Holy Trinity Cathedral

Pre-1892 A small Orthodox community forms in Chicago consisting of Russians, Greeks, Serbs, and other Eastern Europeans.  Fr (St) Alexis Toth of Minneapolis occasionally conducts services for the fledgling group.1892 St Vladimir’s Orthodox Church, located near present-day Racine and Madison, consecrated on June 7.  First permanent priest is Fr Nicholas Grinkevich, later followed by Fr Ambrose Vretta.1895 Fr (St) John Kochurov of St Petersburg, Russia, becomes priest at St Vladimir’s.  The commun...