Serbian History 101

Thank you to the Serb National Federation for providing this skeletal outline of important dates for the Serbian Orthodox people in America.....and around the world.  Peter Borkovich, ESQ., President.

Prepared here by Mim Bizic for this website and Facebook to help others in need of date info.  Send YOUR info to m.bizic@comcast.net to be listed here too.

January, 2010

January 6:  Badnji Dan (Bringing in the Yule Log)

January 7:  Serbian Orthodox Christmas

January 8:  Synaxis Blessed Virgin Mary

January 9:  St. Stephen the Archdeacon Slava

Jan. 13:      Serbian Orthodox New Year's Eve

Jan. 14:      Serbian Orthodox New Year's Day, St. Basil the Great Slava

Jan. 15:      New Year's Celebration-American Serbian Club on Pittsburgh's South Side. 

Jan. 18:      Krstovdan (Feast of the Holy Cross

Jan. 19:      Epiphany (Baptism of our Lord)

Jan. 20:      St. John the Baptist Slava

Jan. 22:      Sarma Making Class at St. Nicholas Monroeville, PA, 6:30 PM 

Jan. 23:     Duqesne Tammies/All proceeds benefit IOCC. Upper St. Clair H.S. 3:00 PM (See Nena's note below)

Jan. 23     Blessing of the River in Fairmont, WV

Jan. 24     Blessing of the Monongahela River below Masontown Bridge. 

Jan. 24:    St. Sava's Day Prog. Aliquippa, PA & Pittsburgh, PA & Lackawanna, NY

Jan. 26:     Australia Day-celebrate at the Bonnyrigg Serbian Centre, NSW, Australia

Jan. 27:      St. Sava's Day

Jan. 29:      St. Peter in Chains Slava

Jan. 30:      St. Sava' Slava-8:00 PM, Srpski Klub Njujork, Serbian Assoc. of NY

Jan. 30:     Winter Dance at St. Stephens in Lackawanna 

Jan. 31:      St. Sava's Day Program-Carmichaels, McKeesport, and Monroeville, PA 

Jan. 31:      St. Sava McKeesport, PA Church Slava

February, 2010

Feb. 1:     Pocetak Folkorne Sekcue-6:00 PM, 65th Place Glendale NY 11385

Feb. 5:   Radost at American Serb Club, Pittsburgh 

Feb. 6:     Zadusnice  (All Soul's Day); 7th St. Elijah Choir Bowling "Ball" in Aliquippa, PA (Bowl/dinner/dance); Valentine's Day Dance, Monroeville)

Feb. 7: (Meatfare Sunday) Tammie Brunch in St. Stephens, Lackawanna 

Feb. 7:  Super Bowl 44-American Serb Club, Pittsburgh. Buffet dinner, raffle prizes, etc.  

Feb. 11:    42nd SNF Midwinter Golf Tournament in Phoenix, Arizona

Feb. 12:     3 Holy Heirarchs Slava-Pittsburgh

Feb. 13:    Silent Auction & Spaghetti Dinner -Buffalo, NY American Serb Club SNF Lodge Bratska Sloga 

Feb. 14:     Cheesefare Sunday; Valentine's Day;  St. Triphon Slava; Ordination of Chris Rocknage to the Holy Diaconate by His Grace Dr. Bishop Mitrofan.

Feb. 15:     Lent begins

Feb. 19-March 26:  Fish Fry-American Serbian Club, Pittsburgh South Side, 25th & Sarah Streets. 

Feb. 21:     Sunday of Orthodoxy

Feb. 26      St. Simeon Slava

Feb. 27:     Bratska Sloga Unity Family Dance-Buffalo, NY American Serb Club SNF Bratska Sloga 

Feb. 28:     Second Sunday of Lent

March, 2010

Feb. 19-March 26:  Fish Fry-American Serbian Club, Pittsburgh South Side, 25th & Sarah Streets.  

Mar. 7:      Third Sunday of Lent

Mar. 14:    Fourth Sunday of Lent  (Daylight Savings TIme begins)

Mar. 14:    Pan Orthodox Vespers, St. Stephens, Lackawanna, NY 

Mar. 20:   St. Patrick's Day Dinner-Buffalo, NY, American Serb Club SNF Bratska Sloga Lodge 

Mar. 21:    5th Sunday of Lent

Mar. 27:    Lazarus Sunday

Mar. 28:    Serbian Orthodox Palm Sunday / Palm Sunday for ALL

April, 2010

Apr. 2:       Serbian Orthodox Good Friday ( Good Friday for ALL)

Apr. 2:  Famous Serbian Fish Fry - Buffalo, NY, American Serbian Club SNF Bratska Sloga. 

Apr. 4:       Serbian Orthodox Pascha (Easter for ALL)

Apr. 4:      Tammie Lamb Roast, St. Stephens's in Lackawanna, NY 

Apr. 5:       Serbian Orthodox Easter Monday

Apr. 6:       Serbian Orthodox Easter Tuesday

Apr. 7:       Annunciation of Virgin Mary

Apr. 11:     St. Ilija Kolo Spaghetti Dinner, St. Stephens Church- Lackawanna, NY

Apr. 17:     St. Stephen's Spring Dance, Lackawanna, NY 

Aor. 17-18:  Serbian Eagles A.C. Mini B-Ball, Lansing, Illinois. 

Apr. 18:    First lamb roast of the year: Music 4:00, dinner at 5.  Buffalo, NY American Serb Club SNF

Apr. 24:    St. Stephen's Tammies of Lackawanna head for Monroeville, PA 

Aor. 30:     71st SNF Basketball Tournament in Merrillville, Indiana

May, 2010

May 1:      St. Elijah Church (Aliquippa, PA) 5th annual Golf Tournament, Blackhawk Golf Course 

May 6:       St. George Slava (National Day of Prayer)

May 8th:   Jedinstvo Folklore Group of Pittsburgh's Annual Concert 

May 8:      Chicken/Beef Chowder Sale-Buffalo, NY American Serbian Club SNF Lodge Bratska Sloga 

May 9:       Mother's Day

May 10:     Burning of the relics of St. Sava

May 13:     Spasosvdan  (Ascension)

May 15:    Milutin Lazich's Pittsburgh Civic Symphony Concert.

May 19:    Transfer of Relics of St. Sava

May 22:     Zadusnice (All Souls Day); St. Elijah's Mini-Food Festival, Aliquippa, PA

May 22:    St. Stephen's Tammie Concert-Lackawanna, NY 

May 23:     Pentecost, Holy Trinity Cathedral in Pittsburgh, Church Slava

May 23:    Lam Roast/Music/Dinner -Buffalo, NY American Serb Club SNF Lodge Bratska Sloga. 

May 24:     St. Cyril & Methodius Slava

May 31:     St. Peter and Paul Fast Begins;  Memorial Day

June, 2010

June 3:       St. Constantine & Helen Slava

June 11:     Live Music-Buffalo, NY American Serb Club SNF Lodge Bratska Sloga. 8:00 PM 

June 14:     Flag Day

June 14-June 18th-33rd Annual Church Camp, Aliquippa St. Elijah. 

June 15:     SNF Anniversary (109th!)  Vidovdan early one

June 20:     Father's Day

June 20:     Father's Day Dinner (St. Petka Kolo) of St. Stephen's in Lackawanna, NY

June 21-23:  Church School Camp, Monroeville, PA, and Pittsburgh Holy Trinity Cathedral Church Camp 

June 28:     St. Lazarus (Vidovdan Kosovo)

July, 2010

July 4:        Independence Day, American Serbian Club picnic in Castle Shannon, PA

July 7:        Ivandan (Nativity of St. John the Baptist)

July 10:     Golf outing benefitting the Serbian Cultural Garden in Cleveland. 

July 12:     Sts. Peter and Paul Slava

July 12-15: St. Stephens Lackawanna, NY Day Camp

July 16:     Pittsburgh 3-Day weekend.  Friday at Kennywood.

July 17:  Boat Ride.   (Death of Gen. Draza Mihailovich 1946) Pittsburgh 3-Day weekend

July 18: Picnic at Castle Shannon. Pittsburgh 3-Day weekend Church/

July 24-25: St. Stephen's Lackawanna NY SERB FEST 

July 31-Aug. 1 95th Annual Church St. Elijah Slava Celebration, Aliquippa, PA. 

August, 2010

July 31-Aug. 1 95th Annual Church St. Elijah Slava Celebration, Aliquippa, PA. 

Aug. 1       SNF Memorial Servie for Jassenovac Victiims

Aug. 2       St. Elijah Slava

Aug. 5-7th       69th SNF Summer Golf Tournament in Schererville, Indiana

Aug. 8? Shadeland Diocesan Day?????

Aug. 8, 9,10 Folkloric Festival in New South Wales, Australia, at Serbian Centre Bonnyrigg 

Aug. 9-14th:  Carnival at Pittsburgh Holy Trinity Cathedral. 

August 13, 14, 15:  SSF Choral Workshop hosted by St. Elijah Church, Aliquippa, PA 

Aug. 14     Dormition Fast begins

Aug. 19:    Preobrazenje (Tranasfiguration of our Lord)

Aug. 27:    Dormition Fast ends

Aug. 28:    Velika Gospojnja  (Dormition/Assumption of Mother of God

Aug. 29:  Holy Trinity Cathedral picnic at Castle Shannon. 

September, 2010

Sept. 6      Labor Day

Sept 11:    Beheading of St. John

Sept. 12:   Grandparents Day 

Sept. 13:   700,000 New Serb Martyrs (WWII)

Sept. 17:   Food Fest in Pittsburgh Holy Trinity 

Sept. 18-19th: St. Elijah Choir's 80th Anniversary Annual Choir Concert in Aliquippa, PA 

Sept. 19:  Sv. Ilija Kolo of Lackawanna, NY Tea 

Sept. 21:  Mala Gospojina (Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Sept. 21:  SNF Merger:  1st Business Day in 1929

Sept. 25: Fall Dance-St. Stephen's Lackawanna, NY 

Sept. 27:  Krstovdan (Elevation of the Cross

October, 2010

Oct. 2nd-Oct. 3rd:  14th Annual Food Festival in St. Elijah, Aliquippa, PA 

Oct. 2:  IOCC's night with Basile the Comedian, Charity Randall Theatre-Univ. of Pgh. (next to Cathedral of Learning)

Oct. 3: Monastery Marcha Dinner in St. Stephen's Lackawanna, NY 

Oct. 8th, 9th, 10th---  64th SNF Bowling Tournament in Aliquippa, PA hosted by St. Elijah Church and Lodge #23.  Please come for a great time!

Oct. 9:     Zadusnice (All Souls Day)

Oct. 11    Columbus Day

Oct. 14:   Pokrov (Protective Veil of the Blessed Mother)

Oct. 24:   St. Petka Kolo Slava-Lackawanna, NY 

Oct. 27:   St. Petka (Venerated Mother) Slava / Most KSS Slava too!

Oct. 31:   St. Luke Slava  (St. Luke made the very first icon!)

November, 2010

Nov. 6:     Zadusnice:  All Souls Day

Nov. 7      Daylight Savings Time Ends

Nov. 8      Mitrovdan (St. Demetrius Slava)

Nov. 11:   Veterans Day

Nov. 13:  IOCC Pre-Advent Ball, Serbian American Cultural Center, Weirton, WV. 

Nov. 21:   St. Archangel Michael Slava (Synaxis)

Nov. 21:   Stewardship Sunday-St. Stephen's Lackawanna, NY 

Nov. 24:   St. Stephen Decanski Slava

Nov. 25:  Thanksgiving

Nov. 28:   Advent Fast begins

December, 2010

Dec. 4:     Vavedenje (Presentation of the Virgin Mary)

Dec. 7      Pearl Harbor Day

Dec. 11:   Pittsburgh Holy Trinity Cookie Walk 

Dec. 12:   Annual Assembly in St. Stephen's Lackawanna, NY 

Dec. 18:    St. Nicholas Party/Badnjak Search in St. Stephen's Lackawanna, NY 

Dec. 19:   Don't forget to plant your psenicas! (See Christmas Customs on this website for directions.) 

Dec. 19    St. Nicholas Slava (Children's Day-Detinjci)

Dec. 24:   Christmas Eve

Dec. 25:   Christmas Day 

Dec. 26:   Serbian Mother's Day (Materice)

Dec. 31:    New Year's Eve

New Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Announced 1/22/10

Axios!  Mnogaja Ljeta! Long Life! 

http://byztex.blogspot.com/2010/01/bishop-irinej-of-nis-elected-serbian.html 

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