Icon of Saints Joseph, Adrian and Natalie -- August 26th

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Icon of Saints Joseph, Adrian and Natalie -- August 26th

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Vigil Vesper/Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom forFourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

August 25, 2018

Begins on Pg. 104 in Green Book

Psalm 140 Tone 5 p. 143Vesper Hymns (Sunday) Tone 5 pp. 143-145 Dogmatikon Tone 5 pp. 145-146Prokeimenon (Sunday) Tone 5 P. 148Alleluia (Sunday) Tone 5 P. 148Communion Hymn (Sunday) Version A p. 78

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

August 26, 2018

Begins on Pg. 11 in Green BookTroparion (Sunday) Tone 5 p. 146Kontakion (Sunday) Tone 5 p. 147Prokeimenon (Sunday) Tone 5 p. 148Alleluia (Sunday) Tone 5 P. 148Communion Hymn (Sunday) Version A p. 78

Sun 8/26Sat 4:00 pmSun 8:45 amSun 9:00 am

Mon 8/278:00 am12:00 pm

Tues 8/28 12:00 pm 7:00 pm

Wed 8/299:00 am

Thurs 8/30 am

Fri 8/319:00 am 12:00 pm

Sat. 9/1

Sun. 9/2Sat 4:00 pmSun 8:45 Sun 9:00 am

Fourteenth Sunday aftere Pentecost (p. 146) Tone 5+Thomas Petrus by Betty Petrus3rd HourIntention of Parishioners of St. Stephen’s Cathedral

Our Venerable Father Pomen (p. 376)Personal Intention6th Hour

Moses the Ethiopian 6th HourVigil Vesper/Liturgy for Beheading of John the Baptist (p. 356)

Beheading of John the Baptist (p. 355)+Mary Bush by Ron Kichinko

Post-festive of Beheading of John No Morning Divine Liturgy

Deposition of the Venerable Belt of the Theotokos (p. 358)Elisabeth & Jessie Moore by Kathleen Cervantes6th Hour

Simeon the Stylite No Morning Divine Liturgy

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (p. 152)David Wrublick by Karen Ratliff3rd HourIntention of Parishioners of St. Stephen’s Cathedral

Fr. Joe

Msgr. Kevin

Msgr. Kevin

Fr. Diodoro

Msgr. Kevin

Msgr. Kevin

Fr. David

Msgr. Kevin

Special Intentions: Erwin Armada, Barbara Dugan, Joanie Mahar, Helen Furka, Vincent Rice, McCarthy Family, Marti Lopez, Kathleen Linkowsky, Betty Geletey, Richard Gable, Robert King, Ann Ryan, Chris Faix, Robyn Foy, Elaine Browne, Mark Chapa, Mike Chapa and Iliana Villegas.May the Lord rest His healing hand on His servants and hear their requests:Mary Rabayda, Jane Walsh, Steve Durkit, Dorothy Dumnich, Richard Reese, Chris Balsz, Sr. Christopher OSBM, Dorothy Bezeredi, Carlene Eneroth, Fred Way, Sharon White, Nancy Sandrock, Marlene Rolling, Bob Dugan, Cathy Milko, Michael Dougherty, Widad Butty, Clementina Mendoza, Nicholas Stefaniak Sr., Mary Popovich, Dan Palaschak, Michael Sherwood, Christina Toth, Liz Kol, Evelyn Sopiak, Deacon Craig Anderson, Nicholas Toth, Michelle Montalvo, Nicholas Oprendek, Dennis Milko, Karen Kol, Gabriel Papke, Audry Bacha, Fr. Andriy Chirovsky, Kari Hill, Kathleen Wursta, Ron Minor, Tom Petrus, Fr. Joe, Anonymous, Fr. Basil & Sandy Meyers

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WELCOME FR. ARTHUR ROJAS- We welcome Fr. Arthur Rojas, who has been appoint-ed parochial vicar at St. Stephen Cathedral. Fr. Rojas comes to us from the Archdiocese of New York and he will be assisting here at the cathedral during a training period to become familiar with our liturgical practices and procedures of ministry of serving in a parish in preparation for ministry to one of our parishes in the Eparchy of Phoenix.

PARISHIONER’S AUGUST BIRTHDAY & ANNIVERSARIES POT LUCK AND BIRTHDAY CAKE SOCIAL: SUNDAY, AUGUST 26 IN THE PARISH HALL AFTER THE 9:00 AM DIVINE LITURGY-Please join our parish community in celebrating the August birthdays and anniversaries of our parishioners. The pot luck begins after the 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy. Please bring one of your favorite dishes to share.

SOLEMN FEAST DAY OF THE BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST- We will celebrate Vigil Vesper/Liturgy on Tuesday, August 28 at 7:00 PM and Divine Liturgy on Wednesday, August 29 at 9:00 AM.

84th ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO OUR LADY OF PEPRPETUAL HELP IN UNIONTOWN, PA. This year’s pilgrimage takes place on September 1 & 2 at Mt. St. Mac-rina on the grounds of the Sisters of St. Basil the Great. Bishop Gerald, Fr. Diodoro and Fr. Joe will be participating in the pilgrimage. Please pray for good weather as most of the events of the pilgrimage take place outside.

ST. STEPHEN’S MEN’S GROUP- The group will meet on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of each month. Each session will begin at 7:30 PM with Vespers followed by a group discussion on an assigned spiritual reading. We will be discussing Pope Francis’s Encyclical “Gaudete et Exsultate”. The next session will be Tuesday, September 4.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE 3:00 PM SOCIAL HOUR AT THE PARISH 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION- Though the dinner for the 50th Anniversary will be catered, we need about 8 volunteers to help during the social hour in between the Divine Liturgy and the dinner. We will need someone to be the bar tender for the no-host bar and then some people to help clear the appetizer plates off the tables when the people are finished eating, and several people to check people in as they come to the celebration in the parish hall. Please contact Fr. Joe huts1009@gmail.com or call the parish office 602-943-5379, or sign the sign-up list in the parish hall on the bulletin board. Please contact Fr. Joe or sign up by Tuesday, September 11. Thank you.

PARISH 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE MEETING will take place Sunday, September 9 after the 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy in the back parish hall by the stage.

RSVP FOR ST. STEPHEN 50TH JUBILEE CELEBRATION – All RSVP cards for the 50th Jubilee must be received at the parish office by Saturday, September 1. (NO EXCEPTIONS) However, if necessary your payment for the dinner can be sent separately, but must be in the par-ish office by Sunday, September 16. These hard deadlines are necessary for the Jubilee celebration for the Jubilee celebration to run smoothly. Thank you for your cooperation.

NATIVITY OF THE THEOTOKOS- On Friday, September 7 at 7:00 PM we will celebrate a VigilVesper/Liturgy and on Saturday, September 9 at 9:00 AM we will celebrate a Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos.

FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS- On Thursday September 13 at 7:00 PM we will celebrate a Vigil/Vesper Liturgy and on Friday at 9:00 AM we will celebrate a Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE- Join Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and the local organizations of 40 Days For Life at their Opening Mass on Tuesday, September 25 at 6:30 PM at St. Mary’s Basilica at 231 N. 3rd St. in Phoenix. Brochures are at the back of our church.

ST. STEPHEN’S 50TH JUBILEE CELEBRATION ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2018- The celebration will begin with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at 1:00 PM at our Ca-thedral of St. Stephen with our bishop Most Rev. John S. Pazak as the main celebrant. Our Bishop Emeritus and Protosyncellus Most Rev. Gerald N. Dino and the clergy of our parish and eparchy will assist. Following the Divine Liturgy at 3:00 PM there will be a no-host social hour in the par-ish hall and the dinner will begin at 4:00 PM. The Jubilee Dinner will be catered. We are working on the invitations and all parishioners will receive an invitation through the mail. You are highly encouraged to set aside this day to celebrate this important event in the history of our cathedral parish. There will be a Saturday, Vigil Vesper/Liturgy on Saturday, September 29 at 4:00 PM but there will not be a 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy on Sunday, September 30!!

ONLINE GIVING- A friendly Reminder that we offer , both for St Stephen’s Byzantine Catho-lic Cathedral & the Eparchy of Phoenix. Thank you for prioritizing St. Stephen’s Byzantine Catholic Cathedral in your generous giving. Your consistency provides stability, strength and support to our mission. Lives are being changed because of your generosity!

This Week’s Candle Intention

Eternal Lamp: Fr. Arthur Rojas Resurrection Icon: Fr. Basil Hutsko

Sat. 4 PM- 18 / Sun. 9 AM- 119

Our Weekly Gifts to the Lord—May the Lord bless your kindness and generosity!August 18/19

Tithes: $1,667.10 - Candles: $44.00 - Coffee Social: $9.00 – Dormition: $115.00Gift Shop: $10.00 - Tithes Received by Mail: $100.00- Tithes Online Credit Card: $170.00Grand Total: $1,937.10

22 of 135 registered families donated tithes this weekend

Coming Events – Mark Your CalendarsSunday, August 26 Parishioners August Birthday and Anniversaries Pot Luck & Cake Social after the 9:00 AM Divine LiturgyTuesday, August 28 Vigil Vesper/Liturgy for the Solemn Feast of John the Baptist at 7:00 PM

Wednesday, August 29 Divine Liturgy at for the Solemn Feast of John the Baptist at 9:00 AMSaturday, September 1 & Sunday September 2 84th Annual Pilgrimage to Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Uniontown PAFriday, September 7 Vigil Vesper/Liturgy for Nativity of the Theotokos at 7:00 PMSaturday, September 8 Divine Liturgy for Nativity of the Theotokos at 9:00 AMThursday, September 13 Vigil Vesper/Liturgy for Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at 7:00 PMFriday, September 14 Divine Liturgy for Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at 9:00 AMSunday, September 23 Parishioners September Birthdays & Anniversaries Pot Luck & Cake Social After the 9:00 AM Divine LiturgySunday, September 30- 50th Anniversary Celebration of St. Stephen’s Cathedral 1:00 PM-Divine Liturgy 3:00 PM- Social Hour 4:00 PM- Dinner

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

EPISTLE READING- 2 CORINTHIANS 1:21-2:4

Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm. So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you. For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved? I wrote as I did, so that when I came I would not be distressed by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would all share my joy. For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

GOSPEL READING- MATTHEW 22:1-14

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have pre-pared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’ “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and de-stroyed those murderers and burned their city. “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wed-ding clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the dark-ness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

The Beheading of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John

The Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist: The Evangelists Mat-thew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29) provide accounts about the martyric end of John the Baptist in the year 32 after the Birth of Christ.Following the Baptism of the Lord, Saint John the Baptist was locked up in prison by Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch (ruler of one fourth of the Holy Land) and governor of Galilee. (After the death of king Herod the Great, the Romans divided the territory of Palestine into four parts, and put a governor in charge of each part. Herod Antipas received Galilee from the emperor Augus-tus).The prophet of God John openly denounced Herod for having left his lawful wife, the daughter of the Arabian king Aretas, and then instead cohabiting with Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip (Luke 3:19-20). On his birthday, Herod made a feast for dignitaries, the elders and a thousand chief citizens. Salome, the daughter of Herod, danced before the guests and charmed Herod. In gratitude to the girl, he swore to give her whatever she would ask, up to half his king-dom.The vile girl on the advice of her wicked mother Herodias asked that she be given the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Herod became apprehensive, for he feared the wrath of God for the murder of a prophet, whom earlier he had heeded. He also feared the people, who loved the holy Forerunner. But because of the guests and his careless oath, he gave orders to cut off the head of Saint John and to give it to Salome.According to Tradition, the mouth of the dead preacher of repentance once more opened and proclaimed: “Herod, you should not have the wife of your brother Philip.” Salome took the platter with the head of Saint John and gave it to her mother. The frenzied Herodias repeatedly stabbed the tongue of the prophet with a needle and buried his holy head in a unclean place. But the pious Joanna, wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, buried the head of John the Baptist in an earthen vessel on the Mount of Olives, where Herod had a parcel of land. (The Uncovering of the Venerable Head is celebrated (February 24). The holy body of John the Baptist was taken

that night by his disciples and buried at Sebastia, there where the wicked deed had been done.After the murder of Saint John the Baptist, Herod continued to govern for a certain time. Pontius Pilate, governor of Judea, later sent Jesus Christ to him, Whom he mocked (Luke 23:7-12).The judgment of God came upon Herod, Herodias and Salome, even during their earthly life. Salome, crossing the River Sikoris in winter, fell through the ice. The ice gave way in such a way that her body was in the water, but her head was trapped above the ice. It was similar to how she once had danced with her feet upon the ground, but now she flailed helplessly in the icy water. Thus she was trapped until that time when the sharp ice cut through her neck.Her corpse was not found, but they brought the head to Herod and Herodias, as once they had brought them the head of Saint John the Baptist. The Arab king Aretas, in revenge for the disre-spect shown his daughter, made war against Herod. The defeated Herod suffered the wrath of the Roman emperor Caius Caligua (37-41) and was exiled with Herodias first to Gaul, and then to Spain.The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, a Feast day established by the Church, is also a strict fast day because of the grief of Christians at the violent death of the saint. In some Orthodox cultures pious people will not eat food from a flat plate, use a knife, or eat food that is round in shape on this day.

According to Tradition, the mouth of the dead preacher of repentance once more opened and proclaimed: “Herod, you should not have the wife of your brother Philip.” Salome took the platter with the head of Saint John and gave it to her mother. The frenzied Herodias repeatedly stabbed the tongue of the prophet with a needle and buried his holy head in a unclean place. But the pious Joanna, wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, buried the head of John the Baptist in an earthen vessel on the Mount of Olives, where Herod had a parcel of land. (The Uncovering of the Vener-able Head is celebrated (February 24). The holy body of John the Baptist was taken that night by his disciples and buried at Sebastia, there where the wicked deed had been done.After the murder of Saint John the Baptist, Herod continued to govern for a certain time. Pontius Pilate, governor of Judea, later sent Jesus Christ to him, Whom he mocked (Luke 23:7-12).The judgment of God came upon Herod, Herodias and Salome, even during their earthly life. Salome, crossing the River Sikoris in winter, fell through the ice. The ice gave way in such a way that her body was in the water, but her head was trapped above the ice. It was similar to how she once had danced with her feet upon the ground, but now she flailed helplessly in the icy water. Thus she was trapped until that time when the sharp ice cut through her neck.Her corpse was not found, but they brought the head to Herod and Herodias, as once they had brought them the head of Saint John the Baptist. The Arab king Aretas, in revenge for the disre-spect shown his daughter, made war against Herod. The defeated Herod suffered the wrath of the Roman emperor Caius Caligua (37-41) and was exiled with Herodias first to Gaul, and then to Spain.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, a Feast day established by the Church, is also a strict fast day because of the grief of Christians at the violent death of the saint. In some Orthodox cultures pious people will not eat food from a flat plate, use a knife, or eat food that is round in shape on this day

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His Body, His Blood

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost August 26, 2018 Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory to Him Forever! Welcome to Saint Stephen Byzantine Catholic Cathedral. We are delighted you have come to pray with us. Our Church follows the teachings of Jesus Christ as found in the Gospel and passed on to us through the teachings of the Holy Apostles and Holy Tradition.

Saint Stephen’s Byzantine Catholic Cathedral8141 North 16th Street, Front Sunday Divine LiturgyPhoenix, Arizona 85020-3950 Saturday 4:00 PM Weekday ServicesOffice: 602.943.5379 Fax 602.997.4093 Sunday 9:00 AM See BulletinWebsite www.stsbcc.org Confessions: Sat. 3:00- 3:45 pm & Sun. 8:00 - 8:45 amServed by: Most Rev. John S. Pazak, C.Ss.R., Bishop

Most Reverend Gerald N. Dino, Bishop EmeritusVery Rev. Diodoro Mendoza, Rector – rectorss@eparchyofphoenix.org

Rev. Joseph Hutsko, Vice-Rector – huts1009@gmail.com Rev. Arthur Rojas, Parochial Vicar Msgr. Kevin McAuliffe, In Residence Very Rev. Archpriest David M. Petras, Retired

Deacon John Montalvo, Deacon James Danovich, Deacon Adam Lowe, Subdeacon Paul Kilroy Parish Advisory Council Served by: Parish Finance Council Served by:Mary Beth Foster Sean Grimes Peyton Becktold John Surmay Dolores Sugent Jessica Kostyun Joanie Mahar Basil Rabayda Nicholas Stefaniak III Msgr. Kevin McAuliffePatti Marmol Ann Zlamal Jennifer Hetrick