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This is a list of Greek Orthodox churches in the United States that are notable, either as buildings or as church congregations. Some are buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places [ 1 ] or state- or local historic register for their architecture or other reasons.
Des Plaines (Chicago area) Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral ( Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ) 42°01′11″N 87°53′44″W / 42.019791°N 87.895559°W / 42.019791; -87.895559 ( Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral, Des Plaines,
July 12, 2003, the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul at the Protection of the Theotokos cathedral in Des Plaines, Illinois, his bishop nomination was held. Order was performed by Metropolitan Laurus assisted by Archbishop Alypy (Gamanovich) of Chicago and Detroit and bishop Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco and Western America.
The Metropolis of Chicago (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Σικάγου) 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.
In 1970, the Russian Metropolia (also known as the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in North America) was granted autocephaly, and was renamed as the Orthodox Church in America. Sylvester (Haruns) Daugavpils, Latvia: Ivan Antonovich Haruns Archbishop of Montreal and Canada, Temporary Administrator of the Orthodox Church in America 1974–1977
The Antiochian Orthodox followers were originally cared for by the Russian Orthodox Church in America and the first bishop consecrated in North America, Raphael of Brooklyn, was consecrated by the Russian Orthodox Church in America in 1904 to care for the Syro-Levantine Greek Orthodox Christian Ottoman immigrants to the United States and Canada, who had come chiefly from the vilayets of Adana ...
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 building was originally the Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church [a] before it relocated to suburban Palos Hills. Elijah Muhammad, Farrakhan's predecessor as head for NOI, purchased the building in 1972. Muhammad was lent $3 million from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to convert the former church. [3]