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The &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Trinity Chapel Complex&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, now better known as the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{langx|sr|Црква светог Саве|Crkva svetog Save}}) is a historic [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]] church at 15 [[25th Street (Manhattan)|West 25th Street]] between [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] and the [[Avenue of the Americas]] (6th Avenue) in the [[NoMad]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]].&lt;br /&gt;
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The church building was constructed in 1850–55 and was designed by architect [[Richard Upjohn]] in [[Gothic Revival architecture|English Gothic Revival style]].&amp;lt;ref name=nycland /&amp;gt; It was built as one of several uptown chapels of the [[Trinity Church (New York City)|Trinity Church]] parish, but was sold to the Serbian Eastern Orthodox parish in 1942, re-opening as the Cathedral of St. Sava in 1944.&lt;br /&gt;
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The church complex includes the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Trinity Chapel School&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, now the cathedral&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Parish House&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, which was built in 1860 and was designed by [[Jacob Wrey Mould]], a [[polychromatic]] [[Victorian Gothic architecture|Victorian Gothic]] building which is Mould&amp;#039;s only extant structure in New York City.&amp;lt;ref name=nycland /&amp;gt;  Attached to the sanctuary itself is the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Clergy House&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at 26 [[26th Street (Manhattan)|West 26th Street]], which was built in 1866 and was designed by Richard Upjohn and his son [[Richard M. Upjohn]].&amp;lt;ref name=aia&amp;gt;{{cite AIA4}} p.199&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The chapel was designated a [[List of New York City Landmarks|New York City landmark]] in 1968,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/SERBIAN-ORTHODOX.pdf|title=Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava and Clergy House and Parish House Designation Report|author=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission|author-link=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission|date=April 18, 1968|access-date=May 2, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the complex was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1982.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;nris&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Most of the church was destroyed in a [[Multiple-alarm fire|four-alarm]] fire on May 1, 2016. In June 2016 reports were circulating that the city of New York ordered that the remains of the structure be demolished, stating that the walls are too unstable to be allowed to stand.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2016/06/14/scorched-cathedral-to-be-demolished-over-safety-concerns/|title=Scorched cathedral to be demolished over safety concerns|first1=Vinita|last1=Singla|first2=Yoav|last2=Gonen|first3=Chris|last3=Perez|date=14 June 2016|access-date=15 June 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  The Buildings Department quickly clarified that the inspection was not complete and they had not ordered the immediate demolition of the building and instead is working with the parish to stabilize the structure.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:9&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/nyregion/serbian-church-gutted-by-fire-wont-be-demolished-for-now.html|title=New York Serbian Church Gutted by Fire Won&amp;#039;t Be Demolished, for Now|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|date=2016-06-14|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-08-12}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:10&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://stsavanyc.org/saint-sava-update-meeting-with-new-york-city-building-agencies/|title=Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava|website=stsavanyc.org|access-date=2016-08-12}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In February 2023, reconstruction had advanced enough for a liturgy to be held within the shell of the partially rebuilt cathedral.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Architecture ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava entrance.jpg|thumb|left|The entrance to the cathedral (2011)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The exterior is made of heavy blocks of sandstone etched in a rough finish, accented with austere Gothic trim and details. The front façade sits on West 25th Street and faces south. It measures around {{convert|65|ft|m}} in width by roughly {{convert|100|ft|m}} in height. The façade is supported by four stone buttresses, framed by delicate stone turrets at the sides, and punctuated by a large rose window above the entrance.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|author=Ogorodnikov, Vitali|url=http://newyorkyimby.com/2016/05/mourning-the-landmark-serbian-orthodox-cathedral-of-st-sava-15-west-25th-street-gutted-by-four-alarm-blaze-on-easter-day.html|title=Mourning the Landmark Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava, 15 West 25th Street, Gutted by Four-Alarm Blaze on Easter Day|website=New York YIMBY|date=May 3, 2016|access-date=May 4, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Prior to the fire that took place May 1, 2016, the church was known to have had one of the largest timber [[hammerbeam roof]]s in the City of New York.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://ny.curbed.com/2016/5/2/11572356/serbian-orthodox-cathedral-st-sava-fire|title=Fire at Landmarked Flatiron Church Is Out, But Origin Remains Unclear|last=Rosenberg|first=Zoe|date=2016-05-02|website=Curbed NY|access-date=2016-05-03}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==History==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Trinity Chapel===&lt;br /&gt;
With the population of New York City moving ever-northward up [[Manhattan island]] in the mid-19th century, [[Trinity Church (Manhattan)|Trinity Church]], the center of [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalianism]] in the city, needed to provide for its uptown parishioners, especially in the increasingly sought-after residential neighborhoods around [[Union Square (New York City)|Union]] and [[Madison Square]]s.&amp;lt;ref name=nycland&amp;gt;{{cite nycland}} p.80&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  The church&amp;#039;s solution was to build a chapel, named Trinity Chapel, on West 25th Street just off of Madison Square as an uptown annex.&amp;lt;ref name=fromatoz&amp;gt;{{cite fromatoz}}, p.244&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  The architect selected was Richard Upjohn, who designed the third and current version of Trinity Church, as well as the [[Church of the Ascension, Episcopal (Manhattan)|Church of the Ascension]] on [[Fifth Avenue]] and West [[10th Street (Manhattan)|10th Street]], as well as many other churches in the Gothic Revival mode in the northeast.&lt;br /&gt;
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The parish was a wealthy and influential one, and Trinity was the only one of Trinity Church&amp;#039;s chapels which was capable of supporting itself without assistance from the home church.&amp;lt;ref name=fromatoz /&amp;gt; In 1865 in Trinity Episcopal Church the Orthodox Liturgy was held for the first time in American history.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Among the congregants was writer [[Edith Wharton]], who was married in the church in 1885.&amp;lt;ref name=aia /&amp;gt;  In 1892, the [[reredos]] and [[altar]] were redesigned by [[Frederick Clarke Withers]].&amp;lt;ref name=aia /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Cathedral of St. Sava===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nikola Tesla bust at St. Sava.jpg|thumb|left|125px|Bust of [[Nikola Tesla]] outside the cathedral]]&lt;br /&gt;
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By 1930, as the rich and influential continued their uptown migration, the neighborhood around Madison Square had seriously declined. The chapel was now located within the [[Tenderloin, Manhattan|Tenderloin]], the city&amp;#039;s main entertainment and [[red light district]], and the congregation had dwindled. A [[Serbian Orthodox]] congregation, founded in the 1930s, purchased the building in 1942, with assistance from various Serbian churches, and the building re-opened in 1944 as a Serbian Orthodox cathedral dedicated to [[Saint Sava]], the patron saint of the [[Serbs]]. The first pastor was Rev. Dushan Shoulkletovich.&amp;lt;ref name=fromatoz /&amp;gt; [[Peter II of Yugoslavia|Peter II]], the last king of Yugoslavia attended services here.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;fromatoz&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Gradual changes were made to the sanctuary to make it more Eastern Orthodox in style.  A hand-carved oak [[iconostasis]] was added in 1962.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;fromatoz&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2010/11/richard-upjohns-1851-trinity-chapel.html|title=Daytonian in Manhattan: Richard Upjohn&amp;#039;s 1851 Trinity Chapel -- The Serbian Cathedral of St. Sava|last=Miller|first=Tom|date=2010-11-03|website=Daytonian in Manhattan|access-date=2016-05-03}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Byzantine, hand-carved Iconostasis, brought from the Monastery of St. Naum in Ohrid, Yugoslavia, was placed in the cathedral and blessed.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://stsavanyc.org/history/|title=History of the Cathedral of St. Sava in New York|website=Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava|access-date=May 2, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Icons on the Iconostasis were written by Russian iconographer, Ivan Meljinkov.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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When a bomb went off near the church on September 4, 1966&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|author=King, Seth|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/09/05/82509037.pdf|title=Bomb Damages Red Offices and a Cathedral Here - Bomb Damages Red Offices and Cathedral Here|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 5, 1966|access-date=May 3, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; destroying some of the [[stained glass]], they were replaced with new ones commissioned in Byzantine style.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;fromatoz&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:1&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Serbian Orthodox [[Pavle, Serbian Patriarch|Patriarch Pavle]] visited St. Sava Cathedral in October 1992. This was the first time the New York Church community was visited by a Patriarch.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Outside the church are busts of Bishop [[Nikolai Velimirovich]], who was instrumental in founding the parish, helped to organize the Serbian Orthodox Church in America, and was in later years the &amp;quot;luminary-in-residence&amp;quot; at the cathedral; [[Nikola Tesla]], the inventor and entrepreneur; and [[Michael Pupin]], a physicist of Serbian heritage.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;aia&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;fromatoz&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Prior to the fire of May 1, 2016 around $4 million had been spent on renovations to the cathedral&amp;#039;s roof, gutters, and its attached community center in the past decade.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/congregation-mourns-serbian-orthodox-church-destroyed-by-fire-1462236542|title=Congregation Mourns Serbian Orthodox Church Destroyed by Fire|last=Kanno-Youngs|first=Zolan|date=2016-05-03|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=2016-05-05}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The church&amp;#039;s ceiling was repainted during those renovations to depict a nighttime sky.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==2016 fire==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:St Sava May 3 2016.jpg|thumb|The cathedral after the fire. (Photo: May 3, 2016)]]On May 1, 2016, a massive fire occurred at the church, on the day Orthodox Christians were celebrating [[Easter]], destroying most of the building.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;nypost&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|author1=Rosario, Frank |author2=Sullivan, C.J. |author3=Wilson, Tom |author4=Perez, Chris |name-list-style=amp |title=Massive fire breaks out at Manhattan church|url=https://nypost.com/2016/05/01/massive-fire-breaks-out-at-manhattan-church/|newspaper=[[New York Post]]|date=May 1, 2016|access-date=May 1, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The four-alarm fire started at 6:49&amp;amp;nbsp;p.m. local time and was brought under control by 8:30&amp;amp;nbsp;p.m.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |author1=Kapp, Trevor |author2=Cuilliton, Kathleen |author3=Nichols, Adam |author4=Gardiner, Aidan |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160501/chelsea/massive-fire-rips-through-chelseas-historic-serbian-orthodox-cathedral |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109152842/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160501/chelsea/massive-fire-rips-through-chelseas-historic-serbian-orthodox-cathedral |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |title=Massive Fire Rips Through Historic Serbian Orthodox Cathedral |website=DNAinfo New York |date=May 2, 2016 |access-date=May 3, 2016 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; More than 170 firefighters overall were involved.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;nypost&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|author1=Mai, Andy  |author2=Annese, John |name-list-style=amp |date=May 1, 2016|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/firefighters-battle-fire-manhattan-church-article-1.2620952|title=Firefighters battle blaze at Manhattan church|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=2016-05-02}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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There was one minor injury.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Firefighters Contain Huge Fire at New York City Church|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/firefighters-battle-huge-fire-york-city-church-38805013|newspaper=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|agency=Associated Press|date=May 1, 2016|access-date=May 2, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The stone walls of the cathedral remain standing, and have been deemed to be structurally sound and not currently in danger of collapsing.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:2&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Church officials have indicated they will examine whether any part of the structure could be preserved.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2016/05/09/church-head-wants-fbi-to-take-over-fire-investigation |title=Church head wants FBI to take over fire investigation |last1=Cohen |first1=Shawn |last2=Perez |first2=Chris |name-list-style=amp |date=May 10, 2016 |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |access-date=2016-05-13}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The parish house associated with the Chapel Complex was not harmed by fire.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/354850/Crkva-osigurana-ali-to-nece-nadoknaditi-stetu#|title=Црква осигурана, али то неће надокнадити штету|last=Мишић|first=Милан|website=Politika Online|language=sr-RS|access-date=2016-05-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Aftermath ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:At New York, USA 2017 291.jpg|thumb|The cathedral in 2017]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Cathedral Rebuilding (51162611021).jpg|thumb|Rebuilding in 2021]]&lt;br /&gt;
St. Sava parishioners reunited a few blocks away the first Sunday after the fire at [[Gramercy Park]]&amp;#039;s [[Calvary-St. George&amp;#039;s Parish|Episcopal Calvary-St. George&amp;#039;s Parish Church]] to worship.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:7&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/manhattan-serbian-orthodox-church-holds-service-fire-article-1.2629451|title=Manhattan Serbian Orthodox church holds first service since fire|website=NY Daily News|access-date=2016-05-13}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:8&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/nyregion/after-a-manhattan-church-is-destroyed-in-a-fire-another-welcomes-its-members.html|title=After a Manhattan Church Is Destroyed in a Fire, Another Welcomes Its Members|last=Remnick|first=Noah|date=2016-05-08|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-05-13}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Church officials indicate there will be plans to rebuild at the current site.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:7&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:8&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Offers of support, including a letter from Patriarch Bartholomew, have been shared with the parishioners of the church.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://stsavanyc.org/letter-of-support-from-his-holiness-patriarch-bartholomew/|title=Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava|website=stsavanyc.org|access-date=2016-05-13}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Serbia&amp;#039;s [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Serbia)|Foreign Minister]] [[Ivica Dačić]] indicated that the City of New York would be asked through diplomatic channels to aid in the rebuilding of the church. He also indicated Prime Minister [[Aleksandar Vučić]] authorized him to say that the government will help rebuild the church, &amp;quot;because it has great significance for the Serbian community and the Serbian spirit in New York.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2016&amp;amp;mm=05&amp;amp;dd=16&amp;amp;nav_id=98010|title=Dacic tours Serbian church in NYC destroyed in Easter fire - - on B92.net|website=B92.net|access-date=2016-05-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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As of two days after the fire, the definitive cause of the fire had not been determined. Candles that had not been properly extinguished after an Easter service were identified as a likely cause, according to a spokesperson of the [[New York City Fire Department|New York City Fire Department (FDNY)]].  A caretaker told fire marshals that he stowed the candles in a cardboard box under a piece of wooden furniture in a rear corner of the 161-year-old church.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/nyregion/candles-may-have-caused-fire-that-gutted-serbian-church-officials-say.html|title=Candles May Have Caused Fire That Gutted Serbian Church, Officials Say|last=Kilgannon|first=Corey|date=2016-05-03|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-05-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://gothamist.com/2016/05/03/church_fire_serbia_croatia.php|title=Some Fear &amp;quot;Apocalyptic&amp;quot; Manhattan Church Fire May Be Connected To Other Church Fires|last=Signore|first=John Del|website=Gothamist|access-date=2016-05-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504172037/http://gothamist.com/2016/05/03/church_fire_serbia_croatia.php|archive-date=2016-05-04}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nearly a month after the fire FDNY spokesman Frank Gribbon indicated conclusively that, &amp;quot;Fire marshals have ... determined that candles, which had not been completely extinguished, caused the fire.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:6&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2016/06/03/tragic-cathedral-fire-sparked-by-easter-candles| title=Tragic cathedral fire sparked by Easter candles |last1=Cohen |first1=Shawn |last2=Perez |first2=Chris |name-list-style=amp |date=June 3, 2016 |newspaper=[[New York Post]] | access-date=2016-06-07}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was reported that the city has ordered the remains of the church demolished, calling them unstable.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auto&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The Buildings Department quickly clarified that the inspection was not complete and they had not ordered the immediate demolition of the building.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:9&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; In August 2016 city Building Department ordered that metal beams be used to shore up the walls and the building be covered with a waterproof canvas to keep it from being damaged further by the elements; this was completed in September 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:10&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Rebuilding efforts ===&lt;br /&gt;
In May 2018 the parish filed a lawsuit against their insurer Church Mutual for $47M USD.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/5/7/17326968/flatiron-new-york-st-sava-church-fire-insurance |title=Fire-ravaged Flatiron church files suit against insurer |last=Rosenberg |first=Zoe |date=May 7, 2018 |website=Curbed New York |access-date=3 July 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  The insurer&amp;#039;s payment was $12.7M USD based on the 1945 purchase price and subsequent improvements.  The church countered that the payment did not account for present day rebuilding costs, which the church said were $60M USD.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2018/05/05/historic-church-destroyed-in-fire-claims-insurer-shorted-payout/ |title=Historic church destroyed in fire claims insurer shorted payout |last=Boniello |first=Kathianne |date=May 5, 2018 |website=New York Post|access-date=3 July 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The parish and the insurer reached an undisclosed settlement in April 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://nycitylens.com/2019/04/rising-from-the-ashes/ |title=Rising from the Ashes |date=29 April 2019 |access-date=10 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829033557/http://nycitylens.com/2019/04/rising-from-the-ashes/ |archive-date=29 August 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Installation of the new roof over the nave was completed in July 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.easterndiocese.org/news_190713_2|title=Nave roof completed! (July 13, 2019) |website=Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America |access-date=August 31, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As of November 2019 steel I-beams for the new floor were being installed as well as framing for the windows which will be fitted with temporary acrylic panels.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://www.easterndiocese.org/news_191127_2|title=Bishop Irinej reviews Cathedral construction (November 27, 2019) |website=Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America |access-date=4 December 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; An image captured in March 2020 showed that the building had been enclosed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://serborth.org/images/PatriarchNewYork/PatriarchNewYork1.jpg|title=Serbian Patriarch Irinej Arrived in New York - 03/04/20|access-date=29 July 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On February 7, 2023 the first Divine Liturgy since the fire was held within the shell of the partially rebuilt cathedral.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |title=First Divine Liturgy at Saint Sava Cathedral After the Devastating Fire from Seven years Ago |url=https://stsavanyc.org/photographs-and-a-video-from-the-first-divine-liturgy-at-saint-sava-cathedral-after-the-devastating-fire-from-seven-years-ago/ |website=stsavanyc.org |publisher=Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava |access-date=17 February 2023}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh|Shadeland]]: [[List of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in the United States|Most Holy Mother Of God Monastery]] ([[Springboro, Pennsylvania]])&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sheffield Lake, Ohio]]: [[St. Mark Serbian Orthodox Monastery]] ([[Sheffield, Ohio]])&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Richfield, Ohio]]: [[Synaxis]]: [[List of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in the United States|St. Archangel Gabriel Serbian Orthodox Monastery]], also known as &amp;quot;New Marcha&amp;quot;, [[Richfield, Ohio]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Nikolaj Velimirović|St. Nikolaj of Žiča Monastery]] ([[China, Michigan]])&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery and Seminary]] in [[Libertyville, Illinois]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
{{commons category|Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava (Manhattan)}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.stsavanyc.org/ Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/about/history/guide-to-archives/congregational-office#chapels Trinity Chapel records at Trinity Wall Street Archives]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KjCZ_QPqCc Cathedral of St. Sava]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://edithwhartonsnewyork.blogspot.rs/2013/01/trinity-chapel.html Trinity Chapel], Edith Wharton&amp;#039;s New York, January 20, 2013&lt;br /&gt;
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