{"id":2388,"date":"2019-11-08T17:23:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T22:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.mekshq.com\/voice\/?p=164"},"modified":"2023-01-25T14:23:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T19:23:46","slug":"holy-trinity-russian-orthodox-east-new-york-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/holy-trinity-russian-orthodox-east-new-york-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church, East New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some churches look out of place due to changing demographics or neighborhood dynamics, but others are so otherworldly that transcend those observations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We at the NYCCP have a weakness for Byzantine and Orthodox architecture, and this beautiful parish, with its quite voluminous green onion domes, is no exception. It is on the corner (almost) of Pennsylvania Avenue and Glenmore Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2574\" data-link=\"http:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/holy-trinity-russian-orthodox-church-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-2574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-740x493.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Russian Orthodox Church of The Holy Trinity<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2572\" data-link=\"http:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/russian-orthodox-church-of-the-holy-trinity\/\" class=\"wp-image-2572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-3-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-3-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-3-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Holy-Trinity-Russian-Orthodox-ENY-3-740x494.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Russian Orthodox Church of The Holy Trinity<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Completed in 1936, it stands proudly in the corner, almost oblivious to the blocks around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After observing the church from the outside many times, we recently got a chance to see its interior. We were flabbergasted by its frescoes and dome, but also by its sheer verticality, By this, we&#8217;re trying to say Holy Trinity appears to be deceivingly small inside.  But still, smallish and all, it has the beauty of a Faberg\u00e9 egg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6846-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6846-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6846-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6846-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6846-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6846-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6846-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6846-570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6846-740x555.jpg 740w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6846-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_6846.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>[leaflet-map lat=40.672956 lng=-73.895806 zoom=14]<br>\n[leaflet-marker lat=40.672956 lng=-73.895806]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some churches look out of place due to changing demographics or neighborhood dynamics, but others are so otherworldly that transcend those observations. 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