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R. Michael Zak. St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, also known as St. Nicholas Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church, is a historic Russian Orthodox church at 903 Ann Street in Homestead, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1936 and 1958. [1] The church serves the local Rusyn community. It is a member of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese. [2]
- 1936
- Russian Orthodox
- United States
- 903 Ann St., Homestead, Pennsylvania
Welcome to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church! We are a parish of the Orthodox Christian Faith which was established on the day of Holy Pentecost in the Year 33 AD. Our parish community is a member of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A. whose presiding bishop is His Grace, Bishop Gregory of Nyssa.
The entrance to the Church of St. Nicholas of Myra in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City, designed by James Renwick Jr. and W. H. Russell in 1883 as a chapel for St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery but now part of the ACROD. At the end of the nineteenth century, many East Slavs immigrated to North America.
Originally known as the Memorial Chapel of St. Mark’s Parish, this impressive orange brick building was designed by James Renwick Jr. (also known for St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Grace Church, also on 10th Street) and constructed in 1882-1883. It was not until 1937, when the Orthodox Christian congregation purchased the building, that it ...
Used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Gary, Indiana USA. [American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox] The church was organized in 1935 and built the church in 1942, near 15th and Johnson. The congregation was originally Carpatho-Rusyn. The church moved to another site in Gary and again in 1994 to Hobart, Indiana.
Since St. Nicholas is the patron saint of the Carpatho-Rusyn people, similar prints could be found in almost every Carpatho-Rusyn immigrant household in America, The Duranyks brought this icon with them when they settled in Rankin, PA in 1904.
On this day, the Church calls to mind the saints that shown forth amongst the Carpatho-Rusyn peoples. The following synaxarion or account of the lives of saints, has been provided to give a samplying of the countless numbers martyrs, confessors, and pious laity who have lived within the geographical regions of Carpatho-Rus' or were intimately ...
