Welcome to the Church of the Virgin Mary!
Church of the Virgin Mary
216 - 8th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Tel: (718) 788-5454
SMS: (646) 233-0092
Email: cvm @ melkitesofnyc.net
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Come, let us celebrate the Divine Liturgy together and receive the Holy Gifts!
Divine Liturgy - Mass
Sunday: 11:00am
Monday-Friday: 12:15pm
(There is no 12:15pm Mass on Wednesdays during Lent since there is the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy in the evening)
(On the Major Feast Days we celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the evening; if not posted please call before coming)
Confessions will be heard anytime upon your request.
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Meet our Team:Fr. Antoine Rizk, BSO, PastorDeacon Naji Youssef________________________________FUTURE LITURGIES:On March 17th, for Ajib Shabouk; and Adele Dacken; on April 7th, for Joseph, Afife, and Hanan Dagher; on April 21st, for Fouad, Renee, Elie and Elizabeth Baghdady; on May 5th, for Asaad Arkous on June 9th, for Fr. Romanos Russo (1 Year); on July 14th, for Antoinette Shabouk.
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LENTEN PRAYERS SCHEDULE
Monday – The Great Compline, 7:00PM
Wednesday – The Pre-sanctified, 7:00 PM
Friday – The Akathist, 7:00 PM
This year, on Fridays: 7:00pm The Akathist; followed by the guest speaker, then the supper.
February 16th: Lenten Supper – Sponsored by the Ladies’ Society.
Speaker: Msgr. Guy Massie
February 23rd: Lenten Supper – NAMY/PRE-NAMY’s parents.
Speaker: Fr. Michael Falce
March 1st: Lenten Supper – Fratority
Speaker: Sisters of Life
March 8th: Lenten Supper - Men's Club
Speaker: Fr. Antoine
March 15th: Lenten Supper –Sponsored by Hayat and Maroun Hayek
Speaker: Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio
March 22nd: (Lazarus Vespers) – Young Adults
Speaker: Msgr. Ronald Marino
Together we pray
We seek to establish trust and credibility and to let your loving truth be spoken in our lives. We want to see You at the center of our community's life and activities. We believe that You will reveal Yourself to us through worship and repentance.
We want to foster in ourselves a passion to learn more about You and Your Word. We desire to nurture transformational growth in our spiritual journeys- from where we are to where You want to take us.
We want to move spiritually to a place where we will live out our faith. We desire to see ourselves becoming more like You, O Christ our God, serving each other, the church, and the wider community- for we believe it's through service to others that our lives are changed.
We want to create a supportive environment where we are able to bring others to hear the Gospel message. We also want to equip ourselves with the ability to share our own faith. Our desire is to foster a passion to share You, O Christ.
Give us Your glory, that we may be one as You and the Father are one. Continue to make the Name of the Father known to us, so that the love with which the Father loved You may be in us, and You may be in us (Cf John 17: 22, 26). Amen.