St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is a Russian Orthodox church at 105 Pastor Street in Brookside, AL 35036. It is one of 5 churches in Brookside.
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is the oldest Orthodox church in Alabama. It was established by a community of coal workers in 1894, and has been active ever since.
Serving since 1894
105 Pastor Street, Brookside, AL, 35036Service times
- Saturday 6pm–7pm
- Sunday 9:30am–11:30am
Phone: +1-205-285-9648 · Website: https://www.stnicholasbrookside.org/
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 15 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Alabama — 2,098 across the United States on The Church Map.
Orthodoxy has carried the worship of the ancient church essentially unbroken since the first centuries, and it has never let the rest of us settle for a gospel that only forgives — it insists God intends to make his people like himself. Its liturgy, its icons, and its theology of the Trinity are wells the whole church keeps returning to.
Ministries at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
- Slavic Food Festival
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Upcoming events at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
- Thu, Aug 6 · All day: Ss. Boris and Gleb
- Sat, Aug 8 · All day: St. Jacob of Alaska
- Sat, Aug 8 · 5:30 PM: Confessions
- Sat, Aug 8 · 6 PM: Vespers
- Sun, Aug 9 · 9:30 AM: Divine Liturgy
From St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church's public calendar (https://www.stnicholasbrookside.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 38.4%
- Food Insecurity: 21.2%
- Diabetes: 16.9%
- Obesity: 38.3%
- Child Poverty: 29.1% (11.4–46.8%)
- Depression: 23.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
- Brookside Church of God — 0 mi away
- Lee's Chapel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lees Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- Sharon Heights Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Birmingham, AL
- Iglesia Casa Del Alfarero — 0.8 mi away in Birmingham, AL
- Saint Pauls Church — 1 mi away in Graysville, AL
- Cardiff Baptist Church — 1 mi away in Cardiff, AL
- Mount Pisgah Church — 1.1 mi away in Graysville, AL
- Meadows Chapel Church — 1.1 mi away in Graysville, AL
- Bivens Chapel Church — 1.3 mi away in Birmingham, AL