Cleaning & Facility Services for Religious Institutions
Respectful, reliable cleaning and maintenance for synagogues, churches, seminaries, and houses of worship across Greater Boston — from a company that has been serving the community since 1977.
Religious institutions require a cleaning partner who understands the environment
Cleaning a synagogue or church is not the same as cleaning an office building. The spaces are architecturally distinctive, often historically significant, and in many cases sacred. The people who worship in them notice when something isn't right — when the sanctuary floor hasn't been properly maintained, when the upholstered pews haven't been cleaned, when the entryway isn't presentable before a service. And the administrators responsible for facility management are often juggling those standards alongside a busy programming calendar, a volunteer-driven culture, and a budget that doesn't always have room for surprises.
78-Clean has been working with religious institutions across Greater Boston for nearly 50 years. Our crews approach these environments with the care and discretion they deserve — respectful of sacred spaces, attentive to the architectural details that define these buildings, and experienced enough to understand that a cleaning program for a house of worship needs to be built around the institution's calendar, not the other way around.
What makes religious institutions different
Sacred spaces require a different kind of attention.
Sanctuary cleaning is not the same as common area cleaning. Altars, bimot, arks, lecterns, and other focal points of worship require careful handling — our crews are trained to work around these spaces with appropriate care and to follow specific guidance from facility administrators about access and protocols. We never move, disturb, or handle sacred objects without explicit direction.
Upholstered seating is a recurring maintenance priority.
Pews, chairs, and kneeling benches in synagogues and churches accumulate dust, debris, and wear from regular congregant use. Professional upholstery cleaning is not a one-time event — it's a recurring part of maintaining the quality and comfort of the worship experience. 78-Clean schedules upholstery cleaning in tandem with your ongoing service program, not as an emergency response.
Older buildings have surfaces that require specialized care.
Many of Greater Boston's religious institutions are housed in historic buildings with ornate woodwork, decorative millwork, intricate flooring, and architecturally sensitive surfaces. Stained glass windows and decorative frames require gentle, non-abrasive methods that avoid damage to protective coatings. Our crews are trained to use appropriate products and techniques for these surfaces — not a generic all-purpose cleaner applied uniformly across every material.
Discretion matters.
Religious institutions handle donations, financial records, and confidential pastoral materials. Our crews are trained to work around sensitive materials without disturbing documents, files, or administrative areas. The trust a congregation places in a cleaning company that has unsupervised access to their building is not taken lightly.
Electricity protocols must be respected.
Some religious institutions — particularly synagogues observing Shabbat — cannot turn lights off and back on once services have begun. Our crews understand this and are fully briefed on your building's electrical protocols before any service begins. We never assume we can turn off a light. If your institution has specific electrical requirements, we build them into our service procedures from day one.
Your calendar drives our schedule
Religious institutions don't operate on a Monday-to-Friday schedule, and a cleaning program that ignores that is a cleaning program that will consistently create problems. 78-Clean builds service schedules around your institution's specific calendar — weekly services, holiday programming, lifecycle events, community dinners, and seasonal observances.
Before services, not after.
Snow removal is one of the clearest examples of schedule-driven service. A property manager's standard compliance window — three hours after a storm ends — isn't the right framework for a synagogue with Saturday morning services or a church with Sunday services. Our crews understand that your sidewalks, entries, and parking areas need to be clear before your congregation arrives, not just before a municipal fine is issued. We schedule snow removal accordingly.
High holy days and seasonal observances require surge capacity.
The weeks leading up to High Holy Days at a synagogue, or Christmas and Easter at a church, are among the highest-traffic and highest-visibility periods of the institutional year. 78-Clean coordinates with facility administrators well in advance to ensure additional cleaning capacity, deep cleaning completion, and full exterior presentation are in place before the season begins — not scrambled at the last minute.
Passover cleaning is a serious institutional obligation.
For synagogues and Jewish institutions, pre-Passover cleaning is not simply a deep clean — it is a religiously significant process centered on the thorough removal of chametz, leavened products, from every space under the institution's jurisdiction. Jewish law requires the removal of all chametz from premises before Passover — a diligent search in all places where chametz may have been kept or consumed during the preceding year. For a synagogue with a kitchen, a social hall, classrooms, and office spaces, this is a comprehensive, time-sensitive undertaking. 78-Clean works with synagogue administrators to schedule and execute pre-Passover cleaning that meets the institution's standards — thorough, respectful, and completed before the holiday deadline.
Post-event cleaning is part of the program.
Weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, communions, confirmations, baptisms, community dinners, holiday celebrations — religious institutions host life events that generate significant cleaning needs beyond the weekly routine. 78-Clean's post-event cleaning service ensures your facility is restored to its standard condition after every major event, so the space is ready for whatever comes next.
Services for religious institutions
Commercial Cleaning & Common Areas
Recurring cleaning programs for sanctuaries, social halls, classrooms, administrative offices, restrooms, kitchens, entryways, and all shared spaces — scheduled around your weekly service calendar.
Carpet shampooing, tile stripping and waxing, and hardwood care for sanctuary floors, social hall flooring, and common area surfaces — including the historic and architecturally sensitive flooring found in many of Greater Boston's older religious buildings.
Comprehensive seasonal cleaning for high holy days, Passover preparation, Easter and Christmas season, and other high-attendance periods — including upholstery cleaning, fixture cleaning, and thorough restoration of all spaces.
Our crews actively monitor weather forecasts and make multiple passes throughout a storm to reduce buildup, minimize ice formation, and ensure your entries, walkways, and parking areas are clear before your congregation arrives — without you having to make a single call. ADA-compliant path clearing included.
78-Fixit: Maintenance & Repairs
Handyman services, carpentry, painting, door and lock maintenance, HVAC filter changes, alarm battery replacements, light fixture and bulb replacement, and general building repairs — the same company that cleans your building handles what cleaning can't fix.
Landscaping, Cleanups & Planter Services
Spring and fall grounds cleanup, seasonal planter maintenance, and exterior grounds care — ensuring your building's exterior presentation reflects the care given to its interior.
Exterior cleaning for entryways, walkways, steps, and parking areas — including post-winter salt removal and surface restoration ahead of high-attendance seasonal services.
Donation overflow removal, storage room cleanouts, and post-event debris disposal — handled in compliance with local bulk waste rules.
On-Site Coverage & Event Services
On-site staffing support before, during, and after major lifecycle events, holiday services, and community gatherings.
Serving religious institutions across Greater Boston
78-Clean provides cleaning and facility services to synagogues, churches, seminaries, and houses of worship throughout Greater Boston. We have dedicated pages with local compliance detail for our most active markets:
Boston · Allston · Brighton · Brookline · Cambridge · Newton · Chestnut Hill · Greater Boston
A partner religious institutions trust
78-Clean is the commercial cleaning brand of Commercial Cleaning Service, Inc., a family-owned, women-owned Greater Boston business since 1977. We maintain a 97% customer retention rate — built on showing up consistently, communicating proactively, and treating every institution we serve with the respect its community deserves.
Every 78-Clean client is assigned a dedicated Relationship Manager who knows your building, your calendar, and your specific requirements. We'll walk your facility, understand what it needs, and build a service program around your institution's schedule — with no obligation.