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MA: Methuen

Metro Area: Lowell - Lawrence - Haverhill (MA)

St Basil Melkite Greek-Catholic Monastery

St Basil Monastery & Seminary

30 East St

Methuen

01844-4495

USA

Phone: 978-683-2959

Fax: 978-794-3379

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Rite: Byzantine

Church sui iuris: Melkite Greek-Catholic

Canonical Jurisdiction(s):

Eparchy: Newton of the Melkites

Cemetery: The cemetery is that of the religious community


Schedule of Divine Services
Always call ahead to verify times
Day	Service	Time
Monday (September through June)	Divine Liturgy	7:30pm


Mystery of Reconciliation


The Monthly Calendar is available online

Mailing Address: As Above

Served By: Resident Clergy

Sacramental Records: In custody of the parish

Monastery & Seminary Chapel of the Melkite Basilian Salvatorian Order. The faithful are welcome to participate in Divine Services

The cemetery is reserved for burial of reposed clerics of the Basilian Salvatorian Order

Status & Location Changes:

Formed in: 1953

Other Date: 1954, Monastery & Seminary erected, under the patronage of St Basil the Great

Status: ACTIVE RELIGIOUS HOUSE

This Entry Last Updated: 02/22/2017

Latitude: 42.728983

Longitude: -71.178124

Located in: All Active | Show All | Massachusetts | Massachusetts

Teachings of Christ

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 22:37-40 ESV)

Seventh Ecumenical Council

O Christ our God, You are most glorious, * for You established our Fathers as lights upon the earth * and through them led us to the true faith. * O greatly Compassionate One, glory to You! (Troparion, Tone 8)

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

The Son Who shone forth ineffably from the Father * was born two-fold in nature. * Beholding Him, we do not refuse the image of his form, * but piously depicting it, we honor it faithfully. * Therefore the Church, holding fast to the true faith, * kisses the icon of the incarnation of Christ. (Kontakion, Tone 6)

(Troparia of the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council)

Random Proverb

"My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; keep my commandments and live." (Proverbs 7:1,2 ESV)

Pray Without Ceasing

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Wisdom from the Church Fathers

The work of prayer belongs to the angels, and is, therefore, the special concern of the Church. Every other work, i.e., charity, nursing the brethren, visiting the sick, caring for prisoners, releasing captives, and other similar things, is done by the brethren in love and offered by them to God. Similarly, poverty, fasting, sleeping on the ground, prostrations, vigils, etc., are good and like a sacrifice to God, because they aim to subdue and humble the body so that we may be purified and approach God and become friends of God -- yet these things do not present us directly to God, whereas prayer does so and unites us with Him. A person praying acts towards God like a friend -- conversing, confiding, requesting -- and through this becomes one with our Maker Himself.

St. Symeon of Thessalonica