American Shrine
The Saint Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine is located in the city of St Augustine, Florida. It is known as the "Jewel of St. George Street". The Shrine commemorates the first members of the Greek Orthodox Church in North America, a group of men, women and children who were brought over to work on a plantation during Florida's English occupation. The workers were treated like slaves and eventually revolted against their masters and traveled many miles over the harsh Florida scrub to ask the English governor for their freedom. Although the Greeks were allowed to settle in St. Augustine as free persons, many had already died and two of their leaders were hanged by the English as an example to other indentured servants and slaves. The Shrine consists of a chapel and an historical exhibit about the Greek immigrants and their uprising.
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