State Road and Marioncliffe Drive, Parma; most portions completed 1967, front mosaic completed 1988. Byzantine.

Exterior: Amherst sandstone (Berea sandstone), quarried in the area of Amherst, Ohio, is used for the exterior of this church. The sandstone used for the arches around the windows on the sides of the church and for the arches around the entranceway is Grey Amherst sandstone. This stone is grayish buff colored and has prominent, irregular reddish brown streaks. These streaks are cross-beds seen in bottom or top view. Two colors of Tawney Amherst sandstone are used for the exterior walls. About 85 percent of this stone is gray-colored and about 15 percent is buff-colored. This stone is split-face veneer, meaning that the exposed surface has not been sawed, but instead split more or less parallel to the bedding to show its natural texture. The faces of the blocks are polygons, most four- or five-sided. The cornerstone is pink granite.

References: Anonymous, 1968.

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