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Night of the Martyrs III Teen Retreat
October 25-27, 2002 - Hermitage, PA
Hermitage, PA


"6 feet and 2 hands to move 30 feet..."	A little teamwork	"Clean out the pumpkin"	"Cut it open"

"Take all the yucky stuff out and let God's light shine through	Enjoying free time	Learning about the 20th Century New Martyrs	Zek Meister... errr..Retreat Master Fr David Subu

Communism is responsible for 110,000,000 deaths!	Taking notes during discussions	Two zeks working together	Christina Regule from the US Commission on International Freedom

The state of the world today	Christina shares stories of modern martyrs	Fr David shares his knowledge of the 20th Century Martyrs	Human Bingo

Small group discussions: St Peter the Aleut	Discussing Great Duchess Elizabeth the new martyr	Intense talks about martyrdom	Learning about St Contantine Brancoveanu and his 4 sons

Great Vespers	Dinner at the Campfire	Marshmellows!	the group at the campfire

Christina sings some of her own music	Retreat participants join the parish choir for Divine Liturgy		Group Photo

Turkey Dinner after Liturgy!	The light shines through the pumpkins	free time before clean-up	Cleaning the hall

white glove inspection?	Egyptian Rat what?!?	concert time	Peter Jon Gilquist talks about Halloween

Peter Jon Gilquist performs concert