Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Northridge
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Northridge serves the Orthodox Christian community of Northridge, California, offering regular worship services and preserving Greek Orthodox faith, traditions, and community life in the region.
Clergy:
Rev. Protopresbyter Michael Prevas, Presiding Priest; Rev. Presbyter Matthew Jouthas, Assistant Priest
Church Type:
Parish
Denomination:
Greek Orthodox
Metropolis:
Metropolis of San Francisco
Affiliation:
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Ecumenical Patriarch:
Bartholomew I of Constantinople
Clergy Information updated Jan 2026
History
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Northridge, California traces its roots to the growth of the Greek Orthodox community in the San Fernando Valley during the years following the Second World War, as Greek families settled across the rapidly developing suburbs north of Los Angeles and sought a parish closer to home than the established churches of the city center.
The community's dream of a permanent church took shape on land at 9501 Balboa Boulevard in Northridge. The groundbreaking ceremony was held in 1964, with Father Spencer T. Kezios and Rev. Timothy Zagorianos officiating alongside Archbishop Demetrios, who traveled to Northridge to bless the beginning of construction, a mark of the occasion's significance within the broader Greek Orthodox community of Southern California. The completed church was enriched with notable works of sacred art: a mosaic of the Madonna above the altar created by the celebrated Italian-born artist Sirio Tonelli, whose work also graces churches across the country, and stained glass windows by the Belgian-born artist Jos Maes, both installed by the time of the church's completion in the late 1960s.
The parish grew into an active center of Greek Orthodox worship and Hellenic culture in the San Fernando Valley, sustaining decades of community life through its ministries, youth programs, and the annual Greek Festival that has long drawn the broader Northridge community to the church grounds.
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at 9501 Balboa Boulevard in Northridge serves the Orthodox Christian faithful of the San Fernando Valley as a parish of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
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