July 27, 2025 A. D.
Saturday, July 26 SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
The Holy Priest-Martyr Hermolaus
4:00 PM Mary Ann Kachinko- Larry & Pat Tomko
Sunday, July 27 SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
The Holy Priest-Martyr Hermolaus
8:30 AM God’s Blessings & Good Health for All Parishioners
Friday, August 1 Dormition Fast Begins
Saturday, August 2 EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
4:00 PM Leo Szumskyj- Ulana Campbell
Sunday, August 3 EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings & Good Health for All Parishioners
BOOK(S) OF THE MONTH FOR JULY/AUGUST:
HUMILITY RULES: St. Benedict’s Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem
Ignatius Press, by J. Augustine Wetta, O.S.B., Monk of St. Louis Abbey
ISBN: 978-1-62164-149-0
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH BY EUSEBIUS
Penguin, Available on Amazon
7th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST, SAINT PANTELEIMON
July 27, 2025 A. D.
TROPAR: Angelic powers were upon Your tomb and the guards became like dead men; Mary stood before Your tomb seeking Your most pure body. You captured Hades without being overcome by it. You met the Virgin and granted life. O Lord, risen from the dead, glory be to You!
TROPAR: Taught by the priest Hermolaus you received your vocation to heal from heaven. You embraced the faith of your Mother and suffered valiantly for it rejoicing. You obtained the grace to heal ailments, and so we turn to you: Heal our infirmities, O glorious Great-Martyr Panteleimon, that we might honor your memory with praises.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
KONDAK Emulating Him who is all-merciful, martyr for Christ God, O Panteleimon, you received the grace to heal diseases. Cure our inner ailments by your prayers to Christ ever driving out the foe’s temptations from those who in faith cry out: Lord, save us.
Now and for ever and ever. Amen.
KONDAK: With His life-giving hand Christ our God, the Giver of life, raised all the dead from the murky abyss and bestowed resurrection upon mankind. He is for all the Savior, the resurrection and the life, and the God of all.
PROKIMEN: Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance. Unto You I will cry, O Lord, my God, lest You turn from me in silence. Save Your people, O Lord, and bless Your inheritance.
A Reading from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Romans (15:1-7; 2 Timothy 2:1-10):
Brethren, now we that are stronger, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of you please his neighbor unto good, to edification. For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written: The disgraces of them that disgraced you, fell upon me. For what things soever were written, were written for our learning: that through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, we might have hope. Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind towards one another, according to Jesus Christ: That with one mind, and with one mouth, you may glorify God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive one another, as Christ also has received you unto the honor of God. You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus: And the things which you have heard of me by many witnesses, deliver the same to faithful men, who shall also be fit to teach others. Labor as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No man, being a soldier to God, entangles himself with secular businesses; that he may please him to whom he has engaged himself. For he also that strives for mastery, is not crowned, except that he strive lawfully. The husbandman, that labors, must first partake of the fruits. Understand what I say: for the Lord will give you understanding in all things. Be mindful that the Lord Jesus Christ is risen again from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my teaching of the good news. Wherein I labor even unto bands, as an evildoer; but the word of God is not bound. Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory.
ALLELUIA: Alleluia (3). He who lives in the aid of the Most High, shall dwell under the protection of the God of heaven. Alleluia (3). He says to the Lord: You are my protector and my refuge, my God, in Whom I hope. Alleluia (3). The just man shall flourish like the palm tree; and he shall grow like the cedar in Lebanon. Alleluia (3).
Gospel Matthew 9:27-35 (John 15:17-16:2)
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying loudly, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you.” And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly ordered them, “See that no one knows of this.” But they went away and spread the news about him throughout that district. After they had gone away, a demoniac who was mute was brought to him. And when the demon had been cast out, the one who had been mute spoke; and the crowds were amazed and said, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel.” But the Pharisees said, “By the ruler of demons he casts out demons.” Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. These things I command you, that you love one another. If the world hates you, know that it hated me before you. If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they have kept my word, they will also keep yours. But all these things will they do to you for my Name’s sake, because they have not known him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin: but now have they no excuse for their sin. He that hates me, hates my Father also. If I had not done works among them which no other man did, they would not have sin: but now have they both seen, and have hated both me, and my Father. But it is that the word might be fulfilled, that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when that Comforter shall come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me. And you shall witness also, because you have been with me from the beginning. He foretells the disciples of persecution.He promises the Comforter, and declares his office.He compares the affliction of his, to a woman that travails with child. These things have I said unto you, that you should not be offended. They shall excommunicate you: yes the time shall come, that whosoever kills you, will think that he does God a service.
COMMUNION HYMN: Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the highest. The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance; of evil hearsay he shall have no fear. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon
Commemorated on July 27
The Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon was born in the city of Nicomedia into the family of the illustrious pagan Eustorgius, and he was named Pantoleon. His mother Saint Euboula (March 30) was a Christian. She wanted to raise her son in the Christian Faith, but she died when the future martyr was just a young child. His father sent Pantoleon to a pagan school, after which the young man studied medicine at Nicomedia under the renowned physician Euphrosynus. Pantoleon came to the attention of the emperor Maximian (284-305 A.D.), who wished to appoint him as royal physician when he finished his schooling. The hieromartyrs Hermolaus, Hermippus and Hermocrates, survivors of the massacre of 20,000 Christians in 303 A.D. (December 28), were living secretly in Nicomedia at that time. Saint Hermolaus saw Pantoleon time and again when he came to the house where they were hiding. Once, the priest invited the youth to the house and spoke about the Christian Faith. After this Pantoleon visited Saint Hermolaus every day. One day the saint found a dead child on the street. He had been bitten by a great snake, which was still beside the child’s body. Pantoleon began to pray to the Lord Jesus Christ to revive the dead child and to destroy the venomous reptile. He firmly resolved that if his prayer were fulfilled, he would become a follower of Christ and receive Baptism. The child rose up alive, and the snake died before Pantoleon’s eyes. After this miracle, Pantoleon was baptized by Saint Hermolaus with the name Panteleimon (meaning “all-merciful”). Speaking with Eustorgius, Saint Panteleimon prepared him to accept Christianity. When the father saw how his son healed a blind man by invoking Jesus Christ, he then believed in Christ and was baptized by Saint Hermolaus together with the man whose sight was restored. After the death of his father, Saint Panteleimon dedicated his life to the suffering, the sick, the unfortunate and the needy. He treated all those who turned to him without charge, healing them in the name of Jesus Christ. He visited those held captive in prison. These were usually Christians, and he healed them of their wounds. In a short time, reports of the charitable physician spread throughout the city. Forsaking the other doctors, the inhabitants began to turn only to Saint Panteleimon. The envious doctors told the emperor that Saint Panteleimon was healing Christian prisoners. Maximian urged the saint to refute the charge by offering sacrifice to idols. Saint Panteleimon confessed himself a Christian, and suggested that a sick person, for whom the doctors held out no hope, should be brought before the emperor. Then the doctors could invoke their gods, and Panteleimon would pray to his God to heal the man. A man paralyzed for many years was brought in, and pagan priests who knew the art of medicine invoked their gods without success. Then, before the very eyes of the emperor, the saint healed the paralytic by calling on the name of Jesus Christ. The ferocious Maximian executed the healed man, and gave Saint Panteleimon over to fierce torture. The Lord appeared to the saint and strengthened him before his sufferings.
They suspended the Great Martyr Panteleimon from a tree and scraped him with iron hooks, burned him with fire and then stretched him on the rack, threw him into a cauldron of boiling tar, and cast him into the sea with a stone around his neck. Throughout these tortures the martyr remained unhurt, and denounced the emperor. At this time the priests Hermolaus, Hermippus and Hermocrates were brought before the court of the pagans. All three confessed their faith in the Savior and were beheaded (July 26). By order of the emperor they brought the Great Martyr Panteleimon to the circus to be devoured by wild beasts. The animals, however, came up to him and licked his feet. The spectators began to shout, “Great is the God of the Christians!” The enraged Maximian ordered the soldiers to stab with the sword anyone who glorified Christ, and to cut off the head of the Great Martyr Panteleimon. They led the saint to the place of execution and tied him to an olive tree. While the martyr prayed, one of the soldiers struck him with a sword, but the sword became soft like wax and inflicted no wound. The saint completed his prayer, and a Voice was heard from Heaven, calling the passion-bearer by his new name and summoning him to the heavenly Kingdom. Hearing the Voice, the soldiers fell down on their knees before the holy martyr and begged forgiveness. They refused to continue with the execution, but Saint Panteleimon told them to fulfill the emperor’s command, because otherwise they would have no share with him in the future life. The soldiers tearfully took their leave of the saint with a kiss. When the saint was beheaded, the olive tree to which the saint was tied became covered with fruit. Many who were present at the execution believed in Christ. The saint’s body was thrown into a fire, but remained unharmed, and was buried by Christians. Saint Panteleimon’s servants Laurence, Bassos and Probus witnessed his execution and heard the Voice from Heaven. They recorded the life, the sufferings and death of the saint. Portions of the holy relics of the Great Martyr Panteleimon were distributed throughout all the Christian world. His venerable head is now located at the Russian monastery of Saint Panteleimon on Mt. Athos. The veneration of the holy martyr in the Ukrainian Catholic Church was already known in the twelfth century. Saint Panteleimon is venerated in the Ukrainian Catholic Church as a mighty saint, and the protector of soldiers. This aspect of his veneration is derived from his first name Pantoleon, which means “a lion in everything”. His second name, Panteleimon, given him at Baptism, which means “all-merciful”, is manifest in the veneration of the martyr as a healer. The connection between these two aspects of the saint is readily apparent in that soldiers, receiving wounds more frequently than others, are more in need of a physician-healer. Christians waging spiritual warfare also have recourse to this saint, asking him to heal their spiritual wounds. The holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon is invoked in the Mystery of Anointing the Sick, at the Blessing of Water, and in the Prayers for the Sick.
The sanctuary light for this week was requested by Donald and Donna Winsock in honor of their 56th wedding anniversary that was celebrated on July 5th.
DORMITION FAST: The traditional rule for the Dormition Fast is a strict abstinence from August 1 to 14, with the usual mitigations (wine and oil) for Saturday and Sunday and the Feast of the Transfiguration (August 6). It is, therefore, observed as the Great Fast. The observance of this fast is voluntary. Please remember that on Friday, August 15th we will be Blessing Flowers.
DONATIONS REPLACEMENT AIR CONDITIONING UNIT: The air conditioning compressor serving the hall must be replaced, resulting in a total cost of $5700. We will welcome and appreciate any contributions to help offset the expense of the repair.
THANK YOU: Appreciation is extended to the ladies of the Women’s Society for their extra landscaping around the back circle by the hall and keeping the weeds under control by the church.
POP-UP FLEA MARKET: Transfiguration of Our Lord Church is having a POP-UP Flea Market in the church basement on Saturday, August 3 from 8AM to Noon. The highlight of our Flea Market is furniture: Bunk/Twin Beds, Dressers, Kitchen Tables, and various home items. Garden Supplies, firepits, speaders, etc. We will be selling Frozen Potato Pyrohy for $12 a dozen.
SS Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church 