About us
We are members of the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of America—a semi-autonomous archdiocese under the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece, whose presiding archbishop is Kallinikos of Athens. Our ruling hierarch is His Eminence, Metropolitan Demetrius.
About our services
Our services are celebrated in accordance with ancient christian practice as preserved in the Byzantine rite.
Feasts and fasts are designated by the reckoning of the Julian calendar: the Roman calendar of the time of Christ, preserved in the ways of the Orthodox Church ever since.
The language of the services is in English with some Greek, Slavonic, and Spanish.
Byzantine chant, the predominant system of music of the early Christians of the Eastern Mediterranean, is sung without instrumental accompaniment.
Construction of our church began in 2003, commissioned by Dr. and Mrs. Lazarus Gehring. The church was skillfully built by local stonemason Mark Arrow using authentic, centuries-old methods. The architecture draws inspiration from 9th- and 10th-century churches of Asturias, Spain, making it a remarkable example of early Orthodox design brought to life in rural upstate New York.