Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

We are a Greek Orthodox Christian parish in San Jose, welcoming everyone to be part of our family, both locally and as the Body of Christ

Our parish is under the omophorion of His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of the Holy Metropolis of San Francisco, a diocese of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, under the spiritual leadership of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.

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Our Faith

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Our church and ministries are supported by generous donations from our parishioners and friends. Please consider a donation to the church.

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“O Come, let us worship and bow down before our King and God.
O Come, let us worship and bow down before Christ, our King and God."

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Light a Vigil Candle

Get a Vigil Candle lit and prayers for loved ones at the next Prothesis (Preparation) and at the Paraklisis services.

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Saints and Feasts

September 06

The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colossae (Chonae)

The feast today in honour of the Archangel Michael commemorates the great miracle he wrought when he delivered from destruction a church and holy spring named for him. The pagans, moved by malice, sought to destroy the aforesaid church and holy spring by turning the course of two rivers against them.

But the Archangel appeared and, by means of the Cross and a great earthquake that shook the entire...

Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal 1st Mode

As the Father and Spirit are unoriginate, * so the Word, who was born from the Virgin for us. * Let us praise Him, O believers, and let us worship Him. * For our salvation He was pleased * to be crucified in the flesh, * and to undergo death, * and to resurrect the dead, by His glorious resurrection.

Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον Πατρὶ...

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading
Third Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Mark 16:9-20

When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

After this he appeared in...