Welcome to St Nicholas Orthodox Church!  We hope you will enjoy your visit.  We are a parish of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), serving Christ in the Cohoes and Greater Albany Capital Region.  Our liturgical services are primarily in English with small sections in Church Slavonic, Romanian, Greek or Arabic depending on the needs of the congregation at that time. 

   Even though our name implies we are Russian, we are truly an international community.  Our parish consists of 81 parishioners in "good-standing" with an outreach of approximately 130 who come to our church at some point in the church year. Our church is mainly composed of second and third generation people with origins from Lemkovyna (a region now a part of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia).

    Recently, our church has become the spiritual home of a smattering of immigrants from Romania, Macedonia, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia and our own community here in America. Our mission is to expand our Christian family by embracing all people who want to share a life in Christ and to be the home for people of all backgrounds.

    For information you may call Fr. Terenti at 518-369-2430 or email us at: stnicholascohoes@gmail.com

    For directions click on the driving directions tab and for times of services click on the monthly calendar tab. 

   The virtual images on this site are the exclusive property of  St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Cohoes, NY. Educational use is permitted; however, the content may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission from St. Nicholas Church Board and/or the owners of the original images, if applicable.

CELEBRATING 99 YEARS OF ORTHODOXY IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT

The monthly meeting has been changed to May 28th.

Click on the flea market tab upper left hand side of this page for the flyer and reservation form.

The monthly bulletin for is available by clicking the "Monthly Bulletin" tab to the right and following the link. The monthly calendar which lists the services and meetings for the month is available by going to the "Monthly Calendar" link on the right.

Our church is saddened by the passing of Tess Campana, Fri. January 18th and Martha Telesky, Mon. January 21st.

Tess's Parastas  will be Tues. Jan. 22nd at 6 pm at the Fitzgerald Funeral Home. The funeral Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 10am Wed.Jan. 23rd from the church. The Funeral will not start from the Fitzgerald Funeral Home due to the cold, but from the church. People are requested to go from the church to the Purple Pub for the repast, rather than the grave due to the intense cold.

Martha's Parastas will be Wed. Jan. 23rd at 6:00 pm at the Fitzgerald Funeral Home. The funeral service will be celebrated on Thurs.Jan. 24th from the church.

On Sunday, July 1st, we baptized three children, daughter of James and Angelique Haughney and the twin daughters of Frank and Rayanne Babich. Angelique and Rayanne are the daughters of Regina Miszcewicz Legace and granddaughters of the late Tekla Miszcewicz.

Retrospective taped lectures on Confession have been converted to MP3 files and are available by clicking the Video/Photo tab.

At noon Saturday July 14th, we will bless animals at the cemetery grounds. A pet costume contest will be after the blessing and prizes awarded.

St. Nicholas welcomes, Greg Erbstoesser to our parish. Greg is originally from Ohio. May God grant him many years with us!

http://www.svots.edu/headlines/mens-choir-sings-divine-liturgy-st-nicholas-church-cohoes-ny

Follow the link below to view more pictures from the blessing of icons and writers, Sunday, November 6th.

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We had a wonderful weekend with his Grace, Bishop Seraphim. The following is a link to his Grace's blog and pictures of the event. Many years to him. He will be back in the spring for a visit and to enlighten us with his inspiring wisdom.

http://seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com/1046668.html

His Grace will be here to serve Divine Liturgy with us and to speak about his book. For more information, see the following flyer: flyerseraphim.doc

The following books have been scanned and available for viewing:

50th, 60th and 75th anniversary books and the rectory dedication pamphlet. To view them go to the "Archives" tab and click on the hotlink.

Click on the following link to view the pictures and video (the video takes time to load, be patient!):

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Click to see the slideshow:

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Photos of the pilgrimage can be viewed by clicking the following link: http://picasaweb.google.com/NewSketeParish/2010Pilgrimage#

Should you not be able to attend the Divine Liturgy you can view it live by going to the following link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/st-john-s

For a list of times, check out the bulletin on St. John's website: http://www.stjohnsroc.com/