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Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral (Orthodox Church in America 34°04′50″N 118°16′47″W / 34.0804841°N 118.2797613°W / 34.0804841; -118.2797613 ( Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Los Angeles, California
An onion dome is a dome whose shape resembles an onion. [1] Such domes are often larger in diameter than the tholobate (drum) upon which they sit, and their height usually exceeds their width. They taper smoothly upwards to a point. It is a typical feature of churches belonging to the Russian Orthodox church.
Russian settlement in California began at Fort Ross in 1812. The original San Francisco parish of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia was founded on June 2, 1927. [2] An earlier Holy Virgin Cathedral was located at 858-64 Fulton Street between Fillmore and Webster Streets.
In 2002 the St. Andrew Church bookstore opened on the south side of the Fellowship Hall, selling books on Orthodox spirituality and living, icons, Byzantine music, patristic writings of the Holy Fathers and the Orthodox faith, lives of the Saints, children's books, crosses, prayer ropes, vigil lamps, charcoal, incense, and products from various ...
The plan is based on a Greek cross and is designed in the Russian version of the Byzantine style, but with a Renaissance flavor. The building features characteristic copper Onion domes atop four octagonal belfries and a large central copper-covered dome. Each dome is topped by a large, gilded Russian Orthodox cross. [3] [4]
Holy Trinity Cathedral and The Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Center (French: Cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris et Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe) is a complex [1] that includes The Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church; the Cultural Center found on Quai Branly, an educational complex in University Street, an administrative building in Rapp ...
The Russian Orthodox church was drastically weakened in May 1922, when the Renovated (Living) Church, a reformist movement backed by the Soviet secret police, broke away from Patriarch Tikhon (also see the Josephites and the Russian True Orthodox Church), a move that caused division among clergy and faithful that persisted until 1946.
The building is still partly in use today as a museum and, since 1991, is occasionally used for services by the Russian Orthodox Church. Since 1997, Orthodox Christian services have been held regularly. Nowadays, every Sunday at Saint Basil's church, there is a divine liturgy at 10 a.m. with an Akathist to Saint Basil. [61] [14]