I have written from time to time about the Divine Liturgy as I have experienced it in my parish, St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church in Barberton, Ohio. The parish has an updated website that is very good, and I have decided to post a link to it. I realize that to many of you, who do not live anywhere near a Byzantine Catholic or Orthodox church, much of what I have described is pretty abstract. On the website you can link to videos of worship, and audio and video clips of our very excellent choir, which my 6 year old daughter, Maria, and 14 year old son, Luke, have recently been invited to join, which is a great honor. There are also photos and videos of other parish activities, both liturgical and social. It is really a very well done site, thanks to our pastor, Fr Miron, a married Slovak priest, who has done wonders to heal the parish after recent strife.
So, enjoy a little taste of what worship is like for us: www.stnickbyz.com
—Daniel Nichols
And I see you’re listed as their official iconographer too. Pretty neat, Dan. And Luke in the choir – Deo gratias agamus.
Yes; Father Miron said he was going to link to my website, but I had no idea he was going to call me “our iconographer”. I have, after all, only done one icon for the church (the Mystical Supper above the Royal Doors), but Father has talked to me about his intentions to commission more…
Daniel,
The website is impressive – it has a wealth of information while remaining aesthetically pleasing. Thank you for sharing it.
Next time I visit my sister-in-law in Akron I’m going to make the effort to attend the Liturgy at St. Nicholas.
If you do, introduce yourself. I would have said I was the guy with the pretty wife and a bunch of kids, but as two are now in the choir, and two are serving, that only leaves the two little guys, and they are often in the cry room. So I am the guy usually sitting alone, and the only guy with a blonde pony tail…