St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral (Brooklyn)

St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral is a cathedral church of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in New York City and the seat of the primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.[1] First established in Lower Manhattan, it is now located in Brooklyn.

St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral
Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral in Brooklyn
40.6879°N 73.9848°W / 40.6879; -73.9848
Location
CountryUnited States
Language(s)English, Arabic
DenominationEastern Orthodox
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
History
StatusCathedral
Founded1895 (1895)
Founder(s)Raphael of Brooklyn
DedicationSaint Nicholas
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Administration
ProvinceGreek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
ArchdioceseAntiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
Clergy
ArchbishopThe Most Rev. Metr. Saba (Esber)
DeanThe Very Rev. Fr. Thomas Zain
St. Peter’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Built1870
NRHP reference No.100007102
Added to NRHP2020-11-08

History

The first chapel was established in 1895,[2] by Saint Raphael of Brooklyn at a location on Washington Street in Little Syria, Manhattan. He founded the Syrian Orthodox congregation and then moved it to Brooklyn's Pacific Street in 1902. In 1920, the congregation relocated to a building built in 1870 that was formerly an Episcopal church at 355 State Street in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.[1]

See also

References
  1. Newman, Andy (2015-11-05). "A Centennial Celebration for Brooklyn's Only Saint". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  2. "St Raphael's Original New York Chapel". 2015-02-10.
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