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 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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On Sunday, January 25th, we blessed two icons donated by Dr. Kimberly Ann Peregrim in memory of her parents, Joseph Peregrim Sr. and her mother Anne S. Peregrim. The icons Dr. Kim donated were the Healing of the Paralytic and the Healing of the Blindman. Both are Sundays celebrated during the Paschal season. May God grant Dr. Kim many happy, healthy years!
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On Sunday December 14th following Divine Liturgy, we blessed new icons that were donated in honor of the donors' families. Theresa Mailloux donated the icon of St. Thomas “the doubter”, Joseph Molesky donated the icon of "the Beheading of John the Baptist” and Barbara Kehn donated the icon of the Samaritan Woman. We thank them for their gifts and may God grant them many years!
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Friday night and Saturday morning we were blessed to have our ArchbIshop Michael come to give his annual blessings to us on our patronal feast day. We were blessed to have Fr. John Vasquez (from St. George’s Antiochian Orthodox Church) and his family join us in this celebration.
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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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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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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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Colin Supernaw now joins the 3 other altar men in serving inside the altar. May God grant him many years!
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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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