Saint Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church of Charlotte
Saint Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church of Charlotte serves the Orthodox Christian community of Charlotte, North Carolina, offering regular worship services and preserving Greek Orthodox faith, traditions, and community life in the region.
Clergy:
Rev. Protopresbyter Andreas Houpos, Presiding Priest; Rev. Presbyter Panagiotis Steele, Assistant Priest
Church Type:
Parish
Denomination:
Greek Orthodox
Metropolis:
Metropolis of Atlanta
Affiliation:
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Ecumenical Patriarch:
Bartholomew I of Constantinople
Clergy Information updated Jan 2026
History
Saint Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church of Charlotte, North Carolina is the second Greek Orthodox parish in the Queen City, established to serve the growing Orthodox Christian community in the southeastern quadrant of greater Charlotte as the city's rapid expansion carried thousands of families into communities beyond the reach of the historic Holy Trinity Cathedral on East Boulevard.
The parish is dedicated to Saint Nektarios of Aegina, the beloved twentieth-century hierarch and theologian who served as Metropolitan of Pentapolis and later as director of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School in Athens, living a life of extraordinary humility, scholarship, and pastoral charity. Glorified as a saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1961, he is one of the most widely venerated saints of the modern Orthodox world, celebrated on November 9, and his dedication to prayer, learning, and service to the poor has given the Charlotte community dedicated to his memory both a patron and a model.
The parish has grown into one of the most vibrant and active Orthodox communities in the Carolinas, its campus at 5108 Kuykendall Road anchoring a full range of ministries for all ages including Sunday School, Greek School, a Philoptochos chapter, and a Boy Scout troop numbered 490 in honor of the Battle of Marathon of 490 BC, a touchingly Greek detail that reflects the community's commitment to passing on both the Orthodox faith and Hellenic heritage to the next generation.
Saint Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church at 5108 Kuykendall Road in Charlotte serves the Orthodox Christian faithful of the southeastern Charlotte area as a parish of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
This page serves as a reference resource for Saint Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church of Charlotte, providing essential information such as location, contact details, clergy, and church affiliation. It is intended to help visitors and members of the Orthodox Christian community easily find accurate parish information in one place.
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