ON-LINE ADVENT LECTURE SERIES AT CHRIST THE SAVIOUR CATHEDRAL

With the blessing of His Grace, Bishop Gregory of Nyssa, Christ the Saviour Cathedral is pleased to announce that it will host a three-week Advent Lecture series. The lectures, which will be open to the public and live streamed via the internet, will take place on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm beginning December 2, 2014. They will be delivered by professors from Christ the Saviour Seminary and will be one hour in duration.  A question-and-answer session will follow.

 

The Lecture Schedule is as follows:

Dec. 2 - "Rejoice O Isaiah... A Scriptural Study of the Old Testament Prophecies and Their Fulfillment in the Nativity of Our Lord " - Very Rev Protopresbyter Kenneth Bachofsky;

 

Dec. 9 - "The Incarnation: the Hardest Story for the Modern World, and How to Tell It Well" - Very Rev. Fr. Jonathan Tobias;

 

Dec. 16 - "The Christmas Heresy" - Very Rev. Protopresbyter Lawrence Barriger

 

Faithful from Diocesan parishes in the Johnstown Deanery are encouraged to attend the lecture series at the Cathedral located at 300 Garfield St., Johnstown, PA. Parishes with internet capabilities are encouraged to watch the lectures as a group. A chat room feature will allow for interaction with the presenter during the Q & A sessions.

 

The lecture series may be viewed live by clicking here.

 

This lecture series is being co-sponsored by Christ the Saviour Seminary and Christ the Saviour Cathedral in partnership with the Diocesan Apostolate for Information Technology and Communications.

 

For more information, please contact Protopresbyter Robert Buczak, Cathedral Dean, at kbuczak@msn.com .

 

 

 

 

 

CZECHOSLOVAK GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY SEARCHING FOR MORE INCLUSIVE NAME

Polly Walker, a Carpatho-Rusyn from Minnesota, was recently elected to the board of the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International which had its annual meeting at the end of October.  Among the topics of discussion was a potential name change for the organization.

When the organization was first started in 1988, the country of Czechoslovakia existed.  Now that it no longer exists, the Society is receiving a fair number of comments (especially from Europe) that the name is outdated...and, in some ways, offensive.  After wracking their brains at the meeting, the board members decided to go home and ask their friends and family for some suggestions.  As many Carpatho-Rusyn Society members are also members of CGSI, Polly requested the Lake Michigan Chapter to help their efforts by posting information about its name search.

According to Polly, the organization is looking for something that is easy to remember, fairly short and will explain what it does. Its Mission Statement reads:

Our purposes include promoting genealogical research and creating an interest in ancestry and heritage among descendants of ethnic groups who comprised the former nation of Czechoslovakia, including Bohemian (Czech), German-Bohemian (Bohmisch), Hungarian, Moravian, Ruthenian (Rusyn), Silesian, Slovakian, and those of Jewish ancestry.

Please go to the group’s website https://www.cgsi.org to learn more about the organization and see its current logo--a tree whose leaves form the outline of the former Czechoslovakia.  According to Polly, the next step is to delineate where the different ethnic groups are located within the leafy area.  

She also notes that “the name change will be tricky as we need to try to somehow incorporate all of these ethnic groups.  I would appreciate any and all suggestions you may have.  Thanks so much for your time!”

If you have any ideas you’d like to share with Polly, send them to her at rusynakova@gmail.com.