Saint Andrew's Orthodox Church

Memory Eternal: Alexander Olshanovsky

With sadness, we learned of the falling-asleep in Our Lord of +Alexander Olshanovsky, on October 2, 2022, at the age of 88. +Alex was a long-time friend of our community, and beloved husband of Evelyn, who for many years worshipped with us and sang in our choir. The funeral services are as follows:

Memory Eternal: Regina Lokshina

With great sadness, we announce the falling-asleep in Our Lord of +Regina Lokshina, Saturday evening, September 17. Fr. John had been able to visit with her and anoint her with Holy Unction earlier in the day.

Memory Eternal: Dora Freeman

Dora Freeman (nee Majevsky), 93, of West Babylon, reposed in Our Lord on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. +Dora is the mother of Dora Halpin (a longtime member and choir singer in our community before moving south several years ago) and was herself a member of our parish for many years.

Memory Eternal: Georgia Zolotas

Georgia Zolotas, a friend of our parish, fell asleep in the Lord on the second day of the feast of the Transfiguration, August 7, 2022. +Georgia had been residing at a nursing facility which Fr. John would visit weekly to bring communion to one of our parishioners (Reader John – known to many as “Jay”). During one of these visits, Fr. John ran into +Georgia’s family, who recognized him as an Orthodox priest and asked him to visit their beloved yiayia. Thus, for several years, Fr. John ministered to +Georgia on Sunday afternoons, bringing her the Holy Eucharist and antidoron, blessing her room at Theophany, and red eggs at Pascha – and simply spending some time with her.

(Pictured above: singing “Christos Anesti” on the radiant day of Holy Pascha in 2019.)

Community

by Ginger Jerosh • from the June 2022 edition of “The Cupola”

We live in a society that values individualism: my rights, my importance, my needs, my growth, etc. And we expect that the community is there to fulfill all these wants. Each person is supposed to look out for himself in order to maintain independence and well-being. And it’s obvious the power of advertising often reinforces this belief that the individual is primary.