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'''St. Nicholas Orthodox Church''' in Mogadore, Ohio, is a [[parish]] within the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]].
==History==
For the most part, the Slavic immigrants who came to settle in East Akron, Ohio, were from the region of Galicia and Uhor-Russia. They brought with them the customs and religion of the "old country," where both Orthodox Christian and Uniat ([[Byzantine Catholic]]) faiths were practiced, with many people unaware of any significant difference between the two faiths.
