Holy Cross Orthodox Church

Men, please set aside time on the upcoming two Saturdays to help out painting in the parish hall, painting in the Sunday school rooms and cleaning of the sanctuary. We'll plan to start around 9. See you there!.

The schedule for the 2008/2009 Sunday School Teachers is available online.

The schedule for the 2008/2009 Sunday School Teachers is available online.

We are pressing hard to have all the renovation work completed by the weekend of our patronal feast. We may be rushing to get all the painting and carpeting done, and to move everything back in during the week before our Feast Day, so the more we can get done now, the better.

Even though we are not quite finished with the renovations in the Parish Hall, there is a substantial amount of trim painting that can be done now, both in the Nave as well as in the Parish Hall. Tasks needed include caulking, filling nail holes, undercoating, and painting. Having this completed now means things will go faster once all the work is done.

If you can help, please contact Cal Oren by email or cell phone (see directory).

To donate to those displaced due to the conflict between Georgian, Russian, and South Ossetian forces, please visit the IOCC's website at http://iocc.org/news/8-15-08georgia.aspx

The Falling Asleep (Dormition) of the Mother of God will be celebrated at Holy Cross tomorrow evening (Thursday, August 14) at 7:00pm. The evening service will include the traditional blessing of flowers and herbs.

All are invited to bring either garden-picked or store-bought flowers and/or herbs for the blessing.

Please place them on the table at the front of the nave of the church. Following the service, Khouria Frederica will give a brief meditation on the last days of the Theotokos.

The OCF at UMBC is hosting a coffee house on the campus of UMBC on the 16 September and we need your help! We need folks to donate food and or money for this event. We are planning on having coffee and baked goods, and other snacks for the students. We are offering this to them for free. So if you would like to purchase, make or donate money towards this, please contact Greg at umbcocf [at] gmail [dot] com. We have done the coffee house before, and it has been a very successful event. Please consider helping out with this very important ministry. Thank you!

Following this Thursday night's Divine Liturgy (Dormition), Kh. Frederica will give a brief talk on the last earthly days of the Theotokos. The presentation will be in the nave, given our under-construction parish hall.

GrassfedBALT is a local buying club that provides pastured meats and raw dairy products to the Baltimore area. We currently have drop locations in place in Mt Airy, Pikesville, Catonsville, Little Italy, Parkville, Glen Burnie, and Kingsville. This all-natural food comes from a local Amish farmer. If you are interested in joining this group, please email Megan at grassfedBALT [at] gmail [dot] com.

The invitations for the 15th Anniversary Banquet are being sent out primarily via e-mail. Please watch your inbox for an evite from "events [at] holycrossonline [dot] org". In general, only one e-vite was sent per household, so please check all e-mail addresses. RSVPs are needed by August 23!

For details on the anniversary banquet, please see our Special Events section.