Weekly Bulletin
His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas
120 W. Seneca St. Ithaca, NY 14850 http://www.stcatherine.ny.goarch.org
TEL. 607-273-2767 e-mail: stcatherinegoc@gmail.com
Fr. Zenoviy Zharsky
SAINT CATHERINE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH.
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas.
120 W. Seneca St. Ithaca N.Y. 14850
May 10, 2026
/607/ 273-2767 Fr. Zenoviy Zharsky stcatherinegoc@gmail.com
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“Changing ourselves in Christ, we are able to change the world around us”
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Saints for the day, liturgical schedule, news from the parish life, please read the Sunday Bulletin on the parish website: www.stcatherine.ny.
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Scripture Reading: Matins: Gospel Reading: John 20:1-10. Divine Liturgy Epistle: Acts 11:19-30. Gospel John 4:5-42.
Blessed Mothers's Day! Prayers for our mothers.
We pray for those who celebrate their birthday. Хρόνια πολλά & ευλογημενα! May - 14 Thomas Poovathoor, 16 Helen Talty, 17 Elizabeth Wolff, 17 Rachel Poovathoor.
Announcement:If you didn't give names and date of your birthdays and your families birthdays please provide them. Also please give the names and dates of your family members who fell asleep in the Lord. We will pray for them. The list of the names located near the Sunday Bulletins. Thank you.
Memory Eternal! Αιώνια η μνήμη του! May - 9 Metropolitan Ephiphanios, 16 Maria Floros.
Please mark your calendar:
Sunday, May 17 - General Philoptochos meeting.
Thursday, May 21 - 10:00 AM. Divine Liturgy. Holy Ascension of our Lord. Sts. Constantine and Helen. Τῃ Πέμπτῃ της Αναλήψεως. Κωνσταντῖνος καὶ Ἑλένη Ἰσαπόστολοι
Sunday, May 24 - After the Divine Liturgy, we will go to the Lake View cemetery to pray for all your families and all the parishioners who have rested in the Lord. If you wish, we can also go to the cemetery to pray where your loved ones rest. Please inform the priest
Liturgical Schedule:
Daily 3:00 PM. Let's pray Jesus Prayer for 10 minutes straight saying,“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner”
Monday, May 11 - 3:00 PM Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.”
Tuesday, May 12 - 3:00 PM Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.”
Wednesday, May 13 - 3:00 PM Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.” Day of Fasting. 6:00 PM. Prayers near Miraculous Icon Mother of God “The Tender Heart” St. George's Orthodox Church in Taylor, PA. Every Wednesday we commemorate when Judas betrayed Christs.
Thursday, May 14 - 3:00 PM Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.”
Friday, May 15 - 3:00 PM Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.” Day of Fasting. Every Friday we commemorate Christ's Crucifiction.
Saturday, May 16 - 10:00 AM. St. Theodore the Sanctified of Egypt. St Nicholas I Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople. Reading the life of the Saints and Catechism classes following the Divine Liturgy. 3:00 PM Jesus Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.”
Sunday, May 17 - 8:45 AM Orthros/Confession. 10
When you write your will, won't you please remember St. Catherine's Church? Such a gift will live forever as our church minister to our spiritual needs and others it's an investment in the Gospel of our Lord and life eternal.
Sat. May 16 - 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy. St. Theodoros the Sanctified. The Monk Theodore was called "Sanctified" because he was the first in his monastery ordained to the priesthood.
The Monk Theodore came from Egypt and was the son of rich and illustrious Christian parents. The yearning for monastic life early showed up in him. One time at the house of his parents during the feast of Theophany there was a large party, and the lad did not want to take part in the festivities, grieving that because of earthly joys he would be deprived of joys in the life to come. At 14 years of age he secretly left home and settled in one of the monasteries. Hearing about Pakhomios the Great, he burned with the desire to see the ascetic. The Monk Pakhomios received the arriving lad with love, having been informed by God beforehand about his coming. Remaining at the monastery, the Monk Theodore quickly succeeded in all his monastic tasks, particularly in the full obedience to his guide and in his compassion towards the surrounding brethren. Theodore's mother, learning that he was at the Tabennisa monastery, came to the Monk Pakhomios with a letter from the bishop, imploring a meeting with her son. But the Monk Theodore, fearing to break his vow of renunciation from the world, refused to meet with his mother. Seeing the strength of mind and ability of Saint Theodore, the Monk Pakhomios once directed him to speak an instruction to the brethren on Holy Scripture. Saint Theodore was then but 20 years old. He unquestioningly obeyed and began to speak, but certain of the older brethren took offence that a newly begun monk should read them a discourse, and they departed. The Monk Pakhomios thereupon said to them: "Ye have given in to the devil and by your conceit your efforts art come to naught. Ye rejected not Theodore, but rather the Word of God, and have deprived yourselves of the Holy Spirit".
Saint Pakhomios appointed the Monk Theodore as overseer of the Tabennisa monastery, and withdrew to a more solitary monastery. Saint Theodore with filial love continued to concern himself over his instructor, and in the final illness of the Monk Pakhomios he looked after him, and when the great abba reposed to the Lord, he closed his eyes. After the death of the Monk Pakhomios, Saint Theodore directed the Tabennisa monastery, and later on he was at the head of all the Thebaid monasteries. The Monk Theodore the Sanctified was famed for holiness of life and a copious gift of wonderworking, and he was well known to Saint Athanasias, Patriarch of Alexandria. Saint Theodore reposed in his old age in the year 368. Κοντάκιον Θεοδώρου Ηγιασμένου: Ἐν οἴκῳ Θεοῦ, ὡς φοῖνιξ σὺ ἐξήνθησας, καρπούς τε αὐτῷ, ἀρετῶν προσενήνοχας, διὰ τῆς ἀσκήσεως, τῆς ἀρίστης Πάτερ Θεόδωρε, ὅθεν καὶ μακαρίζη νύν, ὡς τῶν Ἀσωμάτων ἰσοστάσιος.
Saturday, May 16 - Church commemorate Saint Nicholas the Mystic. He was Patriarch of Constantinople. His title of "Mystic" ("mystikos" an old rank of "privy counsellor") indicates that he earlier served at the imperial court. He was elevated onto the patriarchal throne in the year 895. In 905, because of his excommunication from the Church of the emperor Leo I who had unlawfully entered into a fourth marriage, he was deposed from his cathedra-seat and sent to prison. In the year 911, after the death of Leo I, he was again raised onto the cathedra as patriarch and guided the Church until his death, which followed in about the year 925.
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Join us for a Greek Sunset Cruise - Reserve Your Spot! Dear Saint Catherine Parish Family,We are excited to invite you to a truly special evening on the water! Join us for our Greek Sunset Cruise Night on Thursday, May 28, 2026 from 7:00-9:00 PM on Cayuga Lake. Enjoy a joyful evening filled with: Greek music & dancing, delicious μεζέδες (included), bring your own κρασί (wine), beautiful sunset views and fellowship.This will be a relaxed, festive night to spend together as a parish community while supporting our church. We encourage you to reserve your spot early! All proceeds will benefit St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church. We hope you’ll join us for a beautiful and memorable evening together!
May 11 - Sts. Methodios & Cyril, Illuminators of the Slavs. Born in Thessalonica, Saint Methodius was a military man before becoming a monk on Mount Olympus. His brother Constantine, known as the Philosopher because of his erudition, was Librarian at the Church of the Holy Wisdom in Constantinople; he later became a monk with the name of Cyril. The Emperor Michael sent him with his brother Methodius to the Khazars in response to their petition for teachers to expound to them the Christian Faith. On their way, they stayed in Cherson, where they recovered from the Black Sea the relics of Saint Clement of Rome. Later, they were called by Prince Rostislav of Moravia to instruct his people in the Orthodox Faith. The Saints devised an alphabet for the Slavs, and used it to translate the Greek books into the language of the people. In their apostolic labours throughout the Balkans, the holy brothers were slandered by certain Germanic bishops who opposed the use of the vernacular in the church services. Summoned to court at Rome in 867, they presented their Slavonic translations to Pope Adrian II, who received them with love and full approval. Two years later, Saint Cyril reposed in Rome on February 14 and was buried in the Church of Saint Clement. Saint Methodius was made Bishop of Moravia, but at the intrigues of certain Latin clergy, was cast into prison by the "Roman Emperor" (the Germanic Emperor of the West), where he was cruelly tormented for some three years. In 874, through the defence of Pope John VIII, he was freed and made Archbishop of Moravia. Because he reproved the lax morals of the German priests in Moravia, he was soon accused of heresy by them, and was forbidden to celebrate the Liturgy in Slavonic. Summoned to Rome again in 879, he was completely exonerated and allowed once again to use the Slavonic tongue for the divine services. He reposed on April 6, 885
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St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church
120 W. Seneca St Ithaca, NY 14850
When you write your will, won't you please remember St. Catherine's Church? Such a gift will live forever as our church minister to our spiritual needs and others. It's an investment in the Gospel of our Lord and life eternal.
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