Please read the attached Pentecost Encyclical from His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH regarding the murder of George Floyd and the resulting events. The attached photo is from a prayer vigil outside the 88th Precinct (the one that rioters tried to burn) with neighborhood religious and civic leaders and police that Fr. Thomas attended. 

Hello All:

Please see the attached letters from His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19). 

For our parishioners, PLEASE continue to send in your pledges and donaitons. It is vital so we can continue to pay the bills of the church and keep it running during this time. We need your continued support. You can also give by clicking on the "Donate" button on this page.

Letter from Metropolitan Joseph-March 17

Letter from Metropolitan Joseph-April (Holy Week and Pascha instructions)

Letter from Metropolitan Joseph-June (Pentecost letter on reopening the parishes)

May God be with us all and please be safe!

Fr. Thomas

Thank you to our co-chairs, Norma Khoury and Elaine Khoury and all who helped plan and participated in our “Weekend of Celebrations” last weekend. There were many hours of preparation to get the Cathedral ready and to plan the events of the weekend. Without the entire effort of all those who labored and sacrificed, it would never have happened. Even until the day people arrived, the final touches were being completed. 

It was a beautiful weekend and all of our hierarchs and out of town guests, including our special guest, His Eminence Metropolitan HILARION of the Russian Orthodox Church, expressed their thanks to our parish for a wonderful weekend. 

You can see all the photos from the weekend via this link (Thank you to Khourieh Destinie Winn and Sub-deacon Andre Christoforides for taking these photos. 

https://silverandgoldphotography.shootproof.com/gallery/stnicholascathedral100years

You can read the official press release here:

https://www.antiochian.org/regulararticle/500

You can read the offical press release of the Moscow Patriarchate here:

https://mospat.ru/en/2019/10/21/news178988/

Watch the video of Orthros and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWj8bdEgu6E&feature=youtu.be

We will have our annual church picnic on Sunday, August 30 (tentative should we be allowed to gather by that time),  immediately following the Divine Liturgy at Ft. Hamilton Army Base on the bluff.  Everyone should bring his own food and drinks as well as chairs if you have them because there are a limited number of picnic tables. We will have a charcoal grill for everyone to cook their food. We look forward to seeing you all there and spending the afternoon together. IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, WE MUST HAVE THE FIRST AND LAST NAMES OF THOSE ATTENDING. PLEASE EMAIL FR. THOMAS AT STNICKCATHEDRAL@ICLOUD.COM WITH THIS INFORMATION NO LATER THAN August 4th.

PLEASE NOTE THE DIVINE LITURGY WILL BE AT 9:00AM THAT MORNING IN THE CATHEDRAL SO WE CAN HAVE AN EARLY START TO THE PICNIC. IF WE ARE UNABLE TO HAVE THE PICNIC THEN WE WILL HAVE ORTHROS AND DIVINE LITURGY AT THE NORMAL TIMES. 

As we celebrate the 125th Anniversary of our Mother Cathedral in 2020, 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:

1. Cover
2. Inside of Booklet