[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 134 (Tuesday, October 9, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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     CONGRATULATING SAINT PETER THE APOSTLE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 9, 2001

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Saint Peter 
the Apostle Serbian Orthodox Church on the occasion of their 50 year 
anniversary. The church will be celebrating its golden anniversary at a 
celebration on October 13 of this year.
  Saint Peter the Apostle Serbian Orthodox Church has been a 
significant source of guidance in the Fresno community over the past 
fifty years. Many members of the Orthodox Faith in the Central San 
Joaquin Valley have made Saint Peter the Apostle Serbian Orthodox 
Church their home.
  On March 18 of 1951, Saint Peter the Apostle Serbian Orthodox Church-
School Congregation of Fresno was officially incorporated in the State 
of California. The Church by-laws were approved and accepted by the 
Serbian Orthodox Diocese of America and Canada on June 1, of 1951.
  Since then, Saint Peter's has engaged in various improvement projects 
including starting an annual Parish Golf Tournament in 1968, that has 
raised thousands of dollars for the Social Hall and Education Building 
Funds and capital improvements on the church property and facilities. 
In 1989, St. Peter's Men's Club was organized. Through their monthly 
dinners they have raised funds for special church projects and have 
given thousands of dollars to local Fresno and Madera charitable 
organizations.
  During the 1990's, Saint Peter's has been active in providing 
humanitarian assistance to refugees from the civil war in the former 
Yugoslavia as well as the Kosovo Conflict. This assistance has included 
housing and sponsoring 7 refugees who were receiving medical treatment 
and prosthetic limbs in Fresno for over a two-year period. Saint 
Peter's has also been active in providing food to needy families in the 
Fresno/Clovis area through their Humanitarian Outreach Team.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Saint Peter the Apostle 
Serbian Orthodox Church on its 50 year anniversary. I urge my 
colleagues to join me in congratulating the Church and wishing them 
many years of continued success.

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