St. Sava Boston Weekly News & Updates | | | |
Content:
- SerbFest 2025
- SerbFest Desserts
- Pita Making Success
- Services in MA, ME and CT
- Kolo Corner - Sunday Luncheon
- Community Corner
- Library
- Schedule of Services
- Gospel
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Садржај:
- СербФест 2025.
- СербФест колачи
- Пите за Сербфест
- Богодслужења у Бостону, Мејну и Конектикету
- Кутак КСС - Недељни ручак
- Заједнички кутак
- Библиотека
- Распоред Богослужења
- Јеванђеље
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Saturday, September 20: 12 pm - 10 pm
Sunday, September 21: 11 am - 3 pm
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Mark your calendars for a weekend of live Serbian music, traditional folk dancing,
homemade food and pastries, and joyful community gathering!
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🤝 Call for Volunteers
SerbFest wouldn’t be possible without our dedicated volunteers! Whether it’s helping in the kitchen, running the games, or serving meals- we need your helping hands.
📌 Sign up here: SerbFest 25 Volunteer Signup
Let us know your availability and areas of interest.
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🌟 Become a SerbFest 2025 Sponsor
We are now accepting sponsorships for this year’s event! Your support will help us cover event costs and raise funds for our parish. Whether you’re a business or a family, we welcome your contribution.
📅 Sponsorship Deadline: September 1, 2025
📄 View sponsorship levels and details here: Sponsors | St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral
Help us make SerbFest 2025 our biggest and best yet!
Thank you for supporting St. Sava Cathedral and SerbFest Boston. See you in September!
| | SerbFest 2025 – Dessert Call! | | |
Calling All Bakers & Sweet Tooths!
It's that time of year again - we need your delicious desserts to help make the SerbFest 2025 unforgettable!
🎂 What We Need:
Traditional Serbian sweets, family favorites, or any homemade desserts you'd love to share!
🍪 Ideas Include:
- Vanilice
- Krofne
- Pita (apple, cherry, etc.)
- Tulumbe
- Cakes, cookies, or anything sweet!
📍 Drop-off Info:
🗓️ Friday, September 19th, 2025
📍 Church Hall starting at 6:00PM
🎉 Let's come together to celebrate community, culture, and incredible desserts!
Want to sign up?
Sign up at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B054DAFAC22A3FC1-50981034-serbfest
| | A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us on August 23 for our SerbFest pita-making day! With 18 wonderful volunteers, we prepared over 600 pitas for this year’s festival. Your hard work, fellowship, and joy made the day a true success! Хвала! | | SERVICES IN OUR AND NEIGHBORING PARISHES | | |
In the past ten days, there has been much activity in the Boston parish as well as in the neighboring parishes of Portland and Hartford. On the eve of the Feast of the Transfiguration and on the feast day itself, Fr. Aleksandar served the vespers and Divine Liturgy in Cambridge, and on Saturday, August 23, he traveled to Biddeford, Maine, where he substituted for Fr. Ivan. On Sunday, August 24, he concelebrated with the newly assigned priest, Fr. Aleksandar Praščević, to whom he extended a warm welcome and formally entrusted the parish of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Connecticut. In Cambridge, the services were led by Fr. Rumen Pelovski.
On the eve of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, Vespers were served at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, and on the feast day itself, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated, at which about 20 young parishioners, who live and work on the island, participated and received Holy Communion.
Please see photos below.
| | БОГОСЛУЖБЕНЕ АКТИВНОСТИ У НАШОЈ И СУСЈЕДНИМ ПАРОХИЈАМА | | |
У протеклих десет дана било је доста активности у Бостонској парохији и у суседним парохијама у Портланду и Хартфорду. Уочи Преображења и на Преображење, о. Александар је служио бденије и Литургију у Кембриџу, а у суботу, 23. августа, у Бидефорду, Мејн, где је мењао оца Ивана. У недељу, 24. августа, је је служио са новим свештеником Александром Прашчевићем, коме је пожелео добродошлицу и предао парохију Св. Кирила и Методија у Конектикету. У Кебриџу је служио о. Румен Пеловски.
Уочи Успења Пресвете Богородице служено је Вечерње у Епископалној цркви Св. Андреја Првозваног у Едгартаун, на Мартиним виноградима, а на сам празник Св. Литургију где је присуствовало и причестило се око 20 младих парохијана који живе и раде на острву.
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Sunday Luncheons Schedule
August - October
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THANK YOU to all our volunteers for hosting a lunch. If you need help planning, please use a Luncheon Guide link below.
Contact Stanislava at parishoffice@stsavaboston.org with any changes.
ХВАЛА свим волонтерима на организацији недељног ручка. Ако вам је потребна помоћ при планирању, можете кликнути на линк испод.
За све промене, молимо вас да контактирате Станиславу на parishoffice@stsavaboston.org.
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Support Needed: Sunday Luncheons – Volunteers Welcome!
We’re reaching out to invite your support for our upcoming Sunday luncheons. These gatherings offer a beautiful opportunity for fellowship after church and play an important role in supporting the work of our St. Petka Circle of Serbian Sisters.
Several dates still need volunteers, and we would be grateful for your help. Please know that the meals do not need to be elaborate, simple offerings are always appreciated and meaningful.
To assist with your planning, a luncheon guide is attached above. It includes helpful tips and reminders to keep things easy and affordable.
Please see dates available in 2025:
• October 12
• October 19
• December 21 – Lenten luncheon
• December 28 – Lenten luncheon
2026
• January 4 – Lenten luncheon
• April 19
If you’re interested in hosting on one of these dates, please contact Jasmina Spector at jonmina@rcn.com.
Thank you for considering this opportunity to serve our church family, your generosity makes a lasting impact!
| | | | August 31 |
| Slobodanka Vlajkovic |
| | September 7 |
| Borjana Misic | Gordana Marchio | | September 14 |
| Anita Zilic | Dusanka Zilic | | September 21 |
| SerbFest |
| | September 27 |
| Slavica Krstic |
| | October 5 |
| Gordana Cosic | Dragana Jovanovic | | October 12 |
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| | October 26 | St. Petka | Milica Pogorzelski & Dusanka Mandic | Natasa Kuljic & Sasha Wagner & Ankica Koldzic | | |
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Community Announcements
If you have family news you would like to share with our community, please submit your listing to parishoffice@stsavaboston.org by Thursday in order to be published in our weekly news on Friday.
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12th Sunday after Pentecost
Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He said to Him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “’You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ “ The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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Недеља 12. по Духовима
И гле, неко приступивши рече Му: Учитељу благи! Какво ћу добро да учиним да имам живот вечни? А Он рече му: Што ме зовеш благим? Нико није благ осим једног Бога. А ако желиш ући у живот, држи заповести. Рече Му: Које? А Исус рече: Да не убијеш; не чиниш прељубе; не украдеш; не сведочиш лажно; Поштуј оца и матер; и љуби ближњег свог као самог себе. Рече Му младић: Све сам ово сачувао од младости своје; шта ми још треба? Рече му Исус: Ако хоћеш савршен да будеш, иди и продај све што имаш и подај сиромасима; и имаћеш благо на небу; па хајде за мном. А кад чу младић реч, отиде жалостан; јер беше врло богат. А Исус рече ученицима својим: Заиста вам кажем да је тешко богатоме ући у царство небеско. И још вам кажем: Лакше је камили проћи кроз иглене уши него ли богатоме ући у царство Божије. А кад то чуше ученици, дивљаху се врло говорећи: Ко се дакле може спасити? А Исус погледавши на њих рече им: Људима је ово немогуће, а Богу је све могуће.
Ви сте видело свету; не може се град сакрити кад на гори стоји. Нити се ужиже свећа и меће под суд него на свећњак, те светли свима који су у кући. Тако да се светли ваше видело пред људима, да виде ваша добра дела, и славе Оца вашег који је на небесима. Не мислите да сам ја дошао да покварим закон или пророке: нисам дошао да покварим, него да испуним. Јер вам заиста кажем: докле небо и земља стоји, неће нестати ни најмање словце или једна титла из закона док се све не изврши. Ако ко поквари једну од ових најмањих заповести и научи тако људе, најмањи назваће се у царству небеском; а ко изврши и научи, тај ће се велики назвати у царству небеском.
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