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| On Wednesday July 28th St. Nicholas held 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, led the retreat.
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 and Matushka Suzanne also spoke to us about their experience and work in building a new Orthodox church in Southbury, CT. They answered questions that we had about the building process and the faith it takes to proceed. The retreat began with Vespers at 6:00 p.m. followed by a pot a light luck dinner and then the presentation. It was a wonderful opportunity to help us understand our parish direction for building.
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St. Tikhon's Mission Choir visited St. Nicholas Orthodox Church on Saturday, May 22 for Vespers, followed by a dinner. They sang the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, May 23 followed by a luncheon. The Mission Choir raises funds for the work of St. Tikhon's Seminary by traveling to parishes from week to week.
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Pascha 2010 - photos by Serge Kim and Lisa Goudey
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Pascha 2010
Photos take by Serge Kim and Lisa Goudey
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St Tikhon's Seminary Choir Visits May 9 and 10, 2009
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All-Parish Meeting 2009
At the All Parish Meeting on January 29, 2009 we elected new officers and reviewed our Five and One Year Plans for growth and a new building.
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The Message of the Nativity Season
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Christmas Cookie Exchange
 On December 21 Matushka Daria hosted our first annual Christmas Cookie Exchange. We brought three dozen of our favorite cookies and the recipe, and took home a great variety of cookies from the table. Fellowship comes in many forms!
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Berkshire Festival of Trees
| The Berkshire Museum presents the 24th Annual Festival of Trees Nov. 15th- January 4th. St. Nicholas Orthodox Church School once again offered a tree of their own for this year’s display. On Sunday afternoon Dec. 14th the Church school visited the museum to see their work. The theme of this year's Festival was "Going Green" and the St Nicholas entry, "The Garden of Eden" reflected the beauty of everything green.
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The Celebration
| St. Nicholas Orthodox Church honored its patron saint, St. Nicholas of Myra, with a three day festival. On Friday, December 5 (the eve of St. Nicholas) at 6:30 p.m., there was be a Vespers for the Feast of St. Nicholas. On Saturday December 6 was a Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. followed by a coffee hour, and on Sunday, December 7th the Parish continued the celebration with the Divine Liturgy followed by a Parish St. NicholasDay Pot Luck Luncheon and a visit from St. Nick himself.
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Bell Ringers
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The Visit from St Nicholas, Bishop of Myra in Lycia
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Communion at St. Nicholas Liturgy
Decorating the Tree
Everyone loves the Bishop!
Mother and Son
Sing the Liturgy
Talking to the Bishop
"Do you get along with your brother?"
Shy but curious...
"Yes, I help my parents at home"
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We elect a new Metropolitan, Jonah: Axios!
| Please listen to Bishop Jonah's powerful message to the Assembly on the eve of his election as new Metropolitan of the OCA on November 11, 2008; it came at a time when delegates were restless, tired, and needed to be turned upside down. Bishop Jonah Addresses Questions and Concern
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Retreat with Matthew Gallatin
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The clergy and faithful of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church held their Second
Fall Retreat on November 16th, 2008. Special guest speaker for the retreat was Matthew Gallatin, author of the book "Thirsting for God in a Land of Shallow Wells" (Conciliar Press, 2002).
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Pumpkins and Corn Mazes!
We picked pumpkins, played, met a magician, rode the hay wagon, romped, ate, posed and walked the maze.
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Dinner to Benefit Russian Gift of Life
| St. Nicholas Church held a "traditional Slavic dinner" on Saturday November 8th at 6:00 p.m. to benefit the "Russian Gift of Life", an organization that raises funds to support heart surgery for children whose families cannot afford medical treatment
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His Grace Bishop Nikon - 09/07/08
On Saturday and Sunday Sept. 6th and 7th His Grace Bishop NIKON, Bishop
of Boston and the Diocese of New England, made his Archpastoral visit
to St. Nicholas.
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