Jonathan Roumie, the actor beloved by Christian audiences for playing Jesus in THE CHOSEN, is bringing his voice to a very real cathedral this fall.

Roumie will narrate LUMINISCENCE, an immersive production launching Oct. 1, 2026, inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Variety reported. The show comes from Banijay Americas and its live-experience studio LOTCHI, layering 360-degree video mapping, a live choir and orchestral music over the cathedral’s own architecture to tell its story. Select dates will run through the end of the year, pairing a “Live Plus” version featuring in-person musicians with a recorded daily showing.

“As a born-and-raised New Yorker, St. Patrick’s Cathedral has always been a hallowed icon of faith, architecture and New York itself,” Roumie said in a statement announcing the project.

Banijay Americas is part of Banijay Entertainment, a global media company that produces thousands of hours of scripted and unscripted television across more than two dozen countries each year, along with a growing slate of live events and immersive experiences. Since LUMINISCENCE debuted in 2023, it has drawn more than two million visitors across over 20 productions in eight countries, usually staged inside historic cathedrals, palaces and castles.

St. Patrick’s marks the franchise’s first stop at an American church, a fitting choice given the building’s scale. Completed in 1878, the Gothic Revival cathedral’s twin spires climb more than 330 feet above Fifth Avenue, making it the largest Catholic cathedral in North America.

“Jonathan Roumie was the natural choice to lend his voice to LUMINISCENCE at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York,” said Ben Samek, CEO of Banijay Americas.

“We’re not adding light to St. Patrick’s,” said Romain Sarfati, co-founder of LOTCHI. “We’re helping it reveal what’s already there.”

Proceeds from the production will benefit “Renew the Living Voices: The Kilgen Organ Campaign,” the cathedral’s ongoing restoration of its historic pipe organ, which holds more than 7,500 pipes.

“Saint Patrick’s Cathedral is truly ‘America’s Parish Church’ and one of the best known and well-loved Catholic Churches in the world,” said Ronald Hicks, Archbishop of New York.

It’s a notable pairing: a production company built on reality television and scripted drama, lending its resources to illuminate a 148-year-old house of worship rather than a soundstage. Hollywood doesn’t always get faith right, but LUMINISCENCE arrives as a quiet exception, borrowing the tools of spectacle to point at something older and steadier than itself.

Roumie is no stranger to Movieguide® readers. He won the Grace Prize for Television at the 28th Annual Movieguide® Awards for his work on THE CHOSEN, and Movieguide®’s review of THE CHOSEN: LAST SUPPER — PART TWO praised his “masterful emotional turn” as Jesus wrestles with the weight of God’s plan.

The St. Patrick’s project fits a pattern Movieguide® has tracked for years. Roumie has said his casting as Jesus came only after he surrendered his stalled career to God entirely, down to his last $20, telling Him to simply take it from here. He’s spoken since about wanting his work to help people “encounter” Christ, whatever form that takes.

This fall, that form is a cathedral’s own voice, carried under some of the tallest spires in New York.