Festive celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the Epiphany Church of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) were held in Boston. The jubilee services, timed to the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, were led by Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, according to the ROCOR website.

For the occasion, one of the most revered shrines of the Russian Orthodox diaspora—the wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God—was brought to the church. Throughout the services, clergy and faithful were able to venerate the icon, making the celebration a particularly significant spiritual event for parishioners and guests.

Clergy of ROCOR took part in the celebrations, along with representatives of the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America and other Orthodox jurisdictions. During the services, ordinations and church awards were carried out, and the newly ordained clergy will continue their ministry at the Epiphany Church.

Despite severe weather conditions and restrictions imposed by city authorities due to an approaching snowstorm, the church was nearly full. More than 200 people attended a festive banquet held at a neighboring Antiochian church.

In his sermon, Metropolitan Nicholas highlighted the importance of the parish as a spiritual home for several generations of Russian émigrés and emphasized the living missionary character of church life. Parishioners noted that in recent years there has been a noticeable increase in interest in Orthodoxy among Americans. According to church cantor Ilya Yaroshchuk, the past two to three years have seen a record number of people seeking to convert to Orthodoxy in the entire history of the parish. He said many are searching for a “stable and traditional form of Christianity,” and Orthodoxy is increasingly answering that need.

The Epiphany parish was founded in the late 1920s and early 1930s by Russian émigrés who fled persecution of the Church in Soviet Russia. The current church building, constructed in the 1970s in the style of ancient Novgorod-Pskov Russian architecture, has become one of the prominent Orthodox centers in New England. Its frescoes and iconography were created over several decades and were fully completed in 2024.