St. Nicholas Cathedral

St. Nicholas Cathedral in , 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.
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Wikipedia
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  • Email: office@stnicholasdc.org
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Russian 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 Number One Observatory Circle and Embassy of Finland.

Government office
is the official residence of the vice president of the United States. Located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory in , it is sometimes informally referred to simply as "the Naval Observatory". is situated 1,100 feet southeast of St. Nicholas Cathedral.

Government office
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is a government office, which is situated 1,000 feet east of St. Nicholas Cathedral.

Building
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The is a historical residence located at 3415 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Construction of the house was ordered by Kate Woodman Babcock, widow of former Representative Joseph W.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Massachusetts Avenue Heights and Glover Park.

Neighborhood
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Massachusetts Heights is a small neighborhood in Northwest , dominated by the grounds of the . The neighborhood is bounded to the north by Woodley Road, to the southwest by Massachusetts Avenue, to the east by 34th Street NW, and to the west by Wisconsin Avenue.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., about a half mile north of Georgetown and just west of the and .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , located in Northwest D.C. Primarily residential, the neighborhood has a commercial corridor of shops and restaurants along Wisconsin Avenue.

St. Nicholas Cathedral

Latitude
38.92489° or 38° 55′ 30″ north
Longitude
-77.06866° or 77° 4′ 7″ west
Elevation
282 feet (86 metres)
Open location code
87C4WWFJ+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 67828989
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­russian_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q930776
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“St. Nicholas Cathedral” goes by many names.

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