St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church is a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese under the authority of Metropolitan PHILIP Saliba and the Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest under Bishop MARK Maymon.
We are a community of both lifelong and newly converted Orthodox Christians. We have a vibrant and growing parish life, and an active presence on the campus of the University of Illinois in cooperation with our sister parish of Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church located in nearby Champaign, IL.

If you are looking for an Orthodox Church to visit or attend regularly or are just investigating the historic Orthodox Christian faith we invite you to visit or contact us.
Our church is located near the campus of the Univesity of Illinois and downtown Urbana, Illinois. We are just west of the Urbana Free Libray and Busey Bank in downtown Urbana at 312 West Elm.
St. Nicholas calendar
Tuesday, February 09
6:00pm - Feast of Faith OCF
Wednesday, February 10
6:00am - First Hour Prayers
7:00pm - Daily Vespers
Saturday, February 13
5:00pm - Great Vespers followed by 40-day memorial for Resa
Coming Up
Sunday, February 14. Cheesefare Sunday
9:00am - Orthros
10:00am - Divine Liturgy
7:00pm - Forgiveness Vespers
Monday, February 15. Great Lent begins
9am - Third Hour Prayers
12:00pm - Sixth Hour Prayers
7:00pm - Section of the Canon of St. Andrew with Compline
Tuesday, February 16
6:00pm - OCF and Compline with Section of the Cannon
Wednesday, February 17
6:00am - First Hour
9:00am - Third Hour Prayers
12:00pm - Sixth Hour Prayers
6:30pm - First Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Friday, February 19
7:00pm - First Akathist (Madeyah) to the Theotokos
This week at St. Nicholas
Monday, February 1 at 6:30pm - Vesperal liturgy for the Feast of the Presentation
No Wednesday services this week.
Saturday, February 6 at 8:00am - Saturday of Souls liturgy. Please leave the names of the departed you wish to be commemorated with Fr. James or at the church before Saturday morning.
Saturday, February 6 from 9:30am to 4:00pm - Chanting workshop with Richard Barrett, All Saints Bloomington, IN choir director. Please RSVP by Tuesday if you are planning on attending. $10.00 registration fee to cover lunch, music, and honorarium.
Coming Up
Sunday, February 7 - Meatfare Sunday. Baby shower for Angie I., all parish ladies invited.
Saturday, February 13 - 40 day memorial for Resa Ellison following Vespers
Sunday, February 14 - Cheesefare Sunday. Forgiveness Vespers, 6:00pm
Monday, Febraury 15 - Great Lent begins
This week at St. Nicholas:
Wednesday morning prayers and vespers are cancelled. Fr. James will be in Louisville for a Service of Unction for Fr. Alexander Atty.
Choir practice is Saturday at 4:00pm. Great Vespers begins at 5:00pm.
Three Hierarchs celebrates their patronal feast day this coming weekend. Vespers will be at 7:00pm on Friday. Orthros/Divine Liturgy is at 8:30am on Saturday.
Coming Up
Saturday, February 6 - Chanting workshop with Richard Barrett, All Saints Bloomington, IN choir director.
Sunday, February 7 - Meatfare Sunday. Baby shower for Angie I., all parish ladies invited.
Saturday, February 13 - 40 day memorial for Resa Ellison following Vespers
Sunday, February 14 - Cheesefare Sunday. Forgiveness Vespers, time TBA
Monday, Febraury 15 - Great Lent begins
There will be no Great Vespers this Saturday. Sunday Orthros and Divine Liturgy will be served by visiting clergy.
The funeral arrangements for Resa are as follows:
Sunday 3 - 7 PM: Visitation at St. Nicholas. Memorial service (Parastas) will begin at 7 PM.
After the Memorial service an all-night vigil will begin. There will be a sign-up sheet at church for those who wish to help with reading during the night.
Monday: If you wish to join the funeral procession please be at church at 10 AM. The procession will leave around 10:10. Burial is at Bailey Cemetery, CR 800N west of Route 45 and north of Tolono. The graveside service will begin at approximately 10:30. If you plan to go directly to the cemetery, please park well away from the grave site so the hearse can approach.
Following the graveside service, we will return to church for the Meal of Mercy.