St. Nicholas Church facts for kids
Saint Nicholas is a very famous saint, known for being kind and generous. He lived a long time ago, around 270 to 343 AD, in a place called Myra (which is now in modern-day Turkey). He is often seen as a protector of children, sailors, and merchants. Because he was so well-loved, many churches, cathedrals, and chapels around the world have been named in his honor. These buildings are places where people go to worship and remember Saint Nicholas.
Churches Named After Saint Nicholas
Here is a list of some of the many churches, cathedrals, and chapels dedicated to Saint Nicholas in different countries.
Austria
- Church of St. Nikolaus, Lockenhaus
- St. Nicholas Church, Inzersdorf, Vienna
Albania
- St. Nicholas Church, Moscopole
- St. Nicholas Church, Perondi
- Church of St. Nicholas (Shelcan)
Belgium
- Saint Nicholas Church, Ghent
Bulgaria
- Church of St Nicholas, Sapareva Banya
- Russian Church, Sofia
- Church of St. Nicholas, Sofia
- Church of St Nicholas, Vukovo
Canada
Croatia
- Church of St. Nicholas, Rijeka
Czech Republic
- St. Nicholas Church (Malá Strana), Prague
- St. Nicholas Church (Staré Město), Prague
- St. Nicholas Church, Louny
- St. Nicholas Church (Vršovice)
Denmark
- St. Nicolai Church (Vejle)
- St. Nicholas Church, Aarhus
Estonia
- St. Nicholas Church, Tallinn
- St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Tallinn
Finland
- St. Nicholas Church, former name of Helsinki Cathedral
- St. Nicholas Church, Kotka
- Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Kuopio
France
- Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, Paris
- Saint Nicolas Church, Toulouse
- Saint Nicholas Church, Strasbourg
- Saint Nicholas Chapel, on the Pont Saint-Bénézet, Avignon
Germany
- St. Nicholas Church, Berlin
- Old St. Nicholas Church, Frankfurt
- St. Nicholas Church, Hamburg
- St. Nikolai, Kiel
- Steindamm Church, Königsberg
- St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig
- St. Nicolai, Lüneburg
- St. Nicholas Church, Potsdam
- Schelf Church, Schwerin
- St. Nicholas Church, Stralsund
- St. Nicholas Church, Wismar
Greece
- Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos, Thessaloniki
Hungary
- Church of St. Nicholas, Szeged
Iran
- St. Nicholas Church, Tehran
Republic of Ireland
- Church of St Nicholas Without, Dublin
- Church of St. Nicholas Within, Dublin
- Church of St Nicholas of Myra Without, (Roman Catholic), Dublin
- St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway
Israel
- Saint Nicholas Monastery, Jaffa
Italy
- Basilica di San Nicola, Bari
- San Nicola, Ottana
- Palmi Cathedral (Chiesa di San Nicola), Palmi
- San Nicola, Pisa
- San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani, Rome
- San Nicola in Carcere, Rome
- San Nicola alla Carità
Kosovo
- Saint Nicholas's Church (Drajčići)
- Saint Nicholas's Church (Mušnikovo)
Latvia
- St Nicholas Naval Cathedral, Karosta
Lithuania
- St. Nicholas Church, Semeliškės
- Church of Saint Nicholas, Vilnius
Malta
- St Nicholas and St Lucy Chapel, Rabat
- Chapel of St Nicholas, Fort Ricasoli
- St Nicholas Chapel, Mdina
- Church of St Nicholas, Siġġiewi
- Church of St Nicholas, Valletta
- Chapel of St Nicholas, Żejtun
- Chapel of St Nicholas, Żonqor
Monaco
- Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco
Netherlands
- Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Amsterdam
- Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder
- Oude Kerk, Amsterdam or St. Nicholas Church, Amsterdam
North Macedonia
- Church of St. Nicholas, Kumanovo
- St Nicholas Church, Mavrovo
Poland
- Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Bielsko-Biała
- St. Nicholas Cathedral, Elbląg
- St. Nicholas Church, Wysocice
Romania
- St. Nicholas Church, Brașov
- St. Nicholas Church, Brăila
- St. Nicholas Church, Făgăraș
- St. Nicholas Church, Orlat
- St. Nicholas Church, Râșnov
- St. Nicholas Church, Zărnești
- New St. Nicholas Church, Focșani
- Old St. Nicholas Church, Focșani
- Stroe Church, Focșani
- Tăbăcari Church, Focșani
- Curtea de Argeș Cathedral
Russia
- Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki, Moscow
- Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi, Moscow
- St. Nicholas Church (Buzhaninovo)
- Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Novgorod
- St. Nicholas Church, Taganrog
Serbia
- Banja Monastery or St. Nicholas Church, Priboj
- Church of St. Nicholas, Kuršumlija
- Church of St. Nicholas, Prizren, Kosovo
Slovakia
- St. Nicholas Church, Bratislava
- Co-Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, Prešov
- St Nicholas Church, Stará Ľubovňa
- Saint Nicolas Church, Trnava
Slovenia
- Ljubljana Cathedral
- Novo Mesto Cathedral
Spain
Sweden
- Saint Nicholas Church, Örebro
- Storkyrkan, Stockholm
Switzerland
- Fribourg Cathedral
- Saint-Nicolas Church, Hérémence
Turkey
Ukraine
- Kryvka Church, Lviv
- St. Nicholas Military Cathedral (demolished), Kyiv
- St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, Kyiv
United Kingdom
England
Berkshire
Bristol
Cambridgeshire
- St Nicholas Church, Kennett
Cheshire
City of London
County Durham
Dorset
- St Nicholas's Church, Kimmeridge
East Sussex
- St Nicholas Church, Brighton, Brighton, Brighton and Hove
- St Nicholas Church, Iford
- St Nicolas Church, Pevensey
- St Nicolas Church, Portslade, Portslade, Brighton and Hove
- Hastings Fishermen's Museum, Hastings ("The Fishermen's Church")
Essex
Gloucestershire
- St Nicholas Church, Gloucester
- St Nicholas Church, Hardwicke
- St Nicholas of Myra's Church, Ozleworth
Greater London
- St Nicholas Church, Chislehurst
- St Nicholas Church, Chiswick
- St Nicholas Church, Deptford
- St Nicholas Church, Sutton, London
- St Nicholas, Tooting Graveney
Hampshire
Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
Kent
- St Nicholas Church, Linton
- St Nicholas Church, New Romney
- St Nicholas Church, Rochester
- St. Nicholas, Strood
Lancashire
Leicester
Lincolnshire
Merseyside
- Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas, Toxteth, Liverpool
- Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool
- St Nicholas Church, St Helens, Sutton, St Helens
- St Nicholas Church, Wallasey, Merseyside
- St Nicholas Church, Whiston, Merseyside
Norfolk
- St Nicholas Church, North Walsham, North Walsham
- St Nicholas Church, Brandiston
- St Nicholas Church, Buckenham
- St Nicholas Church, Feltwell
- St Nicholas Church, Gayton
- St Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth
- St Nicholas Chapel, King's Lynn
- St Nicholas, Blakeney, in the deanery of Holt and the Diocese of Norwich
North Yorkshire
- St Nicholas' Church, Askham Bryan
- St Nicholas' Church, Dunnington
- St. Nicholas's Church, Guisborough
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
- St Nicolas Church, Abingdon (formerly within Berkshire)
Shropshire
South Yorkshire
- Church of St Nicholas, Bradfield, Sheffield
Surrey
- Church of St Nicholas, Thames Ditton
- St Nicolas Church, Guildford ("The Lower Church")
Thurrock
Tyne and Wear
- Newcastle Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne
Warwickshire
West Midlands (county)
- St Nicolas Church, Kings Norton, Birmingham
West Sussex
- St Nicholas Church, West Itchenor, Chichester
- St Nicholas Church, Worth, Crawley
- St Nicolas Church, Shoreham-by-Sea, Shoreham-by-Sea
Scotland
- Kirk of St Nicholas, Aberdeen
- St Nicholas' Cardonald Church, Glasgow
Wales
- Church of St Nicholas, Trellech, Monmouthshire
- St Nicholas Church, Church Stoke, Powys
United States
- St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (Juneau, Alaska)
- St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (Kwethluk, Alaska)
- St. Nicholas Church (Nikolski, Alaska)
- St. Nicholas Chapel (Nondalton, Alaska)
- St. Nicholas Church (Pilot Point, Alaska)
- St. Nicholas Chapel (Sand Point, Alaska)
- St. Nicholas Chapel (Seldovia, Alaska)
- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Tarpon Springs, Florida)
- St. Nicholas Cathedral (Chicago), Illinois
- St. Nicholas Orthodox Church and Rectory, Salem, Massachusetts
- St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Atlantic City, New Jersey
- St. Nicholas Catholic Church (Passaic, New Jersey)
- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (Manhattan), New York City, destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks and rebuilt in 2022
- St. Nicholas Kirche (New York City), Manhattan, New York City, demolished 1960
- Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church (Arkansas)
- St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Watervliet, New York
- St. Nicholas Catholic Church (Osgood, Ohio)
- St. Nicholas Catholic Church (Zanesville, Ohio)
- St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Millvale, Pennsylvania)
- St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, Perryopolis, Pennsylvania
- St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Troy Hill, Pennsylvania), in Pittsburgh
- Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
- St. Nicholas Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)
Uruguay
See also
In Spanish: Iglesia de San Nicolás para niños
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