The 10th annual
Orthodox Food Festival and Old Globeville Days was held July 20-21 in Argo Park at 47th and Logan streets.
The free event ran from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The festival featured cuisine from Russia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Eritrea, Greece and Mexico. Live music, dance entertainment, craft and gift booths, art displays, children’s activities an tours of the historic landmark Holy Transfiguration of Christ Orthodox Cathedral.
Located in the heart of Globeville, an old ethnic community in north Denver, the cathedral is the earliest Orthodox church in Colorado formed in 1889. In September of 1898, the parish was incorporated as the Greek Catholic Church, Transfiguration of Christ.
Also that year, the parish purchased six lots at the present site for $350. The total cost of the lots and of construction of the church at East 47th and Logan streets was $4,082, according to the church’s web site.
Today, the area is in the spotlight as the Colorado Department of Transportation works on the proposed reconstruction of Interstate 70, which split the community when it was originally built in the 1960s.
Contact Confluence Denver Development News Editor Margaret Jackson with tips and leads for future stories at margaret@confluence-denver.com.
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