Southern Russian

Image represented is one of a related set (CHUR 0891), some of which may also be described in this new record; Facade (closeup) of church: top section of facadedome, and bell tower. Caption: "Southern Russian--Towering above the East New York Neighborhood at Pennsylvania and Glenmore Aves., Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church presents an interesting study of green-copper domes atop a red-brick six-story building. Here the Very Rev. John Semanitzky presides over a congregation of 400 families, all of Russian descent. The church was built in 1935, but was founded in 1909."