Saturday, June 4, 2011

St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral, Brooklyn


St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral, Brooklyn. Image 1
In the mid 1890s, Arabic-speaking Orthodox Christians from various Middle Eastern countries living in Metropolitan New York formed the Charitable Syrian Orthodox Association. At that time the established Orthodox Church in North America was shepherded by clergy from the Church of Russia. A loft at 77 Washington Street in Manhattan was converted into the first church for the Arabic-speaking Orthodox. read more...

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