St. Nicholas Orthodox Church

July 25: All Parish Picnic at Onota Lake • July 28: Summer Parish Retreat with Fr. Vladimir Aleandro

Summer Parish Retreat July 28

On Wednesday July 28th St. Nicholas will offer a parish retreat entitled, “Is the Parish Your World or is the World Your Parish Part II?” Fr. Vladimir Aleandro, the Dean of the CT Deanery and Matushka Suzanne Aleandro, who are back once again from mission work in Kenya, will lead us.

This retreat and the question, "is the parish our world or is the world our parish" are very poignant for St. Nicholas parish as we look to build for the sake of our future. Fr. Vladimir will also be speaking to us about his own experience and work in building a new Orthodox church in Southbury, CT. He has said he will be more than happy to answer any questions we might have about the building process. We will begin with Vespers at 6:00 p.m. followed by a pot a light luck dinner and then the presentation. This is an opportunity to help us understand our parish direction for building, so come please come and join us.

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
76 Wahconah St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
413-442-2669

St. Tikhon's Seminary Mission Choir at St. Nicholas

Upcoming Events:

July 12-19 Fr. Barnabas serving as Chaplain at F.O.C.A. Camp
July 25 Parish Picnic at Onota Lake after Divine Liturgy
July 28 Summer Parish Retreat with Fr. Vladimir Alexander
August 3 Parish Council Meeting
August 8 Pittsfield Ethnic Fair

Welcome to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church - Pittsfield, MA

The Orthodox Christian Church traces its origins to Jesus Christ and the Holy Apostles. We humbly, yet confidently professes to be, THE CHURCH, founded on the apostolic witness to our Lord, 50 days after Christ's resurrection on the day of Pentecost. The Church subsequently spread to every corner of the world and for 2,000 years has made known to men, women, and children the path to salvation through repentance and faith in Christ.

It has been said that the Orthodox Church is evangelical, but not Protestant. It is orthodox, but not Jewish. It is catholic, but not Roman. It isn't non-denominational - it is pre-denominational. It has believed, taught, preserved, defended and died for the Faith of the Apostles for 2000 years.

Throughout the world there are more than 300 million Orthodox Christians. Although the Orthodox Church is a very ancient church, it is relatively new to many in North America. In North America Orthodox Christians number around 2 million people. There are over 2800 parishes, missions, institutions and monasteries in North America. The Orthodox Church in North America continues to reveal Herself and invite all people to come and see the fullness of the faith and to embrace it as their own.

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in particular is a unique community, made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and is truly a witness to the universality of Orthodoxy. Our community consists of individuals with backgrounds from Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Syria, the Ukraine, and the United States. We are truly Pan-Orthodox. Several members were born into Orthodox families but many others have converted to the Orthodox Faith as adults. Together we are either rediscovering the faith after manylong years, or learning about Jesus Christ and the Orthodox Church for the very first time. Please join us! Come and see!