St. Michael The Archangel Ukrainian Orthodox Church

12104-129 Avenue

Parish Hall – 12918 – 121 Street Edmonton, AB T5L 3J1

Office: (780) 454-8385 ▪ Fax: (780) 447-4768

Website: www.uocc-stmichael.ca Email: stmichaeluoc@shaw.ca

Worship Service Times: Sundays & Feastdays Confession: Prior to Divine Liturgy Divine Liturgy: 10:00 AM

Service Language Schedule: First Sunday of the month - Ukrainian

Middle Sundays - Ukrainian AND English

Last Sunday of the month - English

Fellowship Coffee and Light Lunch every Sunday after

Divine Liturgy, except July and August

Served By: Rt. Rev. Mitred Protopresbyter Fr. Nicholas Orest Rauliuk

Митрофорний Протопресвітер Миколай Орест Равлюк

Home telephone: 780-461-3088 ▪ Cell: 780-938-3004

Email: revorestrauliuk@gmail.com

GET INVOLVED! Contact the following for information: Parish President Shirley Wozimirsky - 780-475-5875 Men’s Society President Ron Kluchka – 780-456-1059 Ukrainian Women’s Association President: Dorothy Stachniak - 780-476-3646

Upcoming Events Nov. 02: Ukr. Women’s Assoc. Mtg-7:00 pm

Nov. 02: Men’s Society meeting – 7:00 pm

Nov. 12: Parish evening bingo

Nov. 14: PUSCHENIA – SUPPER & DANCE

Nov. 17: Parish Board meeting – 7:00 pm

Nov. 22: PARISH FEASTDAY – “XRAM”

Nov. 23: Parish afternoon bingo

Dec. 05: PRE-CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

Dec. 10: Parish evening bingo

Dec. 14: UWA ANNUAL meeting with Supper

Dec. 14:Men’s Society ANNUAL mtg. & Supper

Dec. 15: Parish Board meeting – 7:00 pm

Dec. 20: ST. NICHOLAS’ VISIT to St. Michael’s

листопад/грудень 2015 November/December

Церковний Дзвін

Св. Михаїла

St. Michael’s

Church Bell

Bulletin of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Michael in Edmonton

Бюлетень Української Православної Церкви Св. Михаїла в Едмонтонi

SCHEDULE OF DIVINE SERVICES – 2015 N O V E M B E R

1st: 22nd Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00am 8th: 23rd Sunday after Holy Pentecost – THE GREAT MARTYR DEMETRIUS Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 15th: 24th Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 12:15 pm: POWER POINT PRESENTATION on “EDERLY ABUSE”

Presented by Pat Power – sponsored by St. Michael’s Seniors Society 21st: SATURDAY – ARCHANGEL MICHAEL and OTHER BODILESS POWERS

7:00 pm – FEASTDAY Blessing of water and Reading of the FOUR GOSPELS and Confession

22nd: FEASTDAY OF ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL – “XRAM” Confession – 9:30 am; DIVINE LITURGY 10:00 am

Blessing of ICONS to follow the Divine Liturgy FEASTDAY DINNER IN PARISH HALL

28th: SATURDAY – BEGINNING OF THE NATIVITY FAST (ADVENT) 29th: 26th Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am

D E C E M B E R 6th: 27th Sunday of Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am

12:15 pm - Power Point Presentation by Gary Pool on the topic of “RECOGNIZING FRAUD” – sponsored by St. Michael’s Seniors Society

13th: 28th Sunday after Holy Pentecost – ST. APOSTLE ANDREW Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 20th: 29th Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am St. Nicholas will visit St. Michael’s Parish during Fellowship Lunch 27th: 30th Sunday after Holy Pentecost Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am

J A N U A R Y – 2016 3rd: 31st Sunday after Holy Pentecost - Sunday before CHRISTMAS Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am 7th: THURSDAY – THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST Confession – 9:30 am; CHRISTMAS DIVINE LITURGY – 10:00 am 10th: 32nd Sunday after Holy Pentecost - Sunday after the Nativity of CHRIST Confession – 9:30 am; Divine Liturgy – 10:00 am

President’s Message

Submitted by Shirley Wozimirsky

Christmas will soon be here but there are several events taking place in the next

few months. Please mark these on your calendars. All these dates are important.

Nov. 14 – Puschenia

Nov. 17 – Parish Board Meeting

Nov. 22 – Parish Khram (no bishop this year)

Dec. 5 - Bazaar

Dec. 15 - Parish Board Meeting

Dec. 20 - St. Nicholas Day

Jan. 16, 2016 – Malanka ( New Year’s Supper & Dance)

Jan. 18, 2016 - Epiphany Supper & Water Blessing

Jan. 31, 2016 - Annual Meeting of the Parish

Get Well Wishes are extended to Liz Maybroda(broke her ankle), Alex and

MaryAnn Palamarek, MaryAnn Euchuk, Rose Chornoluk, Pat Truchan, Rev. Father

Nicholas, and any other members who are ill at home or in the hospital. May God

grant you the strength to recover from your illness. We should keep all these

people in our prayers so that they will soon join us at church.

Help – your help is needed to man our bingos. Volunteers are lost due to illness

therefore please help us when called upon to help. We NEED money to operate

this parish complex. Please advertise to friends and neighbors that we have a hall

that can be rented for social events.

Break-In at the Storage Sheds – Most of the equipment used for the outdoor

maintenance has been stolen on October 1, 2015. The equipment that Jim needs

for keeping the snow off the sidewalks will be replaced and in early spring the

equipment for grass maintenance will be replaced.

The Alberta Benevolent Cantors Association will be resuming the cantor training

program on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Ukrainian

Orthodox Parish of St. Elia’s Culture Centre. For more information contact

Marshall Kachmar at 780 425-9692. We need your help in recruiting prospective

candidates to become cantors.

Membership Fees- There are a few people who have Not paid their 2015 fees.

Please do it as soon as possible. Thank you!

Report from the Western Eparchy Assembly for 2015

Submitted by Shirley Wozimirsky

The Western Eparchy Assembly was held on October 23 & 24, 2015 at the St.

John’s Cultural Centre in Edmonton. There were 20 clergy, 49 laity and 11 guests

for a total of 80 people attending the Seminar. There were many reports

presented but I will only provide you with the highlights.

Bishop Ilarion stressed that it is very important that the members partake of the

Holy Eucharist every Sunday. There are three events held for the youth 10 years

to 18 years every year – Banff (in spring), Youth summit at the Western Eparchy

and banquet for all youth that participate in the church. There are about 30 – 35

youth who participate in Banff and in the summit.

Our camp programs are doing very well. Camp Kolomayka in B.C. is limited to 50

campers since they rent their facilities. Camp Bar-V-Nok had only 59 campers

since the camp was held at St. Basil’s in August this year. Kiev’s-K-Hi camp had

437 campers and it ran from July 5-August 9, 2015 (6 weeks) There were 109 (5-

7years) campers for 1 week. The camp was well run according to Rev. Peter

Haugen who presented the report.

Chancellor Very Rev. Taras Udod reported that the consistory is in debt, the

building in disrepair and 3 lots with no plans for their use. The Metropolitan’s

residence has been sold and other accommodations were arranged for him. The

consistory is dependent on levies for its survival. There are $60,000.00 of levies

that have not been paid by parishes. The annual levy increase for the next 4 years

is $5.00 per person per year. There are currently 37 inactive parishes that are

slated for closure or sale. The church goods store at the consistory is slated for

closure in 30 months (2 ½ years). The membership fee to the Western Eparchy

will remain at $15.00 per person for 2016.

There are 73 active parishes and 2,421 members that are active in 2014 in Alberta

and B.C. The membership in the Edmonton parishes for 2014 are as follows:

Cathedral of St. John – 320 St. Elia - 105

St. Andrew’s Sobor – 314 St. Michael - 108

St. Anthony - 192

Only one resolution was passed and that was for a Church School Workshop.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

-Confession-9:30am

-Divine Liturgy-

10:00am

-Fraternal bingo

2 NO CARE HOME

SERVICE-CITADEL

-UWA meeting-7:00

-Men’s Society meet-

ing—7:00 pm

3

Rosslyn Care Home

Service—10:00 am

4 5

SENIORS—1:00-

3:00pm

6 7

8 ST. DEMETRIUS

-Confession-9:30am

-Divine Liturgy-

10:00am

9 10 11 12

-Parish evening

bingo

13 14 PUSCHENIA

SUPPER & DANCE

15

-Confession-9:30am

-Divine Liturgy-

10:00am

“ELDERLY ABUSE

Power point-12:15pm

16 17 St. Michael’s

MILLENNIUM Care

Home Service-

10:00am

-Parish Board meet-

ing—7:00 pm

18 19 -St. Michael’s

EXTENDED Care

Home FEASTDAY-

Service-10:30 am

-SENIORS-1:00-

3:00pm

20 21 ST. MICHAEL’S

PARISH:

-Blessing of water &

Reading of four

GOSPELS-7:00pm

22 “XRAM”

-Confession-9:30am

-Divine Liturgy-

10:00am

Feastday DINNER

23

-Parish afternoon

bingo

24

Shepherd’s Care

Home Service-

10:00am

-Fraternal bingo

25 26 -McQueen Place

Lodge Care Home

Service—10:00 am

27 28

29

Confession-9:30 am

-Divine Liturgy—

10:00am

30

November 2015

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Rosslyn Care Home

Servive—10:00 am

2 3

SENIORS-1:00-

3:00pm

4 5

PRE-CHRISTMAS

BAZAAR

11:00 am—2:00 pm

6-Confession-9:30am

-Divine Lit.-10:00am

-Presentation on

“RECOGNIZING

FRAUD”-12:30 PM

7

NO CARE HOME

SERVICE at the

Citadel

8 9 10

Parish evening bingo

11 12

13 ST. ANDREW

-Confession-9:30am

-Divine Liturgy-

10:00am

14 -UWA ANNUAL

Mtg-supper –6:30 pm

-Men’s Society –6:30

Annual Mtg-Supper

-Fraternal bingo

15-St. Michael’s Ex-

tended Care Home

Service-10:30 am

-Parish Board meet-

ing-7:00 pm

16 17 St. Michael’s

Millennium Centre

Service—10:00am

-SENIORS ANNUAL

Christmas DINNER

1:00-4:00 pm

18 19

20

-Confession-9:30 am

-Divine Liturgy-

10:00am

ST.NICHOLAS is

Visiting our Parish

21 22

-Shepherd’s Care

Home Service-

10:00am

23 24

NO Care Home

SERVICE McQueen

Place

25 26

27

-Confession-9:30am

-Divine Liturgy-

10:00am

28 29 30 31

December 2015

Ukrainian Women’s Association of Canada

союз українок канади

відділ княгині ольги

St. Michael’s Ukrainian Women’s Association

November-December 2015

Bazaar! Bazaar! Bazaar! For the past couple of months the men and women have been busy preparing for the Christmas Bazaar which will take place on Saturday, December 5. A sincere thank you to all the people who have come out to the pyrohy and cabbage roll workshops. I am also encouraging members to bake their special cake, bread, buns, for the bake sale. All items should be brought to the hall by 9:00 a.m. for pricing and placing on the table. As in the past, on December 5 meals will also be available. Enjoy a plate of freshly cooked pyrohy and cabbage rolls and sausage or ham. We will be accepting crafts and gently used articles for the craft table. This bazaar is a major fundraiser for the Women’s Association and almost all of our money is donated to the Parish to be used for operating expenses. We graciously ask for your support for this function.

Women’s Annual Meeting This is an urgent appeal to all the women, members and non-members, to attend the Women’s Annual Meeting on Monday, December 14. Elections will be held for an executive for the upcoming year. We currently do not have any vice president or a nominating chairman. I have been president since 1999 with the exception of 5 years when Mary Ann Euchak was president. I will not have my name stand for the position of president. Change is good and with change come new ideas. We now have the expertise of a chef, so functions are easier to plan. This is an appeal to all women, support the UWAC and come to the Annual Meeting. This will be a supper meeting starting at 6:00 pm.

Bishop’s Tea St. Elias Church Sunday, October 5, 2015

Dobr. Tatiana Suchevan pours tea and Andreanna Salouk is ready to serve while Dobr. Jeannette Rauliuk wait her turn to pour tea. Andreanna and Sophia Salouk both volunteered to assist in serving tea at St. Elias Church. They both wore Ukrainian shirts and they graciously served the guests. Well done girls, we are so proud of you.

Parish Khram Sunday, November 22 At the Parish Khram, the Women’s Association will recognize their members for long service. Women who have been a member of SOYUEZ for 5, 10, 15, 20, etc years will be specially invited to attend this function. Tickets to the Khram are $20.00 per person. The women who will be recognized will receive a free meal at the Khram. These women will be notified in advance.

Dates to Remember Ladies Meeting .................... Monday, November 2 Bazaar, Saturday ................................. December 5 Women’s Annual Meeting . Monday, December 14 St. Nicholas .......................... Sunday, December 20

Ukrainian Women’s Association of Canada Alberta Provincial Executive Celebrated 85th Anniversary

On October 3, 2015 the UWAC Alberta Provincial Executive held its Annual Convention at St. John’s Cultural Centre. At this time they also celebrated their 85th Anniversary. All delegates and guests were invited to bring an embroidered cushion. These cushions were put on display and at the end of the day the owners took them home. A total of 150 cushions were brought. These were laid out in a very colorful display.

The past presidents of the Alberta Provincial Executive were also recognized. Since its inception in 1930 there have been 34 presidents. On October 3, 8 presidents were present. They were: Standing L to R: Vivian Skakun, 2014 – Nadia Hymanyk Brow, 1988-1990 Dr. Geraldine Nakonechny, 2006-2011 Shirley Wozimirsky, 2002-2006 Oksana Ensslen, 2000-2002 Sitting L to R: Joana Janis, 1981-1984 Alexandra Hohol, 1994-1998 Anna Zwozdesky, 1969-1971

St. Michael’s Men’s Society

President’s Message by Ron Kluchka

Now that the harvests are finished and all has been put away for safe keeping for the

winter, it is time to take in some nice autumn weather until the snow flies.

Once again, I would like to thank those who are stepping up to the plate and

volunteering to work bingos. Your commitment and time is truly appreciated.

Our 2015 Fall PUSCHENIA will be held on November 14, 2015.

The Diamonds will be providing the music.

Our 2016 Malanka will be held on January 16th 2016

Music will be provided by the Northern Kings

Please encourage your family, friends, neighbors (or whoever else might listen) to

purchase tickets for both events and attend.

To purchase tickets, please contact:

Korneil @ 780-475-3951

Henry @ 780-471-4661

Myron@ 780-475-5875

Ron @ 780-497-8852

Mark your calendars, the men's society’s next meeting will be held on:

November 2nd at 7:00 p.m. I encourage all members to attend, your input is needed.

MENS SOCIETY ANNUAL DINNER & MEETING – DECEMBER 14, 2015 at 6:30 pm

Wishing everyone the best of the festive season, safe travels to those who will be

traveling and may you all enjoy this special time with family and friends.

Thank you, Rev. Fr. Nicholas Orest Rauliuk for your continued blessings and guidance.

P U S C H E N I A

SUPPER & DANCE AT

St. Michael’S PariSh hall 12918 – 121 street

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Music by: the diamonds

SPonSored by: St. Michael’S MenS Society

Refreshments: 5:30 pm – 12:00 AM Supper: 6:30 PM – 8:00 pm Dance: 8:30 PM – 12:30 AM

Admission: $ 35.00 per person

Tickets available from:

Ron – 780-497-8852 Henry – 780-471-4661

Korneil – 780-475-3951 Myron – 780-475-5875

P A R I S H E V E N T S

His Grace Bishop Ilarion with Rt. Rev. Fr. Nicholas Orest-1st Vice Chair of the Western Eparchy and

the Ukrainian Women’s Association National, Provincial and Branch Presidents attending the Bishop’s Tea at St. Elias Parish Hall – October, 2015

UWA Branches received Bishop’s Certificates for donations made to the Western Eparchy Mission Projects

Congratulations Memorial in memory of late Jeannie, wife of Korneil and Natalka Ozipko Church Elder Eugene Stefiuk for receiving the 2015 Front Yards in Bloom Award

Thank you note To St. Michael’S Ukrainian OrthOdOx PariSh: The Yaremkevich Family (Joanna, Ken and Wendy) want to express their deep appreciation and gratitude to St. Michael’s Parish Executive, Women’s Association, Men’s Society, and the Hall Committee for their support in memory of my sister, and Aunt Jean Pawlyk. Thank you to the Women’s Association for the ladies that stood Guard. Thank you to the Ladies and their spouses for making pyrohy. Thank you for the beautiful sympathy cards and phone calls that I received. A special thank you to those responsible for preparing the luncheon, and in the manner it was presented. Our entire Pawlyk family has been part of St. Michael’s Parish exceeding fifty years. Your support and consideration will be cherished May God bless you all with good health and happiness. With Christian Love and Peace Joanna Yaremkevich

The Ukrainian Canadian congress Edmonton branch

Invites the Edmonton community to the Annual

HOLODOMOR-GENICIDE 1932-33 in Ukraine Commemoration at 12:30 pm on

SATURDAY, November 28, 2015 at Edmonton City Hall,

1 Churchill Square, Edmonton.

Keynote speaker: Linda Duncan, MP

Edmonton-Strathcona

Master of Ceremonies: Taras Podilsky

DONATIONS TO ST. MICHAEL’S In memory

Daisy Senyk in memory of Mary Rabick

Henry Ewanchuk in memory of Mary Ewanchuk

General fund Joanna Yaremkevich

St. Michael’s seniors society of Edmonton invites everyone To a power point presentation

on Sunday, December 6th , 2015 on the topic of “recocognizing fraud” presented by gary pool on behalf of

council of aging at 12:15 pm immediately after fellowship coffee

SENIORS BIRTHDAYS

September: Dobrodiyka Jeannette & Jean Rudko; October: Florence Gelech, Josephine Wygera, Myron Wozimirsky, Genevieve Kutash and [Lloyd Holden missing from photo]

St. Michael’s Seniors Tours – October 2015

St. Michael’s Seniors with Rt. Rev. Fr. Nicholas at St. Mary & St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church

Guided Tour of St. Mary & St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in Edmonton

Seniors Tour of the Muttart Conservatory in Edmonton

St. Michael’s Senior’s Society are pleased to sponsor

A LECTURE ON: “ELDERLY ABUSE”

By Pat Power, Social Worker of Edmonton SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2015, 12:15 NOON

IMMEDIATELY after Fellowship lunch

*Have your questions written on paper - without your signature, hand

them in to Rev. Fr. Nicholas and all your answers will be provided by our guest presenter Pat Power

ALL PARISHIONERS CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND