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The church was commissioned by a growing Orthodox community consisting of Rusyns, Russians, Serbs and Greeks of Chicago, Illinois, and stands within the neighborhood known today as Ukrainian Village. The founders of the church were immigrants from Carpathian Rus', Galicia, and the Balkans.
The only one still intact is Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Chicago. It looks as if it might have been plucked from a small town in southern Russia. Set on a quiet street in the Ukrainian Village, it’s a rare gem that conceals an intimate, ornate interior redolent with incense.
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Welcome to the official website of Saint Sergius Russian Orthodox Cathedral, a parish of the Chicago and Mid-America Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
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.
Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral traces its origins to 1892, and the Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Serbian, and Bulgarian immigrants who formed St. Vladimir's Church, at the time a small wooden structure near the intersection of Racine and Madison Avenues.
Apr 12, 2020 · Resembling provincial Russian churches, Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral was designed by Louis Sullivan to serve as a center of a Russian neighborhood on Chicago's Near-North Side. Its construction was partially funded by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.