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Today we blessed two donated icons... St. Stephen the Protodeacon and St. Gregory Palamas. The icon of St. Stephen was donated anonymously and St. Gregory was donated by Lubov Wolosen in honor of her grandson Gregory and in memory of her brother Gregory, her uncle Gregory and her Godfather Gregory.
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Job Description for the position of Choir Director
The position of Choir Director is a full-time position (based on the number of services of the church) and is responsible for overseeing, directing, leading, and developing all aspects of church-singing at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, under the direction of the Parish Priest with administrative supervision by the Church Board President. The Choir Director leads a choir of up to 10 individuals utilizing a wide range of Slavic Orthodox liturgical music. English is primarily used but selective songs are in Church Slavonic. The scope of this ministry encompasses the various liturgical cycles of the Orthodox Church year as well as sacramental and occasional services, according to the common practice of the Orthodox Church in America.
Job Duties and Functions:
- Select, arrange and coordinate music under the direction of the Parish Priest.
- Oversee the direction and singing of all liturgical services, directing the choir, leading the church singing, and coordinating/scheduling the direction and singing for liturgical services (as needed).
- Schedule and lead regular choir rehearsals, special rehearsals and develop opportunities and resources for musical and liturgical growth.
- Identify, train, and schedule an assistant choir director.
- Train and schedule Readers for services.
- Determine the musical qualifications of new or potential singers.
- Maintain the music collection and its resources, including the inventory and storage.
- Communicate and meet as needed with the Choir, Clergy, individuals, etc.
- Work with children in developing singing skills, Yolka activities, etc.
Service schedule at St. Nicholas Church normally includes:
- Saturday evening Vespers/Vigil, Sunday morning Hours and Liturgy (weekly)
- Eves and mornings of Great Feasts and other feast days. Most feast day services are Vesperal Divine Liturgies
- A full range of Weekly Lenten and Holy Week services
- Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals, memorial services, and thanksgiving services
- Other occasional or seasonal services such as cemetery blessings.
The position is available September 1, 2025. Salary is commensurate with experience. Benefits are negotiable.
To apply, please send a letter expressing your interest with resume and names of two references and contact information who can attest to your skills.
The selected candidate will need to have a background check prior to hiring and he/she is expected to join and be in good standing at St. Nicholas Church.
Send this information to:
Archpriest Terenti Wasielewski
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
67 Saratoga St.
Cohoes, NY 12047
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On Pentecost, Sunday, June 8, our church celebrated the feast and then went to the cemetery and sang a Panyhyda for all of our faithful who had passed on, and then we began to bless graves of those who wished to have their graves blessed… there are three new graves in which we consecrated the cross on the stone.
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Despite the inclement weather prior to the May 10 flea market, we fared well. The morning was slow because the rain hadn’t stopped, but by afternoon the sun came out and people started stopping in. Our flea market has become so popular. It is well known throughout the area and people look forward to it both May and September. We hope to continue serving the public by having these flea markets in the future.
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Христос Воскресе! Today on Pascha we had 82 people in church to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. About half remained for the agape meal after the celebration. At Saint Nicholas we begin our paschal vigil at 8 o’clock in the morning. Since the parish is older, it is more of a convenience for those who cannot drive easily at midnight.
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On Palm Sunday, we had 63 people who came to worship our Lord, participate in the sacraments of confession and communion and to take their blessed willows and palms home to adorn their homes and cars… may these willows and palms protect them from any harm and disease coming to their home and their cars.
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On Sunday March 2nd the trustees were sworn in for the year 2025 …God grant them many years!
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St. Nicholas Church applied for and was chosen as a recipient for a defibrillator for our church. We are so thankful to the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation for this grant. We had been talking about purchasing an AED device and we were lucky to have received an email announcing an invitation to apply for a grant. We hope we never have to use the defibrillator, but in the event there is an incident, we have the tools to act quickly. Many thanks and God Bless the Foundation for all that they do.
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Today, Saturday January 11, we once again got together to prepare the pierogis for our upcoming Flea Market/Craft Fair to be held May 10, 2025. Thank you to all who volunteered today as always...
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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 518-867-4102 or email us at: saintnicholasfleamarket@gmail.com.
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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