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Hosting the Episcopate Congress at Vatra Romānească
2-5 July 2009
 

Preparing the cabbage
for coleslaw.
Annie gets a lesson in
"Cabbage 101"
Eugenia & Ana wash fruit...
 ...while Kris gets stuck
with the onions.
Ramona & Julia taking
a rest break.
Putting the pie in the cooler
until dinner.
Maria, Silvia & Pearl pause
for a photo.
Elena & Eugenia selling
meal tickets.
Petru & Walter ready to
serve refreshments.
Archbishop NATHANIEL ready to bless the food. Our young servers happy to see the end of the line. Susan & Walter delivering pie to one side of the hall...
...while Psa. Mary Ellen delivers to the other side. Dumitru cooking the Swiss steak. A.R.O.Y. members peeling potatoes...
 ...and some of the adults too! Veturia & Gheorghe pause for a photo. Stefan washing the pans.
Deb, Vioara & Psa. Mary Ellen chopping onions - the
21st century way!
Frs. Romey & Horaţiu, assisted by Dn. Mircea, blessing the tombstone of a parishioner in the cemetery. The bread & coliva ready for the parastas in the cemetery pavilion.
Maria, Evelyn & Janet preparing the bread for distribution... ...while Radu & John prepare the coliva for Veturia to distribute. Anca, Daniela, Kris, Nellie & Crina ready to serve lunch.
Just some of the many people eating at the meals. John, Virgil, Nick & Traian on break from serving refreshments. Ramona, David, Veturia, Elizabeth, Annie, Maria & Jenny in between running food from the kitchen to the buffet.
Finally, a break for lunch! Time to serve dinner.
Ramona & Chris... ...and Elizabeth & Theodor delivering food to attendees.
Part of the clergy at the Sunday Divine Liturgy gather for a photo in front of the bishop's residence. Marinica, Radu, Paul, Kris, Dumitru, Stefan & Nellie are ready to go in their serving line... ...and John, Maria, Costel, Silvia, Crina, Vioara & Petru are underway.
Fr. & Psa. Rosco and Fr. & Psa. Balanean (with baby Bianca) at the head table representing the host parish. Some of the workers pause for a photo with the bishops and some clergy following the Sunday afternoon clean-up.

 

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