Welcome to Saint Olympia Orthodox Christian Church
COME AND WORSHIP WITH US!
Weekly Service Schedule:
Saturdays
Great Vespers – 5:00 PM
Sundays
Divine Liturgy – 10:00 AM (9:40 Hours) with fellowship meal following the services
Weekdays
Wednesday Vespers – 5:00 PM (at St. Olympia Hermitage, 10 Prospect St.)
See calendar
Weekly Bulletin and Message
Posted: February 24, 2026
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Dear Faithful,
Happy Clean Week! The Church gives us Great Lent as a gift to fortify our souls and prepare us for the age to come — an age we begin to experience even now, and most fully on Holy Pascha.
"Come eagerly, all ye faithful, and taking as shield the strong armor of the Fast, let us repel every delusion of the enemy."
— from Clean Monday Vespers
“… let our eyes abstain from every evil sight, our hearing be inaccessible to idle words, and our tongues be purged of unseemly speech. Make clean our lips which praise you, O Lord. Make our hands to refrain from base deeds and to work only that which is well-pleasing to you, fortifying all our members and our mind by your grace.”
— from the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Attached is the bulletin. The service calendar for March is still being finalized and will be emailed in the coming days.
May the Lord grant you strength and a spiritually fruitful fast, that you may grow ever closer to Him!
Your servant in Christ,
Fr Gregory
Announcements
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Parish Needs
o More Swiffer juice and pads; dusting/mopping the side room;
o The Maxey Family (Watertown) just had a baby and the husband is deploying shortly. They can use meals, diapers, and clothes, and especially prayers.
o We have several projects that are “flood recovery adjacent,” for which we can use funding. This includes bringing several things “up to code” like the stairs and electrical, and other improvements like new basement windows. Please consider making a special Lenten donation.
Help with shoveling and cleaning
NORWOOD FOOD PANTRY NEEDS: There is a special need for canned fruits and veggies. See the box in the side room.
Prayers for:
Marina, Raphael, Roxanne, Portia, Tim, Eric, Eva, Susan, Genaro, Jessica, Michael; newly departed: +Arch. Luke, +John, +Clarence, +Robert; our building restoration; Mother Sophronia + icons.
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Ongoing Work Notice
SAFETY – Please steer clear of work zones in the basement and outside the church.
NOTE:
The Parish needs Building Maintenance volunteers. Contact Father if you are interested.
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Sign up for Coffee Hour
We encourage you to bring a dish or another item to share during fellowship. If you would like to sponsor a meal after Liturgy, please sign up here or on the list at Church.
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Mother's Group
Every Friday at 9:45am for an Akathist and children’s activities.
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Primatial Letters from His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon
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Archpastoral Letters from His Eminence Archbishop Michael
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St. Olga's Closet
St. Olga’s Closet is a newly founded organization which provides assistance to seminarians of St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and their families by means of clothing, baby supplies, housewares, etc.
For more information, and especially if you wish to make donations of goods to St. Olga’s Closet, please email stolgascloset@gmail.com; or call 240-606-3398. Follow St. Olga’s Closet on Facebook by clicking here.
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The TIKHONAIRE
St. Tikhon's Theological Seminary’s biannual publication.
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KOINONIA
Our Diocesan Newsletter.
Upcoming Events
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Women Lenten’s Psalter Group
2.23 - 4.3
If you’re looking for a daily spiritual discipline this upcoming Lenten season, we invite you to participate in the Diocesan Women’s Psalter Reading Group. Each day during Great Lent (February 23-April 3), you will be assigned a small section of reading from the Book of Psalms (Psalter).
It only takes about 10-15 minutes each day to read on your own.
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Book Club – The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
3.5
Thursday, March 5, 5:45 PM – 7:00 PM at St. Olympia’s.
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Lenten Women’s Retreat, “Becoming Myrrhbearers”
3.27 - 3.29
Friday, March 27 – Sunday, March 29, 2026, at St. Andrew’s Camp.
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Lenten Fellowship: 2 Fast 2 Curious
Saturdays after vespers during Lent. Lenten Fasting Presentation with Presvtera Krista Saturday, February 28.
St. Olympia Orthodox Church in Norwood, NY,
is a young, and God-willing growing, community of worshippers
under the Orthodox Church in America,
Diocese of New York/New Jersey.
Parishioners of St. Olympia Orthodox Church are from many different backgrounds: American, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Ukrainian, English, Eritrean, Hispanic, Native American, etc. Services are primarily in English, and the music is from both the Byzantine chant and Russian choral traditions.
Our community is cared for by
Rev. Gregory Fedorchak, Ph.D.
Parish Rector
607-427-3286
father.fedorchak@gmail.com
Visit us at
St. Olympia Orthodox Church
34 N Main St.
Norwood, NY 13668
2026 Stewardship Appeal
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
St. Lawrence County is the largest county, by area, in our state.
What an incredible opportunity to build the Orthodox Church here in the North Country.
We are not here to cater to a certain demographic or cultural group.
We are here to bring Christ to everyone.