Thank you for your continued interest in the renovation of the St. Mardarije Spiritual and Cultural Center.

Funds are still needed! Now that the weather is getting warmer, Manny and his crew are
gearing up to work outside. The cash flow needs are larger and coming in at a faster pace.
If you can give sooner, please do!  Continue to pray for this project, help share the updates
about it and consider donating.
 

Fundraising Updates
Listed below are donors that gave $5000 or over in February.
 

Miroslava Pavlovic, IL             $    8,000.00
St. Nikola SOC, Lyons, IL       $    5,000.00

This appeal has been taken to all parishes in the Midwest Diocese, to date,
11 parishes have contributed with this project:
 

Holy Apostle and Evangelist St. Luke SOC           Leander, Texas
St. Archangel Michael SOC                                   Huntsville, Alabama
St. Archangel Michael SOC                                   Lansing, Illinois
St. Elijah SOC                                                        Merrillville, Indiana
St. George SOC                                                     Joliet, Illinois
St. George SOC                                                     Schererville, Indiana
St. Lazarus SOC                                                     Detroit, Michigan
St. Nikola SOC                                                       Lyons, Illinois
St. Petka SOC                                                        Nashville, Tennessee
St. Sava SOC                                                         Houston, Texas
St. Sava SOC                                                         Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 

Video update

Our project lead, Bishop Serafim, has been tirelessly working on this project. Since 2025 he has
traveled to Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Tennessee, Texas 
and Wisconsin to promote this project.  Here is a link to another interview about the project. 
The video is mostly in Serbian, but there are some English Q&A sessions with Manny, the 
project's general contractor. Bishop Serafim is planning to take this road show outside the 
Midwest Diocese. Details will be provided as they are finalized.
https://youtu.be/gknDDCBuO-Y

Other giving opportunities

The project can also accept shares of stock. If you have shares that have appreciated and 

you would like to reduce your liability, you can donate the shares to this account and the 

project can sell the shares and use towards the construction. That's a win-win!!

Another option is to donate via Zelle. The picture below shows the monastery's Zelle QR code 

and tag phrase. 

Note: If you give via zelle, please send an email to this address so that you can receive 

a receipt of your donation for tax purposes!

Follow us on Facebook @SaintSavaMonastery and visit stsavamonastery.org for project 
updates, online donations, and other ways to support, as well as our newly released 
campaign donor wall, listing all donors. If you have people interested in receiving these emails,
please reply back with the email address and it will be added to our email listing.


To donate by check:
Mail to: St. Sava Monastery, 32377 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, IL 60048
Payable to: St. Sava Monastery | Memo: Camp Renovation