Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-12-28 | Page 10 | Greek Church of Holy Trinity Replica of St. Sophia

V i wr I 6 Greek off of Holy T Trinity y i V D R Replica 0 of 0 ff Sto Sop Sophia h na 0 A I i r Edifice Magnificent on B h B Built at Ci t b by Y Justinian 1 G J i d I to By Bv 3 P S S. S M M. Con Constantinople the ric the til colorful is projecting pro pro- lt Itself elf In Into Into to Salt La Laki It City and l leav leaving av avInS' avInS ing InS a a. bit of It HE bizarre s self H I 11 ir the tilo ne new ne' Greet Greel orthodox r which d a i I creeps closer coser t tc com completion letlon o 01 r the corner comer of Thi South and nd Second cond West streets A r fantastic jot of that city 0 ol Pagan and nd Christian years Cara earlier car ear I a I lier than han Chiret has hs become a permanent per manent contribution ution to Utah in Ui th thI the I Church of f Holy loly Trinity which 0 the Greek colony has brought rought to It its iti adopted home with the tho I I empire of tI the Saints is th of old I Byzantium with all its Hs traditions S L L. and n barbaric splendors for when the he Pew new church i is finished ther 1 vilH willbe he be nestled in the valley of or the thi Great Salt iaaL L Lake a a. small edition 0 or 01 Saint S pJ a the magnificent J built On he the in it heWer ear S 56 6 by h- the Emperor Jus Jus- n petite petite Saint Sophia which t Ti 8 P UJ el construction since Y a k year ago abo and which pi In ln the tho r ran ear n to le a. a m measure of or fame for fori o i from whIch it I itjen jen tJ ct i is QI o ol or the wg d s most a. Wi well as famous Js ruc- ruc t ij W i to ben being t Oe thc c fj t of ot a f I f art ar that t. t o of Ian zan- zan It J T D. D A. A r romancers mn ce will wilt h fop he Int fn- fn th thc c t I r the 11 new hew temple templo of wor- wor int int o- o n m wh which t I Vi iS l mosque u from li it li 1 1 m in calls the f 1 to pray prayer r JustinS Justin'S Justin Justin- S 'S s temple to the Christian God j transformed into a mosque t sn m Turks captured capture Constan- Constan ople in U 3 and antI Western c civil civil- j trembled in the balance ong on the he chan changes es t c made were vda 1 Q a of minarets from PI tIle 1 m male kl their calls rp The Thc p. p an n e rier building J by iy Constantino and nl dedi- dedi Je Wisdom 0 Q l ich its name is I t cap 9 9 ti l colony coony pf Salt Lake i 13 dt t Jhc e e 1 little Sain Sophia n pJ forward as rap rap- y AS ItS funds are ue gathered for or that rg it will cost When comand com com- w and decora- decora 1 ii m r Vp ti to to date i has haR been raised an and ani J by architects wlas wh wl eJ as construction lc en- en cc J If It t is now executed 1 in eQ 1 the 4 wil ll be he completed d asa Itsal as Its 1 a al possible le It I Is hoped will be le in ip readiness I r worshIp oT Easter Rute Sund Sunday f ff Marthakis teacher er of or an nl J astr astronomy at 11 athe tilt he ol f for r the past I ix x 4 rs a of graduate 1 of of the Ini r r tb lf h i k 5 cha of th I ung ri committee in chargo of or the thc i ew em CY h Tn 2 OO was paid for the I P. P Which ahe he cl church reh is U heating system is feature feature- T flu spacious library for forC C u use or of the colony and and andy S y sel a are ra to b be pro- pro i Ij tb basement of the turi tre T- T t Is built of ot brick and Is I The new church will be unique In l lat It if will furnish Salt L Lake ke City Ith a distinctive he example of By antine art Saint Sophie Sophia the el Is the the perfect 6 specimen of f Byzantine Z architecture The fhe roof is char characteristically Byzantine eing strictly Oriental Another outstandinG lc is that it l n. n the the- supports of th the roof are are re 4 In their Tugged rugged strength Instead of or being artfully concealed s js is the case calie In other ISch schools of t. t Byzantine architecture i is ill the re result result re- re sult suit of the he fu fusing of the Oriental with the Occidental In when the Great divided the theRoman Roman Koman 1 man empire between his hie two sons sons ons giving ghin Arcadius r adius the eastern portion and and establishing Constantinople Constan Constan- as its capital the Oriental architecture of that city cit commenced corn com com I to absorb Occidental char char- char I The dome donse was a lea fea- tuTe tu ture e that the changing inhabitants of ot Constantinople the Saracens the I 4 Turks and others brought with them from the Far Ea Ear It it itis I is the simplest form I of architecture I. I 1 t J I cc S t 0 n s S 7 0 5 2 t 4 4 n f 4 5 i 4 I r I S J c S z t c A I Jv W J JI I t S 1 f I I F I J I u po 4 4 j 11 o I II I f I f. 1 1 I 4 J a i I. I rJ I 1 K j v f it I i t i j f jI I j 4 t t 5 4 f f 34 4 r I S S I t- t 4 I tI S. S L S I II I i I 4 I I II I Beautiful new structure to open Easter Sunday I The honey b bee e uses use it in const constructing construct in ing ITIS' its hive l while the thc dome dorne shaped I igloo Joo of ot the Eskimo is a a. familiar familiare e example apie o of this primitive sIMIa The Thc interior b bf ba a tey- tey I pie of or worship gives ari an app appearance of intricacy although h J ft J elm elm- Pleat piet form torm of f architecture Great columns supporting arches hold up the tile domes These columns standing stand stand- InS InS' out tt i in tile the interior of a structUre structure structure ture constitute the tho feature the observer notes I In Oc Occidental Oc Oc- Oc tl thes J sA Supporting supporting support Support- rt- rt ing shafts are concealed in Ill Saint Sophia tophia at t ti columns col pol- ol- ol are of be mar Colored bles ble r reds rede df bl blues es greens and nd blacks brought from hundreds ds of miles mlles around the thc rus I Salt Lakes Lake's little HUle Sophia does not have the beautiful marbles like the he I original for are not available for that Its supporting columns are of concrete cr wi it with h Cor Cor- g tablets s. s to 7 S. r-j r Upon entering the the ew church hurch I here six of these thee fluted columns are to 0 be he J at the he cr entrance erance rance Tile The influence of Gr Greek M act at contribution of the Occident i in the compounding I of th the Byzantine is js herewith seen for this is the tho well known monumental mental style t i taken talen en from fron the Hel Hel- lenes lees and used BO 50 S' S generously IY Jn n public buildings such tehi a as the 1 capitol capital More of these fluted columns columns col col- are to be seen in the interior of ot the church beneath the big I dome This Js Is held up by a square shaft of granite grante at each of or four tour corners corner upon which rests the tile I arches which support the tie dome Each Hach square re shaft is flanged by by fi t I fluted column on eLther her side CoIs OP Till TUr OLI OLD I This arrangement js Is an exact copy of Saint taInt Sophia at Constantinople I only that is op on on ona a much vaster scale There are ara lOT IDT columns s in inthe inthe the mother church When the three domed e edifice is complete and the domes are re resplendent resplendent re- re in hued heed tiles then indeed Will the tile Orient have come to Utah The Them m main ln dome of or the church is Oan flanked ed on either side ide anc and to the front b by a smaller dome while rising neIng ris ris- ing ini over the columned entrance e at nt ither side are ale two small v o rs I From the sidewalk line to he fop oP or of the main n aln dome It It- It ItIs Is 13 a distance dista listi e I of a about seventy fe feet t. t while the main portion of the building SIJ es 55 essix six sixtY tv feet wide b by IO 10 feet long Ions Ot Of all the schools of v tha thai of Byzantine is Is' the tIle most color r fill ful Already the straight portions ions of or the tile roof of ot the tile little church h are attention with it its trick brick rp red l and brown tiles r r- r in ent ot I lor or nl th old Moorish h iti s in ill NI N. NIth th Africa and wb n he ol l 11 ome le e n 11 tiles are r pla placed in- in inthe the lomos it will silt be he one pf pi the of ot ofte ottle the tle city COMPOSITE nr 1 What the Parthenon heno js it t t Grecian art ant and the tha Pantheon tr tp tn l n alt art 80 so is Saint aint Sophia of le to Iii Ii Yi west st copies QC y in hH rna may be f found 1 fit at II H in Ill the the Church Church of St. St t. t VI at t Ie at V. V Venice Ven nice n- n ice in the celebrated St St. l and at qt near neal Palermo The Tile Hal Holy Trinity church will like its model demonstrate th tile the fu fusion u- u sion of Western and architecture archi archi- The TIle following theold tile the old tyle I Is constructed in inthe ip In Inthe the tile shape of a cro cross with the dome ome purely Oriental Orient 1 rising from th ftc fhe center of tile tIC cross The fhe str straight surface of the roof root follows the tile nat flat topper topped roofs of ot the tile Grecian tern tem pIes ples The structural plan of ot- B By- By architecture remained fundamentally fun fun- Homan nOmal but iut the m and atul adornment nt In orp rated the grace race of oftie the Gr Creelan aneL bizarre and fantastic apt of Ute tile Orient Orlet Not Kot less Jess than even forms of or C capita CP cap P Pita ita tta were from 1 the Gle columns by Byzantine Byzantine- sculptors making alting this ara architecture tre one of ot the tle t beautiful Of all ajl te Greek church h uin f the floman church church- hur h s of holy persons PH n are ire not worshiped arid and for or I that ha t reason ther theil churches depend 1 upon val val- rable rabie canvasses ea elaborate orate in ings and Stul uc ornamented W Po er i ls rF of ot the building has hilS announced that t the local 1 church interior will be e copied as far faa as is possible th that t of Saint Sophia at nt Constanti U. nople Th 11 use of glass Tl OM Ic In n churches ches is something that was n n- n by hv Byzantine r an 1 SaInt Sophia Sopha oft offers IS I'S thi th display of ot tIlls this work vork on In n r rd The floors ar pre inlaid with coined mosaics of or various patterns the vaults and ilon domes 3 S are ari ep n 11 ri-nert ri hert with glass plass Iasa i.'s tf f 1 the ne an angels and on fn a fI a gl golden mound h r MV of f these are now e b matting mattin covered ered with plaster late or 01 orare orare are replaced bv hv quotations from the Toran Koran Jewels of various descriptions lions at one time adorned the walls it I Is said The ThC new Greek orthodox church is destined to o play an Important role roil In tb tp history of this com coin Not only will it bp be a Illace of worship but a n center where e those Hellenes recently arrived arrive Inthe inthe in inthe the States will bf lie tall taught ht the tile n fundamentals of Americanism The creeks freels of or today are not n the tile Greeks Greek of or two decades et IHO this applies pp to all those residing In ill i ah and surrounding states They Thoy are ni-c areno no not no th the so called misers the the thon new new- womer w- w omer corners to tC American soil who in- in 10 to colpet a fp few dollars to f t t I il J i p l C Ic I to 10 0 1 thru thi native l hi tl Fl From F o q N A Il D-Il from Idaho Nevada Nevala and arid Wyo- Wyo yo h ung arc coming h hard earn ci dol lars s from Greeks Greek to build up beautiful place of o t worship and it itis is IR proof of ot their desire to become permanent residents pf Pc their adopted for had the they thoughts of 01 returning the they would not be likely tp invest in itt UCh Ej j. j t 1 pe ma nen nent thIns as a church S TJ The e erection of or this tIlls 1 temple of Holy Hob Trinity is a tion pf a dream drean that th the ai have h entertained from the he da j y y they came ilme to 10 this state stale io ito make malte their homes liach lach is ts imbued with the del desire ire to become becom better American n citizens and they are ate gradually cultivating tile tie American i Ideals the American customs and nd stall standards lards of living I J S S That the Greeks s pf Utah fl are ir fa ant CM t coming to bo be permanent citizens p pt the tile state stale is sec seen in th tile the fact that t twenty wen ty y years ars ago there were a bout about half hal haifa fi 11 dozen ozen Greek Gre families families' in and about Salt L Lake ke City whereas to fo- fo o q day y there re are about BOOT OIT In Jn the city and anti county On One thousand Greek Greek- children have been bec born here S Spattered Spat at ten q throughout Ut Utah h th there re are re Je Greeks Grehs s. s the majority ci pf whom are arc contributing t to the if-he er erection n of the new Greek church I During DUFin the war more more than then Creeks volunteered for or service with Uncle S Siim SPI m in Ip audition Hon to those drafted f ley p purchase q lS several vcra h hundred thousand dollars worth of Ll Liberty rt bonds Their present i Investments In- In e vestments fi In n re real eat l estate Jn In he tIle hest st state t are now wh le lethey they have several hundred thousand dollars dollars' invested in and sing It H is u that perhaps one ope T reason ason the Greek colon colony of Utah I J a has J become such push a ciVic factor in inthe inthe intile the tile community Is b that this tilts jt state te teI I closely resembles les their own homeland home home- homeland I land lh climate In tn Greece the hot lint I I winds from pr hIHn Africa bring I hot summers and the winds wind off t the fie e snowcapped l peaks ileks s northern Greece provide cold coW winters giving giving- a climate Pr resembling that of ot o their adopted state st CHYE HS Unlike e the Americans who con conduct conduct con con- duct extensive e drives and give affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs of ot various vario nature to raise raie fun funds for fOJ any o object Jert the Greeks if the they think the cause is worthy dig diginto diginto into their own poc pockets ets and anel malce e any ny undertaking king possible This ThiEl has been demonstrated demon in the lie building of 0 the new church Approximately U has been raised d a and nd t the e contributors contribute s are only 1500 in nurn- nurn her Greek Greeks residing in Idaho Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- evada e- e vada and Wyoming have joined d those of oC Utah and anil particularly those of or Salt Lake City and nd count county In contributing to the construction of he church Among Amon those who have made large contributions late- late I I Iv are John Condas of Salt Lake who gave pra 1300 Strike 10 11 i. i m n Su a Su al I l a ami m rid Christ irl-a irl Ia 5 of or nn u win l o r outfit outfit- I l J 1 or J I I Cretan society 2100 I Nick I A great g measure o of tile the success s sI att attendant upon ulon the Building o of ot t tie the e I I church chUlch is s due ue to the tile per personality of I rather rathel B. B J spiritual ipiri ual head of ot local Greeks lie Ie is held in high esteem b by y all an mem members ers of the local and has ns greay influenced the tile generosity genero of the contributors ut r Father Karahalis wa was sent ept to to Salts Salts' I Lake Lalta by PT tIle the Holy Hoh of lie He came Caine to a num number er of pf years Year ago first working Wi with yilli h his hisco co countrymen itt at hlass later f. f pt t Moline III a and air then thep at Portland Port Port- l land Pd Ore He lie came calle tp Salt ait L Jake ake ke from tile the Oregon O city in of 1022 12 He is 13 a organizer anti spiritual leader del He Ie was f educated edu edu- dl- dl at t tile the national theological at fit Athens Athen o oThe 01 Cg I Tile The orthodox Greeks recognize I the tue patriarch at Constantinople as their their spiritual head bead There ar aria j I soniC some sop e millions Pf cof persons person in ill the hie he Gree Greek orthodox church speaking various languages it Is is s the tile na na na- church of Greece an 1 in that country alone claims mem bers Tile The church l i is governed by hy the Itchy Holy Synod and Is independent of the state The church o of ot Russia Rus lius- sia ala Servia and Rumania are branches of the tile or orthodox hodo Greeks Giek