St Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Cathedral — Local services in Passaic

Fr. Jack Custer of St Michael The Archangel found my great-grandmother’s baptismal record which has been very difficult for me to find. Fr. Custer also very graciously sent me a sincere and informative letter explaining details of my family which neither I nor any of my living relatives ever knew. In the letter, Fr. Jack let me know the exact village my great-great-grandparents were from in modern-day Poland. He also explained the unique spellings used for my great-grandmother and her parents’ names in the baptismal record. The spellings were very different from the English form, and the names were written in a combination of Latin, Polish, Russian and Hungarian. I am very glad my great-grandmother was parishioner here and couldn’t be happier with all that the church has done to help me understand my...

I have attended St. Michael's for the past 10 years. It is a small parish, but it feels like family. I came here from the Roman Catholic Church, and loved St. Mike's so much, that I actually changed rites officially and became Byzantine Catholic. My faith has greatly deepened since coming here. Even though I have taken graduate courses in Theology, I always learn something from Fr. Jack's homilies. I highly...

We have been coming to St. Michael's for many years. It is like no other church I have ever attended. The Divine Liturgy is beautiful and both the cathedral and chapel have breathtaking iconography. Our friends and family come every year for the annual Slavic festival. The food is homemade and fantastic. We have made many great friends here. We love...