Historically it turned out that here in the USA the Church has become the unifying center and the guardian of the national culture and traditions. Moms and dads, grandpas and grandmas bring their children who had to be brought up in another country to the temple with the aim to convey the religion and to […]
Unfortunately, the period of holidays anticipated so much is coming to its end. We’ve caroled, made many visits to each other to celebrate the holidays, drank holy water and made a stock of it for the whole year, sprinkled our homes. And now there is just a bunch of good positive memories and emotions left […]
Christ was born! Let’s praise him! Within their community Ukrainians adhere to their traditions and honor the holidays established by the Orthodox Church. This Christmas holiday happened to be on Tuesday. On the 7th of January there is a usual working day in the USA, that’s why everyone had to make an effort to take […]
On the 15th of January we celebrated the first winter holiday – Saint Nicholas visited our Holy Ascension Church community. Children have been waiting for him and have prepared their greetings. They were singing, dancing and telling poems. But the most important – they have been studying his lifetime and were answering questions to get […]
On September 22, 2019 our annual Ukrainian Festival took place. This year there were many guests including representatives of Ukrainian and American businesses visiting us. There were also guests who visited our festival for the first time. Our national-styled entertainment program was very replete thanks to the performances of several dance groups. The holiday was […]
In accordance with the custom of our parish, on the second Sunday after Easter, we commemorate the women of the Myrrh-bearings and dedicate the holiday to our mothers. This year the organizers prepared a family holiday – the children congratulated their mum on Mother’s Day and they did not forget about the dads. Sincere gratitude […]
Father Oleksii Holchuk, leads the Divine Liturgy service at the Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Ascension Church, in Clifton. Ukrainian Orthodox, who follow the Julian calendar, celebrated their first Christmas independently from the Russian church. Monday, January 7, 2019. Photographer – Kevin R.Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://www.northjersey.com/
Congratulations to the families of the Sunday School students who, on May 20, 2018, embarked on the first Confession and solemn Sacrament. On this day, 12 children came to our temple to the First Confession. Sincerely grateful to parents who raise their children in the Christian faith and Orthodox tradition!
