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 108 Years of Prayer and Worship
1917 - 2025
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-All services are conducted in English-
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Friday Fish Frys Return January 17 - 3 PM until 7 PM
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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​​
January 7
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Christmas potluck following Divine Liturgy
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January 15
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Pirohy session @ 9 AM
Friday Night Frys
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Friday Night Frys to return in January 2025
Upcoming Services
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​1/5 - Divine Liturgy - 9:30 AM
Sunday before the Nativity
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1/6 - Nativity Eve Vigil - 8:00 PM
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1/7 - Divine Liturgy - 10:00 AM
Feast of the Nativity
Christmas Day
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1/8 - Divine Liturgy - 9:30 AM
St. Stephen
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1/12 - Divine Liturgy - 9:30 AM
Sunday after the Nativity
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1/19 - Divine Liturgy - 9:30 AM
Feast of the Theophany
Blessing of Holy Water
Click on the image below for Today's Scripture Reading
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.