St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church

NE Minneapolis is a neighborhood known for its numerous churches and bars (We'll get to the bars later). Many of the churches were built to serve the large Eastern European immigrant communities that settled here. One of the most elaborate is St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church at 1701 Fifth St. NE. Their website has some interesting historical material. Scroll to the bottom of their page for links to old photographs in the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society.

I was intrigued by the crosses that are featured prominently on the exterior. I found this Wikipedia entry on crosses used by the Byzantine and Orthodox churches. In the section on "Variations" they discuss the slanted lower beam of the cross.

19:18, 15RickP August 2006 (UTC)

I'm hoping to do a series of posts about other interesting churches in NE Minneapolis ( and the bars too!).