St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church in Wilkes-Barre, PA
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St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church
a Parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, jurisdiction of the Orthodox Christian Church
We Orthodox Christians of St. Mary’s trace our roots trace directly back to first century Antioch, the city in which the disciples of Jesus Christ were first called “Christians” (Acts 11:26) to the original Church established by Saints Peter and Paul. The Orthodox Church is the oldest Christian group in the world. It is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church founded by Christ and his Twelve Apostles to which all the Churches of East and West belonged until the Roman Church, the Patriarchate of the West, broke off communion in the mid-eleventh century from the four Patriarchs of the East who remained faithful to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. As Orthodox we are called by God our creator to worship and follow Him, and to proclaim to the world His message of love, peace, and salvation.
Orthodoxy teaches that God loves all mankind and desires that all human beings should believe in Him, know Him, abide in Him, and receive eternal life from Him. To accomplish this, God Himself came into the world as a man, Jesus Christ, becoming man that we might become like God.
The Parishioners of St. Mary Parish welcome you and are pleased you have visited our Parish Web Page. We hope you will decide to visit our Parish and worship Almighty God with our Parish Family. Our Worship goes back to the first century and has grown over the succeeding centuries in the form that we serve at every Divine Liturgy. It is the worship of heaven brought to earth. We encourage you to learn about our Orthodox Faith and Worship, and our Antiochian Orthodox Parish, if you are not yet Orthodox. We are ready to answer any questions you have about Orthodoxy. Give us a month of Sundays to introduce you to the Ancient Faith of the Apostles and learn to worship as the first Christians worshiped. We know you’ll find a home with us!
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Quote of the Holy Fathers
The Christian has no reason to have in his heart any ill feelings whatever against anyone—such ill feeling, like every other evil, is the work of the devil; the Christian must only have love in his heart; and as love cannot think of evil, he cannot have any ill feeling against others. For instance, I must not think that anyone else is evil or proud without having positive reasons to think so, or I must not think that it will make him proud if I show him respect, or that if I forgive him he will again offend me and will mock at me. We must not let evil in any form nestle in our heart; but evil generally appears in too many forms.
St. John of Kronstadt (20th century saint from St. Petersburg)
