Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Page

Russian Orthodox Information about Saint Nicholas

Part of the Saint Nicholas Page honoring Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker

Russian Devotion to Saint Nicholas

The Russian Orthodox Church and the Christian people of Russia are devoted to Saint Nicholas, or Svyatitel Nikolai, as he is called in Russian. This is reflected in the great number of Russian Saint Nicholas parishes and missions (most of which do not have web pages yet, however.)

Parish pages

Russian Orthodox sites are presented here, both of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) - also known as Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA), the Russian Orthodox Church in Exile, and the "Synod Church". Several sites have a great deal of information about the Holy Orthodox Church. For information on the Orthodox Church in America, the successor to the (patriarchal) Russian Orthodox Church in the United States, see the Orthodox Church in America Saint Nicholas Page. The term "Greek Catholic" refers to the use of the Byzantine Rite that is the predominant worship pattern of Eastern Orthodox churches, of which Russian Orthodoxy is a part, and of Eastern Catholic churches, which are under the authority of the Pope of Rome. When found with the term "Orthodox", it indicates that the church has now returned to Orthodoxy.

Saint Nicholas Cathedral, San Francisco, California (Moscow Patriarchate).
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, Stratford, Connecticut, USA (ROCOR)
St.Nicholas Orthodox Church, Chisholm, Minnesota
Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, New York City. Designed so nothing works beyond the first page without IE 4.0.
Another Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, New York City.
Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Seattle, Washington. (ROCOR)
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Dallas TX (ROCA)
St. Nicholas Church, Wayville, Australia (ROCA)
Saint Nicholas Mission of the Saint Isaac the Syrian Skete. Use their search engine and look for "mission".
The Maritime Saint Nicholas Cathedral St. Petersburg Russia. Click small picture to see large version.

Russian church pictures

St. Petersburg has a number of beautiful Orthodox churches. See Orthodox cathedrals and churches of St. Petersburg for some photos and accounts of the churches. Among them are The Naval St. Nicholas Cathedral of the Epiphany. "Naval" refers to Saint Nicholas's encounters with seamen, and does not mean to imply that the cathedral is afloat.

Ethnic practice

Christian Saint Days in Russia with Nicholas the Wonderworker (Nikolai Chudotvorets), Nicholas the Wet (Nikolai Mokryi), Nicholas of the Sea (Nikolai Morskoi) (all the same person)
Russian Traditions (English) (Russian) hosted by Russian Christmastide Traditions, from the Russian Culture section of About.com

Other sites

Hierarch Nicholas Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, from Saint John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Washington, DC.

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Last modified April 24, 2006.