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January 14 & 15 Troparion of Resurrection (Tone 6) The angelic powers appeared at Your tomb and the guards became as dead men, and Mary stood by the Sepulcher seeking Your spotless body. You despoiled Hades and yet were not tempted by it, You met the Virgin, O Bestower of life. O Lord who rose from the dead, glory to You. Kontakion of the Encounter of the Lord in the Temple (Tone 1) O Christ our God, Who through Your birth have sanctified the virginal womb and have blessed the arms of Simeon, You have come today to save us! When wars prevail, keep Your people in peace and strengthen our public authorities in every good deed, for You alone are the Lover of Mankind.
January 21 & 22 Troparion of Resurrection (Tone 7) Through Your cross You destroyed death, You opened paradise to the thief and turned into joy the mourning of the ointment-bearing women, and You ordered Your Apostles to proclaim that You rose, O Christ God, bestowing great mercy upon the world. Kontakion of the Encounter of the Lord in the Temple (Tone 1) O Christ our God, Who through Your birth have sanctified the virginal womb and have blessed the arms of Simeon, You have come today to save us! When wars prevail, keep Your people in peace and strengthen our public authorities in every good deed, for You alone are the Lover of Mankind.

THE BISHOP’S APPEAL Gifts to the Appeal will continue to be received and credited to your parish until 31 January 2012. Donations made now are tax-deductible for the 2012 tax year. Your gift means so much to so many! Our Father and Shepherd Bishop Nicholas thanks you for your generous support and asks God’s abundant blessings upon you and all your family in the New Year.
CONGRATULATIONS to Tamara Nais & Zaid Hejazin who will be married at Holy Resurrection on Saturday, January 21, 2012!
NEW TO THE PARISH? RECENTLY MOVED? If you are a new member of our parish family, or have recently moved, please give your contact information to Nadia Ritchey or Fr. Ignatius. You can also send an e-mail with your contact information to columbus.melkite@gmail.com. We’d like to update our directory and make sure that we have all your data correct.
FAMILY NIGHT The parish is considering having a Family Night next month, possibly around St. Valentine’s Day, if there is enough interest. Please see Joseph Moussa or David Ritchey if you have any ideas for this parish get-together.
ENCOUNTER OF OUR LORD IN THE TEMPLE (HYPAPANTY) will be celebrated on Wednesday, February 1, at 7 p.m. at Holy Trinity (Zanesville) and Sunday, February 2, at 7 p.m. at Holy Resurrection (Columbus).
HOUSE BLESSINGS will be scheduled following Pascha (Easter) this year, in order to avoid winter’s inclement weather.
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS Ibrahim Hejazin, Ayoub Kaileh, Bahieh Kaileh 1/1, Fady Kaileh 1/4, Khaled Hejazin 1/10, Jamal Shamma 1/14, Fr. Ignatius Harrington 1/16, Shireen Hejazin 1/21, Genevieve Mosteller 1/22, Rizeq Hejazeen 1/24, Najwa Kret 1/30

U.S. BISHOPS EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH SUFFERING AND PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS

WASHINGTON (Dec. 28, 2011)—The U.S. bishops extended their prayerful solidarity “to all persecuted persons throughout the world,” sending letters to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem regarding the Church’s plight in the homeland of Jesus and to the Church in Nigeria in the wake of a Christmas attack.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Church in Nigeria at this time of loss and sorrow. We pray that the New Year will bring peace to your beloved country,” wrote Bishop Richard Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, in a December 27 letter to Archbishop John Onaiyekan of Abuja. Bishop Pates is chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
In a December 22 letter to His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Bishop Pates joined USCCB president, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, in extending their prayerful solidarity “to all persecuted persons throughout the world, but in a particular way to our brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering in the region of our Savior’s birth.”
“Our Conference of Bishops is acutely aware that the Churches of the Middles East are caught in situations of conflict and violence that have put enormous strains on the ancient Christian presence there,” the bishops wrote.
In a December 23 letter, the Patriarch replied, “It is heartwarming to know of your concern and support for the continuing
presence and future of our Christians in the Holy Land.”

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