Sint-Jozefkerk
Sint-Jozefkerk stands in Antwerp as a nineteenth-century church with a brick and natural-stone façade. Its neo-Romanesque design shows rounded arches, double towers, and a large rose window.
Construction began in the early 1860s, and the church opened in 1868. Eugeen Gife created the original design. A side portal appeared on Charlottalei late in the nineteenth century, followed by a wrought-iron gate around the grounds. Jules Bilmeyer designed the rectangular sacristy added around 1912 and 1913. Second World War damage brought repairs in 1948 and 1958. Jos Hendrickx’s replacement stained-glass windows arrived during the mid-1960s, showing the sacraments and fifteen mysteries.
In 2000, the building began serving Antwerp’s Russian Orthodox parish of Christ’s Nativity. That community united several Russian Orthodox groups formed after Russian immigrants arrived in Antwerp during the 1920s. The church remains protected heritage, with its twin towers and rose window marking the Antwerp skyline.
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