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.
Our Next Flea Market & Craft Fair Is Coming UpMark your calendars for Saturday, September 26! The St. Nicholas Church Flea Market & Craft Fair returns this fall, and we’ll be sharing registration dates and event updates soon. Questions? Email saintnicholasfleamarket@gmail.com anytime. Be Part of Our September 26 Flea Market & Craft Fair TeamWe’re gearing up for another great Flea Market & Craft Fair and are looking for volunteers to help throughout the day. Roles include concessions, vendor check‑in, parking, welcoming guests, organizing, and clean‑up. There’s a spot for everyone. Interested in helping? Contact saintnicholasfleamarket@gmail.com.
On Saturday, June 13, we had our first flea market in June instead of the second Saturday in May. We were worried that the change of date may affect vendors and people coming to the flea market, but it did not stop the vendors purchasing spots or customers coming to look for deals. We received many compliments about our new arrangement. Hopefully we will see you all in September.
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On Pentecost, Sunday, May 31, our church enjoyed a bbq at the cemetery. Following that, a Panyhyda was served for all of our faithful who had passed on. Once completed, we began to bless graves of those who wished to have their graves blessed…
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Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25 once again parishioners and friends got together to make the wonderful peroghi everyone enjoys. They will be sold at our Flea Market/Craft Fair to be held on Saturday, June 13th. Looking forward to seeing you all there 9-4pm.
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St. Nicholas Church had a full week of services, from Lazarus Saturday to Pascha. Most services were well attended. 67 faithful came on Pascha. Having services begin at 8:00am on Pascha allowed people to come enjoy the long services without falling asleep and being extremely tired. After the services all broke the fast with a sumptuous feast! Christ is Risen!
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We began Holy Week with the Liturgy of Lazarus Saturday with our friend Fr. Paul Federoff who served with Fr. Terenti. Several parishioners joined in to bundle palms and pussy willows after the service. On Sunday for Palm Sunday, our church was filled with palms and pussy willows and we had over 45 people who came to General Confession and more attended the Divine Liturgy.
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On Sunday evening March 22nd for St. John of the Ladder, our church participated in the Lenten mission services of the capital district. Teva Regule, PhD gave an impactful homily on St. John. Over 70 guests came, prayed and enjoyed a Lenten meal and socialized.
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On Sunday we blessed two more icons donated by individuals in memory of their relatives: the icon of St. Mary of Egypt with Zossima donated by Stephanie Stroyen and the Nativity of John the Baptist icon donated by Dr. Kimberly Peregrim.
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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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