St. Jude Melkite Catholic Church

25°45′27″N 80°11′34″W / 25.75753°N 80.19286°W / 25.75753; -80.19286ArchitectureArchitect(s)Henry Dagit & Sons of PhiladelphiaTypeChapelStyleRomanesque GothicGeneral contractorMcCloskey & Co. of PhiladelphiaGroundbreakingMay 3, 1946CompletedSeptember 1946MaterialsReinforced concrete, Indiana Bedford LimestoneWebsitehttps://stjudemiami.org

St Jude Melkite Catholic Church is a Melkite Greek Catholic Church which follows the Byzantine Rite. It is one of 45 Melkite Greek Catholic churches or missions reporting to the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton. The Church is located at 126 SE Fifteenth Road, in Brickell in Miami, Florida 33129.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Architecture

The church was built in 1946 in Romanesque Gothic style and 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.^[4]^[5] The interior design of the church was modified to conform to the Byzantine Rite. An iconostasis was added as well as Byzantine Icons.^[6]

References

^ "Home". Melkite.org.
^ "Home". stjudemiami.com.
^ "» Parish Locator".
^ Robert M. Siegel, Shalia Sakona (October 8, 2014). "St. Jude's Church Loses Historic Designation". The National Law Review. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014.
^ "Diocese of Newton Melkite Church v. City of Miami, 2014 WL 4730075 (2014)" (PDF). Circuit Court of Florida, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Appellate Division. 16 September 2014.
^ "The Layout of the Byzantine Church Building". Metropolitan Cantor Institute.