Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity

Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity
Basic information
Location	Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
Geographic coordinates	Coordinates: 32°47′52″N 79°56′55″W / 32.79778°N 79.94861°W
Affiliation	Greek Orthodox
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Tatum, Harold; Kontoglou, Photios
Architectural style	Byzantine Revival
Completed	1953
Specifications
Materials	brick veneer with stucco foundation and copper roof
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Added to NRHP	October 22, 2004
NRHP Reference no.	04001164[1]

The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is located at 28 Race St., Charleston, South Carolina.^[2][3] The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1] The first Greek Orthodox church in South Carolina was built in 1911 at Fishburne and St. Phillip Sts. Construction of the present church was begun in 1950 and completed in 1953.

Harold Tatum,^[4] a Penn educated Presbyterian, was selected as the church architect. Tatum designed the church in traditional Byzantine style as per the direction of Archbishop Michael of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America. The icons in the church are by Photios Kontoglou of Athens, Greece.^[2] The central dome was designed and constructed by the Guastavino Company of Woburn, Massachusetts. The church is a masterpiece of Byzantine art and architecture in the Western Hemisphere.^[5]

The parish's longest serving priest was the Rev. Nicholas Trivelas who served for nearly five decades as its pastor since his arrival in 1947. The noted Greek Orthodox theologian John G. Panagiotou served as its pastor from 2002-2006.^[6] The parish has had three native sons enter the ordained ministry: Danny Latto and Ernest P. Yatrelis as priests; and George Malanos as a permanent deacon.

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Felzer, Lissa. (August 16, 2004). "Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
3. "Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Charleston County (30 Race St., Charleston) (Charleston Harbor and Sullivan's Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
4. "Harold Tatum | Philadelphia Architects and Buildings". philadelphiabuildings.org. The Athenaeum of Philadelphia. 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
5. "The Byzantine Church with Father John Panagiotou". youtube.com. YouTube. November 2004. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
6. Barbour, Clay (January 2002). "Wheeling Jesuit Alumnus Father John Panagiotou Brings Relevancy to Old World Religion". wju.edu. Wheeling Jesuit University. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

Sources

• Robert P. Stockton, Information for Guides of Historic Charleston, South Carolina 384 (1985).