On Saturday, February 2, 2007, we had a Divine Liturgy celebrated by Fr Victor Trotskyy (from the Dormition Cathdral in Ferndale) at the Holy Ascension Serbian Orthodox Church in Ecorse, Michigan.  This was our third Liturgy as a group, and were blessed to have 14 people attend, many of whom had Holy Communion - CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Charles and Cody were great Altar Servers (in actual Orthodox Altar Boy robes), and Claudia and Sasha helped make the choir sound so great, and they were so great at reading the Kontakians and Troparians.

It was great to see a few people from Holy Ascension join us, too.  Sonia Boyar did a phenominal job directing the little choir we had.  Everything in English!

Afterwards, we all enjoyed a nice little luncheon.

The following day, Sunday, we also had a Reader's Service, where 16 people attended, followed by our first Church School class, and of course, snacks.  We then went to Belmar Lanes (in Lincoln Park - what a great place and nice people) where our 7 youth enjoyed a couple of games of bowling.

Enjoy the pictures, and please consider joining us.  Our schedule is always posted here, or you can call/e-mail anytime.

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February 3rd was a wonderful, spiritual day at All Saints.  We had 16 people visit and participate with us in our Reader's Service at Holy Ascension.  Many people were getting into the act with us.

Today was also the First Day of our Church School.  This is a 10 week program that although is structured, enjoys the fact that each week will be a class independant within itself.  Today's lesson for the Older ones was What is Orthodoxy?, and the younger ones learned about Baptism.

After a big weekend in our new home, we decided that the kids deserved a fun time out. 

Belmar Lanes (in Lincoln Park) was a great place.  They gave our kids their shoes for free, and allowed us to bowl past the closing time. 

The kids had a great time.  Charles won the first game, although Ruthie gave him a run for his money.  Claudia rolled a 100, too.  The second game went to Cody.  He was a sleeper all the way to the end with his side arm delivery.  After, we stopped at McDonalds and on to the Super Bowl party.

It was a historical First for our Mission, and what a Beautiful Service it was!!

Our First Sunday Divine Liturgy was lead by Father Svetislav Mirolovich, who came all the way from Cleveland, Ohio to be with us.  We had a new record attendance of 21 people (8 children), who helped celebrate in many ways.  Some sang, some read, most of us had Holy Communion, and Eli was phenomenal as our Altar Boy.

After a few group photos, we all went downstairs to enjoy a Spaghetti Dinner that was prepared to perfection by Alex Kapetan.  It was great - Thank you Alex!  The kids then learned about the Publican and Pharisee and colored some pictures that were posted up on the bulletin board for everyone to enjoy.

Along with the largest group to attend our Divine Liturgy (see article above), we also had a representative from the local newspaper taking photographs, and again, a wonderfully written article by Donna Abramczyk Religious Editor of the News Herald Newspaper.

Please click on this scanned article.  The actual article was over a half page in size, however was reduced to fit into our format. 

Again, Thank you Donna - We really appreciate everything you have done for us.

Even with an unexpected 7 inches of snow that arrived this fine Spring morning, Fr Zivko Kajevic, of St Stevan Decanski (Warren, MI) and our Holy Ascension (Ecorse, MI), led 14 of us in a beautiful Divine Liturgy (where we also prayed for Soul Saturday). 

It was a wonderful intimate service with a beautiful choir, 2 people receiving Holy Confession and most Holy Communion.  Poor Fr Zivko was suffering with a tremendous amount of pain in his foot, but managed to get through everything, and had a little time to share coffee with us.

As we enjoy these beautiful photographs, please stop for a second and pray for Fr Zivko's health - He was Great . . . . . and don't forget about praying in Memory of our many family and friends whom we honored today.

What a Special Weekend!

We were blessed to have Sub-Deacon Michael Merren, his wife Danell, and their 3 daughters come and serve with us on this Beautiful Spring Day in Downriver Detroit.  They woke up when it was still dark, and drove over 3 hours (each way) just to be with us. 

What a wonderful family, and What a nice time we had inside and out. 

What a beautiful day we had.  The sun was shining. the temperature was warm, and everyone had energy.  After a very nice Reader's Service and Church School, we all gathered outside to start the laborious task of washing Winter away.  So many of our families came, brought their friends, and everyone worked so hard to make our place so Beautiful. 

Stop by and take a look around.  The place looks Great.  Thank you to everyone who came by to help.