His Eminence Metropolian JOSEPH celebrated his first service outside the chapel at the archdiocese headquarters at the Cathedral on August 2. See the article and related post by clicking here. 

At the end of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy Mark Asproyerakas, Fadi Broumana and George Zain were presented hand painted icons for their dedication and effort in helping keep the Cathedral up and running and bringing us the beautiful services during the COVID-19 shut-down. God grant them many years!

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. 

The Dormition Fast began on August 1, 2020 and concludes on the Feast of the Dormition (Falling asleep) of the Theotokos on August 15.

Feast day services for the Dormition will be Friday, August 14th at 7:00pm (Great Vespers) and

Saturday, August 15th with Orthros at 9:20am and Divine Liturgy at 10:30am at St. Nicholas  Cathehdral.

In addition, we have the following schedule of Paraklesis services at the Cathedral at 7:00pm:

August 3 and August 10

August 5 at 7:00pm we will have Great Vespers for the Feast of the Transfiguration

August 6 at 9:20am Orthros and 10:30am Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Transfiguration followed by the blessing of grapes.

You can email the names of the living that you would like commmemorated in the Paraklesis to abounathomas@me.com or you may give a donaiton online and put the list there. 

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

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