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Starting
With $800, Donated by the Ladies, the Greek Russian Church of This City Has Now
$1,000 Subscribed
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The Greek-Russian
Church is to have a grand new cathedral building. This has been decided and it
is through the ladies of the organization that the matter has been brought to
an issue.
For a long time the members of the church
have felt that the cathedral of the Orthodox Greek Church in North America
should be a magnificent and imposing structure. San Francisco is Bishop
Tikhon's official residence and it is in the offices of the cathedral building
that he directs the great Christian work of his denomination on this continent.
But building
cathedral seemed a big undertaking and action was put off from time to time.
"Some day, we will have a grand cathedral," the members said vaguely
and the matter dropped with that.
The ladies of the
Orthodox Endeavor Society of the church found yesterday that they had left $800
of the proceeds of their recent fete, after generously providing for the
benevolent work of their organization. They agreed to use this sum to start the
cathedral fund. A Russian lady donated another hundred and when the money was
placed in the hands of Bishop Tikhon he brought the amount up to $1,000 by
giving a hundred dollars himself.
The cathedral is
supported by the Russian government and it is expected, now that the building
fund is started, that a handsome sum will come from Europe. The plan is to sell
the property on the corner of Powell and Filbert streets, now used for church
purposes, and to secure a site in the north end of the city, with picturesque
surroundings. The intention is to have the building a heavy stone structure of
mosque design.
The San Francisco Examiner, January 25, 1903