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Please Join Us! All Are Welcome!
++ Divine Liturgy - Sunday December 4th @ 10 (Hours @ 9:40) ++
Fellowship following in the Parish Hall after Vespers
++ Feast of St. Nicholas of Myra and Lycea ++
Vesperal Liturgy - Monday December 5th @ 5:30
++ Compline / Bible Study (Book of Acts) - Wednesday December 7th @ 5:30 ++
** Parish Open House **
Friday December 9th from 5-7pm / Refreshments in the Hall
Everyone is welcome!!
++ Great Vespers - Saturday December 10th @ 5pm ++
++ Divine Liturgy - Sunday December 11th @ 10am (Hours @ 9:40) ++
Fellowship following in the Parish Hall
++ "An Evening with Fr Timothy Hojnicki" ++
Pastor of Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Tuesday December 13th @ 5:30
A talk on "Stewardship and Evangelism" . . . refreshments after in the Hall.
++ Compline / Bible Study (Book of Acts) - Wednesday December 14th @ 5:30 ++
Parish Open HouseWELCOME to Holy Cross!
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Saint Nicholas, the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia is famed as a great saint pleasing unto God. He was born in the city of Patara in the region of Lycia (on the south coast of the Asia Minor peninsula), and was the only son of pious parents Theophanes and Nonna, who had vowed to dedicate…
Saint Maximus, successor of Metropolitan Cyril III of Kiev (1243-1280), was a Greek by birth, and he arrived in Rus, then suffering under the Mongol (Tatar) Yoke, in 1283 as Metropolitan. The saint decided to remain at Kiev, but the city was completely devastated by the plundering incursions of the…
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HOLY CROSS ORTHODOX CHURCH
1725 Holy Cross Lane, Williamsport PA 17701
570-322-3020
Saturday Vespers, 5:00pm / Sunday Liturgy, 10:00am
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The Mission of The Orthodox Church in America, the local autocephalous Orthodox Christian Church, is to be faithful in fulfilling the commandment of Christ to “Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…”
Holy Cross Orthodox Church is part of the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, which is presided over by The Most Reverend Mark (Maymon), Archbishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. Our mission is bringing the joy of Christ's resurrection to those who have never heard the Good News, and to strengthen and encourage the faithful who reside within Williamsport and the local area.
The Holy Scripture is a collection of books written over multiple centuries by those inspired by God to do so. It is the primary witness to the Orthodox Christian faith, within Holy Tradition and often described as its highest point. It was written by the prophets and apostles in human language, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and collected, edited, and canonized by the Church.
Holiness or sainthood is a gift (charisma) given by God to man, through the Holy Spirit. Man's effort to become a participant in the life of divine holiness is indispensable, but sanctification itself is the work of the Holy Trinity, especially through the sanctifying power of Jesus Christ, who was incarnate, suffered crucifixion, and rose from the dead, in order to lead us to the life of holiness, through the communion with the Holy Spirit.
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