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 March 5, 2023, at our annual meeting, we elected a new board based on the new By-Laws that were passed at that same meeting… On March 12 we installed the officers with his Eminence Archbishop Michael’s blessing.  
… the following people were sworn in:

Barbara Gerzonich, trustee, President; Brother David Ferencz, trustee Secretary; Joseph Molesky, trustee Treasurer; Tatiana Mazur, trustee Financial Secretary; David Oreshan, trustee at large; Stephen Barsigian, trustee at large; Victor Shashilov, trustee at large…

May God grant them a successful, healthy and happy year as parish council members.  Многая лета!

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.