St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Church
Medford NJ
In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the One God, Amen
The peace and love of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ be with you all.
Happy & Blessed Good Friday.
Please find the letter for school and work.
Be safe in the Lord.
For those that would like to take the blessing of reading any of the Scriptures during the Holy Week services, please fill out your availability in the Google Survey at Holy Week Availability Survey
In order to schedule the readings in time, please submit the form as soon as possible (no later than Tuesday Night 4/11/23).
Requirements to Participate:
The peace and love of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ be with you all.
Below is the schedule of services through the feast of Resurrection:
Palm Sunday Vespers & Tasbeha 7PM – 10PM
Palm Sunday Divine Liturgy 8:00AM – 12PM
General Funeral Prayer 12PM – 1PM
Pascha Schedule 2023
**NOTE: His Grace Anba Gabriel will bless for the Monday Night Pascha.
Pascha Sunday afternoon (Eve of Monday) 2PM – 4:30PM
Mon-Tues-Wed Morning Pascha 10AM – 1PM
Mon**-Tues-Wed Evening Pascha 6:00PM – 9PM
Covenant Thursday 8AM – 2PM
Thursday evening Pascha 5:30PM – 9:30 PM
Good Friday 8AM – 5PM
Bright Saturday 11PM – 7AM
Feast of Resurrection Divine Liturgy – Saturday night 7:30PM – 12:00AM
Children’s Resurrection Celebration 11:00AM – 1:00PM
Below is the schedule of services through the feast of Resurrection:
THERE IS NO LITURGY ON WEDNESDAY 4/5/23
Friday 4/7/23 Last Friday of Lent – 8:00AM – 12:00PM
(Palms should be available after Liturgy)
Alhan Class 5th Grade and up 7:00PM – 7:30PM
Alhan Class PreK – 4th Grade 7:30PM – 8:00PM
Bible Study PreK – 4th Grade 7:00PM – 7:30PM
Bibe Study 5th Grade and up 7:30PM – 8:00PM
Stations of the Cross 8:00PM – 9:30PM
The Passion of Christ Movie 8:00PM – 10:00PM (not recommended for children under 13)
NOTE: There will be no youth meeting for high school or college so that they can watch the movie.
Saturday 4/8/23 Lazarus Saturday 8:00 AM – 11:00AM
Palm Sunday Vespers & Tasbeha 7PM – 10PM
Palm Sunday Divine Liturgy 8:00AM – 12PM
General Funeral Prayer 12PM – 1PM
Pascha Schedule 2023
Pascha Sunday afternoon (Eve of Monday) 2PM – 4:30PM
Mon-Tues-Wed Morning Pascha 10AM – 1PM
Mon-Tues-Wed Evening Pascha 6:00PM – 9PM
Covenant Thursday 8AM – 2PM
Thursday evening Pascha 5:30PM – 9:30 PM
Good Friday 8AM – 5PM
Bright Saturday 11PM – 7AM
Feast of Resurrection Divine Liturgy – Saturday night 7:30PM – 12:00AM
Children’s Resurrection Celebration 11:00AM – 1:00PM
The peace and love of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ be with you all.
It is becoming a bigger issue and we don’t recognize the danger but there are many people (youth and adults) who are getting involved with differentt forms of drugs. It is very important for us to be educated and teach our children the dangers of such experimentation
Please read this article and share with others.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3917058-teen-overdose-deaths-have-doubled-in-three-years-blame-fentanyl/“>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3917058-teen-overdose-deaths-have-doubled-in-three-years-blame-fentanyl/
May God protect His children and His Church.
“Praise Night:
“By His Wounds We Are Healed
Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @6:00 pm
Children program with fun Easter activities will be provided
Come join us for a night of praise to our Savior and Healer
Thank God and by all of your prayers, I am feeling much better but not able to pray the liturgy tomorrow. The Divine Liturgy for Wednesday 3/29/2023 has been canceled.
Thank you all for your care in praying and asking about me. Please continue to pray for me. May God bless and reward your beautiful hearts.
God willing Alhan class service will resume this Friday at 7 and 7:30 pm and Saturday and Sunday Divine Liturgy will be held as scheduled at 8 am.
Please continue to pray for my weakness.
Please be aware that the Divine Liturgy for this Wednesday 3/29/23 has been canceled.
Happy Feast of the Cross
God will this Sunday we are celebrating the Feast of the Cross.
The Divine Liturgy will begin at 7:30 in order to accommodate for the procession of the Cross during the raising of incense (Matins).
Deacon must be in church before 8:15.
Happy and blessed Lenten season.
God willing, the Divine Liturgy will be on Thursday (10 am -1 pm) this week to celebrate the commemoration of the departure of His Holiness Saint Pope Kyrillos VI.NOTE: There will be no liturgy on Wednesday this week.
Happy and blessed Lenten season
As we try to teach our children to navigate in this ever-changing world, and support and encourage them to make the right choices, it is becoming clearer that we must, at times, have some difficult conversations. These conversations might not be something that we are comfortable with and maybe at times, not trained in handling. Given that we grew up in a different time and the pressures that we faced were different, we might find ourselves struggling to talk about the things that are happening around us. The fact of the matter is, if we don’t discuss them and explain these things to them, someone else will. Of course, we always want to make sure that we are teaching them the most appropriate behavior for each circumstance, but there are times when we might feel they are too young and maybe not aware or not thinking or noticing certain things. We have to know when the right time is and what is appropriate to say and what it is the most appropriate and suitable behavior.
Please join us on Sunday March 19, 2023 at St. Anthony, after the Divine Liturgy in a parents’ meeting with Dr. Christine Agaibi on how to handle these types of conversations.
Please bring your questions and share with others.