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In His speech the church board president Chris Milosovich thanked all for coming, expressed his joy about having again gatherings inside the hall and gave a short report about finished and future proj- ects.
Fr. Vido in his address thanked His Grace, the Clergy and the special guest from Belgrade, Prof. Miodrag Zec for celebrating with us.
He also greeted and thanked Slobodan and Maga- ret Galeb for their tremendous support of our parish and reminded everyone that the Galeb family do- nated all the lime stone and marble tiles for our church.
Father Vido also expressed His gratitude to Mary and Eli Bogdanovich, Miladin Malisic, Radomir and Dorina Vukadin, Angie Gill (Ćuk) Millie and Char- lie Fleskes, the Vukcevich families and all others for their huge donations towards the building fund, but also to every parishioner who is coming, helping and supporting the church in numerous ways.
His Grace Bishop Maxim awarded two parishio- ners of our parish, Tanja Vrcelj and Theodore Ted Miljevich with Episcopal citations for their love and support of our parish in many capacities.
All attendees gave a big applause to the recipients of these awards from the hand of His Grace and con- gratulated them.
One of the joyous highlights was the performance of the Iskra Choir under the direction of the very talented musician and singer Nena Lovre. Every- body loved the music and songs which brought much joy to all of us.
We celebrated a wonderful Slava gathered around our Bishop and protected by the Archangel Michael
and all Bodiless Hosts praying that our merciful and loving God blesses us with many years until Christ comes again! Maran ata!
Very Rev. Protopresbyter Vidoslav Vujasin Saratoga parish priest
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