Staten Island, NY—Faithful Orthodox parishioners celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus Christ at the Church of St. Nicholas and Holy Trinity on Staten Island.
At 11:00 pm the parishioners began arriving at the church from all areas of the county in anticipation of Anastasi. At midnight the lights went out and Father Nicholas, holding a bundle of thirty three candles in each hand, emerged from the Good Gate with the Holy Light.
Then the priest, the chanters, and the faithful proceeded to the churchyard where the priest read from the Gospel of the Resurrection and all of the faithful with lit candles in hand, chanted “Christ is Risen.”
Photos and report contributed by Michael Kakias.