Sunday Bulletin - June 6, 2021

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Beloved sisters and brothers of the blessed Saint Archangel Michael parish in Saratoga, Christ is Risen!

With great joy and excitement, I am writing and greeting you in the name of the Risen Lord!

Through God‘s Providence, and by the blessing of His Grace Bishop Maxim, whom I owe gratitude for His trust in me and the kind favor and support of the Church board and priest search committee, I am appointed to be your new parish priest! 

I am very grateful to the church board members under the presidency of Chris Milosovich and the priest search committee for a smooth transition, making my relocation as easy as possible. 

I am very grateful to my predecessor, my beloved brother in ministry, Fr. Slobodan, and Protinica Djuka, for their love, dedication, and service in Saratoga for more than two decades and all the work they have done for the Saratoga parish. We wish them a blessed retirement and a long life. 

I pray and hope that God gives me the strength and love to be a good servant of Christ amidst you and to fulfill my calling as a minister of the living God. God is merciful! 

I will try to meet all your needs as best as I can. I ask you also for your prayers and kind support. 

A parish community is only strong if we all work together with love, mutual respect, and understanding of Apostle Paul who wrote that: “We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.” (Ro 15,1)

May our loving God who called me to be His servant in the beautiful Saratoga parish give me all the virtues I need to have the ability to be a vessel of God’s grace! 

I am looking forward to meet and greet you all. 

My first service will be this Sunday, June 6th, at 10 AM.

Please join the service!!! 

BISHOP MAXIM is serving on June 13th at 10 AM. Please come and bring your children so that they receive His Graces blessing!

Christ is Risen!

Fr. Vido

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Draga braćo i sestre parohije Sv. Arhangela Mihaila u Saratogi, Hristos Vaskrse!

 Sa velikom radošću i uzbuđenjem vas pozdravljam radosnim pozdravom Hristos Vaskrse. 

Božijim promislom i blagoslovom našeg dragog Vladike Maksima, kome blagodarim na poverenju i podrškom uprave hrama sam postavljen za vašeg novog sveštenika. 

Veoma sam zahvalan upravi hrama koja je sve učinila da nam prelazak ovde bude sto lakši.

Zahvalnost dugujem i našem voljenom Proti Slobodanu i Protinici Djuki na njihovoj ljubavi, žrtvi i službi više od dve decenije u ovoj parohiji i za sve sto su ucinili. Želimo im dug život i da u radosti uživaju vreme u mirovini!

Nadam se i molim Boga da mi da snage, volje i ljubavi da u radosti ispunim službu medju vama na koju me je prizvao živi Bog! Bog je milostiv!

Pokušaću da budem tu za sve vaše potrebe koliko bolje mogu. Molim vas takodje za vaše molitve i podršku.  Parohijska zajednica je samo jaka ako zajedno radimo sa ljubavlju, medjusobnim uvažavanjem i razumevanju po reči Ap. Pavla koji piše: “Zato mi koji smo jaki u vjeri i čvrsta uvjerenja moramo nositi slabosti slabih i biti obzirni prema njima. (Rim 15,1)

Neka mi blagi Bog, koji me je prizvao da budem vaš sluzitelj u ovoj predivnoj parohiji, podari sve vrline koje trebam da bih Vam posluzio kao molitvenik i pastir. 

Radujem se susretu sa vama i pozdravljam vas srdacno. 

Moja prva služba će biti u Nedelju 6. Juna u 10 časova. Molim Vas dodjite na sluzbu!

Vladika Maksim će služiti 13. juna u 10AM. Molim Vas dodjite i dovedite decu da prime blagoslov Vladike.  

Vaš molitvenik pred Vaskrslim Hristom,

O. Vido 

SUNDAY BULLETIN

SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2021

SIXTH SUNDAY OF PASCHA: THE HEALING OF THE BLIND MAN

RESURRECTIONAL TROPARION - TONE FIVE:

Let us the faithful praise and worship the Word, co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit; born for our salvation from the Virgin. For He willed to be lifted up on the Cross in the flesh, to endure death, and to raise the dead, by His glorious Resurrection.

 

KONTAKION TO THE BLIND MAN - TONE FOUR:

Since my spiritual eyes are blind, I come to You, O Christ, like the man blind from birth, and cry to You in repentance: ‘You are the most radiant Light of those in darkness!’

PASCHAL KONTAKION - TONE EIGHT:

Thou didst descend into the tomb, O Immortal; Thou didst destroy the power of death. In victory didst Thou arise, O Christ God, proclaiming ‘Rejoice’ to the myrrh-bearing women, granting peace to Thy apostles, and bestowing resurrection on the fallen.

 

INSTEAD OF “IT IS TRULY MEET…”:

The angel cried to the Lady Full of Grace: Rejoice, O Pure Virgin! Again I say: Rejoice! Your Son is Risen from His three days in the tomb! With Himself, He has raised all the dead! Rejoice, all ye people! Shine! Shine! O New Jerusalem! The glory of the Lord has shone on you! Exult now and be glad, O Zion! Be radiant, O Pure Theotokos, in the Resurrection of your Son!

EPISTLE READING

 

THE PROKEIMENON IN TONE EIGHT:

Pray and make your vows before the Lord our God.

ACTS 16: 16-34

In those days, it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortunetelling. This girl followed Paul and us and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour. But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities. And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city; and they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.” Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods. And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed. And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.” Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.

THE ALLELUIA VERSES:

Look upon me and have mercy on me. Lead my steps according to Thy word.

GOSPEL READING

JOHN 9: 1-38

At that time as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing. Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?” Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.” He said, “I am he.” Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?” He answered and said, “A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.” Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He said, “I do not know.” They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.” But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give God the glory! We know that this Man is a sinner.” He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.” Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?” He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?” Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. We know that God spoke to Moses; as for this fellow, we do not know where He is from.” The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.” They answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out. Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?” He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?” And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.” Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.

CHRIST IS RISEN! – HRISTOS VOSKRESE! 

 

  

Epistle Reader: Chris Milosovich

Lunch sponsors for the following Sundays:  

  

If anyone would like to sponsor lunch for any Sunday, please call Fr. Vidoslav at 503-734-0550 to put you on the list and for the Church announcement.  Sponsorship can be done by a family donating $300, to partially cover the cost of food and preparation.  

  

  

 SUNDAY AND WEEKLY ACTIVITIES:  

  

Church School will restart in September (hopefully in person) 

  

Dear Brothers and Sisters,  

If you cannot participate, please watch live broadcasting of our Divine Liturgy this coming Sunday 10 AM at: https://www.youtube.com/c/starchangelmichael 

May God's blessing be upon you all!  

In Christ, Fr. Vido 

 

 CALENDAR OF EVENTS:  

 

June 6           First Divine Liturgy with Fr  Vidoslav 

June 13         His Grace Bishop Maxim visits and officially introduces Fr. Vidoslav

June 20        No Divine Liturgy in our Church – Moraga Parish Slava. Please let us all together celebrate the Holy Trinity Slava at our sister parish in Moraga. All info on the following flyer.