Church of Our Lady of Peace

This article is about the New York City church. For the Connecticut church, see Our Lady of Peace Church (Stratford, Connecticut). For other churches, see Our Lady of Peace (disambiguation).

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Church of Our Lady of Peace
(2013)
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General information
Architectural styleVictorian Gothic[1]
Town or cityManhattan, New York City
CountryUnited States of America
Construction started1886
Cost$200,000[1]
ClientChurch Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Samuel A. Warner

The Church of Our Lady of Peace is a historic Roman Catholic parish church of the Archdiocese of New York, located at 239-241 East 62nd Street[2] between Second and Third Avenues in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1886-87 at the cost of $200,000,[1] and was designed by Samuel A. Warner in the Victorian Gothic style[3][4] for the Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York. It served as the sanctuary for the Church of the Redeemer, a German-speaking congregation, then subsequently became Bethlehem Lutheran Church.[4] before finally becoming the home of the newly formed Italian Madonna della Pace parish in 1918.[3][4]

The church, which has been called a "gem",[4] is located in the Treadwell Farm Historic District, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967.[1]

In November 2014, the Archdiocese announced that the Church of Our Lady of Peace was one of 31 neighborhood parishes which would be merged into other parishes.[5] Our Lady of Peace was to be merged into the Church of St. John the Evangelist at 348 East 55th Street.[6]

In February 2017, the Archdiocese with the blessing of Pope Francis, announced an agreement to sell the church to the Egyptian Christian Coptic Orthodox Church community.[7] It then became St. Mary & St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church.[8] The first Coptic worship service was on March 5, 2017.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission "Treadwell Fram Historic District Designation Report" Archived 2017-03-01 at the Wayback Machine (December 13, 1967)
  2. ^ The parish office is located at 237 East 62nd Street
  3. ^ a b Our Lady of Peace Archived 2012-01-10 at the Wayback Machine NYC American Guild of Organists webpage
  4. ^ a b c d Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12543-7., p.165
  5. ^ Otterman, Sharon (November 2, 2014). "Tears and Heartache for New York's Catholics as Cardinal Shuts Churches". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "List of Merging Churches and Those That Will Cease Regular Services"". The New York Times. November 2, 2014.
  7. ^ Dos Santos, Juliann (February 15, 2017). "Pope Francis Blesses Our Lady of Peace Church Sale to Egyptian Coptics". Catholic New York.
  8. ^ St. Mary & St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church