Transfiguration of our Lord Russian Orthodox Church
Transfiguration of our Lord Russian Orthodox Church (Holy Transfiguration Church) is a Russian Orthodox church is located in Baltimore, Maryland. The church belongs to the Eastern American diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.[2]
History
The parish church was founded in 1963 by Vladimir and Anastasia Norko, an immigrant couple, in order to serve the needs of the Russian American immigrant community in Baltimore. Rev. Nikolai Makowelski was the first reverend of the church and served until his retirement in 1984.
The church was served for 12 years by visiting priests from Washington, D.C. For many years the church was in decline, until 1997 when the Reverend Metropolitan Vitaly made the decision to hold services in Old Church Slavonic, and appointed a new rector, Rev. Rostislav Sheniloff to restore the church and parish life. The Rev. Sheniloff faithfully served in the church until his untimely death in 2002, after having succeeded in giving the church a new lease on life. All other churches in Baltimore use English during their services. The use of Old Church Slavonic was meant to appeal to Russian and other Slavic immigrants to Baltimore.
In 2004, the church acquired a new rector, Rev. Ion Barbus, who is still actively serving in the parish.
The iconostasis of the church was painted by the Orthodox priest and artist Theodore Jurewicz, one of the foremost disciples of the renowned Russian Orthodox iconographer abroad, Fr. Cyprian (Pyzhov) of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York.
References
http://www.holy-transfiguration.org/ourchurch.html
External links
- Official church website
- Parish history
See also
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- Chinatown/Little Ethiopia
- Corned Beef Row
- French Town
- Greektown
- Koreatown
- Little Appalachia
- Little Bohemia
- Little Italy
- Little Lithuania
- Little Poland
- Little Ukrainian Village
- Otterbein
- Spanish Town
- Baltimore American Indian Center
- Baltimore Hebrew University
- Bohemian National Cemetery
- Christ United Church of Christ
- Concordia Hall
- Grand Lodge Č.S.P.S. of Baltimore
- Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation
- Hebrew Orphan Asylum
- Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church
- Holy Rosary Church
- Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church
- Jewish Museum of Maryland
- Lithuanian Hall
- National Great Blacks In Wax Museum
- National Slavic Museum
- Oblate Sisters of Providence
- Otterbein Church
- Our Lady of Pompeii Church
- Polish Home Hall
- Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
- Royal Theatre
- Russian Night School
- St. Alphonsus Church
- St. Casimir Church
- St. Elizabeth of Hungary
- St. Francis Xavier Church
- St. Leo's Church
- St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church
- St. Peter the Apostle Church
- Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church
- St. Vincent de Paul Church
- St. Wenceslaus in Baltimore
- Transfiguration of our Lord Russian Orthodox Church
- Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building
- Zion Lutheran Church