Saint Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Church
Richmond
ME

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St. Alexander Nevsky Church is a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, itself a part of the universal Orthodox Church (which includes the American, Greek, Serbian, Antiochian, and Bulgarian Orthodox Churches, to name a few). Services are conducted in English and Church Slavonic. The parish cherishes the spiritual and cultural traditions brought by Russian emigres to the Kennebec Valley, while welcoming people of all ethnic backgrounds who want to live by Christianity's most ancient teachings and sacraments.

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https://www.saintalexandernevskychurch.org/

Archpriest Chad Williams

Rector

(207) 588-2048

Father Chad Williams, was baptised and chrismated into the Orthodox Chuch in 1980. He and his wife Cindy, who was baptised and chrismated the same year, were married in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1980. They have been blessed with 7 children. He was ordained priest in March of 1985 by Archbishop Alypy of Chicago. Fr. Chad was first appointed priest at St. John Climacus Mission Church in Bloomington, Indiana, and served there until he was appointed rector of the St. Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Church in October of 1987. He has continued to serve at St. Alexander Nevsky Church since that time.

Languages spoken: English, basic Russian and basic Spanish

Priest Nathan Williams

(207) 504-1601

Sunday

9:00am Divine Liturgy

Saturday

3:30 pm Communion Rule
4 pm Confessions
5 pm Vigil

Service Times last updated on the 6th of February, 2022

The Saint Alexander Nevsky church began as the chapel of the Russkii Corpus in 1953. Beginning in the 1940s, Richmond, Maine became the center of a community of Russians, as well as Ukrainians, Belorussians and other Orthodox Slavs displaced from their homes by the Bolshevik Revolution and World War II. They were attracted by the cheap land, the similarity of the Maine countryside to that of Russia, the concentration of Russian-speakers, and the presence of the church. They came from all classes, including the peasantry, the aristocracy, and the intelligentsia, and for some time, even a Russian princess. Many had endured harrowing experiences in Soviet prison camps and as wartime refugees. In the peaceful countryside of Maine they sought to rebuild a little of the cultural life of their lost homelands, and carry the torch of Orthodox Christianity and opposition to communism. Many of the founders of this church have since reposed, but their rich spiritual and cultural heritage continues and even gains momentum.

Today our congregation is comprised of many Americans who have been baptised into the Orthodox Faith, of the children of some of our founders and their families, and of new immigrants to this country from Russia, Ukraine, and other countries.