St. Nicholas Church

For the most part, the Slavic immigrants who came to settle in East Akron were from the region of Galitsia and Uhor-Russia, a part of the Austrian Hungarian empire. Among these immigrants two parishes were formed, one Uniat and one Orthodox Catholic.  The nucleus of the Orthodox parish were members of the St Nicholas Russian Brotherhood, which was organized in Akron in 1914.The first Orthodox services were held in the home of a parishioner, Martin Vronick, on Roberts St.  The first pastor was Fr...