Holy Ghost Orthodox Church is a
multi-ethnic, English-speaking Orthodox parish
in rural Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. We
are located approximately halfway between
Delmont and Saltsburg, off of State Route 819
(five miles north of US Route 22 East of
Murrysville). Under the Omophorion of HisEminence,
Archbishop Daniel, Ruling Hierarch of
the Western Eparchy of the Ukrainian
Orthodox Church of the USA. Holy Ghost has been
serving Our Lord since its founding by Galician
Immigrants in 1923.
Although 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:
"Orthodoxy
proposes and does not impose itself—there is
individual human freedom to work with the Holy
Spirit in a personal and communal way "
+Metropolitan Constantine
PLEASE, PLEASE,
PLEASE! PRAY FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD—AND
IN OUR LIVES!
Please PRAY for
our parish family, all first responders,
all front-line workers, and all
those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Slickville
celebrated its Centennial in August of
2017...check out the celebration website at www.slickville100.com
!!!
Please remember all those on our parish Prayer List in
your prayers, especially His Eminence,
Metropolitan Antony, His Eminence,
Archbishop Daniel, Father Paul Bigelow,
Father Joe Cervo, Father Paisius
McGrath, Liz Obradovich, Mary Anne
Kuznik, Bonnie Blair, Martha Nezolyk,
S0nia Luciow, Father Bill and Pani-Matka
Sonia Diakiw, and Judy Previc. May our Lord
Himself be a source of recovery and
comfort to them.
There is now a
"clearing house" for Orthodox events in
the Greater Pittsburgh region: www.pittsburghorthodox.com
is up and running with lots of new
information--check it out!
THANK
YOU to Reader 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!
Please
remember in your
prayers His
Eminence,
Metropolitan
Paul, and His
Eminence, Mar
Gregorios, who
were kidnapped
in
April.
Media coverage
continues to
be
minimal to
non-existent!
“Metropolitan
Paul Yazigi of the
Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese of Aleppo
(brother of His
Beatitude Patriarch
John X of the Great
City-of-God Antioch
and all the East), and
Mar Gregorios Yohanna
Ibrahim of the Syriac
Orthodox Archdiocese
of Aleppo, were both
abducted this morning,
Monday, April 22nd,
while they were
traveling together on
the road between
Antioch (Antakya,
Turkey) and the north
Syrian city of
Aleppo. The
driver of the vehicle
in which they were
traveling was killed
in the attack.
Your prayers are
requested.”
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of the 21 New Coptic Martyrs
of Libya
Weekly Bulletin
14 August 2022
OBEDNITZA
UPSTAIRS 10:30 AM
9TH
SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST; PROCESSION
OF THE HOLY CROSS; HOLY 7
MACCABEES-ABIMUS, ANTONIUS,
GURIAS, ELEAZAR, EUSEBONUS,
ALIMUS, & MARCELLUS, MOTHER
SOLOMONIA, & TEACHER ELEAZAR;
BAPTISM OF RUS-UKRAINE Tone 8
1 Corinthians 3:9-17; 1
Corinthians 1:18-24; Hebrews
11:33-12:2
Hebrews 2:11-18
Matthew 14:22-34; John
19:6-11,13-20,25-28,30-35; Matthew
10:32-36, 11:1; John 5:1-4 DORMITION FAST
BEGINS 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.