It’s a piece of art which includes and embraces its customers and the ‘invigilators’ who, today, are Roaringwater Journal creators Finola and Robertįinola and I are on our second stint behind the counter: we are the shopkeepers! We try to keep order as customers crowd in to look at the wares in display, all of which are designed by Rita.
The atmospheric and nostalgic interior of O’Neill’s shop brought back to life by Rita Duffy (above): it displays and sells ‘souvenirs’ of the 1916 Rising and the events around it. The premises has been empty for years and stepping inside it today is stepping into the past: a shop unchanged over generations. The Souvenir Shop was first shown in Dublin earlier this year – here is a review from the Irish Times – and it’s now in the perfect setting here in West Cork: O’Neill’s old sweetshop on Townshend Street in Skibbereen. The project is conceived by Belfast artist Rita Duffy and curated by Helen Carey, and is a very unusual perspective on the 1916 Rising commemorations. The installation is The Souvenir Shop, and it’s a huge hit with visitors. Once inside, worshippers will look up the inside the dome to a new icon of Christ the Pantocrator.This is a first – a ‘live’ blog post! I’m writing it inside an art installation running as part of the excellent Skibbereen Arts Festival. In the coming months we hope our newly plated dome will be a beacon welcoming back parishioners who have been awaiting the reopening and attracting new members from the now-thriving communities that surround the church-the Medical District, University Village, and the South and West Loop.
Basil to resume services in a completely renovated sanctuary. Now a strong capital campaign is allowing St. The Ladies Philoptochos Society, Prison Ministry, and Sunday school likewise met downstairs. Liturgy and sacraments were celebrated in the Philoptochos Hall in the basement. Yet another fire ravished the church in March 2013, and again St. Upon Father Kerhulas’s retirement, parish leadership passed to Father Panteleimon Dalianis in 2010. Soon afterward, the church took on a complete renovation of the sanctuary, including the installation of new icons created by the renowned iconographer Athanasios (Tom) Clark of Athens. In 1988, Father Chris Kerhulas was named full-time pastor of the church. Through the ensuing years, a community of members dedicated themselves to rebuilding St. Though membership declined during these years, a core of faithful members attended worship services and supported the church.Ī fire in 1977 did enormous damage to the struggling church. Urban renewal projects and the creation of the Illinois Medical District caused further displacement west from Racine to Ogden. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Greektown was decimated as homes and businesses from Halsted to Racine and from Harrison to Taylor were torn down to make way for the University of Illinois. Parishoners began to leave the area in 1947, with the construction of the Eisenhower Expressway. The Orthodox Youth Organization of Chicago was initiated at St. The church was designated the first Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Chicago by Bishop Philaretos, who was the first Bishop in Chicago. In its April 9, 1927, account of the dedication, the Greek newspaper Saloniki noted that, “Over two thousand Greeks participated” and that more than 600 people had to stand in the aisles. In 1927, the building was transformed into a Greek Orthodox Church. By the 1920s, many Jewish families had moved to the Lawndale neighborhood, where Anshe Sholom built a new temple. Designed by architect Alexander Levy, the Greek Revival-style temple contained pews upstairs where women were required to sit during services.
Basil Greek Orthodox Church was built in 1910 as Anshe Sholom Synagogue.
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