450 Memorial Drive, Chicopee, MA 01020 Fr. Jacob · (413) 244-0543 Divine Liturgy · Sundays 9:00 a.m.
Saint Philaret of New York, the New Confessor

The Parish

Photographs

The icon of Saint Philaret on a stand before the altar, ringed by a wreath of purple, yellow and red flowers
The bishop and clergy standing before the flower-wreathed icon of Saint Philaret during the service
The bishop in red vestments and mitre censing in the chapel, flanked by clergy holding candles
Clergy and the bishop in festal vestments standing with three children of the parish
A priest preparing the gifts at the table of oblation, with chalice, diskos and candles
Two priests in green vestments serving at the altar
A priest in green-crossed vestments giving Communion to a small girl in a headscarf
A priest reading prayers over a kneeling man, with a framed icon resting on a cloth-covered stand
The bishop and a deacon standing in the darkened church during Vigil, lit by candles
The interior of the wooden church: a brass chandelier hanging beneath a vaulted ceiling before the iconostasis
Three small girls in headscarves holding lit candles
A girl in a headscarf lighting a candle at the candle stand
A mother in a headscarf holding her baby during the service
A mother standing with her small daughter in a headscarf on the church carpet
Parishioners seated together in the icon-lined hall, holding painted bells
Clergy and parishioners in white at the edge of a pond ringed by pines under a summer sky
A priest with a white beard reading the prayers of baptism beside the water
Clergy and the candidate gathered on a wooden dock at the pond for the baptism
The bishop in white and gold vestments and mitre, holding the dikirion and trikirion between two stands of lit candles
Clergy in gold vestments gathered with the bishop before an icon of the Mother of God, with two boys of the parish
Two elderly parishioners smiling together, one a priest wearing icon medallions
Two priests at a candlelit table during an evening service
The bishop in a jewelled mitre holding his crozier, with a clergyman standing behind him
Fr. Jacob and a parishioner holding woven palm crosses in the church
Worth confirming

These photographs show identifiable parishioners, including children. Before the site is announced widely it is worth checking that the families are content to appear on a public website — it costs nothing to ask, and it is easier to ask now than to take a picture down later.