The Holy Fathers Russian Orthodox of the Seven Ecumenical Councils
524 W. 153rd Street
New York, NY 10031-1001
Phone:
(212) 281-3992
New York City Deanery
Clergy:
Archpriest Alexander Botschagow
Rector
4 Roselarn Road
Highland Mills, NY
10930
Phone: (845) 928-3288
Cell: (845) 548-9785
fralexander@optonline.net
Subdeacon Lazar Djurdjinovic
Phone: (201) 967-7465
Cell: (201) 803-3983
Lazar53@optonline.net
Anatoly Tarasenko, MD
Warden
Phone: (908) 277-2135
Schedule of Services:
Saturday/Sunday:
All-Night Vigil: 6:00
PM
Divine Liturgy: 9:00 AM
Weekdays:
All-Night Vigil: 6:30
PM
Divine Liturgy: 9:00 AM
Services sung in Slavonic & English.
Parish Background:
The Holy Fathers Russian Orthodox Church of the Seven Ecumenical
Councils was the first parish established by Archbishop Appolinary
(Koshevoi) of blessed memory, after the tragic separation of
Metropolitan Platon from the canonical Russian Orthodox Church
outside of Russia. The "Holy Fathers Church," as it has been
known, was established on February 12th 1928, and became the first
of many parishes remaining faithful to the Russian Orthodox Church
outside of Russia and her canonical hierarch Archbishop
Appolinary. Originally housed in Manhattan on Fifth Avenue,
between 128th and 129th Streets, the parish moved to a street
level dwelling on West 153rd street in the late 1930's after the
repose of Archbishop Appolinary. In the years that followed the
parish grew and became a spiritual and cultural harbor for
hundreds of Russian immigrants arriving from both Europe and the
Far East, and settling on New York's upper west side. Through the
diligent efforts of her long time pastor, Protopriest Alexander
Krasnoymov, funds were collected for a permanent site. The current
stone church was then erected one block further east on 153rd
Street, led by Protopriest Sergay Kargay and Church Warden Michael
Goncharov. A rectory was also acquired, and a school established
for Russian Orthodox children. Although the Holy Fathers Church is
not a large parish, it remains a spiritual oasis for all Orthodox
Christians. The Holy Fathers Church is honored to be the home of
the first copy, brought from Kiev, of the wondrous miracle-working
Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev. In its humility, the Holy
Fathers Church remains faithful to the teachings of the Holy
Orthodox Church and the Seven Ecumenical Councils and the
canonical traditions of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.
