Belarusan Autocephalous Orthodox Church
The Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, sometimes abbreviated as B.A.O. Church or BAOC, is an independent Eastern Orthodox church, unrecognized by the mainstream Eastern Orthodox communion.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Orthodox
- Description: established in 1922
- Also known as: “B.A.O. Church”, “BAOC”, “Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church”, and “Saint Cyril of Turau Cathedral”
- Address: 401 Atlantic Avenue, 11217
- Roof shape: gabled
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral and Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station.
St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral
Church
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St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral is a cathedral church of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in New York City and the seat of the primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station
Metro station
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The Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station is an express station of the New York City Subway, serving the IND Crosstown Line and the IND Fulton Street Line. Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station is situated 520 feet north of Belarusan Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
New York Transit Museum
Museum
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The New York Transit Museum is a museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems in the greater New York City metropolitan region. New York Transit Museum is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Belarusan Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boerum Hill and Boerum Hill Historic District.
Boerum Hill
Neighborhood
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Boerum Hill is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east.
Boerum Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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Boerum Hill Historic District is a national historic district in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York City. It originally consisted of 238 contributing residential rowhouses and a few commercial buildings built between 1845 and 1890.
Downtown Brooklyn
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Downtown Brooklyn is in Brooklyn. In addition to the downtown area proper, it includes Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and the Navy Yard.
Belarusan Autocephalous Orthodox Church
- Categories: Christian denomination, non-canonical Eastern Orthodox churches, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.68711° or 40° 41′ 14″ northLongitude
-73.98451° or 73° 59′ 4″ westHeight
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
87G8M2P8+R5OpenStreetMap ID
way 248165702OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=orthodoxOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabledWikidata ID
Q2626385
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In Other Languages
From Arpitan to Ukrainian—“Belarusan Autocephalous Orthodox Church” goes by many names.
- Arpitan: “Égllése ortodoxe ôtocèfala bièlorussa”
- Belarusian: “БАПЦ”
- Belarusian: “Беларуская аўтакефальная праваслаўная царква”
- Belarusian: “Беларуская Аўтакефальная Праваслаўная Царква”
- Esperanto: “Belorusa Aŭtonoma Ortodoksa Eklezio”
- French: “Eglise orthodoxe autocephale bielorusse”
- French: “Église orthodoxe autocéphale biélorusse”
- Galician: “Igrexa ortodoxa autocéfala belarusa”
- Greek: “Αυτοκέφαλη Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία της Λευκορωσίας”
- Italian: “Chiesa ortodossa autocefala bielorussa”
- Korean: “벨라루스 자치 정교회”
- Portuguese: “Igreja Ortodoxa Autocéfala da Bielorrússia”
- Russian: “БАПЦ”
- Russian: “Белорусская автокефальная православная церковь”
- Slovenian: “Beloruska avtokefalna pravoslavna cerkev”
- Ukrainian: “БАПЦ”
- Ukrainian: “Білоруська автокефальна православна церква”
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