EASTER – April 12, 2026! Schedule of services in our church for the period from February 22 to April 26, 2026 February 22 – Cheesefare Sunday, Forgiveness Sunday. Commemoration of Adam’s expulsion from Paradise. 9:40 a.m. – Confession. 10:00 a.m. – Divine Liturgy. 12:00 p.m. – Rite of Forgiveness 12:15 p.m. – Memorial service for […]
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy; what triumph is being spoken of now? When we look around, when we look into the depths of the Orthodox faith that is dear to us, how much defeat and dejection we see – how little, it would seem, there is to celebrate. But […]
Why do people – all of us and countless others – come to the Church, join the Church of Christ? Is it not because this is a place where everyone can come with confidence, knowing they are loved, that they will be accepted as brothers and sisters, as children or as parents: with tenderness, […]
During the first four days of Great Lent, at the evening services, we read the Canon of St. Andrew of Crete. The Great Canon is one of the treasures of Orthodox hymnography – a text of profound spiritual depth and beauty. It begins with a heartfelt cry to Christ: “Where shall I begin to weep […]
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The parable of the Prodigal Son is so well known to us; it is so simple, it gives us a sense of warmth and hope, yet its meaning for us is not exhausted by that, because it still […]
Our parishioner Rose (Gibba) Klemans, 100, of Clifton, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2026. Born in Passaic, she was a lifelong resident of the Athenia Section of Clifton. After attending School 13 and graduating Clifton High School Class of 1943, she went on to graduate St. Mary’s School of Nursing. Rose was a Registered […]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. I would like to draw your attention in today’s Gospel reading, which is so simple and so familiar to all of us, to two or three features that may go unnoticed because we are so accustomed to this […]
