Welcome to all of our friends and guests who have come together to worship
and to praise God. May His presence abide with you today and each day.
This is the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of San Jose, California web site.
Please browse our site to learn more about Orthodoxy, our Church, our people,
events and resources.
Also, please visit in person. New arrivals in the Parish are asked to introduce
themselves to a member of the Parish Council and to leave their address.
Christians who are baptized and chrismated in the Orthodox Faith and who
are prepared spiritually may come forward to receive Holy Communion.
Christians from other traditions and those persons of other faiths are welcome
to come forward at the end of the Holy Liturgy to receive Antidoron, the
Blessed Bread. Visitors and parishioners are invited to join in fellowship,
following worship services.
Our Parish, the Parish of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of San Jose,
California, is committed to cultivating and nurturing faith in Our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ as taught by the doctrines and Traditions of the Holy
Orthodox Church. As a Eucharistic Community, we are called to be "Lights
in the World," demonstrating our faith through stewardship, acts of mercy,
and sacramental participation. Through the acquisition of the Holy Spirit,
we are called upon to "grow in the grace and knowledge of Our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ." Finally, we are required by Our Lord in the great
commission to invite all people regardless of their ethnic, social, economic
or educational background to embrace the Orthodox Faith. |
