Description: Saint Martin's Chapel of the Orthodox Church in America located in Saddle Brook, NJ
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The chapel of St Martin of Tours at the US Military Academy at West Point is part of the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of New York/New Jersey, under the omophorion of His Grace Bishop Michael. This ministry to Orthodox cadets of all backgrounds was begun by Archpriest John Nehrebecki in 1962 as an outreach of the Diocese of NY/NJ of the (then) Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (now The Orthodox Church in America). Since the chapel is on the grounds of the Military Academy, it is appropriate that
For several years, the chapel was served by student priests attending St Vladimir's Seminary, and also by Archpriest Cyril Stavrevsky, who was Dean of Students at St Vladimir's.
More recently, the Diocese of NY/NJ of the Orthodox Church in America has been responsible for providing priests to serve at St Martin's Chapel. Archpriest Joseph Frawley, the current Orthodox Chaplain at WP, has been serving there since 1998.