Membership application to the St. Sava
Serbian Orthodox Church School Congregation |
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| Name:
______________________________________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: __________________________________________________________________________________ Place and date of birth: _________________________________________________________________________ Place and date of baptism: _______________________________________________________________________ Baptized an Othrodox Christian? __________________________________________________________________ Nationality: _______________________________________________________________________ Converted to Orthodoxy? _______________________________________________________________________ If yes, give date, church and the address: ___________________________________________________________ Former church affiliation: _______________________________________________________________________ I resepctfully petition the Executive Board and Pastor to receive me as a member of the Srebian Orthodox Cathedral Church of St. Sava in New York City, and hereby solemnly take this oath of membership: " I (name) _____________________ (surname) ___________________________ swear by Almighty God and with my honor that I will, as an Orthodox Christian, obey, rspect, fulfill, protect and defend the Holy Canons, laws, traditions, regulations, orders of the Holy Orthodox Church and the Diocesan Bishop of the Eastern American Diocese located in Edgeworth, PA; and as a member of the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church School Congregation of my Parish Chuch, the Srebian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava in New York City, I will regularly and devotedly fulfill all duties and obligations prescribed by the Constitution, Rules and Regulations of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States of America and Canada, and the By-Laws prescribed by this Church-School Congregation, so help me God." Signature of the applicant ________________________________ Date ________________ Recommended by the following two members in good standing: 1) ___________________________________________________ 2) ___________________________________________________ I hereby certify that the above named applicant is a parishioner of St. Sava Parish in New York City and that he/she fulfills the spiritual and moral requirements prescribed for membership in the Church-School Congregation by teachings of our Holy Church and the Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States of America and Canada, to which I attest with my seal and signature. Signature of the Pastor and the Church Seal: ______________________________________________ We the unersigned, hereby certify that at a meeting of the Executive Board of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral Church of St.Sava, held on ____________________, this application has been approved and the candidate ____________________________ has been received as a memebr of this Church School Congregation, adnd was duly informed of this decision. ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ |