Дорогие Братья и Сестры! Мы рады приветствовать вас в нашем Храме в дни Святой Пасхи. Как обычно, мы ожидаем почтительное поведение и надлежащий этикет в нашем Храме и Культурном Центре, чтобы все собравшиеся могли молиться не отвлекаясь. 

Мы работаем тяжело  и стараемся содержать наш храмовый комплекс в хорошем состоянии для всех, кто к нам приходит. Вы можете только вообразить затраченное время, усилие наших прихожан и стоимость ремонтных работ. 

10 марта 2009, церковно-приходской совет единодушно проголосовал изменить время и систему освящения Пасхальной корзины, чтобы избежать очередей. Мы добавили дополнительное время для освящения пасхальных корзин в 6:00 вечера и просим каждого из Вас внести свою жертвову исходя из вашей возможности.   Мы благодарим Вас за понимание, сотрудничество, поддержку и желаем Вам светлой и радостной Пасхи Христовой!

Настоятель и Церковно-Приходской Совет

Храма 3-х Святителей

Once again we will be welcoming visitors to our church during this holy and joyous seasonof Pascha. As always, we expect reverence and proper decorum so that all maycontemplate and pray without distraction.

We work diligently to keep our church complex in good repair and beautiful for everyone to enjoy.  You can imagine the time, effort and cost involved.  We hope you will search your hearts and contribute generously when the donation baskets are being passed. The times of services and blessing of baskets schedule below: 

Paschal baskets have been carefully prepared with many of the foods from which we've been fasting for the past month and a half during Great Lent. There are several foods traditionally included in the basket. These are: a yeast bread, a bitter herb, cheese, meat, butter, salt, and a red egg. Each item in the basket has symbolic significance.

Pascha: The Easter Bread, a sweet, yeast bread, rich in eggs and butter. Symbolic of Christ Himself, who is “the Bread of Life.”  John 6:35.  This bread is usually a round loaf baked with a golden crust and decorated with a cross.

Cheese and Butter remind us of the Promised    Land, which has been reopened to us by Christ’s Resurrection and which we find in the Church, is “a land of milk and honey.”  Exodus 3:17

Meat – Usually ham or lamb (lamb was always   offered in the Temple and eaten on the Passover), meat comes as a rich reward after our season of fasting.  Lamb reminds us of Christ, whom John the Baptist calls, “the Lamb of God” John 1:36.  The meat is usually cooked so the festivities of the day will not be burdened with preparation.

Sausage: a spicy, garlic sausage of pork    products is indicative of God’s favor          and generosity.  Smoked and fresh kielbasa are customarily included in the basket.

Hard Boiled Eggs: As the chick emerges from the confinement of the shell,             so Christ resurrects from the tomb.  St. Mary Magdalene appeared to Tiberius Caesar and greeted him with a red egg and the words, “Christ is Risen!”

As we crack our hard-boiled eggs on Easter, it is traditional for two people to crack together.  The first says, “Christ is Risen!” and the second replies, “Indeed, He is Risen!”

Those who are able often include psanki (Ukrainian-decorated eggs) in their baskets as well.

Horseradish, colored with red beets is symbolic of the passion of Christ, still in our minds, but sweetened with some sugar to remind us of the Resurrection.

Bacon: A piece of uncooked bacon cured with spices, the fattest of foods, symbolizes the super-overabundance of Him who says, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundance.”  John 10:10

Salt.  Christ calls His disciples “the salt of the  earth.”  Matthew  05:13.  To be followers of Christ, we, too, must spread the ‘seasoning of Christ’, the good news of His Resurrection throughout society.

While this is the traditional Slavic basket, an Easter basket may contain your own preferred items.  From: www.stnicholas-billings.org

We thank you in advance for your support and cooperation and wish you a jubilant holiday.      

Three Saints Church Council  & Parishioners

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