The National War Memorial Shrine of the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
of
St. Nicholas
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The National War Memorial Shrine
of the
Russian Orthodox Church of America
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This church has been built to serve as a house of worship to the glory of God and as a memorial to honor those Orthodox Christians who lost their lives in the cause of freedom
Consecrated: November 25, 1962
Metropolitan Leonty
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church of America
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Dedicated: May 19, 1963
General Jacob L. Devers, USA
Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission
Marker is on 3500 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
Courtesy hmdb.org
