Holy Protection Cookbook: "From: Holy Protection of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church Cookbook Editors
Here's the short story. We have the usual problem. We need to raise funds. We need to go outside the membership. Not avalanches of cash, just enough to keep the lights on and pay the Priest.
We also needed to offer something besides the highly anticipated annual dinners of Cabbage Rolls which we offer in the spring, and the Chicken BBQ which we hold in the fall. As a really small parish in a sparsely populated area of the country, we are just scraping by. I imagine the same can be said for countless others spread throughout the world.
One of the members suggested we put together a cookbook and get donations that way. Not a bad idea.
The announcement was made and recipes collected. After a ton of work we finally had our cookbook.
And you know what? It was good. People really liked the blend of Old Country combined with the newer recipes. Peruse the complete Table of Contents. There are a total of 353 recipes if we counted them right.
When I say 'Old Country' I mean old Country as in the former eastern block countries....Russia, Yugoslavia, Poland, etc. You see, we are an Eastern Orthodox Church. More specifically Russian.
A lot of the recipes in this book were brought over with our church founders when they immigrated to the states. Most of the members are descendants of coal miners. These folks came over from the old country to make a better life for themselves and their families. Check out our HISTORY. Look at a couple of PHOTOS. Yep. One of them is the basis for the picture on the cover of the cookbook.
If you haven't figured it out yet, we're asking for donations. In return we will send you a cookbook."
