{"id":547,"date":"2023-10-26T11:48:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T10:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spcireland.org\/?p=547"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:51:14","slug":"slava-kola-sestara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spcireland.org\/en\/2023\/10\/26\/slava-kola-sestara\/","title":{"rendered":"The Patron Feast of the Association Sisters\u2019 Association of the Republic of Ireland \u2014 October 14, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">On the Feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, October 14, 2023, the Association of Serbian Sisters \u2018Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos\u2019 of the Republic of Ireland solemnly celebrated its patron feast for the third year in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The celebration of the feast began with a solemn Divine Liturgy served by Protopresbyter-Stavrophor Mladen Gardovi\u0107, parish priest and rector of the Church in Dublin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Divine Liturgy, Father Mladen blessed the slava symbols and thanked all the members of the Association, led by their president, Mrs. Biljana Torbica Kostin, for their selfless dedication and assistance to the Church community of Saint George and the parish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A large number of faithful and admirers of the sisters\u2019 work and efforts gathered that Saturday morning for the Divine Liturgy, after which a reception was arranged by the diligent and generous hostesses of our parish. The slava bread and wheat, prepared with love in honour of the Most Holy Theotokos, were made by the vice president of the Association of Serbian Sisters, Sister Ljilja Peji\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the pride of their homeland and of the Serbian people in Ireland, the Serbian Sisters\u2019 Association \u2018Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos,\u2019 though one of the youngest associations, is very active. 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