St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
23300 King Drive
Clinton Township, MI 48035
586-791-1052
216-816-6828 Parish Cell
stnicksbyzantine@yahoo.com
Fr. Mykhailo Solianyk
Sub-Deacon Phillip Dinsmore
Cantors: George Nagrant, Nicholas P. Nagrant, Ann Pawluszka, Steve Terlescki, John P. Minarish
Subdeacon Phillip Dinsmore & Richard Baranko, Cantor Emeritus
Choir Director: Nicholas J. Nagrant
"And we went into the Greek lands, and we were led into a place where they serve their God,
and we did not know where we were, in Heaven or on Earth"
New Divine Liturgy Schedule
Sunday
10:00 AM Divine Liturgy
Effective October 6
Time will change to an 11AM Divine Liturgy
​
Weekdays and Holy Days please consult the bulletin
Confessions before each Liturgy
Between Liturgies or by appointment
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
​
Welcome, and thank you for visiting the St Nicholas Church website.
Feel free to read more about our church on this site, or come in for a visit.
We would love to greet you and share with you our love for Jesus Christ and for you, our neighbor.
The Sunday celebration of the Lord's Day and his Eucharist is at the heart of the Church's life. "Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church."
Donate to Help Families
Affected in Ukraine
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Glory Forever!
Slava Isusu Christu!
Slava na Viki!
Please continue to pray for the sick and shut-in of our parish:
Cindy Dinsmore, Lillian Stefano, Kitty Marchione, Erika Batcha,
and Jim St. Germain
and continue to give support and prayers for the future ordination of
Subdeacon Phil Dinsmore.
.
​
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Epistle: 2 Corinthians 11:31-12:9
Gospel: Luke 6:31-36
The "Golden Rule"
At that time Jesus said: “Deal with others as you would like them to deal with you.
· If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
· And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do as much.
· And if you lend only to those from whom you expect to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full”.
· “Rather, you must love your enemies and do good to them, and lend without expecting any repayment.
· In this way, you will receive a great reward. You will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful”.
The meaning of this Holy Gospel:
This hyperbolic command summarizes the duty of a disciple regarding love of enemies, and all people for that matter. We should be willing and ready to sacrifice ourselves and what we have for the welfare of others.
To be merciful means to have sincere concern for someone else, especially when they are suffering or disadvantaged. God showed His mercy by sending His Son to die for our sins.
God expects us to imitate Him by seeking after the welfare of those who oppose us.
We invite to join our mailing list and receive
emails we send out with news, upcoming
events or special Liturgy schedules
​​
October 1- Bishop Robert to visit St. Nicholas Parish for Divine Liturgy and a special Listening Session: All parishioners within the Great Lakes Deanery are invited to join Bishop Robert and other deanery clergy at St. Nicholas Church on Tuesday evening, October 1st, to celebrate Divine Liturgy at 6:00pm, immediately followed by a special discussion session entitled, “An Eparchy on the Move— A New Cathedral and an Evangelizing Eparchy. Listening Sessions with Bishop Robert M. Pipta.”
​
​
October 5th, 2024: Annual Traditional Eastern European Dinner at St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Parish in Flushing, MI.
5 - 7 pm. $15 per meal.
​
Starting with the Liturgy on Sunday, October 6, the Sunday Divine Liturgy will begin at 11:00am
​
October 11-12, 2024: Special EWTN Documentary commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Byzantine-Ruthenian Church in America: On Friday, October 11, at 10:30pm (ET) and again on Saturday, October 12, at 11:30am (ET), EWTN is planning on airing the television documentary, “Treasury of Blessings,” in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Byzantine-Ruthenian Church in America.
​
The Double-Headed Eagle
A teaching from Bishop Robert Pipta
​
Announcing our 2nd Annual St. Nicholas Parish Day Raffle!!! We will be kicking off another special fundraiser raffle to help raise money for some capital improvement projects here at St. Nick’s. The drawing will take place at our annual St. Nicholas Parish Day Dinner on Sunday, December 8th, and will feature multiple winners and a top prize of $2,000. For this raffle to be successful, we will again need help from all of our parishioners to sell tickets to your friends, relatives, neighbors, etc.
Upcoming Events @St. Nick's
​
Calendar​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​
Sunday, September 29
​Catechism
​
Tuesday, October 1
​
Sunday, October 6
New time of 11am for the Divine Liturgy
​
Sunday, October 13
​
Sunday, October 20
​
Sunday, October 27
​
Sunday, November 3
​
Friday, November 8
Archangel Michael and all Angels
​
Sunday, November 10
​
Sunday, November17
​
Thursday, November 21
​
Sunday, November 24
​
Thursday, November 28
Thanksgiving Day
​
Sunday, December 1
​
Friday, December 6
​
​
​
​
In the beginning
God created heaven and earth.
Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters.
God said, 'Let there be light,'
and there was light.
God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness.
God called light 'day',
and darkness he called 'night'.
Evening came and
morning came: the first day.
Genesis 1: 1 - 5