tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31766933600370185132024-03-13T09:13:50.265-07:00Holy New York Citya brief reference to NYC places of worshipPriesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-63964452357374273882012-12-09T08:51:00.000-08:002012-12-22T08:56:26.219-08:00St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church, The Bronx<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">St. Nektarios Church is a greek orthodox christian church located at Bailey ave. in the Kingsbridge Heights neighbourhood of The Bronx borough of New York City. St. Nektarios, born Nektarios Kephalas (1846-1920) is a latter-day saint, recognized by Constantinople in 1961. The church building is a former private house, built in the end of 19th century as the Second Empire style house. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/St_Nektarios_Greek_Orthodox_Church_The_Bronx">St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church, The Bronx</a></span>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-92014577262359335382012-12-09T07:57:00.000-08:002012-12-22T09:00:50.902-08:00Blue Cliff buddhist monastery in Pine Bush, NY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Blue Cliff Monastery is a 80-acre (0.32 km2) Buddhist monastery located in Pine Bush, New York. It was founded in May 2007 by monastic and lay practitioners from Plum Village in France. The monastery is under the direction of Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing in the Vietnamese Zen tradition. The monastery is located in the lush green Hudson Valley of New York. Inside the property there are two ponds and a creek, and out of its 80 acres 65 are forest. Visitors are welcome to practice mindfulness with the fourfold community of monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen. read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Blue_Cliff_buddhist_monastery_in_Pine_Bush_NY">Blue Cliff buddhist monastery in Pine Bush, NY</a></div>
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Kadampa Meditation Center New York is the site of the resplendent US Kadampa World Peace Temple. It is located amid 82 acres of lush woodland in the colorful Upper Delaware River Valley. Secluded walking trails, meditation spots, a creek-fed pond, and abundant wildlife surround the Temple, inviting visitors to connect with pure, natural surroundings. Kadampa Meditation Center is an international spiritual community open year-round for tours and visits. it's rich program of Modern Buddhism includes workshops, classes, special events, prayer services, and group and individual retreats. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Kadampa_Meditation_Center_in_Glen_Spey_NY">Kadampa Meditation Center in Glen Spey, NY</a></div>
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Mahayana Temple (Chinese: 大乘寺;; pinyin: Da Cheng Si) is a Chinese Buddhist temple located within a forest in South Cairo, N.Y.. It is the retreat of the Eastern States Buddhist Temple of America, Inc. The retreat temple contain the Grand Buddha Hall, the Kuan Yin Hall, the 500 Arhat Hall, a six storied pagoda, and Earth Store Bodhisattva Hall as well as a three-unit temple dedicated to the spirits of the land. Read more about. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Mahayana_Retreat_Temple_in_Leeds_NY">Mahayana Retreat Temple in Leeds, NY</a></div>
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Chuang Yen Monastery (Chinese: 莊嚴寺; pinyin: Zhuāngyán Sì; literally "solemn monastery") is a Pure Land buddhist monastery in Carmel, New York. The monastery was built and is maintained by the Buddhist Association of the United States on land donated by C. T. Shen. His autobiography, My Memoir is published by The Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions and is distributed free at the monastery. The monastery grounds contain several prayer halls, dormitories, a dining hall, a memorial area, and a library. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Chuang_Yen_buddhist_monastery_Carmel_NY">Chuang Yen monastery</a>.
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Monastery of St. Irene of Chrysovalantou is a greek orthodox christian church and monastery in Astoria, Queens. The present church building was built in 1972. Since 1990, the church has been the site of a proclaimed miracle - a weeping icon of St. Irene. Also the purported hand of St. Irene Chrysovalantou is currently preserved here. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Monastery_of_St_Irene_of_Chrysovalantou_Queens">Monastery of St. Irene of Chrysovalantou, Queens</a></div>
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In 1923 Bishop Thomas E. Molloy of the Brooklyn Diocese invited the Passionists to establish a new parish in Jamaica, Queens. On July 5, 1924 the parish of the Immaculate Conception was formally organized when founding pastor, Father Chrysostom Smith, C.P. celebrated the first Mass in the library of the Degnon mansion. A small temporary framed church was erected on the grounds and the first public Mass was celebrated on November 9, 1924. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Immaculate_Conception_Church_Jamaica_Queens" title="Immaculate Conception Church, Jamaica, Queens">Immaculate Conception Church, Jamaica, Queens</a></div>
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Meseritz Shul, AKA Edath Lei'Isroel Ansche Meseritz, is a 1910 Orthodox synagogue on New York city's Lower East Side. It was built by a congregation established in 1888 consisting of immigrants from Międzyrzec Podlaski (Mesritch, Poland). The synagogue is located at 415 East 6th Street. Pesach Ackerman has served as Rabbi since 1969. The synagogue is unusual in being a very small, urban congregation on a narrow lot that has an extremely beautiful neo-classical facade, and is the last operating "tenement synagogue" in New York City's East Village. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Meseritz_Sinagogue_Manhattan">Meseritz Sinagogue, Manhattan</a></div>
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew is the oldest Lutheran congregation in North America. The congregation belongs to the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. Since 2006, the congregation has been located at the Cornerstone Center, at 178 Bennett Avenue. The congregation has been known by different names, only acquiring the name St. Matthew in 1822 and using it exclusively in 1838. The congregation was founded 1643 by Dutch Lutherans in New Amsterdam but the church was not chartered until December 6, 1664. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_St_Matthew_Manhattan">Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew, Manhattan</a></div>
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St. Augustine's Church at 290 Henry Street between Montgomery and Jackson Streets in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1827-29 as the All Saints' Free Church, and was constructed out of Manhattan schist. The design – a Georgian structure with Gothic windows – is credited to John Heath, and includes a double pediment and a projecting tower. The church was enlarged in 1848 with the addition of a sanctuary and a chancel. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/St_Augustines_Church_Manhattan">St. Augustine's Church, Manhattan</a></div>
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Immaculate Conception Church is Roman Catholic christian church located at 29th strit in Astoria, Queens. The first congregation mass took place on January 27, 1924 at 2819 Ditmars Avenue, the home of Dr. John J. Dempsey. An increase of worshipers number resulted the hiring of “Offenbacher’s Hall” on Second Avenue to accommodate these rapidly expanding needs and it was here that Immaculate Conception’s first organizational meeting was held on the night of February 6, 1924. The construction of present church building was finished on Christmas 1924. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Immaculate_Conception_Church_Queens">Immaculate Conception Church, Queens</a>.
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The St. Nicholas of Myra Church is an American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese (ACROD) church dedicated to Saint Nicholas, located at 288 East 10th Street, on the corner of Avenue A in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, across from Tompkins Square Park.
The church was built in 1883 as the Memorial Chapel of St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, designed in Gothic Revival style by James Renwick, Jr. – who also designed Grace Church and St. Patrick's Cathedral – and W. H. Russell. The chapel was a gift of Rutherford Stuyvesant. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/St_Nicholas_of_Myra_Church_Manhattan">St. Nicholas of Myra Church, Manhattan</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">The Shrine Church of St. Ann is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at Bainbridge Avenue, just north of Gun Hill Road, in the Bronx, New York City. The church and parish school are located in the same building, a common school-above-church design feature of several New York City parishes. It is a red brick multistory Collegiate Gothic structure with Decorated Gothic and Tudor Gothic design elements with terracotta trim over a raised fieldstone basement and entrance breakfront. Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/St_Anns_Roman_Catholic_Church_The_Bronx">St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church, The Bronx</a></span></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-16233566375753797312012-01-02T09:15:00.000-08:002012-07-21T11:02:38.601-07:00St. Ann's Episcopal Church, The Bronx<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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St. Ann's Church is a historic Episcopal church in the South Bronx, New York City. It was built in 1840 and donated by Gouverneur Morris Jr. (1813-1888) as a family memorial. It is a fieldstone building in the Gothic Revival style with a vernacular Greek Revival style tower. The complex includes the stone parish house added in 1916, late-19th century Sunday School and gymnasium building, and a graveyard that includes the Morris family crypt. Among those whose remains are in the graveyard or crypt are Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816), Lewis Morris (1671–1746), and Lewis Morris (1726–1798). Read more about <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/St_Anns_Episcopal_Church_The_Bronx">St. Ann's Episcopal Church, The Bronx</a>.
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It was built as a "chapel-of-ease" for parishioners who lived far from the Mother Church. <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/St_Pauls_Chapel_Manhattan">read more...</a></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-88893037669475167042011-12-04T02:22:00.000-08:002011-12-04T02:22:17.732-08:00Angel Orensanz Center, Manhattan<div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="inline inline-left" style="display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><a class="lightbox-processed" href="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/Angel_Orensanz_Center_Manhattan_01.JPG" rel="lightbox[][Angel Orensanz Center, Manhattan. 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Photo 1" width="95" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; text-align: justify;">The Angel Orensanz Center (originally, Anshe Chesed Synagogue; also formerly known as the Norfolk Street Congregation and Anshe Slonim Synagogue) is located at 172 Norfolk Street (between Stanton Street and East Houston Street) on the Lower East Side of New York City, New York. It is housed in a Gothic Revival synagogue, built in 1849 for Congregation Ansche Chesed (People of Kindness). <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Angel_Orensanz_Center_Manhattan">read more...</a></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-44976699720886807492011-12-04T02:21:00.000-08:002011-12-04T02:21:26.271-08:00Our Lady of Solace Church, The Bronx<div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="inline inline-left" style="display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><a class="lightbox-processed" href="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/Our_Lady_of_Solace_Church_Bronx_01.jpg" rel="lightbox[][Our Lady of Solace Church, The Bronx. Photo 1<br /><br /><a href="/Our_Lady_of_Solace_Church_Bronx_Photo_1" id="lightbox2-node-link-text" >View Image Details</a> - <a href="/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/Our_Lady_of_Solace_Church_Bronx_01.jpg" id="lightbox2-download-link-text" target="_blank">Download Original</a>]" style="color: #3b617f; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Our Lady of Solace Church, The Bronx. Photo 1" class="image image-thumbnail " height="110" src="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/Our_Lady_of_Solace_Church_Bronx_01.thumbnail.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-top: 0em; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" title="Our Lady of Solace Church, The Bronx. Photo 1" width="80" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; text-align: justify;">The Church of Our Lady of Solace is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 731 Morris Park Avenue at the intersection with Holland Avenue, Bronx, New York City in the Van Nest neighborhood. The parish was established 1903. The present church was dedicated in 1929. <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Our_Lady_of_Solace_Church_Bronx">read more...</a></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-59137962039159909992011-12-03T06:46:00.000-08:002011-12-03T06:46:54.981-08:00New Middle Collegiate Church, Manhattan<div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="inline inline-left" style="display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><a class="lightbox-processed" href="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/New_Middle_Collegiate_Church_Manhattan_01.jpg" rel="lightbox[][New Middle Collegiate Church, Manhattan. Photo 1<br /><br /><a href="/New_Middle_Collegiate_Church_Manhattan_Photo_1" id="lightbox2-node-link-text" >View Image Details</a> - <a href="/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/New_Middle_Collegiate_Church_Manhattan_01.jpg" id="lightbox2-download-link-text" target="_blank">Download Original</a>]" style="color: #3b617f; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="New Middle Collegiate Church, Manhattan. Photo 1" class="image image-thumbnail " height="130" src="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/New_Middle_Collegiate_Church_Manhattan_01.thumbnail.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-top: 0em; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" title="New Middle Collegiate Church, Manhattan. Photo 1" width="73" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; text-align: justify;">The New Middle Collegiate Church, on Second Avenue in the East Village is located between 6th and 7th Streets. It was built in 1891 and designed by S. B. Reed and was "'thoroughly equipped' as one guide said, 'with reading-rooms, gymnasium, and all appliances for aggressive modern church work'." The church was the successor of the Second Middle Collegiate Church, also known as the Lafayette Place Middle Dutch Church, built 1839 and abandoned by the congregation in 1887. The congregation was founded in 1628, and is the oldest continuous Protestant congregation in North America. <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/New_Middle_Collegiate_Church_Manhattan">read more...</a></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-52359350822613789452011-12-03T06:32:00.000-08:002011-12-03T06:32:40.627-08:00All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Manhattan<div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="inline inline-left" style="display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><a class="lightbox-processed" href="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/All_Saints_Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_Manhattan_01.jpg" rel="lightbox[][All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Manhattan. 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Photo 1" class="image image-thumbnail " height="110" src="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/All_Saints_Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_Manhattan_01.thumbnail.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-top: 0em; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" title="All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Manhattan. Photo 1" width="100" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; text-align: justify;">All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Church is a small church located at 11th Street in East Village, Manhattan. It's building was constructed in 1851 for the Welsh Congregational Church. In 1944 the building was sold to the Free Magyar Reformed Church of New York. In 1960 it was converted to an off-Broadway playhouse. In 1971 it resumed use as a church operated by the All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Church of NYC. <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/All_Saints_Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_Manhattan">read more...</a></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-23498927404392497652011-12-03T06:05:00.001-08:002011-12-03T06:05:59.372-08:00Holy Rosary Church, Manhattan<div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="inline inline-left" style="display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><a class="lightbox-processed" href="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/Holy_Rosary_Church_Manhattan_01.JPG" rel="lightbox[][Holy Rosary Church, Manhattan. Photo 1<br /><br /><a href="/Holy_Rosary_Church_Manhattan_Photo_1" id="lightbox2-node-link-text" >View Image Details</a> - <a href="/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/Holy_Rosary_Church_Manhattan_01.JPG" id="lightbox2-download-link-text" target="_blank">Download Original</a>]" style="color: #3b617f; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Holy Rosary Church, Manhattan. Photo 1" class="image image-thumbnail " height="114" src="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/Holy_Rosary_Church_Manhattan_01.thumbnail.JPG" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-top: 0em; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" title="Holy Rosary Church, Manhattan. Photo 1" width="97" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; text-align: justify;">The Church of the Holy Rosary is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 444 East 119th Street, East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. The parish was established in 1884 for the for the Germans and the Irish of the newly developed neighborhood. The present church building was dedicated in 1898. <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Holy_Rosary_Church_Manhattan">read more...</a></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-12424266713653846322011-11-22T09:43:00.000-08:002011-11-22T09:43:04.937-08:00Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan<span class="inline inline-left" style="background-color: white; display: block; float: left; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><a class="lightbox-processed" href="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/Judson_Memorial_Church_Manhattan_01.jpg" rel="lightbox[][Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan. 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<div align="justify" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em;">The Judson Memorial Church is located on Washington Square South between Thompson and Sullivan Streets, opposite Washington Square Park, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA and with the United Church of Christ.</div><div align="justify" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.8em;">The church was founded by Edward Judson who had been preaching at the Bearean Baptist Church on Downing Street, also in the village, but his efforts at expanding the congregation were so successful that a new sanctuary was required. <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Judson_Memorial_Church_Manhattan">read more...</a></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-2330889032718920482011-10-30T05:52:00.000-07:002011-10-30T05:52:21.524-07:00Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church, Manhattan<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hisgett/4691466591/" title="Church of San Salvadore by ahisgett, on Flickr"><img align="left" alt="Church of San Salvadore" height="100" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4691466591_65ffeae96c_t.jpg" width="81" /></a><br />
<div align="justify">The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church is a former San Salvatore Episcopal church building located at Broome Street in Manhattan. The original church was dedicated in January 1903. San Salvatore was central to the lives of residents of Little Italy district. With time the Little Italy neighborhood changed. Chinatown spread into the streets once populated almost exclusively by Italian and Jewish families. San Salvatore eventually became home to Holy Trinity Ukrainian Church. <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/Holy_Trinity_Ukrainian_Church_Manhattan">read more...</a></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-64455908148901214832011-10-30T05:50:00.000-07:002011-10-30T05:50:53.223-07:00St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, Manhattan<a class="lightbox-processed" href="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/St_Spyridon_Greek_Orthodox_Church_Manhattan_01.jpg" rel="lightbox[][St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, Manhattan. Photo 1<br /><br /><a href="/node/498" id="lightbox2-node-link-text" >View Image Details</a> - <a href="/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/St_Spyridon_Greek_Orthodox_Church_Manhattan_01.jpg" id="lightbox2-download-link-text" target="_blank">Download Original</a>]"><img align="left" alt="St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, Manhattan. Photo 1" class="image image-thumbnail " height="99" src="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/St_Spyridon_Greek_Orthodox_Church_Manhattan_01.thumbnail.jpg" title="St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, Manhattan. Photo 1" width="150" /></a><br />
<div align="justify">The community was officially incorporated by the State of New York on June 25, 1931 under the name "Washington Heights Hellenic Orthodox Church, Inc.,". The faitfhul congregated at first in a small hall above a theater located on St., Nicholas Avenue at 185th Street. Later, they met in a room above a garage on 183rd Street east of Broadway. Holy Rood Episcopalian Church on 179th Street and Ft. Washington Avenue, made available an auditorium for use of our parish. <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/St_Spyridon_Greek_Orthodox_Church_Manhattan">read more...</a></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-59831318971629428902011-10-24T09:39:00.000-07:002011-10-24T09:39:22.017-07:00St. John's in the Wilderness Church in Stony Point, NY<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jag9889/2955967559/" style="color: #3b617f; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="St John's in the Wilderness Church, Harriman State Park, Stony Point, New York by jag9889, on Flickr"><img align="left" alt="St John's in the Wilderness Church, Harriman State Park, Stony Point, New York" height="110" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/2955967559_003717d62f_t.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" width="125" /></a><br />
<div align="justify">St. John in the Wilderness Church is the St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in Harriman State Park, Stony Point, New York. The church was built by Margaret Zimmerman in memory of her dead husband John. In 1879 Mrs. Zimmerman purchased the land for the church, on June 23 1880 the cornerstone was laid. The architecture was typical of Northern England, the native “hornblend” granite was used for the building construction. <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/St_Johns_in_the_Wilderness_Church_in_Stony_Point_NY">read more...</a></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176693360037018513.post-60956542520771190242011-10-09T09:39:00.000-07:002011-10-09T09:40:14.386-07:00United Synagogue of Hoboken, NJ<a class="lightbox-processed" href="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/United_Synagogue_of_Hoboken_NJ_01.jpg" rel="lightbox[][United Synagogue of Hoboken, NJ. Photo 1<br /><br /><a href="/node/488" id="lightbox2-node-link-text" >View Image Details</a> - <a href="/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/United_Synagogue_of_Hoboken_NJ_01.jpg" id="lightbox2-download-link-text" target="_blank">Download Original</a>]"><img align="left" alt="United Synagogue of Hoboken, NJ. Photo 1" class="image image-thumbnail " height="150" src="http://www.holy-ny.com/sites/holy-ny.com/files/images/United_Synagogue_of_Hoboken_NJ_01.thumbnail.jpg" title="United Synagogue of Hoboken, NJ. Photo 1" width="124" /></a><br />
<div align="justify">The United Synagogue of Hoboken is a Conservative synagogue in Hoboken, New Jersey, "in the heart of the gentrified part of Hoboken." In 1946 The Hoboken Jewish Center and The Star of Israel Synagogue merged to form The United Synagogue of Hoboken. Originally, Moses Montefiore Synagogue had been invited to join the merger, but it declined when it learned that there would be mixed seating for religious services. <a href="http://www.holy-ny.com/United_Synagogue_of_Hoboken_NJ">read more...</a></div>Priesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16352099693017283234noreply@blogger.com0