Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church A Parish of the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese

Ecumenical Patriarchate Our 60th Year of Worshiping Christ as a Family!

10201 Democracy Blvd Potomac, Maryland 20854

301-299-5120(Office) 301-367-9051(cell) www.holyresurrection.com

www.facebook.com/groups/hroc25 Very Rev. Peter Zarynow, Pastor

Subdeacon Anastasios Davis ††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††

Sunday 27 May 2018 FEAST OF THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Venerable Nicetas, bishop of Novgorod Epistle: Acts 2:1-11

Gospel: John 7:37-52, 8:12 Tone Seven

The Schedule of Divine Services for Bright Week is as follows:27 May (SUN) FEAST OF THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (Holy Pentecost)

Confessions 8:45am Chanting of the 3rd Hour 9:20am Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 9:30am Kneeling Prayers Panachida: +Maria Esperanca Taveira-DaSilva, +Antonio Taveira-DaSilva & +Harry Rapach, by grandson Andrey Taveira-DaSilva Coffee Social to follow

28 May (Mon) Spirit Monday Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 9am (NOTE TIME!) Panachida: +Departed of the Parish, Departed Veterans, Departed of the Kormanik Family (perpetual memorial) 03 June (SUN) 1st Sunday after Pentecost/All-Saints Day/Sts. Constantine & Helen

Confessions 8:45am Chanting of the 3rd Hour 9:20am Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 9:30am

Announcements: Confessions will be heard on Sunday mornings from 8:45-9:15am. All faithful are encouraged to come to the Sacrament every 8-10 weeks, on average, to help maintain spiritual health. Because of the Feast of Pentecost there is no fasting this week. All foods are permitted. Enjoy the Feast. Also, with this Feast we resume kneeling in prayer both at home and in church. Congratulations and God’s choicest blessings upon Christyn Opromollo & Sbdn Vincent Dranginis who were united in the Sacrament of Marriage yesterday at Ss. Cyril & Methodios Church in Mercer, PA (Camp Nazareth). They will be residing in Silver Spring, MD and will be a part of our parish family. Many Years!! Mnohaja L’ita!! A list of Spring Maintenance items is posted on the bulletin board in the hall. Please look over the list and see Mark Sudik if you are able to complete any of these tasks. The Annual Retreat for the Diocesan Altar Boys will be held in Johnstown will be held from 1-4 July 2018. This year’s theme is “Who Am I?” The Young Women’s Encounter will be held July 1-4 in Windber. This year’s theme is “Pray like a Girl” Registration is now open for both events! See acrod.org to register. Make plans now to attend. The cost of the retreats will be covered by the parish, as usual so notify Father as soon as you register! This year, Fr Peter will not be able to attend, so parents begin communicating with each other now so that we can try

to have a transportation plan in place well before the children’s day of departure. Flowers are donated this week for the health & special intention of George Dahulich, from an anonymous donor. May God bless ten for their kind remembrance! Many Years!! Mnohaja L’ita!!

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Some people think that prayer is yoga, that it’s meditation, a technique. That’s wrong. Prayer’s a spontaneous appeal from the human heart to God. Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos (Mt Athos)

Candle Offerings: Eternal Light: Health & Special Intention Aleksey-love Mom (Mnohaja L’ita!)

Offerings For the Living (Many Years! Mnohaja L’ita!) 1-health of Les-love Carol 1-health of Mom-your loving family- Chrysa, Taina & Craig 2-for health-love Alex & Melanie Fathers John & Michael 2-for health-love Mom & Dad Jonathan & Lara; Stephanie 2-for health-John & Sheila HROC parishioners; Family members 3-special intention-John & Sheila Fr. Peter & family; Diocesan Priests & their families; OCMC Missionaries 2-special intention-brother George Archbishop Michael; Barbara Knighton 2-special intention-George Dahulich Bishop Gregory; Bishop Matthias 2-for health-George Dahulich Fr Tom Kadlec; Fr Jim Dutko 5-happy birthday-George Dahulich Karoline Davis; Mickey Rosics; Lois Erhard; Ryan Ulicny; Emily Dzubak 1-happy anniv. Andrew & Jessica Swindell-George Dahulich 1-health of Savannah, Chloe, Caroline, Christopher, Natalie, Cole-love Grandparents 1-health of Mom-Ray & Georgene 2-happy anniversary-Mom & Dad Matt & Maria; Debbie & Donny 6-special intentions-the Breno Family Breno Family; Fedornock Families; Peart Family; Nakonecznyj Family; Zankey Family; Fabian Family

5-for health-Marge Tomasevich Mary Elko; Les & Carol Miller; John & Barbara Homick; Lois Erhard; Ray Ammon 1-special intention Aleksey, Yuliya & Family-Yuliya 1-special intention John-love Marie 1-special intention Marie-love John 10-health & healing-John & Marie Smith Irene Dzubak; Chris Hudack; Lois Erhard; John Homick; Fr Tom Kadlec; Melanie Samson, Carol & Les Miller; Georgene & Ray Ammon; Marge Tomasevich; Marie Skasko 1-safe travel ACRY members from Bowling Tournament to home- John & Marie Smith 1-safe travel for family & friends -Mark, Marie & Stephen 1-special intention Mark-love Marie 1-specail intention Marie-love Mark 2-specail intention-Mom & Dad Angela & Brian; Stephen 8-for health-Mark, Marie, Angela & Stephen Baba/Mom; Nana/Ma; Helen Beverage; Verna Czap; Nancy Sheilds; Williams Family; Chris Hudack; Jacob Myers 1-special int. Vladislav, Irina & Dennis-Irina Panfilov 1-sp. int. Mark & Marie Sudik-Alex & Eleanor

Vigil Candles In Loving Memory: (Memory Eternal! Vicnaja Pamjat!) 1+loving memory of my husband Tom-your loving wife Ann 1+in loving memory of our father-Chrysa, Taina and Craig 1+in memory of Steve Sheftic-love your family 1+in memory Mother & Father–Les & Carol Miller 2+loving memory-the Fallons Paňi Jeannette; Anna & John Luchok 1+in memory of Marion Fallon-Diane 1+in loving memory of Helen Rowland-Diane 1+in loving memory Parents & Grandparents-Diane & Brian 1+Memory Eternal Parents/Grandparents-Koval Family 2+Memory Eternal-Koval Family Uncle George & Uncle Tony

2+Memory Eternal -love Alex, Melanie Mother Katherine; Mother Elaine 5+in memory-John & Sheila Dad Kraynok; Mom Kraynok; Charles Hrapchak; Anna Hrapchak; Evelyn Hrapchak 1+in loving memory of Gene Eaton-love Starlene 1+in loving memory of parents Peter & Ann Dahulich-love son George 1+in loving memory of Parents & Grandparents-Yuliya

adadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadad Please pray for the following: Bishop Gregory, Bishop Matthias, Fr. Frank & Paňi Connie Miloro; Fr. John & Paňi BettyJean Baranik, Fr. George Hutnyan, Fr. Lawrence & Paňi Linda Barriger, Fr. James Gleason, Fr. Luke Mihaly, Fr. Robert Teklinski, Fr. Michael Psenechnuk, Fr. Ted Mozes, Fr. Thomas Blaschak, Dn. Peter Skoog, Paňi Donna Smoley, Paňi Yvonne Lysack, Paňi Kathy Dutko, Paňi Karen Miklos, Fr. Michael & Paňi AnnaMarie Slovesko, Paňi Mary Kundla, Fr. John & Paňi Patricia Duranko, Fr. Tom Kadlec, Fr. Christopher Rozdilski, Fr John & Paňi Cindy Zboyovski, Fr. Jonathan & Paňi Marsha Tobias, Paňi Amy George, Elisa Castilla, Ann Thear, Owen Moriak, Beth & Ed ‘Skeets’ Williams, Les & Carol Miller, Cindy Russell, Michael Buchko, Dorothy Mastronicola, Nicholas Yacko, Mildred Bartko, Angie Wali, Megan Antonishek, Nancy Lynn Arthur, Mary Urbas, Yoel Ramos, Tony Zankey, Justin Popek, Nadia Sumner, Karen Ogden, Joshua, Faye & Tess, Emilie Dixon, Paul Tobias, Shirley Miree, Michael Rake, Olga Vasconez, Diane Dupere-Lindell, Gerry Sadler, Ann Eckert, Stan Damren, Lois Hall, Marshal Smith, Dave Stanton, Andrew Sussman, Florence Gregoric, Dennis Davis, James & Melody Peyton, Louann Giger, Daniel Ward, Jennifer Brady, Carol Blum, Katie Bleeker, Alexi Williams, Missy Johns, Liliana Shirvanian, Harry Coe, Susan Buckley, Constance Amey, Daniel Pfaff, James Lazor, Debbie Dell, Rose & Douglas Eade, Robert Horsch, Edward & Grace Yoon, Michael Dinneen, Kellie Barett, Zaun Kligge, Andrea Katz, Joan Detwiler, Metro & Joan Kondratick, John Homick, Jim David, Melanie Samson, Mary West, Mary Elko, Margie Stemler, Martha & John White, Brian Medvigy; Laura Gary; James Durachko, Louise Brudnak, Rory McDermott, Julia Rapach, Randi Caffalle, Hayley Marshall, Bryan Fitzgerald, Jon Green, Aleia Dick, MaryJane, Kyle & Rosie Brant, Martha Novelly, Mary Agnes, Alicia, Lisa Cherno, Tommy & Shyanne Showerman & baby; Sofia Sabirova & baby

May Our Lord Jesus Christ Touch Them With His Healing Hand!

Summer Camp 2018 Information on the summer Camping Sessions at Camp Nazareth for Summer 2018 were emailed out a few weeks ago. On line registration is now open! Please begin making plans now to attend. If you need assistance to help defray the cost of sending your child(ren) to camp, let Father Peter know as soon as possible and he will get you information on the numerous camperships that are available. No child should be held back from camp because of cost! Our Deanery week is Week #3 - Sunday 29 July through Saturday 4 August. The Fee for Camp is: $315/diocesan camper and $365/non-diocesan camper.

Registrations after 1 June will incur a $20 late fee! Camper Registrations are due by 1 July at the latest!!!

If you have any questions, please call or email Fr. Stephen at 724-662-4840 or campnazareth@acrod.org When you register online please note that you will still need to submit a paper copy of the Medical Examination Form (i.e. Camper Physical) which must be filled out and signed by a licensed medical professional (licensed physician or physician’s assistant). This form will be emailed to you after you complete the online registration process. The parish will once again be renting a van to get our kids to camp. There will be 10 seats available. Please let Father know as soon as possible if you will be needing transportation! adadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadad

Spirit Day (Pentecost Monday)

On the day after every Great Feast, the Orthodox Church honors the one through whom the Feast is made possible. On the day following the Nativity of the Lord, for example, we celebrate the Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos (December 26/January 8). On the day after Theophany, we commemorate Saint John the Baptist (January 7/20), and so on. Today we honor the all-Holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, Who descended upon the Apostles at Pentecost in the form of fiery tongues in fulfillment of the Lord’s promise to send the Comforter to His disciples (JN 14:16). That same Holy Spirit remains within the Church throughout the ages, guiding it “into all truth” (JN 16:13). At the Liturgy, the priest or deacon chants the Entrance Verse (“Be exalted in Thy strength, O Lord. We will sing and praise Thy power.”) as on the day of Pentecost. “Holy God” replaces “As many as have been baptized....” The dismissal of Pentecost is also used. The Leave-taking of Pentecost occurs on Saturday. adadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadadad

All gave some, some gave all May their Memory be Eternal!

A Brief History of Memorial Day Originally called Decoration Day, from the early tradition of decorating graves with flowers, wreaths and flags, Memorial Day is a day for remembrance of those who have died in service to our country. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868 to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of Gen. John A. Logan of the

Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former Union sailors and soldiers. During that first national celebration, former Union Gen. and sitting Ohio Congressman James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, after which 5,000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers who were buried there. This event was inspired by local observances of the day that had taken place in several towns throughout America in the three years after the Civil War. In 1873, New York was the first state to designate Memorial Day as a legal holiday. By the late 1800s, many more cities and communities observed Memorial Day, and several states had declared it a legal holiday. After World War I, it became an occasion for honoring those who died in all of America’s wars and was then more widely established as a national holiday throughout the United States.

When Is Memorial Day? In 1971, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act and established that Memorial Day was to be celebrated on the last Monday of May. Several southern states, however, officially celebrate an additional, separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead, sometimes referred to as a Confederate Memorial Day: January 19 in Texas; third Monday in Jan. in Arkansas; fourth Monday in Apr. in Alabama and Mississippi; April 26 in Florida and Georgia; May 10 in North and South Carolina; last Monday in May in Virginia; and June 3 in Louisiana and Tennessee. Memorial Day is celebrated at Arlington National Cemetery each year with a ceremony in which a small American flag is placed on each grave. Traditionally, the President or Vice President lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. From the National Memorial Day Concert website

Why Kneel Before God? - Purpose/Meaning of Kneeling Prayers of Pentecost

How many of you have a dog? Even if you do not, you may notice dogs doing something around certain people, especially their owners. They often fall down to the ground and roll over onto their back. You may think they are looking for a good tummy rub but actually they are expressing of submission or obedience. It is a concrete way of saying you’re in charge, I’m not. Orthodox Christians have a particular way of expressing our submission and obedience to God. We do this in a small way by bowing our heads. Repeatedly throughout the various worship services we hear the priest or deacon say, “Let us bow our heads to the Lord.” This petition occurs right before a prayer in which we usually ask for something. We ask for things from God because we realize: 1) that we are powerless to obtain them and, 2) God has the power to grant/give them. Bowing our heads is physical way of expressing our words and emphasizing that we don’t necessarily deserve what we ask for. In other words, bowing our heads is an expression of humility before God. “God you are greater than me. I need you.” In a greater way, we express our submission and obedience to God by bending our knees or kneeling. At every Divine Liturgy, during the Small Entrance of the Gospel, we sing “Come let us bow down to Christ and worship Him the Son of God…” It comes directly from Psalm 95:6-7 “Oh come let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His Hand.” The words used are “proskyneisomen”or “worship”, and “prospesomen” which literally means “to fall down”. (proskynetarion = shrine; proskynetis = pilgrim) At the end of the Divine Liturgy today, we will pray a portion of the Kneeling Vespers of Pentecost. The full service will be celebrated this afternoon in a Pan-Orthodox gathering at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in West St. Paul. Before each Kneeling Prayer, the priest or deacon will say, “On bended knee let us pray to the Lord.” What will we be asking for from God in these prayers? The First Kneeling Prayer acknowledges that Jesus Christ Himself kneeled when praying to His Father in the Garden of Gethsamene (Luke 22:41). The prayer goes on and we ask God to 1) Hear us, 2) Accept us, 3) Forget our sins, 4) Purge our sinful thoughts, 5) Make us worthy to return to Him, 6) Visit us, 7) Free us from the Devil, 8) Make our lives secure in His holy/sacred laws, 9) Entrust us to a guardian angel, 10) Gather us into His Kingdom, 11) Grant us forgiveness, 12) Cleanse us by the Holy Spirit. In the Second Kneeling Prayer we ask God to 1) Teach us how to pray and what to pray for, 2) Govern my life, 3) Make known the way I should walk, 4) Grant wisdom, 5) Renew my spirit, 6) Make my mind firm, 7) Not be fooled by worldly delights, 8) To desire enjoyment of future/heavenly treasures, 9) Grant mercy, 10) Sanctify/make us holy, 11) Extend a helping hand, 12) Accept our prayer. The Third Kneeling Prayer, interestingly, is for our departed loved ones, in which we ask God to: 1) Give rest to their souls, 2) Place their spirits/names in the book of life, and 3) Forgive their sins. No doubt this final prayer is also for us as we anticipate the time when we will leave this earthly life and join our departed loved ones. Now kneeling down in worship in church and saying the words are only two of three components in being submissive, obedient and humble before God. The third element is the actions of our life once we walk up into the social hall and out the doors back to our homes and daily life. God will have a difficult time hearing us if we never talk to Him in prayer each day. He cannot accept us if we do come to Him. He cannot forget our sins if we keep committing the same ones over and over again. God cannot purge our sinful thoughts if we keep holding on to them. He cannot make our lives secure if we keep ignoring is sacred and holy commandments. He cannot forgive us if we do not forgive others. God can cleanse us if we bathe in the Sacrament of Holy Confession. He can teach us how to pray and what to pray for if we regularly practice prayer. He can grant wisdom, renew our spirit and make our mind firm if we read daily from His required textbook—the Holy Bible. God extends His helping hand to us all the time, but we must make an effort to stretch out our hand to Him. The last fifty days we have celebrated with great joy the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. As we remember His victory over sin and death, let us kneel down with the Apostles and Disciples, to receive the Paraklete, the Comforter, God’s Holy Spirit. Let us remember that we too can be victorious over sin and spiritual death by joining ourselves to Christ, to become like Him. However, we can imitate Christ, we can have Him live in us, only by the power of the Holy Spirit. We can do nothing good without Christ and the Holy Spirit. Let us be inspired to wear holes in our pants and put callous on our knees as we fall down before God the Father. Let our hearts and minds also fall down in humility before the Holy Trinity and help us to be humble before our neighbor. Amen.

From the website of Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, Saint Paul, MN

THE FEAST OF THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT From goa.org

After the Saviour's Ascension into the Heavens, the eleven Apostles and the rest of His disciples, the God-loving women who followed after Him from the beginning, His Mother, the most holy Virgin Mary, and His brethren-all together about 120 souls returned from the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem. Entering into the house where they gathered, they went into the upper room, and there they persevered in prayer and supplication, awaiting the coming of the Holy Spirit, as their Divine Teacher had promised them. In the meanwhile, they chose Matthias, who was elected to take the place of Judas among the Apostles. Thus, on this day, the seventh Sunday of Pascha, the tenth day after the Ascension and the fiftieth day after Pascha, at the third hour of the day from the rising of the sun, there suddenly came a sound from Heaven, as when a mighty wind blows, and it filled the whole house where the Apostles and the rest with them were gathered. Immediately after the sound, there appeared tongues of fire that divided and rested upon the head of each one. Filled with the Spirit, all those present began speaking not in their native tongue, but in other tongues and dialects, as the Holy Spirit instructed them. The multitudes that had come together from various places for the feast, most of whom were Jews by race and religion, were called Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and so forth, according to the places where they dwelt. Though they spoke many different tongues, they were present in Jerusalem by divine dispensation. When they heard that sound that came down from Heaven to the place where the Disciples of Christ were gathered, all ran together to learn what had taken place. But they were confounded when they came and heard the Apostles speaking in their own tongues. Marveling at this, they said one to another, "Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?" But others, because of their foolishness and excess of evil, mocked the wonder and said that the Apostles were drunk. Then Peter stood up with the eleven, and raising his voice, spoke to all the people, proving that that which had taken place was not drunkenness, but the fulfilment of God's promise that had been spoken by the Prophet Joel: "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that I shall pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy" (Joel 2:28), and he preached Jesus of Nazareth unto them, proving in many ways that He is Christ the Lord, Whom the Jews crucified but God raised from the dead. On hearing Peter's teaching, many were smitten with compunction and received the word. Thus, they were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added to the Faith of Christ. Such, therefore, are the reasons for today's feast: the coming of the All-holy Spirit into the world, the completion of the Lord Jesus Christ's promise, and the fulfilment of the hope of the sacred disciples, which we celebrate today. This is the final feast of the great mystery and dispensation of God's incarnation. On this last, and great, and saving day of Pentecost, the Apostles of the Saviour, who were unlearned fishermen, made wise now of a sudden by the Holy Spirit, clearly and with divine authority spoke the heavenly doctrines. They became heralds of the truth and teachers of the whole world. On this day they were ordained and began their apostleship, of which the salvation of those three thousand souls in one day was the comely and marvelous first fruit. Some erroneously hold that Pentecost is the "birthday of the Church." But this is not true, for the teaching of the holy Fathers is that the Church existed before all other things. In the second vision of The Shepherd of Hermas we read: "Now brethren, a revelation was made unto me in my sleep by a youth of exceeding fair form, who said to me, 'Whom thinkest thou the aged woman, from whom thou receivedst the book, to be?' I say, 'The Sibyl.' 'Thou art wrong,' saith he, 'she is not.' 'Who then is she?' I say. 'The Church,' saith he. I said unto him, 'Wherefore then is she aged?' 'Because,' saith he, 'she was created before all things; therefore is she aged, and for her sake the world was framed."' Saint Gregory the Theologian also speaks of "the Church of Christ ... both before Christ and after Christ" (PG 35:1108-9). Saint Epiphanius of Cyprus writes, "The Catholic Church, which exists from the ages, is revealed most clearly in the incarnate advent of Christ" (PG 42:640). Saint John Damascene observes, "The Holy Catholic Church of God, therefore, is the assembly of the holy Fathers, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Evangelists, and Martyrs who have been from the very beginning, to whom were added all the nations who believed with one accord" (PG 96, 1357c). According to Saint Gregory the Theologian, "The Prophets established the Church, the Apostles conjoined it, and the Evangelists set it in order" (PG 35, 589 A). The Church existed from the creation of the Angels, for the Angels came into existence before the creation of the world, and they have always been members of the Church. Saint Clement, Bishop of Rome, says in his second epistle to the Corinthians, the Church "was created before the sun and moon"; and a little further on, "The Church existeth not now for the first time, but hath been from the beginning" (II Cor. 14). That which came to pass at Pentecost, then, was the ordination of the Apostles, the commencement of the apostolic preaching to the nations, and the inauguration of the priesthood of the new Israel. Saint Cyril of Alexandria says that "Our Lord Jesus Christ herein ordained the instructors and teachers of the world and the stewards of His divine Mysteries ... showing together with the dignity of Apostleship, the incomparable glory of the authority given them ... Revealing them to be splendid with the great dignity of the Apostleship and showing them forth as both stewards and priests of the divine altars . . . they became fit to initiate others through the enlightening guidance of the Holy Spirit" (PG 74, 708-712). Saint Gregory Palamas says, "Now, therefore ... the Holy Spirit descended ... showing the Disciples to be supernal luminaries ... and the distributed grace of the Divine Spirit came through the ordination of the Apostles upon their successors" (Homily 24, 10). And Saint Sophronius, Bishop of Jerusalem, writes, "After the visitation of the Comforter, the Apostles became high priests" (PG 87, 3981B). Therefore, together with the baptism of the Holy Spirit which came upon them who were present in the upper chamber, which the Lord had foretold as recorded in the Acts, "ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence" (Acts 1:5), the Apostles were also appointed and raised to the high priestly rank, according to Saint John Chrysostom (PG 60, 21). On this day commenced the celebration of the Holy Eucharist by which we become "partakers of the Divine Nature" (II Peter 1:4). For before Pentecost, it is said of the Apostles and disciples only that they abode in "prayer and supplication" (Acts 1:14); it is only after the coming of the Holy Spirit that they persevered in the "breaking of bread, “that is, the communion of the Holy Mysteries-"and in prayer" (Acts 2:42). The feast of holy Pentecost, therefore, determined the beginning of the priesthood of grace, not the beginning of the Church. Henceforth, the Apostles proclaimed the good tidings "in country and town," preaching and baptizing and appointing shepherds, imparting the priesthood to them whom they judged were worthy to minister, as Saint Clement writes in his first Epistle to the Corinthians (I Cor. 42). All foods allowed during the week following Pentecost.