Descent of the Holy Spirit Orthodox Church
545 East 77th Avenue
Schererville, Indiana 46375
Very Rev. Fr. Lev Holowaty, Pastor
A Parish of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America
Deanery of Chicago
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
(219) 864-1529
Celebrating 107 Years of Prayer and Worship
1917 - 2024
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-All services are conducted in English-
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Welcome
Welcome, and thank you for visiting Descent of the Holy Spirit online. We hope that our website highlights our various worship, fellowship and services. Please feel free to read more about our Church on this site, or come in for a visit. We would love to greet you and share some fellowship with you at our Church Hall following Divine Liturgy. Please click here to learn more about our Parish and, as always, may God Bless you!
-Fr. Lev
Weekly Bulletin
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Contact Us
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Upcoming Events​​
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May 5
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Pascha luncheon following Divine Liturgy
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Children's Easter Egg Hunt - weather permitting
Friday Night Frys
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Thank you to our patrons and friends who helped make our Fish Fry sucessful!
Upcoming Services
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4/21 - Divine Liturgy - 9:30 AM
5th Sunday of Great Lent
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
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4/24 - Presanctified Liturgy
6:30 PM
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4/27 - Divine Liturgy - 9:30 AM
Lazarus Saturday
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4/28 - Divine Liturgy - 9:30 AM
Feast of the Triumphant Entry
into Jerusalem
Palm Sunday
Blessing of Pussy Willows
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5/1 - Holy Wednesday
Mystery of Holy Anointing
7:00 PM
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5/2 - Holy Thursday
Divine Liturgy - 9:30 AM
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Reading of the 12 Passion
Gospels - 7:00 PM
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5/3 - Great and Holy Friday
Vespers & Burial - 7:00 PM
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5/4 - Great and Holy Saturday
Vespers & Divine Liturgy
9:30 AM
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Resurrection Matins - 8:00 PM
Blessing of Easter Baskets
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5/5 - Great and Holy Pascha
The Feast of Feasts - Easter
The Resurrection of Christ
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Paschal Divine Liturgy
10:00 AM
Blessing of Easter Baskets
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What is Orthodoxy?
The Orthodox Christian Church was born on Pentecost in AD 33 with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles (see Acts 2:2-4). Through the missionary labors and martyric witness of countless men and women, the apostolic faith spread to every corner of the world: first the Near East, then Europe, Africa, and Asia. Orthodoxy was planted in North America in the late 18th century by monastic missionaries from Russia. Today the worldwide Orthodox Church has more than 300 million members. Each national Church (Russian, Greek, Serbian, etc.) is independent and self-administering, but united in faith and sacraments with all the others. Some five million Orthodox from diverse ethnic backgrounds now live in the United States and Canada.