayer —Live stream on Facebook

16 Feb., Tuesday 9:00 AM

8:00 PM

Lenten Matins NO Liturgy -Aliturgical Day


17 Feb., Wednesday 10:00 AM

6:00 PM

8:00 PM

LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS +Olga Shemanski by sister Bernice & family Station of the Cross


18 Feb., Thursday 9:00 AM

8:00 PM

Lenten Matins NO Liturgy—Aliturgical Day


19 Feb., Friday 10:00 AM

6:00 —7:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS Health of Lorne Woychyshyn by Morley

& Evelyn Luhowy

Catechism Class via Zoom

Sorokousty—Lenten Memorial Service


20 Feb., Saturday 10:00 AM

8:00 PM

Divine Liturgy +Peter, +Anne, +Leonard & +Eugene Lamb, +Jeff Krykolowich & +Adam

Krupa by Sonia Krykolowich.


21 Feb., Sunday

First Sunday of

Lent

9:30 AM

10:00 AM

12:00 AM

6:00 PM

8:00 PM

Rosary

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil for all parishioners (Eng)

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil (Ukr) Health and God’s Blessings for Sarah and her pregnancy

by Setlack family

ONLINE First Holy Communion Class 2021

Rosary—Jesus Prayer—Live stream on Facebook

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SANCTUARY LIGHT burns eternally to indi-cate the presence of the Holy Eucharist In the

tabernacle. The Sanctuary light can be reserved , please

contact the office at 204-837-4180.

Church Custodians

February —MaryAnne Siwicki & Johanne Pitura

Dear Parishioners, Please contact me to help clean the church for a month in 2021.

Diane Pinuta - Church Cleaning Chair

at 204-774-1350

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God’s Blessings for your

Happiest Birthday

Dorothy Maksymchuk (14)

Tillie Zyla (15)

МНОГАЯ ЛІТА !

JORDAN HOLY WATER and PRESENTATION CANDLES ARE AVAILIBLE IN the CHURCH for pick it up!

Tatsa counters

February—Linda Gardner and Aurelia & Orest

Kulchyski

Special THANK YOU to Orest Kulchyski for adjusting stand for security monitor at the parish office.

GOD’S BLESSINGS FOR MANY MORE YEARS OF

LOVE & HAPPINESS

HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

МНОГАЯ ЛІТА !

SOROKOUSTY LIST we are creating a new list (digital) with the names of your loved ones. Please submit the names of your loved ones to the Parish Office and we will pray for them during the Great Lent. May their memory lives forever in our hearts. Also we are creating the list of all CLERGY who served in this PARISH but reposed in the Lord, if you know some clergy—please notify the office.

The province is allowing the churches to open at 10% capacity from Feb. 12th.

St. Basil's Church will be open already for this Saturday and Sunday Liturgies with the allowable 25 people each day.

Since Dorothy is away till March, ROSE OLYNYK will be accepting the calls to register for each day. Phone 204-888-3884.

Annual Parish General Meeting—MARCH 7th, 2021

Time: 1:30 PM Location: St. Basil’s Church with limited (25) number of people or virtually on ZOOM. Please join us!

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Regulations for Great Lent THE CANONS OF THE PARTICULAR LAW OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

• A strict fast is observed on the first day of the Great Fast and Passion Friday, i.e. abstention from meat and dairy products and eggs, as well as foods that contain these ingredients.

• Abstention from all meat and foods containing meat is to be observed during the first week of the Great Fast and all days of Passion Week.

• During the Great Fast, abstention from the consumption of meat and meat products is to be observed on all Mondays, avoided Wednesdays and Fridays. All other foods are permitted on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• On all fast days and dispensed weeks the faithful are obliged to refrain from organizing and participating in loud parties, celebratory [e.g. wedding] receptions, dances, entertainment and other similar events.

• There is no fast on Saturdays, Sundays.

• The following are dispensed from any obligation to fast: 1. children up to 14 years of age; 2. persons over 60 years of age; 3. the gravely ill; 4. pregnant women; 5. postpartum mothers and those who are

breastfeeding;

• In individual cases the local hierarch may grant a dispensa-tion from the fast, in such an instance - exhorting the faithful to acts of piety and mercy.

6. those who are travelling (if the travel time exceeds eight hours); 7. those engaged in heavy labour; 8. those who eat from the table of others; the poor who live from charity;

St. Basil’s Charitable project 2021

Dear Sisters & Brothers in Christ, we continue to inform you through parish bulletin about our different charita-ble projects:

# 16. Little Artem Matsyuk 9 years old was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor of the abdominal cavity. He cries all the time, that is caused by cancer. You can hear this cry on my Facebook page. After the first chemotherapy, Artem began to remember all his childhood faults and apologize to his mother. For walking in puddles without rubber boots. For that did not share a toy with the brother. Mother Oksana desperate-ly tried to convince the boy: he isn't guilty that he is sick. Cancer is not a punishment, cancer is just a disease… Therefore, Artem has very little time, and his family asks for help to pay for treatment at Barcelona Children's Hospital. The Spanish clinic promised Artem full recovery and billed his parents in the amount of 224,000 euros, not including accommodation. With the help of volun-teers, family and friends, the family has already managed to raise 40,860 euros. My sister in Ukraine knows this family - she confirmed this tragedy. One family sent $200 to help with the cost of surgery. May the Almighty God reward you for your generous contribution to our projects. If you willing to help us in any way or know somebody who needs a help, please contact parish priest Fr. Mykhaylo.

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Before

After

Cheese-fare Sunday

Believe it or not, spring is coming, giving us longer day. And anyone who is a gardener is getting ready, for

a new season, for a season of planting, a season of growth, a season of expectancy. I know, the weather

outside does not showing us that warmth, but that day is coming and we are looking forward, so before

you can plant, you have to first of all get rid of all the dead branches and limbs of the trees, to clean up all

the left over from winter, and finally they turn over the soil so that it gets loosened and ready to receive

new growth. For us the Great Fast is that kind of preparation. It’s a time of getting ready, it’s a time for

new planting, for new growth, a time of expectancy. We first have to get ready, to make room for God.

And that’s just what we are called to do during this time of Lent. What are the spiritual housecleaning

practices that we are called to do? First of all Jesus tells us in the Gospel reading – If you forgive the faults

of others, your heavenly Father will forgive you yours…Forgiveness is like getting rid of the old dead

branches. continued on p.6

First Holy Communion Class arrived to the middle of it’s course—seven more ses-sions and our children will complete the course. On Feb. 7th, His Grace Metropol-itan +Lawrence lead wonderful lesson about Seven Holy Sacraments. Please con-tinue to keep in your prayers all children who are getting ready for their First Holy

Confession and Holy Communion.

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Cheese-fare Sunday If you don’t get rid of them then you don’t

make room for new growth. Sometimes the one you have to forgive is

yourself. Sometimes the one you need to forgive is someone very close to

you. Sometimes you have to let go of a past hurt or offense. But if you

don’t forgive, then you can’t let go, and you can’t grow!

That’s one of the reasons this Sunday is called forgiveness Sunday, be-

cause before you begin Lent – you have to start at the beginning, get rid of

the dead word, get rid of the negative forces that bind you and keep you

from growing.

Then Jesus says you have to fast. When you fast, you are not to look glum

as the hypocrites do… So fasting is a spiritual exercise. It is just the op-

posite of feasting. We all know how much we love to feast, how much we

love good food. But we also know that when we are so full, we get so self satisfied, we get so comforta-

ble, we get so filled that there is no more room inside. That’s why we fast, to make room for God and for

others in our life. And so it is important to fast. I know that many of the old fathers and mothers of our

parish took fasting seriously. They just did it. Our Church gives us the minimum fasting rules today. It

says: No meat on Wednesdays and Fridays and a strict fast on the first day of Lent and on Good Friday.

You won’t die if you don’t watch TV or Internet four hours a day. You won’t die if you give up some foods

that you like. You won’t die of hunger if you don’t eat meat on Wednesdays and Fridays. In fact it will

probably be good for your health!

Then Jesus says: Do not lay up for yourselves an earthly treasure. Moths and rust corrode; thieves break

in and steal... Remember, where your treasure is, there your heart is also. That is why we are asked to

be mindful of others, to be mindful of the poor Almsgiving. To remember that all we have is a gift of

God and to reach out in God’s Name to those who are in greater need. There is a difference between

what is necessary and what I want. Sometimes our wants are so great, that we are never satisfied and all

we care about is ourselves. Jesus wants us to be mindful and open hearted to the poor. That’s why our

parish through the whole year takes a collection for those who are in a great need. There are so many

other ways you can give alms and do good for others. Give of your time, give of your talents. Open your

heart to others.

Finally Jesus talks about praying. During Lent our Church asks us to make time for prayer in Church.

There are additional services on Wednesdays and Fridays. There are deeply moving acts of prostrations –

giving yourself to God. Make time to pray at home and with your spouse and children. Use a prayer book

if you don’t know what to say. They will teach you the language of prayer – of thanking, blessing, praising

God and asking for what is good and holy for our lives.

Have a great Lent – be ready for God in your life! Make room so that you can grow in Christ and find His

joy and peace in His third day Resurrection.

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Then the priest bows to all and begs forgiveness: Bless me, brothers and sisters, and forgive me, a sinner, whatever offenses I may have committed this day (this night) and all the days of my life by word, deed and thought as well as by all my senses. Choir:May God forgive you, reverend Father. Bless us also and forgive our offenses voluntary and involuntary (and the brethren bow to the priest).

May the Lord God by His grace forgive you all your sins and have mercy on you.

Then the priest say's: Let us pray for our most holy universal Pontiff, N., pope of Rome. Choir:May God save and have mercy. For our civil authorities. Choir:May God save and have mercy. For our most blessed Patriarch, N.; for our most reverend Metropolitan, N, for our God-loving Bishop, N Choir: May God save and have mercy. For all Catholic bishops. Choir:May God save and have mercy, For the noble benefactors of this holy church Choir: May God save and have mercy. For our spiritual fathers and for all our brethren in Christ. Choir:May God save and have mercy. For those who are absent and for those who are traveling. Choir:May God protect and have mercy. For those who are kind to us. Choir:May God reward and have mercy. For those who serve and who have served in this holy church Choir:May God save and have mercy. For those who hate us and for those who love us. Choir:May God forgive and have mercy. For the release of captives. Choir:May God grant freedom and have mercy. For the sick and suffering. Choir:May God heal and have mercy. For those living in anxiety and poverty. Choir:May God visit them and have mercy. For all orthodox Christians. Choir:May God save and have mercy. For an abundance of the fruits of the earth. Choir:May God grant and increase of the fruits of the earth. If it is a Sunday or a feast day, the priest says: Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us. Choir:Amen.

With Fr. Daniel Wach, OSBM

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What is Service of Forgiveness?

Service of Forgiveness is a beautiful service

held in all Byzantine churches on the evening

before Lent starts. The service emphasizes

that God forgives our sins, but then also that

we must forgive each other. At the service,

the priest humbly asks the people in the

church to forgive him if he has wronged

them during the preceding year. The people reply by asking God to forgive the priest. Then the peo-

ple ask the priest to forgive them if they have injured him, and the priest replies by asking that God

forgive them. After these words, the people come forward, and the priest asks each individual

member of the assembly for forgiveness. He gives each member a hug or a kiss. The people are ad-

monished to ask each other individually for forgiveness for wrongs committed that year, and also to

ask family members for forgiveness.

Sunday, February 14 Sunday of Cheese-fare

Alleluia Verses: It is good to give praise to the Lord, and to sing to Your name, O Most High!

To announce Your mercy in the morning and Your truth every night.

Gospel: Matthew 6: 14 - 21 The Lord said: If you forgive the faults of others, your heavenly Father will forgive

you yours. If you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive you. When you fast, you are not to

look glum as the hypocrites do. They change the appearance of their faces so that others may see they are

fasting. I assure you, they are already repaid. When you fast, see to it that you groom your hair and wash

your face. In that way no one can see you are fasting but your Father who is hidden; and your Father who

sees what is hidden will repay you. Do not lay up for yourselves an earthly treasure. Moths and rust corrode;

thieves break in and steal. Make it your practice instead to store up heavenly treasure, which neither moths

nor rust corrode nor thieves break in and steal. Remember, where your treasure is there your heart is also.

Communion Hymn: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR: Deacon Mykola, Rose, Bohdan & Anna, Ed & Sylvia, Sonia, Donald, Sam, Dave , Dianne, Isiah, Stefan, Johnny, Kay, Iryna, Melvin, Scott, Theresa, Lorne, Roman, pregnant Sarah, Olga… and all mem-bers of our parish family and those who are not able to join actively in our community, your families, relatives, friends, neighbors, governments and armed forces, especially

the shut-in or those in the hospitals, traveling, working or studying, nursing and senior homes, seeking God’s an-swer to their prayers or those rejoicing with God’s answer; your spiritual fathers, those celebrating birthdays and anniversaries; those called to their eternal reward and for the family they leave behind; widows and widowers, orphans, homeless, those who love us and those who hate, use & hurt us; and all people who have asked us pray for them. Please, also in your kindness keep praying those daily for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Remember to ask for special blessings to all Christian families and yourselves!

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Ukrainian Catholic Parish Парафія СВ. ВАСИЛІЯ ВЕЛИКОГО УГКЦ