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The Church celebrates the glorious Feast of the Nativity of our Savior this whole week till the
Feast of Circumcision on Monday, January 14. However, during this time, Wednesday & Friday continue in the tradition of Holy Week, thereby fasting
The Papal Voting Process
“Thanks be to our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Savior, Who called on the Father to send the Holy Spirit to guide our human process to the fulfillment of His perfect will for His Church. God has chosen a shepherd for His flock, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II.
On Sunday, November 18, 2012, His Holiness was officially enthroned, by the Holy Synod, on the ...
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Please remember that the reason for Christmas gift giving was to care for those in need or those on the
path of destruction. It has since become gift giving of excess. We are to use our resources not just to feed, shelter and cloth the poor and needy, but can collectively establish programs that would help get people who have suffered a crises or have gone astray, back on the right track of life and salvation.
Those who attended Sunday’s liturgy (12/16) had the blessing of providing the Christmas meal for
many who are the poorest in the Moqattam Mountain region. Before the final benediction, a collection bag was passed around for each person to give $1. Even though attendance was very light, nearly $450 was collected (nearly 3,000 Egyptian pounds). May God help all Christians to reach every poor, needy, lonely, grieving, suffering person… anyone in any type of adversity this Advent season, so ...
Please remember the land development project of St. Mary & St. Athanasius Church as
you make your last contributions this tax season.
The church has produced a 2013 teaching calendar. This is a unique concept in which a theme is
elaborated on and a calendar is used as the mode of teaching. With God’s blessing, this will be the first of many more years to come, each year focusing on a different subject. We pray that you will make use of it for yourself and encourage your family to benefit from it.
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Continue Reading →The church of SMSA plans to establish a community service operation on the church property in Hillsborough, NJ. As we study the needs of the community at-large, we will also be meeting with township representatives and volunteers to see how best to complement the social service programs in Hillsborough.During this gift-giving season, please consider this concept. With every gift you intend to buy, use only 25% of the intended purchase price on a simpler gift and enclose a card with ...
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