News and Announcements

Wednesday, February 17
6:00am - First Hour
9:00am - Third Hour Prayers
12:00pm - Sixth Hour Prayers
6:30pm - First Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Friday, February 19
7:00pm - First Akathist (Madeyah) to the Theotokos

St. Nicholas calendar

Tuesday, February 09
6:00pm - Feast of Faith OCF

Wednesday, February 10
6:00am - First Hour Prayers
7:00pm - Daily Vespers

Saturday, February 13
5:00pm - Great Vespers followed by 40-day memorial for Resa

Coming Up

Sunday, February 14. Cheesefare Sunday
9:00am - Orthros
10:00am - Divine Liturgy
7:00pm - Forgiveness Vespers

Monday, February 15. Great Lent begins
9am - Third Hour Prayers
12:00pm - Sixth Hour Prayers
7:00pm - Section of the Canon of St. Andrew with Compline

Tuesday, February 16
6:00pm - OCF and Compline with Section of the Cannon

Wednesday, February 17
6:00am - First Hour
9:00am - Third Hour Prayers
12:00pm - Sixth Hour Prayers
6:30pm - First Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Friday, February 19
7:00pm - First Akathist (Madeyah) to the Theotokos

This week at St. Nicholas

Monday, February 1 at 6:30pm - Vesperal liturgy for the Feast of the Presentation

No Wednesday services this week.

Saturday, February 6 at 8:00am - Saturday of Souls liturgy. Please leave the names of the departed you wish to be commemorated with Fr. James or at the church before Saturday morning.

Saturday, February 6 from 9:30am to 4:00pm - Chanting workshop with Richard Barrett, All Saints Bloomington, IN choir director. Please RSVP by Tuesday if you are planning on attending. $10.00 registration fee to cover lunch, music, and honorarium.

Coming Up

Sunday, February 7 - Meatfare Sunday. Baby shower for Angie I., all parish ladies invited.

Saturday, February 13 - 40 day memorial for Resa Ellison following Vespers

Sunday, February 14 - Cheesefare Sunday. Forgiveness Vespers, 6:00pm

Monday, Febraury 15 - Great Lent begins

This week at St. Nicholas:

Wednesday morning prayers and vespers are cancelled. Fr. James will be in Louisville for a Service of Unction for Fr. Alexander Atty.

Choir practice is Saturday at 4:00pm. Great Vespers begins at 5:00pm.

Three Hierarchs celebrates their patronal feast day this coming weekend. Vespers will be at 7:00pm on Friday. Orthros/Divine Liturgy is at 8:30am on Saturday.

Coming Up

Saturday, February 6 - Chanting workshop with Richard Barrett, All Saints Bloomington, IN choir director.

Sunday, February 7 - Meatfare Sunday. Baby shower for Angie I., all parish ladies invited.

Saturday, February 13 - 40 day memorial for Resa Ellison following Vespers

Sunday, February 14 - Cheesefare Sunday. Forgiveness Vespers, time TBA

Monday, Febraury 15 - Great Lent begins

There will be no Great Vespers this Saturday. Sunday Orthros and Divine Liturgy will be served by visiting clergy.

The funeral arrangements for Resa are as follows:

Sunday 3 - 7 PM: Visitation at St. Nicholas. Memorial service (Parastas) will begin at 7 PM.

After the Memorial service an all-night vigil will begin. There will be a sign-up sheet at church for those who wish to help with reading during the night.

Monday: If you wish to join the funeral procession please be at church at 10 AM. The procession will leave around 10:10. Burial is at Bailey Cemetery, CR 800N west of Route 45 and north of Tolono. The graveside service will begin at approximately 10:30. If you plan to go directly to the cemetery, please park well away from the grave site so the hearse can approach.

Following the graveside service, we will return to church for the Meal of Mercy.

Resa Ellison fell asleep in the Lord the afternoon of Sunday, January 3, 2010, after a two month illness.

The daughter of the V. Rev. James and Kh. Linda Ellison, Resa was admitted to Unity Hospital, Fridley, MN, on Sunday, November 8 after being diagnosed with H1N1 and an aggressive form of pneumonia. By November 18, her condition had become grave. Breathing with the assistance of a ventilator, she remained in an induced coma. In late December, she was transferred to the University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis.

Resa was a graduate of Saint Vladimir's Seminary and was choir director at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Minneapolis.

The funeral service for Resa is at St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral in Minneapolis (17th Ave. NE & 5th St.) on Thursday, January 7 at 7pm, with visitation beginning at 5pm. There will be an all night vigil. Those interested in reading should contact St. Mary's Cathedral Office, 612.781.7667. Funeral Divine Liturgy is on Friday at 9am, followed by Parastas and luncheon.

Visitation is Sunday, January 10, at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church from 3-7pm, with Memorial service at 7pm. Interment is at Bailey Cemetery, Tolono, at 10:30am Monday. Luncheon to follow at St. Nicholas Church, Urbana.

Memorials will be directed to Hogar Rafael Ayau Orphanage in Guatemala via St. Mary’s or St. Nicholas Church.

A family blog -- www.caringbridge.org/visit/resaellison/journal -- features links through which notes of support to her parents and family and memorial donations may be made.

Resa Ellison, October 11, 1978 – January 3, 2010

Wednesday morning prayers and vespers are canceled for the 9th and the 16th.

On December 24 we will serve the Royal hours of the Nativity followed by the Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil. The Hours will begin at 8:00am with the Vesperal Liturgy following immediately after.

That evening at 8:00pm we will serve Orthros and Divine Liturgy of Christmas.

As always, please check the calendar for cancellations or additions to the regular schedule.

On Sunday, November 8, Resa Ellison was admitted to Unity Hospital in Fridley, MN, with H1N1 and pneumonia. In addition to being the choir director at St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral in Minneapolis, MN, Resa is also the daughter of Fr. James and Kh. Linda.

To keep friends and family members updated on news on Resa and her condition, a CaringBridge account has been set up. If you would like to read her journal or post well-wishes on her guestbook, click here

Additionally, a fund has been set up to help with some of the extraordinary costs associated with treating Resa's illness. To access the Resa Ellison fund, click here.

Alternatively, you may mail checks to:

The St. Nicholas Christian Education Team has set the beginning of classes and Bible Studies for the fall for Sunday September 27.

Sunday morning CE classes will begin shortly after the invocation for Matins at 9:00AM  New Curriculum and new parish wide involvement are all part of our fall plans. We also are planning for the opening CHurch School blessing of children, parents, and teachers at the dismissal of Divine Liturgy September 20 by His Grace Bishop MARK. All parents and children are asked to make attendance a priority.

Monday August 31 7:00PM Vespers for the Indiction
Tuesday September 1 6:00PM OCF Feast on Faith, 2nd & John
Wednesday September 2 7:00PM Daily Vespers
Saturday September 5 2:00PM Chrismation Warfel family
                                   3:30PM Baptism Zachariah Favret, reception to follow