+ saint basil of ostrog + serbian orthodox church

Мир Божиjи! Христос се Роди!

2009-01-07T08:51:00.000-08:00

Father Dragan served Holy Liturgy in the early hours on Christmas morning. Many people gathered to pray, and to celebrate Christmas. It was dark, windy and rainy outside, but the inside the church it was very peaceful. The candles were burning by the icons. We welcomed Christmas, the birthday of the Son of God, with joy, faith, hope, and love!

Serbian New Year

2009-01-01T16:35:00.000-08:00

Celebration of Serbian New Year will take place on January 17, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the address 2838 S. Elm Eugene St. Greensboro, NC 27406. Reservations accepted. For info on tickets purchasing call Sasa Cvijetic (336)337-1172, Bojan Cvijetic (336)337-7443, Jovanka Milikic (336)420-6140.

Our parish and Vladika Mitrofan

2008-12-21T07:38:00.000-08:00

This is our parish together with His Grace Bishop Mitrofan.
Please click on the image to enlarge and see all of us!

His Grace Bishop Mitrofan visited our Parish

2008-12-14T17:11:00.000-08:00

His Grace Bishop Mitrofan visited our Parish and served Holy Hierarchical Liturgy. Here are some photos from the event. Click on each picture for a larger view.

Pictures © Natalia Tuchina.

Church School

2008-12-06T12:06:00.000-08:00

After every Sunday Liturgy children can learn the basics of our Orthodox Faith and to read and write Cyrillic. We have 16 students in the parish school with kids ages between 4 and 14. In our parish we have more than forty children of that ago. If your children are not attending the school yet, please enroll them so they can learn about their heritage and faith.

Parish Assembly

2008-12-06T12:02:00.000-08:00

Regular Annual Parish assembly will take place on Sunday December the 28th ay 11 am. We are inviting all of our parishers. The right to vote and be chosen belongs only to the parishioners in good standing. Those are the ones who regularly partake in the Holy Communion and take care of their financial obligations towards the church.

Winter Camp

2008-12-06T11:55:00.000-08:00

In December (25th through 27th) we have our 6th consecutive winster camp for the children from Orthodox faith families in Atlanta, GA. Contact the priest for more information.

Mala Госпоjина

2008-09-21T18:20:00.000-07:00

We have celebrated The Holy Day - Birth of the Most Holy Theotocos. Many people came to the new church to take Holy Communion, to participate in the Holy Liturgy, and for the festive meal after the service. Here are some pictures taken in the new church. The interior, and the new floor in the church is almost finished.

Hristos voskrese!! Vaistinu voskrese!

2008-04-27T07:45:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful Easter service leading by Fr Dragan in the newly build church. It started at 4 am. The choir was singing holiday songs and troparies. When the procession went outside, the rain had stopped! The congregation sings a hymn of rejoicing, and a procession led by the banner of Resurrection encircles the church perimeters three times while the worshipers carry lit candles. We were really blessed with great prayers. Many people came to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ. People received the Holy Communion. Then painted eggs were blessed. Russians also brought tradition baked kulich for a blessing. We shared food and happiness in Christ!

Here are some pictures from Sunday Easter service. Pictures © Natalia Tuchina.

Click on each image for a larger view.

Paschal procession

Fr Dragan is reading the Paschal Encyclical

Church choir is singing Paschal songs

Blessing of colored eggs and klulich

Traditional beating of colored eggs

Irina and Anna from Ukraine celebrating

Paschal colored eggs

Olga is happy!

Exchanging greetings Hristos voskrese!!

Anna and Olga

Great Friday

2008-04-25T08:34:00.000-07:00

We had a special service on Good Friday, the day of the crucifixion and death of Christ. A procession went three time around the church with Plaschanitca. Pictures © Natalia Tuchina.

Vladika Mitrofan is visiting us!

2008-04-19T18:50:00.000-07:00

His Grace Bishop Mitrofan of Eastern America visited us and served the Liturgy in the new church building that is not completely finished yet (see picture above ). Many people came to greet Vladika Mitrofan and have Holy Communion.

All pictures are clickable for a larger view.
Pictures © Natalia Tuchina.

Our choir with Nicolai Ganson and Nadia Bakhireva leading.

Vladika Mitrofan, Fr Dragan Zaric and Fr Alexander Logunov at the Prestol.

Fr Dragan Zaric

Blassing of the Verba branches

Little bells - little ringers

Vladika said Slovo

Dusa

Moleben for serbs in Kosovo

2008-04-18T16:43:00.000-07:00

On February 20, 2008 the Holy Liturgy in our church followed by Moleben about serbian orthodox people struggling in their home land. It was the spiritual answer to the political pressure after Kosovo was proclaimed the independent state. "We are serving Moleben for those who are now in Kosovo and Methoxia - the homeland of the serbian culture, serbian people, serbian state and spirituality". Fr Dragan said Propoved in Serbian explaining what "democracy" means for the orthodox people . "We have nothing to be afraid of, God is with us. Let God help our struggling brothers and sisters!" Here are some pictures from the event. You can enlarge them by clicking on each.

Pictures made by Natalia Tuchina

Blessing of the Cross

2008-04-17T13:56:00.000-07:00

September 28, 2008 the Ceremony of the Blessing of the Cross took place in the new church building. Vladika Mitrofan came to lead the ceremony in Serbian and Church Slavonic. Here are some pictures from the event. You can click on each picture for a larger view. Pictures © Natalia Tuchina.

April 2009 Schedule

2008-04-16T19:36:00.000-07:00

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

APRIL 2009

SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH

9:00 AM THE HOURS
9:30 AM HOLY LITURGY
11:00 AM CHURCH SCHOOL

TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH -
THE ANNUCIATION To Most Holy Mother of God

7:30 PM SMALL COMPLANE
8:00 PM MEMORIAL SERVICE
8:30 PM DINNER

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH

8:00 AM PRIEST CONFESION OF PRIESTS
8:30 AM HOLY HOURS
9:00 AM HOLY LITURGY
11:00 AM LONCHELON

SUTURDAY, APRIL 11TH Lazarus Saturday - Vrbica

9:00 HOLY HOURS
9:30 AM HOLY LITURGY

GREAT AND HOLY THURSDAY APRIL 16th

04:00 PM - READING OF THE GOSPELS

GREAT AND HOLY FRIDAY APRIL 17th

04:00 PM - VESPERS
05:00 PM - LAMENTATION

GREAT AND HOLY SUTURDAY APRIL 18th
11:00 PM CANON

SUNDAY, APRIL 19TH PASHA
00:00 (MIDNIGHT) THE RESURRECTION
01:00 AM HOLY LITURGY
03:00 AM BREAKFAST

RESSURRECTION TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST

9:00 AM THE HOURS
9:30 AM HOLY LITURGY

SUTURDAY, APRIL 25TH
6:00 PM VESPERS

In Serbian:

RASPORED BOGOSLU@EWA ZA
APRIL 2009.

NEDEQA 5. APRIL

9:00 1 ^AS
9:30 SVETA LITURGIJA
11:00 [KOLICA

UTORAK 7. APRIL - BLAGOVESTI

19:30 MALO POVE^ERJE
20:00 PARASTOS IZGINULIMA U
BOMBARDOVAWU SRBIJE
20:30 VE^ERA
21:00 PROMOCIJA FILMA ,, BOMBARDOVAWE SRBIJE

SREDA 8. APRIL – PETE NEDEQE POSTA

8:00 DOLAZAK VLADIKE
8:15 SVE[TENI^KA ISPOVEST
8:30 DEVETI ^AS I IZOBRAZITEQNA
9:00 SVETA ARHIJEREJSKA LITURGIJA
PRE\EOSVE]ENIH DAROVA
11:00 RU^AK

SUBOTA 11. APRIL – LAZAREVA SUBOTA -VRBICA

9:00 ^ASOVI
9:30 SVETA LITURGIJA
11:00 VRBICA

VELIKI ^ETVRTAK 16. APRIL

16:00 12 STRADALNIH JEVAN\EQA

VELIKI PETAK 17. APRIL

16:00 IZNO[EWE PLA[TANICE
17:00 PLA^ MAJKE BO@IJE

VELIKA SUBOTA 18. APRIL

23:00 KANON VELIKE SUBOTE

NEDEQA 19. APRIL - VASKRS

00:00 (PONO]) VASKRSEWE
1:00 (IZA PONO]I) SVETA LITURGIJA
3:00 VASKR[WI DORU^AK

UTORAK 21. APRIL – DRUGI DAN VASKRSA

9:00 1 ^AS
9:30 SVETA LITURGIJA

SUBOTA 25. APRIL
18:00 VE^ERWE

About us

2008-04-15T07:54:00.000-07:00

The Serbian Orthodox Church in Kernersville wanted a home, just like the many Serbian refugees in its congregation. Searching for fellowship, the parishioners held religious services almost anywhere: living rooms, parks, rented buildings and other churches after hours. Finally the congregation stopped wandering when priests blessed the foundation on Ogden School Road and half a year later - the cross to be established on the church dome.

"We finally have a place that we can call our own," said Brian Trifunovic , a Serbian refugee who relocated to High Point. He's the council president of the St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church, which will be completely finished this summer. The building is the only Byzantine-style church between Pennsylvania and Florida, Trifunovic said. Shaped like a cross, with a cupola and an altar facing east, the church will be reminiscent of those in the Serbs' home country, part of the former Yugoslavia.

"The church in my hometown is 350 years old," Trifunovic said.

Buried below that altar is the Cross blessed by Bishop Mitrofan, head of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America, based in Pittsburgh. He also blessed four granite cornerstones for church entrances at the beginning of the construction.

The Serbian Orthodox mission belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Church, all services are on old style calendar.

How a 300-member church of mostly displaced refugees could afford such a building? It's part of a land swap with a developer for 5.5 acres nearby on N.C. 66. The church bought its property in 2003, before the Heart of the Triad project was announced. That project would include businesses and residences on about 50,000 acres between Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem. After that announcement, the church had prime real estate that a developer — which Trifunovic would not name — wanted. After negotiations, the church and the developer settled on swapping the land for another property with a sanctuary, a cemetery and soccer field built by the developer.

For people who had been worshipping wherever they could, this church also represents a permanent community.

The parish belongs to Serbian Orthodox church, old calendar. All services are in Church Slavonic, Serbian and English.

Directions - Как Доехать

2008-04-14T08:07:00.000-07:00

New Church
(all services are held in the new church)

From Winston-Salem:

I-40 East
Take exit #203/KERNERSVILLE/HIGH POINT - go 0.3 mi
Turn Right on NC-66 S(NC-66) - go 1.9 mi
Turn Right on OGDEN SCHOOL RD - go 0.6 mi
The church is on the right

From Greensboro:

I-40 West
Take exit #203/KERNERSVILLE/HIGH POINT - go 0.3 mi
Turn Left on NC-66 S(NC-66) - go 2.1 mi
Turn Right on OGDEN SCHOOL RD - go 0.6 mi
The church is on the right

Old Church
1840 Hwy 66 South
Kernersville, NC 27284

From Winston-Salem:

I-40 East
Take exit #203/KERNERSVILLE/HIGH POINT - go 0.3 mi
Turn Right on NC-66 S(NC-66) - go 1 mi
the church is on the right in a small wooden white house by the road (see picture above)

From Greensboro:

I-40 West
Take exit #203/KERNERSVILLE/HIGH POINT - go 0.3 mi
Turn Left on NC-66 S(NC-66) - go 1 mi
the church is on the right in a small wooden white house by the road (see picture above)

How to dress for the church service

2008-04-12T07:38:00.000-07:00

According to the tradition we ask that women and girls wear skirts or dresses of a modest length. Please, no shorts, pants or jeans, low-cut blouses. Heads covered with scarves.

Men or Boys, please no shirts with large emblems, sayings or advertisements.

If you are just passing through town, or if you just don't own a skirt, please don't let that keep you from coming to church. We would rather have you with us than not.