Taste of Serbia
September 4-5, 2010
Sixth Annual Food and Music Festival is coming to St. Basil of Ostrog Parish. Click here for more details and to pre-order your BBQ.
SUMMER SCHEDULE OF THE SERVICES
9:30 A.M. Sunday Liturgies (June 6th through
September 5, 2010)
9:00 A.M. Weekday Feast Day Liturgies
5:00 P.M. Saturday and Weekday Pre-Feast Vespers
Confession follows vesper services.
UPCOMING AT ST. BASIL OF OSTROG SOC Building a parish community together….
EVENTS IN THE 2009/10 SCHOOL YEAR AT ST. BASIL OF OSTROG SOC
Very Special Golf Thank You!!!!!
To the St. Basil Church Golf Committee and all those who worked, prepared, served, danced, sang, cleaned, arranged, carried, played, etc.
You all made a difference!
Thank You!!!!!!!!!
On Sat May 29
St. Basil of Ostrog held its 2nd Annual Memorial Day Ping Pong Tournament and wish to thank all table tennis enthusiasts who came and
participated in the tournament and all those who helped to make this tournament a place for sportsmanship and fellowship alike.
Wed May 26—Choral Concert St. Basil Church was honored to be one of the host sites for the guest choir from Nis, Serbija. On Wed May 26 we were visited by
Serbian Singing Society "Branko" that is one of the
most recognized choirs in Europe. The concert at St. Basil
was one of the most incredible musical experiences ever held at our church.
To view the slideshow from this event please follow this link.
On Sunday, May 9, we honored our the St. Basil High School Graduates.
To view the slideshow from this event please follow this link.
Members of our graduating class of 2010 Sunday School are Tali Savatic, Samantha Taylor, Aleksandra Vidovic, Stevan Arandjelovic, Nick Mandich.
Sat May 8 at Noon—Saturday High Tea with Gerri was hosted by KSS -
To view the Photo Album click here
On Thursday, April 29 "Cooking with Basil Session I—Pastries" cooking demonstration of the
Art of Cooking in the Serbian Kitchen was held at St. Basil.
This was a first session in a series that will feature a different area of food every time.
Thanks to our ladies who organized and prepared exquisite demonstrations so that everyone enjoyed the fellowship
and sharing of the art of the Serbian hearth.
Special Acknowledgments to High School Church School Class On Sunday, April 11, our high school students spent their high school class time at the offices of the Lake County Homeless Shelter. The LC homeless
program had at the top of their wish list for someone to put shelves in their supply rooms and make an organizational plan for all the food and
housing supplies. Our youth took on that challenge in response to their Sunday School lesson on St. Mary of Egypt, a runaway at age 12.
Students 16 and older are also taking crisis intervention training to take calls at the runaway hotline center in Chicago.
We love you and are proud of all our high school students.
To view their photo album click here.
Latin Dance Night was held on Sat, Apr 17 featuring Free Salsa Dance Instruction and Open Dance. Thanks to dancers, organizers and
everyone who came to enjoy an evening of friendship and fellowship.
On Sunday, Feb 28, Dr. Srdja Trifkovic presented his latest book
"The Krajina Chronicle,
A Short History of Serbs in Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia" ,
which has just been published by The Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies
The talk was accompanied by an audio-visual presentation and followed by a lively Q&A session.
If you missed this chance to hear from the author talk about his newly published book, you can still order your copy on
line at http://www.balkanstudies.org/books.
Thanks to all who came to play chess at St. Basil’s First Chess Tournament. Our first chess tournament was successfully organized thanks to KSS for providing lenten refreshments and all who worked and helped
prepare this tournament.
There were two groups and two champions of the St. Basil's First Chess Tournament. Champion of the beginners group was Miss Danijela Vranjes while the championship
in the advanced group was much deservedly taken by Mr. Ilija Trivanovic. Once again, thanks to everyone for coming for an afternoon of friendship and fellowship.
ST SAVA PROGRAM 2010 We've posted our St. Sava Day Program photo album, click here to see it.
See our updated Calendar
for the 2009/10
Church School Year.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVERYONE! Sunday was a wonderful day in the life our parish and we want to thank all of you for your hard work over the past few days, weeks, months and even years. We thank everyone for their hard work and those who provided special leadership for this celebration. Through everyone’s efforts, prayers and the intercessions of St. Basil, God has blessed us with an opportunity to start again. We received tremendously generous donations from all our parishioners and guests; especially from His Grace, Bishop Longin and the Stokovich Family. Their belief and faith that this can become a shining example of an Orthodox parish we can be proud of gives us tremendous confidence that we will succeed in our efforts to leave a legacy for our children. We also want to thank everyone for their your support. We are so gratefulfor that. Neil Burmeister, Trusteeship President
and Trusteeship Board Members of
St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation .... To view photo album from our October 18, 2009 Welcome Banquet click here and
here.
CHURCH FACILITIES UPDATE New Church Roof Completed!
The new church roof was completed by Thursday. The new roof will prevent the recent problems we faced from the rain. Many many thanks to all the donors who made this project possible and the generosity. Thank you everyone for answering the call for help.
To view our Taste of Serbia 2009 photo album click here.
STEWARDSHIP COMES IN MANY WAYS
To keep expenses as manageable as possible, we are starting a new program at St. Basil Church and are asking for faithful individuals or families to volunteer to help in maintaining the church area of our complex sometime after and/or before Sunday and other Liturgies. All supplies and equipment will be provided. Typical tasks needing weekly attention include: vacuuming church, cleaning candle stands, wiping icons, cleaning glass on entry doors, straightening chairs, dusting etc. This stewardship is only for the church and is not for maintaining the social hall and other areas cleaned regularly. Individuals and/or families can sign up on a form kept where candles are sold.
