Pictures of Holy Ghost Orthodox Church

Holy Ghost Orthodox Church In the News

1907-1996

1907-1919 Group Pictures	1920's, '30's, '40's Group Photos	1950's Group Photos	1960's, 1970's Group Photos	1982 - 75th Anniversary	1992 - 85th Anniversary
1996 Church Council

1997

Interior Renovations	Hess Baptism	Youth Center Card Party	Cupola Replacement	90th Anniversary Panikhida
90th Anniversary Indoor Picnic	90th Anniversary Vespers	90th Anniversary Hierarchical Liturgy	90th Anniversary Banquet

1998 - 2002

1998 Elaine Brogan's Going Away Party	1998 Choir Party	1999 Parish Picnic	2000 Slavic Festival
2000 Yolka	2001 Girl Scout Sunday	2001 First Confession Class	2001 George Guzan's 96th Birthday
2001 PNC Park Outing	2001 Group Pictures	2001 Slavic Festival	2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 Yolka
2002 Jr. FOCA Officers	2002 First Confession Class	2002, 2003, 2004 Holy Friday	2002 Pascha
2002, 2003, 2005 Divine Liturgy	2002-2004 Installation of Altar Icons	2002, 2005 Jr. F.O.C.A	2002 Group Photos
2002 - 95th Anniversary	2002 Parish Picnic	2002 Slavic Festival

2003 - 2006

2003 Church Blessing	2003 Henrys' Farewell	2003 Pascha	2003 Fr. Bill's and Matushka Deb's 25th Anniversary
2003 Dormition and Transfiguration	2003 Slavic Festival	2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 Church Councils	2004 Pascha
2004 Markvan 60th Wedding Anniversary Blessing	2004 Vacation Bible School	2004 Slavic Festival	2005 Ambridge Choir Concert
2005 First Confession Class	2005 Good Friday	2005 Pascha	2005 Church Blessing
2005 Jr. FOCA Officers	2005 Senior Altar Servers	2005 Gateway Clipper Cruise	2005 Jr. F.O.C.A. Picnic
2005 Demonstration of Proscomedia	2006 Cross Making	2006 Good Friday	2006 Chandelier Blessing
2006 Christmas Decorating	2006 Honoring Veterans	2006 Yolka

2007

Baptism	Wedding	Divine Liturgy Great Entrance	Holy Friday
Nocturnes/Pascha	Ladies Altar Society Panikhida	Group Pictures and Staff	100th Anniversary - Vespers - June 2
100th Anniversary - Reception - June 2	100th Anniversary - Hierarchal Liturgy  - June 3	100th Anniversary - Banquet - June 3	Beaver County Proclamation
Parish Picnic	Hayride	Slavic Festival	Honoring Veterans
Yolka

2008

Holy Week	Pascha	Ladies Altar Society Tea and Basket Party	Ladies Altar Society Panikhida
Fun-Fore-All	Blessing of Vehicles	Jr. F.O.C.A/Choir Picnic	Fellowship on the Lawn
Installation of Jr. F.O.C.A Officers	Slavic Festival	Hierarchal Visit - Bishop Tikhon	Yolka
Jr. F.O.C.A. Christmas Decorating

2009

65th Wedding Anniversary Celebrations	Patrick's Baptism	Holy Week and Pascha	Fun-Fore-All
Father's Day	Consecration of Bishop Melchisedek	Ordination of Dn. Mathew Stahoviak	Slavic Festival
Christmas Decorating

2010

Ice Skating at PPG	Good Friday and Pascha	Fr. Bill's 25th Anniversary of Priesthood	Jr. FOCA Picnic
Evansky-Ilchuk Wedding	Jr. F.O.C.A Officers	Slavic Festival	Yolka

2011

Parish Picnic

FOCA District Convention in Ambridge

Slavic Festival

Bishop Michael Hierachal Visit

Yolka

2012

Bowling with the Serbs	Church Council Installation	Hierarchal Visit - Bishop Melchisedek	Blessing of Graves	Ladies Altar Society Panikhida
Parish Picnic	Church Directory	105th Anniversary	Slavic Festival	Yolka

2013

Combined Liturgy with St. John's	Olga Petcash 99th Birthday	Parish Development Seminar	Holy Week and Pascha	St. Thomas Day Procession
Mother's Day	Ladies Altar Society Basket and Tea Party	Father's Day	Fr. Bill Receives St. Innocent Award	Parish Picnic
Slavic Festival	Honoring Veterans

2014

70th Wedding Anniversaries	House Blessing	Pre-Lent Dinner and Talent Show	Council Oath of Office
Sunday of the Cross	Making Pascha Bread	Holy Friday	Holy Saturday
Pascha	Ladies Altar Society Basket and Tea Party	Mother's Day Brunch	Father's Day Brunch
Simply Social	Blessing of Vehicles	Slavic Festival	Ladies Altar Society Soup and Salad Luncheon
Ladies Altar Society Oath of Office	Center for Hope Charity Dinner	Parish Veterans	Decorating the Church for Christmas
Yolka

2015

Baptism of Joshua Ilchuk	St. Tikhon's Seminary Octet	Holy Friday - Pascha	Ladies Altar Society Basket and Tea Party
Mother's Day	Graduates	Blessing of Elevator	Simply Social
Father's Day	Blessing of Vehicles	Parish Picnic	Dormition
F.O.C.A Breakfast	Ordination of Peter Ilchuk to the Diaconate	Dn. Peter Ilchuk's First Divine Liturgy	Slavic Festival
Fr. Bill's 30th Anniversary to the Priesthood	William Evansky's 90th Birthday	Center for Hope Dinner Preparation	Honoring Veterans
Hierarchal Visit from Bishop Michael	Yolka

2016

Theophany	Baptism of Jacob Ilchuk	Annual Parish Meeting	Diocesan Lenten Vespers and Luncheon
Ladies Altar Society Soup and Salad Luncheon	Ladies Altar Society Pascha Bread Baking	Communion After First Confession	Holy Friday and Saturday
Pascha	St. Thomas Sunday Blessing of the Church	Ladies Altar Society Basket and Tea Party	Mother's Day
Graduates	Father's Day	Blessing of Vehicles	Transfiguration
Center for Hope Meal Preparation	Honoring Veterans	Fr. Bill's Birthday	November Ladies Altar Society Soup and Salad Luncheon
Yolka	Future Bell Ringer of America

2017

Communion After First Confession	Holy Friday	Pascha	St. Thomas Day Procession
Ladies Altar Society Basket and Tea Party	Mother's Day	110th Anniversary	Group Pictures
Church Directory	Dormition	Blessing of Vehicles	FOCA Annual Breakfast
Archbishop Melchisedek's Birthday	Jr. FOCA Officers Oath of Office	Preparing for Slavic Festival	Ambridge Festival of Churches
Slavic Festival	FOCA St. Nicholas Collection	Honoring Veterans	Fr. Bill's Birthday
Thanksgiving	Yolka

2018

Theophany	40th Wedding Anniversary of Fr. Bill & Mat. Deb	Ladies Altar Society Meeting	LAS Oath of Office of Executive Board
Meeting of the Lord - Blessing of Candles	Annual Parish Meeting	Sunday of Orthodoxy	A Lenten Talk by Andrew Weaver
Church Council Oath of Office	Palm Sunday	Good Friday	Pascha
Church Procession - St. Thomas Sunday	Mother's Day	LAS Panahida	Center for Hope Luncheon
Sunday School Graduation	Father's Day	Church Camp	Blessing of Cars
Transfiguration - Blessing of Fruit	Dormition - Blessing of Flowers & Herbs	Ambridge Festival of Churches	FOCA Breakfast
Elevation of the Cross	Slavic Food Festival	Double Orarion Award for Dn. Stahoviak	Double Orarion Award for Dn. Ilchuk
LAS Soup and Salad Luncheon	Honoring Veterans	St. Nicholas Project Collection	Decorating Church for Christmas
Yolka

2019

Theophany - Blessing of Church	Sr. FOCA Officers' Oath of Office	Jr. FOCA Officers' Oath of Office	Meeting of the Lord - Blessing of Candles
Souper Bowl Collection	LAS Officers' Oath of Office	Sunday of Orthodoxy	Sunday of the Cross
LAS Bread Baking	LAS Lenten Soup and Salad Luncheon	Holy Unction	Conversion to Orthodoxy of Samantha
Communion after First Confession	Palm Sunday	Good Friday	Holy Saturday
Pascha	Church Procession - St. Thomas Sunday	LAS Basket and Tea Party	Mother's Day Luncheon
LAS Trisagion Service	Center for Hope Luncheons	Easter Egg Hunt	Sunday School Graduation
Fence Painting	Pentecost	Father's Day Luncheon	Blessing of Vehicles
Center for Hope Luncheon	Transfiguration - Blessing of Fruit	Dormition - Blessing of Flowers & Herbs	Ordination of Fr. Michael Sochka
Elevation of the Cross	Start of Sunday School	FOCA Brunch	Ambridge Festival of Churches
Slavic Food Festival	Fr. Bill's 65th Birthday	Decorating the Church for Christmas	Yolka

2020

Theophany	Meeting of the Lord - Blessing of Candles	LAS Officers' Oath of Office	LAS Wine Party
Forgiveness Sunday	Sunday Of Orthodoxy	Good Friday	Pascha
Observing CDC Guidelines Due to Corona Virus	Pentecost	Blessing of Vehicles	Transfiguration - Blessing of Fruit
A Different Slavic Festival

2021

Theophony	Sunday of Orthodoxy	First Confession Class	Pascha
George Guzan's 96th Birthday	Pentecost	Blessing of Vehicles	Dormition of the Theotokos
Matushka Deb's Birthday	FOCA Breakfast	Slavic Food Festival	Collection for Seminarians
Visit from St. Tikhon's Seminarians	Yolka

2022

Council Oath of Office	Sunday of Orthodoxy	First Confession Class	Archbishop Visit
Palm Sunday	Good Friday	Holy Saturday	Pascha
Mother's Day Brunch	Matthew & Taylor Stahoviak's Wedding	Sunday School Graduation	Father's Day Brunch
Blessing of Vehicles	Transfiguration - Blessing of Fruit	Start of Sunday School Year	FOCA Breakfast
Simply Social Dinner	LAS Soup and Salad Luncheon	Honoring Veterans	Center for Hope Dinner
St. Nicholas Project	New Readers	Christmas Cookie Walk	Decorating the Church for Christmas
Yolka

2023

Demonstration of Proscomedia	115th Anniversary of Holy Ghost Orthodox Church	Annual Parish Meeting	Sunday of Orthodoxy
Sunday of the Cross	Swearing in of Church Officers	Confirmation of Shane into the Orthodox Faith	Palm Sunday
Good Friday	Pascha	Elevation of Dn. Peter Ilchuck to Protodeacon	Simply Social
Blessing of New Sign	Sunday School Graduation	Mother's Day	Blessing of Cars
Pentecost	Blessing of Fruit	Blessing of Flowers and Herbs	Parish Picnic
Beginning of Sunday School Year	Visit from the Nuns of Holy Transfiguration Monastery	FOCA Brunch	Ambridge Festival of Churches
Youth Choir	Yolka

2024

Theophany	Decorating Icon Frames	Canon of St. Andrew	Sunday of Orthodoxy
Sunday of the Cross	Holy Unction	Chrismation of Alecia Taylor	Palm Sunday
Good Friday	Holy Saturday	Pascha	LAS Victorian Tea & Basket Party
Mother's Day	Pentecost	Elevation of Dn. Matthew Stahoviak to Protodeacon	Prophet Elijah Liturgy
Transfiguration	Dormition	Elevation of the Cross	Start of Sunday School
Thanksgiving Liturgy	Decorating the Church	Yolka	Christmas

2025

Theophany	Blessing of Candles	Ice Skating at PPG Place	Annual Parish Meeting
Forgiveness Sunday	Canon of St. Andrew	Sunday of Orthodoxy	Cleaning of Chandelier
Sunday of the Cross	Lenten Deanery Vespers	Holy Unction	Palm Sunday
First Confession Class	Good Friday	Holy Saturday	Pascha
Fr. Bill's 40th Anniversary of Priesthood	Pentecost	Holy Chrismation of Alexandra Greenleaf and Devin Pillar	Blessing of Olive Oil
Campers at St. Vladimir's Camp	Blessing of Cars	Blessing of Fruit	Blessing of Flowers and Herbs
Sunday School	Hayride at Yeck's Farm	Simply Social	Fr. Bill's Birthday
Holy Chrismation of Christian Parker	Yolka	Christmas

2026

Theophany

Holy Ghost Orthodox Church, Ambridge, Pennsylvania