This photo journal, the last one in the Seattle series, features a selection of churches we visited. Several were in the upscale Capitol Hill district.
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"St James RC Cathedral" (1850)
This Italian Renaissance cathedral at 804 9th Avenue crowns...
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The window on the west facade,
which dates from 1950, depicts Christ with words from St. John's Gospel:...
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In sepia
Other sources: Church History: http://www.stjames-cathedral.org/main.htm...
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The new ceremonial bronze doors
by German artist Ulrich Henn, which depict the great procession of the human...
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Side view
In 1992, an arson fire devastated the Cathedral Chapel and sacristy...
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Font & Altar
The font is the original cathedral font dating from 1907. The pool was...
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The altar is bathed in natural light
from the oculus Dei, “eye of God,” directly above it. The...
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Parish office
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"St Spiridon Orthodox Cathedral"
at 400 Yale Ave N. This multi-ethnic church was founded in 1895 by immigrants...
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The parish descended from
an 18th century Russian Orthodox mission to Alaska. Church web site:...
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"University Temple Methodist Church"
at 1415 NE 43rd Street in the University district has a history...
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"First Covenant Church" at 400 E Pike St
The parish was organized by Swedish immigrants in 1889 & was called the...
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"First Baptist Church" at 1111 Harvard
Ave., was founded in 1869 & a wooden church was soon built on 4th Avenue....
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in sepia tone
The stained glass windows, installed in 1969 in time for the 100th...
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Unidentified church in Capitol Hill area
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"St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church"
at 2100 Boyer Ave E in the Montlake Distirct. The history of the...
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Main entrance
In 1915, the Greeks decided they wanted a church of their own &...
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Mosaic of the Resurrection
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Mosaic in the dome
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Partial shot of the iconostasis
(altar screen). Parish web site: http://www.saintdemetrios.com/OurParish/...
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"St Joseph Catholic Church" (1930)
is located on Capital Hill at the corner of 18th Avenue East and Aloha...
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Distinctive Art Deco Church (1930)
This distinctive church is one of the few Art Deco religious buildings in the...
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Ehe-catching entrance
The parish was founded by the Jesuits in 1907 and initially inhabited a wood...
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Pretty stained glass windows
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At the altar
(Sorry the photo is so fuzzy. The church was very dark.)
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North America
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