St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral, New York

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St. Nicholas Cathedral, New York.

Saint Nicholas is the Antiochene Orthodox cathedral in New York City . The church originated in Lower Manhattan and is now in Brooklyn .

architecture

The congregation was founded in 1895 by Saint Raphael of Brooklyn on Washington Street in Lower Manhattan. The ward moved to Pacific Street in 1902 . In the 1920s, the community moved again. She bought a building that had previously belonged to the Episcopal Church . It's located at 355 State Street in Brooklyn.

The building is built in the neo-Gothic style with pointed arched windows and roughly hewn stones and a large rose window above the main entrance. Inside, the church is lavishly decorated based on the model of Byzantine churches with wall paintings depicting biblical stories and a richly gilded iconostasis . The nave is tripartite and is supported by two rows of slender pillars decorated in Gothic style.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Andy Newman: A Centennial Celebration for Brooklyn's Only Saint. In: New York Times November 5, 2015.

Web links

Commons : St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral (Brooklyn)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 41 ′ 16.3 ″  N , 73 ° 59 ′ 5.2 ″  W.