Note: Services are cancelled Sunday, February 7 due to snow.
Witnessing the Gospel to Central Virginia
and the Shenandoah Valley
About Our Parish
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is a local parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA. Our parishioners live in Charlottesville, Waynesboro, Harrisonburg, and other towns in Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.
We are located in Albemarle County at:
7581 Rockfish Gap Turnpike
Greenwood, Virginia 22943
(540) 456-6981
Mailing address:
PO Box 6981
Charlottesville VA 22906
Please explore this website to learn more about our parish and our holy Orthodox Christian Faith.
Announcements and News
The Christmas Lampada is Now Online
The Christmas edition of the Lampada is now available for download in pdf format.
Regarding Weather and Church Services
In general, St. Nicholas Church will always have scheduled services unless a Snow Emergency or extremely serious weather condition arises or an emergency has been declared by the authorities. On Sundays, a determination will be made by 7am and a group Email sent out only if services are canceled. We will update our phone messages at Church (434-973-2500, 540-456-6981) accordingly. If possible we will also get the notice on local TV and radio.
In the event of inclement weather, always use extreme caution and discretion. Note that your conditions may make staying at home the wise thing to do. In such cases, if it is a Sunday or major feast day, dedicate the same amount of time that you would at Liturgy in prayer or spiritual reading for your edification. While every effort will be made to keep the church driveway and walkways clear of ice and snow, do use extreme caution as slippery patches will always be present despite the best of efforts.
May St. Nicholas intercede for all who travel.
Fr. Robert Holet
Cookie Festival
Love the idea of delicious fancy cookies for the upcoming holiday season?
Don’t like the idea of spending all that time slaving away in your kitchen to make these little beauties?
We have the answer to your baking needs!!
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is holding a Cookie Festival on Saturday, December 5th in the church social hall at 7581 Rockfish Gap Turnpike (Route 250) in Greenwood, VA. The sale will be held from 11am-2pm and cookies will be sold in half dozen quantities. Church parishioners will be on hand to offer tours of the church sanctuary as well as answer questions concerning the Orthodox faith. Father Robert Holet and the parishioners of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church invite our friends and neighbors in the Crozet, Afton and Greater Charlottesville areas to come out, meet with us, celebrate our patron saint weekend and enjoy these yummy baked treats!!
For further information, please call (540) 456-6981.
Religious Education Seminar Series: Pani Matka Christine Holet
Pani Matka Christine will present the fourth and final talk in our Parish Speaker Series this fall on Wednesday, November 11 at 7 pm (after Moleben). Her talk will be entitled “Gardening in the 21st Century Church: Here I am Lord, Send Me.” She will offer her own reflections on the call of all to ministry in the life of the Church.
