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Constantin Pertzoff and the Quest for American Orthodox Architecture

by Inga Leonova

The history of church architecture in America reflects in wood, brick, stone, and concrete the turbulent history of the establishment and development of Orthodoxy in America.

Inga Leonova

A practicing architect, writer, and educator. She is the author of several publications on Orthodoxy and culture, including liturgical architecture and contemporary social issues. Her essay “The Quest for American Architecture: Modernism Meets Tradition” was included in the book Sacred Architecture in East and West edited by Cyril Hovorun (Marymount Institute Press, 2019).

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