Birmingham Orthodox Cathedral
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The Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew is a Greek Orthodox cathedral in Birmingham, England, dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God and St Andrew. In Greek: The Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos and Saint Andreas. (Dormition or Falling Asleep of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, celebrated on August 15th).
It is at Arthur Place, Summer Hill Terrace and was formerly a Catholic Apostolic church, designed in 1873 by J.A. Chatwin. It is a brick structure with a wide rectangular nave, an apse at each end and passage aisles through the buttresses. The interior consists of heavy brick arches on Norman columns and clerestory windows between clustered wall shafts supporting a high arched roof. The west end has a tall archway set in a diapered brick wall leading into a baptistery.
[edit] See also
- St Philip's (Church of England)
- St Chad's (Catholic)
- Greek Orthodox Church Of The Holy Trinity and St Luke (Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain)
[edit] Sources
- Pevsner Architectural Guides - Birmingham, Andy Foster, 2005, ISBN 0-300-10731-5
- Birmingham (City Building Series), Douglas Hickman, 1970, Studio Vista Limited
- Images of England - photograph and details from listed building text
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