FatherJohn Ciurpita performs the final basket blessing, yesterday morning, Easter 2015, at Saints Peter and Paul Church in Clifton Heights.
The church will be joining Holy Ghost Church in Chester to form a new parish at Holy Myrrh-Bearers in Ridley Township with the first service at the new church, 900 Fairview Road, Swarthmore, Pa. 19081, at 11 a.m., April 19.
Holy Myrrh-Bearers will be consecrated 1 p.m., April 18.
The church had been the site of historic Leiper Presbyterian Church.
The last service at Saints Peter and Paul will be 5 p.m., April 11.