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 Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. It is also the first community established by St. Raphael of Brooklyn in 1895. 2024 marks the 129th anniversary of our establishment by St. Raphael. If you would like more information, feel free to contact Father Thomas Zain, the Cathedral's Dean.
Attached is the 2024 version of our Cathedral brochure that we give our to visitors. Click here to view the brochure and feel free to share it with others.
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We will celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of Christ (Christmas) on the evening of Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24th as follows:
Wednesday, December 24:
Royal Hours at 11:00am
Wednesday, December 24
6:45pm Festal Orthros
8:00pm Divine Liturgy for the Feast
You should fast from the noon meal if you plan to receive Holy Communion. Please make every effort to celebrate the birth of Christ liturgically before other types of celebrations!
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Services for the Great Feast of Theophany (Epiphany) (Tuesday, January 6) will be celebrated as follows:
Monday, January 5: 11:00am Royal Hours for the Feast of Theophany
Monday, January 5 (Feast of Holy Theophany or Epiphany)
6:00pm Orthros
7:00pm Divine Liturgy follow by the Great Sanctification of Water
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Please join us on Saturday, January 17th for a winter retreat led by Archpriest Michael Nasser, Director of Spiritual Formation at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. We will begin the day with a Divine Lituryg in Spanish at 9:00am to celebrate the Feast of St. Anthony the Great and the day will end with Great Vespers at 4:00pm. Lunch will be provided and the cost is $10.00. The theme of the retreat is "Maintaining Faith in a World of Chaos". Please join us! See the attached flier for more information.
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Please join our new text reminder group for last minute notifications, changes of schedules, deaths, etc. This will be used sparingly. Please send a text to 81010 to join and put the following in the body of the messge:
#stnickcath
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Join us for in person or online adult education classes every Monday from 7:00pm to 9:00pm led by Cathedral Dean Fr. Thomas Zain. Email Fr. Thomas for the zoom link. We will have vespers or some other service at 6:00pm each Classes will begin on September 8. New inquirers, catechumens and recent converts as well as life-long Orthodox are welcome and encouraged to attend. The first hour we are discussing the book "Thinking Orthodox" and the second hour will be instruction with two different groups, one for new inquirers and those seeking basic instruction and one for those who have been attending the classes in the past. Unless otherwise noted, we generally meet every Monday from September until Great Lent begins.
You can now download a list of the Cathedral departed that used to be printed in the monthly newsletter. We are making it available in this format in order to save printing costs. If you find any omissions or mistakes in the name/date of death of your departed loved one, please email Fr. Thomas at stnickcathedral@icloud.com to have it corrected. The attached file is current as of March 2025.
Click here to download the file sorted by date



