Parish Nurses of New England Network

 

To learn more about the parishes in this network scroll over and click below…

 

St. Vasilos, Peabody MA         |         St. Demetrios, Saco ME.        |          St. Nicholas, Lexington MA

               

Holy Trinity, Portland ME         |         Taxiarchae, Watertown MA         |         St. Philip, Nashua NH

              

Christian Orthodox Parish Nurses of New England

 

Health ministries and the practice of Parish Nursing have been in existence since early Christian times. Nursing and caring for the sick and infirm was given a place of honor and respect. Christ in his own ministry of teaching, healing, and preaching set the example for his apostles and others to follow. He charged us with the mission to serve and care for our sisters and brothers; to tend to the whole person and to the spiritual needs of each person entrusted to our care. Christ’s ministry was focused on healing. He performed more miracles of healing than of any other. Among the first followers who took up their cross and were given the task of caring for the sick and infirm were those of the deaconate. Deacons and deaconesses are the earliest documented professional nurses. They brought care and faith into the homes of the ill; they established hospitals, and hospices. Thus, from these beginnings we learn that Parish Nurses tend to the physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of the person in their care.