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Thank you for visiting us. We are located in
a small but very beautiful part of northeast Pennsylvania: Hazleton, also known as the city with the biggest number
of churches in this blessed part of US.
By the grace of our Lord we have established a strong and constantly
growing community by building up the spirit and awareness of preserving
the orthodox faith, and the Romanian tradition in this part of the
world. We encourage you to find out more about our faith and to celebrate
the miracle of life inside the orthodox world!
Our mission may not involve hanging on a cross, being jailed, or being burned at the stake here in America, but we have other, more visible obstacles. Ours is a society built by pride, materialism, and dedication to the "status quo". In a world built on free will instead of God's will, we must be the freaks. While we may not be called to martyr our lives, we must martyr our way of life. We must put our selfish ways to death and march to a different beat. Then the world will see Jesus. What will people think? I hope whatever we do, it makes them think of Jesus.
At St.Joseph's, we encourage participation in worship services through congregational singing. Please feel free to join your voice with ours in prayer. The Divine Liturgy is an Eucharistic celebration. The canons of the Church is that only Baptized Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves and went to Confession may receive Holy Communion. If you are not of the Orthodox faith, you are invited to share in some of the blessed bread which is distributed after the service. We appreciate the need for children to also experience the Divine Services and are quite tolerant of the usual noise that accompanies their presence. Please keep in mind the children have Sunday School and come up into the church to receive communion.
We are a community of Romanian people who had settled in the Hazleton area and established St. Joseph's Church (former known as Palm Sunday) in 1992. The community is under the jurisdiction of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of North America, His Eminence Archbishop Nathaniel Popp. We are open to any and all people who seek to embrace what has been called the "Ark of Salvation": the Holy Orthodox Church.
This is the main site of Saint Joseph of Maramures Romanian Orthodox Parish in Hazleton, PA. There is one more website listed under the Orthodox Church in America (OCA)and you can access it by clicking HERE.
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