O who loves Nicholas the Saintly O kto kto Nikolaja l’ubit

O who serves Nicholas the Saintly O kto kto Nikolaju služit

Him will Nicholas receive Tomu svajatyj Nikolaj

And give help in time of need Na vsjakij čas pomahaj

Holy Father Nicholas Nikolaj, Nikolaj

ST. NICHOLAS OF MYRA ORTHODOX CHURCH A PARISH OF THE AMERICAN CARPATHO-RUSSIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF THE

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE

288 E. 10th Street, New York, NY 10009

Divine Liturgy: 10 am

Rev. Fr. William Bennett Church Phone #: 212-254-6685

For Dial-in Service: ten minutes prior to Liturgy call 1-877-459-3710 and enter access code 2546685#

Website: www.stnicholaschurchnyc.org Email: info@stnicholaschurchnyc.org www.facebook.com/StNicholas10street

November 27, 2016

23rd

Sunday after Pentecost – The Apostle Philip

Epistle Reading: Ephesians 2:4-10 Gospel Reading: Luke 10:25-37 Tropar & Kondak: p 46, tone 6

WELCOME, ALL ST. NICHOLAS FAITHFUL AND ALL VISITORS!

TODAY’S SERVICES: Panachida will be celebrated in

honor of +Maria Kizakova, offered by her daughter Anna.

Moleben @ 1 PM in honor of St. Nectarios,

wonderworker and healer. Prayers will be offered

for all those named in our bulletin, as well as any

special requests. Faithful are invited to come up

into the Church following coffee hour.

PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYERS FOR: Priest John

Baranik, Anna Benyo, Walter Bubniak, Ernie Canovas,

Maria Ceselka, Tony Ceselka, Priest Vasyl Dovgan, Mary

Fackovec, John Geida, Priest James Gleason, Michael

Halama, Anna Hubka, Magdalena Ilanovska, Helen Karpiak,

Maria Koneval, Betty Kormanik, Priest Elias Kozar, Pani

Ann Kozar, Anna Mamrillova, Holly Marchak, Luboš

Matlak, Sean Merriam, Deacon Michael Pirich, John Salony,

Toni Sikoryak, Anna Strenk, Miroslav Strenk, Miron

Timoshuk, Lorraina Vira, Victoria Vislocky, & Mary Zizik.

Prayers for Tatiana Amelia Mastroberte, newly-born this

past week! Contact Fr. William to add or remove names:

fr.william.bennett@gmail.com

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Mnohaja i Blahaja L'ita! Let us all

wish many more happy & blessed years to Mary Koneval

Krupp, Michael Ryan, Florence Walcyk, Pani Ileana, Paul

Federico, Peter Vanatko, & Marcela Derevjanik!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: Mnohaja i Blahaja L'ita! Let us

all wish many more happy & blessed years to Jan & Renata

Hubka!

Holy Apostle

Philip was part of

the initial twelve

followers of

Christ. Just like

Peter and

Andrew, he was

born and raised

along the Sea of

Galilee. He accepted the call of Christ and

immediately began to follow him (John 1:43).

After Christ’s Ascension and Pentecost, he began

to travel with great zeal into Asia and Greece. On

several occasions, he was nearly killed for his

words against false preachers but was saved

rather miraculously. He traveled often with his

own sister Marianna & the Apostles John &

Bartholomew, up until the time when he was

finally captured and tortured by the enraged

pagans. After killing a popular creature (a snake)

by way of prayer, a creature that was the subject

of the worship of the people, he was crucified

upside-down on a tree. When the earth opened up

and swallowed the persecutors, the people rushed

the rescue Philip and those tortured with him, but

Philip had already breathed his last. It was in the

year 86 AD that Philip gave up his life for the

Lord. His relics were later sent to Rome.

O Holy Apostle, Pray to God for us!

THE NATIVITY FAST BEGINS TOMORROW! Let us hunger for the spiritual food: The birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ approaches! As we

prepare ourselves for the Nativity, an increase in our life of prayer and meditation is

necessary. May we do everything necessary to increase our gratitude, our love, and our

dedication to the care of one another. Without these things, we cannot begin to hope for the

strength and faithfulness we need in order to carry the light of Christ in the world. Faithful are

instructed to abstain from certain foods as much as able, including meat, and to go lighter on

our feasting in general. Those who are able to fast from more than meat are encouraged to do

so and should see Fr. William to discuss options. We do this in order to remind us of the greater need we have

for the spiritual food that is given to us by God, from attending Church services especially but also in the tireless

service of one another, in daily prayer, and in the reading of scripture.

TODAYS ANNOUNCEMENTS

It is the last Sunday of the months so there will be a

children’s sermon during Liturgy today and a high

school studies class during coffee hour.

This is a DIY coffee hour today, meaning that the

food is comprised of donations from everyone. We

may have a full table or just coffee today. There will

be one last sample from Gourmet Creations – the very

popular Cinnabun flavor. If you like what you had,

why not place an order for some delicious mixes, rubs

and dips. An Order Form is attached to the bulletin.

All proceeds go to providing bus transportation to

Camp Nazareth. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO

TURN IN GOURMET CREATIONS ORDERS. (please give completed forms to Helen Gajdos)

BANS OF MARRIAGE

Bans of Marriage are hereby

announced for the third time for

Michael Kormanik & Samara

Burstein. Their marriage is scheduled

to take place here at St. Nicholas

Orthodox Church on Saturday,

December 3rd, 2016 at 2:00 pm. If

anyone is aware of any canonical impediment that

would preclude this couple from entering the

Sacrament of Marriage, let them notify Fr. William.

ENVELOPES HAVE ARRIVED! ( in the #2 Hall)

THE COOKIE WALK T-SHIRTS HAVE

ARRIVED! See Kim Busel for your order in the

Main Hall. We did order some extras in all different

sizes, just in case, including Youth sizes.

FULL SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

Week of November 27th

– December 3rd

SUNDAY, November 27th

– Divine Liturgy, 10 AM

Panachida in memory of +Maria Kizakova,

offered by her daughter Anna

Moleben to St. Nectarios, Wonderworker and

Healer of Cancer Victims, 1 PM, followed by

anointing with holy oil

>The Beginning of the Nativity Fast< Wed, November 30

th – Daily Matins, 8 AM

Fri, December 2nd

– Daily Matins, 8 AM

Sat, December 3rd

– Divine Liturgy, 9 AM

MARRIAGE of MICHAEL KORMANIK

& SAMARA BURSTEIN, 2 PM

*No Vespers Service

Week of December 4th

– 10th

SUNDAY, December 4th

– Divine Liturgy, 10 AM

FEAST OF THE ENTRANCE

OF THE MOST HOLY MOTHER OF GOD

INTO THE TEMPLE

Wed, November 7th

– Daily Matins, 8 AM

Fri, December 9th

– Daily Matins, 8 AM

Sat, December 10th

– *No Divine Liturgy

Great Vespers, 6 PM

Week of December 11th

SUNDAY, December 11th

– Divine Liturgy, 10 AM

Note from Fr. William: If you would like anyone

remembered during the course of these Divine

Services or would like someone remembered in a

memorial service, please see Fr. William or email him

at fr.william.bennett@gmail.com

A REMINDER THAT CONFESSIONS ARE AVAILABLE

Fr. William will be available for confessions before and after Vespers services on Saturdays, up

until a half hour before Liturgy on Sundays, and by appointment throughout the week. Let us

begin to shine in spirit once again, being made free of the weight and stain of our own faults!

“Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” (Luke 5:12)

If you are thinking of

getting cookies on Sunday,

December 11th to be used

as a gift (or for yourself)

you may want to consider

pre-ordering. We

understand that it takes a

little of the fun out of the

Cookie Walk, but we

cannot guarantee how

many cookies will start the

day on Sunday. The best

selection is Saturday and

the pre-order team does a

phenomenal job!

An order form is attached

and there are extras near

the bulletin board!

WE WILL BE ROLLING COOKIES and making dough this afternoon. Please plan on joining right in for an

afternoon of rocking and rolling! Bring your apron! (kids – yours are waiting for you)

HOW CAN I HELP THE COOKIE WALK?

1) Right now, the best thing that all of us can do is to talk

to our neighbors, colleagues and friends and invite them to

the Cookie Walk or see if they would be interested in

buying a box (or two!) of cookies. Attached to this bulletin

is the CW order form. We are also receiving orders

through the church website at:

www.stnicholaschurchnyc.org/order-cookies.html. It

works beautifully either way and we have a team who will

fill the orders to give to you to deliver the next week.

2) Sign-up to help over the next two weeks and to volunteer at the event on

Saturday and Sunday. There are sign-up sheets on the bulletin board in the Main

Hall. We now need over 50 people, to make sure we have the crowds, the

cookies, the crafts and the concessions covered on Saturday! There are fewer

demands for Sunday so 25 is manageable.

3) Next Saturday, December 3rd

, we will be making doughs to roll for the next

day. Can you spare a few hours? We could use your help.

4) DECEMBER 4TH

IS THE COOKIE WALK HALL PREPARATION

DAY We transform the Main Hall into our Cookie Wonderland. Please plan on

staying for a little while to help unpack, unwrap, decorate and get ready for our

big event the next weekend. It is really a fun day and gets you into the holiday

spirit as the aroma of fresh baked cookies wafts from the kitchen and Christmas

decorations are scattered about. It will be a rolling day for all of the kids, young

and young at heart. Every pair of hands makes a big difference.

5) Also on the bulletin board is the list for a week of baking prior to the Cookie Walk. For all of you that signed

up – thank you! It will be a busy week. If you have been waiting to see what your schedule is for that week,

please sign up now. There are slots in the morning, afternoon and evening. We have fun and work hard!

A LOOK AT WHAT’S AHEAD

Dec 2nd

-The Slovak-American Cultural Center proudly presents a new series entitled "An Evening of

Science". You are cordially invited to join us on Friday, December 2nd at 6:30pm for a networking reception

followed by mini presentations here at St. Nicholas Church, Main Hall. Kindly RSVP to confirm your attendance

to: SlovakAmericanCC@gmail.com.

The Manhattan Choral Ensemble presents

С Рождеством | A Russian Christmas

Friday, December 9, 2016, 8 pm Sunday, December 11, 2016, 3 pm

St. Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church 288 East 10th Street, Manhattan

Hear the Christmas music of Old Russia , inside a landmark

NYC church. A part of the Manhattan

Choral Ensemble’s

17th Season

The Manhattan Choral Ensemble (MCE) is one of the premier volunteer choirs in New York City, performing an historically varied repertoire for mixed a cappella choir and choir with orchestra, including works commissioned by and given their world premieres by the MCE. Performing throughout Manhattan and beyond, the MCE strives to connect its programs to the city it calls home through its focus on local composers, concerts in historical landmarks, and neighborhood-themed programming.

Choral Masterworks by Rachmaninoff

Tchaikovsky Stravinsky

Bortniansky With a mix of traditional Russian carols

A multi-year celebration of holiday music from around the world

For tickets and more information, please visit www.mce.nyc

CONCERT AT 10th

STREET CHURCH

By God’s Grace, parish family and friends are

invited to enjoy reserved space in our choir loft at

the Christmas Concert this Dec 9th

& 11th

.

Space is limited. Because we have set our focus on

providing for the North Rockland Food Pantry

through this event, we are asking concert attendees

from our parish to simply provide a donation of at

least three non-perishable food items in exchange

for their ticket. If you are interested in attending

one of these days, please contact Fr. William at

212-254-6685 during the week. Please bring your

donated food to church.

THANKSGIVING FOOD DONATION

UPDATE

Bob Zizik volunteers at the North Rockland Food

Pantry and transports the collected food at St.

Nicholas to the food pantry. Bob reports that there

were two Thanksgiving food distributions on

Monday, Nov. 21st in the morning and evening. All

together food was distributed to over 340 people,

approximately 114 families. Every family was

provided a turkey with all of the trimmings,

potatoes, vegetables, greens, bread, even desserts.

We were truly blessed to have been able to help so

many people in such an elaborate way.

The number of families will increase as there will

also be deliveries to shut-ins but this is an

overview of the effort St. Nicholas has been

supporting this past six weeks. God bless all those

who generously contributed!

Dec 18th

- ST NICHOLAS DAY LUNCHEON –

Our annual St. Nicholas Day luncheon will be held on

December 18th

. We will sing carols, drink hot chocolate,

have a rousing game of musical chairs, and as always,

enjoy a visit from St. Nicholas. We will also have a

raffle of fun items to help defray the ingredient costs of

the Cookie Walk.

LUNCHEON COST: $15 for adults;

$5 for ages 13 – 15 and

FREE for children 12 and under

It is very important that if you are planning on being at

the luncheon that you let us know by signing up on the

sheet located on the bulletin board. We need to get a

good estimate of the number of people and specifically

the number of children. Thank you for your cooperation

and we look forward to seeing you at this fun day at 10th

Street.

January 14, 2016

KERMEŠ THANK YOU

First and foremost, let us thank His Grace, Bishop Gregory of Nyssa for traveling to New York to celebrate

Liturgy with us and attend the luncheon. Thank you for your words of guidance, inspiration and giving the

football score updates to the many sports fans in the audience!

Kermeš takes many hands to make it a success and voices to sing in joyful unison. Let us all give a big thank you

to Nick Timko, Bob Zizik and the choir who sang beautifully during Liturgy with more thanks to Kevin Rusinak

for inspiring all of us with his reading of the Epistle during Liturgy. We know that you took the reading very

seriously Kevin and you did a magnificent job!

Also, our warmest appreciation to George and Justina Chobor. Without them, Kermeš

would not be the wonderful event it is and we are grateful for their generosity of time

and talent for 42 YEARS! There are many people that look forward to the pumpkin

soup all year long. The food was spectacular! Much appreciation to the men and women

who worked behind the scenes and who helped prepare, serve and work in the kitchen.

A big thank you to our organizers, Magda Matlak, Doreen Clemente, Helen Gajdos and

Justina Ryan for all their work to create flyers, sell tickets and accomplishing the

difficult task of seat placement. There were over 160 people at Kermes this year so you

know what a great job they did!

Special mention to our four young members of this year’s First Confession class as you

presented the flowers to His Grace, Bishop Gregory. You showed all of us the power of

teamwork and synchronized walking.

Everyone loves good bartenders so a big thank you goes out to Lubos Matlak, Mike

Derevjanik, and Bharat Kumta and the other valuable members of the bartending team

including Mike and Evelyn Kormanik and Kathy Matlak for selling drink tickets.

Thank you to so many people who baked and brought in desserts for us all to enjoy and

end the day on such a sweet note! Thanks who started their morning coordinating and

plating the desserts, unraveling the centerpieces and assisting in table preparation.

And finally, speaking of sweet notes, let's give another round of applause to all of the St. Nicholas Church youth,

young adults and women who sang so beautifully, also including Ruslan who brought tears to many eyes with

his tribute song to the Mothers in the audience. Also, a big thank you to our very talented “house band” -

Stephanie Salony on her accordion, Nicole Hubka on the violin (and gave a fantastic solo performance as well)

and Mr. Koss playing the clarinet. What a wonderful performance, everyone!

Enjoy the following pictures that so perfectly capture the joy of the weekend with His Grace, Bishop Gregory,

and the beautiful Annual Kermeš celebration, with thanks to Paul Krzyzanowski. There will be copies of the

pictures in the Main Hall to look view and take home thanks to Fr. William.

HIS GRACE, BISHOP GREGORY VISIT TO ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH On Sat., Nov 19th - Bishop Gregory and the 10th Street Youth enjoyed a Luncheon together and afternoon Board Game Challenge. At Vespers, St. Nicholas presented His Grace with a specially made and engraved walking stick.

Welcoming His Grace, Bishop Gregory of Nyssa to St. Nicholas Church, Sunday Liturgy

ANNUAL KERMEŠ

November 20, 2016

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER, 2016 *Shaded areas indicate days of fasting

SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT

27 Cookie Prep

DIY Coffee Hour

Moleben to St.

Nectarios @ 1pm

28 Nativity

Fast Begins

29 30 Daily

Matins @

8am

DEC1 2 Daily

Matins @ 8am

3 Liturgy @ 9am

Marriage of

Michael

Kormanik &

Samara Burstein

*No Vespers

4 Feast of the

Entrance of the

Mother of God

Hall Decoration

Team Tristate

5 Baking -

Afternoon

6 Baking –

All Day

7 Baking –

All Day

Daily

Matins @

8am

8 Baking –

All Day

9 Baking & Plating

Daily

Matins @ 8am

Manhattan Choir

Performance- 8pm

10 *No Liturgy

Cookie Walk

11 – 4

Vespers @ 6 PM

11 Cookie Walk

12-3

Manhattan Choir

Performance – 3pm

12 13 14 15 16 17

18 St. Nicholas Day

Luncheon

19 Feast of

St. Nicholas

20 21 22 23 24

25 DIY Coffee Hour

26 27 28 29 30 31

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Sample of cookies

2015

Can’t come to the St. Nicholas Cookie Walk? No problem…we’ll pack our homemade cookies and deliver them to you!

2016 Cookie Order Form Dec. 10 & 11th

Holiday

Takeout Box ____ x $15= $ _____

White Box

w/ ribbon _____ x $35= $_____

Gluten Free Sampler Box _____ x $20= $_____

Vegan Sampler Box _____ x $20= $ _____ TOTAL DUE (cash or check accepted) $______

Your Name: ___________________________________________

Phone/Email: _________________________________________

St. Nicholas Contact: ________________________________

COOKIE WALK

The 8th Annual St. Nicholas Church Cookie Walk is a wonderland of cookies—

approximately 50,000 delicious confections with

over 75 varieties.

We will custom pack your box with a wide variety of

goodies topped with a peppermint bark heart for a

beautiful presentation to give as a gift, or better yet,

an early present to you.

Orders will be delivered after December 11th.