On April 6, 2019, our church board organized the planting of a Spring flower garden. The youth cleaned the interior of the church and laid out fresh mulch in anticipation of additional flower beds. Sincere thanks to everyone for this joint effort. We are particularly pleased with the hard work of our littlest helpers! We […]
On March 24, an inclusive lesson was held for our Parish Sunday School on the topic: “All-all-all who are on this earth, we really need big and small!“. The lesson was for everyone, children and adults. Father Oleksii Holchuk, together with Mrs. Marina Gavrilchuk, held an event in which they talked about the “Children of […]
Schedule of worship in our church April 7 – Sunday. Annunciation of the Blessed Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary 9:00 a.m. – Confession. 10:00 a.m. – Liturgy. 12:30 p.m. – Sunday School Classes April 11 – Thursday 07:00 p.m. – Great Penitential Canon Andrew of Crete (bows). April 13 – Saturday. 10:00 a.m. – Panakhyda […]
In just two months, February and March, we collected and sent 12 heavy packages to various regions in Ukraine. Our parish, Holy Ascension, collected clothes, shoes, toys, bed linens, blankets, personal hygiene products, diapers for children and adults, candy, etc. The packages are distributed among our regular friends and dependents: a children’s home in the […]
March 3, the Sunday school was interesting, fun with a lot of riddles and tasks. The theme of the lesson “Noah’s Ark” The children, during the story, guessed the riddles, placed animals in the Ark and searched for the journey of the Ark.
For several years, our parish permanently engaged in charity and during that time most we became friends with the “social rehabilitation centers for children without parental care” in Kropyvnytskyi city Kirovograd region in Ukraine. We loved the pupils of this institution, and our parishioners and members of the parish are empathizing for their fate. Every […]
У Різдвяний період учні нашої Недільної школи не байдикували та не розслаблялись, а активно приймали участь у заняттях, підготовці, репетиціях та у святі – виступивши з вертепом 18 січня на спільній святій вечері. Під час зимових свят на уроках ми говорили з дітьми про Різдво, про значення вертепу та співу колядок, про те, що дітки, […]
[fvplayer id=”1″] Ukrainian Orthodox at Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Ascension Church, in Clifton, and around the world, celebrated Christmas, Monday, January 7, 2019. North Jersey Record CLIFTON — The Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Ascension Church has been holding a divine liturgy for Orthodox Christmas for nearly 100 years. This year’s service, held on Monday in accordance with […]
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/
