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Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of the Midwest. It is one of only two churches designed by Louis Sullivan, one of the seminal architects of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places [1] and is designated a Chicago Landmark.
The Metropolis of Chicago is a metropolis of the Greek Orthodox Church, part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in the North-Central Midwest, United States, with its see city of Chicago. The mother church of the Metropolis is Annunciation Cathedral in Chicago. On 7 February 2018, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of ...
In 1909, the Greek Orthodox community paid $18,000 for the lot of city land on which the cathedral stands today. In 1910, the cathedral was complete with a total cost of around $100,000. It was built after an Athenian cathedral and is currently the oldest surviving Chicago building in the style of a Byzantine church .
On August 3, 1931, Rev. Peter Semkoff officially petitioned Theophilus, Archbishop of Chicago, the local bishop of the Russian Metropolia, for his permission to establish a new parish in the Gage Park area of Chicago (2410 W 53rd St. Chicago, IL 60632), to be eventually known as St. Peter and St. Paul Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church.
Ancient Greek Archetictural style monument marks the beginning of Greektown. It sits at the corner of Halsted and Monroe and is decorated by art from the local Greek Orthodox church's youth. Greektown is a social and dining district, located on the Near West Side of Chicago.
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, University City, MO, NRHP-listed. St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, Southbridge, MA, NRHP-listed. St. Euphrosynia Belarusian Orthodox Church, New Jersey. Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New York City.
Orthodox. Architecture. Years built. 1928. St. John of Rila in Chicago, ( Bulgarian: Църква Свети Иван Рилски, romanized: 'Tsurkva Sveti Ivan Rilski') is a historic church of the Orthodox Church of America located in Chicago, Illinois. It is considered to be one of the most aesthetically noteworthy churches in the Portage ...
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Denomination. Eastern Orthodox Church. Profession. Theologian. Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago (secular name Michael Garmatis, Greek: Μιχαήλ Γκαρμάτης; April 4, 1928 – June 2, 2017) was Metropolitan of Chicago under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople until his death on June 2, 2017. [1]