VENERATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
March 8, 2026
Saturday, March 7 THIRD SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST
4:00 PM God’s Blessings & Good Health for All Parishioners
Sunday, March 8 THIRD SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings for America – Tom & MaryAnn Potsko
Friday, March 13 LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS
4:00 PM
Saturday, March 14 FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST
4:00 PM God’s Blessings & Good Health for All Parishioners
Sunday, March 15 FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST
8:30 AM God’s Blessings for America – Tom & MaryAnn Potsko
Transfiguration of Our Lord Church
Saturday Liturgy is 6:00 PM
Sunday Liturgy is 10:30 AM
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy (Wednesday): 6:30PM
Saturday, March 7: Sorokousty 8:00 AM
Saturday, March 14: Sorokousty 8:00 AM
Saturday, March 7: First Saturday Liturgy: 9:00 AM
MAKE PSANKY FOR FUN!
Sunday, March 15, 2026
@ Noon (After Liturgy)
Transfiguration of Our Lord
Church Basement
Everyone is welcome!
Come & experience the art of creating Ukrainian Easter Eggs just for FUN AND FELLOWSHIP! A light lunch will be provided.
Provided through Parishioners from Transfiguration of Our Lord & Saints Peter & Paul Churches.
Class is free. Please allocate about 2 hours to create an egg. Children are most welcome- but must be supervised by an adult as decorating requires you to use a candle.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME- Young & Old!
THE FIVE SATURDAYS OF THE DECEASED (SOROKUSTY)
The Five Saturdays of the Deceased (Sorokousty) The Church Typikon designates the five Sorokousty/ Saturdays of the Deceased for 2026 as February 7th; February 28th, March 7th and 14th, and May 23rd. It is a tradition of our Holy Church to commemorate the memories of our beloved deceased at Matins of the Deceased (Parastas) on these five Saturdays of the year. Sorokousty Services will be celebrated at 8:00am. Services will be held for Saint Vladimir Church also at the same time.
ASK FATHER A QUESTION…….Father, I heard that the Gospel of Luke has a “theme” … What is the theme? The theme of St. Luke’s Gospel, the good news of Christ’s resurrection from the dead, is that of the suffering servant in Isaiah Chapter 53. STOP. Go Read Chapter and then return. This why St. Luke on the Holy Doors is depicted as an angel with a face like that of a bull. Jesus, the suffering servant sacrificed like the bull of the Old Testament sin offering to make atonement for the priests of Israel and their entire households. (This would include the whole nation of Israel.) The bull offering on the Day of Atonement was for the sins of the entire nation of Israel for the past year, in addition to each individual person offering a sacrifice for their personal sins as instructed by the priests. Jesus is this bull, the suffering servant, and at the same time the Lamb of God. The Lamb of God refers to not just a sacrifice for sin, but is the eternal Passover Lamb (Paschal Lamb) just as Moses was instructed to sacrifice the Lamb put the lamb’s blood on the door posts and above the door (lintel) as a sign to the Angel of Death that these were followers of God and that they had consumed the whole lamb that night. Jesus now is the Eternal Paschal Lamb of God and His blood a sign for Passing Over Eternal Life, not merely avoiding Death this one night. So Luke is telling us Jesus Christ, the suffering servant, if we follow Him and do as instructed all of our sins are atoned for and having consumed His body and blood we will Passover to eternal life- only if we do as instructed. Don’t forget Simeon doubted a virgin would give birth, and that would be the Messiah. So the Lord told him because of his doubt, his punishment would be that he would live to see it happen, circa 250 B.C.
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
VENERATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
March 8, 2026
The Divine Liturgy of our Father among the Saints, Basil the Great, is celebrated ten times each year: January 1st (Feast of Saint Basil); December 24th (Christmas Eve); January 5th (Theophany Eve); First thru Fifth Sundays of Lent (not Palm Sunday); and Holy Thursday & the Virgil Liturgy of Easter Sunday.
LENTEN RETREAT: SAVE THE DATE we will have a Lenten Retreat on Sunday, March 22 at 4:00PM, beginning with Lenten Vespers/Retreat given by Father Paul Makar at Transfiguration of Our Lord Church. A light social will follow.
Petitions & Prayers for Our Parishioners: John Ostrum,Donna Winsock, Sonia Dempsey, Catherine Halloway, Charles Hallaway, Louise Hubiack, Paul Hoover & James Bencho. Keep them in your prayers. If anyone would like to be included in the prayer list drop a note in the basket, email the church or text Michalene Ostrum at 570-704-7079.
The Sanctuary Light for this week is requested by Joe and Teresa Popowycz IMO Mary Kachmarski.
We are grateful for all the donations toward the heating system for the church.
LENT: All Fridays are always a day of fast. Traditionally, Wednesdays are a day of fast during the Great Fast. Anything you can do extra is also indicated. Remember there are no weekday Liturgy during the Great Fast.
HOAGIE & SOUP SALE: St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, 153 East Main Street, Glen Lyon is holding a vegetable soup & Hoagie Sale (Turkey, Cheese, & Italian Hoagie) and bake sale on Thursday, March 12th from 11AM to 4PM in the church hall. The cost of each hoagie is $8.00 and a quart of vegetable soup is $8.00. Orders can be placed by calling Debbie at 570-736-6908 by Sunday, March 8th. A basket raffle will also be held at this time to benefit Ukraine and the church.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME: Please keep in mind that Daylight Savings time begins Sunday, March 8. Please set your clocks ahead one hour on Saturday, March 7th before you go to bed. Clocks will “spring“ forward.
FIRST SATURDAY LITURGY: Twelve Liturgies were given for the first Saturday of each month, the next liturgy is March 7 for any Families experiencing troubles in their lives and seeking God’s help from both Transfiguration of Our Lord & Saints Peter & Paul Churches. If you have such a petition for a family please feel free to share it with Fr. Walter to be included in the Saturday’s liturgy intention. The first Saturday Liturgies are celebrated at Tranfiguration of Our Lord Church at 8:00 AM. No additional donations are required to submit a petition. You can call Father to add a petition to the list at 570-406-5882.
“Let My Prayer Rise up”
Let my prayer rise up, Like incense before You; The lifting of my hands, As an evening sacrifice.
Lord, I call to You, hear me; attend to the voice of my prayer when I cry to You.
Let my prayer rise up, Like incense before You; The lifting of my hands, As an evening sacrifice.
Set, O Lord, a watch before my mouth and a door of enclosure around my lips.
Let my prayer rise up, Like incense before You; The lifting of my hands, As an evening sacrifice.
Incline not my heart unto words of evil, to make excuses for my sins.
Let my prayer rise up, Like incense before You; The lifting of my hands, As an evening sacrifice.
Veneration of the Holy Cross Third Sunday of Lent
On the Third Sunday of Holy Lent, the Ukrainian Catholic Church commemorates the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Services include a special veneration of the Cross, which prepares the faithful for the commemoration of the Crucifixion during Holy Week. The commemoration and ceremonies of the Third Sunday of Lent are closely parallel to the feasts of the Veneration of the Cross (September 14) and the Procession of the Cross (August 1). Not only does the Sunday of the Holy Cross prepare us for commemoration of the Crucifixion, but it also reminds us that the whole of Lent is a period when we are crucified with Christ. As we have “crucified the flesh with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5:24), and will have mortified ourselves during these forty days of the Fast, the precious and life-giving Cross is now placed before us to refresh our souls and encourage us who may be filled with a sense of bitterness, resentment, and depression. The Cross reminds us of the Passion of our Lord, and by presenting to us His example, it encourages us to follow Him in struggle and sacrifice, being refreshed, assured, and comforted. In other words, we must experience what the Lord experienced during His Passion – being humiliated in a shameful manner. The Cross teaches us that through pain and suffering we shall see the fulfillment of our hopes: the heavenly inheritance and eternal glory.
BOOK(S) OF THE MONTH FOR March:
The Lives of the Desert Fathers
Translated By Norman Russell
ISBN: 0879079347
THIRD SUNDAY OF THE GREAT FAST
SS Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church 