One year before the completion of the church building, Fr. Paul Kucynda ^[i]was appointed rector of the parish and served as the spiritual father of the community for nearly fifty-five years.

Father Paul Kycynda was ordained on January 7, 1968.  Six months prior, on June 11, 1967 he  married Barbara Kutzevich.  The young priest and his Matushka were assigned shortly after his ordination to the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Parish in Wayne, NJ.  They started out with just 12 families and three acres of land.  Over the last 50 Years Father Paul and Matushka Barbara have built a church, served the community, and grown a vital parish family.   Always a thriving church community, Holy Resurrection spreads Christ's message of love and opens it's doors to all who come in faith.