Sunday, June 9, 2019

In the News ... ""Houses of Faith: Assumption Parish serving Orthodox Christians in West Texas since 1930s"

Editor's Note: The Standard-Times will spotlight a different San Angelo house of faith each week during 2019.

SAST Photo by Arthur Spragg
• For many decades, was the only church of its kind in West Texas

By Matthew McDaniel, Reporter
San Angelo Standard Times


SAN ANGELO, TEXAS - The oldest standing church building in San Angelo is the chapel at Fort Concho.

The second oldest church building in town was designed in 1887 by locally-famous architect Oscar Ruffini, and for the last 80 years it has been standing at 801 Montecito Drive as the home of Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church ...

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