The Very Reverend Father Alex Shuter, Pastor
Divine Liturgy (Mass) Schedule11am Sunday mornings
and on weekdays at 8:30am:
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday
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PLease note:
NO Weekday Divine Liturgy
this Tues & Wed
May 6 & May 7, 2025
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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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Annual Italian Dinner on Saturday,
24 May from 5-8 pm
Link here for more information (pdf)
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Link to the music for Divine Liturgy
Divine Liturgy Propers May 11, 2025
Fourth Paschal Sunday
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The Sign of the Cross (audio)
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This Week's Liturgical Scripture Readings
Beginning May 11, 2025
Readings
SUNDAY OF THE
PARALYTIC MAN
Fourth Paschal Sunday
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10:35 Third Hour
11am Typica with Communion
Acts 6:1-79:22-42
Jn 5:1-15
4th Pascal Week
Monday
Acts 10:1-16
Jn 6:56-69
Tuesday
8:30am Divine Liturgy
followed by
Moleben to the Theotokos
Acts 10:21-33
Jn 7:1-13
Wednesday
MID-PENTECOST
8:30am Divine Liturgy
followed by
Moleben to the Theotokos
Acts 14:6-18
Jn 7:14-30
Thursday
8:30am Divine Liturgy
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6pm Rosary
Acts 10:34-43
Jn 8:12-20
Friday
Acts 10:44-11:10
Jn 8:21-30
Saturday
Acts 12:1-11
Jn 8:21-42
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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.
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!
The Sign of the Cross (audio)
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This Week's Liturgical Scripture ReadingsBeginning May 11, 2025
| Readings | SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTIC MAN Fourth Paschal Sunday --- 10:35 Third Hour 11am Typica with Communion |
Acts 6:1-79:22-42 |
Jn 5:1-15 |
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| 4th Pascal Week |
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Monday |
Acts 10:1-16 |
Jn 6:56-69 |
Tuesday 8:30am Divine Liturgy followed by Moleben to the Theotokos |
Acts 10:21-33 | Jn 7:1-13 |
Wednesday MID-PENTECOST 8:30am Divine Liturgy followed by Moleben to the Theotokos |
Acts 14:6-18 | Jn 7:14-30 |
Thursday 8:30am Divine Liturgy ---------- 6pm Rosary |
Acts 10:34-43 | Jn 8:12-20 |
Friday |
Acts 10:44-11:10 | Jn 8:21-30 |
Saturday |
Acts 12:1-11 | Jn 8:21-42 |
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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.
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!