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.
Save the date for the Sons of Antioch Byzantine Music Concert on Saturday, December 14th at 7:00pm. Sponsorships and tickets are now available. The members are professional musicians trained in the ancient art of Byzantine chant from throughout the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. This will be their first appearance in the greater New York area. Please be sure to join us as part of our annual St. Nicholas Day/Christmas concert.
Click here for the sponsorship form.
You can purchase tickets or become a sponsor by clicking here.
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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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St. Nicholas Day Services for 2024 are as follows:
The Feast Day falls on Friday, December 6. we will celebrate the evening of Thursday, December 5 with:
Orthros at 6:00pm
Divine Liturgy at 7:00pm
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We will celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of Christ (Christmas) on the evening of Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24th as follows:
Tuesday, December 24:
Royal Hours at 11:00am
Tuesday, 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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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 at 6:30 each Monday prior to the class except September 30 and October 7. Note there will be no classes on the following dates:
November 25
December 30
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 January 2024.
Click here to download the file sorted by date