St. Jude Melkite Catholic Church

Saint Jude Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Saint Jude Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Basic information
Location	Miami, Florida
Geographic coordinates
Affiliation	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Rite	Byzantine
Region	Catholicism
State	Florida
Year consecrated	1946
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Church
Leadership	Rt.Rev. Damon Geiger, Pastor
Website	https://stjudemiami.org
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Henry Dagit & Sons of Philadelphia
Architectural type	Chapel
Architectural style	Romanesque Gothic
General contractor	McCloskey & Co. of Philadelphia
Groundbreaking	May 3, 1946
Specifications
Materials	Reinforced concrete, Indiana Bedford Limestone

St Jude Melkite Catholic Church is a Melkite Greek Catholic Church (which is a Melkite Greek Catholic Church of Byzantine rite) in Brickell in Miami, Florida.It is located at 126 SE Fifteenth Road, Miami, FL 33129. It is part of the Melkite Greek Catholic church under the Eparchy of Newton.

The Christian Church was born in the Holy Land, what we call the Middle East today. As it spread, the Church took on the ways of the nations which accepted it. In this country, most Christian churches are 'western' because their roots are in western Europe, and their ways reflect the culture of the German, Irish or Italian immigrants who founded them.

Some American churches, including ours, were started by people from Eastern Europe or the Middle East. They still keep the ways of the Holy Land: Jerusalem, where Christ founded His Church; Antioch, where the name 'Christian' was first used; Damascus, where Saint Paul was converted. Because our ways reflect this Eastern culture, we are called 'Eastern' Churches.

At the time of the early Church, there were several rich cultures in the Middle East and each of them has given rise to a different church tradition. The traditions of this church reflect the Greek or Byzantine culture, and so we are called Greek Catholics or Byzantine Catholics (from Byzantium, the ancient name for Constantinople). Greek Catholics in the Middle East were also nicknamed 'Melkite', because they followed the faith of the Byzantine emperor, or 'melek'.

Description

St Jude Melkite Church is located at 126 SE 15 th Road, Miami, Florida. The Diocese of Newton purchased the building that used to be known as the Chapel of Academy of the Assumption in 1978 from The Diocese of Miami under negotiations approved by the Vatican and directed by his Excellency, Bishop Joseph Tawil Melkite Bishop of North America and The Sisters of the Assumption in France. Built in 1946, the building is in Romanesque Gothic style designed by the architectural firm of Henry Dagit & Sons of Philadelphia and constructed by the firm of McCloskey & Co., also of Philadelphia. It is built of reinforced concrete and faced with Indiana Bedford limestone with an exposed concrete ceiling and stenciled color decorations on the exposed beams and arches. The floors are of terrazzo and the main altar and two side altars have marble facing. The cornerstone was laid on May 3, 1946 and the church was completed by September 1946.

Since the installation of the Shrine of Sant Jude, icons utilized by Melkites in practice for two thousand Years, the faithful visit daily numbering hundreds of thousands. Every October, the Feast Day of the Beloved St Jude is a heralded event in Miami. Thousands attend Divine Liturgies, light candles, place flowers and enjoy Food, music, dance and festival events.

External links

• http://WWW.StJudeMiami.Org St Jude Melkite Greek Catholic Church
• Read more: http://www.dailybusinessreview.com/id=1202671353909/Appellate-Panel-Drops-Miamis-Historic-Designation-for-Brickell-Church#ixzz3duVJPZIo St Jude Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Miami, Florida
• http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DQotAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y9YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3688,988096&dq=academy-of-the-assumption&hl=en