Holy Ghost Orthodox Church

Welcome!

Holy Ghost Orthodox Church is a multi-ethnic, English-speaking Orthodox parish in rural Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. We are located approxumately halfway between Delmont and Saltsburg, off of State Route 819 (five miles north of US Route 22 East of Murrysville). Under the Omophorion of His Beatitude Metropolitan Constantine of the Ukranian Orthodox Church of the USA. Holy Ghost has been serving Our Lord since its founding by Galician Immigrants in 1923.

Holy Ghost is a small parish by today's standards, the people of our parish pride themselves on their hospitality and love towards our visitors. Please plan to stay after Divine Liturgy for our Coffee Hour Social Time.

Please feel free to contact Father Robert Popichak if you have any questions or are interested in learning about the Orthodox Church. Father Bob has served at Holy Ghost since January of 1998.

All Services are in English. Holy Day Services are announced in the weekly bulletin (see below).

Announcements:

Metropolitan Christopher Photo
Please remember in your prayers His Beatitude Christopher, Metropolitan of the Serbian Orthodox of North and South America, who Fell Asleep in the Lord Wednesday evening, 18 August 2010. May God grant His Newly Departed Servant Metropolitan Christopher the Kingdom of Heaven and Life Everlasting! Vechnaya Pam'yat, Vladyka Christopher!

Please remember Very Rev. Father Robert Holet, Protopresbyter Nestor Kowal, and Very Rev. Father Jakiw [James] Norton, in your prayers. May our Lord and Savior grant his priests a speedy and complete recovery!

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to Alexander Popichak, who revised and modified this web page to be both beautiful and Much More Functional than my rudimentary one. Thanks Alex, and God Bless you for your work for His Church!

Please continue to pray for the guests and staff of the Eastern Orthodox Foundation!

Weekly Bulletin

29 August 2010

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
AFTERFEAST OF THE DORMITION; TRANSLATION OF THE IMAGE “NOT MADE BY HANDS” FROM EDESSA TO CONSTANTINOPLE; MARTYR DIOMEDES THE PHYSICIAN OF TARSUS IN CILICIA; VENERABLE CHERIMON OF EGYPT; 33 MARTYRS OF PALESTINE; VENERABLE JOACHIM-MONK OF OSOGOV; VENERABLE GERASIMOS THE NEW-ASCETIC OF CEPHALONIA; NEW-MARTYR NICODEMUS OF METEORA; NEW-MARTYR STAMATOIS OF THESSALY
BLESSING OF FLOWERS AFTER LITURGY
Tone 5
II Corinthians 1:21-2:4
Matthew 22:1-14
Litany in Blessed Memory of Aldo Ardisson & Emil Joseph Paouncic—40 days—Fr. Bob
Parastas in Blessed Memory of Stella E. Cherepko—40 days—Fr. Bob

Please Note:
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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