please note the time adjustment for Liturgy on St. Nicholas Day, Friday, 12/19. In order to accommodate the Bishop Carroll Student Evangelizers, we will begin at 9:30 am not our usual 9:00 am. Thank you for your cooperation! Everyone is encouraged to attend the liturgy and the social immediately following. St. Nicholas will visit with our guests.
our parish celebration of St. Nicholas will take place on Sunday 12/21 following Divine Liturgy. We welcome accordion player Ed Zablotney and anticipate a visit from St. Nicholas himself! All are welcome. Fasting deserts and dishes are appreciated!
to the small group of volunteers who gathered to decorate the church. As always, the church looks lovely!
the Birthright Giving Tree is here! Please pick an ornament and return the (unwrapped) gift in the bin located in the church vestibule. Act quickly, most of the ornaments are gone! We would like to return the bin and all items at the end of the month. Thank you for your support! Also, we have an adopted family. Details will be discussed in church today. Please help us redeem the Christmas holiday for this family. Thank you!
on 12/3, the following two items were received from the archdiocesan chancellor, Fr. Bill Evansky. Please keep in your prayers the newly departed servant of God +Archpriest Paul Pyrch who reposed in the Lord yesterday. Fr. Paul is a priest-son of the Holy Ghost parish in Ambridge where he was also the parish priest for several years in the 1970’s before entering the military chaplaincy. Details were posted at www.oca.org. +MEMORY ETERNAL! Having been asked recently a question about the OCA/Archdiocese of Pittsburgh’s policy concerning vacation time for parish priests, I thought it prudent to share this policy diocese-wide for the sake of consistency. This information should be shared with the parish council and officially adopted as a matter-of-record: * Priest - 1 to 5 years - 15 days’ vacation annually (2 Sundays) * Priest - 6 to 15 years - 21 days’ vacation annually (2 Sundays) * Priest - Over 15 years - 28 days’ vacation annually (3 Sundays) (The parish is responsible for the honoraria given clergy substitutes. Clergy substitutes are to be arranged in cooperation with the local Dean.) If you were wondering, Fr. Elijah (a priest 19 years) took 15 days of approved vacation time (including 3 Sundays). There was one Sunday affected by Flu Type-B, and Fr. Elijah remained on call even during his Doctoral Studies, attending the Parastas for Matushka Sue Senyo, and fielding calls. Technically, Father has not used 13 of his allotted vacation days!