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DEC 8 & 9: 16TH ANNUAL STS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS ST. NICHOLAS EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS MARKET
CHRISTMAS MARKET FLYER: Christmas Market Flyer 16th Annual (2023) St. Nicholas Market will be at the NC Fairgrounds Holshouser Building! Mark your calendars for: Friday Dec. 8 from 5-9 pm and Saturday Dec. 9 from 10:00 am to 5 pm to attend the celebration of the season in the spirit of European Christmas Markets, and… Continue Reading …
NOV 15 – DEC 24: PHILLIP’S FAST/NATIVITY FAST (PHILIPOVKA)
On November 14, Eastern Christian communities are celebrating the Feast of St. Philip, the Apostle, which also marks the beginning of the traditional St. Philip’s Fast on February 15th, 40 days before the Great Feast of the Nativity of Christ. According to legend, St. Philip the Apostle called down the wrath of God… Continue Reading …
GOD WITH US ONLINE: WEBINAR SERIES – Synodality and the Christian East: Past, Present and Future in the Church AND GOD WITH US INSTITUTE: The House of the Lord – A Biblical Catechesis on the Temple
2023-24 CATECHETICAL YEAR: Parish Catechetical Sunday Packet: https://godwithusonline.org/catechetical-year/ WEBINAR SERIES (3-PART SERIES): Synodality & the Christian East: Past, Present & Future in the Church. Description: What is the meaning of Synodality in the Christian East? How are Eastern Catholic Churches called to faithfully follow the synodal way in Christ? Dates & Time: Oct 12, 2023 07:00… Continue Reading …
DEC 7 & 8: FEAST OF THE MATERNITY OF HOLY ANNA (SOLEMN HOLY DAY)
DEC 7: VESPERAL DIVINE LITURGY – 6:00 PM. PROPERS VESPERS: 12-08_Maternity_Anna_Vespers_sam PROPERS DIVINE LITURGY: 12-08_Maternity_Anna_DL Streaming via Facebook Live. https://www.facebook.com/saintscyrilandmethodius/ Parishes live-streaming in the Diocese can be found here: https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/directory THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION: THE CONCEPTION OF ST. ANNE, ‘WHEN SHE CONCEIVED THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD’ according to THE RUTHENIAN TRADITION (from the Byzantine Catholic… Continue Reading …
DEC 10: 28TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
DEC 10: CONFESSION – 8:30 AM, DIVINE LITURGY – 9:00 AM (LIVE-STREAMED); FATHER VASYL TALK – 10:15 AM; DIVINE LITURGY – 11:00 AM. PROPERS: Sunday_T3_DL Streaming via Facebook Live. https://www.facebook.com/saintscyrilandmethodius/ Parishes live-streaming in the Diocese can be found here: https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/directory GOD WITH US ONLINE CATECHETICAL RESOURCES FOR 26TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (from December 4, 2022): https://godwithusonline.org/reflections/the-twenty-sixth-sunday-after-pentecost-ruthenian/ The… Continue Reading …
DEC 10: BECOMING BYZANTINE – BYZANTINE CHRISTIAN FORMATION FOR ADULTS – ONLINE PARISH WEBINAR SERIES
DEC 10: BECOMING BYZANTINE – ONLINE PARISH WEBINAR SERIES FOR ADULTS – 6:00 PM. Join us for a monthly webinar on the Becoming Byzantine Series! Every 2nd Sunday of the Month at 6:00 PM until June 2024! Welcome to Becoming Byzantine! This series is intended to be an online introduction to Byzantine Catholic Faith, Worship, and… Continue Reading …
DEC 12: COMMEMORATION OF OUR THEOTOKOS OF GUADALUPE
PROPERS: 12-12_Theotokos_Guadalupe_DL Parishes live-streaming in the Diocese can be found here: https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/directory The Feast of Our Lady (Theotokos) of Guadalupe commemorates the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin in 1531 to St. Juan Diego on the hills of Tepeyac near Mexico City between Dec. 9 and Dec. 12, 1531. Mary, looking like a Mexican princess, appeared four… Continue Reading …
DEC 13: FEAST OF ST. LUCIA
DEC 13: DIVINE LITURGY – 6:00 PM; THERE WILL BE A PROCESSION WITH A VISIT FROM ST. LUCY AND THE STAR BOYS. TREATS FOR THE CHILDREN. (We will welcome St Lucy and the star boys. She travels far and brings with her Lucy buns to share. The Catechism connection is understanding “sainthood”, what makes… Continue Reading …
DEC 13: COMMEMORATION OF HOLY MARTYRS EUSTRATIUS, AUXENTIUS, EUGENE, MARDARIUS & ORESTES
On this day, we commemorate five Holy Martyrs. They were also known as the Five Companiouns and their names were Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes. They suffered for Christ under the then Emperor Diocletian at Sebaste, in Armenia. All undergone torture for proclaiming themselves Christians. They endured harsh and unimaginable tortures, but all surrendered… Continue Reading …
DEC 14: BYZANTEENS MEETING
This Thursday, December 14th, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM, Byzanteens will meet for their 4th meeting. Rachel Blair, Laura Driscoll, Augustine Griffin, and Travis Kingery will be adult leaders. The Byzanteens group is for teens, ages 13-18. Meetings will include: opening and closing prayers, an ice breaker, a lesson (a topic survey will be sent… Continue Reading …
DEC 15: DIVINE LITURGY
DEC 15: DIVINE LITURGY – 6:00 PM. Streaming via Facebook Live (for Friday). https://www.facebook.com/saintscyrilandmethodius/
DEC 17: SUNDAY OF THE FOREFATHERS (2ND SUNDAY BEFORE THE NATIVITY) AND DECORATE CHURCH
DEC 17: CONFESSION – 8:30 AM, DIVINE LITURGY – 9:00 AM (LIVE-STREAMED); DIVINE LITURGY – 11:00 AM: DECORATE CHURCH AFTER 11:00 AM DIVINE LITURGY. PROPERS: 12-17-23_Sunday_Forefathers_DL Streaming via Facebook Live. https://www.facebook.com/saintscyrilandmethodius/ Parishes live-streaming in the Diocese can be found here: https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/directory GOD WITH US ONLINE CATECHETICAL RESOURCES FOR THE SUNDAY OF THE FOREFATHERS: (from December… Continue Reading …
DEC 20: DAY OF ALLELUIA – EMMANUEL MOLEBEN
DEC 20: EMMANUEL MOLEBEN – 6:00 PM. EMMANUEL MOLEBEN – A Service of Prayer for the Christmas Fast: EmmanuelMoleben Streaming via Facebook Live. https://www.facebook.com/saintscyrilandmethodius/ Additional information about history of Moleben: http://www.stmarybyzantinecatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/moleben-insert.pdf The Emmanuel Moleben is a Service Prayer to prepare for the birth of Christ. “The time of the Christmas Fast (also known as Philip’s Fast,… Continue Reading …
DEC 24: SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS – OF THE ANCESTORS
DEC 24: DIVINE LITURGY – 9:00 AM. PROPERS: 12-24-23_Sunday_Ancestors_DL Streaming via Facebook Live. https://www.facebook.com/saintscyrilandmethodius/ Parishes live-streaming in the Diocese can be found here: https://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/directory GOD WITH US ONLINE CATECHETICAL RESOURCES FOR THE SUNDAY OF THE HOLY ANCESTORS OF CHRIST (from December 12, 2021): https://godwithusonline.org/reflections/the-sunday-of-the-holy-ancestors-of-christ-ruthenian/ Today’s Gospel, Reading Matthew 1: 1-25, is The Genealogy of Jesus the… Continue Reading …
DEC 24 & 25: FEAST OF CHRISTMAS BIRTH OF OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
DEC 24; CHRISTMAS EVE DIVINE LITURGY – 9:00 PM; DEC 25: CHRISTMAS DAY DIVINE LITURGY – 10:00 AM. DEC 23: PROPERS (ROYAL HOURS): NativityVigilOfficeofReadings PROPERS NATIVITY ROYAL HOURS: NativityRoyalHours MUSIC NATIVITY ROYAL HOURS: NativityRoyalHours_music DEC 24: PROPERS (GREAT VESPERS): 12-25_Nativity_Vesper_Liturgy DEC 24: PROPERS (VIGIL DIVINE LITURGY): Christmas_Eve_service DEC 25: PROPERS: (CHRISTMAS DAY DIVINE LITURGY):… Continue Reading …
