UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USA

Consistory Office of Public Relations

Press Release

Winter Wonderland at the Metropolia Center of the Church

As the early morning hours of Saturday January 23, 2016 brought a brand new day to the Spiritual Center of the UOC of the USA and the residents of South Bound Brook/Somerset, NJ – the winter blizzard covered with over 25 inches of snow every aspect of the entire Metropolia Center.

We present to you a few images of the snow covered Metropolia Center: St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Memorial Church, Ukrainian Cultural Center, the Consistory Offices of the Church, Historic Fisher House, St. Sophia Seminary and the newly constructed building of the Historical and Educational Complex of the UOC of the USA.

Examining the snow-covered property, His Grace Bishop Daniel met with the Property Management Team that worked tirelessly since 7am and presently continues to move hills of snow off the main roads of the entire Metropolia Center and St. Andrew Cemetery.

A sincere and prayerful gratitude is expressed to the staff of the Metropolia Center of the UOC of the USA in South Bound Brook, NJ for battling the snow blizzard: Petro Rudyy - Property Manager, Daryk Wojtowych, Dmytro Kozlyuk, Volodymyr Protsanin, Ihor Morozovsky, Volodymyr Morozovsky and the seminarians of St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary: Taras Kalyzhnyy, Tadei Surak, Vasyl Hrystkiv, Volodymyr Yavorskyi, Vladyslav Huk, Hryhorii Matviiv, Ihor Protsak, Mykola Zomchak, Yurii Bobko, Mykhailo Bokalo, Ivan Hlukhaniuk as well as Fr. Vasyl and pani-matka Oksana Pasakas with their son Jacob.

The State of NJ issued a travel warning to the residents of the entire region, calling upon people to refrain from any nonessential driving/traveling across the entire region.