CHURCH STREET: Immokalee Road is lined with churches that range from fundamentalist to mainstream

The 150-foot steeple of the Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church is placed atop the new sanctuary during the 1990 construction phase. Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church is one of several churches located along Immokalee Road in Naples.

Photo by Nori St. Paul

St. Paul's Antiochian Orthodox Church, which was consecrated on Feb. 19, was a dream that began with a small group of Naples and Marco faithful back in the 1990s. The church, at Immokalee and Rivers roads, is one of several congregations situated along the roadway.

In 1990, construction of the sanctuary of Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church began. The original building, completed in 1982, is seen on the left. Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church is one of several churches located along Immokalee Road in Naples. Daily news/file

Photo by NORI ST. PAUL

NORI ST. PAUL Celebrants look toward the altar room during the consecration of St. Paul's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Naples. The church, located Immokalee and Rivers roads, is one of several congregations situated along the roadway.

Workers navigate the sloping roof during construction of the sanctuary of Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church in 1990. The original building, completed in 1983 is on the left.

Photo by Nori St. Paul

NORI ST. PAUL Bishop Anthony Michaels, from left, Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest; Bishop Antoun Khouri, Diocese of Miami; Metropolitan Philip Saliba, chief hierarch of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese of North America; and Archpriest Joseph Antypas pray during a February service at St. Paul's Antiochian Orthodox Church on Immokalee Road. It is the most recent church to be consencrated there.

Photo by Nori St. Paul

Read the original here:
CHURCH STREET: Immokalee Road is lined with churches that range from fundamentalist to mainstream