St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral Explained

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral
Coordinates:	40.7883°N -73.9541°W
Country:	United States
Denomination:	Russian Orthodox Church
Address:	15 East 97th Street, Manhattan, NY
Website:	ruschurchusa.org
Founded Date:	1902
Founder:	Saint Tikhon (Belavin) Alexander Hotovitzky
Architect:	John Bergesen
Architectural Type:	Moscow Baroque

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral (Свято-Николаевский собор РПЦ в Нью-Йорке) is located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City and is the administrative center of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America.

History

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral is the home of a congregation which was founded in the early 1890s on Second Avenue. In 1899, the church began a building fund with seed money from Czar Nicholas to build a new church.^[1] The Cathedral, designed by Finnish-born architect John Bergesen, was completed in 1902 at 15 East 97th Street in Manhattan. Since 1903, the Cathedral has served as the headquarters for the Russian Orthodox faith in the United States. The building was designated as an official city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1973.^[2]

Notes and References

1. News: Gray . Christopher . Streetscapes/The 1902 Cathedral of St. Nicholas, at 15 East 97th Street; Old Czarist-Soviet Battleground Enters a New Age . 11 January 2019 . . November 26, 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160301182227/http://www.nytimes.com:80/2000/11/26/realestate/streetscapes-1902-cathedral-st-nicholas-15-east-97th-street-old-czarist-soviet.html . 1 March 2016 . New York City, New York.
2. St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral. December 18, 1973. New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.