UPCOMING EVENTS
Sun, Dec 06
|Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church
Feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Today's feast honors St. Nicholas of Myra, the generous bishop and wonderworker, known and beloved for his piety, generosity, commitment to the truth, and miracles.
Time & Location
Dec 06, 2026, 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church, 19421 Ashworth Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133, USA
About The Event
Festal Orthros: 8:30 – 9:30 AM
Festal Divine Liturgy: 9:30 – 11:00 AM
The Orthodox Church commemorates St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, who lived in the time of St. Constantine the Great and reposed in 330. As a young man he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, hoping to devote himself to a life of solitary prayer. God called him instead to return home to Myra, where he was ordained bishop and became known for his abundant mercy to the poor and to those unjustly accused.
St. Nicholas was equally zealous for the truth. At the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325, he struck the heretic Arius for blaspheming the Son of God. When the bishops debated how to discipline him, Christ and the Theotokos appeared to them in a vision, saying he had acted out of love and piety. Patron of travelers and seafarers and the inspiration…