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Year XXX, issue 6 (362) – December 2010 Monthly newsletter

CONSECRATION OF THE CHURCH

30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PARISH
PARISH LIFE
Holy Trinity parishioners were, at last, able to celebrate a great
feast, on November 7, 2010. After 30 years of dreaming, planning,
and building, and with a generous gift from the estate of the late
+Dr. Oleh and +Sophia Kudryk, which made it possible to pay off the
mortgage, the time came to consecrate the church!  Metropolitan
Stefan Soroka of the Philadelphia Archeparchy came, and together
with the pastor, Father Taras Lonchyna and two other priests: Rev.
Vasyl Syvinskyj, pastor in Baltimore, and Rev. Dr. Mark Morozovich,
professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.,
set out in a procession from the rectory to the church, with holy
relics. The cross-bearer was Ivan Kryvutsky, and the ripidia-bearers
were: Gary Villhauer and Andrew Lyszyk. The church banners were
carried by: Darka, Solomia, and Nina Nebesh, Darka and Hanusia
Blaszkiw, Ann Woroniak, Khrystia Hruszkewycz and Ruslana Kits.
The altar boys were: Orest and Oleh Pankiw, Levko Karmazyn, and
Dmytro Nebesh.
 At the church door the Metropolitan was greeted with bread
and salt by the head of the Sts. Cyril & Methodius Brotherhood,
Danko Nebesh, the head of the Sisterhood of Our Lady of Pochaiv,
Iryna Yasinska Graves, and by the pastor. The Metropolitan began
the prayers before the doors to the church and blessed the
cornerstone. The cantors were Petro Krul and Myroslav Hnatyshyn,
together with supporting singers.
 Entering the church, the officiating clergy came to the sanctuary
and, under the accompaniment of prayers, began the rite of washing
the altar: first with water and soap, then with wine, after that with
rose water mixed with aromatic spikenard. The Metropolitan anointed
the altar with holy chrism, then the altar was covered with linen and
embroidered cloths, which the Metropolitan sprinkled with holy water.
Then the Antimension with the sacred relics was placed on th e
altar, followed by the tabernacle, the Gospel Book, and the hand-
held cross. The Metropolitan lighted a candle and placed it on the
“honorary chair” (the bishop’s throne).  After that he took the censer
and censed the altar, the sanctuary, the iconostas, the entire church
and all the people. Father Mark sprinkled the entire church, inside
and outside, with holy water and Fr. Taras anointed the door lintels
with the sign of the cross using holy chrism. Then Metropolitan Stefan
blessed the iconostas, which was re-fashioned from the church of
St. Nicholas in Mahony City, Pa.
 There followed a Pontifical Divine Liturgy, with a beautiful
sermon by Metropolitan Stefan.
 The women’s choir, conducted by panimatka Jaroslava (Lialia)
Lonchyna, movingly sang two songs, composed by her: “We who
mystically represent the Cherubim” and “Holy, holy, holy”.
 Holy Communion was distributed and the service ended with
the polychronion (mnohaya lita) intoned by the Metropolitan. Present
at the Liturgy was a representative of the Embassy of Ukraine, Vasyl
Zvarych. Finally there was a joint photograph of the officiating clergy
in front of the iconostas, and then outside with all parishioners.
 This unforgettable celebration continued at a festive banquet
with the participation of Catholic and Orthodox clergy, the
Ambassador of Ukraine, Dr. Oleksandr Motsyk with spouse Natalia,
with representatives of the Washington community, and numerous
parishioners and guests.
PARISH LIFE
The banquet took place in the beautiful hall of
our good-neighbor Orthodox parish of St. Andrew,
where the pastor is Rev. Volodymyr Steliak with
panimatka Marta. The banquet Master of Ceremonies
was Roman Yasinsky, who asked that the deceased
of the parish be honored with a one-minute of silence.
The program began with a performance by the
children and young people. Noah’s Ark was depicted,
which prefigures the church, and in which the faithful
find salvation. The children sang five songs written
by panimatka Jaroslava (Lialia) Lonchyna. The Ark
was built by Ivan Kryvutsky, and decorated with
animals by artist Darya Bilyk Villhauer. At the end,
the Ark was transformed into a church, and four large
icons were lowered, which represented an iconostas.
Iconographer Svitozar Nenyuk did beautiful work in
depicting on canvas the “namisni” icons of Christ and
of Mary, the icon of the church of the Holy Trinity, and
of the beloved saint, St. Nicholas.
Metropolitan Stefan greeted everyone and
blessed the food. The banquet followed.
The head table was introduced, where there were
seated three pioneers of the parish and long-time
members of the church council: Mykola Stawnychy,
Petro Krul, and Ihor Gawdiak. The Ambassador of
Ukraine, Dr. Oleksandr Motsyk greeted the audience
with a wonderful address. The main speakers were,
in Ukrainian, Iryna Yasinska Graves, and in English,
Anna Woroniak.
Video interviews with parishioners were shown,
prepared professionally by: Adrian Karmazyn,
Alexander Pikas, and David Humphrey. Then there
was a showing of slides prepared by Mark and
Christine Pikas, with background music from a
recording of the spiritual music of Roman Hurko.
The closing remarks were spoken by the
Reverend Pastor Taras Lonchyna, who said that the
Lord loves banquets, because He Himself fed five
thousand people, and He continues to feed us with
His spiritual banquet in the Church. Rev. Volodymyr
Steliak concluded the banquet with a prayer, and
Metropolitan Stefan blessed all present.
 OUR PRIESTLY FAMILIES
This month (December 12) we will hear about the Rev. Osyp
Galysh (Galysh family). The next presentations will be in this order:
January 2011 – Bishop Jaroslav Gabro (Bergman family); February –
Rev. Emilian Sharanevych (Sloniewsky family) and Rev. Konstantyn
Shtaiden (Fontana family); March – the Reverends Kurylas (Stasyshyn
family); April – Archbishop Volodymyr Sterniuk and the reverends
Sterniuks and Podolaks (Podolak family); May – the reverends
Shankowsky (Shmorhun family); June – Rev. Volodymyr Karmazyn
(Karmazyn family).

Rev. Osyp Galysh (1909–1967)

Father Osyp Galysh was born on March 31, 1909, in Zolochiv,
where his father, Ivan Galysh, was a non-commissioned officer in an
Ulan regiment in the Austrian army. His mother, Antonina, was from
the Kotelnytskiy family.
He attended a public gymnasium, which he completed in 1930.
That same year he was arrested by the Polish police for civic activity. He found himself in prison in
Ternopil, later in Lviv. He was freed on September 30, 1930. Because on October 1 he was to report for
duty at a military school, he went directly from jail into the army. After finishing his military service he
returned to Zolochiv and then enrolled in the Theological Academy in Lviv, which he completed in 1936.
He married Eugenia Semenyna, daughter of Maksym and Anna Semenyna (nйe Melnychaiko), on
July 30, 1936. They had three sons: Ivan, Roman, and Taras.
Osyp Galysh was ordained to the priesthood on December 12, 1937 by the Lviv auxiliary bishop
Ivan Buchko. After this he was assistant pastor in Bezbrudy and in Kutkor, and eventually became
pastor in Bezbrudy, in Zolochiv county. He also engaged in civic activities, serving as a member of the
board of a “Prosvita” branch, on the board of directors of “Ukrain-Bank”, and in “Ridna Shkola”.
In 1939 he was arrested again and sent to the concentration camp at Bereza Kartuska. He returned
to his parish in Bezbrudy, where he continued ministering during the Bolshevik occupation.
During the German occupation he became pastor in Ozerianka and in Kutkor. Before the new
Bolshevik occupation he moved west with his family, through Slovakia, and then to Vienna. From there
the family fled again, on foot, to Scherding, Austria (1945-1948).
From 1948 to 1949 they were in the DP camp in Munich, Germany. Arriving in the United States in
1949, he ministered for a short time in the Church of St. Nicholas in Muskegon Heights, Michigan. On
October 15, 1949 he became pastor of the Church of the Archangel Michael in Woonsocket, Rhode
Island, where he ministered for 18 years. Under the energetic leadership of Father Osyp the church
mortgage was paid off, and an expansion of the parish began. The church building was renovated and
embellished with works of art by two Ukrainian artists. The painter Sviatoslav Hordynsky painted pictures
and wall ornaments in the old Ukrainian style, and created and installed stained-glass windows, and
woodcarver Serhiy Lytvynenko did carvings for the iconostas and the tabernacle. The church renovation
project was completed in time for the commemoration of the Golden Anniversary of the parish in 1958.
Father Osyp was actively engaged in spreading an understanding of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic
rite in the Roman Catholic community. He celebrated Liturgies in the local high school and at the seminary,
and also explained our rite in local parishes and organizations.
Father Osyp died unexpectedly of a heart attack on February 7, 1967, and was laid to rest at the
Ukrainian Catholic Holy Ghost cemetery in Hamptonburgh, New York. Decades later his wife was buried
next to him.
 DIVINE LITURGY SCHEDULE

DIVINE LITURGIES IN DECEMBER 2010

1 - 9:30AM - Mykola Stawnychy for +Roman Stawnychy.
2 - 9:30AM - David & Natalka Krawchuk Wells for +Iwan &+Nadia(2anniv) Krawchuk.
3 - 9:30AM - M.&N. Zacharchenko special intention for Askold, Ksenia & Zoreslava.
4 - 9:30PM - Mykola Stawnychy for +Petro Petryk;Feast of the Presentation of Mary.
5 - 11:30PM - 28th Sunday after Pentecost, tone 3;St. Philemon;for all parishioners.
6 - 9:30AM - Petro & Sonia Krul for the health of Ksenia,Andreyka& others in fam.
7 - 9:30AM - Kenneth & Iryna Graves for +Jaroslav Smetyaniuk.
8 - 9:30AM - Irena Zynjuk – thanksgiving for Ostap.
9 - 9:30AM - Ostap & Irena Zynjuk for the health of Andreyka Wojchik.
10 - 9:30AM - Luba Procyk for +Warwara Procyk.
11 - 9:30AM - Ksenia Kuzmycz for +Yurij Kuzmycz (13th Anniversary).
12 - 11:30AM - 29th Sunday after Pentecost, tone 4;St. Paramon;
Alexander & Dada Sloniewsky for +Fr. Emilian Sharanevych (2nd Anniversary)
Sunday of the Pochaiv Mother of God Sisterhood – rosary after the Liturgy.
13 - 9:30AM - Petro & Sonia Krul for the health of Andreyka.
14 - 9:30AM - Tetiana Yasinska for +Oksana Smetaniuk (40th day).
15 - 9:30AM - Bohdanna Geleta for +Jaroslav Geleta (5th Anniversary).
16 - 9:30AM - Tetiana Yasinska for +Ihor Kirzecky.
17 - 9:30AM - Mykola Stawnychy – special intention for Petro Stawnychy.
18 - 9:30AM - Family for +Mykola Styn (11th Anniversary).
19 - 11:30AM - 30thSunday after Pentecost,tone5;St. Nicholas Feast;
Natalka & Oxana Horodecky for +Illia, +Maria and +Volodymyr.
Sun. of the Sts.Cyril & Methodius Brotherhood:prayer on ”Chotky”.
20 - 9:30AM - Walter & Nila Iwaskiw for +Witalij Bohdaniw.
21 - 9:30AM - Andrew & Christine Hruszkewycz special int. for Mykola Stawnychy
22 - 9:30AM - Walter & Nila Iwaskiw special int. for Christopher & Tania Wilkens.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
23 - 9:30AM - Paraskevia Maksymiuk for +Ihnatiy & +Maria Maksymiuk.
24 - 9:30AM - Theresa Ben for +Petro & +Constantine.
25 - 9:30AM - Ivan & Marta Kryvutsky for the health of Iryna Sydor.
26 -11:30AM - Sundayof the Forefathers, tone 6; St. Eustratius;
Liturgy for +Patriarch Myroslav Ivan Lubachiwsky and +Metr. J. Shmondiuk.
27 - 9:30AM - Ivan & Oksana Galysh for +Volodymyr & +Anna Baran.
28 - 9:30AM - Irena Lawrowycz for +Jurij & +Ludviga (parents).
29 - 9:30AM - Ann Woroniak for +Stefanox.
30 - 9:30AM - Ingo & Ulana Balaban Putze for +Zenovij Balaban.
31 - 9:30AM - Franco Giordano for +Josie Giordano.
 PARISH LIFE

BIBLICAL STUDIES FOR WOMEN:

ABOUT PEACE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
under the guidance of panimatka Lialia Lonchyna
Luke: 1:28 “Schlomlech Mariam”
1:79 prophecy of Zechariah–” to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
2:14 about what were the angels singing?
2:29 Simeon
7:50 “Go in peace”
24:36 “Peace be with you!”

Metropolitan Stefan Soroka said: “In the Old Testament it was as if one had to earn or merit peace. In the New
Testament it is a gift.” Perhaps God will first give peace, and then the soul will seek forgiveness?

Mark: 4:39 peace and storm

9:50 salt and peace

Matthew: 10:34 “I have come to bring not peace…” What?!

John: 14:27 “Peace I leave with you…”

16:33 “…so that you might have peace in me”
20:19, 21, 26 “Peace be with you!”

Matthew: 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers…”

11:28-31 “Come to me…”

Luke: 10:41 “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things…”

St. Paul: Philippians: 4:4-7* “Have no anxiety at all…”* and “the peace of God…”*
Colossians: 3:15 “Peace of Christ”.

Does Christ’s peace reign in our hearts?

A LOOK INTO THE PAST

Divine service and picnic on the lawn by the old shed, 1981. Photos – Father Taras Lonchyna
 PARISH LIFE
A sincere thank you to all who contributed to the success of the unforgettable celebrations of the consecration of
the church, and of the 30th anniversary banquet, on November 7, 2010. A special thank you to the children and young
people who performed at the banquet.
A general meeting of the Sisterhood of Our Lady of Pochaiv will take place on Sunday, December 5, 2010,
at 1:30 in the church hall. We invite all women!
Sunday School (all children included): next meeting will be on Sunday, December 19, at 10:30 AM at the rectory.
Generations of Faith (instruction for parishioners of every age) will take place on Sunday December 19, at 1:15
PM. The topic will be interesting: an explanation of the icon of the Nativity, and about the Jesse Tree.
A Meeting of the Parish Council is called for Sunday, January 2, 2011, following the Liturgy, at 1:15 PM in the
church hall.
The Church Calendar for 2011 has been ordered and will be available for pick-up in mid-December.
Counting attendance at Holy Liturgy in November. Numbers of people present on Sundays during November
were as follows: Nov. 7–95; Nov 14–76; Nov. 21–79; Nov. 28–70. An average of 80 persons. While our parish numbers
over 300 persons. Ouch! The Lord our God commanded us all: “Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day” (4th
commandment). One day we will render an accounting of this.
Patriarchal collection “Andrew’s Pence” to help needy faithful of our Church, will take place on Sunday December
12, 2010.
Caroling 2011: we encourage all to form groups of carolers for the church in January 2011. We ask you to report
your group of carolers to Father Taras.
SUNDAY BRUNCHES
Our sincere thanks to the following families for preparing Sunday brunches during the month of November:
Cardillo and Faustini families; T. Yasinsky and T. Ben; Lonchyna family. In December the following are responsible
for the brunches: Zavaliy and Kost families, A. Woroniak and Sloniewsky (senior). We are looking for volunteers
to help with the rotations on December 19 and 26. If you are ready to treat our parish family to your tasty dishes
on those or on any other days, then please contact Andrea Bilaniuk, coordinator of the Sunday Brunches.
DONATIONS
On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the parish, additional donations for the Building Fond: Nadia
Diuk–$200; Andrij & Lada Onyshkevych-Leshchyshyn–$120; Irene LONCHYNA–$100; Iryna Dybko Fylypchak–
$50. Total $470. A great thank you!

For the icon in the iconostasis: Yarko & Marta Kulchyckyj – $75.00. Thank you!

We ask you to settle your contributions for 2010 ( $360 from each working person; $150 for retirees; $60
for students) and $20 per year per family for the Seminary. Additional contributions to the Building Fund
are always needed. Contributions to the church can be withheld from your income tax.

DIVINE LITURGY SCHEDULE FOR CHRISTMAS according to the Julian calendar in January 2011:
Friday, January 7 (Christmas) 9:30 AM – Great Compline service (“God is with us”);
10:30 AM – Holy Liturgy
Saturday, January 8 (Synaxis of the Blessed Mother of God) – 9:30 AM – Holy Liturgy
Sunday, January 9 (Saints Stephen, Joseph, David, and James) – 11:30 AM – Holy Liturgy

VICHNA PAMIAT’!
THE LORD CALLED TO HIS ETERNAL REST
+Wolodymyr Wowk, October 17, 2010 in Fairview, PA, father of Dr. Victor Wowk. May he rest in peace!

© Holy Trinity Particular Ukrainian Catholic Church; Editor – Rev. Taras Lonchyna
Design: Andriy Harmatiy, Photos – I. Galysh, A. Harmatiy. Translated by Wolodar Lysko
Parish address: 16631 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20905-3919; Tel.: 301-421-1739