Greek Orthodox Church, Joubert Park
The Greek Orthodox church in Joubert Park, Johannesburg, is a historical Greek Orthodox Church designed by architect Hermann Kallenbach, and built in 1912. The building is also known as the Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen. It is a SAHRA protected site. Description. The white walled church was designed by Hermann Kallenbach who was a close friend and admirer of Mahatma Gandhi. (Kallenbach lived in the same house and donated a farm to Gandhi). The church was required by the growing population of Greeks who had moved to Yeoville and Berea in the 19th century . The community took six years to raise the £3,300 for the building led by the Ladies Benevolent Association, Archimandrite Nicodemos Sarikas and Archimandrite Athanasios Nicolopoulos. Kallenbach created a church in the Byzantine style in 1912 for the Greek community with a number of different roof levels which were not designed to be at the same angle. These complement the large three-storey high dome which is painted blue on the inside. The new building opened on 5 January 1913. The cathedral is dedicated to the emperor Saint Constantine and his wife Saint Helen. Today the Greek congregation is reducing  and the congregation are now drawn from a much wider area with this being one of three Greek Orthodox churches in the city. The church is a South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) protected site.