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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!
New! Sunday School pre-registration will be on Sunday, September 12th.
New! First day of Sunday School is on Sunday, September 19th. Welcome back students and
welcome new students!
New! There will be a Philoptochos meeting on Sunday, September 12th following coffee hour.
All members please plan to attend.
New! Every week, we will feature a saying from the "Church Fathers and the Monastic Life"
which is located on bottom left-hand side next to the Orthodox Tidbit on this page.
Parish Bulletin Board
Attention Altar Servers! Altar Boys & Canters dinner, Friday, September 10, at 7 p.m.
at Buca di Beppo in Station Square at the Pope's dining room.
Please use Baptismal Name when submitting names for the bulletin for Memorials,
Trisagions, Baptisms, Weddings or Commemorations.
Contact Pat Mandros or Virginia Fakaris for information regarding a bus trip to
Mountain Playhouse-Jennerstown, PA, on October 13, 2010. Cost is $81.00 per person, due by
September 8th, which includes lunch at Green Gables Restaurant & a performance of the
comedy "Driving Me Crazy with Daisy". A stop at the Ligonier Pie Shoppe will conclude the
day.
Attention! Altar Wine, "Commandaria of Cyprus" is being ordered for the church. Cost of each
case is $100. If you wish to donate a case or 1/2 case, please contact Father Rameas or call
the church office. Thank you for your donation and support. Thank You to Mr. & Mrs.
Harry Andrews and Mr. & Mrs. Clint Champagne, Ms. Penny Bouris and an anonymous donor
for their wine donations.
The 2010 Pittsburgh Summer Greek Festivals Guide! Every year, our good friends at
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, in Pittsburgh, compile and publish a convenient and
comprehensive guide to ALL of the annual Greek food festivals in the Greater Pittsburgh area.
Click here
for the 2010 Festival Guide to view a full page version. Print copies and post one
at your parish; give them to your friends and coworkers. Let us support one another and help to
ensure that we all have successful events. We'll see you there!
Orthodox Tidbits
The Platytera: More Spacious than the Heavens
Some of the American public has only a superficial familiarity with Orthodox iconography at best
and, at worst, possesses a gross misunderstanding of this important aspect of our Holy
Tradition. The chief contributor to the misinformation is the mass media and their
poorly-researched work. The word "icon" is often used synonymously with the word "fresco".
This is an early red-flag in any report that the journalist hasn't done his homework. These
two words clearly speak of different cultures and processes, totally different frames
of reference within which each was created. Many writers commonly refer to icons as Byzantine,
religious or church "art." Again, this is a very simplistic view that betrays a total lack of
knowledge of how icons are prepared and their meaning. This point is underscored by the fact
many journalists say that icons had been "painted", rather than correctly referring to them
as having been "written."
Orthodox Christians know that the subject matter of icons is, first, Christ and the
Theotokos — who is commonly depicted with her son — followed by the Holy Apostles,
Saints and Martyrs, and miracles and holy days depicted in the Holy Bible.
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