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About Us<\/h1>\n

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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>has deep roots with acceptance of Christianity in 988 A.D. We are the Apostolic Church that follows the teachings of the early\/original Church of Christ. Our beautiful Liturgy and ancient traditions nourish our souls and give direction in our daily lives. Our Ukrainian Orthodox parish of St. Mary\u2019s in New Britain, CT is a vibrant and growing family that welcomes all.
If you are interested in becoming part of our community, please visit us for Liturgy on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m.<\/p>\n

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Our church was founded over 100 years ago and is one of the oldest Ukrainian churches in Connecticut. Our parish community is made up of a wide range of people, including recent immigrants from Ukraine and other parts of Eastern Europe, members that have converted to Orthodoxy, as well as descendants of the founding members of our parish. We are a vibrant and growing bilingual Orthodox community.<\/p>\n

If you are new to Orthodoxy or have a desire to return to your Orthodox ancestry, please join us in celebrating a Divine Liturgy in Ukrainian and\u00a0 English.<\/p>\n

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Our Mission\u00a0<\/h2>\n

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Read the history of Saint Mary’s parish…<\/p>\n

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In the second half of the 19th<\/sup> century, New Britain, CT, served as the state\u2019s manufacturing center, producing tools and hardware in factories powered by immigrant labor.  In a diverse setting of Southern and Eastern European ethnic groups in the 1890s, a small but strong enclave of newly arrived immigrants from the Halychyna region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire forged what was to become the Ukrainian community in New Britain.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the early community grew and thrived, disagreements within the local Byzantine Catholic parish led the Halychyna to form their own parish on Winter Street by 1910, consecrated as St. Mary\u2019s.  Worshipping in a small 1911 structure that would become the present church\u2019s basement, the growing congregation completed the upper portion of the church by 1917.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the 1920s, St. Mary\u2019s parish now served the second generation of those first immigrants, while welcoming still more during the inter-war years.  Now identifying themselves as Ukrainian, the parishioners developed mutual aid societies, a church school, a Ukrainian-language school, a print shop, a parish cemetery and a prize-winning choir, among many other parish organizations.  St. Mary\u2019s joined the newly formed Ukrainian Orthodox Diocese by the end of the decade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dozens of St. Mary\u2019s young men served in WWII with a few making the ultimate sacrifice.  With New Britain\u2019s factories converted to war production work, the city and St. Mary\u2019s saw a steep increase in new Ukrainian immigration. Under the leadership of  Very Rev. Mitered Peter Kowlachyk, the parish expanded dramatically in the post-war years. It burned the mortgage in 1945, added a parish house next door, helped to build the city\u2019s Ukrainian-American Club in the 1960s and developed additional dynamic, hard-working parish organizations such as the Sisterhood of St. Olga and the Ukrainian-American Veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A terrible fire in 1973 provided the parish with the opportunity to renovate the altar and nave in a more Orthodox tradition.  The parish installed an iconostas in 1977 under the guidance of Fr. Michael Horoshko, planned under the pastorship of Fr. Michael Zaparaniuk. Under the 20-year pastorship of Very Rev. Jakiw Norton, St. Mary\u2019s expanded its holdings to include two adjacent properties and a growing involvement in diocese-wide programs such as the U.O.L.  Successful projects such as making varenyky and bread-baking provide parish financial support as well as keep Ukrainian traditions alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, St. Mary\u2019s welcomed its \u2018fourth wave\u2019 of Ukrainian immigration as it developed into a commuter parish, reflecting the growth of suburbs around urban centers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, under the recent leadership of Ihumen Gregory (Woolfenden) and current guidance of Very Rev. Andrii Pokotylo, our parish of Saint Mary, Nativity of the Mother of God, continues to grow. Grateful for our Lord\u2019s blessings for more than 112 years, St. Mary\u2019s parish-family strives to serve Christ and His Church in this 21st<\/sup> century.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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