[ARCHIVED NEWS] Monday, March 12, 2007

LENTEN VESPERS ON THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

Midland, PA - Vespers on the Third Sunday of Great Lent for six parishes in the Pittsburgh Deanery was held at the St. George Serbian Orthodox Church in Midland, Pennsylvania. Dean of the Pittsburgh Deanery Father Stevan Stepanov, Father Rade Merick, Father Rodney Torbic, Father Rajko Kosic, and Father Milan Paijic served.

Father Pajic was the host priest. Father  Kosic, Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Pittsburgh was the homilest. The parish communities of  Aliquippa, Carmichaels, Midland and Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania, Fairmont, West Virginia and Steubenville, Ohio were represented.    

Father Kosic provided. a thoughtful and well-prepared homily on the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ and the crosses in the  personal lives of believers. The St.George Kolo prepared the lenten meal for the fellowship period following the Vespers.