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We are the Apostolic Church that follows the&#8230;<a href=\"#\" title=\"read more\"><strong>read more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.15.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Streaming Services&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/index.php\/streaming\/&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/smuocnb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20211205_110440_03_remastered-scaled.jpg&#8221; module_class=&#8221;pa-hover-blurb&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.15.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#263954&#8243; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/index.php\/streaming\/&#8221; border_radii_image=&#8221;on|15px|15px|15px|15px&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; header_text_color__hover=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; 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If you would like your<br \/>personal copy, please see or contact either:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Joan Kerelejza<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"tel:860-677-2138\" class=\"text-primary\">860-677-2138<\/a><br \/><a href=\"mailto:joankerelejza@comcast.net\" class=\"text-primary\">joankerelejza@comcast.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Anne Bailly<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"tel:860-225-9995\" class=\"text-primary\">860-225-9995<\/a><br \/><a href=\"mailto:abailly@comcast.net\" class=\"text-rimary\">abailly@comcast.net<\/a><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Donate to Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USAFOR HUMANITARIAN AID TO UKRAINE\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u041f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430 \u0426\u0435\u0440\u043a\u0432\u0430 \u0420\u0456\u0437\u0434\u0432\u0430 \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0432\u044f\u0442\u043e\u0457 \u0411\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0456CHRIST IS BORN! GLORIFY HIM!Christ is in our midst!This week&#8217;s services<div class=\"simcal-calendar simcal-default-calendar simcal-default-calendar-list simcal-default-calendar-dark simcal-default-calendar-dark\" data-calendar-id=\"235486\" data-timezone=\"America\/New_York\" data-offset=\"-14400\" data-week-start=\"0\" data-calendar-start=\"1776052800\" data-calendar-end=\"1776609000\" data-events-first=\"1776085200\" data-events-last=\"1776609000\"><div class=\"simcal-calendar-list simcal-calendar-list-compact\"><div class=\"simcal-events-list-container\" data-prev=\"1770958800\" data-next=\"1781323200\" data-heading-small=\"2026 Apr\" data-heading-large=\"2026 April\"><div class=\"simcal-weekday-1 simcal-future simcal-day simcal-day-has-events simcal-day-has-1-events simcal-events-calendar-235486\" data-events-count=\"1\">\n\t<ul class=\"simcal-events\">\n\t<li class=\"simcal-event simcal-events-calendar-235486\" style=\"\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" data-start=\"1776085200\">\n\t\t<div class=\"simcal-event-details\"><h3><em><span class=\"simcal-event-start simcal-event-start-date\" data-event-start=\"1776085200\" data-event-format=\"D n\/j\" itemprop=\"startDate\" content=\"2026-04-13T09:00:00-04:00\">Mon 4\/13<\/span>&nbsp;@&nbsp;<span class=\"simcal-event-start simcal-event-start-time\" data-event-start=\"1776085200\" data-event-format=\"ga\" itemprop=\"startDate\" content=\"2026-04-13T09:00:00-04:00\">9am<\/span> - <span class=\"simcal-event-end simcal-event-end-time\" data-event-end=\"1776088800\" data-event-format=\"ga\" itemprop=\"endDate\" content=\"2026-04-13T10:00:00-04:00\">10am<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 <strong> \u2014 <span class=\"simcal-event-title\" itemprop=\"name\">Bright \u0421\u0432\u0456\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u041f\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0456\u043b\u043e\u043a. Divine Liturgy. \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u041b\u0456\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0456\u044f\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026.9:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"simcal-event-address simcal-event-start-location\" itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Bright \u0421\u0432\u0456\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u041f\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0456\u043b\u043e\u043a. Divine Liturgy. \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u041b\u0456\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0456\u044f\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026.9:\" \/><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"Bright \u0421\u0432\u0456\u0442\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u041f\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0456\u043b\u043e\u043a. Divine Liturgy. \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u041b\u0456\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0456\u044f\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026.9:\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"simcal-weekday-6 simcal-future simcal-day simcal-day-has-events simcal-day-has-1-events simcal-events-calendar-235486\" data-events-count=\"1\">\n\t<ul class=\"simcal-events\">\n\t<li class=\"simcal-event simcal-events-calendar-235486\" style=\"\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" data-start=\"1776484859\">\n\t\t<div class=\"simcal-event-details\"><h3><em><span class=\"simcal-event-start simcal-event-start-date\" data-event-start=\"1776484859\" data-event-format=\"D n\/j\" itemprop=\"startDate\" content=\"2026-04-18T00:00:59-04:00\">Sat 4\/18<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 <strong> \u2014 <span class=\"simcal-event-title\" itemprop=\"name\">No Services.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"simcal-event-address simcal-event-start-location\" itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"No Services.\" \/><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"No Services.\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"simcal-weekday-0 simcal-future simcal-day simcal-day-has-events simcal-day-has-1-events simcal-events-calendar-235486\" data-events-count=\"1\">\n\t<ul class=\"simcal-events\">\n\t<li class=\"simcal-event simcal-event-recurring simcal-events-calendar-235486\" style=\"\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Event\" data-start=\"1776603600\">\n\t\t<div class=\"simcal-event-details\"><h3><em><span class=\"simcal-event-start simcal-event-start-date\" data-event-start=\"1776603600\" data-event-format=\"D n\/j\" itemprop=\"startDate\" content=\"2026-04-19T09:00:00-04:00\">Sun 4\/19<\/span>&nbsp;@&nbsp;<span class=\"simcal-event-start simcal-event-start-time\" data-event-start=\"1776603600\" data-event-format=\"ga\" itemprop=\"startDate\" content=\"2026-04-19T09:00:00-04:00\">9am<\/span> - <span class=\"simcal-event-end simcal-event-end-time\" data-event-end=\"1776609000\" data-event-format=\"ga\" itemprop=\"endDate\" content=\"2026-04-19T10:30:00-04:00\">10am<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 <strong> \u2014 <span class=\"simcal-event-title\" itemprop=\"name\">Divine Liturgy. \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u041b\u0456\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0456\u044f<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"simcal-event-address simcal-event-start-location\" itemprop=\"location\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Place\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Divine Liturgy. \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u041b\u0456\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0456\u044f\" \/><meta itemprop=\"address\" content=\"Divine Liturgy. \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442\u0430 \u041b\u0456\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0433\u0456\u044f\" \/><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"simcal-ajax-loader simcal-spinner-top\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"simcal-icon-spinner simcal-icon-spin\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Find more services\u00a0on the\u00a0Calendar.\u00a0The Ukrainian Orthodox Church\u00a0has deep roots with acceptance of Christianity in 988 A.D. We are the Apostolic Church that follows the&#8230;read more.Stream the services onlineIn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>        In the second half of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, New Britain, CT, served as the state\u2019s manufacturing center, producing tools and hardware in factories powered by immigrant labor.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; St. Mary\u2019s joined the newly formed Ukrainian Orthodox Diocese by the end of the decade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Dozens of St. Mary\u2019s young men served in WWII with a few making the ultimate sacrifice.&nbsp; 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 &nbsp;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<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A terrible fire in 1973 provided the parish with the opportunity to renovate the altar and nave in a more Orthodox tradition. &nbsp;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.&nbsp; Successful projects such as making varenyky and bread-baking provide parish financial support as well as keep Ukrainian traditions alive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>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 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>O, Most Holy Theotokos, save us!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":1} -->\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\" id=\"parish-clergy\">Parish Clergy<\/h1>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":16,\"width\":252,\"height\":247} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img src=\"http:\/\/testsmuocnborg.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/andrii.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16\" width=\"252\" height=\"247\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":19,\"width\":255,\"height\":224} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img src=\"http:\/\/testsmuocnborg.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/toni-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19\" width=\"255\" height=\"224\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":20,\"width\":225,\"height\":225} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img src=\"http:\/\/testsmuocnborg.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/antoni.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} -->\n<h1 id=\"very-rev-fr-andrii-pokotylo\">Very Rev. Fr.<\/h1>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":1} -->\n<h1 id=\"very-rev-fr-andrii-pokotylo\">Andrii Pokotylo<\/h1>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>E-mail: frandrii@smuoc.com<br>Mobile: (860) 989-5748<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 id=\"metropolitan-antony\">Metropolitan Antony<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>consistory@uocofusa.org<br>732-356-0090 (Phone)<br>732-356-5556 (Fax)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-727","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":138,"href":"https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236817,"href":"https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions\/236817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smuocnb.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}