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Worship at our Mission

"The Divine Liturgy is the way we know God and the way God becomes known to us... Every member of the Church is an icon of the Kingdom of God." - St. Sophrony of Essex

We worship at our Church Temple at 92 St Johns Drive, Winfield PA, 17889. This is located off Felmey Road in Winfield, near the Post Office and Union Township offices. Our Church is adjacent to St. John's Cemetery, behind Winfield Cemetery. Confessions can be taken after Vespers or before Liturgy, appointments preferred.

Confessions can be taken after Vespers, appointments preferred. Sunday Divine Liturgies typically last 1 hour and 15 minutes, and start with the Reading of the Hours 20 minutes prior to the service start time. 

Communion is available for Orthodox Christians who have prepared by fasting, prayer, and confession, including attending Vigil the night before. If you are a baptized Orthodox in good-standing with the Church and desire to take communion and you are new to the parish, please talk with one of our priests beforehand.

All attendees are asked to dress modestly, including long dresses or skirts for women (with head coverings especially when taking Holy Communion), and pants with long-sleeved shirts for men.

Services, classes and discussions are in English.

Folliowing traditional Orthodox practice, parishioners participate in the services by standing usually. Seating is available for those who are unable to stand for long periods of time.

Fellowship and coffee hour follows Divine Liturgy, sometimes for Sunday School for children and youths, followed later by . Bible Study at the Bucknell bookstore in downtown Lewisburg, which is held in conjunction with the Bucknell University Orthodox Christian community.

Here is a handbook of our jurisdiction's liturgical practices.

You are always welcome at our worship services! Worship of our Lord Jesus Christ in the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox Church provides safe harbor in stormy times. Glory to God!

For information on or questions about worship, Bible Study, campus activities, and pastoral help in the Lewisburg-Winfield area, please feel free to contact our local Priest, Father Paul, at 570-523-8876 or 570-863-9039, priestpauls@pm.me.

Parish Troparion and Kontakion

Troparion of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco (Tone 5)

Lo, thy care for thy flock in its sojourn/ prefig­ured the supplications which thou dost ever offer up for the whole world./ Thus do we believe, having come to know thy love,/ O holy hierarch and wonderworker John./ Wholly sanctified by God/ through the ministry of the all-pure Myster­ies/ and thyself ever strengthened thereby,/ thou didst hasten to the suffering,/ O most gladsome Healer.// Hasten now also to the aid of us who honour thee with all our heart.

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Kontakion of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco

Thy heart hath gone out to all who entreat thee with love,/ O holy hierarch John,/ and who remember the struggle of thy whole industrious life,/ and thy painless and easy repose,// O faithful servant of the all-pure Directress.

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