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Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church of Oakmont and Verona!
If you are a new member of our parish, or are considering membership, this web site will acquaint
you with our parish. To those who already belong to the church, this is YOUR website. We hope you
will make full use of it, not only to enrich your relationship with the church and your fellow
members, but to strengthen and support our parish and its ministries as well.
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Latest News!
Xristos Anesti!
Read St. John Chrysostom's Paschal Sermon
Congratulations to John & Nico Bodkin for participating in the District Oratorical Festival
at Holy Trinity in Ambridge, PA on April 28th. John came in third place. Congratulations to
Both John & Nico.
The 2012 Pittsburgh
Summer Greek Festival Guide has been published by
Holy Trinity.
Parish Bulletin Board
Two (2) Automatic External Defibrillators (AED's) are available. One has been
placed in the church & the second is located at Riverside Landings.
Please see the Church Events Calendar for all upcoming Church
Services and our parish's ministry happenings! Note that the calendar will not show events
that are scheduled for the Church Social Hall or Riverside Landing facility. If you know of
an event or would like an event listed, please send email to
events@dormitionpgh.org with the event
details.
For Greater Pittsburgh Area Eastern Orthodox events, visit the
Community page. If you are aware of an event or would
like an event listed, please send email to
dormition_web@dormitionpgh.org with the
event details.
Holy Land Pilgrimage trip scheduled for June 10-22, 2012. View/Print the
itinerary.
Archangel Icons will be presenting an Icon Workshop in Pittsburgh on June 11 to 16, 2012.
See the flyer for more information.
Orthodox Tidbits — From Pascha to Pentecost
The Pentecostal Period — The word, Pentecost means "the fiftieth" and is used to
designate the great event of the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Epiphoitesis) upon the Apostles and the Church
on the 50th day after the Resurrection of Christ, just ten days after His Ascension into Heaven.
Before His Passion, the Lord spoke to his Disciples about the gift of the Holy Spirit, which they were to
receive after the Ascension. The details are preserved in the Gospel of Saint John: "I will ask the Father to
send you the Holy Spirit who will defend you and always be with you" (14:16). He also said, "The Holy Spirit
can not come to defend you until I leave. But after I am gone, I will send the Spirit to you" (16:7). After His
Resurrection, the Lord appeared to the Disciples, and He said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit" (20:22). This
was a foretaste of the Outpouring (Epiphoitesis) on Pentecost Sunday.
From Pascha to Pentecost (Continued)
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