Serbian Orthodox Church

Saint George' church in East Chicago hosts pre wedding seminar

Last weekend my fiancée and I with five other couples attended the first held pre-wedding seminar at the church. Father Aleksandar Savic hosted the event with special guests and presenters Dr. Milena Tatic-Bajich and Father Ilija Balach.

Relics of Venerable Abba Justin transferred to the Monastery church

  On Saturday, June 14^th 2014, the relics of Venerable Abba Justin the New of Celije were transferred to the church of the Celije Monastery. His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy with the concelebration of twenty bishops from all Local Orthodox Churches, a great number of priests and deacons.Venerable Abba Justin the New of Celije is truly respected by the Serbian people and by the whole Orthodoxy, which is proved by the event of the transfer of his honorable relics into the new church of the Monastery of Celije.

About ten thousand believers arrived to this shrine from all parts of the country, but also from Mount Athos, Greece, Russia, Georgia, Romania, Cyprus, Switzerland, Germany, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska and the United States.

75th Annual SNF Basketball Tournamen

 North Canton, OH - St George Serbian Orthodox Church in North Canton hosted the 75th Annual SNF Basketball Tournament June 5-8th. Serbian communities from all over North America gathered in fellowship, competition and camaraderie. 

Youngwood Parish Celebrates 102 Years

Holy Ascension of Our Lord Serbian Orthodox Church in Youngwood, Pennsylvania, joyously celebrated its 102^nd Krsna Slava on June 1, 2014. Rev. Father Milan Medakovic served the Divine Liturgy and Slava Litija to a packed church, and afterward remarked about the warmth and family atmosphere that prevailed through the services and the banquet that followed in the social hall. 

Stevan and Kimberly Cheran who were married here in November of 2011 served as honored Kumovi. Stevan is the son of Steve and Rosemarie Cheran of Monoreville and the grandson of +Steve and +Lilian Cheran of Youngwood. Stevan has a long history with our church since his father was raised here and his grandparents brought him here to services since his earliest recollection. Kimberly is the daughter of Ronald and Audrey Gratzinger of Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and accepted Orthodoxy in 2007. Our entire parish wishes Stevan and Kimberly many blessings and many years!

100 years of Faith and Tradition

St. Elijah, Aliquippa, PA will be commemorating 100 years of Faith and Tradition, August 2 & 3, 2014. Activities will begin with a reception and picnic, and commence with a Grand Banquet the following evening.

Serbian Festival in Columbus

Columbus,OH - This year our traditional Serbfest will be on SATURDAY JULY 26, 2014. As in the past years we will have a great variety of delicious ethnic food: spit-roasted lambs, chevaps, sarma (stuffed sauerkraut cabbage rolls), gibanica, Serbian pastries and much, much more! There will be also live music and a full bar with all the premium domestic and Serbian liquors and beer. We look forward to seeing you all and bring your friends too! We guarantee you will want to come back for more!