Byzantine American architecture

American Architect Andrew Gould’s firm, New World Byzantine, designed the beautiful Hermitage of the Holy Cross in West Virginia. This ROCOR church serves a predominantly English-speaking community that fell in love with the traditional towering Russian cathedrals. pic.twitter.com/XdgJVhglzr

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However, in remote West Virginia, it's not efficient to build a Russian cathedral. Andrew asked: “How does one [efficiently] build a church that is capacious, authentic & beautiful, but not too expensive? Can we make it look American & traditionally Orthodox at the same time?” pic.twitter.com/uOa7bONnU8

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Orthodox Coal Miners’ Chants? 😉

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