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Ein kleiner Ausschnit der Monumentalsäule "2000 Jahre Christentum" , die das letzte Werk des Deutschen Bildhauers Jürgen Weber ist.
A smal part of the monumental column "2000 Years of Christianity". It is the last work of the German sculptor Jürgen Weber.
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Photo from the archives - originally uploaded to Flickr in May 2010.
On the cape Arkona (Kap Arkona in German) on the island of Rügen is the old sanctuary called Jaromarsburg. It was used by the tribe the Rani (a West Slavic tribe, also known as Ranen or Rujanen - which means "the red"). The sanctuary was used from the 6th to the 12th century - when the tribe was converted to Christianity.
The sanctuary was protected by two walls reaching 13 metres (and which can still be seen today) and the sanctuary itself was made of wood. From 1068, when another Slavic sanctuary was destroyed, it became the most prominent Slavic place of worship on the southern Baltic sea coast. The god worshiped there was the four-faced Svetovid (Svantevit, Svantovit et cetera ), the god of war, fertility and abundance.
The name Jaromarsburg comes from the ruler Jaromar I - but it was not what the place was called by the Rani themselves.
Part of the monastery established by Christian Monks from around the 4th century (possibly earlier) on Great Skellig Michael which is dedicated to Saint Michael The Archangel and is part of a line of seven monasteries that runs from Ireland to Israel. You can see Little Skellig which lies between Great Skellig and the County Kerry coast in the background.
The Basilica of St. John (St. Jean Aniti) was a great church in Ephesus constructed by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century.
The basilica is on the slopes of Ayasoluk Hill near the center of Selçuk, just below the fortress and about 3.5 km (2 miles) from Ephesus.
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Climate Change Matters! Resist the Ignorant Orange Clown Prince!
The Waterfall of the Gods, Viking cruise excursion, Northern Iceland's Natural Treasures
Goðafoss translates from modern Icelandic as "the waterfall of the gods", a nickname said to come from a myth from Iceland's history. According to legend, after converting the country to Christianity, Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði (one of the main rulers of the island at that time) threw all his pagan idols into the waterfall, thus changing the Viking gods for the Christian god.
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.
On October 11, 2018, the Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople approved the historic decision to abolish the synodal letter of 1686, after which the Kievan Metropolitanate fell under the jurisdiction of Moscow.
Рішення синоду Вселенського патріархату від 11 жовтня 2018 року скасувати синодальний лист 1686 року, після якого Київська митрополія потрапила під юрисдикцію Москви, назавжди буде вписано в історію державного будівництва України, благою звісткою, історичною подією в житті українського народу. В ньому повідомляється:
п. 4) Скасувати зобов'язання Синодального листа 1686 року, виданого за обставин того часу, який надавав у порядку ікономії право Патріарху Московському висвячувати Київського митрополита, обраного собором духовенства та вірян його єпархії, який мав згадувати Вселенського Патріарха як свого Першоієрарха за будь-яким богослужінням, проголошуючи та підтверджуючи свою канонічну залежність від Матері-Церкви Константинополя.
Михайлівський Золотоверхий собор. м. Київ.
Історія Київського Михайлівського Золотоверхого монастиря починається з 11 липня 1108 р. згадкою в літописі про закладення князем Святополком-Михаїлом храму в ім’я св. Архістратига Михаїла. Ця церква була на той час єдиною в Києві, яка мала золоту баню і через це одержала назву “Золотоверхої”.
The monastery's unique architectural ensemble was developed over the years of its existence and harmonically fits in the picturesque landscape of the Dnieper's right bank.
The compositional center and the main building of the modern monastery is the St. George's Cathedral, built in 1701. It is considered to be one of the best samples of the Cossack Baroque. Almost simultaneously with it, the Church of the Saviour famous for its unique carved iconostasis and the refectory appeared on the cloister's territory. Another inherent element of the Vydubitsky Monastery's architectural ensemble is the bell tower that combines two styles: baroque and classicism. Initially it had three tiers: the first one was the driveway to the cloister, on the second one the Church of the Prophet Daniel was located, and the bells hang on the third tier. In the 19th century, the belfry was reconstructed and as a result it obtained another tier with cupola, originally designed as the firmament.
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Stavropoleos Monastery, Bucharest, Romania
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www.monumenteromania.ro/index.php/monumente/detalii/en/St...
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.
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La Iglesia se asienta sobre la antigua ermita erigida por los primeros pobladores, de origen franco. La influencia islámica de la zona, ha quedado reflejada en su bello ábside de estilo románico-mudéjar.
This week's rains washed away the Winter sleep. Early morning ambient light graces my neighbor's first azaleas. April brings promise of another season of life.
“Blossom by blossom the Spring begins.”
— Algernon Charles Swinburne
Titus 3:5
He came to save us. It’s not that we earned it by doing good works or righteous deeds; He came because He is merciful. He brought us out of our old ways of living to a new beginning through the washing of regeneration; and He made us completely new through the Holy Spirit,
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.
In the center of the iconostasis of the chapel of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine are the Royal Doors, the main plot of which is the four evangelists and the scene of the Annunciation. The photo shows a fragment of the Royal Doors with the images of St. Matthew the Evangelist (left) and St. John the Evangelist.
На Царських вратах завжди є образи 4-х Євангелістів. Хто з них хто легко визначити не по сувоям з текстами, а по апокаліптичній істоті у складі крилатого тетраморфа з видіння Єзекіїля. Одна з цих істот вважається символічним образом кожного з чотирьох євангелістів. Наприклад, Іоанн Євангеліст символічно представлений орлом, одним із створінь, передбачених Єзекіїлем і в Книзі Одкровення.
The Devil's Den is a dolmen burial chamber on Fyfield Hill near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. The chamber is part of a neolithic passage grave on Fyfield Down.
Two standing stones, a capstone and two fallen stones are all that remain of what was the entrance to a long mound, described in the 1920s as being around 230 ft long. The capstone is believed to weigh 17 tons. The burial chamber was reconstructed in 1921.
The dolmen was named after the devil, along with many other prehistoric remains, after the coming of Christianity. A local tradition said that if water was poured into hollows on the capstone, a demon would come in the night and drink it
This is the first photo I took in Fort Kochi (Cochin) in the Kerala state of India, which is a historical city on the Malabar Coast.
Christmas celebration was continuing here on New Year's Day when I arrived. The monkey pod tree or rain tree (Samanea saman) is located near Santa Cruz Cathedral decorated as a Christmas tree. A few were dancing under the tree.
Tree worship is an element of Hinduism, which may or may not be reflected in the treatment of trees in the Christmas celebration in Fort Kochi
Kochi has been an important port city and an administration base to control Malabar Coast first for the Portuguese starting in the early 16th century, then for the Dutch in 1683 and onwards, and finally for the British in 1795 and onwards until India's independence in 1947.
As a result of the European presence in the area, the percentage of Christian population in Kochi municipality is 38% as compared to the national average of 2.3% according to the 2011 government statistics.
It is noted that Christianity has a long history in Kochi. Descendants of Nestorian christians who migrated from Syria in the 4th century AD have been living in Malabar Coast.
“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 church was built in 1717, the monastery was formed later. In 1864 the Catholic monastery was closed and the Orthodox monastery was established.
In 1919 it was returned to the Catholic Church and existed until 1948, when it was finally closed and a prison was created on its territory.
The prison still exists. Access to the territory is closed.
When Christianity first grew its roots in Greece (before spreading in the world), many of the ancient cult sanctuaries were transformed into churches. At that time the temple was converted into an early Christian three-aisled basilica dedicated to Vergin Mary (Panagià, Παναγιά). The church is well known since for housing the icon of the Virgin of Filerimos. Attributed to St. Luke the Evangelist, the icon was brought in to Rhodes during the 13th century, probably from Jerusalem where it remained until 1523.
Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island was one of the most important centres of early Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England. It is still a place of pilgrimage today, the dramatic approach across the causeway adding to the fascination of the site.
St Aidan founded the monastery in AD 635, but St Cuthbert, prior of Lindisfarne, is the most celebrated of the priory's holy men. Buried in the priory, his remains were transferred to a pilgrim shrine there after 11 years, and found still undecayed - a sure sign of sanctity.
From the end of the 8th century, the isolated island with its rich monastery was easy prey for Viking raiders. In 875 the monks left, carrying Cuthbert's remains, which after long wanderings were enshrined in Durham Cathedral in 1104, where they still rest. Only after that time did Durham monks re-establish a priory on Lindisfarne: the evocative ruins of the richly decorated priory church they built in c. 1150 still stand, with their famous 'rainbow arch' - a vault-rib of the now vanished crossing tower. The small community lived quietly on Holy Island until the suppression of the monastery in 1537. (English Heritage).
The Grade I Listed All Saints Church, Church Street, Gainsborough, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
The original medieval Church of All Saints fell into disrepair after the Civil War, and in 1736 it was demolished to make way for a new church. The new Parish Church was completed in 1748 with a mix of perpendicular Gothic and Classical Revival styles.
All that remains of the Medieval church is the west tower, 90 feet high, and housing eight bells. A monument to Richard Rollett, master sailmaker on Captain James Cook's second voyage in 1824, is in the porch.
Information Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints_Church,_Gainsborough
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101147378-parish-church-of-a...
Jvari Monastery is one of the most iconic in Georgia. This ancient temple dates back to the 6th century AD. It was built at the dawn of the adoption and spread of Christianity in Georgia. The name of the church is translated from Georgian as “the cross” and has its own history. According to the legend, the cross of St. Nino, one of the most revered saints who converted Georgia to Christianity, is kept here. After some time, a temple was built on the site of the holy cross, which later became the basis of the present Jvari.
The Jvari temple is located nearby the ancient capital of Georgia, Mtskheta, on the top of a high mountain, from where picturesque views of the neighborhood open, at the intersection of stormy waters of the Aragvi and Kura rivers. The temple attracts thousands of tourists because of its architecture, location and historical value. Exterior and interior decorations of the temple are made in simple, and we can say quite austere forms. Unlike most Orthodox churches, Jvari is beautiful with its simplicity, rigor and clarity of lines. According to the structure, the temple is classified as serial, or tetraconch. Inside the temple right in the center under the dome on a stone pedestal, stands the impressive wooden cross, decorated with inscriptions and carvings. The exterior facades of the temple are decorated with simple, and at the same time expressive bas-reliefs.
To the top of the mountain where the temple stands, lead two ways: a new asphalt road for cars, and a path through which people used to climb up to the sanctuary from time immemorial. The trail begins at the highway. Climbing up along it until about the middle, you can come across a spring with holy water which is believed to appear thanks to the prayers of St. Nino. This water is considered to be curative and miraculous. The temple of Jvari went through a long and difficult journey of one and a half thousand year’s length along with the Georgian people, experienced hardships and difficulties, becoming a symbol of faith for Georgia.
The Lady Chapel of Tewkesbury Abbey is to die for. I also love the effect of the different light colours, particularly rich from the candles.
The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury – commonly known as Tewkesbury Abbey – is located in the English county of Gloucestershire. A former Benedictine monastery, it is now a parish church. Considered one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Britain, it has the largest Romanesque crossing tower in Europe. Tewkesbury had been a centre for worship since the 7th Century. A priory was established there in the 10th Century. The present building was started in the early 12th Century. It was unsuccessfully used as a sanctuary in the Wars of the Roses. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it became the parish church for the town. George Gilbert Scott led the Restoration of the building in the late 19th Century.
The churchmanship of the Abbey is strongly Anglo-Catholic.
This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia.
Les travaux avancent bien et sont bientôt terminés, le 07 et 08 décembre réouverture de Notre-Dame au pubic, j'ai hate de sa réouverture.
La cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Notre-Dame de Paris ou Notre-Dame est la cathédrale de l’archidiocèse de Paris, en France. Elle est située à l'est de l’île de la Cité, dans le 4ᵉ arrondissement de Paris.
Notre Dame de Paris or Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris, France. It is located east of the island of the City, in the 4ᵉ district of Paris.