St. Ephraim Feast Day

We will celebrate our Patronal Feast Day, St. Ephraim the Syrian, on Tuesday January 28, 2025. Divine Liturgy will be served at 9:00am followed by a fellowship Luncheon at our parish property located at 5600 Vance Jackson Rd. San Antonio, Texas 78230. For more information about St. Ephraim the Syrian, please click on the Icon […]

House Blessing Season

To schedule an appointment to have your house or business blessed by Fr. Mark please send him an email at saintephraim@gmail.com Please provide a date and time that works for you along with you address.  

Temporary Worship Space Update

We will serve all weekday services, Monday-Saturday, (Wednesday morning Divine Liturgy & Feast Days) including Catechism Class on Wednesday nights at 5600 Vance Jackson Rd. San Antonio, Texas 78230. We have set up a class room and chapel in the house at 5600 Vance Jackson Rd. We will also serve Great Vespers on Saturday night at 4:00pm at […]

Catechumen Class

Catechumen Class will be canceled next Wednesday November 13, 2024, we will resume the follow Wednesday November 20, 2024. We will continue meeting every Wednesday evening starting with Daily Vespers at 6:00pm then our Catechumen class will begin around 6:30pm until Christmas. Wednesday December 18, 2024 will be our last class for the year. We […]

Back to School Blessing

Attached below is a prayer for children as they return to school. As our children return to public, private, charter, home schools and even college it’s important that we pray for them. Especially that they bring the light of Christ into their classrooms with them. Many blessings on a successful 2024-2025 school year!  “O Lord […]

Church Building Project Update

Our new St. Ephraim parish Church building is almost completely erected! And it looks beautiful! The only work left to do on the exterior in terms of erecting is the porte-cochere at the front entrance. We will continue to complete drying the building in and then begin work on the interior. But we can proudly […]

Pentecost

The Holy Spirit that Christ had promised to his disciples came on the day of Pentecost (Jn 14.26, 15.26; Lk 24.49; Acts 1.5). The apostles received “the power from on high,” and they began to preach and bear witness to Jesus as the risen Christ, the King and the Lord. This moment has traditionally been […]

Golf Tournament Sponsors

Many thanks and blessings to our Golf Tournament Sponsors, they have made our Annual Golf Tournament Building Fundraiser a huge success! We would also like to thank everyone who registered to play in the tournament and who have volunteered to help make the tournament the success that it is. We should have a really wonderful […]

New Temporary Location

St. Ephraim parish has moved to a new temporary location. The new temporary location is at 5703 Blanco Road San Antonio, Texas 78216. Our new temporary location on Blanco Road is located in the former Dr. James L. Burch Elementary School. We will be worshiping in the gymnasium and cafeteria. The gymnasium will be used […]

St. Ephraim Feast Day Jan 28th

We celebrated our Patronal Feast day, St. Ephraim the Syrian, on January 28, 2024.  To watch a great film about the life of St. Ephraim the Syrian, please click on the Icon below.