Saint Seraphim (Orthodox) Cathedral

Saint Seraphim Cathedral, located near downtown Dallas, Texas, is the primary episcopal seat of the Diocese of the South, sharing its status with Christ the Saviour (Orthodox) Cathedral in Miami Lakes, Florida. The namesake of the Cathedral is Saint Seraphim of Sarov.

In April 1954, a small group of converts to the Orthodox Faith (Rev. Ilya Rudolph Rangel, rector of the already existing Mexican Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of Bishop ,Dmitri Royster, a subdeacon in Bishop Bogdan's jurisdiction, and Miss Dmitra Royster) sought permission of their bishop to organize an English-language Orthodox mission in the city of Dallas. It may be stated parenthetically that the three above-mentioned persons were working, at the time of the organization of St. Seraphim's, in close cooperation with ROCOR's St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, of which Father Alexander Chernay of Houston was pastor and which held services periodically in the chapel of the Sunday School building at St. Matthew's Episcopal Cathedral. Father Ilya and Subdeacon Dmitri set out to find a building that would be suitable to house the activities of the projected mission. Property was located at the corner of McKinney Avenue (3734) and Blackburn Street. The sale price of the property was $15,000, and since the financial resources of the organizers were limited. Father Ilya and Subdeacon Dmitri went to seek the aid of Mr. Paul Raigorodsky, a member of St. Nicholas' Parish. Mr. Raigorodsky agreed to make it possible for the group to acquire a loan from the First National Bank in Dallas in order to purchase the property (on which there was an eight-room two-story house). The property was bought in the name of St. Seraphim's Church. Services in English began to be held in June 1954. Father Ilya conducted occasional services—Sunday Vespers weekly and an early Liturgy once a month. Father Ilya and Subdeacon Dmitri constructed an iconostasis and made a number of shrines and articles, and a chapel was arranged on the first floor of the house. After a month or two the members of St. Nicholas' Parish were invited to use the chapel, since one of their members had been so instrumental in the acquisition of the property. On November 6, 1954, Subdeacon Dmitri was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Bogdan and became rector of St. Seraphim's Church (After Fr. Ilya departed from the Orthodox Church to the Baptist Church)

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