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Saint Joseph Melkite Greek-Catholic Church, Scranton, PA, is a local parish of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton.

CELEBRATING 128 YEARS IN SCRANTON in 2025.    We are one of the three oldest churches in our Eparchy .

Founded by Lebanese immigrants in the late 1890s, we are a faith community that has withstood many trials and tribulations. Today we continue to witness to the Gospel of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania: concentrated in the Lackawanna Valley.  Our faithful parishioners and friends hail from Albany to Philadelphia and areas surrounding.

Patriarchate of Antioch. Catholic but not Roman, Byzantine in Tradition, brothers and sisters of the Orthodox East.

Visit the Eparchy of Newton website at    www.Melkite.org for more information!

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CORRECTED BRIGHT WEEK SCHEDULE

Glorious Week of Renewal  Monday, April 21 – Bright Saturday, April 26
MONDAY Evening, April 21, 2025

Paschal Vespers: 5:00 p.m.
Divine Liturgy: 5:30 p.m.
Intention for April 21, 2025: 
for the servant of the servants of God, the all-holy, 
FRANCIS 
Pope of old Rome, 
newly fallen asleep in the Lord.

Bright Monday, April 21  5:30 p.m. † Divine Liturgy
Bright Tuesday, April 22  9:15 a.m. † Divine Liturgy
Bright Wednesday, April 23  5:30 a.m. † Divine Liturgy
Bright Thursday, April 24  9:15 p.m. † Divine Liturgy
Bright Friday, April 25  9:15 a.m. † Divine Liturgy
Bright Saturday, April 26  9:15 a.m. † Divine Liturgy

 

 

 

 

 

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Please Pray for our Melkite and Christian brothers and sisters experiencing threats to their lives in the Palestinian conflict.
Also, pray for our Ukrainian brethren and their families in the local Scranton area churches who have relatives fighting the war and others displaced.
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Bishop Francois asks us to please consider a donation to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal. We are almost at our goal.

 

 

 

VISIT our new DONATE page through paypal.   

See our facebook.com/melkitescranton page for photos & current events
For current events contact church email address at  stjosephscranton@gmail.com

See our “ABOUT” tab for: The First 100 years of St. Joseph Church used for our Centennial Celebration Oct. 1997.