8th Day Naming Prayers for Cecilia Marie, newborn daughter of parishioners David and Lucy C.

On Sunday, July 10, 2022, Michael A. was received

into the Fullness of the Orthodox Christian Faith,

by means of Confession of Faith and Anointing with Holy Chrism.

He is seen here, in the first picture, with our Pastor, Fr. John H., and his Sponsor, John K.

In the second picture, Michael is receiving the Holy Anointing. Many Years! 

Lucy and David were married in our parish on Sunday afternoon, February 16.

Lucy is our pastor's daughter. Many Years! 

To commemorate Theophany, the Feast of Our Lord's Baptism, we blessed Holy Water.

Then, we used the newly blessed water to bless our Parish Temple (Church Building) and homes.

Protodeacon Paul proclaims the Gospel (the Good News) of Our Lord Jesus Christ's Saving Birth

This year our Parish Bakers contributed dozens upon dozens of cookies, which the Parish Sisterhood then used to create 40 trays of wonderful cookies.

These trays were sold as a Parish Fundraiser just before the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord  (Christmas) in December 2019. A great project, with delicious results! 

On Sunday, July 28, Jacob was baptized.

"As many as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. Alleluia!"

On Sunday, June 16, 2019, we celebrated the Feast of Holy Pentecost, commemorating the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples--now called to be apostles--fifty days after Our Lord Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead on Holy Pascha. As is traditional at Pentecost, we read the kneeling prayers, which restore the pious practice of kneeling to the Church after the fifty days during which we do not kneel following Holy Pascha. 

Our Parish hosted Lenten Mission Vespers for our Fellow Parishes of the Connecticut Deanery on Sunday evening, March 24, the Eve of the Feast of the Annunciation. (That's why the clergy are vested in blue vestments, rather than the usual Lenten purple!)  After the service we enjoyed a wonderful Lenten "Soup and Bread" Repast with our guests. 

On Sunday, March 3, 2019, we enjoyed a festive Meat-fare Sunday Brunch, with all proceeds going to benefit the Plymouth Community Food Pantry, which is housed in the lower level portion of our Parish Community Center. About $500.00 was raised for the Food Pantry on this occasion, as we enjoyed Pre-Lenten Fellowship. 

On Sunday, December 2, we had the annual "Visit of Saint Nicholas" to the parish.

A lively exchange occured between "Saint Nicholas" and the children of the parish, as "Saint Nicholas" reminded us about his life and deeds.

This annual tradition is always well received in our parish.

We hosted an Open House on Sunday, September 30, and we were glad and honored to host those who came to visit our Parish.

May God bless all those who visited with us, and may He enlighten them with the saving power of His love. 

Our diocesan hierarch, His Eminence, Archbishop NIKON of Boston, visited our Parish on Sunday, November 9, and presided at the Divine Liturgy. It was a uplifting from our kind and gentle bishop! May God grant you many years, Your Eminence! 

On Saturday, June 16, our Parish Choir enjoyed a edifying and productive liturgical singing workshop with Robin Freeman, Director of Music at Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. Robin worked for an hour and a half with our Choir Directors, and then for another two hours with the whole Choir. We had a dinner break, and then we all prayed (and sang!) together at our usual Saturday evening Parish Vigil service. We are grateful to Saint Vladimir's Seminary, and to Robin Freeman, for the Parish Music Program. 

We enjoyed a wonderful Mother's Day Brunch on Sunday, May 13, 2018, hosted by Tim O. and Paul S. (Thanks, gentlemen!) May God bless all our mothers, grandmothers, Godmothers, and all those who exercise motherly ministry in our lives! 

On a day with windchills well below freezing, we blessed the graves in the Parish Cemetery. Next year we might wait for a warmer day, but this year we performed this rite of blessing on the traditional day of Thomas Sunday. (The wind was blowing so hard, Fr. John had to zip up his coat over his epitrachelion to keep it from blowing away!)

On Saturday, March 24, little Olena was baptized. Many Years to her, and her sponsors, and her family!

On Sunday, March 4, 2018, our Parish hosted the Lenten Mission Vespers for the Connecticut Deanery. 

For the Feast of Theophany we were joined by Fr. James Parnell together with parishioners from both All Saints Orthodox Church, Hartford, where Fr. James is Pastor, and by parishioners from Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary Orthodox Church, Waterbury. Here pictured is a scene from the Great Blessing of Water that takes place during the liturgical services for the feast. 

On the Fast-free Friday following the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, we had a Festive Parish Christmas Dinner hosted by Paul S. and Tim O. Thanks to their efforts, along with those who assisted them, we had a wonderful festive dinner with great food and fellowship. Here are a couple photos from the evening. 

Click here to hear our Parish Choir sing the Kontakion of the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.

Our Parish recently received beautiful new gold-colored altar server robes. These robes were paid with funds from The Parish Memorial Fund. They were received and will be worn during liturgical services in memory of the departed faithful members of our Parish. Memory Eternal! 

For the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary we joined together with the faithful people of Holy Nativity of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church, Waterbury, CT, to celebrate the Feast. Our pastor here in Terryville, Fr. John Hopko, who presently serves as Pastoral Administrator of the Waterbury Parish, presided at the Festal Divine Liturgy. He was joined in concelebration by Fr. John Kreta, Fr. Nicholas Timpko, Fr. Joshua Mosher, and Protodeacon Paul Nimchek. The service was attended by faithful people from a number of different parishes of the Connecticut Deanery. 

Here is a link to a video with sound of our Parish Choir

(with some friends who were visiting that Sunday)

singing the Communion Hymn,  "Receive the Body of Christ..." 

on Sunday, May 14.