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St Magnus Cathedral is built using two different stones: the red standstone from the north of Kirkwall and the yellow sandstone from Eday in Orkney.
Sandstone is extremely soft and the weathering effects of Orcadian wind and rain over the course of time have helped to create unusual sculptured effects as seen in these columns here
St. Wenceslaus's (as in "Good King") Catholic Church in New Prague, Minnesota, built in 1907 for a congregation of Czechs that had been formed in 1856.
Notre Dame du Fort is a massive church but this was the first time I'd noticed the statue. Odd as it's right by the Lady Chapel!
Village Krasnoye, Staritsa Raion, Tver Oblast
Manor owner Mark Fyodorovich Poltoratsky built this neo-gothic church. The church is essentially a copy of the 1780 Chesme Church near Saint Petersburg. The Krasnoye church was closed, gutted, and repurposed in the 1930s. Restoration started in 1979. Returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1999 (uncertain).
The ruins of the Poltoratsky manor house and overgrown park are nearby.
Built in 1872, using a friable green stone known as serpentine. It's equally stunning inside. Thirty years before it was built, Francis Scott Key died in a house on this site. It's one of the main attractions of Mount Vernon Place, one of the most urbane and elegant public squares in any American city. It was also the church in which I was married.
Village Yaropolets, Volokolamsk Raion, Moscow Oblast
Closed and repurposed in 1962. Returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992.
The Archangel Michael weighs the souls of the dead with the Virgin Mary - medieval (15th century) wall painting at Kempley Church.
Village Tarkhovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast
Village Tarkhovo is the oldest settlement of Orthodox Christians in the Moscow Oblast.
The first wooden church and the village were burned by Polish-Lithuanian troops during the Time of Troubles (1608-1612). The present stone Ascension Church was built in 1805.
During WW II, the German army held Russian prisoners of war in the church.
The church was closed and repurposed in 1959. The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox church in 1993.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Victoria
302 W Stayton Ave, Victoria, Texas, US
Christian Science Church, Reading Room and Classroom
1952, Built
1953, First Honor Award, Texas Society of Architects
Milton A. Ryan, Architect
Rubin Frels, Organ Builder
Angel bearing the initials of S. Thomas Aquinas to whom the priory church at Hawkesyard was dedicated.
Village Yaropolets, Volokolamsk Raion, Moscow Oblast
Closed and repurposed in 1962. Returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992.
St Theresa of the Infant Jesus, Premont
235 SW 4th St, Premont, Jim Wells County, Texas, US
Roman Catholic Parish Church, Diocese of Corpus Christi
1958 – Elevated to Parish
Yaroslavl, Russia
The church and its free-standing bell tower are featured on the back of the Russian 1000-ruble banknote. www.cbr.ru/eng/bank-notes_coins/bank-notes/print.asp?file...
Now part of the Yaroslavl State Museum - Preserve of History, Architecture, and Arts
Exterior Construction mostly completed.
Announcement: 14 August 1967
Site Dedication: 15 September 1969 by Joseph Fielding Smith
Groundbreaking: 15 September 1969 by Hugh B. Brown
Public Open House: 10–29 January 1972
Dedication: 9 February 1972 by Joseph Fielding Smith
(Data Courtesy LDSchurchTemples.com)
Construction of the Church begun in 1488. Due to lack of funding the construction work was halted. Between 1520-1539 the construction of the church continued. During the centuries the form of the church was altered. The church was severely damaged in WWII (1940). The reconstruction of the church was completed in 1998.