St. Jonah Orthodox Church Sunday e-Bulletin

St. Herman's Conference: The St. Herman Conference 2025 for the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America will be held from December 29, 2025, to January 2, 2026, at Camp Mohawk in Alvin, TX, hosted by St. Jonah Parish in Spring, TX. Check-in is from 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM on December 29th, with the conference ending at 9:00 AM on January 2nd. You can register here: https://sthermandcma.regfox.com/st-herman-conference-dcma-2025

The Next Slavonic Liturgy we be on Saturday, December 20th, at 9:00 a.m.

The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Friday, December 19th, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/pyp-wpme-mih

Catechumens: If you are a catechumen, or are not a catechumen, but would like to participate in classes for Catechumens, be sure to join the Catechumen io group online.

You can also join the St. Jonah Catechumen group on Telegram.

Our next Catechumen Meeting will be held on Monday, December 29th, at 7:00 p.m., via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/tps-umcc-vzi

To sign-up to be a presenter, click here: https://forms.gle/zKZeN8iQAk8Jbzdz6

Sisterhood News: The Sisterhood Council's Next Meeting will be on Thursday, December 11th, at 7:00 p.m. via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/ncm-cxdd-uty

The Sisterhood has pierogies for sale in the freezer, $5 for a package of 6.

You can become a Sisterhood member by filling out membership forms online, the paper forms located in the trapeza hall bulletin board. Make sure to join Sisterhood io group online to be up-to-date with all Sisterhood news and announcements.

Brotherhood News: You can join the Brotherhood io group online to keep up with all Brotherhood news and announcements, or follow their Telegram channel.

Parish Finances:

Calendar year to date total (01 January thru October 2025):

    Tithes:               $226,492.69
    Building Fund:    $40,649.43

For October 2025:

    Tithes:            $17,393.14
    Building Fund:   $2,370.80
Average Monthly Expenses $19,840

Trapeza:

This Sunday: 12/14/25 (Fast: Fish, wine, and oil permitted): The Koulikova, Anna Howard, and Poputnikova families.

Next Sunday: 12/21/25 (Fast: Fish, wine, and oil permitted): The Hixson, Rafaelano, Linares families.

Cleaning Teams:

Currently: (Ending on): 12/21/25 – Team Kara.

Next (Ending on): 1/4/26 – Team Eugenia.

Vigil Readers:

This Saturday: 12/13/25: Rdr. Codratus Bornejko & John Mullins.

Next Saturday: 12/20/25: Subdeacon Paisios Martin & Seraphim Thompson.

Liturgy Readers:

This Sunday: 12/14/25: Rdr. Codratus Bornejko & John Mullins.

Next Sunday: 12/21/25: Subdeacon Paisios Martin & Seraphim Thompson.

Servers (Not including Adult Servers):

This Sunday: 12/14/25: Team B: Alex Kettner, Andrew Kettner, Ivan Kuzmin, Ezra Wilkinson, John West, and Mason Boren.

Next Sunday: 12/21/25: Team C: Mathieu Powell, Seraphim Powell, Constantine Powell, William De Carion, Luka Chrisanthus, and Michael Chrisanthus.

Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Archimandrite Benedict (Nelson); Archpriest Andre Papkov; Priest Benigno Pardo; Deacon Vladimir Trussin; Deacon Jorge Luque-Martin; Presbytera Sarah Trembley; Ann (Sonia) Shepherd; Subdeacon Romanos and Zoe Wren; Denise (Leslie) Barnett; Demetra Durham; Sophia (Cynthia) Hirsch; Joan Marie Pennings; Katherine Garbett Casanova; Renee (Ann) Nahlous; Maximus (Garrett) and Merilee (Mary) Eidson; Rozanne (Anne) and Jerry (John Herman) Spires; Michael Murphy; Valentin, Rada and Florentina, Olga, Nathaniel (Barrett) Mahand, Eliasious, Rdr. John Economou, Robert McIsaac, Galina Lay, Lisa (Euphemia) Bornejko, Cosmas (Spencer) Burton, Jeffery Gallagher, Savva (Tyler) Barrett, Dennis Tilley, Rdr. Gabriel Peña, Nun Barbara (Watts), John Watts, John Lickwar, Sophia Drobot, Mikhaela (Jennifer) Diaz, Svetlana, Gerald Campbell, Elizabeth De Carion, Daniel McLellan, Lydia Chernousova, Stephanos Rosseau, Josiah Plumley, Christopher Gulden, Aleksander, soldier Aleksandr, Nathaniel Bhatti, Anna, Cynthia (Melangell) Rausch, Rdr. James Lardas, Kristina Crain, James Powell, Cristin, Daniel Gonzalez, Dimitri, Christina, Juliana Blazek, Maria (Nicole) Murphy, and the children Caison Elisabeth Kellam and Anna Krutova, who are ill.

For Nikolai, who is struggling.

For Justin and Nadezhda who are suffering persecution.

For the safety and salvation of those in Ukraine: Vladimir, Yelena, Tatiana, Denis, Sophia, Maria, Ivan, and Artem; and Dimitriy.

For newly reposed servants of God: Richard, Valentina Bovtenko, and those slain in the fighting in Ukraine, Russia, Syria, and the Holy Land.

Expectant Mothers:
Matushka Ruth McPherson, Catherine (Katie) Powell, Anna Levy, Monica (Avie) Walling, Sophia Scott, Katherine Huss, Lydia Martin, Rachel Sisco, Photini (Ebony) Jenkins, Matushka Genevieve Companik, and Juliana Wilkinson.

Catechumens:
Howard Segal, Deborah and Alexander Gessell, Savita Bhatti; Jessica Palmer; Thomas Maroney, Nolan (Silouan) Boe, Nicholas Bruschi; Kristofer Sean Hutter; John Ryan Levy; Richard Risner; Hunter Jones; Andres Lynch; Cameron Winters; Gregory (Tyler) Pemberton; Moses (Grayson) Culton; Caleb Greene; Daniel and Faith Simmons, Matthew, Veronica, Addison, Sebastian, and Christian Callis; Noah Plasek; Brody Buechner; Jeremy Figaro; Domanic Barras; Alexis Prater; Michael Crain; Zoe Michelle Lewis; James and Case (Cassian) Cammack.

Non-Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Aiden, Shawna Hiu; Misty; Harold Wren; Melissa Munster (Moses Munster's mother); Heather Tolliver (Melissa Holloway's daughter); Gene and Beth Beggs, Scott and Carol Phillips, Ana Crespo, Liza, Aida Diaz, Antonio, John Lay, Jennie Mobley, Kathleen Sorrentino, Andrea Engelke, Robin Nicole Thomson McMillin, Julie Nelson, Charlotte LeBlanc, Kent and Nicoline, Lara Regis, Ana Maria, Sean, Audrey, Bob Richardson, Dylan DeRosia, Phillip Rice, Tony Beavers, Steven Jimenez, Kara Mahand, and the children Evan-Marie, Ava and Evelyn, who are ill.

For the Bruto da Costa family, Ken, Christina, Aki and family; and Johnnie, Damon and Elisabeth Myers, and their child, Dorothy, James Franklin and his family, Marcie Dark, Tim, Karen, Taylor, Lindsay, Jon, Alex, and Andrew Burns, Audrey and Michael Morgan, Michelle Brazzil, Robbin Russell, Naseem Bhatti, and Hurucaan Valerio.

The newly departed: Carlos Rogerio Garcia (Ana Lickwar's Father).

Thursday, December 18th	6:30 p.m. Vigil for St. Nicholas
Friday, December 19th	9:00 a.m. Liturgy for St. Nicholas
Saturday, December 20th	9:00 a.m. Slavonic Liturgy 5:00 p.m. Vigil
Sunday, December 21st	9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy