Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Style
Byzantine
City
Chicago, IL
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Photo: Warren LeMay, Public domain
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The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a Byzantine Revival church known for its onion-domed profile, a form that sets it apart on the street from Chicago's more common Gothic and Classical church typologies.

the style

The onion domes and round-arched massing follow the Byzantine Revival, a style adopted by Eastern-rite congregations to signal their liturgical and cultural roots.

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