3872 x 2592 px | 32,8 x 21,9 cm | 12,9 x 8,6 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
24 settembre 2008
Ubicazione:
5000 North Cumberland, Chicago, Illinois 60656 USA
Altre informazioni:
St Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church; 5000 North Cumberland, Chicago, Illinois 60656 Parish Office 773-625-4805 Rectory 773-625-4833 Fax 773-625-4148 www.stjosephucc.org St. Joseph's parish represents the Ukrainian enclave living on the far NW side of the city and in the surrounding suburbs. In the surrounding neighborhood of Norridge and Chicago, St. Joseph's shiny domes and reflective glass towers can be seen a mile away. A truly unique building when compared to the minimalist style of architecture of the newer, suburban style modern Catholic churches mostly built in the 1950s and '60s with bare brick walls and simplistic roof trusses. Ukrainian Catholics are not Roman Catholics. Their faith is rooted in the eastern Christian Byzantine tradition, looking more to ancient Constantinople than to Rome as their spiritual center. The mass structure and the church interior differs to that of a traditional Catholic church. St. Joseph's remains true to this, with an ornate wooden ikonostas (wall of icons) and a main gate that opens at the start of each service and is shut by the priest at the end. While it is not as marvelous as the ikonostas at St. Nicholas or St. Vladimir & Olga in Ukrainian Village, this church is infinitely more artistic-looking than the aforementioned modern churches in the area. And take a look up at the main dome at the center of the church, it too has painting on it inside. A favorite depiction on a wall is the Synaxis of Ukrainian saints. It shows priests and bishops standing beside a fallen barbed wire fence at a prison camp, dressed in their vestments. This icon captures the spirit of the church that was persecuted during the 70 years of Russian occupation until the fall of the Soviet Union. Countless clergy died at the hands of Stalin and his soldiers. This church is the result of the Ukrainians in America giving voice to the people back home who had none.
