St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral ( Свято-Николаевский собор РПЦ в Нью-Йорке) is located in the

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and is the administrative center of the

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in North America.

History

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral is the home of a congregation which was founded in the early 1890s on Second Avenue. In 1899, the church began a building fund with seed money from Czar Nicholas to build a new church. The Cathedral, designed by Finnish-born architect John Bergesen, was completed in 1902 at 15 East 97th Street in Manhattan. Since 1903, the Cathedral has served as the headquarters for the Russian Orthodox faith in the United States. The building was designated as an official city landmark by the

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References

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