[ROMBus] Transformations: Architectural rebirth

Name: [ROMBus] Transformations: Architectural rebirth
Start: 2024-10-22T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-22T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 100 Queen's Park , Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M5S 2C6

Schedule

Tue Oct 22 2024 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

100 Queen's Park , Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M5S 2C6 | Toronto, ON

As communities grow and change, we see religious buildings repurposed to reflect new realities. On this special day trip, we visit three buildings that began life in one faith and have since been converted to serve a completely different religious community.
ROM curator emeritus, Corey Keeble joins us on our itinerary, which includes an Anglican church that has been transformed into a Hindu Temple for the country’s oldest Hindu community. Next up, a Synagogue that has metamorphosed into the magnificent St George’s Greek Orthodox Church through the artistic work of monks from Mt. Athos, Greece. It is here we will enjoy a Greek lunch served in style. To round out our day, we visit another Anglican church that has been covered with magnificent icons and reborn as a Russian Orthodox church.