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Year XXX, issue 5 (361) – November 2010 Monthly newsletter

‘PYLYPIVKA’ (ADVENT) PASTORAL MESSAGE

Tom Manuccia

BY METROPOLITAN STEFAN SOROKA

 My Brother Bishops, Reverend Clergy, Reverend Sisters,
Seminarians, and Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Praise Be Jesus Christ!
You and I are experiencing a remarkable array of changes in communications
technology. There are new computer operating systems. We’ve dramatically
enhanced our ability to communicate with one another throughout the world.These
are good and helpful advancements. However, I wonder what effect it may have
on our relationship with our Creator, with God Himself. Is God becoming more
distant to us as we increasingly pre-occupy our leisure and work time with the
tools of modern communication? How can you and I preserve some special
precious quiet time to hear God’s whisper to us?
“Pylypivka” or Philip’s Fast begins on November 14th. It is a time of
preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ (Christmas). I invite you to reflect on your ‘busyness; in communication
with others. Can you re-direct some time and energy to quiet time with Jesus? Create the daily
opportunities to hear God’s message to you, His whispers to what He desires of you.
A good period of fasting involves some self-denial of oneself to greater holiness. Search and develop
communication modes with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and with His Blessed Mother. Covet still
and quiet times with the Lord. Thank God and give praise to Him in individual and community prayer at
your parish.
Speak with Jesus as you would with your best friend, sharing
joys and difficulties. Lift the needs of others in your holy prayer.
Seek forgiveness and healing through the Holy Sacraments.
Give the presence of Jesus Christ through regular participation
in the Divine Liturgy and in the reception of the Holy Eucharist.
Rejoice in your Ukrainian Catholic faith. Rejoice in your close
relationship with Jesus Christ as you grow and develop in you
means of communicating with Him. Rejoice in His presence midst
us as we prepare during “Pylypivka” for the celebration of the
Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ (Christmas).
From “The Way”, November 14, 2010

All the proceeds from our parish Sunday brunch on Sunday, November 21, 2010
will go for aid to orphaned children in the Ivano-Frankivsk Eparchy, and for
children with oncological diseases in Kyiv.  The “Caritas” organization is
sponsoring both projects.  Your help will make it possible for St. Nicholas to
visit our orphans and to buy medicine for children suffering from cancer.  We are
sincerely grateful for your generosity!
 CHURCH IN UKRAINE

ORPHANED CHILDREN’S LETTERS

TO METROPOLITAN ANDREY PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME
29 letters from orphaned children to Metropolitan Andrey (Sheptytsky) appeared in print for the first time in
the book “Heaven. To St. Nicholas, through the hands of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky” (“Dobra Knyzhka”
publishers). The book expresses the full depth of a child’s subtle soul, but at the same one can see how hard life
was for children without parents, and how they were cared for in person by the Metropolitan and by the monastic
communities”, reports Radio Liberty.
The children’s letters, written in the 1920s and 1930s of the last century by little Marcels, Olhas, Nusias,
Basils, Hanusias, Irtsias, Mikes (that is how they signed their names), are very warm and sincere, but they also
reveal the hard fate of every orphan.
“The wily little creatures knew very well that St. Nicholas would without fail send them something through the
hands of their beloved Metropolitan Andrey, whom they called Daddy.  That is why during Soviet times the KGB
spread the slander about the Metropolitan, saying that he had many children, since there were letters from
children”, recounted Oksana Hayova, the book’s editor. Here one can also find numerous photographs of the
Metropolitan, who visited orphanages and talked with the little children.
In 1921 Metropolitan Andrey wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XV, and to the eparchies in the U.S. and
Canada, asking for help for the orphans.  This letter is published in the book.  God’s Servant Andrey writes about
how, between 1914 and 1920, there was not a single year without some armies crossing Galicia.  And so we
already have 20,000 orphans, wrote Metropolitan Andrey, and there is no one to care for them.
“This book of children’s letters to the beloved Metropolitan is yet another stroke in the history of Galicia, and
especially of the person of God’s Servant Andrey Sheptytsky, who was respected and loved both by adults and
by children, for he was a caring father of his people”, notes Radio Liberty reporter Halyna Tereshchuk.
Article from the website of the Religious Information Service of Ukraine
A LOOK INTO THE PAST

1. Easter, 2000. 2
2. Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk and Mr. Basil
Nadraga, October 29, 2000
3. Fr. Taras and Mr. Petro Krul
4. Metropolitan Stephen Sulyk’s first visit to
our parish, 1985

3 4

Photographs by Sonia and Petro Krul

 DIVINE LITURGY SCHEDULE

DIVINE LITURGIES IN NOVEMBER 2010

1- 9:30AM – Orest & Ruslana Kits for +Anastasia Kits.
2- 9:30AM – Orest & Ruslana Kits for +Ihor Buts’ (10th Anniversary).
3- 9:30AM – Petro & Sonia Krul for the health of Ksenia,Andreyka& others in family
4- 9:30PM – Alexander & Dada Sloniewsky for the health of Marta Sharanevych.
5- 9:30AM – Modest & Natalka Zacharchenko for the health of Richard Legeckis.
6- 9:30AM – Khrystyna Shyprykevych for Andriy, Yunia, Olena, Danylo & Anthony.
7- 1:00PM – Blessing of the cornerstone and iconostas and consecration of the church
by Metropolitan Stefan Soroka with a Pontifical Divine Liturgy;
banquet follows at 5:00PM at St. Andrew’s Hall.
8- 9:30AM – Theresa Ben for the health of Christina Baranetsky.
9- 9:30AM – Christine Hromockyj for the health of Alexander Hromockyj.
10 - 9:30AM – Theresa Ben for the health of Larissa Melnyk.
11 - 9:30AM – Kelly & Teresa Yearout for the health of the Murskyj family.
12 - 9:30AM – Mark & Olga Koniuch for the deceased in the Wynnytsky family.
13 - 9:30AM – Theresa Ben for the health of Marta Pereyma & Orysia Pereyma.
14 - 11:30AM – 25th Sunday after Pentecost, tone 8;Sts. Cosma & Damian.
Luba Procyk – special intention for Roman & Lida.
Sunday of the Pochaiv Mother of God Sisterhood — rosary after the Liturgy.
15 - 9:30AM – Bohdanna Geleta for +Jaroslav Geleta.
16 - 9:30AM – Iryna Worobec for +Alexander Worobec; & Panakhyda.
17 - 9:30AM – Paraskevia Maksymiuk – special intention for Nestor & Sonia Maksymiuk.
18 - 9:30AM – Andrew & Christine Hruszkewycz for the deceased combatants:
+Fr. Stefan Kirzecky, +Mykola Pachowsky, +Petro Petryk, +Mykola Francuzenko,
+Volodymyr Demchuk, +Pual Dubik & +Bohdan Yasinsky.
19 - 9:30AM – Petro & Sonia Krul for the health of Richard Legeckis.
20 - 9:30AM – Rev. Dr. Borys Gudziak will celebrate the following intention:
Taras Halushka for the health of Fr. Taras & panimatka Lala;
Fr. Taras Lonchyna – thanksgiving for Fr. Borys Gudziak’s 50th Birthday!
21 - 11:30AM – 26th Sunday after Pentecost,tone1;
FEASTof ARCHANGEL MICHAEL - for all parishioners.
Sunday of the Sts.Cyril & Methodius Brotherhood:prayer on”Chotky”
22 - 9:30AM –  Walter & Nila Iwaskiw for the health of Nadia Deyvy.
23 - 9:30AM – Luba Stasyshyn for +Zenoviy Stasyshyn.
24 - 9:30AM –  Modest & Natalka Zacharchenko for +Borys Hloba (4th Anniversary).
25 - 9:30AM – Ann Woroniak for Richard, Mary, Nicole & Christine Bergman.
26 - 9:30AM – Ivan & Marta Kryvutsky  for the health of Ostap & Irena Zynjuk.
27 - 9:30AM –  Ivan & Marta Kryvutsky  for Tetiana Yasinska.
28 - 11:30AM – 27th Sunday after Pentecost, tone 2; Sts. Hurius; for all parishioners.
29 - 9:30AM – Andrew & Christine Hruszkewycz - special intention for Ann Woroniak.
30 - 9:30AM – Ivan & Oksana Galysh for +Fr. Osyp & Eugenia Galysh.
 OUR PRIESTLY FAMILIES

Rev. Kryloshanyn Yevhen Matseliukh

(1893-1972)
Rev. Yevhen was born on January 1, 1893 in the village of Birky Velyki, in the family
of Ivan and Catherine (nйe Sadovskiy) Matseliukh, one of three brothers and two sisters.
He completed elementary school in his native village, and went to high school in Ternopil,
from which he graduated with honors. He took part in the War of Liberation, and became
editor of the “Ukrainski Visti” newspaper in Ternopil.  He completed theological studies
in the University of Lviv. He married Sophia Yurchinska on February 25, 1920.
They had five children: Ihor, Yaroslava, Olia, Lidia, and Irene.  He was ordained to
the priesthood by Metropolitan A. Sheptytsky on April 7, 1920 in St. George’s Cathedral
in Lviv. The first parish to which he was assigned by Metropolitan Sheptytsky was
Chernykhivtsi, in the county of Zbarazh.  After that he was with parishes in Zarubnytsi and then Khudobyntsi,
where he built the church of St. John the Evangelist, then in Holhochi and in Kozova.  After leaving his native
country he did pastoral work and was a spiritual leader in the refugee camps in Austria, and in Augsburg,
Germany.
In 1947 at the invitation of the late William Dzus, founder and patron of the Ukrainian Institute in New York,
the Rev. Matseliukh left with his family for America.  After arriving in the United States he was pastor in Philadelphia,
Riverhead on Long Island, in Rome New York, Spring Valley New York, and in later years in Staten Island, New
York, where he built the church of the Holy Trinity.  He organized and was the first head of a “Self-Reliance”
Ukrainian Federal Credit Union in Philadelphia, and head of the editorial board of the weekly “The Way”.  He was
also the author of many books of homilies and poems.  He was recognized for his pastoral achievements by
being named a “kryloshanyn” by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.  The Lord called him to his eternal rest on
November 21, 1972.

Rev. Prior Dr. Wolodymyr Gavlich OSBM

(1913-1981)
The late Rev. Wolodymyr Gavlich was born in Smykivtsi, near Ternopil, on October
29, 1913, in the family of Yevstakhiy and Catherine (nйe Matseliukh) Gavlich. He was
brought up in Birky Velyki, his mother’s home village.  There were six children in the
family.
Rev. Wolodymyr Gavlich lived in Ternopil.  When he was in the 6th grade, he
decided to enter the Order of St. Basil, which he did in 1930, in Krekhiv.  On completing
the novitiate he graduated, as an off-campus student, from the Academic High School
in Lviv.  He then continued studying Philosophy and Theology at Basilian centers, as
well as in Dobromil, Krystonopil, and Lavriv, completing them in Olomouc in Moravia
(Czechoslovakia), where the superiors of the Basilian Order transferred their students
and teachers as a result of the events of WWII.  He took solemn vows on January 14,
1936 and bishop Pavlo Goydych, OSBM, ordained him to the priesthood in Olomouc on November 21, 1940.
After ordination he left for further studies in Vienna, and completed them there at the university in 1944, with
a Doctorate in Philosophy.  During his studies there he was assistant pastor at the St. Barbara church, and took
part in the life of the local Ukrainian parish, which grew in numbers in connection with the arrival of war refugees. 
He came to America in 1946, and here in the OSBM Novitiate, in the monastery at Glen Cove, he taught Philosophy
and Church History, and also performed pastoral work at the church of St. Volodymyr in Hempstead.
From 1950 until 1957 Rev. Dr. W. Gavlich was pastor of the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Chicago, where he
built a new all-day school.  Between 1957 and 1960 the administration of the Basilian Order transferred him
again to Vienna, as pastor of the St. Barbara church.  From 1960 to 1962 he acted as a director of missions. 
From 1962 to 1970 he worked untiringly at the parish of the Immaculate Conception in Hamtramck, Michigan,
and taught at the Ukrainian high school there.
From 1970 until his death, Rev. W. Gavlich was pastor of the St. George church in New York, where he
brought about, with the support of generous parishioners, the erection of the majestic St. George church building. 
Throughout all those years, Rev. W. Gavlich was director of the radio programs of the Basilian Fathers in Chicago,
Detroit, and New York.  The Lord called him to his eternal rest on June 7, 1981.
 PARISH LIFE

Laity Congress in Rome

In October 16-17, 2010, with the blessing of His Beatitude
Patriarch Lubomyr, and with the assistance of Bishop Dionisius
Liakhovych, Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainians in Italy and Spain, a
Laity Congress was held in Rome, dedicated to the memory of the
long-serving head of the Patriarchal Movement of the UGCC, +Dr.
Bohdan Lonchyna, on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Participating in the Congress were Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, Apostolic
Administrator for Ukrainians in Great Britain and Visitator for
Ukrainians in Ireland; Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh, Secretary of the
Synod of the UGCC; clergy, the family of the late UCU professor,
and members of the laity from Italy, Ukraine, Belgium, Spain, and
the United States.
 Of special interest was the presence of Tetiana Izhevska,
Ambassador of Ukraine to the Apostolic See, and wife of former
ambassador to the United States Dr. Oleh Shamshur.  The theme
of the Congress was: “Who is the Ukrainian lay person in light of The Lonchyna and Lisovsky families
the teachings of the Church”.  Its initiators were Rev. Dr. Ivan during the celebrations in Rome
Muzychka, rector of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Rome, and Rev.
Ivan Daczko, head of the Society of St. Sophia in Rome.
The presentation of the first volume of a scholarly
compendium titled “Ukrainian Layman of the 20th Century–the
works of Prof. Bohdan Ivan Lonchyna” took place during the
Congress.  It was published in Rome by the Institute of Pope St.
Clement, at the UCU, and edited by Oksana Rybak at the
“Svichado” publishing house in Lviv, under the direction of Bohdan
Troyanovskiy.  Panimatka Lialia Lonchyna performed spiritual
songs of her own composition at a concert in the Cathedral of St.
Sophia and in the assembly hall of the UCU. You can read more
about the Congress and view photographs from the events on the
website of the Press Service of the UGCC in Italy, under the date
of October 20, 2010.
www.chiesaucraina.it
In the St. Sophia Cathedral in Rome,
Fr. Taras reads the Gospel

Before an Icon at the UCU, left to right: Fr. Ivan Muzychka, Tetiana Izhevska, Ukrainian Ambassador to
Bishop Hlib, Pm. Lialia, Fr. Taras, and Fr. Ivan Daczko. the Apostolic See, and Fr. Taras
 PARISH LIFE
In Rome and Florence
Panimatka Lialia and Fr. Taras
with panimatka Maria Hovhera
before the St. Sophia Cathedral in Rome
In this room, now the UCU Museum,
Patriarch Josef Slipyj was called to
eternal rest on September 7, 1984.
Golden doors, the work of Giberti, in the
Baptismal Chapel facing the Il Duomo
Cathedral in Florence
In the next issue of the Parish Bulletin you will read and view
a comprehensive report about the consecration of our church
and the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the parish
Fr. Taras and Panimatka Lialia Lonchyna have unforgettable
memories from their stay in Rome and in Florence during October
13-21, 2010.  They visited old Rome with its basilicas and churches,
catacombs, the ruins of the Coliseum and the Forum.
Especially impressive were St. Sophia Cathedral with its beautiful
mosaics and the UCU building, which, by the way, after 40 years are
in need of basic repairs. Also the parish church of SS Sergius and
Bacchus, which a week later celebrated its 40th anniversary, and the
280th anniversary of the crowning of the miraculous Icon of the
Zhyrovytska Mother of God (cf. the webpage of the Press Service of
the UGCC in Italy, under October 27, 2010 www.chiesaucraina.it).
For two days Fr. Taras and Pm. Lialia took an express train to
Florence, where they viewed the magnificent works of the Italian
Renaissance, especially the Il Duomo Cathedral, with its separate
Baptismal Chapel, containing monumental Byzantine mosaics of Christ
and of biblical themes, a gilded door, “Paradise” by Giberti, the chapel
of the Medici, where the relics of various saints are found, including
the relics of St. Andrew the Apostle, the church of St. Mark, containing
the most works by Fra Angelico; the Holy Cross Church, where Rossini
and Galileo are buried; the Uffizi art gallery, and many other wonderful
historical mementos.
Panimatka Lialia singing during the Panimatka Lialia
concert in St. Sophia Cathedral in front of the Il Duomo Cathedral
in Rome in Florence
 PARISH LIFE

BIBLE FOR WOMEN: ABOUT PEACE

On October 29, 2010, under the direction of Pm. Lialia Lonchyna
Let us recall from our first meeting last month,
when we spoke about gentleness, that peace is also
one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:22).
What is needed in order that we should give forth
fruits of the Holy Spirit? Let us read John 15: 1-9.
Let us sing the song: “Abide in my love” (John, 15: 9).
How does the Bible describe peace, “eirene” in
Greek? It is a calming of the heart and mind, based on
the knowledge that all is well between the believer and
the Heavenly Father.
Read at home: the epistle to the Romans 15: 33, I
Thessalonians, and to the Hebrews 13:20.
Now let us read the epistle to the Philippians 4: 6-9.
Let us talk about peace in the Old Testament
1. What was lost in Paradise?
2. Genesis 15:15, this the first mention of peace as
said to Abraham: “You shall join your forefathers in
peace  “.  Here peace is joined together with blessing.
3. Leviticus 26:6, the Lord God says “I will establish
peace in the land   “. Here peace is joined to obedience,
which brings blessings, but also damnation for
disobedience; also Psalm 4:8.
4. Numbers 6:26. The priestly blessing and
Psalm 29:11.
5. Judges 6:23.  “Peace of the Lord– Adonai
Schlomenu”.  Peace joined to faith.
6. Psalms 34:15 – pursue it; 35:20 – do we speak
peacefully?; 85: 8-10; 119: 165; 122: 6.
7. Proverbs: 3:17 – about wisdom and peace
8. Isaiah 9:6 – about the Messiah; 26:3 – perfect
peace; 48:22 – who does not have peace?  Peace is
joined with righteousness; 52:7 the feet of peace; and
Nahum 6:14; 65:25 – peace between natural enemies;
66:12 – does God send peace generously or stingily?
9. Jeremiah 6:14 – negligent peace.
10. Lamentations 3:17 – lost peace; peace is
joined to hope (3:22).
11. Ezekiel 34: 25-31 – covenant of peace
12. Micah 5:5 – He is our peace
13. Zechariah 1:12 – a political peace? 8:19 – love
truth and peace
On November 19, at 7:30 P.M. we will look at
peace in the New Testament

1 2 3

1. Tomb with a birch cross for the November Panakhyda (October 31, 2010).
2. Katia Mykhailyshyn and Darya Villhauer professionally cleaning the Iconostas’ Icons
3. Richard Bergman painted the framework of the Iconostas
4. Jurij Podolak painting the corridor in the passage-way between the hall and the church
5. The Cornerstone. We are looking for a sponsor ($2,000) for carving the inscription
6. Danylo King built this wooden shelf in the passage-way between the hall and the church

4 5 6
 PARISH LIFE
The concluding Meeting of the 30th Anniversary Committee is called for Sunday November 14, 2010,
following the Liturgy, at 1:15 P.M. in the church hall. The Meeting of the Parish Council will follow immediately at
1:30 P.M.
Counting attendance at the Divine Liturgy.  Like last year, we will count the number of people present
during all Sundays in the month of November. It appears that based on last year, on the average 93 persons
come to the Liturgy, while our parish has over 300 persons!
Sunday School (including all children) will continue in December, and afterwards each first and third Sunday
of the month. Next meetings: Sundays, December 5 and 19, at 10:30 A.M. in the rectory.
Collection for the Beatification Fund of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky will take place on Sunday,
November 21, 2010, on the day of the feast of Archangel Michael.
Meeting of parents and children, who will be preparing for First Confession and solemn Holy
Communion, will be held on Sunday November 28, following the Liturgy.
A General Meeting of the Sisterhood of Our Lady of Pochaiv will be held on Sunday December 5, 2010,
following the Divine Liturgy, at 1:15 P.M. Elections to the Board will take place at this meeting.  We ask all to attend.
Please direct all housekeeping questions concerning the church to the Financial Committee: Fr. Taras,
Andriy Harmatiy, Kenneth Graves, or Andriy Leshchyshyn.  Roman Yasinsky asks that you NOT direct questions
to him, because he is not a member of the Board.
We request disks with photographs and video recordings from the church consecration and the
banquet be sent to the church address: Holy Trinity PUCC,16631 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD
20905-3919.

SUNDAY BRUNCHES

Our sincere thanks to the following families for preparing Sunday brunches during October: Bilaniuk and Fontana,
Karmazyn and Pankiw, Graves and Krzywucki, Campion, King, and Gawdiak. We remind you that in November
the following are responsible for the rotation: Kardylo and Faustini (14); T. Yasinsky and T. Ben (21). We are
looking for volunteers to help with the rotation on November 28. If you are ready to treat our parish family to your
tasty cooking on this or on any other day, please contact Andrea Bilaniuk, the Sunday brunch coordinator.

DONATIONS

The following have been added to the list of sponsors of the 30th Anniversary of the Parish: Kenneth and Iryna
YASINSKA GRAVES – 1,000; Teresa BEN – 500; Petro and Sonia KRUL – 500; Iryna DYBKO FYLYPCHAK–200.
Total $2,200.
For the Building Fund, on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary: Tetiana YASINSKY – 500; Ivan and Marta KRZYWUCKI
– 250; Modest and Natalia ZACHARCHENKO – 100; Ivanna RICHARDSON – 100; Hania ZABIAKA – 40; Stepan
and Luba RAPAVIY – 30; Don and Larissa FONTANA – 20; Lidya MURPHY – 10. Total $1,050.  A big thank you to all.
Modest and Natalia ZACHARCHENKO contributed $3,000 for Icons of the feasts of Transfiguration and Dormition,
for the Iconostas.  Thank you very much! There are still three large Icons left to be sponsored.
A new censer for the church was funded by Andriy and Larissa MELNYK ($275). Our sincere thanks!
We are nearing the end of the year. We ask you to settle your contributions, which are urgently needed for
the household needs of the parish throughout the year.  The annual dues are $360 from each working person;
$150 for retirees; $60 for students. In addition, the parish is obligated to pay $20 per year for every family, for
the Seminary.  We will also be grateful for additional contributions to the  Building Fund, which is used for
repairs and improvements to the church, rectory, and the entire church property.

© Holy Trinity Particular Ukrainian Catholic Church; Editor – rev. Taras Lonchyna; Translated by - Wolodar Lysko;
Design: Andriy Harmatiy, Photo - o. Taras Lonchyna
Parish address: 16631 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20905-3919; Tel.: 301-421-1739