Diocese: Diocese of New York and New Jersey
Deanery: New Jersey Deanery
Address
1500 Route 376
Wappingers Falls, New York 12590-6104
Website: stgregoryny.org
Church: 845-462-3887
Parish Contacts
Lay Leadership
Directions
From New Jersey
Go north on New York State Thruway. Exit 17 at Newburgh for Interstate 84 east. Exit 13 for Rt 9 north. Go 5 miles, then right on County Rd 104 to the end. Turn right on 376, and go 1/3 mile to Vandewater Dr. Turn left.
From New York
Take the Taconic Parkway north. Exit at Rt 52 towards Fishkill. Turn right onto Rt 376. Follow this about 8 miles to Vandewater Dr. Turn right.
From the North
Take the NYS Thruway to exit 18 (New Paltz), and turn right onto Rt 299. Follow this to Rt 9W and turn right. Go to the Mid-Hudson Bridge exit. Cross bridge then go south on Rt 9. Take the Spackenhill East exit. Make a right onto Rt 376 and follow about 3 miles to Vandewater Dr.
From the East
Take I-84 to the Taconic Parkway. Take the Taconic Parkway north. Exit at Rt 52 towards Fishkill. Turn right onto Rt 376. Follow this about 8 miles to Vandewater Dr.
Schedule of Services
5:00 PM Great Vespers.
Saturday Evening
8:45 AM Third Hour; 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy.
Sunday Morning
For Feast Day Vigil and Liturgy times, check the Monthly Calendar on the parish webpage, or call 845-462-3887.
Parish Background
Founded in 1964, St Gregory’s now marks close to 60 years as the only fully English-speaking Orthodox parish in the Hudson Valley between Albany and the Tappan Zee. With our membership in the wide geographic area, our daily ministry covers a huge area with people commuting up to 3 hours to come to services. We are a diverse parish of many backgrounds and a growing number of people who are joining the Faith. The parish is particularly dedicated to a strong liturgical life combined with a deep sense of being part of the local community. We strive to be a koinonia in the strongest sense of the word – a communion of believers.
Five rectors have served the parish: Fr. George Timko, Fr. Pitirim Stehnach, Fr. Thomas Hopko, Fr Alexis Vinogradov with Fr Michael Plekon attached, Fr. Steven Evanina and now currently Fr. Eric G. Tosi. The parish maintains a lively parish life along with deep community service. St. Gregory is also a site of training for St. Vladimir’s Seminary interns who spend a year in mentorship at the parish. The parish also hosts an outreach to a variety of places such as Vassar College, Marist College and the United States Military Academy at West Point. They are deeply involved in the Dutchess Outreach and other community organizations.
The parish has a unique design with many of the icons and items made by the parishioners themselves. All services and classes are live-streamed on the parish’s social media and website. As Fr. Thomas Hopko, one of the clergy assigned to St. Gregory wrote, “An Orthodox parish, that is, a local community of Orthodox Christians with one or more priests, has only one God-given reason for being. It exists to be the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church of Christ. Whatever the original reasons and conditions for its founding, whatever other services and activities it may provide, whatever other desires and needs it may fulfill for its members, the parish must be Christ’s one holy Church. If it is not, then it is neither Christian nor Orthodox whatever else it may be or do.” St. Gregory the Theologian Church strives to fulfill that mission every day. Come and See!
