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[[File:Stnickkenosha.jpg|right|thumb|px200|St. Nicholas, 2014]]
St. Nicholas Church is a church of the [[Diocese]] of Chicago and the Midwest of the [[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]]. The parish was established in 1912, and the current church building, designed by Archpriest James Piateski, was completed in 1930, and since 1987 has been designated a Kenosha local landmark.
==History==
As the city of Kenosha grew at the beginning of the 20th century by virtue of being part of the industrial belt on Lake Michigan between Chicago and Milwaukee, Slavic immigrants began to settle in the city. One of these immigrants was a man by the name of Max Petelin, who, with his sister Tatiana, encouraged their group to attend religious services with other Slavs. At this time, there was no Orthodox Church in the area, so eventually the group in Kenosha requested that a priest come up from Chicago to conduct services. The first services were held in the Petelin home, but the space was not sufficient for the numbers wishing to attend on Holy Days. For a time, space was rented at St. Matthew Episcopal Church in Kenosha, but the expense made it prohibitive in the long term.
St. Nicholas celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012.
*[[Hieromonk Peter Zaichenko]] 1918-1922
*[[V. Rev. James Piateski]] 1922-1938
==Sources==
* St. Nicholas 100th anniversary book
*[http://www.kenosha.org/departments/development/pdf/HP_archive/StNicholas.pdf A Look Back in Time] City of Kenosha site
==External links==