and the Holy Ghost has gone to the coast

Baptism of Jesus as central medallion. September 6 2014 foto.

Rose hips as central medallion. June 20 2022. Whitney Stained Glass.

8' chandelier

It is very common for an Eastern church to have a chandelier in the nave before the iconostasis and the sanctuary. Holy Ghost did not. This one is up in the correct location, and it is better looking than the one that hangs over Euclid Avenue.

Holy Ghost Greek Catholic Church, and later Byzantine Catholic Cultural Center has not been available to celebrate Divine Liturgy, or other religious service for some years. It went out for sale, and has been sold. It began as part of the Roman Catholic Cleveland Diocese, and the church was built in 1909. It was the the first parish for Ruthenians [Rusyns] in Cleveland. They are a Slavonic people  centered around the Carpathian  Mountains. Borders change, and people migrate [often forcibly]. By national borders, they are at the junction of Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine. Some parishes are also in Hungary, and Croatia. In 1969, it became part of the newly formed Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma. Cleveland [Parma] also has an eparchy of Ukrainians since 1983, those parishes had been previously in the Byzantine Eparchy, and before that with them in the Roman Catholic Diocese too. The Rusyn language is considered by some as a dialect of Ukrainian.

The eparchy has been closing other parishes:  St. Nicholas Cleveland, St. Eugene Bedford, St. Gregory the Illuminator Lakewood. Holy Spirit Parma, and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Parma have merged with St. Mary Cleveland.

Holy Ghost had many decal murals on walls, and the ceiling. Now all that will be white. The choir loft's floor has had the levels removed, and a new staircase is being built. The former side altar niches have been boxed up. The Eparchy had removed the iconostasis, and altars after closing the church. [click1], [click2].

Currently the building is being remodelled as a wedding and event center, to be called the Elliot. It is expected to be opened in July. This area of Cleveland is currently called "Tremont", after the grade school. The area had many different churches [click3]. Old St. Vladimir's, Our Lady of Mercy have also been turned into businesses, Zion UCC has become apartments. Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethren has had two different congregations come and go, and is now empty.