St. Michael The Archangel Ukrainian Orthodox Church

12104-129 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5L 3J1

Parish Hall – 12918 – 121 Street Edmonton, AB T5L 3J1

Office: (780) 454-8385 ▪ Fax: (780) 447-4768 Website: www.uocc-stmichael.ca Email: stmichaeluoc@shaw.ca

Worship Service Times: SUNDAYS: January to December Confession: 9:15 am Divine Liturgy: 10:00 am

Feast Days: Confession: 9:15 am Divine Liturgy: 10:00 A.M.

Service Language Schedule: First Sunday of the month - Ukrainian

Middle Sundays - Ukrainian & English

Last Sunday of the month - English

Fellowship Coffee and Light Lunch every Sunday after

Divine Liturgy except JULY and August

Served By: Rt. Rev. Mitred Protopresbyter Fr. Nicholas Orest Rauliuk

Митрофорний Протопресвітер Миколай Орест Равлюк

10335 – 159 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5P 3A5 Home telephone: 780-461-3088 ▪ Cell: 780-938-3004

Email: revorestrauliuk@gmail.com

GET INVOLVED! Contact the following for information: Parish President: Shirley Wozimirsky - 780-475-5875 Men’s Society President: Ron Kluchka – 780-456-1059 UWA Ladies Presidents: Dorothy Stachniak - 780-476-3646

Upcoming Events Sept. 02: Parish evening bingo

Sept. 14: Ukr. Women’s Assoc. Mtg-7:00pm

Sept. 14: Men’s Society meeting – 7:00 pm

Sept. 15: Parish Board meeting – 7:30 pm

Sept. 18: Parish afternoon bingo

Sept. 22: Fraternal bingo

Oct. 01: Parish evening bingo

Oct. 04: BISHOP’s TEA-St ELIAS’-12:30-3:00pm

Oct. 14: Parish afternoon bingo

Oct. 20: Parish Board meeting – 7:00 pm

Oct. 23-25: Western Eparchy ASSEMBY

Oct. 26: Fraternal bingo

Oct. 31: Church Basement rented

вересень/жовтень 2015 September/October

Церковний Дзвін

Св. Михаїла

St. Michael’s

Church Bell

Bulletin of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Michael in Edmonton

Бюлетень Української Православної Церкви Св. Михаїла в Едмонтонi

SCHEDULE OF DIVINE SERVICES – 2015 S E P T E M B E R

6th: 14th Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 13th: 15th Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine liturgy – 10:00 am 20th: 16th Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 27th: 17th Sunday after Holy Pentecost – EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS

Confession – 9:30 am; Bringing out of the Holy Cross – 9:50 am; divine Liturgy – 10:00 am

O C T O B E R 4th: 18th Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am NO FELLOWSHGIP COFFEE BISHOP’S TEA – AT St. ELIAS’ Auditorium – 12:30 to 3:00 pm 11th: 19th Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 18th: 20th Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 25th: NO DIVINE LITURGY AT ST. MICHAEL’S – Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at St. John’s Cathedral – CONCLUSION OF WESTERN EPARCHY ASSEMBLY

N O V E M B E R 1st: 22nd Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00am 8th: 23rd Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 15th: 24th Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 21st: SATURDAY – ARCHANGEL MICHAEL and OTHER BODILESS POWERS

7:00 pm – FEASTDAY Blessing of water and Reading of the FOUR GOSPELS and Confession

22nd: FEASTDAY OF ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL – “XRAM” Confession – 9:00 am; Greeting of His Grace Bishop Ilarion – 9:30 am HIERARCHICAL DIVINE LITURGY 9:50 am FEASTDAY DINNER TO FOLLOW

President’s Message

Submitted by Shirley Wozimirsky

Summer is nearly over and I hope all our parish members had plenty of rest and

are ready to work. Please keep the following dates in mind:

October 24 & 25, 2015 – 56th Western Eparchy Assembly – St. John’s Cathedral

November 14, 2015 – Puschennia at St. Michael’s Parish Hall

November 22, 2015 – Parish Khram

Delegates are required to attend the Western Eparchy Assembly. We need a

minimum of one and possibly two delegates. Any Volunteers, come and see me

before September 15, 2015. It is an opportunity to learn what is happening in the

parishes in Alberta and British Columbia and to voice your opinions and ideas.

A BIG thank you to all the members who have helped work the Bingos during

the summer months. The funds generated pay our operational costs. Korneil has

been having problems staffing these bingos. Next January we will need to

consider the option of whether we can continue working the bingos. Our license

expires May 31, 2016. The parish members may need to consider other ideas for

fund raising since many members choose not to attend the Divine Liturgies or

contribute their monthly donations in their absence.

Get Well Wishes are extended to Alex Palamarek, MaryAnn Euchuk, Rose

Chornoluk, Jenny Budy, Pat Truchan, Eva Scobie, Rev. Father Nicholas and any

other members who are ill at home or in the hospital. May God grant you the

strength to recover from your illness. We pray that you will soon join us at church.

Membership: There are a few members who have not paid their parish

membership for 2015. If you choose not to pay, please let us know. You have that

choice. Remember if you are not a member of the parish, you will be required to

pay for the use of the church and the hall if you are having a funeral or any event

catered. Changes were made due to having people paid to do the main work. Our

volunteer base has dropped significantly. Please mail your membership fee to the

church address rather than passing it via other people.

If you have moved, please let us know your new address. I forward the new

address to the Consistory so the Bicnyk arrives at your door. Thank for looking

after this matter. If you do not wish to receive the Bicnyk, please let me know.

A few people have let me know that they are no longer interested in receiving the

Bicnyk and I have cancelled it on their behalf.

Parish Board meeting scheduled for September 15 will begin at 7:30 p.m. Note

the change in the time of the meeting.

Why do we belong to our Ukrainian Orthodox Parish and its organizations?

Our personal values match those of our organizations. Our organization has four

pillars: Faith – to preserve and enrich the Ukrainian Orthodox faith and heritage

Culture – Maintain, support and promote our Ukrainian Canadian culture (our

roots)

Leadership – need to create a new and inspiring view of leadership that will

attract and inspire members to become involved and engaged in building a strong

organization. While goals give you direction, culture gives you the energy to get

there. To achieve this you need minimal politics, minimal confusion, high morale

and high trust.

Entertainment (fun) – need to enjoy what we are doing in our organizations.

Our challenge –how do we attract new, younger members and keep our

Ukrainian Canadian community continually renewed and revitalized?

Culture answers four questions: 1) What do you value? 2) Where are we headed?

3) What makes us special? 4) What is it we do that makes a difference in people’s

lives? Think about the above and voice your ideas.

Ukrainian Proverbs:

1) Баба без діда, так як борщ без хліба.

2) В гостях добре, а вдома найліпше.

3) Довгі пальці має.

4) Мішком прибитий.

5) Робить як не своїми руками.

6) У голові вітер віє.

7) Хто більше читає, той і більше знає.

The Black Dot

This beautiful story has a simple, yet important message.

One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for

a surprise test. They all waited anxiously at their desks for the exam to begin. The

professor handed out the exams with the text facing down, as usual. Once he

handed them all out, he asked the students to turn over the papers. To

everyone’s surprise, there were no questions – just a black dot in the center of

the sheet of paper. The professor, seeing the expression on everyone’s faces, told

them the following:

“I want you to write about what you see there.” The students, confused, got

started on the inexplicable task. At the end of class, the professor took all the

exams, and started reading each one of them out loud, in front of all the students.

All of them, with no exception, defined the black dot, trying to explain its position

in the center of the sheet.

After all had been read, the classroom silent, the professor started to explain. I’m

not going to grade you on this, I just wanted to give you something to think about.

No one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black

dot – and the same happens in our lives. We have a white piece of paper to

observe and enjoy, but we always focus on the dark spots.

Our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care, and we always have

reasons to celebrate – nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us,

the job that provides our livelihood, the miracles we see every day ……..

However, we insist on focusing only on the dark spot, the health issues that

bother us, the lack of money, the complicated relationships with family

members, the disappointment with a friend.

The dark spots are very small when compared to everything we have in our lives,

but they’re the ones that pollute our mind.

Take your eyes away from the black dots in your life. ‘Enjoy each one of your

blessings, each moment that life gives you. Be happy and live a life filled with

love.’

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Rosslyn Care Home

Service—10:00am

2

Parish evening bingo

3 4

5

6

-Confession-9:30am

-Divine liturgy -

10:00 am

7

8 9 10

SENIORS DAY

1:00—3:00pm

11 12

13

-Confession-9:30am

-Divine Liturgy—

10:00 am

14Citadel Care Home

Service—10:30 am

UWA meeting–

7:00pm

- Men’s Society

meeting– 7:00 pm

15-St. Michael’s Ex-

tended Care service-

10:30 am

-Parish Board

meeting 7:30 pm

16 17 St. Michael’s

Millennium Centre

Service 10:00am

18

Parish afternoon

bingo

19

20

-Confession-9:30am

-Divine Liturgy—

100:00 am

21 22

-Fraternal bingo

23 24 -McQueen Lodge

Service—10:30 am

-SENIORS DAY

1:00—3:00pm

25 26

27EXALTATION OF

THE HOLY CROSS

-Confession-9:30am

-9:50-BRINGING

OUT OF CROSS

-Div. Lit.-10:00am

28 29

Shepherd’s Care

Home Service—10:00

am

30

September 2015

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

-Parish evening

bingo

2 3

4 –Confession-9:30

-Divine Liturgy-

10:00am

BISHOP’S TEA –St.

Elias-12:30-3:00pm

5

Citadel Care Home

Service—10:00 am

6

Rosslyn Care Home

Service—10:00 am

7 8

SENIORS DAY

1:00—3:00 pm

9 10

11

-Confession-9:30am

-Divine Liturgy-

10:00am

12 13 14

-Parish afternoon

bingo

15 16 17

18

-Confession-9:30am

-divine Liturgy—

10:00am

19 20 –St Michael’s

Extended Care

Service—10:30am

-Parish Board

meeting 7:00 pm

21 22 -Millennium Care

Home Service-

10:00am

-SENIORS DAY

1:00-3:00 pm

23

—Eparchy Assembly

24

-Eparchy Assembly

25 NO SERVICE AT

ST. MICHAEL’S

-Hierarchical Div.

Lit. at St. John’s con-

clusion of Assembly

26

-Fraternal bingo

27

Shepherd’s Care

Service—10:00 am

28 29

McQueen Lodge

Service-10:30 am

30 31

Church Basement

rented

October 2015

P A R I S H E V E N T S St. Michael’S PariSh high school Graduates 2015

Oxana Kaczmar and Mary Mulatu receiving roses and monetary gifts from the

Ukrainian Women’s Association

Both Graduates receiving the Holy Icon of St. Michael from the Parish

Congratulations Oxana and mary

Ukrainian orthodox church sobor 2015

Official Opening Hierarchical Divine Bishop Ilarion delivering greetings

Liturgy at Holy Trinity Cathedral from the Western Eparchy

Divine Liturgy officiated by Rt. Rev. Protopresbyter Nicholas Orest Rauliuk assisted by all Clergy and Rev. Deacons from the Western Eparchy with His Grace Bishop Ilarion delivering His Pastoral Greetings.

Everyone, from the Western Eparchy, who attended the Divine Liturgy that was served by the Western Eparchy Clergy on Saturday morning.

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Sobor banquet

His Eminence Metropolitan Sotirios, (Greek Orthodox), His Eminence Metropolitan Yuriy

(UOCC), His Eminence Metropolitan Anthony (USA)

His Grace Bishop Ilarion(Western Eparchy; newly elected Chancellor of the UOCC, Very

Rev. Taras Udod and Dobrodiyka Sonya

His Grace Bishop Andriy (Eastern Eparchy) Rt. Rev. Fr. Nicholas & Dobrodiyka His Grace Bishop Daniel (USA) Jeannette Rauliuk

Sobor 2015 official closing – hierarchical divine liturgy at the holy trinity cathedral , Winnipeg, Manitoba

Ukrainian Women’s Association of Canada

союз українок канади

відділ княгині ольги

St. Michael’s Ukrainian Women’s Association

September-October 2015

Ukrainian Women’s Association of Canada, (UWAC)

National Executive

2015-2017

The Ukrainian Self-Reliance League of Canada (USRL) held the Biennial 59th National Convention in Calgary

August 5 to 9, 2015. A chart of this all encompassing organization is on another page of this bulletin. There was

a good representation from all branches of USRL. A total of 138 delegates were present. There were 48

CYMKivtsi, 38 UWAC representatives, 16 TYC, 8 CYC, 16 representing the UWAC museum and 6 clergy.

The Convention opened with an all day presentation and workshop led by David Irvine titled “Renewing our

Organization”. We met in small groups and were guided to discuss the cohesiveness of the executive, is our

organization clear about our values and culture, how can we improve our organization to make it more desirable

and how do we measure success. This is only part of the all day discussion. Mr. Irvine will compile the ideas

from the different groups and will make them available to Dr. Tony Harras, President of USRL.

On the following days, each branch of the USRL held their Annual General Meeting and presented committee

reports and financial statements.

On Friday, the UWAC held their biennial meeting. Executive reports were presented to the membership,

resolutions for the next two years were presented and discussed and voted on. Finally, a new executive for the

next two years was elected.

Standing L to R: Donna Reid, 2nd Vice President; Dobr. Orysia Ehrmantraut, 3rd Vice President; Dorothy Stachniak,

Financial Review; Pauline Mudry, 1st Vice President; Darcia Moskaluk-Rutkay, Member at Large; Rt. Rev. Protopresbyter

Nicholas Rauliuk, Chaplain; Karen Herzog, Treasurer; Shirley Wozimirsky, Financial Review; Carla Kozak, Member at

Large; Vivian Skakun, 4th Vice President; Nadia Opyr, Financial Review.

Sitting L to R: Donna Kowalishin, Secretary; Lesia Perritt, President; His Eminence Metropolitan Yurij; Dr. Geraldine

Nakonechny, Past President; Betty Corlet, Promin.

This has certainly been a busy summer for everyone. With the SOBOR held in

Winnipeg and the USRL Convention held in Calgary, there has been plenty of

food for thought generated.

I hope that everyone has had an enjoyable and restful summer. Our prayers are

with the people who are ill. May the good Lord be kind to you and make your

ailment a short one.

BISHOP’S TEA

Sunday, October 4, 2015

12:30 – 3:00 p.m.

St. Elias Ukrainian Orthodox Church

This is an excellent opportunity to

visit our sister parish, have a light

lunch and meet with

Bishop Illarion

WOMEN’S Bi-MONTHLY

MEETINGS

Monday, September 14, 2015, 7:00 p.m.

Monday, November 2, 2015, 7:00 p.m.

All women are invited to attend these

meetings. This is where the planning

starts for the events to be held

throughout the year.

Alberta Ukrainian Self Reliance League Convention

Saturday, October 3, 2015

St. John’s Cultural Centre

on this day the

UWAC Alberta Provincial Executive

will celebrate its 85 Anniversary

A special project is being planned for the day and a speaker related to the project will give a presentation. The day will include a moleben, a luncheon,

UWAC AB Provincial reports will be shared and the day will end with a banquet. Details and registration fee will be announced shortly. Please mark this date on

your calendar and show your support for the Alberta Provincial Executive by attending this function.

Submitted by Dorothy Stachniak, President

UKRAINIAN SELF-RELIANCE LEAGUE OF CANADA

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

2013

USRL/CYC

Service

Clubs

SUS

Foundation

Institutes Ukrainian

Museum of

Canada

CYMK/UOY UWAC/CYK USRA/TYC

St. John’s

Fraternal

Society

St. Vladimir’s Institute

Toronto

British

Columbia

British

Columbia

British

Columbia

St. John’s Institute

Winnipeg

Alberta Alberta Saskatchewan

St. Petro

Mohyla

Institute

Edmonton

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Manitoba

Vancouver

Manitoba Manitoba Eastern

Canada

Calgary

Collection

Eastern

Canada

Eastern

Canada

Alberta (No

Provincial

Executive)

Legend

USRL/CYC: Ukrainian

Self-Reliance League of

Canada

USRA/TYC: Ukrainian

Self-Reliance Association

UWAC/CYK: Ukrainian

Women’s Association of

Canada

CYMK/UOY: Ukrainian

Orthodox Youth

Saskatoon

New presideNt of the UkraiNiaN womeN’s associatioN, Lesia perritt,

accepts the National necklace emblem from the past President, Dr.

Geraldine Nakonechny

Delegates from the order of st. Andrew at the Calgary convention

St. Michael’s Men’s Society

President’s Message by Ron Kluchka

Summer will soon be over and I hope that all members have had an opportunity to

enjoy the great weather. Although Mother Nature was not especially kind providing

moisture this spring and summer, I hope that your crop yields (whether they are garden

or field) are acceptable.

The Men's Society would like to thank all the volunteers, men and women who are

always ready to help at our on-going bingos. A huge hand of applause goes to the

efforts of Korneil; it has been an especially challenging summer for you and thank you

for sticking it out. Thank you to Natalka & her helpers who always prepare the after

bingo luncheon/meal

Mark your calendars, the men's society’s next meeting will be held on:

September 14th at 7:00 p.m.

Your attendance is important to the existence of the society & its members. But more

importantly your input is needed

Our 2015 Fall PUSCHINIA will be held on November 14, 2014.

The Diamonds will be providing the music. Please encourage your family, friends,

neighbors or whoever else might listen and buy a ticket.

To purchase tickets, please contact:

Korneil @ 780-475-3951

Henry @ 780-471-4661

Myron@ 780-475-5875

Ron @ 780-497-8852

Our thoughts & prayers are with those that are not well

Thank you, Rev. Fr. Nicholas Orest Rauliuk for your continued blessings and guidance.

St. Michael’S SeniorS

St. Michael’s Seniors wish to extend a SINCERE THANK YOU to William Shymko for taking time to do a

presentation on “FAMILY LAW” which was extremely informative to all. THANKS BILL.

St. Michael’s Seniors were invited to attend the Vegreville Pysanka Festival, 2015. A SINCERE THANK YOU is

extended to St. John’s Cathedral Seniors for the invite!

St. Michael’s Seniors will meet: September 10th, September 24th, October 8th, October 22, November 12th, November 26th and December 10th, 2015.