Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral — Attraction in New York

As a person who has lived abroad in former Soviet countries, I can read Cyrillic and I admire these cathedrals very much. A few days ago I was standing outside reading the Ukrainian signage and a male came out of the church and approached me as if I was intruding or trespassing, mind you I was on the public sidewalk. He asked me what I wanted and I simply said that I was admiring the church and he didn’t seem to like my reply! He stood there expecting I don’t know what. I simply walked away and thought how unfortunate to have such unchristian behavior and such an aggressive person be so suspicious of someone who admires such a beautiful place....

Lovely little church, very welcoming to strangers. I came here for Easter with my 3yo daughter and even though we are not Ukrainian, we were welcomed with open arms and were invited downstairs to partake in the community meal and kid festivities. It was a lovely Easter Day, and my daughter danced with the other kids to Ukrainian nursery rhymes (even tho she does not speak Ukrainian, lol). Interestingly enough the friendly priest speaks Ukrainian, Romanian and English. A very friendly church and community. It’s near to a yummy and cheap Vietnamese sandwich (banh mi) place, which we...

I just had the most wonderful experience in a very long time. We walked in to check the church out after hours and they welcomed us with smiles. Offered us coffee, cake, wine and literally with everything in their fridge like we are family. Truly I saw Christ in each one of them. Igor is so welcoming.

Thank you for giving us experience we will...