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«Prendete un tempio greco, incorporatelo per intero in un edificio cristiano, al quale Successivamente si aggiungono le modifiche e la ricostruzione dell'edificio per il culto cristiano adoperate dai normanna, tra le altre, la facciata abbattuta dal grande terremoto del 1693. Senza scoraggiarvi vi rimettete all'opera e, cambiando completamente direzione, sostituite la vecchia facciata con una deliziosa composizione barocca all'incirca del 1728‑54. E il tutto, deteriorato com'è, continua a vivere e a sorridere, diffondendo nel mondo la sua immagine come se fosse stato ideato da un Leonardo o da un Michelangelo"»
(Lawrence Durrell parla della Cattedrale di Siracusa)
La cattedrale della Natività di Maria Santissima sorge sulla parte elevata dell'isola di Ortigia, incorporando quello che fu il principale tempio sacro in stile dorico della polis di Syrakousai, dedicato ad Atena (Minerva) e convertito in chiesa con l'avvento del cristianesimo.
Considerata la chiesa più importante della città di Siracusa, è entrata a far parte dei beni protetti dall'UNESCO in quanto patrimonio dell'umanità. Il suo stile è all'esterno principalmente barocco e rococò, mentre al suo interno alterna parti risalenti all'epoca siceliota, poiché appartenenti al tempio greco e parti risalenti all'epoca medievale, costruite dai Normanni e così lasciate fino ai giorni attuali. La sua struttura interna è composta in diverse navate e cappelle, le quali hanno uno stile classico e decorato, tipico del barocco anch'esso.
Di grande significato religioso, custodisce statue, reliquie e spoglie di santi, martiri e nobili siracusani. I suoi arredi hanno visto il susseguirsi di artisti provenienti da più parti d'Italia e dall'estero. Da sempre simbolo della religiosità siracusana, la cattedrale attraversò le varie fasi storiche e culturali della città.
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"Take a Greek temple, incorporate it entirely in a Christian building, to which are subsequently added the modifications and reconstruction of the building for Christian worship used by the Normans, among others, the facade demolished by the great earthquake of 1693. Without discouraging you you get back to work and, changing completely direction, replace the old facade with a delightful baroque composition from around 1728-54. And everything, deteriorated as it is, continues to live and smile, spreading its image throughout the world as if it had been designed by a Leonardo or a Michelangelo "»
(Lawrence Durrell speaks of the Cathedral of Syracuse)
The Cathedral of the Nativity of Maria Santissima rises on the elevated part of the island of Ortigia, incorporating what was the main Doric style sacred temple of the polis of Syrakousai, dedicated to Athena (Minerva) and converted into a church with the advent of Christianity.
Considered the most important church in the city of Syracuse, it has become part of the assets protected by UNESCO as a world heritage site. Its style is mainly baroque and rococo on the outside, while inside it alternates parts dating back to the Siceliot era, since they belong to the Greek temple and parts dating back to the medieval era, built by the Normans and thus left to the present day. Its internal structure is composed of several naves and chapels, which have a classic and decorated style, typical of the Baroque too.
Of great religious significance, it houses statues, relics and remains of saints, martyrs and noblemen from Syracuse. Its furnishings have seen the succession of artists from many parts of Italy and from abroad. Always a symbol of Syracusan religiosity, the cathedral went through the various historical and cultural phases of the city.
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christianity is a project i made from a shot at a sergi alcazar badia's exhibition in corinthos,,,
in punk we trust ,,,
Погляд в східному напрямку (в напрямку іконостасу) з бічної південної нави на грані пілонів між центральною та північною навами, на середню центральну та бічну північну нави, на хори північної нави. Видно частину іконостасу та вівтаря центральної нави.
Внутрішній простір собору розділено вісьмома пілонами на три нави, з яких середня вища і ширша за бічні. Бічні нави двоярусні, на верхніх хорах розміщено бічні вівтарі — Ольгинський (з півдня) і Борисоглібський (з півночі).
На світлині, з лівої сторони, у другому компартименті (вважаючи від вівтаря) бічної північної нави - на гранях пілонів, один навпроти одного, зображені святий Микола Святоша і святий Авраамій Смоленський. У медальйонах між ними – святий Єфрем Переяславський та святий Никон Печерський. Всі вони святі ченці, причому троє з них, крім Авраамія Смоленського, були ченцями Києво-Печерської обителі.
Микола Святоша був першим князем Русі, який прийняв чернецтво. Він зображений як простий чернець, нічого княжого на ньому немає. У руках його чітки, на ногах – лапті.
Художник Вільгельм Котарбінський, (польська - Wilhelm Kotarbiński).
На грані пілону зі сторони центральної нави, святий великомученик князь Михайло Чернігівський.
Князь Михайло Чернігівський, разом із боярином своїм Феодором (який зображений у медальйоні на підкупольній арці), прийняв мученицьку кончину в Орді, не бажаючи вклонитися вогню, якого татаро-монголи шанували як бога. У лівій руці князя прибраний, на знак смирення, у піхви меч, у правій – хрест.
Художник Віктор Михайлович Васнєцов.
З боку центральної нави на гранях підкупольних пілонів, один навпроти одного, зображені святі благовірні князі-страстотерпці – сини святого Великого князя Володимира, святі великомученики Борис (на світлині) та Гліб. Вони з дитинства відрізнялися благочестям і братерською любов'ю один до одного та інших братів, являючи собою ідеал християнської лагідності.
На світлині, з лівої сторони, на ближньому пілоні арки, з боку бічної північної нави, святий великомученик Борис, за традицією зображений старшим. Він у княжому одязі та вінці, але очі його смиренно опущені. У правій руці у нього спис, у лівій – хрест.
Образи Бориса і Гліба виконав художник Михайло Васильович Нестєров за ескізами Віктора Михайловича Васнєцова.
Framed by two impressive yew trees... the Church of St Leonard at Otterford in Taunton Deane, Somerset.
The church was built in the 14th century on the site of an earlier church. It is a Grade II listed building.
Located in the midst of the LBJ State and National Parks, across the Pedernales River from the LBJ Ranch, is the Trinity Lutheran Church in Stonewall, Texas. This church was a familiar place of worship for Lyndon Johnson before, during and after his presidency. President Johnson was a member of the "Christian Church," also called the "Disciples of Christ," and considered the First Christian Church in Johnson City as his "home church." When at his ranch in Texas, President Johnson also attended Trinity Lutheran, as well as Saint Francis Xavier Church, also located in Stonewall.
Trinity Lutheran's congregation traces its history to 1902, when it was organized in the Albert, Texas schoolhouse. A sanctuary was built here in 1904, and existing structure was erected in 1928. Worship services were conducted in the German language until 1950. A fine example of the Gothic revival style of architecture, the church features fine details in its arched window and door openings, Gothic steeple, and original pressed metal siding.
At this morning's Band of Brothers group - The Portal - at Christian Fellowship Church - we discussed the power that lives within each. Recognize it. Cultivate it. Radiate it. "His divine power has given us everything we need to experience life and to reflect God’s true nature through the knowledge of the One who called us by His glory and virtue. Through these things, we have received God’s great and valuable promises, so we might escape the corruption of worldly desires and share in the divine nature." 2 Peter 1
Flowers at the National Botanical Garden, Washington DC, www.usbg.gov/ breathe new life.
Church of San Pietro Portovenere, Italy
"According to some archaeologists, during pagan times the site used to be a temple to Venus Erycina (From which the name Portus Veneris derives). The temple was then transformed during the first years of Christianity into a Christian temple. In 1256 ad. The Genoese built the church of S. Pietro over the early Christian temple, to thank the inhabitants of Porto Venere for their help in taking Lerici castle"
17 April 2020. Today is Good Friday for Eastern Orthodox Christians. Cathedral of the Archangel Michael Mikhailovsky Zlatoverho monastery. Kyiv. Ukraine.
Медный, позолоченный, 69-килограммовый горельеф Архистратига Михаила XVIII века, который еще в прошлом веке украшал главный фронтон собора, хранится в музее, а на главном фронтоне храма установлена его копия, вылитая из бронзы и позолоченная. Создана она была, к слову, на средства боксеров Виталия и Владимира Кличко.
According to some sources, the church in the Vorontsovo estate was built from a park pavilion in 1807. During the War of 1812, the estate was badly damaged. French troops burned down the main house, looted and desecrated the Trinity Church. But already in 1816 the church was restored, services resumed in it.
По некоторым источникам церковь в усадьбе Воронцово была устроена из паркового павильона в 1807 году. Во время войны 1812 года усадьба сильно пострадала. Французские войска, сожгли главный дом, разграбили и осквернили Троицкую церковь. Но уже в 1816 году храм был восстановлен, в нем возобновились богослужения.
In that order. Should we wish to understand London's history. View along the bowsprit of the "Cutty Sark" (1869) in Greenwich across the River Thames and to the office blocks of Canary Wharf. Edited in Fuji's raw converter and refined in Luminar.
According to traditional sources of Saint Nino, who converted Georgia to Christianity, he stopped to pray on the highest hill Mtskheta and put the cross on him. In the 6th century, it was built in the place of two churches belonging to the monastery. The second - larger church was built between 586 - 605.
This church served as a model for the construction of other temples. The importance of the monastery grew with the passage of time and attracts many pilgrims. Also today, Great Church is used during major events. There are also fragments of the cross of St. Nino.
He is now included on the list of one hundred most endangered destruction of monuments of the world and UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994 as "Historical Monuments of Mtskheta".
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Według tradycyjnych źródeł Święta Nino, która nawróciła Gruzję na chrześcijaństwo, zatrzymała się na modlitwę na najwyższym wzniesieniu Mcchety i postawiła na nim krzyż. W VI wieku wybudowano w tym miejscu dwa kościoły, wchodzące w skład monastyru. Drugi - większy kościół został wybudowany w latach 586 - 605.
Kościół ten służył jako wzór przy budowie innych świątyń. Znaczenie monastyru rosło wraz z upływem czasu i przyciąga wielu pielgrzymów. Także dzisiaj Wielki Kościół jest wykorzystywany podczas ważniejszych uroczystości. Zachowały się też fragmenty krzyża św. Nino.
Jest on obecnie wpisany na listę stu najbardziej zagrożonych zniszczeniem zabytków świata oraz listę UNESCO od 1994r.
All life, as if an endless moment...
Seasons change after season.
This whole wonderful world was in white,
Then suddenly it becomes green again...
Where is the line, the one beyond which this life is?
Where is sensuality, and where is rationality?
Where is what we call MIRAGES,
And where is the inexorable reality?
And the world - it is as if woven from problems,
The mysteries in it are sometimes inexplicable,
But we live in it for some reason, why?
Everything in this world is so inexplicable...
We want it to be simple, why?
To understand everything that we do not understand?
So that no one understands
Everything that we feel and everything that we know?
What are we striving for, what do we want to understand?
First we create, and then we destroy again,
We are so used to losing so much,
That our souls become hardened from losses.
We are used to life, and it is only a moment!
I just started living, and life is already coming to an end,
And this world remains a fairy tale
A mystery, once unsolved...
Kensworth, Bedfordshire, 12th century originally. Today's village is a mile or so away from the church. It has become again an outpost of Christianity, as it was perhaps in the 12th century.
Photography, of some Nazarenes, during, a procession, of Good Friday, in the city of Reus.
Fotografía, de unos nazarenos, durante, una procesión, de viernes santo, en la ciudad de Reus.
Fifth to sixth century mosaics around the cupola of the Rotunda, Thessaloniki. The Rotunda was built in 306 AD as a Roman mausoleum or a temple. It is the oldest (still standing) building in Thessaloniki. After "paganism" was outlawed at the end of the fourth century, the building was consecrated as a church and the mosaics fitted within the next one hundred years. The surviving fragments are impressive enough and one of only three comparable examples of early Byzantine mosaic art (the two others being Constantinople, the Agia Sofia in particular, and Ravenna). What fascinates me are the images of Hellenistic and Roman buildings on the wall. One of them has been identified as the Library of Ephesus. Martyr's or donors do stand in front of these buildings, but the image overall is urbane. Christianity is clearly seen as the religion of city dwellers. Interestingly, the original meaning of the Latin term "paganus" is a person from the countryside. The English language got quite close to this when applying the word "heathen" to non-Christians. Leica M8, Voigtlaender 35/1.4.
Deeply romantic yet squat and robust, Wells Cathedral, the Cathedral of St Andrew the Apostle, is mostly in Early English style. Construction was started in 1175 by Bishop Reginald FitzJocelyn on the site of a Saxon abbey built by St Aldhelm in 705; it replaced Sherborne as the seat of an episcopal see in 909, and it was removed again to Bath after the Norman Conquest in 1090. The new building begun by FitzJocelyn was intended from its inception to facilitate a return of the episcopal seat to Wells. The bulk of the work was finished by 1326.
The magnificent West Front, with 300 sculpted figures, followed in the years after 1365 under master mason William Wynford.
The Cathedral fell into disrepair under Oliver Cromwell, and after a happy interlude during the Restoration was again damaged by Puritan soldiers during the Monmouth Rebellion, who damaged the West Front and stabled their horses in the nave.
Wells Cathedral is the seat of the Bishops of Bath and Wells.
Merry Christmas to Flickr friends :)
Chris Tomlin - A Christmas Alleluia - www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG347euXoTM
In ihm war das Leben, und das Leben war das Licht der Menschen. Und das Licht leuchtet in der Finsternis, und die Finsternis hat es nicht begriffen. Johannes 1:4-5
En él estaba la vida, y la vida era la luz de los hombres.
Y la luz en las tinieblas resplandece; y las tinieblas no la pudieron tomar. Juan 1:4-5
En elle il y avait la vie, et cette vie était la lumière des êtres humains. 5 La lumière brille dans les ténèbres, et les ténèbres ne l'ont pas accueillie. Jean 1:4-5
在他里面有生命，（有些抄本第节或译：“万有是借着他造的，没有一样不是借着他造的；凡被造的，都在他里面有生命……”）这生命就是人的光。 光照在黑暗中，黑暗不能胜过光。 约翰福音 1:4-5
“These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." Revelation 7:14
The cathedral was built in the second half of XIX century in Neo-Byzantine style and dedicated to the prince of Kievan Rus who converted the country to Orthodox Christianity. Several cathedrals and churches dedicated to St. Vladimir were built in the Russian Empire to mark 900 years of St. Vladimir's baptism, with the main event of the countrywide celebration in 1888 taking place in Kyiv; unfortunately, the cathedral was not quite finished and was officially consecrated 8 years later.
Владимирский собор был построен во второй половине XIX века в нео-византийском стиле. Несколько соборов и церквей в честь Св. Владимира было построено в Российской империи к празднованию 900-летия Крещения Руси в 1888 г., и именно в Киеве это событие должно было отмечаться особо торжественно, но собор не успели завершить к празднику, и он был освящён лишь спустя 8 лет.
St Andrew's Church, an Orthodox church in Kyiv, constructed between 1747 and 1754 to a design by the Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli, a rare example of Elizabethan Baroque in Ukraine. Situated on a steep hill, where Andrew the Apostle is believed to have foretold the great future of the place as the cradle of Christianity in the Slavic lands, the church overlooks the historic Podil neighborhood. Since 1968, the building has been a museum, part of the National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kyiv" as a landmark of cultural heritage.
The church was consecrated in honor of Andrew the Apostle who is recognized as the "Apostle of Rus′". According to the chronicle The Tale of Bygone Years, Saint Andrew came to the Dnipro River's slopes in the 1st century AD and erected a cross on the current location of the church. He prophesied that the sparsely inhabited area would become a great city. As he predicted, the site arose to become the city of Kiev, a center of the Eastern Orthodox faith in Rus′.
The uniqueness of St. Andrew's Church in Kyiv is in its unusual location and architecture. The temple was built on an artificial hill, and the foundation for it is the terrace of a two-story building - a stylobate, to which a large cast-iron staircase leads.
This is the only known monument of history, architecture and painting of the 18th century on the territory of Ukraine, created in the imperial baroque style according to the project of the outstanding Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
The entrance to the historic El Santuario de Chimayo, an old Spanish church in the rural village of Chimayo, New Mexico.
Morning light highlights survivors of a 20 degree Fahrenheit night. Leaves are weathered but beautiful.
Make me hear of Your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in You. Teach me how I should walk, for I offer my soul up to You. Psalm 143:8
Chick Corea & The Vigil - Galaxy 32 Star 4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCujM-w4Qxs
My philosophy on flower photos: its not about a single flower, or a tree full of flowers. Its about capturing light, form, and balance.
I came here to Bruges to visit a relic of the holy blood of Jesus Christ. I learned that it existed a few months prior to coming. This is the upper chapel in the basilica of the holy blood. Cameras aren’t allowed but I managed a few stealth shots.