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NEWS & EVENTS 

August pictorial chronicles

8/31/2023

 
Many years to Vladimir and Daria celebrating their anniversary, to Ludmila on her birthday, and to baby Hope on her baptism last week and churching and first communion today!
God grant you all many years!

​And Father Aleksey's last Sunday at the parish.

July pictorial chronicles

7/31/2023

 
Happy birthday to Anna, the parish president Jamie, our choir director Sergey, and Svetlana!
And a blessed first communion to baby Mila.
God grant you all many years!

June pictorial chronicles

6/30/2023

 
On All Saints Sunday we gave thanks to the Lord for the school year that is coming to an end, for our Sunday School children and their teachers, as well as our high school graduate Daniel.
June, one of our Sunday School teachers, also celebrated her birthday.
Many and blessed years to each and all!

We thank You, O Lord, for guiding us and giving us wisdom to teach our children both at home and in church. If we have lacked in giving them proper Christian example, O God, we humbly ask You and pray You to forgive us and to enlighten our minds and our hearts to follow the correct path of Your commandments.
Congratulations to the newly-baptized Georgia, to her parents and sponsors!
Happy birthday to Natallia!
God grant you all many and blessed years!

Baptismal Liturgy

May pictorial chronicles

5/31/2023

 
Many years to the newly-baptized Luka, and to Nicholas upon his graduation from college, and to Jason and Barbara on their birthdays!

Our young artists, under the guidance of Vlad, have been perfecting their art.

April pictorial chronicles

4/30/2023

 
Happy birthday to James, Fr Aleksey, and Anna!
God grant them many years!

Palm Sunday

Our Father (Отче Наш) in Church Slavonic

Palm Sunday Procession

PASCHA
Christ is risen!
Indeed He is risen!

Paschal Gospel reading in 13 languages: English, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian, Serbian, Tadjik, Dutch, German.
We beat last year's record of 11!

A beautiful rendition of Our Father by the choir.

The young ladies of the choir sang The Angel Cried (missing the beginning, though) during the clergy communion.

March pictorial chronicles

3/31/2023

 
Happy birthday to Violet and Patrick!
God grant you many years!

February pictorial chronicles

2/28/2023

 
Happy birthday to Greg, Judy, and Walter!
Happy anniversary to Gene and Maryann!
And a blessed churching and first communion to Athena!
God grant them many years!
A talk on farming and gardening by Anthony Bracco.

January pictorial chronicles

1/31/2023

 
A bit from Christmas:
A happy and blessed birthday to Bill, Alina, Grozdana, Gene, Anastasia!
And the newly-baptized Dmitri received his first Communion.
God grant them many years!
New kids' class - basics of visual arts. Offered by Vlad Guzner. 
Theophany:
After 17 years (!) as a Parish Council president, Gregory Karol has decided to step down (and take up another position). We are grateful for his dedicated and faithful service to the Lord Jesus and the parish in the capacity of the president.
May the Lord grant him and his family many and blessed years!

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December pictorial chronicles

12/31/2022

 
Happy birthday to gene and Ava!
We also welcomed the Parchert family from Saint Vladimir's Seminary for Liturgy, fellowship with Yolka and Saint Nicholas visit.
Nicholas celebrated his name day on the Feast of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker.

Yolka 2022
'Twas a blast!

November pictorial chronicles

11/30/2022

 
Happy birthday David, Nargiza, Maria, Brandy, and Matushka Natallia!

October pictorial chronicles

10/31/2022

 
Happy birthday to Vladimir, Megan, and Emma!
Many years to David and Donna on their anniversary!

On Saturday, October 15, the Pandorf family participated in the Men's March for Life in Boston. #menchooslife

#beavoiceoftheWordinthewilderness 
On Sunday, October 16, after the Divine Liturgy, our Church School families did a little apple picking.

September pictorial chronicles

9/30/2022

 
Happy birthday to Maks, Chris, Ioann, Katerina, Andrei, Johanna, Donna!
Many years to Bill and Irina on their wedding anniversary!

Our children, along with their parents, and teachers received a blessing at the beginning of the school year.
Saint John's Annual Picnic

August pictorial chronicles

8/31/2022

 
Happy birthday to Ludmila, Vickie, and Sasha!
Our men's group did a little archery thing:

July pictorial chronicles

7/31/2022

 
Happy birthday to Anna, Joan, Jamie, Sergei, Svetlana, and Eliana.
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Our Church School also had an outing to the Sight and Sound Theater to see David!

June pictorial chronicles

6/30/2022

 
Happy birthday to Barbara, June, Maryann, Yuriy, Daria, and Ken.

Also, many years to the newly-baptized servant of God Gregory!

May pictorial chronicles

5/31/2022

 
Many years to the newlyweds Abigail and Timothy!
Happy birthday to Nadezhda and Nikolai!


Parish orienteering outing:

Saint Tikhon's Monastery Memorial Day Pilgrimage:

April pictorial chronicles

4/30/2022

 
Unction service

Pysanky workshop
Thank you to Tamara and Maryann Bacsik for organizing this amazing event. There are rumors that this might become an annual parish tradition. Traditions are created, they don't make themselves. May it be blessed!

Palm Sunday

The Church School - children and their parents and teachers - are giving back to the community. They donated and planted flowers to beautify the property around the church.

PASCHA - Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen!

4/24/2022

 
Beginning of Paschal midnight Procession
Your Resurrection, O Christ our Savior, the angels in heaven sing, enable us on earth, to glorify You in purity of heart.

Great & Holy Friday

4/22/2022

 

March pictorial chronicles

3/31/2022

 
Happy birthday to Violet, Patrick, Sophia, James, and Fr Aleksey
On the First Sunday of Great Lent - Triumph of Orthodoxy, our children processed with icons.
Baby Alyna was also baptized this month.
Alyna's Baptismal Liturgy:

February pictorial chronicles

2/28/2022

 
Happy birthday to Judy, Sophia, Walter, Victoria, and Matthew.

Welcome into the fold of Christ's Church to Lucas.

​May God grant you many and blessed years!
A few more pictures from Lucas' baptism:

January birthdays

1/31/2022

 
Happy birthday to Sophia, Agafya, Gene, and Matthew!

And God's blessings to Jimmy as he is heading off to Air Force!

May God grant you many and blessed years!

Sanctity of Life Sunday

1/16/2022

 
Today, Jan. 16, 2022, is the Sanctity of Life Sunday.
Our parishioners, the Pandorf family, participated in NJ March for Life this past week.
Christians have always maintained that life is precious and sacred from the time of our conception to the time of our death. Since this life is a gift from God, out of His goodness and graciousness, only He, and He alone, can take it away.

No person, no matter how noble, and for no reason, no matter the justification, can take away their own life or a life of another person.

Life miraculously begins at conception, therefore abortion is a wicked act of murder.

The willing neglect of the poor and the needy, and even the creation of circumstances that worsen their living situations, are all likewise acts of murder.

Capital punishment is an act of murder. It is not justice, even of the law justifies and protects it.

Euthanasia, which is becoming a more prevalent topic in our public discord, is an act of murder and suicide.

Life is God's gift to us, a gift that we receive having done nothing. We are only the stewards of this gift; and eventually we will have to answer for how well we took care of this free gift.

Be thankful and rejoice in this gift, protect your life and the lives of your neighbors, glorifying One God in Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

For more resources on the Sanctity of Life, please visit: Sanctity of Life Resources page.

Christmas 2022

1/7/2022

 
Quite a few people braved the snowy weather to celebrate the Birth of our Savior.
Afterwards, we continued our celebration with a warm fellowship.
Christ is born!

Yolka 2021 & a visit from Saint Nicholas

12/19/2021

 
A blessed Feast of Saint Nicholas!

This year's Yolka (Christmas performance) was organized, directed, and narrated by Emma Pandorf. We want to give our young people a few extra responsibilities, and Emma delivered with a great Yolka!

Great job, Emma!

At the end of the performance, as the children were singing "O who loves Nicholas the saintly," our parish was visited by a very special guest - Saint Nicholas himself! And he brought a box full of presents.

A blessed feast indeed!

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