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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 ...
The Russian Orthodox Church ( ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, romanized : Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate ( Russian: Московский патриархат, romanized : Moskovskiy patriarkhat ), [12] is an autocephalous ...
Donate To St.Sergius Orthodox Cathedral. The Orthodox Church is the original Christian Church founded by Jesus and continued by his Apostles. It is the same Church described in the Bible as the Body of Christ and the Bride of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 5:23–25). Throughout its 2000-year history Orthodox Christianity has remained ...
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6980 County Line Rd (northwest corner of County Line Rd and Carriage Way) Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 Website: orthodoxsspp.org
General Location SS Peter and Paul Orthodox Church is located in Burr Ridge, IL, approximately 20 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. The church is situated on the northwest corner of County Line Rd and Carriage Way, and offers ample parking in a paved and lighted lot adjacent to the church. From the north Take I-294 south to I-55 (Stevenson Expre...
4:30 PM Memorial Services (upon request); 5:00 PM Great Vespers and Confessions. Saturday Evening 8:15 AM Matins, 9:15 Hours; 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy followed by Church School, and Fellowship Hour. Sunday Morning 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy or as announced. Mornings of Great Feasts 6:30 PM Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Wednesday Evenings in Great L...
On August 3, 1931, Rev Peter Semkoff officially petitoned His Eminence, the Most Rev Theophilus, Archbishop of Chicago for his permission and archpastoral blessing to organize and establish a new parish in the Gage Park area of Chicago, to be eventually known as St Peter and St Paul Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church. The first members...
The founders of Chicago’s first Orthodox congregation were largely immigrants from southern Russia. When they decided to build a church, they didn’t look for inspiration from the grandiose buildings of urban northern Russia. Instead, they sought the comfort of a familiar style, derived from the small rural churches of their native lands.
The church building for Holy Trinity was built under the leadership of Fr. John Kochurov, and was consecrated in 1903 by Bishop Tikhon of the Diocese of Alaska, Orthodox Church of Russia. After efforts to establish an Orthodox Church in Chicago that was inclusive of Greeks, Serbians, and Russians fell apart in 1888, in 1892, a Russian parish ...
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Holy Trinity is one of just two churches designed by Louis Sullivan. It is the oldest Orthodox parish in Chicago, founded in 1892, and the Cathedral for the Orthodox Church in America: Diocese of the Midwest. Holy Trinity was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and named a Chicago Landmark in 1979. The church retains features typical of Slavic provincial architecture ...
