St. Nicholas Orthodox ChurchAmerican Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese

Ecumenical Patriarchate1123 East Avenue

Erie, PA 16503Parish Website: www.stnicholaserie.org

Diocesan Website: www.acrod.org

Rev. Fr. Nicholas Mihaly Rectory: (814) 453-4902 Cell: (203) 241-1027 E-mail: nmihaly1013@gmail.com

Sunday, April 15, 2018-Sunday of Saint Thomas Schedule of Services and Events: Sunday, April 15—9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy Tuesday, April 17—6:00 PM; Adult Education Class Saturday, April 21—5:00 PM; Vespers Sunday April 22—9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy & Panachida for William Demyanovich offered by wife Joanne

Confessions are available thirty minutes prior to Divine Liturgy on the first Sunday of every month; thirty minutes before vespers on Saturday evenings; or by appointment.

UPCOMING EVENTSApril 23-25 - Diocesan Seniors Retreat at Camp NazarethMay 4-6 - Young Adult Retreat at Camp NazarethMay 5 - Grove CleanupJune 10 - Parish Picnic at St. Nick’s GroveJuly 22-28 - Deanery Camping Week at Camp Nazareth

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The annual Camp Nazareth Family Day Raffle Tickets are here! Please purchase your tickets in the office. Tickets are $20.00; please make checks out to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church so that the parish can send one check in to

the Camp. The last day to purchase tickets is May 20. Grand Prize is $10,000!

Registration for Camp Nazareth is now open: Please visit www.campnazareth.org to register your children!

On Saturday, May 5, we will meet at St. Nick’s Grove at 9:15 AM for the annual cleanup for the beginning of the summer season.

On Sunday, June 10, we will have our parish picnic at St. Nick’s Grove. The festivities will begin with the Divine Liturgy served outdoors at the cemetery chapel. Food, fun and fellowship will follow the Divine Liturgy.

We need more volunteers to sign up for Coffee Hours following Sunday morning Divine Liturgies. Please see Pat Molly or Joanne Coursin for more information. Thank you!

Birthdays & Anniversaries

If you would like Many Years to be sung for you or a loved one, please let Fr. Nick know prior to the beginning of Divine Liturgy

Apr

17 Steve & Elaine (Naculich) Stafford-14th Anniversary

25 Margaret Sima

Parish Prayer List“Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be

healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.” James 5:16

For the Health of…Fr. John Baranik, Fr. James Gleason, Fr. John Gido, Fr. Lev Holowaty, Fr. Nicholas Palun, Fr. Michael Rustick, Fr. John Zboyovski, Fr. David Smoley, Pani Donna Smoley, Pani Magdaline Blaschak, Pani Connie Miloro, Pani Eleanor Pribish, Douglas Borkowski, Emma Burkell, John Candia, Tom Candia, Sandy Carlisle, James DeHaven, Mary DeHaven, Ann DiMarco, Peter Dimitriadis, Helen Douglas, Irene Fendya, Miko Jovanovich, John E. Kelley, John Kloss, Richard Koerner, Jean Kramer, Don Kuzmin, Olivia Kuzmin, Evelyn McCambridge, Mike McCambridge, Serge Mihaly, Barbara Scheibeck, Irene Schwab, Elizabeth Skalko, Isabella Smith, Cheryl Walker, David Walker, Jake Woodworth, Katlyn Wyant, George Yurcan …through the prayers of St. Nectarios the Wonderworker & St. Panteleimon the Great-Martyr and Healer

For Expectant Mothers…Pani Stacey Mihaly, Danielle Kulich, Anastasia Thompson…through the prayers of St. Anna, the Mother of the Virgin Mary

For the Repose of…Fr. Charles Sunderland, Pani Ann Kozar, Lawrence Beck, Helen Bires, Ann Burdick, Vera Fetchina, William Demyanovich, Maria Keim, Paul Meaden …May their memories be eternal!

If you have someone you would like to be added to the prayer list, please see Fr. Nick

To Ponder “As to believe carelessly and in a random way, comes of an over-easy temper; so to be beyond measure curious and meddlesome, marks a most gross understanding. On this account Thomas is held to blame. For he believed not the Apostles when they said, We have seen the Lord; not so much mistrusting them, as deeming the thing to be impossible, that is to say, the resurrection from the dead. Since he says not, I do not believe you, but, Except I put my hand— I do not believe. But how was it, that when all were collected together, he alone was absent? Probably after the dispersion which had lately taken place, he had not returned even then. But do thou, when you see the unbelief of the disciple, consider the lovingkindness of the Lord, how for the sake of a single soul He showed Himself with His wounds, and comes in order to save even the one, though he was grosser than the rest; on which account indeed he sought proof from the grossest of the senses, and would not even trust his eyes. For he said not, Except I see, but, Except I handle, he says, lest what he saw might somehow be an apparition. Yet the disciples who told him these things, were at the time worthy of credit, and so was He that promised; yet, since he desired more, Christ did not deprive him even of this.”—St. John Chrysostom

“The disbelief of Thomas has done more for our faith than the faith of the other disciples. As he touches Christ and is won over to belief, every doubt is cast aside and our faith is strengthened. So the disciple who doubted, then felt Christ’s wounds, becomes a witness to the reality of the resurrection.”—St. Gregory the Great

WEEKLY OFFERINGS – Sunday, April 8, 2018 (Pascha)

DONOR $2.00 WEEKLY CANDLES FOR HEALTH GIVEN FOR Tamara Kloss Husband John Kloss Phyllis Tarasovich Herself and Family Theodore & Patricia Molly Themselves and Family Theodore & Patricia Molly John & Donna Novak Theodore & Patricia Molly Shane Douglas & Patricia Borkowski Themselves and Family James & Nancy DeHaven Mothers Mary DeHaven and Louise Butts James & Nancy DeHaven St. Nicholas ill and infirmed Bob & Sandy Carlisle Son-in-law Father Nicholas Mihaly and His Health Bob & Sandy Carlisle Daughter Pani Stacey and Grandson Cyril Mihaly Bob & Sandy Carlisle Son Kris & Caitlin Carlisle Bob & Sandy Carlisle St. Nicholas Parishioners John Lipchik Jr. & Kathleen Boyce Uncle Peter & Aunt Marge Sima Kathleen Boyce Families of Brother John Lipchik Jr. and Husband Gary Boyce DONOR $2.00 WEEKLY CANDLES FOR THE DECEASED GIVEN FOR John & Tamara Kloss Her Parents Very Rev. Proto. Ronald & Pani Dolores Hazuda Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Father Michael LaBoda Douglas & Jean LaBoda and Family His Mother Virginia LaBoda George Yurcan Parents Wasyl & Aniela Yurcan and Deceased in Family Richard & Susanne Demchak Beloved Parents Joseph & Susan Demchak Dr. George & Kitty Kuzmishin Beloved Family Members Janet Belliveau Parents Douglas & Anne Liebel John Lipchik Jr. & Kathleen Boyce Parents John Sr. & Helena Lipchik David Lipchik Parents Steve & Ann Lipchik Phyllis Tarasovich Deceased in the Tarasovich and Kelley Families Reader David & Debra Tarasovich Grandson Carter Robert Egloff Borkowski Family Mother/Grandmother Ann Burdick’s 40th Day After Death, April 8 DeHaven Sons & Wives Father George DeHaven James & Nancy DeHaven All Deceased in Family Bob & Sandy Carlisle Their Parents CATEGORY AMOUNT CATEGORY AMOUNT Candles 105.00 Easter Donations 2,415.00 Loose Change 148.00 Easter Flowers 50.00 Regular Envelopes 962.00 Diocesan Assessment 370.00 Church Donations 100.00 Memorials 1,000.00 Christmas Donations 10.00 Total Income 5,160.00 “Regular Envelopes” includes the envelopes given on Holy Friday ($155), Holy Saturday ($194), and for the regular collection on Easter Sunday ($613). “Loose Change” includes the loose money given on Holy Friday ($28), Holy Saturday ($51), and for the regular collection on Easter Sunday ($69). Thank you to St. Nicholas ACRY Chapter #49 for their Easter ($150) and Easter Flowers ($50) donations. Thank you to Steve & Laura Zulovich for their $100 donation to our church.

Thank you to John J. & Suzanne Beskid for the following memorial donations.

• $500 in loving memory of his parents John & Helen, his Uncle Nick, and departed loved ones in the Beskid family

• $500 in loving memory of Very Reverend Protopresbyter Ronald & Pani Dolores Hazuda ATTENDANCE Bridegroom Matins (Mon., Apr. 2): 2 Presanctified Liturgy (Mon., Apr. 2): 9 Bridegroom Matins (Tue., Apr. 3): 6 Presanctified Liturgy (Tue., Apr. 3): 8 Presanctified Liturgy (Wed., Apr. 4): 2 Holy Unction (Wed., Apr. 4): 23 Divine Liturgy for the Last Supper (Thu., Apr. 5): 1 The Reading of the 12 Passion Gospels (Thu., Apr. 5): 19 Royal Hours for Great and Holy Friday (Fri., Apr. 6): 2 Vespers of Great and Holy Friday (Fri., Apr. 6): 35 Vesperal Liturgy of Great and Holy Saturday and the Annunciation (Sat., Apr. 7): 3 Resurrection Matins (Sat., Apr. 7): 34 Paschal Divine Liturgy (Sun., Apr. 8): 78 MARCH 2018 CHURCH YEAR 2018 YTD (11/01/17 TO 03/31/18) Income 3,475.05 Income 37,303.92 Expenses 9,696.32 Expenses 33,521.64 (Loss)/Gain (6,221.27) (Loss)/Gain 3,782.28