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St John the Baptist Carpatho-Russian Chruch, Perth Amboy, NJ
Several views of St John the Baptist Church (ACROD).
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Steve,
This brings back memories. I visited the church several times in the mid-1980s when Father Stephen Sedor was still the pastor there.
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Everyone baptized into Christ should pass progressively through all the stages of Christ's own life, for in baptism he receives the power so to progress, and through the commandments he can discover and learn how to accomplish such progression. - Saint Gregory of Sinai
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I'm glad to bring back those good memories Fr. Anthony!
I noticed that in my uploading that the captions for the two right most photos are swapped. Since I can't edit the posting I'm hoping you can.
If one does a search of Carpatho Russian on youtube they will find two videos I took at St John's. Each time I visit family in the NJ area I try to stop at St Nicholas (BC-Ruthenian) and St John's (ACROD) since our family has roots in both parishes by way of my grandfather.
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Steve,
I noticed the swapping around earlier. I just tried to go in and make the titles right for each photo but can't without totally removing the images. I'm sorry, but I think our posters will understand that sometimes these things happen. There are still some limits on the gallery portion of the software. On a whole this happens to be my favorite section on the forum, but then that is the lifelong photographer in me speaking.
This church is very impressive on the inside despite it being in a rather rundown neighborhood. For a parish in that location, I believe it still has a very impressive congregation. I am sorry I never got to see Saint Nicholas Church. If it is anything like this one, it surely is a marvel. Thanks again for posting these and I will search out your videos on YouTube.
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This brings back memories. I grew up in the neighboring town of Fords, and had worked in Perth Amboy. As a kid, my parents would take me for shoes to Cherensky's Shoe Store. You could see the towers of the church from that store. That was probably my initial introduction to Eastern Christianity (that, and the fact that our house in Fords was immediately in front of the cemetery of St. Spiridon's ROCOR (now OCA) Church of Perth Amboy-I used to like to watch grave blessings during Pascha-I have a confession to make-as a kid, I participated in stealing Pysanky eggs from some of those graves-I know I will have to pay for that!). Later on, when I worked in Perth Amboy, I used to go for walks at lunchtime, and I'd walk past this church. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to go in. This was originally a Greek Catholic parish, but went "independent" in the 1930's when mandatory celibacy for Ruthenian priests was decreed via "Cum Data Fuerit" (1929). Subsequent to going "independent", the Carpatho-Russian Orthodox diocese was formed, and was accepted under the omophor of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. This is the home parish of Met. Nicholas (Smisko).
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They are beautiful photos Steve, thank you for the post. I noticed that in the interior shot, most people are sitting while a few are standing. Could anyone explain to this ignorant Latin why that is? Also, what are the icons on the side walls above the archways? My first thought was Stations of the Cross, but I knew that couldn't be right.
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The iconostas resembles many of those in Slovakian churches. Very nice.
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The iconostas resembles many of those in Slovakian churches. Very nice. The church is a replica of the Rusyn Shrine Church of the Weeping Icon of Mariapovch. They even have a side shrine with the Mariapovch Icon. Many in the parish have roots from the Rusyn villages of Bereg,Ung and Szatmar Counties. Many of the founders in Perth Amboy probably made the trek to the annual Dormition Pilgrimage at Mariapovch. Ungcsertezs
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I believe St. Mary's of Trenton is also a replica (of sorts) of Mariapovch, which I visited last May.
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John--does St. Mary's in Trenton have an icon screen yet? Just wondering. Thanks! John K.
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I believe St. Mary's of Trenton is also a replica (of sorts) of Mariapovch, which I visited last May. Some years back, I was a parishioner and cantor at St. Mary's in Trenton. It does look like Mariapoch. However, it is my understanding that the church building was designed to be identical to the church in Trebisov, Slovakia, where most of the settlers in Trenton were originally from. Dn. Robert
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