St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church 905 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. All I know is that my parents were amazing. The Maronites had built a hall on Stanton Street about 1950-1955. In 1983, I joined the Order of St. Ignatius. In 1985 another son of the parish, Father Edward Hughes, along with his wife Khouriyee Anna and daughter Sarah, was assigned as associate pastor to assist Father Herbert prior to his retirement in October 1986. The church choir keeps us together. My sons Joe and Tony served later as altar servers.
George lived his remaining years in our community, regularly attending church, and cherishing his status as an American citizen. Email stmarywilkesbarre@gmail.com The memories of her singing have almost faded. Father said something to me in Arabic and I didn’t understand him.
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I could still see the four of us sitting around Mom’s kitchen table and Mom cooking at the stove. We were all related somehow; we were all truly brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, and cousins. I was a member of Sunday school and later became a teacher in the Sunday School Program. This was to continue for the next eight years until December of 1978 under the chairmanship of Bob Amory who coordinated the many volunteers needed. With the Persian rug factory turning a profit, our father went on to become an entrepreneur. The Parish LifeConference was presided over by Bishop Basil, the Bishop of Wichita and Mid-America, who came home to his home state of Pennsylvania to be at the Conference. One hundred or more trays were made. Catholic.
He was a big influence in getting votes to build a new church, but it did not come without much controversy, arguments and pounding of tables. The motion passed and Jim Cardillo and I formulated a plan to begin weekly spaghetti dinners offering a wide variety of sauces and pasta. She was left with 12 children, a home, and a business to run.
Father Abdallah was a dynamic person of strong discipline. In 1950, the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn and the Young People’s Fellowship of Paterson met to draw up a constitution for the SOYO, Eastern Sector. John made use of some of his high school students to aid him in the work. I attended many hafli’s and went to the Antiochian Village with Violet and Jim for a weekend in September to honor St. Thecla. So St. Mary’s began having bingo twice a week.
Isaac (Zeke) Abraham was the first Eastern Region president of S.O.Y.O in 1951 and Andrew Mamary was St. Mary’s Church President of S.O.Y.O. Herbert Nahas, and attorney John Moses, Father Herbert Nahas’ son-in-law. The meeting was held in March of 1959 and a total of $93,555 was pledged by the parishioners. These spaghetti dinners continue today with people coming from all over to enjoy the variety of pastas and sauces.
Father Abdallah Khoury of Brooklyn, who would be the pastor under whom the reunion of the parish would take place, became pastor in 1917. Those who came from the Wadi-Nasaara, in the Al-Husson Valley where the famed Monastery of St. George “Al-Humaireh” stands, came from the villages of Mishtay, Zwaitini, and Matn Arnook. She quickly became an astute businesswoman. Girls wearing the corsages had boyfriends and were usually engaged to be married. On July 4th, 1993, His Grace Bishop Antoun blessed me as a Sub-deacon and I continue to serve as Sub-deacon each week.
Parishioners and their families donated the needed $7500 over a period of two years. A memorable memory from the early 70’s was the first Ball honoring all the Past Presidents.
Picnics were well attended. So eventually we children went to “Syrian school.” After public school, we had classes in the church auditorium under the church. The ladies made hoagies. By logging in you can: Access featured local businesses and churches in your area. The loss of Irene devastated our entire family.
His service to St. Mary’s spanned almost 60 years beginning from his time as an Altar server. Wilkes Barre, PA - 18702
Midnight Liturgy at Christmas and Easter was very special and the church was always full. About. From Ruth Chrzanowski (in loving memory): The fondest memories I have are working with the Ladies Auxiliary at the old church. We have all been truly blessed and I am eternally grateful. Imagine how many layers they had to make per tray! In order of their birth, they are Fannie, Bessie, Elias (“Leo”), Mary, Irene, Ruth, Helen, Joseph, Michael, John, George, and the youngest, Norman. We played at Valentine dances, Fall dances, Syrian nights and many other affairs. This gave a large basement with restrooms, steam heat boilers, and a kitchen for serving dinners. The mass times for St Mary's Church of-Maternity vary and do change for Parish's so please plan ahead by. The first Baptism in the New Church on June 1, 1969, was that of Robert Solomon, son of Michael and Barbara Solomon, and the first marriage on June 1, 1969 was that of seminarian, Anthony Bassoline of Yonkers, and Barbara Leo, who was from St. Mary’s. Twenty other men and women worked hard, “some gratis” and some were compensated, to help raise money to pay off the mortgage.
This became the Namey family homestead, 141 Brown Street. Next I want to tell you about my brother-in-law Jimmy Cardillo, wife of my sister Violet.
54 Hillard St, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania 18702. I thank all the people that were there for me when I needed them. I would be amiss if I did not include the role my wife Judy played in all this history. My only complaint was the smoke since smoking was permitted in the hall at that time.
It was during the time of the building of the rectory, in June 1972, that the city of Wilkes-Barre and the surrounding communities were all flooded by Hurricane Agnes with some 17,000 homes flooded. In 1940, at the age of 49, our father passed away. Many young people learned to chant with him, and he started a Syrian school for them. Father Hussin (1945- 1951) celebrated the marriage of my wife Sadie and myself in 1947 and he baptized my sons Michael and Charles. It was a holiday and the women were going to make so many trays to raise funds for the church.
We hope this website will provide some interesting information about our church’s historic past, its … Parishioners, carpenters and electricians, volunteered to build the Rectory at minimal cost, with much of the work done gratis. The first parish council was established with the “pastor or pastors, and not less than six or more than twelve lay members” of the parish as members. They would always say, “Thank God, no matter what comes along, good or bad and God be with you.” After all the hard work they would do every day, they always found time for a family picnic. One of my fondest memories – and a source of inspiration for our children – was my sisters’ faith.
The church sponsored a bingo game once a week and every week for nine years. It was common to be sent outside to find a stick or slat for punishment. Zanie bore 14 children in their Blackman Street home. I am married to Julianne Marie Saba.
During this celebration the mortgage was burned, thanks to the hard work of the parishioners to raise the needed money. Just the priest was found when Father George Mitchell came to Saint Mary from Niagara Falls. Christmas pageants were presented on television two years in succession. These are their stories…in their own words.
She would put the amount in her hand (for instance flour) and dump it in the measuring cup and this went on for hours while I got my recipes, messed up the kitchen, and all of us were laughing hysterically!
Company. The Haflis were held in various places, particularly the Hotel Redington, until the new large Parish Hall was completed in 1969, and were held then in the Parish Hall. in music had worked as a teacher in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and instructor in Church music and choir director.
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He inaugurated Arabic plays, which he directed, and two vocal groups to chant the Liturgy, one male and the other female. Father Thomas had studied for two years at St. Vladimir’s Seminary and one year at Holy Cross. I also helped deliver hoagies with Father Herb. But our story doesn’t end here.
They also agreed to purchase a piece of land adjacent to Maple Hill Cemetery.
Our pastor, Father John C. Lambert, invites you to celebrate Mass with us; Mass times are listed below. Updates are currently being routed through MassTimes.org. Church and going to church and doing things at church have given me a lot of years to live.
Shortly after the construction Father Abdallah Khoury transferred to Paterson, New Jersey. My personal contribution to the church (besides being a regular paying member) were in the original church. We spent many nights at the church as this was our life. Land was the first necessity and after much searching, a 2.5 acre plot was chosen at the South end of Main Street in 1962, and was purchased for $28,500 in 1964. All the boys and Irene graduated from Meyers High School. Her love and compassion toward her brothers and sisters was boundless. Eventually a meeting was held by our congregation to seek pledges for this. We went on church picnics with delight. Often times Sundays after attending Church on Sunday the group would head up the mountain to a picnic grove in Mountain Top. The name for the church in its incorporation is “St.
I spent 11 years in the choir under the direction of Mr Dzury, our choir master. O. J. Solomon also played a big part by taking on the responsibility of keeping accurate reports of what transpired at all meetings both vocally and financially. There were many laughs watching them preform. The parish also held special Mid-East dinners together with bazaars, bingo, and hafli’s.
St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church 905 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. To secure the buildings, pilings were sunk over 100 feet into the earth to reach bedrock. Our mom shared with us some of her most enjoyable memories as she grew older. In 1969, I was re-elected to the church Council and was elected treasurer of the bingo committee. In their honor, the young women of the church organized a Victory Club, which sent packages to our service men, and which earned funds to erect a large granite monument in their honor in the front portion of the cemetery, where annually the parish gathers each Memorial Day to pray for them and all the reposed of the parish. About ten years later, the fruits of this labor was a church, hall, and rectory. Activities such as the Hafli’s were well supported and attended, as were the hoagie sales.
Next came Father Shahady followed by Father Tom Zain, in my opinion, the most likeable and friendliest and currently serving, I believe in Brooklyn. The faith community of St. Nicholas welcomes you!
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