St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church Grand Rapids MI
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Who we are
St. Nicholas church is a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Regionally we are part of the Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest. We are one of approximately 250 churces and missions in the USA and Canada. Our archdiocese is a part of the ancient Church of Antioch, mentioned in the New Testament. We are in full communion with the other historic Orthodox churches of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Constantinople as well as the other Eastern Orthodox churches throughout the world.
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2250 East Paris Ave SE
Grand Rapids,
MI
49546-6129
United States
Phone: (616) 954-2700
Fax: (616) 954 0355
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Church Pastor
Very Reverend Father Michael Nasser
Priest
2250 East Paris Ave SE
Grand Rapids,
MI
49546-6129
United States
Phone: (616) 954-2700
Fax: (616) 954 0355
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Antiochian Orthodox Church
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Very Reverend Father Michael Nasser
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2250 East Paris Ave SE
Grand Rapids
Michigan
49546-6129
Grand Rapids
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49546-6129
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Reverend Archdeacon David Khorey
Reverend Deacon Clement Nicoloff
Reverend Deacon Justin Adolphson
Reverend Deacon Clement Nicoloff
Reverend Deacon Justin Adolphson
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St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church Service Times
Matins & Orthodox Education: Sundays at 8:50am
Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 10:00am
Sixth Hour Prayer: Wednesdays at 12:00pm
Vespers: Saturdays at 6:00pm
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Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 10:00am
Sixth Hour Prayer: Wednesdays at 12:00pm
Vespers: Saturdays at 6:00pm
Watch the Divine Liturgy live each Sunday at 10 AM, as well as other services which are livestreamed:
https://www.youtube.com/c/stnicholasgr
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We wear our “Sunday Best.” Women are in dresses, suits, or dress slacks. Men wear suits or shirt and tie with dress pants. Children wear dresses and suits or semi-casual clothes. We do not wear jeans or shorts. Nor do we wear low-cut tops or thigh high skirts. Men do not wear hats in church. Women may cover their heads but that is not mandatory. We usually wear dress shoes.
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St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church History
St. Nicholas Church traces its history back to the early 1900’s, when Orthodox immigrants from the part of the Ottoman Empire then known as “Syria” began to come to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Many of these immigrants made their living initially as “peddlers,” selling their wares door-to-door as the city grew into a center of commerce and industry. As they became more prosperous, they opened stores of their own. Others found employment in the city’s well-known furniture industry.
As early as 1906, the community was visited by traveling priests who served the recently arrived Orthodox immigrants scattered around the Midwest and concentrated in growing cities like Toledo and Fort Wayne. At least twice, Grand Rapids was visited by St. Raphael Hawaweeny, who encouraged the faithful to establish a church and who ordained and trained St. Nicholas’s first pastor, Father Philipous Abu-Assaley. Father Philipous was ordained in 1908.
The community purchased its first church building in 1908, and incorporated as St. George church in 1910. Grand Rapids became a center of Orthodoxy in the Midwest, as Father Philipous himself continued to travel around the region, ministering to the faithful. By 1923, however, Grand Rapids’ Antiochian Orthodox community found itself divided by the dispute known as the “Russy-Antaky” split, a dispute over church governance that arose in the aftermath of the repose of St. Raphael and the organizational confusion that ensued throughout American Orthodoxy in the wake of the Russian Revolution.
As a result, St. Nicholas was formed in 1923. St. George Church also remained, and to this day is located on property it purchased at the time of the dispute. St. Nicholas moved to a location on Cass Avenue in Grand Rapids, where it would remain until the 1950’s, when it moved to a suburban location in nearby East Grand Rapids. During this period, the Very Rev. Ellis Khouri served as pastor of St. Nicholas. Well known throughout the Archdiocese, he was instrumental in fostering St. Nicholas’s involvement in SOYO and other activities, and later served as Protosyngellos of the Archdiocese.
In 1996, St. Nicholas purchased a 12.5-acre parcel of land in Kentwood, located near several major roadways in a developing part of the area. In January 2000, the community began to worship there and on October 15, 2000, its new temple was consecrated. In 2001, the Very Reverend Fr. Daniel Daly became the pastor of St. Nicholas. The new church is marked by its Byzantine-style architecture featuring a large dome as well as ample classroom, office, and fellowship facilities. It also includes a bookstore and chapel. In recent years, St. Nicholas has been blessed with extensive iconography by the hand of Fr. Theodore Koufos of Toronto.
With Fr. Daniel’s retirement in August of 2015, the parish welcomed the current pastor, the Very Reverend Fr. Michael Nasser.
As early as 1906, the community was visited by traveling priests who served the recently arrived Orthodox immigrants scattered around the Midwest and concentrated in growing cities like Toledo and Fort Wayne. At least twice, Grand Rapids was visited by St. Raphael Hawaweeny, who encouraged the faithful to establish a church and who ordained and trained St. Nicholas’s first pastor, Father Philipous Abu-Assaley. Father Philipous was ordained in 1908.
The community purchased its first church building in 1908, and incorporated as St. George church in 1910. Grand Rapids became a center of Orthodoxy in the Midwest, as Father Philipous himself continued to travel around the region, ministering to the faithful. By 1923, however, Grand Rapids’ Antiochian Orthodox community found itself divided by the dispute known as the “Russy-Antaky” split, a dispute over church governance that arose in the aftermath of the repose of St. Raphael and the organizational confusion that ensued throughout American Orthodoxy in the wake of the Russian Revolution.
In 1996, St. Nicholas purchased a 12.5-acre parcel of land in Kentwood, located near several major roadways in a developing part of the area. In January 2000, the community began to worship there and on October 15, 2000, its new temple was consecrated. In 2001, the Very Reverend Fr. Daniel Daly became the pastor of St. Nicholas. The new church is marked by its Byzantine-style architecture featuring a large dome as well as ample classroom, office, and fellowship facilities. It also includes a bookstore and chapel. In recent years, St. Nicholas has been blessed with extensive iconography by the hand of Fr. Theodore Koufos of Toronto.
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St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church listing was last updated on the 13th of May, 2021
