St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church

2300 W. Huntington Drive, Kirkwood Hwy, Wilmington, Delaware 19808

Rev. James Weremedic, Rector • (302) 995-6775 • Cell (570) 764-4323

Email: • Web: www.stmichael-delaware-oca.org

Vespers & Confessions: Saturday, 5:00 pm

Hours, Divine Liturgy & Fellowship: Sunday, 8:40 am

Church School follows Sunday’s Divine Liturgy.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

1st SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST — Tone 8. All Saints.

Hieromartyr Timothy, Bishop of Prussa. Ven. Silvanus, Schema-monk, of the Kiev Caves. St. Vasily, Bishop of Riazan. St. John Maximovitch, Metropolitan of Tobol’sk. Martyr Alexander and Virgin Martyr Antonina at Constantinople. Ven. Theophanes of Antioch. St. Bassian, Bishop of Lodi in Lombardy.

Reader’s Schedule

DATE 3RD HOUR 6TH HOUR EPISTLE

Jun-10 RILEY, J RILEY, A WALES

Jun-17 WEREMEDIC SENSOR SENSOR

Date / Fellowship
Coffee Hour / Service
Duty / Church
Cleaners / Library
10-Jun / Souder
Riley / Bunitsky
Sulpizi / Shatley / Daubert
17-Jun / Hojnicki, Flynn
Roberts / Souder
Poletaev / Kutch / Poletaev
24-Jun / Kraiter
Cretu / Gerassimakis / Riley / Gundersen

We welcome our visitors and guests and invite you to join us for coffee hour in the church hall following the liturgy.


Hebrews 11:33-12:2 (Epistle)

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again.

Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword.

They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented – of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Summer Vacationers:

Fr. John Parsells, Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church, announces the new location of their parish: 10315 Carey Road, Berlin, MD 21811

Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30 (Gospel)

Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.

But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.

He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

Then Peter answered and said to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?”

So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

Our Bible Study Group continues to meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from 10:00-12:00 AM. We continue to use Barbara Pappas's book First and Second Corinthians for direction. Our meeting location will be as follows: The 1st Thursday of the month meeting will be at the Church and the 3rd Thursday of the month meeting will be at Stonegate’s ’Tea Room’ (at the main entrance), 4031 Kennet Pike, Greenville, DE 19807. If you are planning on attending the 3rd Thursday session, please give your name to Elizabeth Melnik so we can make the proper arrangements.

Prayers for the Departed: Anna Pcholinsky, Tesfay Tesfay, Natalia Romaniouga.

Prayers for the Sick and Needy: Misha Harrell, deployed to Afghanistan. Anna and Luke Wales, Agnes Timchak, Olga and James Riley, Anna Hotrovich, Mary Guretsky, Onufry Zabinko, John Elliott, Marie Holowatch, Theophan Shatley, Joseph Wojciechowski, Olga Maloney, James Carpenter, Aaron Hojnicki, Stephanie, Andrew, Joyce Hassler, Donna Reda, Trisha, Urshula, Catherine, Caroline Humphrey, Sam Regen, Mary Alice Salay. Michael and Nino Sensor celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary. Alice Morjana celebrating her birthday.

Graduate Sunday: Honoring all our graduates!

High School Graduates:

Susanna Carey

Danial Morjana

John Elia

Abraham Negusse

College Graduates:

Richard Hines, Flager College

Jacquelyn Peck, University of Delaware

Florina Bacuta, University of Delaware

Kristin Roberts, Wilmington University

We congratulate all our graduates and may God grant them many blessed years!

St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church needs a sign!

In the Church vestibule are copies of a quotation with details for an economical sign that suits our needs. Also, we have envelopes created for this wish list project. Our goal is to collect $5,000 and then purchase and install this sign.