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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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Great and Holy Pascha

Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen! المسيح قام ، حقاً قام - 04/15/12

A blessed Pascha to you and your family! 

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Great and Holy Friday

Great and Holy Friday Vespers and Lamentations Services - 04/13/12

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Holy Thursday

Great and Holy Thursday-The 12 Passion Gospels - 04/12/12

Images of the service of the 12 Passion Gospels from Holy Thursday evening. "Thy Passion we adore O Christ, show also unto us Thy holy resurrection!"

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Palm Sunday 2012

Cathedral Celebrates Palm Sunday - 04/08/12

St. Nicholas Cathedral, along with Orthodox Churches throughout the world, celebrated the Feast of our Lord's Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem today. A full Cathedral welcomed His Grace, Bishop NICHOLAS for the first time on Palm Sunday and the weather was befitting the feast. It was a great celebration before entering in the solemnity of Great and Holy Week in the evening.

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Cathedral Produces New, Updated Pamphlet

New Cathedral Brochure
As of February 2012, we have completed a new, updated version of our Cathedral brochure. This pamphlet will be available to parishioners and visitors alike for free in the vestibule of the Cathedral once printing is complete. In the meantime, you may see it by clicking here.
Announcements

Spring Hafli

Save the Date for our Fellowship of St. John the Divine Spring Hafli on Saturday May 19, 2012 featuring Eddie Osama and Ensemble. The cost is $50.00 for adults before May 13, 2012 and $60.00 thereafter. Children 12 and under are $25.00 before May 5 and $35.00 thereafter.

Please buy your tickets early as there will be no tickets sold at the door.

Click here for a color event flyer



Ecclesiastical Choir of the Archdiocese of Beirut Fall Concert

Please mark the date of Saturday, September 22nd on your calendars. That evening, the Ecclesiastical Choir of the Archdiocese of Beirut will hold a concert of Byzantine music in our Cathedral. This will be the final stop of a two-week tour of the Midwest and East coast. Look for more details in the months to come, but in the meantime, please SAVE THE DATE!!!!!!


Feast of Ascension

The Feast of our Lord's Ascension (40 days after Pascha) is Thursday, May 24. We will celebrate the feast as follows:

Wednesday, May 23, 2012, Vesperal Divine Liturgy at 7:00pm at St. Mary Church in Bay Ridge. Fast from the noon meal for Holy Communion



 

2011-2012 Orthodox Lecture Series

Beginning last November, the Antiochian and Greek Orthodox parishes of Brooklyn started 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 last lecture for the 2011-2012 series will take place on Thursday, June 14th at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 1822 65th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 7:00. The topic is "Church Order and Gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians Chapters 11-13)." Father Haralambos Politis  is the June speaker. . Click here for the flyer and church addresses.


Church Bulletins

June 1, 2012 - SummerNewsletter
May 20, 2012 - Sunday of the Blindman
May 13, 2012 - Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
  • Sunday of the Samaritan Woman (Download)
December 1, 2011 - Winter Newsletter
  • Winter Newsletter 2011-2012 (Download)
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.
Life of St. Raphael of Brooklyn

Life of St. Raphael

As we celebrate the 117th Anniversary of our Mother Cathedral in 2012, 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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