Good to keep old traditions alive, lest we forget who we are and where we came from.
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Alan, Christine, Attila and Jack! > > This church replaced a tiny church built back in the 1930s that was no > longer structurally sound. (I suspect that the original church was > built by the parishioners before building codes were enforced.) I > believe the bell is from the original church. In Russia, I saw > several old, heavy bells set up at ground level near a church or > cathedral. The most famous is the Tsar Bell, in the Moscow Kremlin. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bell > > Alan, I agree that they did a great job combining a modern church with > the traditional architectural details of a Russian Orthodox structure. > > In the old country, now the Zakarpattia Oblast in Ukraine, My > grandfather belonged to the Greek Catholic or Uniate church, which was > Orthodox in liturgy and tradition, but a separate entity directly > under the pope, since the region was incorporated into the Austrian > Empire after the collapse of Kievan Rus in the 13th century. That > region was part of Hungary when my grandfather emigrated to the US, > later became part of Czechoslovakia, then was seized by the Soviets > during WWII, first as an independent region and then as part of the > Ukrainian SSR. > > When the Rusyns (or Ruthenians) can to the US, they collected money to > bring a few of their priests from Europe, but the priests were > rejected by the local Roman Catholic hierarchy. as a result, some > joined Russian Orthodox churches, some became Latin Rite Catholics, > but some, like my grandparents, opted to form their own churches, > following the pattern of those in Ruthenia. For decades, they > continued to operate as a tiny independent religious organization, but > late in the last century, they became part of the Orthodox Church in > America, along with the Greek Orthodox churches. > > Although I was raised Lutheran, I always went to the Rusyn Church with > my father on Christmas, Easter and family weddings and baptisms, and I > have clear memories of the tiny older church, without pews, men > standing on one side and the woman on the other, with the stirring > Russian chants, the intricate icons and the overwhelming incense. The > services are now in English, and the priests no longer have long > beards, but much of the traditional service remains. Many of my > cousins still belong to this church, and occasionally one of them will > host a traditional Russian Christmas Eve dinner on January 6, before > midnight mass. > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 12:33 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >> A beautiful modern Church. What is the significance of the bell on a >> pedestal? >> >> Alan C >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Daniel J. Matyola >> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 6:21 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: PESO: Holy Ghost >> >> >> The Carpatho-Russian Othodox Church of the Holy Ghost. (My paternal >> grandfather was one of the origianal founding members.) >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17867842 >> Comments are invited. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
