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.
This file appears in: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
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 the early 1900s Waco’s first Greek family opened a…