Welcome to Denver's Hidden Treasure!

St. Rafka Maronite Church is a place where you can fall in love anew with God. We invite you to enter into a loving, compassionate, and meaningful relationship with God the Father, His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit through the unique and rich theology, spirituality, and traditions of the Maronite Church.

A hidden treasure in Lakewood, CO, a suburb of Denver, St. Rafka Maronite Church witnesses to Jesus Christ’s plan of salvation for us: from His conception, birth, and holy baptism to His saving passion, life-giving death, His burial for three days, His glorious resurrection, ascension to heaven, His sitting at the right hand of the Father, and His wondrous, awesome and royal return, when He shall judge all people and separate them according to their deeds.

Maronites in the United States are bearers of a rich tradition. Not only do they embody their ethnic heritage, but they also witness to two great religious traditions, the tradition of the earliest converts to Christianity and the rich heritage of the Church of Antioch. Their prayers and liturgical formulas are filled with references to Sacred Scripture. Their hymns are filled with the poetry of the Middle East. Maronite theology emphasizes the mysteriousness of God, but also the call to humans to be united to divinity through the humanity of Christ. It declares that humans beings are not only created in the image and likeness of God, but are also called to a new creation through the Holy Spirit in baptism where they become spiritual beings called to immortality. It honors the Blessed Mother as being the New Eve and the paradigm of the Church.

The Best Kept Secret in Denver, CO

St. Rafka Maronite Church is the best kept secret in Denver! In their worship and liturgy, the Maronites reflected the tradition of Jewish Christianity. The theology found in their liturgy is that of St. Ephrem, one of the greatest Fathers of the Church. Their earliest Eucharistic Prayer (Anaphora), known as the Anaphora of Third Peter or Sharar, is the oldest in the Church and shares a common ancestry with the Chaldean Anaphora of Addai and Mari. Many of the liturgical prayers and the ritual of baptism can be traced to St. Ephrem and another great Syriac writer, James of Serug. Get to know the Antiochene Syriac Maronite Church from within by praying her prayers as found in her liturgical worship. Come and See the beauty of God as seen through the eyes of this ancient and Apostolic Church.

Welcome to your Spiritual Home. We invite you to share in this hidden treasure. St. Rafka Maronite Church, the best kept secret in Denver!

Come worship with us on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. We know you'll love it!
2301 Wadsworth Blvd. • Lakewood, CO 80214 • Tel: 720.833.0354 • Fax: 720.833.0390