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On November 8, Feast of St. Michael the Archangel, parishioners gathered after the celebration of Festal Matins and the Divine Liturgy, for a time of fellowship and spiritual sharing with the pastor. Topic: obedience. Thank you to Fr. Marek and his wife Miriam and to all who came!
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Following the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, the celebrations resumed at the Chapel Hall. While enjoying a delicious dinner, parishioners and priests got to share stories about the past. A delightful fellowship was had by all.
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On November 2, 2025, after a talk by Fr. Luke, Bishop Kurt celebrated a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy together with many priests and deacons in thanksgiving for all the blessings received during the last 135 years.
God grant St. Michael's parish many years!
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On November 1, 2025, St. Michael's Cathedral celebrated its 135th Anniversary. The celebrations started with a talk by Fr. Marek, followed by a Panachida by Bishop Kurt to remember the men and women who built this church and transmitted their faith on to the following generation all the way to us. Afterward, parishioners gathered for refreshments and Q&As with Bishop Kurt.
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"I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest" (John 4:35).
"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." (Luke 10:2).
Our Eparchy together with the entire Byzantine Catholic Church in the United States is praying for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Each week a family from each parish takes home the icon and prays for this intention.
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An amazing time was had by all at the Beefsteak Night at St. Michael's Chapel on Saturday, October 12, 2025. Thank you to the cooks, organizers, and volunteers who made the night a success!
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The workshop is underway.
Fr. Marek is leading twenty brave saints in this journey as together they deepen their relationship with the Theotokos and our Lord Jesus with patient endurance.
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On September 20th, parishioners from St. Michael's and other parishes of the Eparchy of Passaic pilgrimaged to the Holy Annunciation Monastery in Sugarloaf, PA. The day started bright and early with Matins at 4:45 (later than usual!). Moleben, Station of the Cross, blessing of children, and Divine Liturgy followed. The day concluded with Vespers. A grace-filled day!
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On the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Bishop Kurt blessed the school bags of our children and students, asking God's grace and protection over them as they begin the school year.
On Friday, September 5, parishioners and friends gathered at the Chapel for Vespers and continued the evening enjoying each other's company. A good time was had by all.
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During the Labor Day Weekend, pilgrims gathered from all over the country at Mount Saint Macrina in Uniontown, PA, for the 91st Annual Pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, themed "Theotokos: Icon of Hope"
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On August 9th some of St. Michael's parishioners pilgrimaged to Sloatsburg, NY, by the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, and joined fellow brothers and sisters in Christ of parishes from across the Eparchy to celebrate the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos.
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On August 6, Fr. Felix celebrated the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and blessed the first fruits brought by parishioners.
You were transfigured on the mountain, o Christ our God, revealing as much of Your glory to Your disciples as they could behold. Through the prayers of the Theotokos, let Your everlasting light shine upon us sinners. O Giver of Light, glory to You. (Troparion)
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On Sunday, July 20th, St. Michael's Cathedral celebrated the Feast of the Great Prophet Elijah with Festal Matins, Divine Liturgy, Mirovanje, and the blessing of vehicles.
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Many year to our parishioners Elizabeth Blakey and Cosmin Hanganu, who were united in marriage on July 12th.
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On Sunday, June 8th, Fr. Marek and Fr. Michael led the faithful in the Pentecost Vespers with kneeling prayers. Afterwards, some remained to reflect about the Holy Spirit in their lives.
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On June the 7th, parishioners joined Fr. Marek in the kitchen to prepare prosphora (Greek for offering). Starting with prayers, they went on mixing flour, water, yeast, salt, and love. They then rolled out the dough, made circles with cutters, piled them in pairs gluing them with water, stamped them, pierced them, and got them ready to be baked in the oven.
After consecration, you could be part of the next step! Come and join the Banquet of the Lord!!!
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At the end of the Divine Liturgy of the Sunday of the Paralytic, Fr. Marek blessed all mothers and grandmothers and prayed for strength and wisdom in their vocation.
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Parishioners of St. Michael's gathered in the basement of the church for the blessing of Paschal food by Bishop Kurt and Fr. Marek.
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Bishop Kurt and Fr. Marek celebrated the Divine Liturgy for Pascha.
"Christ is risen from the dead! By death He trampled Death and to those in the tomb He granted life."
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On Pascha, 20 April, Bishop Kurt and Fr. Marek celebrated Resurrection Matins, processing around the Cathedral through the streets of Passaic and finding the tomb empty upon entering the church.
"Today the sacred Pasch is revealed to us, holy and new Pasch, the mystical Passover, the venerable Passover, the Pasch which is Christ the Redeemer, spotless Pasch, great Pasch, the Pasch of the faithful, the Pasch which is the key to the gates of Paradise, the Pascha which sanctifies all the faithful."
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After an all-night vigil, "Him, as dead though living, let us now like the women in love anoint with spices." (Jerusalem Matins)
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On Friday April 18, Bishop Kurt and Fr. Marek led the parishioners in prayer of Vespers and a burial procession of our Lord around the Cathedral. An all- night vigil guarding the Tomb of Christ followed.
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Bishop Kurt: "Two thousand years ago Jesus was praying for you, He was thinking about you before He got up and went off to be condemned to death and to be sacrificed on the cross, to be humiliated in so many different ways, to suffer all the pains of the world. He thought about each one of us before then, so He was thinking about you on that night. ...Jesus back then was thinking about all the things that'll happen in your life, about all the injuries that you'll have, all the hardship that you'll have, the indignity when people didn't appreciate us, when we did something good and we were never thanked, good things we did for somebody that they never knew about. Jesus thought about all of those things in the future, and I want you all to know that He loves you very much. Everything He thought about that night He said 'I'm going to die on the cross tomorrow for her, or for him, for you!'"
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On holy Wednesday, parioshioners gathered at the Cathedral in the morning for Bridegroom Matins and the Anointing of the sick celebrated by Bishop Kurt and Fr. Marek. In the evening they gathered at the Chapel for the Presanctified Liturgy and Anointing of the sick celebrated by Fr. Marek and Fr. Felix.
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St. Andrew of Crete: It is ourselves that we must spread under Christ's feet, not coats or lifeless branches or shoots of trees, matter which wastes away and delights the eye only for a few brief hours. But we have clothed ourselves with Christ's grace, or with the whole Christ - 'for as many of you as were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ' - so let us spread ourselves like coats under His feet. As those who were formerly scarlet from sin but became white as wool through the purification of saving baptism, let us offer not palm branches but the prizes of victory to the conqueror of death. Today, let us too give voice to that sacred chant, as we wave the spiritual branches of our soul: "Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!"
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On Friday, April 11, we had another memorable evening at St. Michael’s: finger-licking good fish fry and delightful company. Thanks to all you came out and to all the cooks.
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The Iconography students are immensly grateful to Fr. Marek for his helpful and caring teaching. All icons turned out beautiful, each in its own way.
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Like the previous years during the Great Fast our parish gathered together with neighboring Easter rites parishes for prayer and fellowship.
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On Saturday, March the 29th, Theosis in Action young adults converged to St. Michael's Cathedral for a day of Recollection. They listened to Fr. Marek's talk on the icon of Christ the Bridegroom. Among other things, Father stressed Jesus' posture indicating His obedience to the Father. After the talk, there was time for private prayer, confession, and Vespers. The day concluded with fellowship around pizza.
Climacus: Obedience is the tomb of the will and the resurrection of humility.
On Sunday March 9, Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, Bishop Kurt blessed icons in celebration of the condemnations of the heresy of iconoclasm. He encouraged all never to forget the dignity we have as persons made in the image and likeness of God.
On March 8 Fr. Marek invited parishioners to have breakfast with him and share their prayer life experiences with each other. All were treated with Vlasta's scrumptious Kollyva and other parishioners' delicacies. A fulfilling occasion in more than one way.
Twenty brave souls have taken on the challenge and under the expert and patient guidance of Fr. Marek will learn to write the icon of Christ the Bridegroom and hopefully grow closer to Him.
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On Sunday, March the 2nd, Forgiveness Vespers introduced us to the season of the Great Fast. Forgive, pray, fast and do charity with a joyful heart!
On Saturday morning, Fr. Marek was in the kitchen making prosphora with the children, to be used for Communion at the following Sunday Liturgies. Thank you all who participated!
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On Saturday, February the 22nd, parishioners and friends came together and had a blast tasting wine, dancing and enjoying band music. A thank you to all the organizers and volunteers who made the evnt possible and enjoyable!
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On January 25 and 26, and February 1 and 2, Archbishop Jonas Maxim, MSU, Metropolitan of the Byzantine Church in Slovakia visited our Cathedral and joined us in prayer at Great Vespers and Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at both the Cathedral and the chapel. Fr. Marek, his family, and parishioners welcomed him with light refreshments and warm fellowship after the Liturgies.
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It all started with a few flurries of snow... As a few inches of snow gently but steadily accumulated outside, faithful quietly and gradually assembled inside St. Michael's Cathedral.
Fr. Marek Visnovsky commenced the afternoon with a talk on hope, reflecting on why this day was different and concluding that the Cross is our Hope. Next, Bishop Kurt Burnette opened the Holy Doors and went on celebrating with Bishop Teodor Matsapula, IVE, Fr. Marek and many clergy from the Eparchy a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, marking the opening of the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025. A reception followed and fellowship was had by all.
Thank you to all who braved the weather coming to Passaic, NJ to celebrate with us from around the Eparchy, and to all the volunteeres who infatigably worked for weeks on end to make this celebration possible.
This is just the beginning of a whole year promising blessings for all those ready to receive them. Make ready!
Glory to Jesus Christ!
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On Saturday, January 18th, Bishop Teodor Matsapula, IVE, of the Eparchy of Mukachevo, Ukraine joined Bishop Kurt Burnette, Fr. Marek Visnovsky and many clergy in the celebraton of a Slavonic Divine Liturgy at the Chapel in Woodland Park, NJ.
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On January 11 and 12, Bp. Milan Lach, SJ, AuxiliaryBishop of Bratislava, Slovakia and Apostolic Visitor of the Slovak faithful in Western Europe visited our Cathedral and joined us in prayer at Great Vespers and Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy. He was welcomed by Bishop Kurt, Fr. Marek and his family, and parishioners. Light refreshments and warm fellowship followed the Liturgy, before his departure for Europe.
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On Monday, January the 6th, Bishop Kurt, Fr. Marek, and Fr. Michael celebrated the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan with Festal Matins, Divine Liturgy and the blessing of the Jordan waters.
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