HOLY GHOST ORTHODOX CHURCH  Православнa Церква Святого Духа
714 Westmoreland Avenue P.O. Box 3 Slickville, PA 15684-0003 For a map to our church, click here	Holy Ghost Orthodox Church is a multi-ethnic, English-speaking parish in rural Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  We are located approximately half-way between Delmont and Saltsburg, off State Route 819  five miles north of US Route 22--east of Murrysville.   Under the Omophorion of His Beatitude, Metropolitan Constantine of the  Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA. Holy Ghost has been serving Our Lord since its founding by Galician immigrants in 1923. A small parish by today's standards, the people of Holy Ghost pride themselves on their hospitality and love towards visitors.  Please plan to stay after Divine Liturgy for our Coffee Hour Social time. Please feel free to contact Father Bob Popichak if you have any questions or are interested in learning more about the Orthodox Church. Father Bob has served Holy Ghost Parish since January of 1998. Divine Liturgy-- Sunday 10:30 AM All services are in English.  Holy Day Services are announced in the weekly bulletin--see below left.
Rev. Father Robert Popichak Pastor 412-279-5640 Home 412-956-6626 Cell e-mail Father Bob	The annual Slickville Ecumenical Lenten Services continues on Thursday, March 11, at 7 PM.  Saint Sylvester Roman Catholic Church will be the host, with Rev. Linda Steward as guest speaker.  Please try to attend if your schedule allows. Please continue to pray for the guests and staff of the Eastern Orthodox Foundation! Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration Please visit our New Web Site:  http://Orth-Transfiguration.org
Elevation of the Most Holy Cross Icon	SUNDAY 07 MARCH 2010 Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great THIRD SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT VENERATION OF THE MOST HOLY CROSS FINDING OF THE RELICS OF THE HOLY MARTYRS AT THE GATE OF EUGENIUS AT CONSTANTINOPLE; MARTYR MAURICE & SON PHOTINUS, & MARTYRS THEODORE, PHILIP, & 70 SOLDIERS AT APAMEA IN SYRIA; VENERABLE THALASSIUS, LIMNAEUS, & BARADATES-HERMITS OF SYRIA; ATHANASIUS THE CONFESSOR OF CONSTANTINOPLE; SAINT PETER THE STYLITE OF MOUNT ATHOS Tone 6 Hebrews 4:14-5:6 Mark 8:34-9:1 Litany in Blessed Memory of John Metrick, Mary Smith, Andrew Hanczar, Anna Lawrence, Michael Cicio, Joseph Vangrin, & Frank Riznow—Fr. Bob Parastas in Blessed Memory of Hilda Holupka—Mike Holupka Holy Ghost follows the "Old" or Julian Calendar for fixed feasts--meaning that we celebrate the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on 07 January on the Gregorian or "civil" calendar.
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