On Sunday March 2nd the trustees were sworn in for the year 2025 …God grant them many years!

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. 

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...

On January 6, 2025 we celebrated the feast of Theophany. Dave Oreshan, John Serbalik and Joe Molesky were the candleholders.

President Barb Gerzonich accepts certificate for AED defibrillator from American Red Cross and Troy Savings Bank representatives, December 17. St. Nicholas Church was awarded a grant for the life saving device.

On December 15th our church celebrated a great St. Nicholas Day, including a Yolka.  Several children were in attendance and St. Nicholas came and gave presents to them and they all had happy faces when opening them.  There was wonderful food as usual, with many contributing their favorite, including many delicious desserts.  Thank you to all who make this happen every year.  

Again we were happy to have Abouna John and Khouriya Anna and their children from St George’s Orthodox Church in Albany join us for our patronal feast dayVesperal Divine Liturgy.  It made the feast extra special.  The children received gold chocolate coins from St Nicholas and we enjoyed a great meal prepared by Patricellli’s in Troy. 

Today, December 1, we received John Gaito into the orthodox church.  Sadly, we lost Susan, his wife earlier this year but I know that Susan was looking down today on John and happy that he became Orthodox.  May God grant him many more happy healthy years.

On Sunday, November 3, we began the year long catecumenate of Colin Supernaw… Colin is from Plattsburgh and  is attending SUNY at Albany.  We hope and pray that his study of the church and prayer will lead him to be baptized in the Orthodox faith.

On Sunday, November 3, the Albany County Sheriff's department came to give us training on what to do in the event  there was a mass casualty.  This session was entitled “Stop the Bleed”.   The trainer explained to us what to do if we had to apply tourniquets.

Today, October 6, 2024, St. Nicholas Church celebrated their 110th anniversary. We decided to keep it simple and just enjoy the anniversary over a great meal, a glass of wine and good conversation.  42 people attended a great brunch at the Century House.  May God grant us another 110 years and more!

On Saturday, September 28, Alexandra Prentice married Emmett O’Hara.  Alexandra is the granddaughter of  the late Archpriest Daniel and Matushka Barbara Pavelchak.  Over 140 guests enjoyed the service and later the beautiful reception which was held at the Gideon Putnam in Saratoga.  God Grant them Many Years!!!

On Saturday September 21st , we held our second flea market/craft fair for 2024.  Many of our people were away or had other commitments, but those who worked stepped up to the plate and got the job done.  Even though the flea market benefits the church financially, the greater satisfaction comes from  bringing our church together for fellowship.

On September 15, 2024 at the end of the liturgy, we prayed for Dr. Kimberly Ann Peregrim who will be deployed to Reinstadt Germany at the end of the month.  She will be there until the beginning part of April just in time for holy week and pascha. May God grant her a safe deployment..

On Sunday August 25th we did the annual blessing of cars of those who came to church that day. We pray that all the cars that were blessed will be kept from all harm.

On Tuesday, August 13, the parish was invited to the Serbalik camp at Lake George for an outing… Several people came, enjoyed a boat ride on Lake George, a festive meal and time for swimming and sunbathing… The weather couldn’t be better… We thank the Serbaliks for always having us up annually at their camp for fun and frolic.

Today, Saturday August 10th, we once got together to prepare the pierogis for our upcoming Flea Market/Craft Fair to be held September 21, 2024.  Thank you to all who volunteered today and always...

July 6, 2024 at 2pm Fr, Terenti performed the marriage of Daniel Kozak and Kyra Pavelchak.  He was assisted by Fr. Igor Burdikoff and Fr. Matthew Markewich.  May God grant them many healthy happy years!

On Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2nd respectively, Archbishop Michael came to visit and served Vespers and the Paschal Divine Liturgy on Sunday.  Each day after the service, we enjoyed a great meal and the company of His Eminence.  We look forward to his visit next year.

Saturday’s May 11th flea market was a huge success.  A few thousand people passed through the rows of vendors perusing the tables and purchasing great deals.  Our ethnic and grill food sold out very quickly, as well as the bake sale.  We look forward to the September flea market. 

Services during Holy Week were all well attended.  86 people attended the 8am morning Paschal vigil.  Many stayed for the Agape meal at the end to break the fast and we honored two of our nonagenarians Alice Lyons and recently turned 90 Dorothy Bellrose. 

On Palm Sunday, we had 76 people in church and 53 came for general confession… The church was filled with palms and pussy willows from an abundant harvest… so far the weeks' services are becoming more and more popular.

This past weekend was the day that we made sauerkraut pierogies. Several people from Saint Nicholas church as well as friends came together and had a great social event. We made over 273 dozen no small feat! 

After our Sunday Divine Liturgy service on February 4, the Albany County Sheriffs Department came to give an active shooter training session to members of our community. Their session  showed us how to react if an active shooter should come into our church and do the unthinkable.

On Saturday, January 20, members of our parish and friends gathered to make 270 dozen of potato and cheese pierogies that will be sold at our May 11th flea market.  Afterward we all enjoyed great food and relaxed.  Thank you to everyone....

On Sunday December 24, St. Nicholas Church set a record for Christmas services.   We had 50 people for confession, 65 for Christmas Eve Divine Liturgy and 50 people stayed for the holy supper afterwards.  This year we served the Compline and Matins service at noon time.

On December 17th our church celebrated St. Nicholas Day with a Yolka.  Several children were in attendance and St. Nicholas came and gave presents to them.  We had a very delicious ziti dinner and lots of desserts to celebrate the day,

On December 8th and 9th parishioners and friends came together to prepare 250 dozen pierogis for the holidays.  We thank all who helped out this weekend to prepare them.

This evening we celebrated a Vesperal Divine Liturgy for the feast of Saint Nicholas, our patron saint.  We were blessed to have with us Father John Vasquez and his wife Khouria Hanna with their five children from St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Albany and guests from other parishes.

On November 25, the Plattsburgh Mission gathered to celebrate the liturgy at the Plattsburgh United Methodist Church. 15 people enjoyed a great coffee hour afterwards and we discussed certain topics as website statistics, results of the survey regarding a name of a saint or feast for the mission, and finances especially title.ly that is now operational.  The group decided to resurvey the group with the top two contenders. Once we all have agreed upon a name we will present the name to the bishop for his approval.

Today 15 people came together to give thanks by celebrating Thanksgiving… Even though it’s not on the liturgical calendar, it makes sense for us to come together and give thanks for this great nation, and that the experiment of sovereignty and democracy continues in this great land.

Today at our coffee hour after the Divine Liturgy, we celebrated Lydia Nakhlupina's 80th birthday.  Lydia has been a regular communicant at St. Nicholas for several years.  She was born and raised in the Ural Mountain region of Russia.  She brings happiness and love to our parish each week.  We wish her many more healthy and happy years. 

On Friday evening, October 20, Saint Nicholas hosted Sister Vassa Larin from Vienna.  There were 36 people in attendance from various churches in the area. Sister Vassa was having a book tour on her book Praying In Time.  Her book explains the first, third, sixth, and ninth hour in tradition, and she provides a way we can pray the hours during our busy schedules.  Afterwords, we enjoyed refreshments and socializing with those in attendance.

What a great time we had getting our Flea Market/Craft Fair ready for September 16, 2023.  A lot of hard work went into it but it was worth it because it was a SUCCESS.  We heard great comments from our vendors about the layout, considering all the rain we had and the grounds not being easy to work with.  We sure hope they were successful too and will see them back at our next date when chosen.  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE...  One last comment, once again our photographer did not get in any of these photos.....  Won't happen again haha....

Saturday, September 9th is the day we met at the concession stand to prepare for our September 16th Flea Market/Craft Fair.  A lot of work, but worth it.... Hop to see you all there on the 16th....

On Sunday, September 3rd, Divine Liturgy was served with many in attendance.  Following Liturgy, we all enjoyed delicious food at our Labor Day picnic.  

On Saturday, August 19, 2023, Archbishop Michael came to serve the first ever Hierarchical Divine Liturgy for Plattsburgh ... 30 people attended--some from Saint Nicholas in Cohoes.  There was a question and answer period with the bishop while we ate an enjoyable meal with great fellowship.

Another day for perogi making, getting ready for our Flea Market/Craft Fair September 16, 2023. 

On the Feast of the Transfiguration, Sunday, August 6th, 39 parishioners gathered on the cemetery grounds to celebrate the Divine Liturgy.  Following the liturgy we blessed fruit and enjoyed a picnic.

Over 50 people did a great job making pierogis on Saturday! Special thanks to our parishioners of St. Nicholas, their friends, our neighbors from St. Basil's and the Serbalik and Fuschino family!

The Serbalik family has again invited us all up to their camp for a day at the lake.  We thank them for their generosity in sharing this gem in Lake George.

On Saturday June 10 and Sunday, June 11 we were blessed to have his Eminence Archbishop Michael here to bless us, give us his wisdom and celebrate the hierarchical Divine Liturgy.  Father Terenti received the Palitza and three parishioners received grammotas, Judy Fuschino, Kathy Fomuk, and Vonnie Izzo.

On Sunday May 28th 2023, we baptized John Richard DiSorbo.  John Richard is the son of Danielle and Daniel DiSorbo.  His grandparents are Helen and Richard DiBacco.  May God grant them many happy healthy years and we are pleased he is part of our growing community!

On Saturday May 27, 2023 we baptized Maxim Edward Nicholas Izzo. He is the son of Paul and Megan Izzo. Nicholas Izzo Jr, his uncle, was the godfather. May God grant him many happy healthy years!

Today, May 13, we held a very successful flea market/craft fair....We thank Guptills for allowing us to use their parking facilites once again, which made things run more smootly for us.  We hope to continue in September.... Please keep watching...

On Saturday, April 22, we ventured up to  Ballston Spa and Stillwater to bless the thoroughbreds owned by Janina Miszkiewicz.

On Sunday, March 5, 2023 we were delighted to have our Dean Fr Alexy Karlgut  join us for the Divine Liturgy. After services, Father Alexy presided over our annual meeting. During the meeting, Fr Alexy explained the necessity to pass our draft of revised By-Laws. We also elected new officers and passed the 2023 budget.

Parishioners of St.Nicholas, along with friends met on the 17th and 18th of February to prepare for our Flea Market/Craft Fair to be held on May 13th.  We had a great time, with lots of laughs, while we made the potato pierogi.  Sauerkraut pierogi will be made at another date....  

On Saturday, January 7 we celebrated a dual feast of the Nativity and the Synaxis of Saint John the Baptist… some of the parishioners prefer January 7 for Christmas and so this is why we have a mixed feast.

On Thursday, January 5 we served a Vesperal Divine Liturgy for the Feast of Theophany.  15 people attended the liturgy, followed by the blessing of the waters.

A few of our good people at the church decided to have a mini fundraiser which was incredibly successful.  Over $1000 was made in profit for the kolache/makovnik nut roll for the Christmas holidays.  Traditional poppyseed rolls were made, as well as walnut, raspberry, almond apricot and date nut and fruit cakes.  Several people have commented on how delicious the rolls were.  I'm sure we will be making them again in the future!

On Sunday, December 18 we were blessed to have a visit from St. Nicholas. Over 60 people came to church and St. Nicholas presented gifts to 9 children. We sang Christmas carols (kolady) headed by Stephanie Stroyen while our parish president Barbara Gerzonich played the accordion. Truly a blessed and fun day! 

Today on Saint Catherine’s Day and our National Thanksgiving Day, we celebrated Liturgy with 12 people.  We gave thanks to all blessings from our Lord remembering what Saint Paul told us "Pray without ceasing and giving thanks for all".

John Serbalik, our cameraman, thank you for always taking all photos, except this one, celebrates a monumental birthday on October 10th … we wish him many more HAPPY HEALTHY YEARS!!! 

Today we celebrated Lydia Nakhlupina who is now an American citizen. Lydia is the “grandmother” to all of us … she gives us love and a smile and makes us beautiful paper mache … she is so generous giving us gifts … we are so happy for her new citizenship and more importantly that she is part of our Cohoes family. God grant her many happy healthy years!

Father Terenti participated in the service for the blessing of the animals on Saturday, October 1 at New Skete monastery… His dog Sweet Pea Sophia II was one of the many cats and dogs that were blessed for the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Father Terenti visited Susan and John Gaito today to give them the sacraments and both wish everybody well...

On Sunday, September 11, 2022,  we baptized Samuel John Gould, born on May 9, 2022.  He is the son of  Katie and Eric Gould.  Following the churching, we feasted on pulled pork and brisket and other fixings. 

Today Nikita Padunin joined Victor and Vladimir to become the third altar server....  We are very happy to have another person to help out in the altar.  May God grant him many years!

Weather was outstanding! The food was plentiful and delicious!  The 2 hour tour on the pontoon boat with Captain Vince and First Mate Judy was a great success!

Dr. Gail, Jake and Joshua Glushko visited our Church today.  Josh was one of the altar servers and Jake and his mom sang with the choir.  Dr. Gail was baptized in our Church and is a long distance member of St. Nicholas.  She is a retired Colonel in the Army and a Doctor of Internal Medicine.  They live in Beaver Creek, OH and are here visiting with her friend Stephanie.  Come back soon!!!!

On January 19th we baptized George Gould son of Eric and Katherine Forster Gould. Grandparents John and Debbie Forster came up from Florida for the event.

Cindy Grinko's birthday at the Rusty Nail. Can you guess how many free wings we got?

We are always honored to have our Archbishop here for his blessings. 

St. Nicholas was honored to have Fr. Deacon Paul Gansle serve in our parish. His mother lives in Cohoes and the Gansle's live in Cincinnati Ohio and are members of Christ the Savior Orthodox Church. 

Fr. Terenti took a group of parishioners to Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville: Reader Peter S., John and Evelyn M., Vladimir, Natasha and Danny N., Lydia N. and Barbara G. and of course Fr. Terenti's canine companion Sophia.  

The icon of St. Gabriel was donated by Barbara Kehn in memory of her family and the icon of St. Michael was donated by the late Sam Kobylar in memory of his family. 

On Sunday morning during the Paschal Vigil, the gospel was read in English, French, German, Italian, Albanian, Spanish, Indonesian, Bulgarian, Belarussian, Russian, Latin, Greek. 

On Palm Sunday we blessed the icons to be placed on the Royal Doors (4 Evangelists and the Annunication) donated by the Stroyen family in memory of the Stroyen and Cherniak families. May God grant them many years and to the deceased members Memory Eternal! 

On Saturday April 8th we received 5 people into the church. Logan "Luke Henderson was received through Holy Baptism. Scott "Zaccheus" Haley, Jennifer "Genevieve" and Scott "Thomas" Versonese and Evelyn "Elizabeth" McClutsky were received through Chrismation. We also welcomed David Ferencz and Jesse Brodnax who joined our church a few months ago who were already Orthodox. May God grant them many years! Welcome to the St. Nicholas family. 

The blessing of these icons took place the week before, but the donors were in church the next Sunday for their pictures. The Icon of Christ was donated by Catherine Prodanovich in memory of her family and the Icon of the Theotokos was donated by Anna Tanchak in memory of her family. May God grant them many years!

St. Nicholas had a pig roast for all of the people who dedicate their time to help make pirohi and assist at our flea markets inorder to make our church a wonderful place to come on Sundays and holidays.

Peter Guba donated the flowers in memory of his mother Ellen for the Feast of the Dormition.

Grammotas were given to Vicky and John Serbalik, David Oreshan and Alan Hodges for all the good work they have done for the parish.

After the massive flea market, some of the parishioners wanted to have Vespers, so we had them in the cemetery before the cross. 

The St. Basil's Brotherhood donated the icon of the Last Supper. 

15 parishioners surprised Steve and Helen in their new apartment on Steve's 95th birthday. Even Santa came to give best wishes to Steve. 

Stephanie, Theresa, Joe, Barbara K., Barbara G., Katy sold holupki, pirohi, haluskhi and baked goods during Cohoes' Winterfest. 

St. Nicholas Church is honored to receive gifts of a Processional Cross, Ripidia and Laterns. The set of Ripidia and Cross were donated by John Koblyar Family and the Lanterns were donated by: Michael Telesky, John Guba, Barbara Kehn and an anonymous donor. God Grant them Many years!

The John Kobylar Family donated a new processional cross and ripidia to the church in honor of their wife/mother Mary. May her memory be eternal and many years to John, Mark and David!

Many thanks to the Serbalik Families for donating the icon of St. John (Maximovich) of San Francisco in memory of their father and mother John and Leona. St. John will be placed with the other American Saints on the right side choir loft.

We wish to thank Roger Mike for donating the icon of St. Raphel of Brooklyn in our church in memory of his mother Zina and father Ed. This icon will be placed in the back along with the other American saints.

St. Job of Pochaev was an icon donated in memory of Mitch and Barbara Rimanowski on the behalf of the family. This icon will be place in the south case. May Mitch and Barbara's memory be eternal!

This icon will be placed in the case on the north side of church.

Photograph of the "Vigil"antes.

For those who enjoy celebrating the 7th of January, we celebrated the Christmas Divine Liturgy again. In America we celebrate the 12 days of Christmas and what better way to end the Nativity season than celebrate the Divine Liturgy with our Julian calendar followers.

Today we had Fr. Deacon Paul Sokol join us for the Divine Liturgy. The winner of the gold coin inside the Vasilopitha was Catherine Gould.

Fr. Deacon Mark came to St. Nicholas to speak to the congregation about what is happening at St. Tikhon's Seminary. Fr. Deacon is on the Board of Trustees at St. Tikhon's and gave an inspiring talk about all the good things that are happening there.

Each year after the Vesperal Divine Liturgy at 3pm we have our Holy Supper at 5pm. We create twelve dishes that have no meat or dairy products which comforms to the way our Lemko ancestors did this meal.

The funeral for Cathy Karol was held in Hawaii and she was buried at the national cemetery along side her husband Joe who died in 2010. Permission was granted by her son Thomas to post the pictures of the funeral.

This Sunday we had a Litiya for Healing as we usually do every other month at the end of the Divine Liturgy. For those who need the Sacrament of Holy Unction they are annointed as well.

We are always honored to have Bp Seraphim in our parish. He is so friendly and the children like him very much.

Our iconographer Afthimios and Yorida Stoja gave birth to little Robert on November 10, 2014

This icon of St. John the Warrior was donated by the Walko Family and completes Phase I of the icon project.

Each year, we celebrate, Sts. Cosmos and Damian and all of the Unmercenaries on the first Sunday of November. At the end of the Divine Liturgy we have a small moleben for the sick and annointing with Holy Unction. With the winter approaching, it is our spiritual "flu shot" to protect from the cold months ahead.

The parish showered Yorida with gifts for her new baby Robert who will be born late October.

Lisa Duncan wrote the Icon of Theotokos of Pochaev and Fr. Terenti wrote the Icon of St. Constantine and Helena which will be placed in the Church. A larger icon of the Theotokos of Pochaev will be written by our iconographer Aftimios Stoja and put in the north case.

St. Nicholas Church was pleased to bless the gift of a new Antidoron Bowl, donated by Reader Basil Rupp in memory of his mother and Father, Mary and William Rupp. May their memories be eternal and may God grant many years to their son Bill for his generous gift to the church.

On Saturday Sept. 6th we baptized Thomas Knapp, son of Thomas and Nadine Stroyen Knapp born May 15, 2014, grandson of Greg and Joyce Stroyen. Reception was in the basement. On Sunday Sept. 7th we celebrated three birthdays: Mary Prokop 98, Madelyn Matala, 90 and John Urie Serbalik 16. 

In order to provide more space for our religious articles, better movement for our seniors and better preservation of our iconostasis,  the church board voted to remove pews reallocate space. As you can see from the images, the front is now brighter and less congested.

Over 50 people attended the annual outdoor Divine Liturgy and Picnic. This coincided with work being done inside the church for the two weeks. The work is expected to be finished for the improvements to the church nave.

Fr. Terenti entertained 17 people from the icon school and choir. Steaks, chicken, hot dogs and hamburgers were the main fare with a wide variety of salads and desserts.

25 Registrants from Auburn to Eastern Massachusetts came to the Introduction to Choir Directing Workshop held at our church on Saturday July 19th. The workshop was conducted by Dr. David Drillock, Professor Emeritus at St. Vladimir's in Crestwood, New York. Students came away from the event learning a new set of skills. We will be holding more choir conducting events in the future. Stay tuned!

The icon of Maxim Sandovich was donated by the Glushko Family. The father and two sons made the trip from Ohio to celebrate the blessing of this icon in honor of the 100th anniversary of our parish.

We started at 5:30am with Nocturnes, Matins and Divine Liturgy. We finished at 8:00am. Then we went downstairs for the Agape Meal and returned at 9:15am for the Vespers of Pascha.