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. 2020 marks both the 125th anniversary of our establishment by St. Raphael and the 100th anniversary of our State Street location. If you would like more information, feel free to contact Father Thomas Zain, the Cathedral's Dean.
We will celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of Christ (Christmas) on the evening of Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24th as follows:
10:00am Royal Hours of the Nativity
6:45pm Festal Orthros
8:00pm Divine Liturgy for the Feast
Please note there will not be services on Saturday, December 25 as we will be celebrating the feast late on Friday evening. 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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Thank you to all who participated and contributed to our 2nd Annual St. Nicholas Day/Nativity Concert. Special thanks to our singers and performers who all did a great job. Thanks be to God we raised over $18,000 for our building project. Please enjoy looking at some photos from today and you can watch the performance in the previous post.
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After 17 years of effort our Cathedral was approved in September to be on the New York State Register of Historic Places. We thank those involved from our parish and those who prepared the 70 plus page submission to the state for this honor recently announced by our governor. Fr. Thomas was interviewed by various television and print media as a result of this announcement. On November 8th, the Cathedral was approved to be on the National Register of Historic Places. Here are links to some of the news stories that appeared:
National Registry Approval Letter
State Registry Approval Letter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=95&v=YBfpYdBw-Cg&feature=emb_logo
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Join us for online adult education classes every Monday resuming on Monday, September 20 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm via Zoom led by Cathedral Dean Fr. Thomas Zain. We will begin the year by completing the series of Metropolitan Hilarion that are available from St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. We are currently beginning Volume V on the Sacraments and funeral service. To buy volume V or the entire series, use this link. It is no problem to begin in September even if you were not with us last year as each volume is independent.
https://svspress.com/orthodox-christianity-the-complete-set/
Please email stnickcathedral@icloud.com for the Zoom link or if you have questions or send a message to the same email.
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June 6, 2021 marked an historic day in the life of St. Nicholas Cathedral's history. Clergy and elected officials gathered on the corner of State and Bond for the unveiling of the new street sign in honor of our founding priest and first bishop, St. Raphel of Brooklyn. Our block of State street is now "St. Raphael of Brooklyn Place". This was supposed to take place in 2020 when we celebrated our 125th anniversary of St. Raphael's arrival and the 100th anniversary of our State Street location but was delayed because of the pandemic. Thanks to all who helped make today a reality. In addition to His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph's presence today, we had representation from the Russian Orthodox Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Orthodox Church in America and several Antiochian Orthodox clergy. Local politicians included United States Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, State Senator Andrew Gounardes, City Councilman Stephen Levin, Assemblywomen Jo Anne Simon, Mr. John Abi-Habib, the Honorary Counsel General of Lebanon in New Jersey and special guest, the new Ambassador of Syria to the United Nations, His Excellency, Bassam Sabbagh.
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 August, 2021.
Click here to download the file sorted by date
In 2012, we completed an updated version of our Cathedral brochure. This pamphlet is now available to parishioners and visitors alike for free in the vestibule of the Cathedral. You may also view it by clicking here.
Having just celebrated 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
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