Welcome to St Nicholas Orthodox Church!
St Nicholas Orthodox Church is a parish of the Diocese of the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America. Our parish is located in Mentor, Ohio.
By the grace of God, our parish has been serving Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, and Summit Counties since 1973. We celebrated our 50th Anniversary in 2023. God willing, we now look forward to our next fifty years of ministry in this place in which He has planted us, preaching the Gospel and worshipping Him in the Orthodox manner—all in faithfulness to the teaching of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
If you are an Orthodox Christian who is looking for a parish to call your home, we welcome you to come and visit to see if God is calling you to become a member of our parish. If you are not an Orthodox Christian but are interested in learning more about the faith that we proclaim, we welcome you to come and visit us so that you might experience Orthodoxy first-hand. Our service times for Sunday and feast-day services are noted below. Please also take a look at our monthly calendar and weekly bulletin.
Typical Schedule of Services
Services for Sunday (the Lord’s day) begin Saturday evening with Great Vespers at 5:30pm. On Sunday morning, the Divine Liturgy is served at 10:00am during the school months. During the summer months, it is served at an earlier hour (9:00am; but please confirm on the calendar). Before Divine Liturgy commences, a reader will chant the Hours (brief services comprised mostly of Psalms). All are encouraged to be in the temple during the Hours since they are best preparation for entering into the Divine Liturgy prayerfully.
Feasts are usually observed by the celebration of Great Vespers with Lity on the evening before the feast at 6:30pm, and by the celebration of Divine Liturgy on the morning of the feast at 9:00am. But since the cycle of services might vary depending on the rank of the feast and on which day it falls, the monthly calendar (or bulletin) should be consulted.
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“Again we pray for those who bring offerings and do good works in this holy and all-venerable temple . . . ”
(from the final petition of the Augmented Litany)