St. Nicholas Church, also known as the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, is an Orthodox temple located in Saratoga, California. It belongs to the Pacific Central Deanery of the Western American Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America. Services here are conducted in English.
The parish was founded in May 1951 by a group of immigrants from Eastern Europe. In December 1952, they purchased a plot of land for the construction of the church. In July 1954, at Villa Montalvo, the parishioners organized a fundraiser for the church's construction. The new temple was consecrated in December 1954 by Bishop John (Shakhovsky) of San Francisco. In 1955, the Brotherhood of St. Nicholas was established within the parish, which led to the construction of the rectory in 1956. Metropolitan Leonty (Turkevich) visited the parish in July 1957 and August 1959.
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