Request for Help to Continue our Traditional After Sunday Services Lunch

We are in need of help from parish members to assist in providing lunch after Sunday Services.
In the interest of increasing fellowship and community at our church, we wish to revive this tradition of after Sunday lunch.
We need people to volunteer to provide regular, consistent and continuing support in this effort.
Currently there are only 4 people providing Sunday lunch, we could use extra hands!
Anyone who wishes to help, please contact Iryna Porter at (301) 461-5192 or irxi@excite.com
Thank You!

September 2008

• Tuesday Sept. 16 at 6:30 p.m., English vespers for the feast of St. Ioasaph of Belgorod, the patron of our sisterhood.
  There was a Slavonic liturgy Wednesday morning at 10 a.m.
• On Saturday evening, September 20, we served vespers as usual at 6 p.m. for the Nativity of the Theotokos, followed by dinner and fellowship.
  The liturgy for the feast was in Slavonic Sunday Sept. 21 at 10 a.m.
  
  From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., we had a parish clean-up day. We continued to clean out the basement and our office and beautifying the house of God.
  
  From 3 to 6 p.m., Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, at 9230 Old Bustleton Avenue in Philadelphia, will held a clambake fundraiser.
  They will sold lobster ($30), steak ($25), and hot dogs and burgers ($10), with reduced prices for kids 11-14 and free food for kids 10 and under.

August 2008

• Our Lady of Joy for All Who Sorrow 120th Anniversary: August 3
  Celebration and festivities, see poster here
  
  Brochures can be found at the following links:
  Английский Брошюра / English Brochure    Российская Брошюра / Russian Brochure    Греческая Брошюра / Greek Brochure
  

  On Sunday, August 3, from about noon to 6, we held our annual Festival of St. Anna, in honor of the miraculous myrrh-streaming icon of St. Anna and the Theotokos, her daughter, which we are blessed to house. There was Russian food and crafts, religious books and icons, candle, honey, soap, and many other items for sale. The nuns of Holy Protection Convent brought down an assortment of items from their convent bookstore. At 9:30 a .m. we had a great blessing of holy water before the liturgy; at 3 p.m. was the akathist to St. Anna, followed around 4 by a procession with the icon around the block.

  Over 500 people joined us. We also had a number of people assist with the cleanup afterwards.

  Our parish's patronal feast, for the icon of the Theotokos, the Joy of All Who Sorrow (with coins), was on Tuesday August 5. The divine liturgy was at 10 a.m.; vespers was the night before (Monday) at 6:30 p.m. This is the 120th anniversary of the revelation of that icon.

  We also celebrated the feast of St. Anna itself on Thursday August 7, with the divine liturgy at 10 a.m. and a vigil the night before (Wednesday) at 6:30 p.m.