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.
Our parish has an average of 35 people for a Sunday Liturgy with an outreach of over 100 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 part of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia).
Recently, our church has become the spiritual home of a smattering of immigrants from Romania, Macedonia, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, 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 regarding church matters only please call Fr. Terenti at 518-369-2430. DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER FOR FLEA MARKET QUESTIONS. For flea market inquiries please call 518-235-7355 or email us at: saintnicholasfleamarket@gmail.com.
On Saturday October 25th a group from the church made our way up to Argyle to present $1000 to Lucky Puppy (a shelter for dogs). We gave half of our winnings from our 50/50 raffle to a deserving non-profit organization. All of creation is from God and it requires us to help animals as well as people.
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On Sunday October 26th a member of the EMS team from the Albany county sheriffs dept., Patrick Kervin trained the parish on NARCAN usage and hands on CPR. Each one of us had a chance to practice both of these life saving tools on dummies.
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Father Terenti performed the marriage of Zachariah Prentice and Sarah Buchholz. The wedding took place on Saturday October 18 at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Zachariah is the grandson of the late Archpriest Daniel and Matushka Barbara Pavelchak. Archpriest Daniel was a former pastor of St Nicholas Church in the late 1990s and mid 2000s. May God grant them many happy healthy years and be blessed with children!
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Nicholas “Colin” Supernaw entered the church through baptism and Chrismation two weeks ago. He has now joined the ranks of our Altarmen assisting at the services. May God grant him many years!
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On Saturday September 20th , we held our second flea market/craft fair for 2025. Not only were we successful as a church, but the vendors, we are told by them, were also successful. Hopefully this will continue moving forward. Thank you to all who participated and looking forward to seeing you in May.
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On this day the Church received Nicholas (Colin) Supernaw into the church through the Holy Sacraments of Confession, Baptism, Chrismation and Holy Communion. 41 people gathered at Lake George to witness this special occasion and were welcomed by good weather and great fellowship. In attendance were Nicholas' immediate family and many parishioners from both St. Nicholas in Cohoes & St. Olga's Mission in Plattsburgh. Thanks to Fr. Terry and Fr. Paul for helping to make this day fruitful for the benefit of both parishes. Glory to Jesus Christ! and may He grant Nicholas many years to come.
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The monthly bulletin is available by clicking "Monthly Bulletin" on the top menu and following the link. The monthly calendar which lists the services and meetings for the month is available by going to the "Schedule" link on the top. Certain parts of the bulletin are not provided on this website, for example candle listings. If you contact Fr. Terenti, he can provide those to you.
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