Welcome to Saint Mary Orthodox, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Our Priest

We are very fortunate in having as our Priest one of the most outstanding Priests of the Antiochian Archdiocese, Fr Theodore Pulcini. Fr Ted studied at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary and has taught as visiting faculty at St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. He is currently on the faculty of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he teaches in the Department of Religion

St Mary is an Orthodox Christian Church. Organized in August 1995, with its first Divine Liturgy September 15, 1995, it is the only Orthodox Church in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and serves the entire community, without regard to ethnic background. Our membership includes people of Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, Egyptian, and Iraqi descent, as well as people whose families came from Italy, England, Germany, Slovakia, and Slovenia, and the dates of immigration to what is now the United States range from 1621 to1990.

This Week's Services

 Schedule for this Sunday:
Metalepsis (Preparation for Holy Communion) -- 9:15 a.m.
Third and Sixth Hours -- 9:40 a.m.
DIVINE LITURGY -- 10 a.m.
 

 

This Week's Announcements

Coffee Hour Schedule

 

This month's Schedule

SermonsSad when you miss Fr. Ted's sermons? Wish someone else could have heard them? Want to hear that one more time? We have Fr. Ted's sermons online in a podcast format. Never miss a sermon again.

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This Week

The Beheading of St. John the Forerunner is the commemoration of the martyrdom of John the Forerunner. It is a strict fast day because of the grief of Christians at the violent death of the saint. It is commemorated by the Church on August 29.

Although the Forerunner was beheaded in the Spring, around the time of the Passover, this feast was fixed for August, when a church was dedicated in its honor.

The accounts about the martyrdom of John the Baptist are provided my Ss. Matthew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29). It was in the 32nd year after the Birth of Christ.

 

 

 

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June 14 church picnic

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