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Deacon Charles Burger
+ January 3, 2007
ETERNAL MEMORY
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1118138
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1123629/
9-NOV-2006
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KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan -- A 25-year-old seminarian has become the first
deacon ordained by the Greek-Catholic Church in Kazakhstan. "I have
dreamed of being a priest since my early childhood," Father Deacon Ivan
Chyzhik said Oct. 29 after his diaconal ordination, the penultimate step
toward priesthood. Other seminarians and monastics were among the 500
faithful who attended the ceremony at Protection of the Mother of God
Greek-Catholic Church in Karaganda, 200 kilometers southeast of Astana.
The white-walled, gold-domed building is one of two churches in
Karaganda, that belong to the Greek-Catholics. Bishop (Jan Babjak) of Preshov performed the ordination, on the invitation of Ukrainian Father Basil Hovhera, ecclesiastical superior of Greek-Catholics in Kazakhstan and the rest of Central Asia. Soviet leader Josef Stalin suppressed the Greek-Catholic Church in Ukraine, putting all bishops and many priests in prisons or concentration camps. Thousands of Greek-Catholics from western Ukraine were deported to Karaganda, which, as a result, had the largest community of Ukrainians outside their homeland. The underground Bishop Alexander (Khira) of Uzhhorod, living in exile in Karaganda, not only supplied the Greek-Catholics with priests but also constructed the only Catholic Cathedral ever built in the USSR (other Catholic Cathedrals were in Soviet territory, but had been built before the Communists came to power). Bishop Alexander is buried next to his Cathedral\in Karaganda. After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, and Kazakhstan and other former Soviet republics became independent countries, Greek-Catholics registered Protection of the Mother of God Church, which was ready for use in 1997. Another church and a convent, also in Karaganda, followed. In September this year, the Greek-Catholics dedicated a new parish church to Blessed Alexis Zaritskiy, known as the Apostle of Siberia and Kazakhstan. He 24 other Ukrainian Greek-Catholics were beatified by Pope John Paul II on June 27, 2001, during the late pope's five-day visit to Ukraine. source: http://www.byzcath.org/bboard/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=002938;p=1#000003 |
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+ Fr. Theodore Krepp
July 18, 1955 - September 14, 2006
1-AUG-2006
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25-JUNE-2006
"Please remember in your prayers Deacon Jon Bastick of the Romanian Catholic Eparchy of St. George, Canton, Ohio who reposed in the Lord this morning. He leaves his devoted wife Elaine, children and grandchildren."
http://www.byzcath.org/bboard/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=002629;p=1#000006
19-JUNE-2006
Deacon Maximos
3-JUNE-2006
Bishop John Michael (Romanian Eparch) will be visiting Holy Resurrection Monastery to celebrate Holy Pentecost.
Pentecost Eve ( Saturday, June 10, 2006 )
11:00 AM - Hierarchical Divine Liturgy and Ordination of Monk Maximos to the
Holy Diaconate
14-JUNE-2006
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12-JUNE-2006
On June 13, 2006 at 7:00 PM, Bishop William, Eparch of Van Nuys, will celebrate the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy and ordain Subdeacon Marcus Gomori to the Order of Deacon at the ProCathedral of Saint Stephen, Phoenix, AZ.
12-JUNE-2006
rubrics for reader services
http://metropolitancantorinstitute.org/ReaderServices
proposed order of services when
a deacon serves in the absence of a priest
http://metropolitancantorinstitute.org/DeaconServices.html
Deacon Candidates
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Deacon Joseph Marquis ordained Presbyter
Fr. Joseph
Full story at: http://www.parma.org/stories.htm
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2004 & 2005 - Eparchy of Passaic
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2003 - Eparchy of Passaic
The Burial of a Deacon
Deacons are buried with the same rite as lay persons. They have received
major orders, but serve as the link between the laity and the hierarchy, and
represent the laity in service to the altar, leading the laity in prayer and
instruction.
Deacons are to be buried in vestments holding a kadillo. The deacon's body
may be anointed with oil (on the forehead as in the case for the priest).
The anointing of the body is not restricted to the priest. There is no
formula for the anointing and the face is not covered with the aer. The
deacon's body can be displayed in the church. The body should be oriented
with the top of the head towards the altar and the feet towards the door of
the church.
Manuscripts do contain special prayers for a departed deacon. It may be
used as an option in place of "O God of spirits and all flesh..." The prayer
follows and should be used only once during the funeral liturgy.
Prayer for Departed Deacon
You dwell in the heavens and all the ends of the earth. You indeed know all
the works performed among us by our departed brother (NAME) in this house
fortified by You. In kindness reward him in his parting, giving him a
dwelling in light and in the place of the righteous, forgiving his
transgressions and faults. Grant us help also in the light of Your percepts
that we also may escape from this shadow. For Your Holy Name is worthy of
adoration, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever.
I'm
Catholic Too !
By
Father
Deacon Nicholas A. Daddona
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Protodeaconess Jerusalem |
Church of Greece Restores Diaconate for Women
31-MAR-2004
| Symbolism of Diaconate Ordination |
Excerpted from the ordination brochure of Deacon John who serves the Eparchy of Van Nuys. |
| 1. The deacon is ordained for the service of the Liturgy,
but not for the celebration of the Eucharist which is reserved for
priests. Therefore, the ordination of a deacon occurs after the anaphora
(consecration).
2. Metanoias or deep prostrations represent an extreme change of heart, of repentance and of the humility that underlies real conversion. The first call to prostration represents the voice of the people in the promotion of the candidate. The second call is directed to the clergy, and the third to the Bishop. 3. The candidate notes his acceptance of this calling by his allowing to be lead around the holy table and his kissing the holy table in recognition of his call to service at the throne of God. 4. The three hymns that are sung during the triple procession around the holy table recall the martyrs as exemplaries of faith, the apostles as the preachers of the true faith, and finally the Theotokos, Mary the Virgin, the font and strength of all ordained. 5. The Bishop lays his omophorion (the stole that symbolizes the Bishop's authority) upon the head of the candidate to demonstrate his reception of the pastoral burden. 6. The Bishop's imposition of hands imparts a special grace of the Holy Spirit (Acts 6) upon the candidate. He may now serve as Christ's instrument 7. Axios! is the Greek term for "Worthy!" or "He is Worthy!" Proclaimed first by the Bishop, then by the clergy, and finally by the people, this triple acclamation of "Axios!" underscores the involvement of the whole Church in the call and acceptance of the candidate. |
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Righteous Melchisedek on the northern door |
St. Stephen, the First Martyr and Archdeacon on the southern door |
From the iconostasis of the Byzantine Catholic Church in Bratislava. Installed in December
1996. ICONS – Byzantine Catholic Church in Slovakia (Contemporary iconography)
Icons by Rastislav Bujna (Bratislava).
The Church of Passaic is a church of the Byzantine Metropolia of Pittsburgh which is a sui iuris church of the Catholic Church. It follows the Ruthenian Byzantine Rite.
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