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Summary
Archpriest Joseph Lickwar, the rector, opened his remarks during the commemorative dinner saying:
"The faithful have worshipped before its altar, struggled to keep the Orthodox faith, overcome the early 20th century immigration, passed through two great wars and the Great Depression, assimilated into American culture, entered the urban sprawl, and now is the church of converts and new immigrants; and some of the immigrants have come with a good church experience and faith, and many have for the first time discovered the faith in this new land. Today, we rejoice and give thanks for the church, which has been and is now a spiritual home and family."
The May 6th anniversary also marked the completion of a five-year, $1.2 million restoration of the church exterior made possible by matching grants from the New Jersey Historic Trust and Preservation, contributions of the faithful, and a trust fund of +Michael Homa.
The parish received from the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy the award of Excellence in Preservation at its annual awards ceremony on May 30, 2007. The City of Jersey City passed a special resolution honoring the significant leadership of founding priest, Saint Alexander (Hotovitzky), the parish rectors, and faithful of the parish for their social and spiritual contributions to the city, and for the effort made by the congregation to provide a future for the past by restoring the church. In honor of these efforts, the city will name the street in front of the church as "Saint Alexander's Way." His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman, was assisted at the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy by parish rector, Archpriest Joseph Lickwar, Archpriest Samuel Kedala, Dean of New Jersey, Archpriest Daniel Hubiak, previous rector of the parish, Archpriest Sergius Kuharsky, Archpriest Daniel Ressetar, Archpriest Vasily Lickwar, Archpriest Daniel Skvir, Priest Justin Paterson, Priest Hermogen Holste, Archdeacon Alexei Klimitchev and Subdeacons Gregory Sulich and Peter Ilchuk. Fathers Patterson and Holste had been attached to the parish as student interns and Fathers Skvir and Ressetar's fathers had been rectors of the parish. The choir was led by, Alexei V. Shipovalnikov, the parish Director of Music. Following the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude, presented a Grammota to the parish and an icon of St. Herman to Father Joseph, and an icon of St. Herman to Alexei V. Shipovalnikov, Director of Music. Welcome and flowers were presented to His Beatitude by Marianne Johnson on behalf of the parish.
The commemorative dinner was held at Casino in the Park and the Master of Ceremony was Father Daniel Skvir. The toast was given by Alex Iskander and greetings were given by Archpriest Daniel Hubiak, Archpriest John Nehrebecki, Archpriest Samuel Kedala and His Beatitude. Many former parishioners and friends joined in the celebration.
In preparation for the anniversary a fund raising program, 1907 Giving the Past a Future 2007 was launched to restore the church's interior. Donors are asked to contact the parish to make an offering.
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The word liturgy means common work or common action. The Divine Liturgy is the common work of the Orthodox Church. It is the official action of the Church formally gathered together as the chosen People of God. The word church, as we remember, means a gathering or assembly of people specifically chosen and called apart to perform a particular task. The Divine Liturgy is the common action of Orthodox Christians officially gathered to constitute the Orthodox Church. It is the action of the Church assembled by God in order to be together in one community to worship, to pray, to sing, to hear God's Word, to be instructed in God's commandments, to offer itself with thanksgiving in Christ to God the Father, and to have the living experience of God's eternal kingdom through communion with the same Christ Who is present in his people by the Holy Spirit.
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Welcome to Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church. This is the Internet Home for our parish. The site provides online news, event and information, along with interactive discussions and contact information. Before you browse and explore, consider this question.
What is the Orthodox Church? The Orthodox Church is:
evangelical but not Protestant; It is Orthodox but not Jewish It is Catholic but not Roman It is not denominational..... It is PRE-denominational. It has believed, taught, preserved, defended and died for the Faith of the Apostles since the Day of Pentecost.
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The Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Parish, Jersey City, New Jersey, was founded on March 25, 1907, by immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires, as a community of the North American Ecclesiastical Mission. It was organized under the pastoral guidance of the Archpriest Alexander Hotovitsky, who was canonized in 1994, as Missionary to North America and New-Martyr of Russia. The temple in which the parish worships today was consecrated on September 3, 1908, by Most Reverend PLATON (Rozhdestvensky), Archbishop of North America and the Aleutian Islands, later Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church of North America. The Saints Peter and Paul Parish is committed to the evangelical mission of the Orthodox Church in America, according to the vision of the Holy Elder and Wonderworker Herman of Alaska, the Holy Apostle to America Innocent, and the Holy Confessor Tikhon, Patriarch of All-Russia. Saint Peter and Paul Parish abides under the omophorion of the Most Blessed HERMAN, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All-America and Canada, who is presently administrator of the Diocese of Washington (DC) and New York.
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