Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (Baltimore, Maryland)

Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church
	Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church
	39°17′34″N 76°35′33″W / 39.2927897°N 76.5925772°W
Location	1723 East Fairmount Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland
Country	United States
Denomination	Russian Orthodox
Website	Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church
History
Founded	February 9, 1919
Founder(s)	Russian immigrants
Dedicated
Consecrated
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	For Russian immigrants
Architectural type	Church
Groundbreaking
Completed

Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church is a church of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA of the Russian Orthodox Church,^[1] located in the Dunbar neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The church was founded by ethnic Russian immigrants from Belarus.

History

The founders of Holy Trinity were ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers who immigrated from the Russian Empire, including areas that are now Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine. The church building was constructed sometime before or after the Civil War to serve a Methodist congregation. During the 1890s, the church building was acquired by Lutherans and served as a Lutheran church until it was purchased by the Russian émigré community on February 9, 1919. The attendance started to decline in numbers after the 1930s due to many Russian-Americans in Baltimore moving to the suburbs, leaving a smaller, aging congregation.^[2]

More recent members of the church have largely been immigrants from Eastern European and Central Asian countries of the former Soviet Union, the majority of parishioners being Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Georgians, Romanians, Uzbeks, and Tajiks. Other members of the church include Black Americans and white Americans as well. At least 10 different languages are spoken by parishioners.

The church holds an annual Russian Festival in order to celebrate Baltimore's Russian heritage.

References

^ "Parish Directory".
^ Baum, Howell S. (1997). The Organization of Hope: Communities Planning Themselves. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-7914-3193-2. Retrieved August 23, 2012. The Organization of Hope.

External links

[1] "Parish Directory".

[2] Baum, Howell S. (1997). The Organization of Hope: Communities Planning Themselves. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-7914-3193-2. Retrieved August 23, 2012. The Organization of Hope.

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v t e Ethnic history of Baltimore
Groups	African Americans Africans Appalachian Americans Asian Americans Caribbeans Czechs Ethiopians French Germans Greeks Hispanics and Latinos Irish Italians Jews Koreans Lithuanians Native Americans Poles Russians Syrians Ukrainians White Americans
Ethnic enclaves	Chinatown/Little Ethiopia Corned Beef Row French Town Greektown Koreatown Little Appalachia Little Bohemia Little Italy Little Lithuania Little Poland Little Ukrainian Village Otterbein Spanish Town
Institutions	Baltimore American Indian Center Baltimore Hebrew University Bohemian National Cemetery Christ United Church of Christ Concordia Hall Grand Lodge Č.S.P.S. of Baltimore Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation Hebrew Orphan Asylum Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church Holy Rosary Church Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church Jewish Museum of Maryland Lithuanian Hall National Great Blacks In Wax Museum National Slavic Museum Oblate Sisters of Providence Otterbein Church Our Lady of Pompeii Church Polish Home Hall Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture Royal Theatre Russian Night School St. Alphonsus Church St. Casimir Church St. Elizabeth of Hungary St. Francis Xavier Church St. Leo's Church St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church St. Peter the Apostle Church Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church St. Vincent de Paul Church St. Wenceslaus in Baltimore Transfiguration of our Lord Russian Orthodox Church Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association Building Zion Lutheran Church
Events	Baltimore riot of 1968 2015 Baltimore protests
Media	Ethnic press in Baltimore (Baltimore Afro-American Baltimore Jewish Times Baltimore Times Baltimore Wecker Czas Baltimorski Der Deutsche Correspondent Latin Opinion Telegraf Where What When)

History

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