SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral

Orthodox Church in America • Diocese of New York and New Jersey

New Jersey Deanery

📍 Jersey City, New Jersey

Founded 1907

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The parish was founded in 1907 as a part of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in North America.  Its first pastor, St Alexander (Hotovitsky), was apppointed to administer by His Eminence, Archbishop Platon (Rozhdestvensky).  The first resident pastor was Archpriest Alexander Nemolovsky.The church building was originally dedicated in 1857 as the Free Reformed Dutch Church and was purchased by the Orthodox in 1909. Major renovations following consisted of added cupolas, Iconostasis, and o...

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Founded: 1907

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