Throughout 2025, Holy Transfiguration has been marking 110 years since its founding by immigrants in 1915. Relocated to Westville from its original home on Dixwell Avenue in 1967, the parish has also changed in demographics but not in its commitment to carrying out the work of the Kingdom of Heaven in New Haven. Today’s congregants represent a wide range of backgrounds, some tracing their roots to the founders of the parish and many others having newly embraced the Orthodox faith. 

We rejoice that God’s providence has enabled Holy Transfiguration to attain this milestone of ministry, and we pray God’s blessings on many more years of worship and service.

A modest celebration is planned for the weekend of October 18-19, including a panakhida for departed parishioners and a hierarchical Divine Liturgy, Bp. Benedict of the Diocese of New England, presiding. 

We invite former parishioners, former seminary interns, and other friends of the parish to participate in our celebration by sending well wishes, sharing memories, and/or making a commemorative donation, perhaps $110 for the 110th, as many of our current parishioners have done.

Please put forward any names you would like included in our remembrance of the departed! All services will be livestreamed. 

To send greetings/memories/photos to be posted here, email holytransfigurationnh@gmail.com Subject line: 110th greetings

To add to our list of the departed, email holytransfigurationnh@gmail.com Subject line: 110th departed

To receive the Zoom link for all services October 18th-19th, email holytransfigurationnh@gmail.com Subject line: 110th Zoom

To make a donation, click here.

Here are a few photos taken on October 25th 1987, at the wedding of Martha and Richard Asarisi!  They just celebrated their anniversary!

Dear parish family of Holy Transfiguration:

Congratulations and loving best wishes on your 110th anniversary! We treasure our ongoing connection to you all ever since we providentially met Susan and Xenios Papademetris on the bus, as we were trying to visit for the first time. We were drawn into this strange new Orthodox Church we knew little about, and have been blessed ever since. We remember Betty Bolash smiling warmly at the end of that Vespers, saying, “See you tomorrow!” We came back every week for months on Saturdays, and every time, Betty said the same thing—until we finally made it on a Sunday morning. Then she cheerfully said, “Oh good, you came!”

We are also profoundly grateful for the loving support Holy Transfiguration showed us all through seminary, helping pay our expenses and cheering us on. We will always consider you our first parish home. Many blessed years!

Fr. Joshua & Mama Jenny Mosher
Rector, Ss. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church, Meriden, CT
Director of Research & Educational Design, CrossRoad Institute, Cambridge, MA

[Many years to Fr. Joshua and Mat. Jenny, in celebrating 20th anniversary of ordination to the Holy Priesthood]