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Built 1923 - 1924 Architect - George Martel Miller .... in Gothic Revival style .... Formerly known as Danforth Methodist Church, until 1925 ....
Originally, a polyptych was a religious piece on an alter which had four or more hinged panels. Each panel displayed a relief or painting. I've used this concept to describe my Barnsley in Polyptych collection photo-project.
Each polyptych will focus on a subject or concept located in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, ranging from sculptures, statues, architecture and memorials.
The full collection is here
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_murphy/sets/72157679144737925
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Number 16 in the collection focuses on St John the Baptist church in Royston. The building is Grade I listed and was built in the 12th century AD
St Anne's Church Old City Warsaw Poland-35mm Olympus Stylus Epic,Ilford XP2.UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The National Church of Iceland, or Þjóðkirkjan, formally called the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, is the state church in Iceland. Like the established churches in the other Nordic countries, the National Church of Iceland professes the Lutheran branch of Christianity. Its head is the Bishop of Iceland.
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Norðurland eystra is one of the traditional eight regions of Iceland, located on the northern side of the island. The biggest town in the region is Akureyri, with a population of 17,300. The name "Norðurland Eystra" means "The North-East Region".
Interior of The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary(Saint Mary's Basilica).Completed in 1347.Krakow Poland.UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Basilica of San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, Parian Binondo Manila
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A closer take on the church - here, the shadow of a tree over the lower part of the building is what gives this image interest, for me at least.
If you have driven from Johannesburg to Cape Town along the N1, you have driven through Colesberg. Halfway between the two metropolises, just across the Orange River if you are approaching from the Joburg side, on the doorstep of the Karoo, Colesberg is for the traveller in a hurry a place to fill up the car and stretch your legs before you get back on the road again.
Yet it is a place with a history, founded in 1830 on an old London Missionary Society station, on one of the main routes followed by traders, hunters and settlers into the South African interior, and site of a number of Anglo-Boer war battles and skirmishes. After years of just passing through, we stopped over for a night and I took a few photographs.
Taken over a ten-year period, between 2012 and 2022, this series of photographs is from a project on South African country villages and towns. Many of the images are of small Karoo towns, and many of these in turn are of the Dutch Reformed Churches whose steeples are visible for miles around in the vast, semi-desert region that lies, metaphorically and geographically, at South Africa’s centre.
There is something about these Karoo towns, in particular, that has always spoken to me - the stillness of the empty streets in the heat of the day, the white, shuttered cottages, the big skies overhead. And always, at the edge of town, or sprawling out into the arid land, the coloured settlement or African location. In South Africa, as elsewhere, as Faulkner wrote, ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past.’
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Franciscan Philippines Provincial House, Santuario de San Pedro Baustista, San Fransisco del monte distrcit Quezon City
York Minster 170625: The Chapter House was built on unconsecrated ground between 1285 and 1286. It was used at that time as a meeting place for the Dean and Chapter for running day-to-day affairs of the Minster. There are 8 walls. The painted ceiling dates from 1798; the Minton Tile floor from 1845
The Capela de Nossa Senhora do Monte, perched high above Lisbon, reveals its quiet charm even in the smaller details. This photograph captures the side entrance with its rustic red door, framed by whitewashed walls, aged stonework, and climbing bougainvillea spilling color into the scene. The patterned Portuguese calçada pavement leads the eye toward the chapel’s threshold, while the textured surfaces hint at centuries of devotion and weathering. Although modest compared to Lisbon’s grand churches, this intimate architectural moment embodies the city’s blend of beauty, history, and everyday spirituality. A perfect reflection of Lisbon’s character at one of its most beloved viewpoints.
High Alter St Mary Abbots Church
The high altar below the great east window is of marble on a wooden frame. The reredos is of alabaster, marble and Italian mosaics with pictorial panels of the four Evangelists. The altar and reredos formed part of Sir George Gilbert Scott's original design, and were completed by his grandson Giles. The Florentine crucifix was added later. Two mosaics to either side of the reredos are memorials dated 1882, by Salviati from Venice.
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Santo Tomas Villanueva, Poblacion de Miagao Ilo-ilo
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Glowing softly against a deep blue sky, the newly rebuilt St. Thomas’ Parish Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. offers a striking example of contemporary sacred architecture. Located at the corner of 18th and Church Streets NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, this modernist structure is a bold departure from traditional ecclesiastical design—yet no less reverent. Clean lines, rhythmic textures, and a glowing vertical tower capped by a radiant cross define its facade, guiding the eye upward in quiet awe.
The building, completed in 2019, replaces a historic church destroyed by fire decades earlier. Rather than recreate the past, the parish chose to move forward—commissioning a design that reflects today’s values of openness, inclusivity, and light. A translucent glass tower bathes the entrance in gentle illumination, while the shimmering metal and ceramic cladding hints at warmth and resilience. The exterior pattern, evocative of stained glass or liturgical rhythm, invites interpretation and contemplation.
At ground level, the welcoming glass entryway and gentle lighting signal transparency—both literal and metaphorical. This is a place of gathering, healing, and forward movement. Around the corner, a preserved stone arch from the original church remains as a nod to legacy, but the message here is clear: faith can be contemporary, community-centered, and architecturally ambitious.
This photo captures the spiritual quiet and urban sophistication of a church confidently situated in both the present and the future.
Architectural Survey Appendix (Historic Documentation Format):
Name: St. Thomas’ Parish Episcopal Church
Address: 1517 18th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Date of Construction: 2019 (Rebuilt)
Architect: Hickok Cole Architects
Style: Contemporary / Modernist Sacred Architecture
Architectural Features: Illuminated vertical glass tower, cross motif, geometric metal cladding, asymmetrical elevation, glass entry pavilion
Building Material: Metal panels, glass curtain wall, ceramic rainscreen
Number of Stories: 3
Historic Integrity: Contemporary reconstruction with preserved elements from prior structure
Current Use: Active Episcopal parish
Contributing Structure: No (modern rebuild outside original period of significance)
The building, designed by Lemmon & Freeth, was built for a Korean congregation and opened in 1952.
From a Kodachrome slide processed in March 1960. Photographer unknown.