We would like to welcome you to the official website of St. Nicholas Cathedral. St. Nicholas is the mother Cathedral and seat of the Metropolitan of the Self-ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. It is also the first community established by St. Raphael of Brooklyn. If you would like more information, feel free to contact Father Thomas Zain, the Cathedral's Dean.
St. Nicholas Cathedral Announcement email Group
If you would like to stay informed with up to date information regarding church services, social events, schedule changes and deaths in the parish, please click here to subscribe to our Cathedral Announcement List.
Church Picnic
We will have our annual church picnic on Sunday, August 16 immediately following the Divine Liturgy at Manhattan Beach Park (across from Sheepshead Bay near Kingsborough Community College). The Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Cathedral that morning will be at 9:30am and we will proceed directly to the picnic. Everyone should bring his own food and drinks. We look forward to seeing you all there.
Thanks to James Demaria for this picture
Pascha 2009-Christ is Risen! - 04/19/09
We were blessed to have our father in Christ, His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP with us to celebrate the feast of feasts. Please enjoy the pictures as we celebrate our Lord's resurrection from the dead!
A special thank you to James Demaria who volunteered to come and take photos of last night's resurrection services. A couple of his photos are included here and there will be more to come.
Great and Holy Saturday Vesperal-Liturgy and Children's Party - 04/18/09
Please enjoy the pictures of the Vesperal-Liturgy of St. Basil the Great from Great and Holy Saturday. At this liturgy, Richie "Thomas" Lin was baptized into the holy Orthodox faith. Following the liturgy, our children had their annual Pascha party and Egg hunt.
Services for Great and Holy Friday were held in St. Nicholas Cathedral. It what has become an annual event, the Cathedral clergy and parishioners processed down State Street and met their neighbors from Sts. Constantine and Helen Church. Fr. John Lardas, the pastor and Fr. John Romas of St. Nicholas Church that was destroyed on 9/11 exchanged greetings and best wishes for the forthcoming feast of our Lord's resurreciton as the choirs of both church sang selections from the Lamentations.
Father Thomas, Fr. John Lardas and Fr. John Romas exchange greetings.
Fr. Thomas and Deacon Ephraim
Feast of the Entrance of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ into Jerusalem - 04/12/09
Thanks be to God, we had beautiful weather in the New York area today for the celebration of Palm Sunday. As usual, the Cathedral was packed with children and adults as we joyously remember our Lord's triumphant Entry into Jerusalem and prepare for the beginning of Holy Week. Enjoy the Pictures!
As we celebrate the 114th Anniversary of our Mother Cathedral in 2009, it is important that we know our history and where we came from. With that in mind, in addition to the history section of our webiste, you can download a brief life of St. Raphael of Brooklyn who founded our community in 1895. Please click on the following links below to download the Cathedral booklet about St. Raphael's life:
