St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church

A 1916 Church With a Mosaic of St. Nicholas

A building raised in 1916 by Ukrainians as a Greek-Catholic church survived a fire in 1962, received a new dome and a mosaic of St. Nicholas above its entrance in 1984 and became an Orthodox church: a small parish in Lakewood whose story began in Ukraine back in the nineteenth century.

After the fire of 1962 the interior of the church was completely renewed, and today its center is an iconostasis separating the altar in the Eastern tradition. For a long time the parish was independent, and since 1978 it has belonged to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA with the status of a pro-cathedral.

In December 2016 the parish celebrated its centennial: a bishop came for the festive liturgy, and the evening ended with a banquet and a performance by a female vocal ensemble.

Services are held almost entirely in English, and those who come for the first time are given service books, so everyone can follow a service full of incense and chant. The parish motto comes from the Gospel of John: come and see. Services are streamed online, and the parish collects help for Ukraine.

Stop by on Sunday for the liturgy or on any other day to see the mosaic of St. Nicholas at the entrance.