The Reverend Father Alex Shuter, Pastor
Visit our Facebook pageDivine Liturgy is being streamed live,
11 AM Sunday mornings, via our Facebook.
Please join us from the safety of your home
Also, the church will be open for
private prayer and devotions
Tuesday - Thursday, 9-10 AM PM.
Limited to between 22 and 44 people in attendance at any one time.
We are able to accommodate more people in the community hall where Divine Liturgy
will be streamed live to the TV.
Please practice safe hygiene and
separation of at least 6 feet between people.
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How To Make A Spiritual Communion (pdf)
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Please remember to support our parish during these difficult times. Unfortunately, the Coronavirus will not stop the bills from coming in to the church. There are several ways to support your parish.
Checks can be mailed to:
Ascension of Our Lord
PO Box 5096
Williamsburg, VA 23188
You can also support the parish through this website, using the "Donate" button below. Using this method, you can either use a credit card or you can use PayPal. You do not need a PayPal account in order to make a donation through this link.
THANK YOU
November 22, 2020
25th Sunday after Pentecost
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Many people have requested additioinal copies of the 25th Anniversary Divine Liturgy Booklet. A link is provided below, to a PDF edition.
25th Anniversary Divine Liturgy Book
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Check out this Panaramic view of church interior.
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About Us
Ascension of Our Lord is a Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church, located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The church's ancestral origins are from Eastern (Slavic) Europe. The Byzantine Catholic Church follows the Holy Traditions of the Byzantine East, with roots in Constantinople, while maintaining union with the Catholic church of Rome. All services are conducted in English. Roman Catholics in good standing with the Church are free to receive the Holy Sacraments.
A Brief History
As the first Byzantine-Ruthenian Catholic Church in Southeastern Virginia, the parish family first came together with a Divine Liturgy celebrated at St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia on November 4, 1984, when Father John Lazarek began his missionary work. For four years, Fr. Lazarek travelled from Annandale, Virginia, to the Tidewater area to celebrate the Divine Liturgy.
In September of 1987, the mission purchased Greensprings Community Chapel. On February 4, 1988, Bishop Michael J. Dudick, D.D., The Eparchy of Pasasaic, granted canonical status to the newly-named Ascension of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church. On October 25, 1988, Father Edward G. Cimbala was assigned as the parish's first resident pastor.
In October of 1989, Father Edward Cimbala began his missionary work in Virginia Beach by founding Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Catholic Church while continuing to serve the Williamsburg parish.
Today
Ascension parish has grown from a parish formed to meet the needs of the ethnic Byzantine Catholics of the area into a parish home for many residents who have come to love the Catholic traditions of the Christian East. God has blessed our parish over the years and we look forward to all that He has in store for us in the years to come!
To read more about Byzantine Catholics follow this link.
Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!