09
Jun 2019
On Sunday June 9, during the Holy Liturgy, Father Andrew Bahhi calls on the graduates of our Sunday School for 2019. Each will read Bible verses, and receive their certificate from graduation. “Our kids are a living sermon. As much as I will talk and speak about God and Jesus, we have our main goal of how we open our heart to Jesus and how we can put our kids on the truth and on the right way.” — Father Andrew Bahhi. You are graduating from Sunday School, but we will now......
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14
Apr 2019
1. To have Abouna pray for a deceased person, please submit the name of the deceased to the board room by 10:45 a.m. on Sunday. This timing is important to help prepare for Holy Liturgy. Late submissions will be announced the following Sunday. 2. If you make a donation in the name of the deceased, the board prefers not to announce the deceased’s name a second time − or the donor’s name. Abouna will have already mentioned the deceased’s name in his prayers on the altar. However, if you want the board......
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10
Mar 2019
We are honored to release the Patriarchial Encyclical for Great Lent. You can watch the video of the full reading of the letter, issued from Damascus, here. May the Lord accept your fasting, repentance, prayers and almsgiving. May He make you worthy to rejoice in the Feast of His Resurrection, enjoying good health of spirit, body and mind. May He have mercy on the souls of the faithful departed, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, St. Peter, Chief of the Apostles, and all the martyrs and saints. ...
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22
Dec 2018
“Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11) Merry Christmas everyone! I wish you a very happy and merry Christmas and very Happy New Year. The other day I heard a story of a son who came to his father and asked, “Father, how big is God?” Then the father, not sure how to answer his son, looked at the sky and saw an airplane flying. So, he asked his son. “How big is this airplane?” His son said, “it......
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21
Sep 2018
The floods in recent weeks occurring in Kerala, India has left thousands of people without homes and lacking clean water and proper food and necessities. Echoing the appeal by His Eminence Mor Dionysius John Kawak, the Board of Trustees of our Assyrian Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary, are calling on our churches and other fellow Christians to help our brothers and sisters at our Syriac Orthodox Church in Kerala, which is going through much suffering due to the floods and many are left still trying to recover. We have had special......
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29
Aug 2018
As expressed in the letter sent to everyone from the Board of Trustees a few weeks ago, we want to embark on a Bible Reading Program called DAILY BREAD and want you to join us. We will email the reading plan to everyone on a weekly basis, in which a chapter of the Bible is planned to be read by all of us every day of the week. Questions about the readings can be answered by Father Andrew the following Sunday. This program will begin first week of September. Visit www.VirginMaryNJ.org/Bible each......
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31
Jul 2018
Dearly Beloved Parishioners, We praise God for His grace in helping us reach the 50th Anniversary of our beloved church in Paramus as we commemorate the Church’s consecration in April 1968 with high hopes for the future. We believe in the Syriac traditions which embody our values and beliefs that unite us as parishioners, our faith that strengthens us and the importance of preserving the Aramaic language through our Holy Liturgy. As you may know, the mission for the Board of Trustees is to represent all the parishioners, our church’s rich history......
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