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Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church

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Country
  
United States

Founder(s)
  
Russian immigrants

Denomination
  
Russian Orthodox

Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church

Location
  
1723 East Fairmount Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland

Website
  
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church

Founded
  
February 9, 1919 (1919-02-09)

Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church is a Russian Orthodox church of located in the Dunbar neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The church was founded by ethnic Russian immigrants from Belarus.

History

The founders of Holy Trinity were ethnic Russians who were immigrants from Belarus. The church building was constructed sometime before or after the Civil War to serve a Methodist congregation. During the 1890s, the church building was acquired by Lutherans and served as a Lutheran church until it was purchased by the Russian émigré community on February 9, 1919. The attendance started to decline in numbers after the 1930s due to many Russian-Americans in Baltimore moving to the suburbs, leaving a smaller, aging congregation.

The church holds an annual Russian Festival in order to celebrate Baltimore's Russian heritage.

References

Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church Wikipedia