Community Center
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St. Nicholas became a vital part of the Hellenic Orthodox Community's spiritual life with the church's grand opening in 1949. It continues to serve as both a historical landmark for Waco's Greek community, which began with a Greek cotton merchant in the early 1900s, and as an important cultural and spiritual gathering place for people both within and outside of the Hellenic community.
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St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Waco’s once thriving Greek community began when a London company sent a Greek cotton merchant to the city in order to purchase cotton for English mills, and soon after he chose to settle in Waco. In…