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Saint Joseph Melkite Greek-Catholic Church, Scranton, PA, is a local parish of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton.
CELEBRATING 125 YEARS IN SCRANTON in 2022. 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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Please 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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Saturday June 11, 2022 NO SERVICES
Sunday June 12, 2022 10am Divine Liturgy- Father Patrick Moloney, visiting clergy from NYC
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Next weekend-services should resume as regularly with Orthros at 9 beginning Sunday June 26.
Please see bulletin 5/29 for coming weeks schedule as the pastor will be on pilgrimage for 2 weeks.
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VISIT our new DONATE page through paypal or instructions for AMAZON SMILE. https://smile.amazon.com/ch/82-3958041
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.