St Nicholas

†) St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (Fish allowed)

Orthodox Calendar, December 6 Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas, the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia is famed as a great saint pleasing unto God. He was born in the city of Patara in the region of Lycia (on the south coast of the Asia Minor peninsula) and was the only son of pious parents Theophanes…

Dec 6, 2025basilica.ro

16th century St. Nicholas icon discovered during excavations at Moldovan fortress

An ancient icon was recently unearthed during archaeological excavations at a Moldovan fort originally built by St. Stephen the Great in the 15th century. A team of students from the History and Geography Department of the Ion Creangă Pedagogical State University in Chişinău discovered a 16th-century bronze icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker while searching…

Jul 19, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Archdiocese takes significant steps for the resumption of construction and completion of St. Nicholas church

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has taken additional significant steps towards the resumption of construction and completion of Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine. A new Board of Trustees for St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine has been named, and on December 6, 2018, the feast-day of St. Nicholas, a…

Dec 3, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Photo Gallery | Patriarch Daniel consecrates St Nicholas Church on the island of Cernica Monastery

On Sunday, December 2, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated the consecration service of St Nicholas Church on the island of Cernica Monastery. The service was preceded by the Divine Liturgy celebrated by Metropolitan Nifon in the main church of Cernica Monastery, protected by The Holy Great Martyr George the Victory-Bearer. Foto credit: Raluca Ene…

Dec 2, 2018Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Patriarch Daniel hands over holy relics of St Seraphim to rector of St Nicholas Church in Bucharest

During a ceremony at the patriarchal residence on Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel handed over the reliquary containing a particle of the holy relics of Saint Seraphim of Sarov to Rev. Eugeniu Rogoti, rector of St Nicholas – Tabacu Church in Bucharest. Last week, His Beatitude Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, visited Romania…

Nov 3, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Patriarch blesses the restored iconography at St Nicholas Church in Bucharest

On Sunday, many faithful attended the blessing service of the restored iconography at St Nicholas and St Myron Church in Bucharest officiated by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Addressing those present, Patriarch Daniel stressed the importance and the liturgical symbolism the iconography of a church has. His Beatitude recalled that during…

Sep 11, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Greek Orthodox Church destroyed on 9/11 is being rebuilt

A New York City church destroyed on 9/11 is finally being rebuilt across from the World Trade Center. The new St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church is going up in Liberty Park, just to the east of where the old church stood for 85 years. “The original St. Nicholas was fully destroyed, and really crushed by the South Tower,” said Jerry Dimitriou, executive director…

Sep 11, 2017Gheorghe Anghel