St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Tucson, AZ

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Mike L.

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03/12/09 03:05 PM

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Here are some photos of St. Michael's in Tucson, AZ. This parish is serve by Right Rev. Dr. Andriy Chirovsky. I took these prior to the Pre-sanctified Liturgy last night. This Parish has recently purchased this church building and I have been blessed to assist with the move and constructing the Iconostasis. The Iconostasis is originally from a Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Pennsylvania, then it belonged to a parish in Wisconsin. It was on it way to a museum a few years ago, but St. Michael's was able to get it donated to them instead. It has been in storage for some time until the parish was able to get a proper church building. It had to be altered to fit into this church so there is some more work to be done. I know there is a beautiful Icon of the Mystical Supper that still goes on top over the Royal doors. I will try to post more photos when it is finished,

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#315106 - 03/12/09 03:26 PM Re: St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Tucson, AZ [Re: Mike L.]
Tim Cuprisin Member Registered: 05/21/03 Posts: 335 Loc: Milwaukee	Mike, Do you know which Wisconsin church the iconostasis comes from? --tim
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#315108 - 03/12/09 03:31 PM Re: St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Tucson, AZ [Re: Tim Cuprisin]
Mike L. Member Registered: 02/26/08 Posts: 224 Loc: NE PA by way of AZ	Tim, I really do not know the details of which parish it came from. I just told the brief background story as to how they acquired it. If I here of wich parish it come from I will let you know. In Christ, Mike
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#315195 - 03/13/09 03:16 AM Re: St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Tucson, AZ [Re: Mike L.]
stormshadow Member Registered: 10/10/06 Posts: 421 Loc: ct	Very unique Iconostasis.
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#315205 - 03/13/09 07:14 AM Re: St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Tucson, AZ [Re: stormshadow]
Irish Melkite Global Moderator Member Registered: 10/27/03 Posts: 9546 Loc: Massachusetts	I agree with stormshadow, and I'd go further and say that it's quite lovely in its uniqueness, although different from most of those which we ordinarily see. Many years, Neil I just read my sentence and I'm not sure it makes much sense - so, off to sleep Edited by Irish Melkite (03/13/09 08:38 AM)
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#315219 - 03/13/09 12:00 PM Re: St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Tucson, AZ [Re: Irish Melkite]
John K Member Registered: 11/15/01 Posts: 1228 Loc: Rocky Hill, CT	It looks like it was probably much larger at some point? Probably a floor to ceiling variety that were popular at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries and was cut down to fit in this church. It is beautiful and thankfully being reused rather than discarded.
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#315220 - 03/13/09 12:48 PM Re: St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Tucson, AZ [Re: John K]
John Schweich Member Registered: 11/11/01 Posts: 252 Loc: Beaver PA	It is also encouraging to see the three-barred cross making a comeback among Ukrainian Catholic chuches.
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#315221 - 03/13/09 12:49 PM Re: St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Tucson, AZ [Re: John K]
JohnS. Member Registered: 11/26/02 Posts: 1165 Loc: East	A beautiful little temple!
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#315307 - 03/14/09 12:25 AM Re: St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Tucson, AZ [Re: JohnS.]
stormshadow Member Registered: 10/10/06 Posts: 421 Loc: ct	You noticed this too John? Why do we not see the three barred cross in "Ukie" American churches?
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#315323 - 03/14/09 03:02 AM Re: St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Tucson, AZ [Re: stormshadow]
Epiphanius Za myr z'wysot ... Member Registered: 07/15/02 Posts: 922 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: stormshadow Why do we not see the three barred cross in "Ukie" American churches? Many Ukrainians regard the three-bar cross as a symbol of the Russian Orthodox Church. Nevertheless, most UGCC churches I've seen have both one-bar and three-bar crosses.
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#319735 - 04/23/09 11:04 AM Re: St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Tucson, AZ [Re: Epiphanius]
Irish Melkite Global Moderator Member Registered: 10/27/03 Posts: 9546 Loc: Massachusetts	Mike, I've used 2 of your photos to illustrate St Michael's entry in our Directory of Eastern & Oriental Catholic Parishes. You can see it here. Many years, Neil _________________________ "One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
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