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Images- Greenpoint Brooklyn Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord |
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Louis Allmendinger. |
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228 N. 12th St., SE cor. Driggs Ave. |
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1916-1921. |
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The Winter Palace
at St. Petersburg is remembered in the yellow and beige tones of this
magnificent cathedral, crowned with 5 verdigris-copper onion-domed
cupolas. The real treat, however, is within: the space is small (only 250
seats), and the central cupola is supported on 4 great columns painted to
simulate richly veined marble. The triple-altared eastern end is separated
from the body of the church by the iconostasis, a handcarved wooden screen
on which icons were painted by the monks in the Orthodox Monastery of the
Caves in Kiev. A visit should include the celebration of Divine Liturgy:
architecture, incense ritual, and sound, combined in many tongues, create
a deeply moving saturation of the senses.
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