Please pray for the souls of parishioners who recently fell asleep in the Lord. We also extend our heartfelt condolences and prayers to family members and friends of those who have reposed.
November 11, 2009 - 9 a.m. Veteran's Day Liturgy Commemoration of Living and Deceased Veterans, especially those from our Cathedral.
November 22, 2009 - 4 p.m. FOCA Chapter 30 St. Andrew-St. Nicholas Vesper Service. Refreshments will follow in Center Lounge.
November 26, 2009 - 9 a.m. Thanksgiving Day Liturgy
First National Day of Thanksgiving
On January 1, 1795, George Washington, the first President of the United States of America, set aside by proclamation a National Day of Thanksgiving, stating in part:
"Our duty as a people, with devout reverence and affectionate gratitude, to acknowledge our many and great obligations to Almighty God, and to implore Him to continue and confirm the blessings we experienced..."
On November 26, 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill officially establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
Saint Alexis Toth was born in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire (present day Slovakia) on March 18, 1854. Saint Alexis' father and brother were priests and his uncle served as a bishop of the Greek Catholic Church. He married Rosalie Mihalich, was ordained on April 18, 1878 but later, his wife and child passed away. In 1879, he was appointed secretary to the Greek Catholic Bishop of Presov and taught at the Greek Catholic Seminary in Presov. In 1889 he was chosen to serve as pastor of a church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. During these years, long standing tension, arguments and intense disputation ignited. The membership of the Minneapolis church along with Father Toth contacted Bishop Vladimir of San Francisco, the church was received into the Orthodox church and in 1892 was recognized and accepted into the Diocese of Alaska and the Aleutians. St. Alexis' missionary skills also assisted in seventeen other parishes being received. Father Toth's humility was well known, in 1907 he was proposed for episcopal office, he declined the offer. In 1908 St. Alexis' health was failing. He travelled to the New Jersey seashore for rest but, returned to Wilkes-Barre. St. Alexis reposed on Friday, May 7, 1909. There are many who are truly convinced that prayers have been answered due to his intercession. His relics are kept at St Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
Thanksgiving Day Divine Liturgy - 9 a.m.
NATIVITY FAST BEGINS
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2009
The Nativity Fast, also known as St. Phillip's Fast, begins Saturday, November 28, 2009.
S'Nami Boh! - God is With Us!
Father Joseph A. Havriliak Corner
Monroe/Third Street Sign Blessing
Sunday, November 8, 2009
To view artistically taken photographs of memorial services for Father Joseph A. Havriliak courtesy of Elaine Mary Nichols, please click below:
