Born: February 6, 1913
Died: August 1981

Father Nicholas was born in Samos, Greece, on February 6, 1913, the son of Gregory Nicholas and Fevronia (Yiakomidou) Paleologos. He came to the United States in 1927 and attended public schools in Youngstown, Ohio.

In 1938, he matriculated at the Greek Orthodox Theological School in Pomfret, Connecticut (‘43). He continued studies toward his Theological Degree at Gordon College and Boston University. He received the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1954, Father Nicholas earned the Master of Arts Degree from Tulsa University, Tulsa, Oklahoma. His thesis topic was "The Greek Orthodox Church and its Life in America."

Father Nicholas was married to Theodora (Talambecou) Paleologos of Peabody, Massachusetts. Presbytera Theodora completed her training as a Licensed Practical Nurse at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Father Nicholas and Presbytera have four children: Gregory, who passed on in 2004 and his wife Dorothy (Brous); Father Dean, who is serving at the Saint Spyridon Cathedral in Worcester, Massachusetts and Presbytera Cynthia (Kaloyianides); Philip, , Celeste (Barrett); and Neia Paleologos Rhodes, Father Nicholas and Presbytera Theodora have eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.

Parishes that Father Nicholas served include Saint George, Hartford, Connecticut; Saint Vasilios, Peabody, Massachusetts; Holy Trinity, Columbia, South Carolina; Holy Trinity, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Saint Nicholas, Newburg, New York; Saint Haralambos, Canton, Ohio; Sts. Anargyroi, Marlborough, Massachusetts; Zoodochos Peghe, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Father Nicholas was involved in the Ministerial Association and reached out to communicants of other faiths.

In 1956 - 1959 he served as a liaison between the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and the Eastern Orthodox Cadets at West Point, New York. In 1964, he was appointed by His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos to organize a new Department of Archives for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in New York. He was elevated to Protopresbyter by Archbishop Iakovos in 1968.

Father Nicholas's Ministry also involved representing the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese on Save the Children Federation, Inc. and the United States Committee to UNICEF.

During the 1970s, Father Nicholas was appointed Chancellor to the Bishop's Office of the Diocese of Boston. From 1971-1981 he served as Hospital Chaplain at New England Baptist Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Children's Hospital, and Deaconess Hospital, all in Boston, Massachusetts. During this time he wrote and published "A Devotional for Eastern Orthodox Christians During Hospital Stay."

Father Nicholas Fell Asleep in the Lord in August of 1981. His fellow Chaplains at New England Baptist Hospital held a Memorial Service in remembrance of his life and ministry, and rendered the following:

When through one man

A little more love and goodness,

a little more light and truth

comes into the world,

then that man's life has had meaning.

In his thirty-seven years of ministry, Father Nicholas was part of the Pioneer Expansion of Orthodoxy in America.

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