St. George's Church (Manhattan)

St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church
Українська Католицька Церква Св. Юра
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40°43′42″N 73°59′23″W / 40.72843°N 73.98976°W / 40.72843; -73.98976Coordinates: 40°43′42″N 73°59′23″W / 40.72843°N 73.98976°W / 40.72843; -73.98976
Location	6 Taras Shevchenko Place, New York City
Country	United States
Denomination	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Churchmanship	Byzantine
Website	www.facebook.com/stgeorgeukichurchmanhattan
History
Founded	1905
Founder(s)	Fr. Joseph Chaplinsky
Consecrated	April 23, 1978 (present church)
Cult(s) present	Saint George
Events	1905 — Parish founded at the formerly Baptist Colgate Chapel at 332 East 20th Street in 1905 1911 — Parish moves into the former Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church on 23 East 7th Street 1958 — Adjoining Catholic school building is constructed for K-12 education 1978 — Present church opens for services next door to "old church" at 30 East 7th Street 1991 — Residential building housing new rectory is completed on former lot of "old church"
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Apollinaire Osadca
Architectural type	Byzantine Revival
Style	Cathedral
Years built	1976-2008
Groundbreaking	1976
Completed	1978
Construction cost	$2,500,000
Specifications
Capacity	1,000
Administration
Diocese	Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford
Province	Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Synod
Clergy
Archbishop	The Most Reverend, Stefan Soroka
Bishop(s)	Paul Chomnycky, O.S.B.M.
Priest(s)	Illya Bronovskyy, O.S.B.M.
Pastor(s)	Emilian Dorosh, O.S.B.M.

St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church (Ukrainian: Українська Католицька Церква Св. Юра) is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church located in the East Village neighborhood of New York City's borough of Manhattan. Situated at the corner of East 7th Street and Taras Shevchenko Place, the church and the adjoining St. George Academy are encircled by, but not included in, the East Village Historic District. For over 100 years, this Ukrainian parish has served as a spiritual, political and cultural epicenter for several waves of Ukrainian Americans in New York City.

The first Ukrainian language liturgy in the city of New York was performed only a few blocks away from today's St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, in the basement of St. Brigid's Roman Catholic Church on the southeast corner of East 8th Street and Avenue B. In 1905, the growing Ukrainian American community was able to purchase the Colgate Chapel from the First Swedish Baptist Church at 332 East 20th Street; the former Baptist Tabernacle would be converted to accommodate a layout for Byzantine style services and was dedicated to Saint George. By 1911, the congregation had grown to the extent that a larger building was needed, and the parish proceeded to purchase the Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as the Bowery Village Church;