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Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral is the spiritual home of the largest Eastern Orthodox parish in Houston, It is located in Montrose and Neartown. [1] [2]The cathedral was built from 1950 to 1952 by the Greek community of Houston.
The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation is located over the spring where it is believed that Mary first heard the angel Gabriel's voice. [8] This spring, which is mentioned in the writings of pilgrims to Nazareth over the centuries, is also thought to be where the six-year-old Jesus was sent by his mother to fetch water, as is recorded in ...
During the 1940s, the parish coordinated war relief efforts to assist the homeland and the United States after it entered World War II. Annunciation also took the bold initiative to purchase 14 acres of property and established its own burial ground. By the spring of 1944, the Greek Orthodox Cemetery on Windsor Mill Road became a reality.
The church was established at the site where, according to one tradition, the Annunciation took place. Another tradition, based on the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James, holds that this event commenced while Mary was drawing water from a local spring in Nazareth, and the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation was erected at that alternate site.
The facade. The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation (Greek: Καθεδρικός Ναός Ευαγγελισμού της Θεοτόκου, romanized: Kathedrikós Naós Evangelismoú tis Theotókou), popularly known as the Metropolis or Mitropoli (Greek: Μητρόπολη, romanized: Mitrόpoli), is the cathedral church of the Archbishopric of Athens and all of Greece.
The Annunciation Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox Cathedral located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of the Metropolis of Atlanta, in the Southeastern United States. The church is known for the rich background and extravagant decoration on both the interior and exterior of the church. The original membership of the parish was 72.
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (San Francisco) St. John's Greek Orthodox Church, Pueblo, Colorado, NRHP-listed; Saint Sophia Cathedral (Washington, D.C.) St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Tarpon Springs, Florida) Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Atlanta), Georgia; Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George, Des Moines, Iowa, NRHP-listed
Annunciation Church sprung from the congregation at St. Vincent's, Houston's first Catholic church. In 1866, Father Joseph Querat and Galveston Bishop Claude M. Debuis believed the congregation was outgrowing the old building and started planning for a new one. The congregation chose the name for the planned building, "Church of the Annunciation."