St. Philip's African Orthodox Church, Sydney, Nova Scotia.
This church is the focal point for the black community in Sydney, on Cape Breton Island, and serves some 250 families. The community was established late in the nineteenth century by blacks who came from the United States to work in the steel plant. Many left, but others moved in from settlements established much earlier at Guysborough and Preston. They were later joined by blacks from the West Indies who were able to find jobs in Cape Breton's industrial area. The church, which is a centre of community activity for the blacks, was built in 1927.
