Following Divine Liturgy on Sunday, August 31, 2008, the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, on the feast of Sts.Florus and Laurus, V. Rev. Archpriest Lazar Kostur gathers with his brethren in Christ who came to share in the celebration of Divine Liturgy at St. Elijah Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Merrillville, Indiana, where Prota Lazar has been the parish priest for 22 and 1/2 years. The St. Elijah Cathedral was filled with his beloved parishioners who joined in a festive banquet at St. Elijah Serbian American Hall.

From  left to right:  Protodeacon Vadim Gan, from the Protection of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Cathedral in Des Plaines,Illinois; Protopresbyter Djokan Majostorovich, president of the Clergy Brotherhood of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada, cathedral dean of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in New York City; Protopresbyter Bogdan Zjalic, St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church of Chisholm, Minnesota, and kum to Prota Lazar.  On Prota's left side is Protopresbyter-Stavrophor Milan Savich, retired parish priest of St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church in Lake Forest, Illinois, and former neighboring priest at St. George Serbian Orthodox Church in Schererville, Indiana; Protopresbyter Djuro Krosnjar of Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois, and Protonamesnik Dragomir Tuba, son-in-law of Fr. Lazar and parish priest at St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church in Akron, Ohio.

On the second picture Prota's son Nikolaj, Uros Stanojevic and Todor Trisic, longtime tutors at St. Elijah Cathedral.

At the banquet Protopresbyter-Stavrophor Nedeljko Lunich, Dean of the greater Chicago area and kum to Fr. Lazar, gave the main address. Joining in the festivities were V. Rev. Stavrophor Dennis Pavicevic from Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Chicago, Rev. Constantine Aliferakis, Economou, from St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Schererville, Protonamesnik Marko Matic with his family and parishioners from St. Sava Church in Merrillville and Protonamesnik Dobrivoj Milunovich with his family and parishioners from St. George Serbian Orthodox Church in Schererville, Indiana.