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St. Anne Byzantine Catholic Church
7120 Massachusetts Ave.
New Port Richey, FL 34653
Administrator: Fr. Timothy Clegg
CANTOR: Anne-Marie Prokopiak
Church - (727) 849-1190
Hall - (727) 846-7922
Map and driving instructions:
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Welcome to the homepage of Saint Anne Byzantine Catholic Church in New Port Richey, Florida. We are an Eastern Catholic Church (Ruthenian) in communion with the Patriarch of the West, His Holiness Pope
Benedict XVI. Byzantine Catholics are (to quote +Pope John Paul II) "Orthodox Christians in communion with Rome". At St. Anne, we celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the English language.
Eastern Catholics are the Catholic Church's best-kept secret in the United States.
Many people do not realize that the Catholic Church is actually composed of some 23 different Churches sui juris. While the Roman Catholic Church is by far the largest and most powerful of these 23 churches, it is only a part of the whole Catholic Church.
Each of the 23 churches belongs to a Rite, or follows certain specific liturgical traditions.
There are several Churches, including the Ruthenian, the Melkite, and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, to mention a few and we share in the inheritance of the Byzantine Religious Culture of the Christian East. We use the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, and the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil for worship services. Liturgical traditions from Greek and Slavic cultural backgrounds have been preserved within our Churches, therefore the Divine Liturgy (Mass) resembles a Greek or Russian Orthodox service. Communion is received under both species (bread and wine).
All Catholics are welcome to come and worship with us and attendance fulfills Sunday obligation.
To learn more about the Eastern Catholic Church, please visit
here.
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