Thanks for that potted history, Dan. I really enjoyed reading it & I can
tell you enjoyed writing it. Will the turbulence ever end?
Alan C
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From: Daniel J. Matyola
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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
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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
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