Ss Nicholas, Constantine, and Helen Parish History

             

St Nicholas, Newark, NJ and Ss Constantine and Helen, Orange, NJ

Ss Nicholas, Constantine, and Helen Greek Orthodox Church of Roseland is a parish that grew out of the 2005 merger of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Newark, circa 1901 and Ss Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church of Orange, circa 1910.  Ss Nicholas, Constantine, and Helen is the mother church of the Metropolis of New Jersey which spans the northeastern states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia.

In 2005 seven years after the merger efforts began the towns of Roseland and Livingston granted approval to begin construction and ground was broken in the fall of 2005.  Only six years later on September 25, 2011 the Blessing of the Doors occurred and the Greek Orthodox community of Ss Nicholas, Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church of Roseland was born.  The complete complex cost over $17 million.