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Here is our bulletin for July 14, 2019.

"When we chant 'eternal memory' at the end of Memorial Services and Funerals, it is often falsely assumed that this memory of the departed be preserved on earth..."

Here is our bulletin for July 7, 2019.

St. Barbara and Elizabeth, Nuns-Martyrs, of Russia

St. Barbara died with St. Elizabeth on July 5, 1918, the day after the murder of Tsar Nicholas and his family. The two nuns, who had been confined at the nearby village of Alopaevsk, were thrown into a mineshaft by Soviet executioners, and grenades were tossed in after them. St. Elizabeth remained alive for several hours, and could be heard singing hymns by nearby villagers who crawled up to the mineshaft after the murderers had left the area.

A few days later, the bodies of St. Elizabeth and St. Barbara were recovered from the mineshaft after the pro-Tsarist armies took Alopaevsk. They were ultimately taken to Jerusalem in 1920, and buried in the church of St. Mary Magdalene on the Mount of Olives.

Troparion (Tone 4) –

Emulating the Lord's self-abasement on the earth,
You gave up royal mansions to serve the poor and disdained,
Overflowing with compassion for the suffering.
And taking up a martyr's cross,
In your meekness
You perfected the Saviour's image within yourself,
Therefore,...

His Grace Borys Gudziak, Metropolitan-Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, July 4th Independence Day Message in English

Here is our bulletin for June 23, 2019.