Holy Trinity Orthodox to get historic marker Sept. 17
CANTON − In 1917, Greek refugees who immigrated to Canton from Asia Minor built more than a new community.
They also built a church.
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, which stood at 1747 10th St. NE, was the center of religious and social life for those who worshipped in an edifice that the male attendees had built by hand. Many of the men worked in the nearby steel mills.
The church hosted generations of baptisms, weddings, funerals and dances.
At noon Sept. 17, an Ohio Historical Marker will be dedicated at the original site in the former Carnahan Avenue NE neighborhood, once a hub for immigrant families such as John and Sophie Turnides, who raised their family within site of the church in a home built by John, a carpenter.
A reception will follow at Trinity's current church, at 4705 Fairhaven Ave. NW, which was built in the 1960s.
Holy Trinity was chartered April 15, 1917, by five men − Harry Achilles, Nick Kessanidis, Paul Pavlidis, Alex Heropoulos, and Elias Korosidis, who served as the first parish president.
The original building no longer stands. On Sept. 2, 2020, the church caught fire and was finally torn down after 12 sandstone crosses were recovered from the building's exterior.
More:https://www.cantonrep.com/story/lifestyle/faith/2017/02/11/100-years-family/22470889007/
The Ohio Historical Marker project is part of the Ohio History Connection, which commemorates important places that help to tell the state's history. Stark County currently has 27 markers which have been placed at such locations as the main branch of the Stark District Library, where President William McKinley's home once stood; the Canton Fieldhouse, where they Rev. Martin Luther King spoke in 1964; Nobles Pond; the Pro Football Hall of Fame; Louisville for Constitution Day; and at Clearview Golf Club.
More:https://remarkableohio.org/
Reach Charita at 330-580-8313 or charita.goshay@cantonrep.com. On Twitter: @cgoshayREP.
This article originally appeared on The Repository: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church granted an Ohio historical marker
