2005 CLERGY SEMINAR HELD IN STEELTON, PA
Steelton, PA - On Monday, October 24, 2005 the 18th Annual Clergy Seminar began with the arrival of His Grace Bishop of Eastern America Dr. +Mitrophan, together with sixteen Diocesan priests, at St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church in Steelton, PA where they were warmly greeted by the parish priest, V. Rev. Stavrofor Srboljub Jockovic. Following the evenings Vespers Service and a dinner, a brief meeting was held with His Grace.
On the following day another six priests arrived, plus five from the local pan-Orthodox community, making this, despite the rainy weather, the best attended seminar in a long time, with a total of 28 priests and 2 deacons.
The Holy Hierarchical Divine Liturgy began promptly at 7:30 am. Assisting His Grace at the holy altar were V. Rev. Stavrofor Srboljub Jockovic, V. Rev. Rodney Torbic, Rev. Zivko Velimirovic, Rev. Aleksa Micich, Rev. Deacon Milan Medakovich and Rev. Deacon Dragoslav Kosic. After a continental breakfast the main speaker of this year's seminar arrived, V. Rev. Stavrofor Dr. Nedeljko Grgurevich. The theme of the talk was "Svetosavlje and the North American Continent with a View Towards the Future". This topic, which touched upon, among other things, the question of multi Orthodox jurisdictions in American cities and the idea of Svetosavlje with our Serbian people, brought on a lively discussion, including valuable input from not only our clergy but our visiting brothers from the other jurisdictions.