WELCOME! If you are a visitor or a guest and you are with us for the first time, please let us know by completing a welcome card. Also, please join us next door for the fellowship hour. We are happy to have you with us!
We are in the Twelve Days of Christmas now. This is a period of rejoicing and feasting until January 5th where we observe the fast before Theophany (Jesus’ Baptism.) Theophany is celebrated on January 6th.
Upcoming Church Services
Monday, January 1st: New Year’s Day- The Circumcision of the Lord;
Feast of Saint Basil The Great
Orthros 9:00a.m. Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil 10:00a.m.
Friday, January 5th: Eve of Theophany (Strict Fasting Day)
9am Orthros; Royal Hours; 10am Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, Vesperal Liturgy of Saint Basil; Agiasmos (Blessing of the Waters)
Saturday, January 6th: Holy Theophany: The Baptism of the Lord
9am Orthros and 10am Divine Liturgy of Saint basil, Agiasmos (Blessing of the Waters)
at 2pm the Agiasmos(Blessing of the Waters) by His Eminence METROPOLITAN APOSTOLOS of NJ
at Molos Restaurant 1 County Rd 682 Weehawken, NJ 07086 everyone is invited!
Sunday, January 7th: Synaxis of Saint John the Baptist
9am Orthros and 10am Divine Liturgy
2024 Ecclesiastical Calendars are available for pick up in the Narthex and bookstore.
Religious Education: No religious education classes today.
January 1st, Saint Basil the Great: One of the three Cappadocian Fathers, Basil was the brother of Saint Gregory of Nyssa (10 January) and the close friend of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (25 January). Educated in the best pagan and Christian culture of the day, Basil turned at the age of twenty-seven, to the monastic life, and in 370AD was consecrated Archbishop of Caesarea. Upholding the full divinity of the Son and the Holy Spirit, during a period of intense controversy he played a decisive role in clarifying Christian faith in the Trinity. Much of his energy was devoted to reorganizing monasticism in Asia Minor. He preferred life in community to the hermit way, because of the greater opportunities that it offers for mutual love and obedience. ‘Whose feet will you wash,’ he asked, or ‘whom will you serve, how can you be last of all, if you are alone?’ Around his episcopal residence in Caesarea he formed a vast complex of charitable institutions- hospital, orphanages and hostels for the poor, since he regarded active, loving compassion as man’s highest vocation: ‘Who does not know that man is a tame and sociable animal, not solitary and wild? For nothing is as characteristic of our nature as to communicate with one another, and to need one another, and to love our own kind.’
Office Closed: Our parish office is closed tomorrow, Monday, January 1st for the Circumcision of our Lord & the St. Basil day holiday.
NEW MINISTRY: YOUNG MOMS' COFFEE CLUTCH THIS Thursday January 4 @ 10:30a.m. in our fellowship hall. contact Fr. Bill frbill@stnicholasnj.org or Dr. Eva Krias ekrias1@gmail.com for more info
Scripture Talk: Join us… for a weekly virtual Bible STUDY on Tuesday Nights, from 7-8 pm EST, on Zoom. Each week, a different Orthodox priest from around the country helps guide our discussion. Contact CHRISTOS AGRAPIDIS FOR INFO AT CEA.NJ9@GMAIL.COM
House/ Business Blessings 2024: To have your home and/or business blessed for 2024, please complete a blue request form and insert in the drop box in the narthex or mail it to the parish office or send your request to Fr. Bill frbill@stnicholasnj.org or call 201 652 4774 ext. 12
Saint Nicholas Outreach: Ffollowing is the list of this year’s recipients that the Saint Nicholas Parish Council has allocated a total of $19,000 of Outreach funds based on all 2022 Fundraising activities. The Parish Council thanks our Saint Nicholas Community for all its volunteer and fundraising efforts! Recipients: Ability Tree of NJ; Carl Inserra Leukemia Fund; Center for Food Action; Desire For Hope; Eva's Village; FOCUS North America; Honor Flight; IOCC; IOCC (Greek Fires / Floods); NY Ronald McDonald House (Greek Division); OCMC: Mission Trip; Orthodox Christian Fellowship (US colleges); Spectrum for Living; St. Basil Academy; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; St. Michael's Home; St. Nicholas Benevolent Fund; St. Nicholas: Bridges Outreach (Peggy Goulet); St. Nicholas: DOP; St. Nicholas: NJ YAL/YEA Dance; St. Nicholas: Philoptochos; Tunnel to Towers; Wyckoff (Ambulance); Wyckoff (Fire Dept #2).
2024 Stewardship Campaign:God calls on us to cheerfully offer our time, talent, and treasure to our Lord in appreciation for the gifts He has blessed us with. Our annual stewardship program provides the majority of funding for Saint Nicholas, and your offering enables our church to carry out Her mission to bring Christ and Orthodoxy into the lives and hearts of all we serve.
To obtain your 2024 stewardship pledge card, just pick one up one in the church Narthex. Additionally, you can make your pledge online by going to our church website https://www.stnicholasnj.org
CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM!
A BLESSED 2024 TO ALL!