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Unusual New York - Churches of New York. Part 3
Unusual New York - Churches of New York. Part 3
Middle Collegiate Church, New York
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112 Second Avenue
(Between 6th & 7th Streets)
New York, NY 10003
(Between 6th & 7th Streets)
New York, NY 10003
On 2nd Avenue, it is impossible not to notice a stunningly beautiful neo-Gothic building with stained glass windows by Tiffany (the son of the founder of Tiffany, who worked with glass and created exquisite glass products - stained glass, jewelry, lampshades).
Middle Collegiate Church, New York
This is the building of the church community Middle Collegiate Church, founded back in 1628. Her first church was built in 1729 on Nassau Street in the southern part of Manhattan (where New York City was located at that time). After the expansion of the city to the north, this building was built in 1892 in the East Village area.
The history of this church is inextricably linked to many key historical events throughout American history.
The Liberty Bell in this church rang on the day of the founding of the country itself, July 4, 1776. The bell also rang on the day of the inauguration and death of every American president.
And the bell ringing also sounds during significant events in New York, including, for example, ringing in memory of those who died on September 11, 2001.
Despite the respectful attitude to history and traditions, the church, however, is quite progressive. She advocates not only equal treatment of same-sex unions, but also advocates same-sex marriage.
Grace Church, New York
Grace Church
802 Broadway (at 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
On Sunday, December 21, 2008, Grace Church in New York celebrated its bicentennial. Two hundred years ago, parishioners gathered for their first worship service in a modest building on the corner of Rector Street and Broadway, directly across from Trinity Church. That is, where New York was at that time, in the southern part of Manhattan. With the development of the city and its expansion to the north, it was decided to move the church "in order to keep up with the times and not be on the sidelines of life."
Interestingly, during the search for an architect, several significant people offered their candidacies and their vision, but the decision was made in favor of a 24-year-old young man who, although he had an engineering education, had never built anything before. But he had a good rear in the form of an influential family.
The Church of the Ascention, New York
The Church of the Ascention
Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street
New York City, New York
New York City, New York
The church was founded in 1829. Its first building, like most of the churches we have already mentioned, appeared in the southern part of Manhattan on Canal Street. After 10 years, the church was destroyed by fire.
For the new building of the church, an area was chosen much north of the then center and it was a remote area with a dirt road. This dirt road was called 5th Avenue. And the Church of the Ascension was the first church to appear on Fifth Avenue.
The church not only received parishioners, but also provided active social support outside its walls. Over a period of 16 years (1843-1859) more than $225,000 (huge sums for the time) was donated to social projects outside the parish. The Ascension Church was instrumental in establishing and maintaining Five Points Day School, which sought to feed, clothe, and educate children from the city's worst crime and poverty neighborhoods.
Here, for the first time in New York, the women of this parish founded a day nursery, where babies and children of working mothers received protection and shelter.
At the end of the 19th century, the then pastor of the church was convinced that beauty elevates a person and the place where a person comes to worship the Lord should be beautiful. Thanks to artist friends, of whom the pastor had many, as well as donations from generous parishioners, the altar turned from a gloomy and empty space into one of the most beautiful places in New York, crowned with a large fresco of the Ascension of the Lord.
St. James' Church, New York
St. James' Church
(Episcopal)
865 Madison Avenue at 71st Street
New York, NY 10021
New York, NY 10021
Founded in 1810 as a summer chapel in a village north of what was then considered New York City, St. James Church existed as a house of prayer for Christians living on and around Lenox Hill, in the part of Manhattan we now call Upper East Side (Upper East Side).
St. James' Church, New York
As the city has grown significantly since that time, St. James Church has also grown and changed to meet the needs of its neighbors. The current building was built in 1884-1885. and quite strongly changed in 1924. Completely renovated building in the early 2000s (for its approaching 200th anniversary) is ready to continue to receive parishioners.
St. George Ukrainian Church, New York
St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church
30 East 7th Street
In the eastern part of Manhattan, near the East Village, there is St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church. It was built in 1978.
Catholic Church of St. Jura was founded in 1905 and was originally located in the 20th Street/5th Avenue area. In 1907, the Church experienced rapid growth, holding not only services, but also about 200 wedding ceremonies a year. The parish moves to 7th Street in the 2nd and 3rd Avenue area in 1911.
In 1940, the church opened an elementary school, and subsequently a grammar school, which was accredited by the State of New York. In 1958, a $3 million school building was built, which still serves as both an elementary school and an academy.
In 1978, generous parishioners made it possible to build a church in the traditional Byzantine style of Ukraine, which now stands at the intersection of 7th Street and Shevchenko Street (7 street / Shevchenko Place).
St. George Ukrainian Church, New York
An important place in Ukrainian church architecture is occupied by a dome representing the sky and the Universe.
In the center of the dome is a cross with the inscription "I am the Resurrection and the Life" and Christ supported by four archangels.
The murals in the church show Ukrainians in national costumes.
And directly above the entrance there is a mosaic showing how St. George, the patron saint of the church, kills a dragon, which symbolizes the constant struggle between good and evil.
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