Schedule Adjustment: On Sunday, September 6th the Divine Liturgy will be celebrated by at 10:30 AM. This change is due to the 81st Annual Pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on Labor Day weekend at Mount St. Macrina in Uniontown, PA.

Mirovanije: Yesterday we celebrated the Great Feast of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God. At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy bread, wheat, wine, and olive oil were blessed along with flowers in honor of the Dormition. Following Divine Liturgy today there will be Holy Anointing and the distribution of blessed bread as we continue to celebrate this Great-Feast of the Mother of God through next Sunday, 23rd August.

Baking: We have designated the following Saturdays for ‘Food Festival’ kolácsi baking: September 12th, September 19th, and October 10th. At this time we already have sufficient supplies of flour and sugar for this year’s baking. We have also already received $300.00 in cash donations and 24 lbs. of walnuts. The cash will be invested in additional walnuts ($6.99 per lb.), apricot, lekvar, raspberry fillings, and fresh-ground poppyseed.
We will need donations of large eggs closer to the baking dates and we could always use butter and margarine (not the ‘spreads‘ which are unsuitable for baking due to their high moisture content). Butter and margarine are used for kolácsi (60 lbs.), haluški (18 lbs.), sauerkraut (6 lbs.), and pirohi (30+ lbs.).

Let us remember in prayer:
… The soul of +Mary Senko who died on August 10th at the age of 101. May her memory be eternal! Vičnaja jej pamjat’!
. . . The soul of +Olga Hatchel who died on August 11th. May her memory be eternal! Vičnaja jej pamjat’!