Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Chicago

            Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral is the oldest church edifice built specifically as a Greek Orthodox Church in metropolitan Chicago and serves as the mother church in the area. It was established in 1892 by a Greek immigrant community from Laconia and the Greek Islands. In 1909, the Greek Orthodox community paid $18,000 for the lot of city land on which the cathedral stands today. One year later, the cathedral at 1107 N. LaSalle St. was completed at a total cost of around $100,000. It was built after an Athenian cathedral and is currently the oldest surviving Chicago building in the style of a Byzantine church.

The church edifice is divided into three sections. The narthex is the vestibule area and represents this world in which man is called to repentance. The nave, the central portion of the building, represents the kingdom of heaven and the passage from the narthex into the nave symbolizes the Christian's entry into that kingdom. The soleas, the raised platform between the nave and the sanctuary, is reserved for sacraments and liturgical services. The sanctuary is the holiest part of the temple, and the entire architecture and iconography of the church center attention on the Holy Altar within the sanctuary. The nave is separated from the sanctuary by an icon screen or iconostasis. Gates, called royal doors in the center of the screen, lead into the sanctuary and altar area and are used only by ordained Orthodox clergymen. The Holy Altar holds the tabernacle, Gospels book, candles and holy vessels used during the Divine Liturgy. 

Photographs at Open House Chicago 2024, the only site we visited. Having returned from New York City two days prior and a few hundred photographs still to edit, research and post, we took a pass on this year’s OHC.

Taken on: October 20, 2024

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