Greek Orthodox Church, Joubert Park, Greek Orthodox church in Joubert Park, South Africa.

The Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen is a church building in Joubert Park with white walls and multiple roof levels. Its most striking feature is the three-story dome with a blue painted interior that draws your eye upward.

The Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen was designed by Hermann Kallenbach, a close friend and admirer of Mahatma Gandhi, and built in 1912 for the Greeks who had settled in Yeoville and Berea. The community spent six years raising £3,300, led by the Ladies Benevolent Association and Archimandrites Nicodemos Sarikas and Athanasios Nicolopoulos. The building opened on 5 January 1913 and is now a SAHRA protected site.

The church maintains Eastern Orthodox traditions that the Greek community has cultivated across generations. You will notice this in the religious ceremonies and the way worshippers use the space together.

The church stands in Joubert Park, one of three Greek Orthodox churches in Johannesburg, and the Greek congregation now comes from a much wider area of the city. The building is a SAHRA protected site, so visitors should treat the interior and its painted dome with care.

The Ladies Benevolent Association raised 3300 pounds over six years to fund construction of this Byzantine-style church. This remarkable effort shows how important completing the building was to the community.