St. Andrew's Orthodox Church

06/17/2025

Links are now available to livestream the upcoming glorification services of the Righteous Olga of Kewthluk. The faithful of the Orthodox Church in America are invited to watch the services…

08/06/2024

JOYOUS FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST! Last evening we greeted the feast and celebrated the traditional blessing of fruit. This blessing is a pious custom which finds its roots in the desire of the faithful to bless the first-fruits of the harvest, which become ready around the time of the feast. There is a poetic connection between the harvest and the feast, as we see the tilled earth transfigured in the beauty of the fruit which comes forth from it, just as we see the beautiful fruit of our spiritual labors emerge in our lives.

04/30/2024

LIKE THE CHILDREN with the palms of victory, we cry out to Thee, O Vanquisher of death: Hosannah in the highest! Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord! 🌿 On the joyous feast of the Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem, we welcomed Daniel into the life of the Church, and Anthony into the ranks of the catechumen. Many years! May we be granted strength for the Holy Week ahead!

12/19/2023

On Sunday, we celebrated the entrance into the life of the Church of the catechumen Patrick, through the sacrament of Chrismation. We look forward to praying and communing alongside him - may God grant him many years!

08/07/2023

HOLY TRANSFIGURATION ▫️ It is a celebration of the Uncreated Light: "That same Inscrutable Light shone and was mysteriously manifest to the Apostles and the foremost of the Prophets at that moment, when (the Lord) was praying. This shows that what brought forth this blessed sight was prayer, and that the radiance occurred and was manifest by uniting the mind with God, and that it is granted to all who, with constant exercise in efforts of virtue and prayer, strive with their mind towards God. True beauty, essentially, can be contemplated only with a purified mind. To gaze upon its luminance assumes a sort of participation in it, as though some bright ray etches itself upon the face." – St. Gregory Palamas

At this feast, it is traditional to bring the first-fruits of our gardens (or any fruits or vegetables we may wish to bring from our homes, traditionally grapes or apples) to be blessed and consumed as part of the celebration, a reflection of God’s glory and transforming power which suffuses all creation.

12/31/2022

2022 YEAR IN REVIEW - Some moments from our parish life this past year.

1. Wishing farewell to David & Kathy on their move
2. Abp. Michael celebrating the sacrament of Unction during Holy Week
3. The radiant feast of Pascha
4. Sdn. Nilus participating in the diaconal program at St Vladimir Seminary
5. Blessing our apiary on the feast of the P.
6. First celebration of St. Joseph the Hesychast with his relics
7. Visit of Metr. Tikhon on the feast of St. Sergius
8. The wedding of Barbara & Eugene
9. Tom Chupka performing at our Octoberfest picnic
10. Our patronal feast of St. Andrew

Thank God for His protection of and blessings on our community this past year. May these blessings continue to bear fruit in the year to come.

Glory to God for all things!

12/19/2022

“WHOSOEVER WISHES TO COME AFTER ME, let them deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow Me.” ➕ On the Sunday before Nativity, we celebrated the entrance into the life of the Church of Mary (Kara) and the entrance into the catechumenate of Dawn & Kenny. Following the bright and joyful divine services, we celebrated Gabriella & Nilus with a ‘baby shower coffee hour’ as they prepare to welcome their new child. Many years to all! 🎉

09/26/2022

JOYOUS FEAST! 🌿 Greetings with the feast of Saint Sergius the Wonderworker, Abbot of Radonezh (Sept. 25) On this occasion, we were especially blessed with an unexpected visit from His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, who was on Long Island for a number of upcoming meetings and events. We were very happy to host him and pray along side him on the feast day of his primatial chapel! Holy father Sergius, pray unto God for us!

08/10/2022

May the memory of +Georgia, a friend of our parish, be eternal!

Georgia Zolotas, a friend of our parish, fell asleep in the Lord on the second day of the feast of the Transfiguration, August 7, 2022. +Georgia had been residing at a nursing facility which Fr. Jo…

08/06/2022

JOYOUS FEAST OF THE HOLY TRANSFIGURATION!