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Welcome to Our Parish!

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 Self-ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. It is also the first community established by St. Raphael of Brooklyn. If you would like more information, feel free to contact Father Thomas Zain, the Cathedral's Dean.

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Announcements

 

St. Nicholas Fellowship of St. John the Divine Announces Blood Drive on January 29th

 The Fellowship of St. John the Divine will hold its 3rd Blood Drive on Sunday, January 29th from 11:30 to 4:00 in the church hall. Please see the attached flier by clicking here for detailed sign-up information or contact Suzy Barsoum by emailing her at suebarsoum@gmail.com.


 

Cathedral Fellowship wants you to "Dance Through the Decades"

The Cathedral Fellowship of St. John the Divine will have a Pre-Lenten Dance on Saturday, February 25th with the theme, "Dance through the Decades with a Middle East Twist." The cost is $40.00 for adults and $20.00 for children 12 and under. We are proud to bring a local band, "Love Funk" with a member from our own block to play music from various decades with a special concentration on 70's and 80's funk music. D.J. Adam will spin Arabic music between sets as well as music from other decades. Mazza will be served along with wine. Please download the event flyer for more information, including how to purchase tickets by clicking here.


 

Hamelat El-Teeb Trip to Sight and Sounds on May 5, 2012

The Hamelat El-Teeb is sponsoring a trip to Sight and Sounds in Lancaster, PA to see the play based on the story of Jonah from the Bible. The cost is $140.00 a person and the number of people who can attend is limited to the size of the bus, around 50 people. This is their third or fourth trip to Sight and Sound and it is always a sell-out. The price includes a ticket to the show, transportation on the bus and lunch at a local restaurant. Please call Pat Hogan at 917.929.7427 during the day or 718.625.5208 in the evening or Omayma Stephan at 718.680.7941 in the evening to reserve a spot. You can download the flyer which contains additional details by clicking here. You can see more information about Sight and Sound and the show itself by clicking here.


 

2011-2012 Orthodox Lecture Series

Beginning last November, the Antiochian and Greek Orthodox parishes of Brooklyn have begun holding their annual monthly lecture series. The lectures are  held on a Thursday night once a month. Each month's lecture will be delivered by a different presenter. The overall theme for the lectures is: "The Emmaus Journey: St. Paul's first letter to the (Brooklynites) Corinthians as a guide for the Church today" The fourth lecture will take place on Thursday, February 9th at Dormition (Kimisis tis Theotokou) Greek Orthodox Church, 224 18th Street (near 5th Ave.) at 7:00. The topic is "Marriage, Virginity and Freedom." Archpriest Michael Ellias  is the February speaker. . Click here for the flyer and church addresses.


Cathedral Dean Appointed Vicar-General of the Archdiocese
His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP has appointed Father Thomas as the new Vicar-General of the Antiochian Archdiocese. Sayidna PHILIP made the announcement at the conclusion of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Nativity at St. Nicholas Cathedral. The office of Vicar-General is one of three special  appointments by the Metropolitan Archbishop in the archdiocese for senior clergy (the other two being the Protosyngellos or dean of the clergy [Fr. Timothy Ferguson of Boston, MA] and the Secretary of the Archdiocese [Fr. Michael Ellias of Brooklyn, NY]).

The Vicar-General must be a married clergyman and one of his official duties is to seal the office of the Metropolitan following a vacancy in that office until the Patriarch appoints a locum tenens to oversee the archdiocese until an election is held for a new Metropolitan. Another function of the Vicar-General is to represent the Metropolitan in official functions and aid him in administering the archdiocese, especially in the absence of an auxiliary bishop. In addition, the Vicar-General holds a permanent position on the Archdiocese Board of Trustees as an officer of the archdiocese. While the title is primarily an honorary, rather than a functional one, it is nevertheless the highest administrative position a priest can hold in the archdiocese.

May God grant Fr. Thomas many years in his new position.
Dr. Andre El Hajj Ordained a Deacon

AXIOS TO DEACON ANDRE - 12/25/11

Sub-Deacon, chanter and parishioner Dr. Andre El Hajj was ordained a deacon during the Nativity Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral by His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP. Deacon Andre has been preparing for this day for some time by taking the St. Stephen Course of Studies, a correspondence course in Orthodox theology offered by the Archdiocese. Deacon Andre comes from a family of clergymen as his father is a priest in Lebanon and his brother is a deacon in London. We look forward to Deacon Andre serving at the holy table in our Cathedral and add our AXIOS!, praying that God will grant him, his wife Rania and his two children many years!

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St. Nicholas Cathedral Pictorial Book

New Book Depicting the history and beauty of the Cathedral

NOW AVAILABLE!

After almost two years of preparation, we have produced a new and beautiful pictorial book
containing over 60 pages of photographs and history of our beloved St. Nicholas Antiochian
Orthodox Cathedral of Brooklyn, the mother church of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox
Christian Archdiocese of North America.
Highlights include:

􀂾 The History of St. Nicholas Cathedral
􀂾 The Life of St. Raphael of Brooklyn
􀂾 Cathedral Architecture and Iconography
􀂾 Passion Week and Pascha at the Cathedral
􀂾 A professionally done diagram "Finding your way around the Cathedral"
􀂾 The Deans of St. Nicholas Cathedral
􀂾 Pictures of the Cathedral's consecration in 1920 and how the Cathedral looked before we
bought it in 1920
􀂾 Photographs of almost every fresco and icon in the Cathedral
􀂾 Two beautiful panoramic shots in a special fold-out page (see the photos on this flyer)
􀂾 Forwards by His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP and Father Thomas Zain

 The cost is $25.00/copy. Please download the flier for ordering information.
Church Bulletins

January 29, 2012 - Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
  • Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Download)
January 22, 2012 - Thirty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
  • Thirty-Second Sunday after Pentecost (Download)
December 1, 2011 - Winter Newsletter
  • Winter Newsletter 2011-2012 (Download)
November 1, 2011 - November Newsletter
Life of St. Raphael of Brooklyn

Life of St. Raphael

As we celebrate the 116th Anniversary of our Mother Cathedral in 2011, 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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