St. Mary's Orthodox Church
940 Losson Road
Cheektowaga, NY 14227 
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Sunday worship service is at 10:00 AM
The liturgy or "common action" in the Orthodox Church is celebrated with their pastor 'on behalf of all and for all' only once on Sundays and on scheduled days during the week at 8:00 AM. Confessions are heard before services begin.
St. Mary's church weekly liturgy services:
* Days, dates, times available through our weekly bulletin. Please contact Father Tom.
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Christos Voskres!
Christ Is Risen! |
75th Anniversary of St. Mary's Parish
On Sunday, May 14, His Grace will be with us to celebrate the
75th Anniversary of our parish. Liturgy on Sunday will be
celebrated at 10:00 AM, followed by a banquet at Creekside
banquet facility, located just a short drive away from the
church, on Union Road.
The meal will be served family style, featuring chicken & ham & all the sides. Tickets are $25.00 for adults & $20.00 for students. See Tracy Dziabo to purchase your tickets. Deadline is May 7.
On Sunday, May 14, His Grace will be with us to celebrate the
75th Anniversary of our parish. Liturgy on Sunday will be
celebrated at 10:00 AM, followed by a banquet at Creekside
banquet facility, located just a short drive away from the
church, on Union Road.
The meal will be served family style, featuring chicken & ham & all the sides. Tickets are $25.00 for adults & $20.00 for students. See Tracy Dziabo to purchase your tickets. Deadline is May 7.
Memorial Day Services
If you would like to have a Panachida or the headstone blessed of a departed loved one at our
cemetery, please fill out the form below. Kindly return the form to Father TODAY (May 22). Services will be held at our cemetery on Sunday, May 28, at 1:00 PM. Rain date is Monday, May 29. At 10:00 AM.
St. Mary’s Memorial Day Service Offering
Your Name:________________________________________
Departed One's Name(s): ____________________________________________________
Your Offering: $__________
or Liturgical Item __________________________________
Form link below:
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PIEROGI SALES
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This is the end of our pierogi season until September!
* Watch our "Events & Fundraisers" tab for details.
* Watch our "Events & Fundraisers" tab for details.
Free Week At Camp Nazareth
St. Nicholas Jr ACRY chapter #11, is raffling off a free week at camp during the 2017 season. Please help our Jr’s raise money for this year’s convention, hosted by the Homestead chapter, Labor Day weekend.
The tickets are $10 or 3 for $20 & only 200 tickets will be sold. The winner will be drawn on Easter Sunday, the winner will be notified. Contact John Fedornock at 412-352-2153 or thefedds@comcast.net for info or to purchase tickets.
St. Nicholas Jr ACRY chapter #11, is raffling off a free week at camp during the 2017 season. Please help our Jr’s raise money for this year’s convention, hosted by the Homestead chapter, Labor Day weekend.
The tickets are $10 or 3 for $20 & only 200 tickets will be sold. The winner will be drawn on Easter Sunday, the winner will be notified. Contact John Fedornock at 412-352-2153 or thefedds@comcast.net for info or to purchase tickets.
Donations Greatly Appreciated
Liturgical
Items
Church Maintenance Summer is finally here! St. Mary's still needs your help and donations to maintain our church property. * Film will be applied to the windows in the cupolas in the Vestibule & in the Sanctuary. Cost is $795.00. If you would like to make a donation to defray the expense, kindly see one of the people in the office. Canned Food Drive The members of our Jr ACRY are conducting a canned food & dry goods drive for a local food pantry. Every time you come to church, please bring something with you for those who are less fortunate & in need. It will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Distinguished Diocesan Donors The 2016 Distinguished Diocesan Donors Giving Campaign (DDD) is now in progress. All diocesan faithful are encouraged to become 3D Members. See our separate DDD page or link for details: Email: ddd@acrod.org Website: http://acrod.org/ministries/dddprogram Diocesan Calendar of Events: http://www.acrod.org/news/calendar 
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Diocesan Priests’ Pension Fund
As agreed upon unanimously at the last Diocesan Council-Sobor, each parishioner is asked to donate $15.00 per year for the Diocesan Priests’ Pension Fund. Pirohi Fund We need Your Help... with the upcoming pirohi season quickly approaching. We are asking for donations for pirohi ingredients. If you can help out, give your donation to one of the people in the office. Thank you! 38 cases of farmer cheese @ $91.75/case 1 case of cheddar cheese @ $52.00/case 26 bags of flour @ $6.10 per bag 3 cases of kraut @ $25.00 per case $190.0 for eggs 2 cases of oil @ $36.00 per case $236.05 for potatoes Gift Card Program Purchase gas, groceries & prescriptions (see Sue Kirk). 
Coffee Hour
We need people to host our Sunday morning social hour following Liturgy. Please sign up on our church bulletin board.
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Directions: St. Mary’s Orthodox Church
is located at 940 Losson Road in the town
of Cheektowaga between Union and
Transit Roads; south of Walden Avenue
and Como Park Boulevard; north of
French Road (Rt 321). It’s also adjacent to
the Volunteer Fireman’s Memorial Park on
the north side of Losson Road.
