St. Nicholas Cathedral
St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, D.C., is the primatial cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America and the seat of Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada of the Orthodox Church in America.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: office@stnicholasdc.org
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Description: church building in Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Also known as: “Saint Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral”
- Address: 3500 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20007
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Embassy of Nepal and Number One Observatory Circle.
Embassy of Nepal
Government office
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Embassy of Nepal in Washington, D.C. is the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 2730 34th Place NW Washington, D.C., in the Glover Park neighborhood. The current Ambassador is Lok Darshan Regmi. Embassy of Nepal is situated 340 feet northeast of St. Nicholas Cathedral.
Number One Observatory Circle
Government office
Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., it is sometimes informally referred to simply as "the Naval Observatory". Number One Observatory Circle is situated 1,100 feet southeast of St. Nicholas Cathedral.
Embassy of Norway
Government office
Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.
The Embassy of Norway in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Norway to the United States. It is presently located at 2720 34th St, NW, Washington DC 20008. Embassy of Norway is situated 560 feet east of St. Nicholas Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glover Park and Cathedral Heights.
Glover Park
Suburb
Photo: Nathanael Greene, Public domain.
Glover Park is a neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., about a half mile north of Georgetown and just west of the United States Naval Observatory and Number One Observatory Circle.
Cathedral Heights
Neighborhood
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Cathedral Heights is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. Primarily residential, the neighborhood has a commercial corridor of shops and restaurants along Wisconsin Avenue.
Burleith
Neighborhood
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Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.
St. Nicholas Cathedral
- Categories: Eastern Orthodox cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.92489° or 38° 55′ 30″ northLongitude
-77.06866° or 77° 4′ 7″ westElevation
282 feet (86 metres)Open location code
87C4WWFJ+XGOpenStreetMap ID
way 67828989OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodoxWikidata ID
Q930776
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“St. Nicholas Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “聖尼古拉斯主教座堂”
- Dutch: “Nicolaaskathedraal (Washington)”
- Dutch: “Nicolaaskathedraal”
- French: “cathédrale Saint-Nicolas de Washington”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas de Washington”
- Japanese: “聖ニコラス大聖堂”
- Polish: “Sobór św. Mikołaja w Waszyngtonie”
- Russian: “Свято-Николаевский собор”
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