Services & events
Ongoing events and activities:
- Church schoool
Every Sunday after Divine Liturgy - Junior choir
Occasional Sundays after church school and some Sundays in the summer - Culture class
Folklore, singing, Serbian language and more, every Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. - St. George choir
Meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Plan ahead for these annual events:
- Saturday, May 5: Eve of our church slava. Vespers, dinner, children's performance, and dance.
- Sunday, May 6: Church slavla, St. George's day. Divine Liturgy, slavski kolac, grand banguet, and music.
- Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2: Sixth Annual Serb Fest
- Wednesday - Friday, June 13-15: Vacation church school.
- Saturday, November 17: Annual Sveta Petka Bazaar & Food Festival
2012 calendar of events
All dates are Sunday unless otherwise indicated.
JANUARY
06 – Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ/Badnje vece (Friday)
07 – Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ/Bozic (Saturday)
14 – St. Basil the Great/Serbian Orthodox New Year (Saturday)
14 – Serbian New Year's celebration (Saturday)
15 – Oath of officers
19 – Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ/Bogojavljenje (Thursday)
20 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)
21 – St. George holiday choir party (Saturday)
27 – St. Sava feast day (Friday)
29 – St. Sava parish celebration and children's program
FEBRUARY
12 – Three Holy Hierarchs
15 – Meeting of Our Lord in the temple/Sretenije (Wednesday)
17 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)
19 – Annual Diocesan Day luncheon
26 – Church school palacinka luncheon (Cheesefare Sunday)
27 – Great Lent begins/Clean Monday retreat at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (Monday)
MARCH
02 – Fish fry – sponsored by St. George choir (Friday)
04 – Sunday of Orthodoxy – Vespers at St. Dionysios Greek Orthodox Church
16 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)
18 – Sv. Nikolai choir Slava celebration – sponsored by St. George choir
25 – Lenten Vespers at St. George
30 – Akathist service (Friday)
APRIL
06 – Fish fry – sponsored by St. George choir (Friday)
07 – Lazarus Saturday
08 – Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem/Palm Sunday/Cvetna Nedelja
13 – Good Friday/Veliki Petak
15 – Holy Pascha/Vaskrsenje/Easter Sunday
20 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)
MAY
05 – St. George's Day parish celebration – Vespers & dinner/dance (Saturday)
06 – St. George's Church Slava celebration & banquet
18 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)
19–20 – Omaha – St. Nicholas Church Slava celebration – no Services at Our Church
24 – Holy Ascension/Spasovdan (Thursday)
25–27 – 81st S.S.F. Choral Festival – San Diego, CA
JUNE
01–02 – 6th Annual Serb Fest (Friday – Saturday)
03 – Pentecost/Duhovi
10 – Church school recognition day
11 – Apostles' Fast begins (Monday)
13–15 – Vacation Church School week (Wednesday – Friday)
15 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)
24 – Vidovdan – luncheon sponsored by St. George choir
28 – Vidovdan (Thursday)
JULY
12 – Apostles' Fast ends (Thursday)
15 – S.N.F. Lodge #43 celebration
20 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)
29–04 August – E.O.Y.C. camp week (Sunday – Saturday)
AUGUST
14 – Dormition Fast begins (Tuesday)
17 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)
17–19 – Ethnic Festival at Swope Park (Friday – Sunday)
19 – Transfiguration of Our Lord/Preobrazenje Gospodnje
28 – Dormition of Our Holy Theotokos/Velika Gospojina (Tuesday)
SEPTEMBER
09 – Church school begins
11 – Beheading of St. John the Baptist (Tuesday)
14–16 – St. George choir concert weekend – guest San Diego, CA (Friday – Sunday)
21 – Nativity of the Theotokos/Mala Gospojina (Friday)
21 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)
27 – Exaltation of the precious and life–giving Cross/Krstovdan (Thursday)
OCTOBER
06–07 – St. Louis – St. John the Theologian Church Slava celebration – no services at our church
19 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)
20–21 – Omaha choir concert weekend
27 – Sv. Petka (Saturday)
28 – Sv. Petka Kolo sestara Slava celebration
NOVEMBER
03–04 – St. George choir – guest choir in Milwaukee, WI
16 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)
17 – Sv. Petka Annual Bazaar and Food Festival (Saturday)
28 – Nativity Fast begins (Wednesday)
DECEMBER
02 – Annual church assembly
04 – Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (Tuesday)
09 – Sv. Petka Kolo sestara annual assembly
11 – St. George choir annual assembly (Tuesday)
16 – S.N.F. Lodge #43 annual assembly
21 – St. Mary's outreach (Friday)