Sunday English bulletin 28. June 2015

UPCOMING EVENTS,
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Blessings are Gifts
FROM God.
Stewardship is our Gift
TO God. WE
CANNOT OUTGIVE GOD!
Stewardship is a legacy
of personal support to
maintain a church for
today and tomorrow.
STEWARDSHIP FORMS
FOR 2015 ARE AVAILABLE
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ST. BASIL 2015
EVENTS Dates to
Remember
June 28 - Liturgy/Lunch—Vidovdan Presentation
July 18 - Saturday, St. Basil (Petrovdan)
Golf Outing and Picnic .
Sept 5 - 6 - TASTE OF SERBIA
(Labor Day weekend)
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GOLF OUTING
St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Church
Annual
Golf
Outing/
Picnic
Saturday, July 18th, 2015
Foss Park Golf Course!
North Chicago, IL
Start planning ahead…..join
the church efforts to
host this great event!
SERBIAN ORTHODOX UNITY AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH
IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
TROPARION OF THE RESURRECTION - Tone 3:
Let the heavens be glad; let earthly things rejoice; for the Lord hath wrought
might with His arm. He hath trampled down death by death; the firstborn of the
dead hath He become. From the belly of hades hath He delivered us and hath
granted to the world great mercy.
TROPARION OF ST. BASIL OF OSTROG - Tone 4:
From your youth you gave yourself entirely to the Lord, remaining in prayer, labor
and fasting, O God-bearing Father. Because you were an example of virtues and
good works to your flock, seeing your good work, God established you as a pastor
and good hierarch of His Church. And after your repose, He kept your body incorrupt, O Holy Basil. Therefore, with boldness pray to Christ God to save our souls.
TROPARION OF GREAT-MARTYR LAZARUS - Tone 3:
Desiring the beauty of the glory of God, thou didst please Him during thine
earthly life; and, laboring well, thou didst increase the talent entrusted to thee;
struggling therefore even to the shedding of thy blood. Wherefore, as a martyr
thou hast received reward for thy pangs from Christ God, Whom do thou entreat,
that we who hymn thee, O Lazarus, may be saved..
TROPARION OF SERBIAN MARTYRS - Tone 8:
Because of the faithfulness to God and God’s justice, you suffered bodily,
earth aggrieves; but you have saved your souls, the heaven rejoices; and your
ancestors sang in heaven at the top of their voices; and, at the doors of paradise,
they met you with the hymn: “Your names are written in the book of eternity;
enter the paradise, O children of immortality.” We, your brethren on earth,
acclaim in one voice: “O New martyrs, pray for us!”
Kontakion Of The Resurrection - Tone 3:
Thou didst arise today from the tomb, O Merciful One, and didst lead us out
of the gates of death. Today Adam danceth and Eve rejoiceth; and together
with them both the Prophets and the Patriarchs unceasingly praise the divine
might of Thine authority.
Kontakion of St. Basil of Ostrog - Tone 8:
Even as a youth, you served the Lord, O Wise one, belaboring your body with
prayer and vigil. Because you were shown to be a precious vessel of the Holy
Spirit, He established you as a pastor of His Church which you tended well.
And as such, you departed to the Lord whom you loved. We pray to you to
remember us who keep your memory with faith, that all may shout unto you:
Rejoice, O most honorable Basil.
Kontakion of Great-martyr Lazarus - Tone 8:
O divinely wise one, with honor, as is meet,/ thy flock doth praise thee, the most
excellent champion of piety,/ the undaunted martyr for the Truth./ As thou hast
boldness before Christ God,/ ask that humility be given to those who glorify thee,/
that we may cry out to thee: Rejoice, O ever-memorable Lazarus!.
GLORY… Kontakion of Serbian martyrs - Tone 8:
Let the fields and meadows praise the Lord, and green forests, charming valleys,
undulating rivers and dark caves that have been sprinkled with innocent blood,
the sacred blood of the multitude of Serbian martyrs; worthy hosts and brave
soldiers; young men and children and modest virgins. Let, also, irrational
creature praise God, the lord, Who has dominion over the entire world.
BOTH NOW.. Kontakion to Theotokos - Tone 6:
O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame/, O mediation unto the
Creator unfailing/, disdain not the suppliant voices of sinners/, but be thou
quick, O good one, to help us who in faith cry unto thee/; hasten to intercession
and speed thou to make supplication//, thou who dost ever protect, O
Theotokos, them that honor thee.
St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church
27450 N. Bradley Rd . Mettawa – Lake Forest , Illinois 60045 –5104
Email: (office@stbasilchurch.org) www.stbasilchurch.org
Parish Priest: V. Rev. Stavrophor Djuro Krosnjar - frkrosnjar@gmail.com (847) 477-1531 cell
Trustee Co-Chairman: Michael Kosanovich
Circle of Serbian Sisters: Richelle Ar andjelovic
Choir Director: Nada Savatic
Coordinators: Church School: Vasilija Vojcanin; Folklore: Slobodanka Vr anjes
St. Varnava Men’s Club: Vladimir Rokvic; Bookstore: Diana Potkonjak and Paul Saniuk
Facilities Contact: Matija Peyakovic and Nikola Gabr ic; Weekly Email: Zor an Mihajlovic
Serbian School: Jelena Visnjevac, Svjetlana Masic and Dunja Vla
St. Basil of Ostrog
Serbian Orthodox Church
27450 N. Bradley Rd, Mettawa - Lake Forest, IL. 60045-5104
V. Rev. Stavrophor Djuro Krosnjar Home (847) 680-1117 Cell (847) 477-1531 H. Fax (847) 680-1127
frkrosnjar@gmail.com - Church Phone (847) 247-0077 - Church FX (847) 247-0088
4th Sunday after Pentecost
EYE ON SCRIPTURE
Prophet Amos; Holy martyr Vitus; Great-martyr And having been set free from
prince Lazarus of Serbia; St. Ephraim and Spiri- sin, you became slaves of
don; Holy martyrs and new martyrs of Serbia; righteousness. I speak in hu-
Tone 3:
Epistle:
Rom. (6, 18-23)
Gospel:
Mt. (8, 5-13)
Saturday and Pre-Feast
Vespers 5:00 P.M.
~Next Sunday~
Divine Liturgy at 10:00 A.M.
Car Lazar of Serbia
Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Хребељановић; ca. 1329 - 15. June 1389) was a medieval Serbian
ruler, who created the largest and most powerful state on the
territory of the disintegrated Serbian Empire. Lazar’s state,
known in historiography as Moravian Serbia, comprised the
basins of the Great Morava, West Morava and South Morava
Rivers. Lazar ruled it from 1373 until his death in 1389. Lazar’s
political programme was the reunification of the disintegrated
Serbian state under him as the direct successor of the Nemanjic
dynasty, which ended in 1371 after two centuries of rule over
Serbia. Lazar had a full support from the Serbian Church for this programme, but powerful Serbin nobles did not recognize him as their supreme ruler.
In the Battle of Kosovo fought on June 15. 1389, Lazar led the army which confronted a massive invading army of the Ottoman Empire commanded by Sultan Murad I.
Both prince Lazar and Sultan Murad lost their lives in the battle. Although the battle
was tactically inconclusive, the mutual heavy losses were devastating only for the
Serbs. Lazar’s widow, Milica, who ruled as regent for her minor son Stefan Lazarevic,
Lazar’s successor, accepted Ottoman suzerainty in the summer of 1390.
Lazar is venerated in in the Serbian Orthodox Church as a martyr and saint, and is
highly regarded in Serbian history, culture and tradition of the Serbs. In Serbian epic
poetry he is called Tsar Lazar.
ST. BASIL OF OSTROG SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
man terms because of the
weakness of your flesh. For
just as you presented your
members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness
leading to more members
as slaves of righteousness
for holiness…
But now having been set
free from sin, and having
become slaves of God, you
have your fruit to holiness,
and the end, everlasting life.
For the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
(Rom. 6, 18-23
Orthodox Study Bible
While one is freely enslaved
to sin, he is not even aware of
it; he does not know enough
to be ashamed. But now—
having received the gospel—
one knows all actions have
serious consequences: sin
bears the fruit of shame and
ends in the second death.
Slavery to God, initiated in
baptism, is true freedom.
The fruit of baptism is holiness, or sanctification, and
it ends in everlasting life.
Thus salvation is a process
of transformation from sinner
to saint. We are saved
through baptism, and we are
being saved by the
uncreated grace of
God to be like Him,
in anticipation of
eternal life.
www.serbiancathedral.org
ST. BASIL OF OSTROG SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
KOSOVO AND VIDOVDAN AFTER SIX
HUNDRED YEARS
Every nation has a day in its
history which is considered
more important than any other. For Serbs, the most important date in their history is
June 15 (28), known as Vidovdan. On that day, in 1389,
six hundred years ago, Serbian and Turkish armies clashed
on Kosovo polje. Serbian ruler, Prince Lazar, and Turkish
sultan, Murat, died in the
combat. In addition, a large
number of Serbian warlords
and a huge number of Serbian
warriors lost their lives. According to the historical documents, neither the Serbs nor
the Turks had won the battle;
however, Serbia was so exhausted and weakened that it
could not offer a resistance to
the Turks; consequently, the
heirs of Prince Lazar acknowledged the Turkish rule,
after which began five centuries' of enslavement of Serbs
under the Turks. The long and
tormented enslavement
changed the course of Serbian
history and interrupted the
cultural progress of the Serbs
which was evident during the
rule of the Nemanjić dynasty.
It is difficult to assess the
importance of the Kosovo
battle for world history. Such
is the case with the battles at
the Alamo and Gettysburg,
which were important for
American history. However,
one cannot deny that the Kosovo battle was extremely
important not only for Serbia
but also for Europe and European Christian civilization.
The fact is that on Vidovdan,
June 15 (28), without the help
of a single European nation,
the Serbs defended on Kosovo
polje not only the borders of
their own territory and the
lives of their citizens, but, at
the risk of their national independence, they defended the
interests and security of Christian Europe. In the confrontation between two rivaling civilizations, Muslim and Christian, the Serbs stopped the
wave of the Turkish invasion,
interposed themselves as a
wall between the Turks and
Europe, and enabled Europe
to prepare its defense. The
question is whether the history
of Europe would have been
the same without the Battle of
Kosovo and Serbian victims.
However, no matter what
the historical value of Kosovo
and Vidovdan, for Serbs they
resemble a unique dimension
and unusual preeminence. Persons of non-Serbian origin may
consider Kosovo as only a distant, unknown and insignificant
territory, and Vidovdan, June
15 (28) as the date for a battle
of which they know little or
nothing about. For Serbs, Kosovo is their holy land, the cradle
of Serbian people and their inalienable, national, historical,
and cultural heritage. For them,
Vidovdan, June 15 (28), is not
only the date of a battle, but
their baptism of blood, the crucifixion that led to the resurrection, the spiritual root of the
Serbian national being and
sanctified legacy in which they
bequeathed religious, ethical
and national principles to all
Serbian generations since the
Kosovo battle...
In the people's awareness, the
entire Serbian history is divided
into two periods: the period
prior to the Battle of Kosovo
and the period after the Kosovo
battle. And while other battles
in which the Serbs participated,
always defending their freedom
and land, and never conquering
foreign territories, are mentioned only in history textbooks, Vidovdan is the only
date which was included in the
calendar, naming the feasts and
names of saints. Vidovdan became a feast that has been commemorated for centuries.
As a geographical territory,
Kosovo was Serbian even before 1389, before Vidovdan.
This property is not marked by
sticks and rocks, as gold miners
marked their claims, nor can it
be proved by the deeds written
in ink on paper, but by ancient
and magnificent Serbian churches and monasteries and Serbian cemeteries and tombstones. Capitals of Serbian kings
and sees of Serbian archbishops
and patriarchs were in Kosovo.
Moreover, because of the Battle
of Kosovo, Kosovo and Vidovdan merged into a single concept and have become synonymous with a specific meaning:
The Serbian Cause.
After June 15 (28), we cannot
speak of Kosovo apart from
Vidovdan and of Vidovdan
apart from Kosovo. They are
inseparable because on Vidovdan 1389, an indelible deed was
written by the blood of Serbian
warriors which forever confirms the Serbian ownership of
Kosovo. For centuries, Vidovdan commemorations are held
every year, reconfirming both
the Serbian ownership of Kosovo and Vidovdan-Kosovo eth-
ics, which is the core of Serbian national being and the essence of Serbian identity.
It should be emphasized that
Vidovdan commemorations
are not commemorations of a
Serbian military victory over
the Turks, because the Serbs
were not victorious in the Kosovo battle. However, it is
incorrect and malicious to
claim that at Vidovdan commemorations the Serbs "celebrate their defeat at Kosovo
polje." Such a statement has
no logical or historical confirmation. According to historical documents, Turks have
not won the battle on Kosovo.
Neither military victory nor a
military defeat could be and is
the cause or the meaning of
Vidovdan commemorations.
In these commemorations, the
Serbs pay their respects to
Kosovo heros who gave their
lives in defense of their faith,
freedom, nation, and country. At the same time, Vidovdan commemorations are an
annual review of the postKosovo Serbian generations.
They evaluate themselves according to the Vidovdan-Kosovo ethics and based on their
confirmation of the Kosovo
covenant. On Vidovdan, J une 15 (28), 1389, in the Kosovo polje, the Serbs chose once
and for all their religious, cultural, ethnic and national identity. Their choice, in the form
of an unwritten covenant, was
handed down to the post-Kosovo generations who, in the
course of six centuries, lived
in accordance with that covenant.
In the course of six centuries,
geographical boundaries and
demographic composition of
Kosovo, as well as political
and social conditions, have
changed. The Serbs, who constituted the majority in Kosovo, have become a minority.
Uncontrolled immigration of
thousands of people to Kosovo
from neighboring Albania and,
on the other hand, mass exodus of Serbs from that territory, due to the merciless persecution which Serbs were exposed to in that territory by
immigrants from Albania, especially in the period from
1943 to 1988, changed the
status of Serbian population
from the majority to the minority. Atrocities, unknown
even in uncivilized countries,
were conducted against the
Serbian population in Kosovo.
Unfortunately, the biased writings of the world press, including the American, falsely rep-
resented the situation in Kosovo. Serbs, the victims, were
depicted as oppressors while
the bullies and oppressors,
Muslim population of Kosovo,
were portrayed as victims. It is
incomprehensible that the freedom-loving Serbs, American
allies in two world wars, were
tarnished and attacked by the
American press, while their
oppressors, the former allies of
Hitler and Mussolini in World
War II, were undeservedly
and unjustifiably favored and
assisted. So, therefore, not
only did the geographic boundaries and territories, social and
political opportunities change,
but also alliances.
Fortunately, Kosovo ethics,
rooted in the very national
identity of Serbs, has not changed even after six hundred
years, and will not, and must
never be changed. The core
values and ethics, bequeathed
to the Serbs on Vidovdan 1389,
are not carved in stone planks,
but are embedded in the very
consciousness of every Serb.
These values, briefly defined,
are as follows:
1. Uncompromising faith in
God, without which there is
no true philanthropy;
2. Philanthropy as a confirmation of faith and piety;
3. Unshakable devotion to
Christianity according to the
Orthodox Church confession;
4. The precedence of spiritual
over material;
5. Faithfulness to God, nation, and country;
6. Freedom as a value to
which all must be sacrificed,
while it cannot be sacrificed
for anything;
7. Honesty, love of righteousness and peace, are virtues that
individuals must practice as a
basis for healthy social relationships;
8. Putting the general interest
above personal and willingness
to sacrifice oneself for those
interests;
9. Compassion that it is cultivated even towards the enemy;
National unity as a condition
for the preservation of national
existence.
This testament, this Kosovo
ethics, is the highest value of
Kosovo and Vidovdan. This is
the reason why we have been
commemorating Kosovo and
Vidovdan inseparably for six
centuries. That is why we commemorate it today.
V. Rev. Fr Mateja MATEJIC
(delivered in 1989)
MARRIAGE
BANNS (I)
Summer Camp
Programs or Youth
MARKO
MARINKOVICH,
son of Vladimir and
Biljana
(Ostojic)
Marinkovich, of Elmhurst,
IL and KAURIE KINCAID, St. Sava Monastery
daughter of Kyle and Johnna July 12—August 1
(Johnson) Kincaid, of KnoxNew Gracanica
ville, Iowa will get married
Monastery
on July 18, 2015 at St. Basil
June
28 - July 25
of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox
Signed registration
Church in Mettawa-Lake
forms on the candle
Forest, IL.
table at church
If there are any impediments Limited spaces availato this marriage please adble, some weeks alvise the parish priest.
ready to capacity
SUNDAY
LUNCHES
With our Chef Jelica
Available weekly for
food and fellowship.
Join us following
Divine Liturgy
Adults $7.00
Children $4.00
Where volunteers have the most
fun!!!!!
St. Basil Church Golf Outing and
Taste of Serbia.
Start planning ahead!
Join the church efforts to
host two great events!!!
For Golf—Contact Marko Vojcanin—mnvojcanin@gmail.com
For Taste of Serbia—Contact HelenMandich—
helen.mandich1@gmail.com
Become a volunteer and have the time of your life, make new friends,
your volunteer stewardship is welcome.
Dates to Remember:
July 4, 2015—Saturday, Diocesan Monaster y
Picnic, New Gracanica Monastery
July 7, 2015—Tuesday, Holy Litur gy 10
AM—Birth of St. John the Baptist Feast Day
July 12, 2015—Sunday, Petr ovdan—St. Peter
and Paul Feast Day—Kolaches blessed before and after 10 AM. Holy Liturgy
July 18, 2015– Saturday, Petr ovdan Golf Outing—Everyone invited and
welcome to play, attend, work. Bring your family and friends.
August 2, 2015– Sunday, St. Elijah Feast Day—Holy Liturgy 10AM
August 14-28, 2015 Dor mition Lent
August 19—Wednesday, Tr ansfigur ation of our Lor d—Holy Liturgy 10AM
August 28– Friday, Dor mition of the Theotokos—Holy Liturgy 10AM
TASTE OF SERBIA - SEPTEMBER 5. AND 6, 2015
Lord, visit
Thy servants
in their
suffering,
and grant
them grace
and strength to bear their
sickness with which they
are afflicted; heal and save
them:
Sister ANGELINA;
Milica BILBIJA;
Milorad BLAGOJEVIC;
Zivota BLAZIC;
Stevan BOGOJEVIC;
Aleksandar BURMEISTER;
David CASTALDO;
Petar COKIC;
Milan DAVORIJA;
Danilo DEJANOVICH;
Dusan DRONDIC;
Svetomir DUPOR;
Ivan GAVRILOVIC;
Roxanne GETZ;
Aleksandar GLISOVIC;
Daniela GOMEZ;
Radoslav IVANOVIC;
Dobrila KNEZEVIC;
Jadranka KOPAC;
Branko KOSANOVIC;
George KOVAC;
Ivan/Lesia KOSTIC;
Mara KOVACEVIC;
Ray/Laura KULMALA;
Cathy LALICH;
Slavojka MILESIC;
Milka/Milan MILICEVIC;
Ron MITROVICH;
Dragica MRKALJ;
Suzana NEDIC;
Boro NEDINIC:
Marija NIKOLICH;
Daliborka OPACIC;
Djuro/Jelena OPSENICA;
Mladen PECANAC;
Natalija PETROVIC:
Bonnie POPOVIC;
Aleksandra RALEVICH;
Jessica SELOUNTOS;
George SINNOKRAK;
Nikola SREJOVIC;
Simonida STIPANOVIC;
Nikola STOKOVIC;
Zika SUBARIC;
Angie/Aco TERIC;
Jovan VOJCANIN;
Petar ZIVANOVIC;
metr. JOVAN (Vraniskovski)