Bishop Lukijan of Osijek-Polje and Baranja reposed in the Lord
24. May 2017 - 22:37
Bishop Lukijan of Osijek-Polje and Baranja fell asleep in the Lord in the afternoon of 24 May 2017 at the Clinical Hospital Center in Osijek, Croatia.
Bishop Lucian (Vladulov) was born on 9 May 1933 in Heifeldt (today's New Kolarci in Banat). He finished the Theological Seminary in Sremski Karlovici as well as the Theological Faculty of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade.
Patronal Feast Day Celebration in Seattle
2. June 2017 - 14:06
On the Seventh Sunday after Pascha, May 28, 2017, parishioners of St. Sava Church in Seattle celebrated their Patronal Feast Day- Transfer of the Relics of St. Sava.
Episcopal Dean, Very Rev. Vidoslav Vujasin from Portland served the Divine Liturgy together with parish priest Rev. Zoran Aleksic. After reading of the Holy Gospel, addressing the faithful, Fr. Vidoslav spoke of the High Priestly Prayer of Jesus and about our role in the Church as God's chosen.
The Cyrillic Day in Atlanta
30. May 2017 - 13:45
This event was in honor of the Feast of St. Cyril and Methodius, the two holy brothers who were Byzantine Christian theologians and Christian missionaries to the Slavic people. The Cyrillic Day was organized for the first time on May 21, 2017, here in Atlanta. It took place in the central library for Gwinnett County in Lilburn (the same city where we are building our Serbian church).
St. Nicholas in Philadelphia Celebrates is Patronal Feast Day
30. May 2017 - 13:41
On Sunday May 21st, St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church of Greater Philadelphia joyously celebrated Its patronal feast day of the Transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas. Prior to the conclusion of Divine Liturgy, the clergy and faithful went in procession around the church. At the conclusion of the gestalt procession, the Slavski kolach and koljivo were blessed at the entrance of the church.
Sunday of the Blind Man in North Port
30. May 2017 - 13:37
On the Sixth Sunday after Pascha, on the celebration of feast of St John the Evangelist, in the North Porth parish, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Presbyter Fr Sasa Djurdjevic. Approximately 50 faithful, among whom were ten Russian Orthodox faithful, who with their majestic chanting, together with the choir, helped beautify the Liturgical assemblage. Following the Liturgy, a luncheon was prepared and served to all present.
