{"id":6124,"date":"2006-09-02T23:28:23","date_gmt":"2006-09-02T23:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/luminous-mysteries.html"},"modified":"2006-09-02T23:28:23","modified_gmt":"2006-09-02T23:28:23","slug":"luminous-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/luminous-mysteries.html","title":{"rendered":"Luminous Mysteries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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No one knows exactly why Erickson, a not-very-religious dentist from East Cleveland who died in 1993, willed $370,000 to illuminate steeples visible along I-71 and I-90 in the downtown area. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

nonetheless…<\/p>\n

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Drive west on I-90, and the night sky is dominated by the illuminated twin spires of St. Colman Catholic Church; from I-490, catch a glimpse of the traditional Gothic bell tower and steeple of Zion United Church of Christ; east on I-71, notice the glow of the pale-green patina on the St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church steeple. <\/p>\n

Since 1995, the Cleveland Restoration Society has helped light 11 churches, with several more — Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Church and possibly St. Paul Shrine — to come later this year. Someday, as many as 30 houses of worship may shine, with money from the Reinhold W. Erickson Fundof the Cleveland Foundation. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a website on the project – they’re sponsoring a tour of the steeples on 9\/30. <\/a> Go on it after you’ve spent the day at this exhibit at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage!<\/a><\/p>\n

(H\/T – Kevin. Thanks!)<\/p>\n

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