Friends,

Shortly before the beginning of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, October 2, our sister in Christ Olga Radulovic fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 97. Olga is one of our founding members, and gave tirelessly of herself for the establishment and flourishing of our St. Vladimir parish. Many of you knew Olga, while many of you did not, since she has not been able to come to church regularly for some years. But each and every one of us has benefited from the zealous efforts of Olga, and our other founders, who trusted in God that their work would benefit perhaps not themselves, but those that would come after them. Those that came after them are us, and we owe a huge debt to Olga and our other founders who have gone on to their eternal reward. I would submit that we need to emulate their efforts and continue to work diligently now for the parish that the Lord has entrusted to us – even if the benefit from our efforts will be not for ourselves, but for those who come after us.

For now, let us pray for Olga’s repose in the tabernacles of the righteous. In the next days we will be able to plan Olga’s funeral and we will share that information with you here when we have it. May her memory be eternal!

Fr. Gregory