St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
| St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Greek Catholic Parish | |
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| 41°58′14″N 87°50′14″W / 41.97056°N 87.83722°WCoordinates: 41°58′14″N 87°50′14″W / 41.97056°N 87.83722°W | |
| Location | 5000 N. Cumberland, Chicago, Illinois |
| Country | USA |
| Denomination | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Churchmanship | Byzantine |
| Website | http://www.stjosephukr.com |
| History | |
| Founded | August 1956 |
| Founder(s) | Joseph Shary |
| Dedication | Bishop Jaroslaw Gabro |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Ukrainian |
| Architect(s) | Zenon Mazurkevich |
| Architectural type | Ultra-Modern |
| Groundbreaking | 1975 |
| Completed | 1977 |
| Construction cost | $1,750,000 |
| Administration | |
| Deanery | Chicago |
| Diocese | Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago |
| Province | Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia |
| Synod | |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Stephen Soroka |
| Bishop(s) | Richard Seminack |
| Priest(s) | Volodymyr Kushnir |
| Pastor(s) | Mykola Buryadnyk |
| Laity | |
| Music group(s) | "Irmos" Choir, Kheruvym Chamber Choir |
St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is a Ukrainian church located in Chicago, Illinois and belonging to the St. Nicholas Eparchy for the Ukrainian Catholics. The building has an ultra-modern roof, comprising thirteen gold domes which symbolize the twelve apostles and Jesus Christ as the largest center dome.
The interior of the church is adorned with Byzantine style icons (frescoes).
Relief geometric patterns of crosses are etched into the walls of the second story of the current structure. The underlying materials from which the crosser were made was left visible until in 1996 and 1997 the current pastor, Fr. Pavlo Hayda had them painted, and the gold domes restored. The iconostasis inside the church is a traditional Byzantine iconostasis with two tiers and is in the Modern Cossack Baroque Style.
In the rear, on the west end of the altar server and priest sacristy, is the diminutive St. Paraskevia Chapel, named after the saint from whom Fr. Shary's (see History) mother took her name. Daily morning services take place here, and the main sanctuary is used for celebrating Divine Liturgies on Saturdays, Sundays, and high holy days. The iconostasis in the chapel is the original for the church on this site.
Across the way from the church is a grotto Shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Hoshiv with an altar sometimes used for outdoor services (such as Pascha Blessing). In 2006, Fr. Pavlo's wife, Christine, led a restoration and relandscaping of the grotto into a memorial garden, which is now dedicated to deceased parishioners.
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