About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0883
  • TitleBless new church
  • SummarySix men wearing clerical attire standing and participating in church ceremony. Caption: "Bless new church--Byzantine-Melkite Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary, at which mass is said in Greek, Arabic and English, is blessed by Archbishop Thomas E. Molloy as parish takes over former Park Slope Congregational Church, 8th Ave. and 2d St. Left to right are the Rev. Dr. Nicholas Araktingi, pastor; Monsignor J. Jerome Reddy, diocesan director of Catholic Charities; Archbishop Molloy, Monsignor Edmund J. Reilly and Monsignor Elias Scaff."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 22, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVirgin Mary Catholic Church ; Catholic Church -- Byzantine rite ; Catholic Church -- Clergy ; Benediction
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Churches: Roman Catholic: Virgin Mary Catholic Church