St. George Serbian Orthodox Church















 
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We welcome all visitors and seekers to join us!

We invite you to join us for services, which are held in Church Slavonic, English and Serbian. Please consult our Service Schedule for specific feast day information. Please note that only baptized Orthodox Christians can partake of our sacraments and receive the antidoron (nafora) distributed at the end of the liturgy. You are encouraged to ask our priest for additional learning materials or service substitution readings. Private catechism sessions can be arranged upon request.





PARISH NEWS:


  • REMINDER:  The Apostle's Fast began on Monday, June 15 and ends on the Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, July 12.

  • Our next LAMB ROAST and POGACHA/KROFNE SALE will be on Sunday, July 12 at noon.  Make your order at church or by email today!

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Quotables

"The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given to us" (Romans 5:5).

Love is joy and love anoints the heart of man with joy. Brethren, love is power and love anoints the heart of man with power. Love is peace and love anoints the heart of man with peace. And from joy, power and peace, courage is born and love anoints the heart of man with courage.

The love of God, as a fragrant oil, is shed abroad in our hearts by no other than the Holy Spirit, the All-gentle and All-powerful Spirit. Completely undeserved by us, the Spirit of God is shed abroad in us: the love of God in our hearts in the Mystery [Sacrament] of Chrismation. However, in time we neglect this love and by sin we alienate ourselves from God and fall into the disease of spiritual paralysis. And the Holy Spirit unwilling to abide in an impure vessel, distances Itself from our heart. When the Holy Spirit distances Itself from us, then joy, power, peace and courage also departs from us immediately. We become sorrowful, weakened, disturbed and fearful. But the All-good Spirit of God only distances Itself from us but does not abandon us completely. He does not abandon us but He offers to us who are sick, remedies through the Mystery of Repentance and the Mystery of Holy Communion. When we again cleanse ourselves through the Mysteries [Sacraments] of Repentance and Communion then He, the Holy Spirit of God, again abides in us and the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts. We fall, we rise, we fall and we rise! When we fall, the Spirit of God stands by us and raises us if we desire to be raised. However, when we are raised, the Spirit of God stands within us all until we, by sin and foolishness, do not desire to fall. Thus, we in this life interchangeably become a fertile field and a wilderness, sons of repentance and prodigal sons, fullness and emptiness, light and darkness.

O All-good Holy Spirit of God, do not depart from us either when we want You and when we do not want You. Be with us all the time until our death and save us for life eternal.


-The Prologue from Ohrid, by St. Nikolaj (Velimirovic)



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