St. Sava Cathedral (New York, New York)

St. Sava Cathedral in New York City is a Cathedral parish of the Diocese of Eastern America of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America. The parish began to organize in the late 1930s, and was officially recognized as a parish in 1940. In 1943, the parish purchased the historic Holy Trinity Chapel, a sattelite parish of New York's Holy Trinity (Episcopal) Church, from the Episcopalian Church, becoming the first Serbian Orthodox Church on the East Coast of the United States. The Holy Trinity Chapel building, built in 1855, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In January 1865, it became the first location of the service of an Orthodox Divine Liturgy in the contiguous 48 United States. On May 1, 2016, after the celebration of all Pascha services, a fire broke out in the building, completely destroying the church.