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Agape Monthly

St. Joseph Ukrainian

Greek-Catholic Church

pastor

Fr. Mykola buryadnyk

associate pastor

Fr. Volodymyr Kushnir

editor in chief

Fr. Myron Panchuk

editor

Julian Hayda

staff writer

Volodymyr Beglov

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5000 N. Cumberland Ave.Chicago, Illinois 60656

United States of America

www.stjosephukr.com [email protected]

office 773.625.4805

fax 773.887.5000

Contents

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Our National Holy Day -Fr. George Morelli

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Ukraine Emergent -Fr. Myron Panchuk, -.

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- An Unexpected Ukraine-Volodymyr Beglov in Ukrainian

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: , , -'Andrey Sheptytsky: Metropolitan, Patron, Grandson in Ukrainian

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Andrey Sheptytsky and the Jewish experience -Fr. Bohdan Lukie

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Photo report from Holy Hill, Wisconsin -Maria MElnyk

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November Holy Days

. . Martyr Mykyta Budka of Canada

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ometimes our approach tolife stops us from countingour blessings and giving

thanksgiving to God. Psycholo-

gists call this pessimism. It is thebelief that bad events will under-m i n e e v e r y t h i n g t h e ydo. (Seligman, 1990). It is likealways seeing the cup half emp-ty. Those with optimism, con-fronted with hard knocks ap-proach them as a challenge and tryharder. Optimists tend to see thecup half full. They are thankfulfor what they have and work hard-

er.Common to our American na-

tional heritage is the action of ourfirst president, George Washington

who in 1789 declared a nationalthanksgiving holiday honoring thenewly ratified Constitution, pro-claiming: the people could thankGod for "affording them an oppor-tunity peaceably to establish aform of government for their safe-ty and happiness."

Thanksgiving is part of manyreligious traditions: St. Paul toldthe Romans (14:5-6): One man

esteems one day as better than an

other, while another man esteemall days alike. Let every one bfully convinced in his own minHe who observes the day, observeit in honor of the Lord. He alswho eats, eats in honor of thLord, since he gives thanks tGod; The psalmist tells us: Athy works shall give thanks to theO Lord, and all thy saints shabless thee! (Ps 145:10). The Korastates: "And He gives you all thye ask for. But if you count th

favors of God, never would you bable to number them" (14:34). Native American Iroquois thankgiving prayer ends with the wordwe return thanks to the GreSpirit, in whom is embodied agoodness, and who directs athings for the good of his chidren.

Some have taken the words oDeuteronomy (26:10) I bring thfirst of the fruit of the groun

which thou, O Lord, hast giveme. And you shall set it down before the Lord your God, and woship before the Lord your Godand applied this as an offering tGod of themselves. They forgbeing with family and friends angive themselves to others in neeserving in food kitchens and thlike.

However we commemorathis "Holyday," let us see the ful

ness of the cup of gifts God hagiven us, and be thankful prayingGlory to thee, who hast called mto life, revealed to us the beautof the universe Glory to thee God in ages!

George Morelli is a priest of thAntiochian Orthodox Archdiocesand is a practicing clinical psychologist in San Diego, California

Our National Holy Day

Fr. George Morelli

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For all practical purposes, Thanksgiving Day is the closestwe come to a national holy day in the United States. His-torically, it has been celebrated with everything from reli-

gious thankfulness, food, frolic and of course moderncommercialism. Despite this, it is still a time for many

Americans to count their blessings and get together withfamily and/or friends.


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Euromaidan a year later

was late evening on November 21,2013, the Feast of the Archangel Mi-

chael, when I received a phone call froma young journalist to join students gath-ering on Independence Square in Kyiv. I

has just returned from the premiere of Virko Be-leys opera production commemorating the 80than-niversary of the Holodomor Famine, Stalins politi-cally orchestrated act of genocide against theUkrainian people. I informed my young colleaguethat due to the late hour, I would miss the subwayconnection to the citys center. Ill join you tomor-row morning, dont worry, was my response. Therevolution had begun, and on feast day of St. Mi-

chael the patron of Kyiv.President Viktor Yanu-kovych lied to his people. He, andthe members of his Party of Re-gions, promised that an associationagreement with the European Unionwould be signed in Vilnius, Lithuania on Novemberthe 28th. Months of public briefings, press releases,meetings with commissioners from Brussels, at-tempts to reform corrupt practices in Ukraines par-

liament, fueled the belief that Yanukovych reallyhad plans to sign the agreement and steer

Ukraines course towards Europe. This was noth-ing but a sham, just empty promises. The truth ofthe matter was that Ukraines corrupt elite wantedto continue to fill their pockets with as much stolenmoney as they took. Yanukovych thought that hecould fool the people, that no one would stand upto him, and that his future was secure. However, itwas the youngest generation of Ukrainians, stu-dents, who stood up and challenged their corruptpresident. The revolution had begun.

It rained all day on the 22nd of November.I stood on the Maidan for hours, and would period-

ically go warm up and get a cup ofcoffee. People kept coming andgoing, Vitaliy Klitschko and otherprominent political figures spoke,there was talk of a national strike.The rain poured and pools of water

on Independence Square got bigger and bigger.Was the rain a sympathetic response from theheavens, an indication of human tears that wouldbe shed during the upcoming months? I wondered.

by

Fr. Myron Panchuk

UKRAINE EMERGENT

The spiritual journey of a revolution for dignity, and how it began one year ago.

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In remembrance of the OrangeRevolution participants of thisgathering showed up wearingorange scarves, ties, and jack-ets. During the evening hoursvolunteers brought coffee, tea,

and sandwiches. People huddledunder plastic tarps or gatheredunder the Column (known asthe Stella) of Independence toprotect themselves from thedownpour. City workers startedto set up booths for a Christmasvillage and the frame for thisyears tree. It seemed as if therewas a plan to limit as muchspace as possible in order tocontain the growing number of

protestors.During the weeks andmonths that followed, the Mai-dan was transformed into a cita-del barricaded by walls of snowand ice, tires, and make shiftfencing. A chapel was set up inan army surplus tent. A stagewas built. City Hall wasstormed and taken over. All ofthis was fueled by the beating ofstudents and activists on twoseparate occasions. One of themost dramatic moments of the

revolution occurred when thespecial police units, known asBerkut, attempted to break upthe crowds of protestors whoran to St. Michaels Monasterywhere they were granted sanctu-ary by the abbot and allowed tosleep on the floor of the church.Ukrainians worldwide notedthat this was the first time thepeople of Kyiv sought sanctuaryin a church since the Mongolinvasion in 1240.

Our pastor, Father My-kola Buryadnyk and Father Ya-roslav Mendyuk joined the Mai-dan protest a few days after thisincident. Along with clergy ofother denominations, theybravely stood in front of the

Berkut forces creating a humanbarrier, praying intently in thehope that there would be no fur-ther attacks. These were defin-ing moments for the people ofUkraine, and for a new spiritu-ality to emerge; a spiritualitythat embraces freedom and self-determination. This is the spirit-uality that dominates Christs

Euromaidan Retrospective

Pastors on the Maidan:Fr. Mykola Buryadnyk, pastor of St. Joseph parishand Fr. Yaroslav Mendyuk of St. Josaphat parish in Munster, Indiana.

Left:Fr. Mykola and Fr. Volodymyr at the Maidan chapel.Right:Fr. Myron Panchuk, the author, on the Maidan on the very first days.

for more photos of our

parishioners and clergy on

the Euromaidan, please visit

www.facebook.com/

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teaching in the Sermon of theMount. Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be calledchildren of God. (MT: 5, 9)But, those in power opted formore violence instead of peace.

During the upcoming Christmasbreak, students from the UnitedStates and Canada flew to Kyivto join the protest and witnesshistory. Our parishioner, JulianHayda, initiated the EuromaidanJournalist Collective with hiscolleagues. They documentedthe events on film, interviewedactivists, and told the story tothe English speaking world.

The Maidan protests

continued to grow. It was esti-mated that over 1 million peo-ple assembled on the Maidan atits highest point. Yanukovychwas becoming more and moreentrenched in his oppressivepolitics, and the president ofRussia, Vladimir Putin, is sus-pected of being directly com-plicit in sending the snipers whokilled over 100 protestors in thefinal days of February, 2014.Those who sacrificed their livesare now known as the H e a v e n l y H u n -dred. (Nebesnia Sotnia) It wasat that moment, at the momentof bloodshed, that the world be-gan to pay attention and mediaoutlets started to tell the story.

A narrative was emerg-ing. The 20th century Frenchphilosopher Michel Foucaultpresented the concept of apower discourse. Put simply,

history is written by those whohave won battles, built empires,and suppressed others. Thoseoppressed do not have themeans or the opportunity to pre-sent their discourse and theirhistory. We have all experi-enced the frustration of trying toconvince others that we haveour own language, culture, and

history. Sadly, many continue tobelieve that we are Russians.Our discourse is emerging, butthe price is one of extreme sac-rifice; the loss of human lives.

Tyrants die and empires

fall apart. The Roman Empirecrumbled as the blood of thefollowers of Christ gave witnessto the God of love and peace.Once again, our clergy minis-tered to the needs of the survi-

vors of violence: the familymembers of those murdered incold blood and the activists whowere hospitalized. Once againFather Mykola Buryadnyk trav-eled to Kyiv. Father Volodymyr

Kushnir accompanied him. Dur-ing their visit, they broughtprayers of consolation to thosein need and extended words ofsupport and hope from the faith-ful of our St. Joseph the Be-

trothed Parish in Chicago.Let us continue to be

mindful of the needs of theUkrainian people especiallyduring the celebration ofThanksgiving. Putins invasionpf Ukraine continues. In time

we will begin to witness ac-counts of the deaths of the citi-zens of the Crimea and the Don-bas region in eastern Ukraine.Thankful for the freedomswhich we take for granted in theUnited States, we should remainfaithful to the gospel teachingthat a faith without works isdead. (James 2: 5, 14)

Euromaidan Retrospective

Ukrainian-American Students:Parishioner Julian Hayda with AdrianaKrasniansky and Margaryta Kulichova documenting the Euromaidan.

Tyrants die and

empires fall apart.

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blood of thefollowers of Christ

gave witness to the

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The year was 1959. The placewas St. Vladimir's College, a minor

seminary, run by the RedemptoristFathers. I was in Grade 11. With 49other students, I listened to thisJewish Ukrainian speak. He praisedone of the greatest European prel-ates of the century, MetropolitanAndrei Sheptytsky, who headed theUkrainian Catholic Church fornearly 50 years until his death onNov. 1, 1944.

I had never heard of Sheptytskybefore. I was just a farm kid from

Grandview, Manitoba. And yet herewas Kurt Lewin, a Holocaust survi-vor, a Haganah commander duringthe siege of Jerusalem, an IsraeliArmy officer, the great-grandson ofIsaac Schmelkes -- a rabbi of Lvivstill revered by orthodox Jewry as aspiritual and intellectual giant --telling me about his Ukrainian sav-iour!

Lewin told us that we, as fupriests of the Ukrainian CathChurch, should know what Metropolitan had done for the Jof Ukrainian Galacia under Noccupation. He spoke about howown life was saved when the Mropolitan gave him shelter in LSt. George's Cathedral, how Metropolitan, who stood resoluin favour of Ukraine's independand shared in the general euphof liberation from the Soviets, ertheless kept a critical vigiltoward German rule.

In February 1942, he even dto lodge a protest against thestruction of the Galician Jewcommunity with Heinrich Himhimself. The Nazi who delivHimmler's response bluntly told

Metropolitan that if it were nohis age, he would have been for meddling in matters wshould not concern him.

The Metropolitan saw thdifferently. He persisted with wof Christian charity. He soon mlized a Christian opposition to Nrule in western Ukraine. He leVatican know what was happen

when the Jewish visitor came toRoblin, Manitoba. And when he told me about a modern-dayMoses. Ours, and his!

I Remember By Fr. Bohan Lukie

OccupiedThis is the city Metropolitan Andrey had to preside over, as occupied by the N


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This Week

CANDLES FOR November 2014

Memorial Candles*In loving memory of Anthony & John

G. Deeds (Deeds and Garrison Fam)*In loving memory of Mykola (SnihurFamily)

Perpetual Oil Lamp*In loving memory of Anna Wizniak

(Irene Maksym)

Mother of God at Hoshiw* Available

Mother of God Shrine* In loving memory of Dackiw,Crowhurst, Barnas and Zubrycky Fami-lies (Lorraine Zubrycky)

*Available

Iconostas Icon Vigil

Christ the Teacher* For the world to live in peace andtolerance in the world(Bakaj & Kuziy)*Teach us how to share You with theworld

Mother of God*For those who give their life for free-

dom (Ilnytskyy & Boychuk Fam)*For the fallen heroes of Ukraine(Bidyuk & Sheshurak Fam)

St. Joseph the Betrothed*In loving memory of Charles Pastorino(Pastorino & Reed Fam)*Available

St. Nicholas the Wonderworker*For peace in Ukraine (Bodnar Fam)*Health and well-being for familiesAndreychuk, Jablinskey, Bluszcz &

Psiuk FamiliesProtection of the Mother of God*Health for the twins and their mother(Andruch Family)*Available

Sunday, Nov 16-23rd

Sunday After Pentecost

8:00 amHealth for Olga Kykta; +Eleanor Yesnik, 40th day (Spirit ofSt Joseph)9:30 amFor the sick and shutin of the parish; In thanksgiving to the

Lord for watching over me during and after a serious accident; Healthfor Serhij Slyvchuk; Matvij, Anatolij, Ulyana, Andrij +Zenovia Lobyr(Sviatoslav & Marta); +Volodymyr Bilanycz (Bilanycz Fam)11:30 am- +Erica, +Margaret, +Unsoon, +Marion (Dr. Podlusky)

Monday, Nov 17-Bishop Gregory Wonderworker9:00 am - + Natalia Pylnyk, +Bohdan Pylnyk

Tuesday, Nov 18 Martyrs Plato and Roman9:00 am- + Natalia Pylnyk, +Bohdan Pylnyk

Wednesday, Nov 19 Prophet Obadiah

9:00 am

+ Natalia Pylnyk, +Bohdan PylnykThursday, Nov 20 Venerable Gregory Decapolite

9:00 amHealth and blessing for Darka Kukuruza (Irene & LubaNowak); +Anna Kucan (J. Kucan Family); + Natalia Pylnyk, +BohdanPylnyk6:30 pmVespers with Litia

Friday, Nov 21 Entrance of Blessed Virgin Mary into Temple (G)9:00 amHealth and birthday blessing for Orysia; +VolodymyrBilanycz (Teresa Holowtchyn); + Natalia Pylnyk, +Bohdan Pylnyk6:30 pmFor peace and tolerance in the world

Saturday, Nov 22 Apostles Philemon & Others (G) Venerable Matrona (J)9:00 am+ Natalia Pylnyk, +Bohdan Pylnyk; For all souls in need of

prayer

Sunday, Nov 23-24th

Sunday After Pentecost

8:00 amHealth for Olga Kykta; +Anthony & +John Deeds (Family)9:30 amIn thanksgiving to the Lord for watching over me during andafter a serious accident; Health for Serhij Slyvchuk; +Zenovia Lobyr(Sviatoslav & Marta); +Volodymyr Bilanycz (Bilanycz Fam)11:30 am- For the sick and shutin of the parish;+Erica, +Margaret,+Unsoon, +Marion (Dr. Podlusky)

Thank you for Last Sundays Collections:

Sunday Collections $3,351.00

Capital Improvement $82.00

Utilities $1,448.00

Renovation $ -

Other $115.00

Total $5,036.00

Keep in your prayers: Lucille Maryniw - Olga Kykta -Stephie Worobec - Helen Melinyshyn -John Melinyshyn

Anne Pyshny - Ksenia Danylynshyn - John Masley -

John Zaobidny - Swiatoslaw Stadnyk - Sean Patterson -

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News

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Place your orders for your Nativity holiday table! Save some time and order everything you need for atraditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve, (Dec 24) mealfrom usprepared by the parish sisterhood. Please fillout the form and hand them in to the parish office or inthe marked containers in the narthex of the church. Forquestions or more information please contact the par-ish office at 773-625-4805.All orders must been in by December 14, 2014. Pickup orders will be available on Sunday, December 21 st

from 9:00am-12pm and on Tuesday December 23rd

from 9:00am-1:00pm.

Automaidan Fundraiser for ATOThe Fundraiser/Thanksgiving Pub Night will includeGames, Raffles, Prizes, Music, and Door Buster Give-aways in the tradition of Black Friday. There will be a$10 Donation to enter or $5 Donation if you bring newor lightly-used warm clothing for the Ukrainiantroops. 18+ to enter, 21+ w/ID to drink. Please contactthe host to donate or for more information:[email protected] The UAYA isat 2457 W. Chicago Avenue in Chicago.

. . , 19 ,2014 6:00 7:30 2200 West Rice Street , 773-384-7243, email [email protected].

St. Nicholas Cathedral SchoolInvites you to an evening of interesting educationalexperiments and an open house on Wednesday, No-vember 19th, 2014, at 6:00-7:30pmat 2200 WestRice Street. For more information please callLida Swytnyk at, 773-384-7243, [email protected].

Spirit of St Joseph Society

TUESDAY, NOV18, AT 11:30 AM., IN OURCHURCH

HALL. After a short meeting, our program will fea-ture A TRIBUTE TO ALLVETERANS. We invite eve-ryone to join us for lunch, friendship and entertain-ment by Elvis. All veterans will be free and ourguests of honor. Members $6.00, non-members$10.00 . RSVP by Wednesday Nov 12thBarb 773-625-4487 or Olga 773-625-8185.

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Liturgical Schedule

-Sundays:8:00am . /Divine Liturgy

/English9:30am . /DivineLiturgy

/Ukrainian

11:30am . /DivineLiturgy /Childrens

-Holy Days:9:00am . /DivineLiturgy6:30pm . /DivineLiturgy

-Eve of Feasts:6:30pm /

Great Vespers with Litia

-During the week:9:00am . /DivineLiturgy

/in the chapel

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Saturdays:

9:00am . /DivineLiturgy /in church

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The mystery of Penance is available on

Sundays and Feast Days during

Divine Liturgies.


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