(Click on the Holy Altar Table's Cross or base for detail images) 

The Holy Altar Table is placed in the center of the sanctuary and is the most sacred object in the church. It is called the Holy Table, because it represents the table of the upper room where the Lord shared His Mystical Supper with His disciples. It is seen as the Throne of God for it rests on the Holy Gospels, the Word of God. The Holy Altar Table is clothed in majesty and glory because it is a sign of God's glory and majesty. On it are kept: the Gospel Book as a sign of the Living Word dwelling in our midst; the Cross as a sign of Jesus' sacrifice; and the Eucharist, kept in the tabernacle, as the sign of the Eternal covenant with God in Jesus Christ. Also kept on the altar is the antimension, a small cloth which depicts the Lord Jesus being placed in the tomb. Sewn into the antimension is a relic of a saint as a sign of our own pledge to die with Christ into new life. The antimension is blessed by the bishop on Holy Thursday. The antimension was given to the parish from Bishop Michael Dudick, Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Passaic, N.J. as the sign of his jurisdiction over the celebration of the Eucharist in the parish.