January 15

Ninth Hour and Vespers were read.

January 16

Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour were read.

Ninth Hour and Great Vespers with Litya were served. Two people came.

January 17

Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour were read.

Third and Sixth Hour were read followed by the Divine Liturgy. Four communicants.

January 18

One person came for the Vespers with Divine Liturgy. One communicant.

January 19

Matins was read.

Nine people came for Divine Liturgy with Great Blessing of Water. One communicant.

January 20

Four people came for Divine Liturgy.

One person came for the Akathist to the Holy Trinity, Akathist to Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow and Akathist to St. John the Baptist.

January 21

Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour were read.

Ninth Hour and Vespers were read.

January 22

Midnight Office, Matins and First Hour were read.

Today

Midnight Office, Matins, First Hour. Third and Sixth Hours followed by Divine Liturgy.

Blessing of Monongahela River under Masontown Bridge.

Mornings

5:30 AM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Afternoons

4:00 PM on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Tuesday

6:30 PM Akathist to St. Sava followed by Adult Class.

Wednesday

8:00 AM Divine Liturgy.

January 27 - St. Sava, Come to Divine Liturgy at 8:00 AM.
January 29 - Chains of St. Peter
January 31 - St. Sava Day Program with Covered Dish Dinner
Feburary 6 - Memorial Saturday
February 7 - Meatfare Sunday
Feburary 12 - Holy Three Hierarchs
February 14 - Forgiveness Sunday

· The new Serbian Orthodox Patriarch is His Holiness IRINEJ.

· Thank you to all parishioners participating in the Annual Assembly.

· Thank you Executive Board members and Audit Board members serving the past year.

· Thank you to all parishioners preparing to go for the river blessing today.

· Remember the sick, the suffering, the imprisoned, those in rehab centers, the homebound, the mentally ill, their caretakers and the institution staffs.

· Remember the men and women serving in the military and their families.

· Remember the workers in mines, law-enforcement, corrections, probation and parole and firefighters, all working in dangerous occupations.

· If you have a question about the services or the Church, ask Father Rodney.

· Prepare regularly for Holy Confession and Holy Communion.

· Honor your Slava every year.

· Come to church on weekdays in addition to Sundays. Bring a friend.

· The Orthodox Church has services for everyday of the week.

· Read the Church calendar each day and honor the feasts and saints.

· Home blessings have begun and will continue as time permits.

· Parishioners are welcome to call to schedule a convenient time for home blessings.

· Plan to come for the St. Sava Day next Sunday.

· Adult Class this Tuesday at 7:00 PM.

The Sacrament of Priesthood is often designated Orders, because of its very nature, and that is: the Lord Jesus Christ ordained twelve of His disciples to be Apostles, and ordered them to go forth to teach, to baptize, to forgive sins in His name, to administer His mystical supper till He comes again, to heal the sick, and comfort all creatures with the hope of eternal salvation. This Sacrament is also designated Orders, because of the several degrees of office in the priesthood. That it was not to be Apostles only, but also to their successors, the Bishops and Priests, that Christ delivered this ministry, is evident from His promise, which follows in these words: "And lo, I am with you, always, even unto the end of the world."(Matt.xxviii,20). The Apostles themselves lived not to the end of the world; but there have ever been living from the Apostles' time, and shall be even to the end of the world, their successors in uninterrupted line, who are the Bishops and Priests.

(The Holy Orthodox Church. Reprinted 1993 by St. Nectarios Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, p. 53.)

· The Sundays before Great Lent
· The care needed for the soul.
· Discipline needed to care for the soul.