The parish of St. Martin of Tours is located at 220 Central Avenue, Bethpage NY 11714, telephone 516-931-0808. The parish website is linked here. The church, rectory, and other parish buildings are within the triangle created by Broadway, Central Avenue, and Seaman Avenue. The location is three blocks southeast of the Bethpage train station.
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An informative history of the parish is at this link. Diocesan priests served the parish from 1924 until 1986, when they were replaced by Redemptorists of the province of Baltimore, which is headquartered in Bay Ridge!
Above is the religious education center, built as an elementary school in 1955, and the church, on busy Central Avenue.
A wedding was being celebrated the Friday afternoon the above 2011 photo was taken on Central Avenue.
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Within seven miles of each other are two parishes whose patron is St. Martin of Tours. In Amityville, Suffolk County, the parish of St. Martin of Tours was founded in 1898. This parish in Bethpage, Nassau County, was established in 1923.
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Born in 316 in what is now Hungary, Martin moved around with his father, an officer in the Roman Army. Martin became a Christian, and he was the third bishop of Tours, France, from 371 to 397. His successor was the renowned St. Brice.
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Born in 316 in what is now Hungary, Martin moved around with his father, an officer in the Roman Army. Martin became a Christian, and he was the third bishop of Tours, France, from 371 to 397. His successor was the renowned St. Brice.
