Architect(s) Myroslav Nimciv Phone +1 202-526-3737 | Founded September 1949 Opened 1999 | |
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Location 4250 Harewood Rd. NEWashington, D.C. Website www.ucns-holyfamily.org Address 4250 Harewood Rd NE, Washington, DC 20017, USA Similar Cathedral of the Immacula, Holodomor Genocide Memorial, Saint John Paul II National, Mount St Sepulchre Francisca, Shrine of the Sacred Heart | ||
The Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine is a Catholic church located at 4250 Harewood Rd. NE, Washington, D. C., and a member of one of the sui juris Eastern Catholic churches in communion with the Bishop of Rome.
The cornerstone of the Lower Church was blessed by Pope John Paul II in 1979, and the Great Upper Church of the National Shrine was completed in 1999.
Metropolia of Philadelphia for the Ukrainians
Ukrainian Catholics in the United States are served by four eparchies (dioceses). The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is the metropolitan see of the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Philadelphia. The archeparchy has three suffragan eparchies: Saint Josaphat in Parma, Saint Nicholas of Chicago, and Stamford.
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