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VISITATION TO HOLY TRINITY CHURCH - DANBURY - SAT APRIL 1, 2006
On Saturday morning, April 1, 2006, Metropolitan Nicholas visited the faithful of Holy Trinity Church in Danbury Connecticut. After serving the Akathist to the Passion of Our Lord, and enjoying a light luncheon, His Eminence visited the site of the parish's new Carpatho-Rusyn style wooden church which is presently under-construction. The photos below show scenes from the Akathist service and the Metropolitan's visit to the church construction site.
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Metropolitan Nicholas and Very Fr. Luke Mihaly, host pastor and Dean of the New England Deanery, prepare to begin the Akathist to the Passion of Christ.
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Metropolitan Nicholas and the clergy of the New England Deanery and area Orthodox Churches chant the Akathist.
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Metropolitan Nicholas preaches to the assembled faithful.
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Metropolitan Nicholas is greeted with flowers by the parish children at the fellowship meal which followed the Akathist.
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The Present Church Edifice.
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Front View of the New Church
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Side View of the New Church
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Parishioners Jim Zeleniak and Harry Fong pose at the back side of the Church
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The Interior of the New Church
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Metropolitan Nicholas speaks to Fr. Luke Mihaly and parish children about the significance of the Church's 15th century styled architecture.
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Metropolitan Nicholas leads the faithful in the singing of the Hymn to the Virgin, "You are Truly Deserving of Glory...."
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Metropolitan Nicholas adds his name to those of the parishioners on a yet to be sided section of the exterior walls.
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Metropolitan Nicholas with the clergy and faithful who joined him on his tour of the new church.
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Fr. Luke, Pani Bethany, Christopher and Anastasia Mihaly pose on the church porch. Not pictured is son Nicholas who is finishing his first year at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.
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