Franklin Square in Nassau County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

St. Stephens Orthodox Church

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 19, 2025

1. St. Stephens Orthodox Church Marker

Inscription. Consecrated by the Metropolitan
H.G. Zacharian Mar Nicholovos
On April 26, 2025

Foundation Stone Laid By The Vicar
Rev. Fr. C. K. Rajan Ph. D.
On March 30, 2019

Erected 2025.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is March 30, 2019.

Location. 40° 42.548′ N, 73° 40.323′ W. Marker is in Franklin Square, New York, in Nassau County. It is on Roosevelt Street just west of Harrison Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 858 Roosevelt Street, Franklin Square NY 11010, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the New York City Metropolitan Area

and on Long Island.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

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markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Schoenlein-Mott House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); V.F.W. Frank P. Curry Jr. Post 2718 (about 500 feet away); Franklin National Bank (approx. 0.2 miles away); Peter J. Herman House (approx. half a mile away); Franklin Square Veterans Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Franklin Square September 11th Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans Square (approx. one mile away); Covert Homestead (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin Square.

Also see . . . About Our Parish.

St. Stephen's Orthodox Church, Long Island, New York was established on the 13th day of April 1986 by an Apostolic bull of His Grace Dr. Thomas Mar Makarios, the 1st Metropolitan of the American Diocese of the Indian Orthodox Church. The Indian Orthodox Church, also known as the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, was founded in AD 52 by St. Thomas, an Apostle of Jesus Christ.

(Submitted on November 2, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York.)

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Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 19, 2025

2. St. Stephens Orthodox Church

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