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'''Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral''' serves as the [[cathedral]] church for the [[Diocese]] of Chicago and the Midwest of the [[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]], of which His Grace, the [[Job_%28Osacky%29_of_Chicago|Right Reverend JOB]], a [[Chicago_area_Orthodox_portal|Chicago]] native, currently serves as [[archbishop]]. Holy Trinity was built under the leadership of Fr. [[John Kochurov]], and was consecrated in 1903 by [[Tikhon of Moscow|Bishop Tikhon]] of the Diocese of Alaska, Orthodox Church of Russia.
Fr. John served in Holy Trinity until 1907 when he returned to Russia where he continued as a [[priest]] and educator and educatoreventually was martyred early in the Bolshevik takeover. Bishop Tikhon returned to Russia in 19111907, and was elected Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Russia in 1917, the first Patriarch elected since the time of Tsar Peter the Great.
Holy Trinity became a cathedral in 1923 when its rector, [[Theophilus_(Pashkovsky)_of_San_Francisco|Fr. Theodore (Pashkovsky)]] was elected [[bishop]]. Bishop Theophilus, as he was named following his monastic tonsure and consecration, would later be elected Metropolitan of the young church in America.