The Very Reverend Father Alex Shuter, Pastor
Divine Liturgy (Mass) Schedule11am Sunday mornings
and on weekdays at 8:30am:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday
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Confession is available before Divine Liturgyor by appointment
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Divine Liturgy is being streamed live, via YouTube.Visit our YouTube Channel
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Visit our Facebook page
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In Residence: The Da Vinci AcademyThe Da Vinci Academy is a micro school opening for the 2024-25 school year, serving students ages 6-10. Our students enjoy a small group environment with lots of teacher support; our student: teacher ratio is never greater than 6:1, and our class sizes are never larger than 12. If your student thrives in a smaller environment with supportive peers and teachers, lots of hands-on, STEM-based learning, and opportunities for advanced and individualized learning pathways, contact us today to schedule an interview and on-site trial day!
www.davinciacademyva.org
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Link to the music for Divine LiturgyDivine Liturgy Propers, December 8, 2024
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
FEAST OF THE MATERNITY OF THE HOLY ANNA, MOTHER OF OUR BLESSED LADY, THE MOTHER OF GOD AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY.
According to tradition, Joachim and Anna were childless for fifty years of their married life. In their old age, they were promised that a daughter would be born to them. After nine months, St. Anna bore a daughter, blessed by God and by all subsequent generations of humanity: the most holy Theotokos, the ever-virgin Mary.
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29th Sunday after Pentecost
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The Sign of the Cross (audio)
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This Week's Liturgical Scripture Readings
Beginning December 8, 2024
Readings
29th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Maturnity of Holy Anna
10:40 Third Hour
11am Divine Liturgy
Gal 4:22-31
Lk 8:16-21
30th Week after Pentecost
Monday
Heb 8:7-13
Mk 8:11-21
Tuesday
8:30am Divine Liturgy
Heb 9:8-10
& 15-23
Mk 8:11-21
Wednesday
8:30am Divine Liturgy
followed by
Moleben to the Theotokos
Heb 10:1-18
Mk 8:30-34
Thursday
8:30am Divine Liturgy
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Rosary 6pm
Heb 9:1-7
Lk 1:39-56
Friday
Eph 6:10-17
Lk 21:12-19
Saturday
Eph 5:1-8
Lk 14:1-11
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About Us
Ascension of Our Lord is a Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church, located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The church's ancestral origins are from Eastern (Slavic) Europe. The Byzantine Catholic Church follows the Holy Traditions of the Byzantine East, with roots in Constantinople, while maintaining union with the Catholic church of Rome. All services are conducted in English. Roman Catholics in good standing with the Church are free to receive the Holy Sacraments.
A Brief History
As the first Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic Church in Southeastern Virginia, the parish family first came together with a Divine Liturgy celebrated at St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia on November 4, 1984, when Father John Lazarek began his missionary work. For four years, Fr. Lazarek travelled from Annandale, Virginia, to the Tidewater area to celebrate the Divine Liturgy.
In September of 1987, the mission purchased Greensprings Community Chapel. On February 4, 1988, Bishop Michael J. Dudick, D.D., The Eparchy of Pasasaic, granted canonical status to the newly-named Ascension of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church. On October 25, 1988, Father Edward G. Cimbala was assigned as the parish's first resident pastor.
In October of 1989, Father Edward Cimbala began his missionary work in Virginia Beach by founding Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Catholic Church while continuing to serve the Williamsburg parish.
Today
Ascension parish has grown from a parish formed to meet the needs of the ethnic Byzantine Catholics of the area into a parish home for many residents who have come to love the Catholic traditions of the Christian East. God has blessed our parish over the years and we look forward to all that He has in store for us in the years to come!
To read more about Byzantine Catholics
follow this link.
29th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Maturnity of Holy Anna
10:40 Third Hour
11am Divine Liturgy
Monday
Tuesday
8:30am Divine Liturgy
& 15-23
Wednesday
8:30am Divine Liturgy
followed by
Moleben to the Theotokos
Thursday
8:30am Divine Liturgy
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Rosary 6pm
Friday
Saturday
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!