Abandoned greek orthodox church (detroit)
Immigrants from Europe shaped the city of Detroit, providing labor for the factories that were springing up across the city. Greek immigrants from villages around Sparta and Arcadia began arriving in Detroit in the late 1880's, and by 1892, over 100 Greek immigrants were living in Detroit. That number grew to 884 by 1910, when Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church was founded in the Greektown neighborhood downtown.
Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, located on the west side of the cit, grew out of a need for a Greek school. 25 families began meeting in a rented hall on Myrtle Street, known today as Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Instead of a school though, they decided to establish a church on the west side of the city. Planning for a the church began in 1930, as the group grew and moved through several different locations, setting up in a hall above the Strand Theater on Grand River and 14th.
It wasn't until 1943 that funds to buy land on Chicago and Woodside were raised, and construction was delayed until after the Second World War. The cornerstone was laid down on November 14th, 1948. On Palm Sunday, 1950, the first service was held in the church, with worshipers gathering under the partially-finished dome. A school and community center was built in 1960, as the congregation swelled to over 750 families.
Like other Orthodox Churches in Detroit, Sts. Constantine and Helen began to lose members to the suburbs in the 1960's and 1970's. A new community center was built in Westland in 1986, which the church moved into on a temporary basis while a new sanctuary was built. The altar and other fixtures were removed and placed into storage until construction on the current location was finished in 1996.
The Oakman location was sold to Maranatha Christian Church in 1986, which used it until 2000 when the church folded. Power of the Word Christian Center Church of God in Christ bought the church in 2000 and used it until it closed in 2011.
The recreational center and the school have been re-purposed already I believe they have started working on the church.
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Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Come to pass after the greatest events in the history of mankind - the Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ, the Holy Cross, which served as an instrument of death of the Savior, was lost. After the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman armies in 70 holy places connected with the earthly life of the Lord, were forgotten, some of them were built
pagan temples.
Finding of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross took place in the reign of Constantine the Great Equal.
According to church historians IV century, Constantine's mother, Helena Equal to the Apostles, went at the request of the royal son to Jerusalem to find the places connected with the events of Christ's earthly life, and the Holy Cross, which was the miraculous phenomenon of Saint Constantine sign of victory over the enemy.
St. Helen tried to find the seat of the Cross in Jerusalem Jews, and in the end one elderly Jew named Judas, who would not give to speak first, after tortures have a place - the temple of Venus. St. Helen commanded to destroy the temple and do excavation. There were found three crosses. The cross of Christ has helped reveal a miracle - a touch of the resurrection of the True Cross corpse, which sweeps past. Of Judas says that he later converted to Christianity with the name Kyriakos, and became bishop of Jerusalim.
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Воздвижение Честного и Животворящего Креста Господня.
После того как свершились величайшие события в истории человечества -- Распятие, Погребение, Воскресение и Вознесение Христовы, святой Крест, послуживший орудием казни Спасителя, был утерян. После разрушения Иерусалима римскими войсками в 70 году святые места, связанные с земной жизнью Господа, оказались в забвении, на некоторых из них были построены языческие храмы.
Обретение Честного и Животворящего Креста состоялось в царствование равноапостольного императора Константина Великого.
По сообщениям церковных историков IV века, мать Константина, равноапостольная Елена, отправилась по просьбе царственного сына в Иерусалим, чтобы найти места, связанные с событиями земной жизни Христа, а также святой Крест, чудесное явление которого стало для святого Константина знаком победы над противником.
Святая Елена пыталась узнать место пребывания Креста у иерусалимских иудеев, и в конце концов один престарелый еврей, по имени Иуда, сначала не хотевший говорить, после истязаний указал место -- храм Венеры. Святая Елена повелела разрушить храм и делать раскопки. Там были найдены три креста. Явить Крест Христов помогло чудо -- воскрешение через прикосновение к истинному Кресту мертвеца, которого проносили мимо. Об Иуде сообщается, что тот впоследствии принял христианство с именем Кириак и стал епископом Иерусалима.
Divine Liturgy - 09/13/2015 (Sunday before Holy Cross)
Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance; grant Thou unto the faithful victory over adversaries. And by the power of Thy Cross do Thou preserve Thy commonwealth.
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Saints and Feast Days
September 14
The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross
Saint Helen, the mother of Saint Constantine the Great, when she was already advanced in years, undertook, in her great piety, the hardships of a journey to Jerusalem in search of the cross, about the year 325. A temple to Aphrodite had been raised up by the Emperor Hadrian upon Golgotha, to defile and cover with oblivion the place where the saving Passion had been suffered. The venerable Helen had the statue of Aphrodite destroyed, and the earth removed, revealing the Tomb of our Lord, and three crosses. Of these, it was believed that one must be that of our Lord, the other two of the thieves crucified with Him; but Saint Helen was at a loss which one might be the Wood of our salvation. At the inspiration of Saint Macarius, Archbishop of Jerusalem, a lady of Jerusalem, who was already at the point of death from a certain disease, was brought to touch the crosses, and as soon as she came near to the Cross of our Lord, she was made perfectly whole. Consequently, the precious Cross was lifted on high by Archbishop Macarius of Jerusalem; as he stood on the ambo, and when the people beheld it, they cried out, “Lord have mercy.” It should be noted that after its discovery, a portion of the venerable Cross was taken to Constantinople as a blessing. The rest was left in Jerusalem in the magnificent church built by Saint Helen, until the year 614. At that time, the Persians plundered Palestine and took the Cross to their own country (see Jan. 22, Saint Anastasius the Persian). Late, in the year 628, Emperor Heraclius set out on a military campaign, retrieved the Cross, and after bringing it to Constantinople, himself escorted it back to Jerusalem, where he restored it to its place.
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Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, translit. Kōnstantinoúpolis; Latin: Cōnstantīnopolis) was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Crusader state known as the Latin Empire (1204–1261), until finally falling to the Ottoman (1453–1923) empire. It was reinaugurated in 324 from ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was named, and dedicated on 11 May 330.From the mid-5th century to the early 13th century, Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Europe. The city was also famed for its architectural masterpieces, such as the Greek Orthodox cathedral of Hagia Sophia, which served as the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the sacred Imperial Palace where the Emperors lived, the Galata Tower, the Hippodrome, the Golden Gate of the Land Walls, and the opulent aristocratic palaces lining the arcaded avenues and squares. The University of Constantinople was founded in the fifth century and contained numerous artistic and literary treasures before it was sacked in 1204 and 1453, including its vast Imperial Library which contained the remnants of the Library of Alexandria and had over 100,000 volumes of ancient texts. It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times as the home of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and as the guardian of Christendom's holiest relics such as the Crown of Thorns and the True Cross.
Constantinople was famed for its massive and complex defences. The first wall of the city was erected by Constantine I, and surrounded the city on both land and sea fronts. Later, in the 5th century, the Praetorian Prefect Anthemius under the child emperor Theodosius II undertook the construction of the Theodosian Walls, which consisted of a double wall lying about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west of the first wall and a moat with palisades in front. This formidable complex of defences was one of the most sophisticated of Antiquity. The city was built intentionally to rival Rome, and it was claimed that several elevations within its walls matched the 'seven hills' of Rome. Because it was located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara the land area that needed defensive walls was reduced, and this helped it to present an impregnable fortress enclosing magnificent palaces, domes, and towers, the result of the prosperity it achieved from being the gateway between two continents (Europe and Asia) and two seas (the Mediterranean and the Black Sea). Although besieged on numerous occasions by various armies, the defences of Constantinople proved impregnable for nearly nine hundred years.
In 1204, however, the armies of the Fourth Crusade took and devastated the city, and its inhabitants lived several decades under Latin misrule. In 1261 the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos liberated the city, and after the restoration under the Palaiologos dynasty, enjoyed a partial recovery. With the advent of the Ottoman Empire in 1299, the Byzantine Empire began to lose territories and the city began to lose population. By the early 15th century, the Byzantine Empire was reduced to just Constantinople and its environs, along with Morea in Greece, making it an enclave inside the Ottoman Empire; after a 53-day siege the city eventually fell to the Ottomans, under Sultan Mehmed II, on 29 May 1453, whereafter it replaced Edirne (Adrianople) as the new capital of the Ottoman Empire.
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Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, translit. Kōnstantinoúpolis; Latin: Cōnstantīnopolis) was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Crusader state known as the Latin Empire (1204–1261), until finally falling to the Ottoman (1453–1923) empire. It was reinaugurated in 324 from ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was named, and dedicated on 11 May 330.. The city was located in what is now Istanbul in Turkey.
From the mid-5th century to the early 13th century, Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Europe. The city was also famed for its architectural masterpieces, such as the Greek Orthodox cathedral of Hagia Sophia, which served as the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the sacred Imperial Palace where the Emperors lived, the Galata Tower, the Hippodrome, the Golden Gate of the Land Walls, and the opulent aristocratic palaces lining the arcaded avenues and squares. The University of Constantinople was founded in the fifth century and contained numerous artistic and literary treasures before it was sacked in 1204 and 1453, including its vast Imperial Library which contained the remnants of the Library of Alexandria and had over 100,000 volumes of ancient texts. It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times as the home of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and as the guardian of Christendom's holiest relics such as the Crown of Thorns and the True Cross.
Constantinople was famed for its massive and complex defences. The first wall of the city was erected by Constantine I, and surrounded the city on both land and sea fronts. Later, in the 5th century, the Praetorian Prefect Anthemius under the child emperor Theodosius II undertook the construction of the Theodosian Walls, which consisted of a double wall lying about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west of the first wall and a moat with palisades in front. This formidable complex of defences was one of the most sophisticated of Antiquity. The city was built intentionally to rival Rome, and it was claimed that several elevations within its walls matched the 'seven hills' of Rome. Because it was located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara the land area that needed defensive walls was reduced, and this helped it to present an impregnable fortress enclosing magnificent palaces, domes, and towers, the result of the prosperity it achieved from being the gateway between two continents (Europe and Asia) and two seas (the Mediterranean and the Black Sea). Although besieged on numerous occasions by various armies, the defences of Constantinople proved impregnable for nearly nine hundred years.
In 1204, however, the armies of the Fourth Crusade took and devastated the city, and its inhabitants lived several decades under Latin misrule. In 1261 the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos liberated the city, and after the restoration under the Palaiologos dynasty, enjoyed a partial recovery. With the advent of the Ottoman Empire in 1299, the Byzantine Empire began to lose territories and the city began to lose population. By the early 15th century, the Byzantine Empire was reduced to just Constantinople and its environs, along with Morea in Greece, making it an enclave inside the Ottoman Empire; after a 53-day siege the city eventually fell to the Ottomans, led by Sultan Mehmed II, on 29 May 1453, whereafter it replaced Edirne (Adrianople) as the new capital of the Ottoman Empire.
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00:05:09 1 Names
00:05:18 1.1 Before Constantinople
00:07:29 1.2 Names of Constantinople
00:10:05 1.3 Modern names of the city
00:11:57 2 History
00:12:06 2.1 Byzantium and earlier settlements
00:16:17 2.2 324–337: Foundation of Constantinople
00:21:40 2.3 337–529: Constantinople during the Barbarian Invasions and the fall of the West
00:25:31 2.4 527–565: Constantinople in the Age of Justinian
00:30:55 2.5 Survival, 565–717: Constantinople during the Byzantine Dark Ages
00:33:12 2.6 717–1025: Constantinople during the Macedonian Renaissance
00:37:22 2.6.1 Iconoclast controversy in Constantinople
00:39:05 2.7 1025–1081: Constantinople after Basil II
00:40:41 2.8 1081–1185: Constantinople under the Comneni
00:46:07 2.9 1185–1261: Constantinople during the Imperial Exile
00:55:23 2.10 1261–1453: Palaiologan Era and the Fall of Constantinople
00:57:13 2.11 1453–1922: Ottoman Kostantiniyye
00:59:33 3 Culture
01:01:38 3.1 Women in Literature
01:02:54 3.2 Architecture
01:04:10 3.3 Religion
01:05:04 3.4 Popular culture
01:10:52 4 International status
01:12:23 5 See also
01:12:33 5.1 People from Constantinople
01:12:47 5.2 Secular buildings and monuments
01:12:57 5.3 Churches, monasteries and mosques
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Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, translit. Kōnstantinoúpolis; Latin: Cōnstantīnopolis) was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Crusader state known as the Latin Empire (1204–1261), until finally falling to the Ottoman (1453–1923) empire. It was reinaugurated in 324 from ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was named, and dedicated on 11 May 330. The city was largely located in what is now the European side and the core of modern Istanbul.
From the mid-5th century to the early 13th century, Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Europe. The city was also famed for its architectural masterpieces, such as the Greek Orthodox cathedral of Hagia Sophia, which served as the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the sacred Imperial Palace where the Emperors lived, the Galata Tower, the Hippodrome, the Golden Gate of the Land Walls, and the opulent aristocratic palaces lining the arcaded avenues and squares. The University of Constantinople was founded in the fifth century and contained numerous artistic and literary treasures before it was sacked in 1204 and 1453, including its vast Imperial Library which contained the remnants of the Library of Alexandria and had over 100,000 volumes of ancient texts. It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times as the home of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and as the guardian of Christendom's holiest relics such as the Crown of Thorns and the True Cross.
Constantinople was famed for its massive and complex defences. The first wall of the city was erected by Constantine I, and surrounded the city on both land and sea fronts. Later, in the 5th century, the Praetorian Prefect Anthemius under the child emperor Theodosius II undertook the construction of the Theodosian Walls, which consisted of a double wall lying about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west of the first wall and a moat with palisades in front. This formidable complex of defences was one of the most sophisticated of Antiquity. The city was built intentionally to rival Rome, and it was claimed that several elevations within its walls matched the 'seven hills' of Rome. Because it was located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara the land area that needed defensive walls was reduced, and this helped it to present an impregnable fortress enclosi ...
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00:00:12 1 Apostolic Age
00:01:57 2 Early Christianity
00:05:57 3 Era of the seven Ecumenical Councils
00:16:04 4 Middle Ages
00:19:07 5 1000 to 1499
00:27:30 6 1500 to 1600
00:44:58 7 1600 to 1699
01:03:37 8 1700 to 1799
01:26:16 9 1800 to 1849
01:42:16 10 1850 to 1899
01:59:20 11 1900 to 1949
02:11:58 12 1950 to 1999
02:24:01 13 2000 to present
02:26:46 14 Footnotes
02:26:55 15 See also
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This timeline of Christian missions chronicles the global expansion of Christianity through a listing of the most significant missionary outreach events.
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An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn image) is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic, and certain Eastern Catholic churches. The most common subjects include Christ, Mary, saints and angels. Though especially associated with portrait style images concentrating on one or two main figures, the term also covers most religious images in a variety of artistic media produced by Eastern Christianity, including narrative scenes.
Icons may also be cast in metal, carved in stone, embroidered on cloth, painted on wood, done in mosaic or fresco work, printed on paper or metal, etc. Comparable images from Western Christianity are generally not classified as icons, although iconic may be used to describe a static style of devotional image.
Eastern Orthodox tradition holds that the production of Christian images dates back to the very early days of Christianity, and that it has been a continuous tradition since then. Modern academic art history considers that, while images may have existed earlier, the tradition can be traced back only as far as the 3rd century, and that the images which survive from Early Christian art often differ greatly from later ones. The icons of later centuries can be linked, often closely, to images from the 5th century onwards, though very few of these survive. Widespread destruction of images occurred during the Byzantine Iconoclasm of 726-842, although this did settle permanently the question of the appropriateness of images. Since then icons have had a great continuity of style and subject; far greater than in the images of the Western church. At the same time there has been change and development.