St Marks Anglican Church.

Erected in 1878 the original St Mark's Anglican Church building is today used as the parish hall which is today located at the rear of the current St Mark's church building.

The present St Mark Evangelist Anglican Church building was consecrated by Dr Cambridge, Bishop of Bathurst on 24/11/1909.

St Mark Evangelist Anglican Church Millthorpe, New South Wales, Anglican Church building was consecrated by Dr Cambridge, Bishop of Bathurst on 24/11/1909.

St Mark Evangelist Anglican Church Millthorpe, New South Wales, Australia.

A Igreja de Santo Albano, a única igreja anglicana de Copenhaga, ergue-se no Churchillparken, junto à cidadela de Kastellet. Construída entre 1885 e 1887 segundo o projeto neogótico do arquiteto britânico Sir Arthur Blomfield, a igreja foi edificada para atender à crescente comunidade inglesa na cidade. O projeto contou com o apoio da princesa Alexandra da Dinamarca, casada com o futuro rei Eduardo VII do Reino Unido, sendo considerada a fundadora da igreja. A sua arquitetura, inspirada nas igrejas paroquiais inglesas, utiliza materiais como o calcário de Faxe e a pederneira de Stevns. Consagrada a 17 de setembro de 1887 numa cerimónia que reuniu a realeza europeia, o templo é dedicado a Santo Albano, o primeiro mártir cristão da Grã-Bretanha, e destaca-se pela sua torre esguia, marcando a presença britânica na paisagem dinamarquesa. A sua localização, próxima da Fonte Gefion, solidifica o seu papel como um marco religioso e arquitetónico notável na cidade.

St. Albans Church, the only Anglican church in Copenhagen, stands in Churchillparken, next to the citadel of Kastellet. Built between 1885 and 1887 according to the neo-Gothic design of the British architect Sir Arthur Blomfield, the church was built to serve the growing English community in the city. The project was supported by Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who was married to the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and is considered the founder of the church. Its architecture, inspired by English parish churches, uses materials such as Faxe limestone and Stevns flint. Consecrated on September 17, 1887, in a ceremony that brought together European royalty, the temple is dedicated to Saint Alban, Britain's first Christian martyr, and is notable for its slender tower, marking the British presence in the Danish landscape. Its location, close to the Gefion Fountain, solidifies its role as a remarkable religious and architectural landmark in the city.

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Consecrated 1915, designed in 14th century style.

The original Christ Episcopal Church was built in 1832 on Seville Square overlooking Pensacola Bay. This Norman-Gothic church was badly desecrated by Union Forces during the Civil War who used it as a jail, barracks, a hospital and then toward the end of occupation, as a military chapel.

By 1879 Christ Church had enough funds to renovate and expand the original structure. By the early 1900’s, however, the area around Seville Square had become a slum and parish leadership decided to build a new church in North Hill. Architect John Sutcliffe was hired to design the Spanish Renaissance structure that you see today at 18 West Wright Street. The church was completed in 1903 and consecrated in 1917. (Adapted from History of Christ Church Pensacola, FL by Rev. Dr. B. Madison Currin)

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:

christ-church.net/history/

Consecrated by Bishop Bronescombe in 1260. Altered and added to by Bishop Grandison circa 1330. Mainly Early English. Built like Exeter Cathedral, with 2 towers above transepts. Has nave and aisles and Lady Chapel. Groining later and north aisle is Perpendicular. Very rich roof with pendants. Some fine tombs. Was a Collegiate Church from 1337 to 1545 when it was dissolved. It is an imposing structure of grey stone. The interior was restored drastically mid C19 by Butterfield and others

We were invited by priests to visit Koyasan, the birthplace of the Shingon lineage of Buddhism in Japan. We stayed overnight at a temple. Highlights of the visit were walking at night along the Okunoin Cemetery to the mausoleum of Kukai, the founder of Shingon, and participating in a Goma Ritual.

The Goma Ritual of consecrated fire is unique to Esoteric Buddhism, which is part of the Shingon sect in Japan. The ceremony is performed with the purpose of destroying negative energies and detrimental thoughts and desires. In the ceremony, a priest burns wooden sticks in the scared fire. The fire symbolizes the wisdom of the Buddha and the wood sticks symbolize what is to be cleansed and released. The constant beating of the taiko drums and chanting together with the visuals of the ceremony can create a trance-like state and have a deep and profound effect on the participants.

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St. Mary’s Church, Grade 2 listed Victorian building, consecrated in 1871. Apsley End near to Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.

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The original Christ Episcopal Church was built in 1832 on Seville Square overlooking Pensacola Bay. This Norman-Gothic church was badly desecrated by Union Forces during the Civil War who used it as a jail, barracks, a hospital and then toward the end of occupation, as a military chapel.

By 1879 Christ Church had enough funds to renovate and expand the original structure. By the early 1900’s, however, the area around Seville Square had become a slum and parish leadership decided to build a new church in North Hill. Architect John Sutcliffe was hired to design the Spanish Renaissance structure that you see today at 18 West Wright Street. The church was completed in 1903 and consecrated in 1917. (Adapted from History of Christ Church Pensacola, FL by Rev. Dr. B. Madison Currin)

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:

christ-church.net/history/

Many hilltops in Portugal and other parts of Europe have been sites of religious devotion since antiquity, and it is possible that the Bom Jesus hill was one of these. However, the first indication of a chapel over the hill dates from 1373. This chapel - dedicated to the Holy Cross - was rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1629 a pilgrimage church was built dedicated to the Bom Jesus (Good Jesus), with six chapels dedicated to the Passion of Christ. The present Sanctuary started being built in 1722, under the patronage of the Archbishop of Braga, Rodrigo de Moura Telles. His coat of arms is seen over the gateway, in the beginning of the stairway. Under his direction the first stairway row, with chapels dedicated to the Via Crucis, were completed. Each chapel is decorated with terra cotta sculptures depicting the Passion of Christ. He also sponsored the next segment of stairways, which has a zigzag shape and is dedicated to the Five Senses. Each sense (Sight, Smell, Hearing, Touch, Taste) is represented by a different fountain. At the end of this stairway, a Baroque church was built around 1725 by architect Manuel Pinto Vilalobos. The works on the first chapels, stairways and church proceeded through the 18th century. In an area behind the church (the Terreiro dos Evangelistas), three octagonal chapels were built in the 1760s with statues depicting episodes that occur after the Crucifixion, like the meeting of Jesus with Mary Magdalene. The exterior design of the beautiful chapels is attributed to renowned Braga architect André Soares. Around these chapels there are four Baroque fountains with statues of the Evangelists, also dating from the 1760s.

Façade of the church of Bom Jesus. Around 1781, archbishop Gaspar de Bragança decided to complete the ensemble by adding a third segment of stairways and a new church. The third stairway also follows a zigzag pattern and is dedicated to the Three Theological Virtues: Faith, Hope and Charity, each with its fountain. The old church was demolished and a new one was built following a Neoclassic design by architect Carlos Amarante. This new church, began in 1784, had its interior decorated in the beginning of the 19th century and was consecrated in 1834. The main altarpiece is dedicated to the Crucifixion.

In the 19th century, the area around the church and stairway was expropriated and turned into a park. In 1882, to facilitate the access to the Sanctuary, the water balance Bom Jesus funicular was built linking the city of Braga to the hill. This was the first funicular to be built in the Iberian Peninsula and is still in use.

Massive 'opus caementicium' construction, much-modified over the years, originally completed 126 CE by Hadrian

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Building owes its survival to being consecrated as a church, Santa Maria della Rotonda

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The chapel was consecrated in 1617. It is the best preserved part of the Renaissance complex, having largely escaped damage in the 1859 fire. The chapel extends along the entire length of the west wing with a long nave and a two-storey gallery. The richly decorated six-vaulted stucco ceiling is borne by pillars rising from the galleries.

The pillars bear grisaille frescos of Biblical figures, painted in the 1690s. The galleries were decorated during the reign of Frederick III (1648–1670) as can be see from his arms.

The Chapel's most significant artifact is the organ, built by Esajas Compenius in 1610. It was installed by Compenius himself shortly before his death in Hillerød in 1617. The oldest organ in Denmark, it has 1,001 wooden pipes. Its original manually driven blower has been preserved. The instrument is richly decorated with ebony, ivory and silver.

The altarpiece and pulpit from the early 17th century are the work of the silversmith Jacob Mores from Hamburg. In the king's prayer chamber adjoining the Chapel, there is a small silver altar crafted by the goldsmith Matthäus Wallbaum from Augsburg in 1600.

Consecrated in 1143, it is one of the main examples of Apulian Romanesque architecture.

Coventry Cathedral built to a modernist architectural style after the original 14th century church was severely bomb damaged in the second world war. The modernist cathedral was designed by architect Sir Basil Spence and was consecrated in 1962.

Consecrated on 1 September 1853, is a striking landmark in rural Donegal. Overlooking the Poisoned Glen at the foot of Errigal, the enigmatic ruin, built from locally-quarried white marble, was once part of the Dunlewy Estate and stands above a solitary gravestone in the adjacent churchyard.

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Consecrated in 1880, Grade I listed.

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A detail of the exquisite ground level interior of the Sainte Chapelle, consecrated under King Saint-Louis in 1248. This lower chapel served as the parish church for the members of the royal palace that was located on the Ile de la Cite at the time.

For information about the architecture of this astonishing 13th century building: architecture.relig.free.fr/chapelle_en.htm

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Here is what I wrote in 2005 about my experience in the upper chapel where the stained glass windows are.

Un vrai bijou de la Douce France, parmi les centaines de merveilles de ce pays de merveilles. J'aurais bien voulu reste' ici longtemps, mais la nuit tombait - c'etait la derniere visite de la journee - et nous ne pouvions pas tarder. Neanmoins j'ai tente' plusieurs photos, sans trepieds biensure, a cause de la foule qu l'on voit a peine, en bas de la photo. Quoi dire sure ce lieu: deux mots: un veritable tresor.

It was late afternoon on an overcast winter day, so the light in this astonishing jewel of a place was dim. The last time I'd marvelled at these glorious windows had been years before, when I was a teenager. It was a bright spring day and they were sparkling in the sun. On that visit, there had been barely a handful of visitors, and one could walk around with ease.

This visit was entirely different and magical in its own way. I loved how the rich colors of the glass came through better in the dim light, giving the space a more contemplative and peaceful mood. The number of visitors on the other hand, was indeed a surprise! You can see that the entire tiny space of this beloved jewel of French Medieval architecture is filled with people, many of whose faces were, like mine, tilted upwards to marvel at the sight.

There were a few attendants regularly asking the crowd to be silent so that this breathtakingly beautiful and delicate work of art could be enjoyed in the mood it was intended to be experienced. There would be a wave of voices: excited voices and whispers, that turned into a veritable din, then there would be a hushed silence for a few moments....until people's enthusiasm for the beauty took them over and once again the place would explode in a wave of intense sound, then silence again as the attendants asked for quiet. The enthusiasm and awe were palpable.

Altogether a mesmerizing and awesome masterpiece of High Gothic Medieval art. Unique because the entire chapel -- of which this is one corner -- is almost entirely made of glass, with hardly any masonry to hold up these sheets of color and light, made of 100's of 1000's of bits of gorgeous color that surround one completely with their beauty.

About the Sainte Chapelle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Chapelle

St Mark's Basilica

Basilica di San Marco

The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark

Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco

Location: Venice, Italy

Denomination: Catholic Church

Consecrated: 8 October 1094

Titular saint: Mark the Evangelist

Designation: Cathedral (minor basilica)

1807–present

Episcopal see: Patriarchate of Venice

Prior status

Designation: Ducal chapel

c. 836–1797

Tutelage: Doge of Venice

Built: c. 829–c. 836

Rebuilt: c. 1063–1094

Styles: Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic

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music:

Old Roman chant - Qui habitat in adiutorio altissimi (Part II)

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~ Psalm 90 ~

Latin:

Qui habitat in adiutorio Altissimi, in protectione Dei caeli commorabitur. Dicet Domino: Susceptor meus es, et refugium meum, Deus meus: sperabo in eum. Quoniam ipse liberavit me de laqueo venantium, et a verbo aspero. Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi, et sub pennis eius sperabis. Scuto circumdabit te veritas eius: non timebis a timore nocturno. A sagitta volante per diem, a negotio perambulante in tenebris, a ruina et daemonio meridiano. Cadent a latere tuo mille, et decem millia a dextris tuis: tibi autem non appropinquabit. Quoniam Angelis suis mandavit de te, ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis. In manibus portabunt te, ne unquam offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum. Super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis, et conculcabis leonem et draconem. Quoniam in me speravit, liberabo eum: protegam eum, quoniam cognovit nomen meum. Invocabit me, et ego exaudiam eum: cum ipso sum in tribulatione. Eripiam eum, et glorificabo eum: longitudine dierum adimplebo eum, et ostendam illi salutare meum.

Greek:

Ο κατοικῶν ἐν βοηθείᾳ τοῦ ῾Υψίστου, ἐν σκέπῃ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ αὐλισθήσεται. Ερεῖ τῷ Κυρίῳ· αντιλήπτωρ μου εἶ καὶ καταφυγή μου, ὁ Θεός μου, καὶ ἐλπιῶ ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, ὅτι αὐτὸς ρύσεταί σε ἐκ παγίδος θηρευτῶν καὶ  απὸ λόγου ταραχώδους. Εν τοῖς μεταφρένοις αὐτοῦ ἐπισκιάσει σοι,καὶ ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας αὐτοῦ ἐλπιεῖς· ὅπλῳ κυκλώσει σε ἡ αλήθεια αὐτοῦ. Οὐ φοβηθήσῃ  απὸ φόβου νυκτερινοῦ, απὸ βέλους πετομένου ἡμέρας, απὸ πράγματος ἐν σκότει διαπορευομένου, απὸ συμπτώματος καὶ δαιμονίου μεσημβρινοῦ. Πεσεῖται ἐκ τοῦ κλίτους σου χιλιὰς καὶ μυριὰς ἐκ δεξιῶν σου, πρὸς σὲ δὲ οὐκ ἐγγιεῖ· πλὴν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου κατανοήσεις καὶ ανταπόδοσιν ἁμαρτωλῶν ὄψει. Ότι σύ, Κύριε, ἡ ἐλπίς μου· τὸν ῞Υψιστον ἔθου καταφυγήν σου. Οὐ προσελεύσεται πρὸς σὲ κακά, καὶ μάστιξ οὐκ ἐγγιεῖ ἐν τῷ σκηνώματί σου. Ότι τοῖς αγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου· ἐπὶ χειρῶν άροῦσί σε, μήποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου· επὶ ασπίδα καὶ βασιλίσκον ἐπιβήσῃ καὶ καταπατήσεις λέοντα καὶ δράκοντα. Ότι ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἤλπισε, καὶ ρύσομαι αὐτόν· σκεπάσω αὐτόν, ὅτι ἔγνω τὸ ὄνομά μου. Κεκράξεται πρός με, καὶ ἐπακούσομαι αὐτοῦ, μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ εἰμι ἐν θλίψει· ἐξελοῦμαι αὐτόν, καὶ δοξάσω αὐτόν. Μακρότητα ἡμερῶν ἐμπλήσω αὐτὸν καὶ δείξω αὐτῷ τὸ σωτήριόν μου.

English:

He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven. He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge: my God; I will hope in him. For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters, from [every] troublesome matter. He shall overshadow thee with his shoulders, and thou shalt trust under his wings: his truth shall cover thee with a shield. Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night; nor of the arrow flying by day; [nor] of the [evil] thing that walks in darkness; [nor] of calamity, and the evil spirit at noon-day. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe and see the reward of sinners. For thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge. No evils shall come upon thee, and no scourge shall draw night to the dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up on their hands, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread on the asp and basilisk: and thou shalt trample on the lion and dragon. For he has hoped in me, and I will deliver him: I will protect him, because he has known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will hearken to him: I am with him in affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him. I will satisfy him with length of days, and shew him my salvation.

The original Christ Episcopal Church was built in 1832 on Seville Square overlooking Pensacola Bay. This Norman-Gothic church was badly desecrated by Union Forces during the Civil War who used it as a jail, barracks, a hospital and then toward the end of occupation, as a military chapel.

By 1879 Christ Church had enough funds to renovate and expand the original structure. By the early 1900’s, however, the area around Seville Square had become a slum and parish leadership decided to build a new church in North Hill. Architect John Sutcliffe was hired to design the Spanish Renaissance structure that you see today at 18 West Wright Street. The church was completed in 1903 and consecrated in 1917. (Adapted from History of Christ Church Pensacola, FL by Rev. Dr. B. Madison Currin)

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:

christ-church.net/history/

St Mark's Basilica

Basilica di San Marco

The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark

Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco

Location: Venice, Italy

Denomination: Catholic Church

Consecrated: 8 October 1094

Titular saint: Mark the Evangelist

Designation: Cathedral (minor basilica)

1807–present

Episcopal see: Patriarchate of Venice

Prior status

Designation: Ducal chapel

c. 836–1797

Tutelage: Doge of Venice

Built: c. 829–c. 836

Rebuilt: c. 1063–1094

Styles: Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Basilica

www.basilicasanmarco.it/?lang=en

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THE ASCENSION CUPOLA

In the centre of the basilica, at the intersection with the transept, the dome celebrates the concluding mystery of the life of Jesus: his Ascension to heaven.

The decoration of the Ascension cupola, dating to the second half of the 12th century, is the mosaic masterpiece of St. Mark’s and the heart of the church’s spiritual message. It is considered to be the best mosaic expression in the whole church for structure, quality and preservation.

In the starry circle of the centre Christ, seated on a rainbow, is drawn heavenwards by four flying angels. Below, in a great concentric circle, the Virgin between two angels and the 12 apostles are gazing upwards, alternated by plants of various forms and sizes, suggesting the messianic environment of the mount of olives where Luke situates the episode of the Ascension.

Farther below, between the windows, there are sixteen female figures in a dancing sequence personifying the Virtues and Beatitudes: Hope, Faith, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance, Prudence, Humility, Gentleness, Contrition, Abstinence, Mercy, Patience, Chastity, Modesty, Constancy and Charity, this last crowned and in royal garments, “mother of all the virtues” as suggested by the inscription surrounding her.

Here we have the three theological virtues (Faith, Hope and Charity), the four moral virtues (Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Temperance) and then another nine virtues that are an integral part, in accordance with the mediaeval concept, of the four moral virtues. If the Ascension scene has an illustrious Byzantine precedent in the cupola of St. Sophia’s in Salonika (11th century) the setting of the sixteen Virtues is absolutely Venetian.

On the spandrels the four Evangelists are writing the beginning of their Gospels: each one is schematised from the side in his study and the four symbols already seen in the presbytery cupola spandrels are lacking. The two cupolas are correlated inasmuch as in the presbytery the Evangelists merely outline salvation whereas in the Ascension cupola it is openly manifested. Each Evangelist holds his own Gospel open at the first words.

Beneath, the four biblical rivers – Gihon, Pison, Tigris, Euphrates – pour their waters on the community of the faithful, here too with clear baptismal symbology.

The Greek master who, with his assistants, created this cycle has been defined as the “agitato style” master. There could be no more suitable definition of this mosaicist who, in the creation of these scenes of the Death, Resurrection and Ascent, expresses all the dramatic tension and renewal of humanity and the universe. He manipulates the line in a myriad of curves that delineate the faces and create highly complicated folds that wind in broad spirals, spreading out into elegant fan-shaped drapery and extending in an extremely harmonious fluttering that recalls Hellenic solutions

The colours used are the most precious, all obtained by mixing the vitreous paste with lapis lazuli, copper, gold, silver or iron; and when the chromatic element and the luminosity of the enamels were not enough to render immaterial and transfigure an image, highlighting was carried out with gold, silver and whites. While the human faces of the apostles are highlighted in black, those of Christ, the Virgin and the angels have bright highlighting that gives the impression of a divine light emanating from the faces themselves.

It was officially consecrated in 1198. The part in white and black bands dating from the 13th century (probably made between 1256 and 1277), and was restored between 1931 and 1935.

The original Christ Episcopal Church was built in 1832 on Seville Square overlooking Pensacola Bay. This Norman-Gothic church was badly desecrated by Union Forces during the Civil War who used it as a jail, barracks, a hospital and then toward the end of occupation, as a military chapel.

By 1879 Christ Church had enough funds to renovate and expand the original structure. By the early 1900’s, however, the area around Seville Square had become a slum and parish leadership decided to build a new church in North Hill. Architect John Sutcliffe was hired to design the Spanish Renaissance structure that you see today at 18 West Wright Street. The church was completed in 1903 and consecrated in 1917. (Adapted from History of Christ Church Pensacola, FL by Rev. Dr. B. Madison Currin)

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:

christ-church.net/history/

As the priest sits in front of the fire, he has an array of bowls, tongs, and other ritual instruments in front of him. He uses tongs to stack small but carefully cut pieces of kindling. He uses long sticks with small cups at the end to place spices, seeds and other items on the fire, all of which are very symbolic. All the while, a monk is chanting in the corner while the priest mumbles words and whispers what one assumes are prayers and incantations.

The ritual, which lasts about a half-hour, builds in intensity. At one point, the monk in the corner begins striking a taiko drum in the corner. The monk is making all kinds of hand signs, I notice, as he goes through the ritual, each of which having an esoteric meaning.

He eventually gets to one part of the ceremony where he picks up many small pieces of kindling, each of which are carefully cut to approximately the same length and size. I later come to find out that there are 108 of these pieces of wood that are thrown on the fire, representing the Buddhist belief that there are 108 "attachments" in this world from which we need to free ourselves.

Meanwhile, the drumming continues, along with the chanting. The fire grows larger and larger, burning away both the wood and - symbolically - our impurities.

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Turku Cathedral was consecrated on June 17, 1300. Over the centuries, various extensions were added to the cathedral building. Six times it was badly damaged by enemies or by fire and each time it was rebuilt.

Turku Cathedral is Finland’s only medieval cathedral and the most valued historical building in the country. Preserved in its various architectural layers, built over the centuries, is the story of over 700 years of the nation’s history. Turku Cathedral is Finland’s main cathedral and also its major national shrine.

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The newly consecrated National Cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church, still under construction in Bucharest

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Orthodox Patriarchs of Constantinople and Bucharest consecrate Cathedral

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The Cathedral was consecrated on 25 November 2018 by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, Patriarch Daniel of Romania and Metropolitan Chrysostomos (gr) of Patras from the Greek Orthodox Church.

St Mark's Basilica

Basilica di San Marco

The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark

Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco

Location: Venice, Italy

Denomination: Catholic Church

Consecrated: 8 October 1094

Titular saint: Mark the Evangelist

Designation: Cathedral (minor basilica)

1807–present

Episcopal see: Patriarchate of Venice

Prior status

Designation: Ducal chapel

c. 836–1797

Tutelage: Doge of Venice

Built: c. 829–c. 836

Rebuilt: c. 1063–1094

Styles: Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Basilica

www.basilicasanmarco.it/?lang=en

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music:

Old Roman chant - Qui habitat in adiutorio altissimi (Part II)

youtu.be/X5xoJfXT1LU?si=Tjj5luVnwdwjuoB_

~ Psalm 90 ~

Latin:

Qui habitat in adiutorio Altissimi, in protectione Dei caeli commorabitur. Dicet Domino: Susceptor meus es, et refugium meum, Deus meus: sperabo in eum. Quoniam ipse liberavit me de laqueo venantium, et a verbo aspero. Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi, et sub pennis eius sperabis. Scuto circumdabit te veritas eius: non timebis a timore nocturno. A sagitta volante per diem, a negotio perambulante in tenebris, a ruina et daemonio meridiano. Cadent a latere tuo mille, et decem millia a dextris tuis: tibi autem non appropinquabit. Quoniam Angelis suis mandavit de te, ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis. In manibus portabunt te, ne unquam offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum. Super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis, et conculcabis leonem et draconem. Quoniam in me speravit, liberabo eum: protegam eum, quoniam cognovit nomen meum. Invocabit me, et ego exaudiam eum: cum ipso sum in tribulatione. Eripiam eum, et glorificabo eum: longitudine dierum adimplebo eum, et ostendam illi salutare meum.

Greek:

Ο κατοικῶν ἐν βοηθείᾳ τοῦ ῾Υψίστου, ἐν σκέπῃ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ αὐλισθήσεται. Ερεῖ τῷ Κυρίῳ· αντιλήπτωρ μου εἶ καὶ καταφυγή μου, ὁ Θεός μου, καὶ ἐλπιῶ ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, ὅτι αὐτὸς ρύσεταί σε ἐκ παγίδος θηρευτῶν καὶ  απὸ λόγου ταραχώδους. Εν τοῖς μεταφρένοις αὐτοῦ ἐπισκιάσει σοι,καὶ ὑπὸ τὰς πτέρυγας αὐτοῦ ἐλπιεῖς· ὅπλῳ κυκλώσει σε ἡ αλήθεια αὐτοῦ. Οὐ φοβηθήσῃ  απὸ φόβου νυκτερινοῦ, απὸ βέλους πετομένου ἡμέρας, απὸ πράγματος ἐν σκότει διαπορευομένου, απὸ συμπτώματος καὶ δαιμονίου μεσημβρινοῦ. Πεσεῖται ἐκ τοῦ κλίτους σου χιλιὰς καὶ μυριὰς ἐκ δεξιῶν σου, πρὸς σὲ δὲ οὐκ ἐγγιεῖ· πλὴν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου κατανοήσεις καὶ ανταπόδοσιν ἁμαρτωλῶν ὄψει. Ότι σύ, Κύριε, ἡ ἐλπίς μου· τὸν ῞Υψιστον ἔθου καταφυγήν σου. Οὐ προσελεύσεται πρὸς σὲ κακά, καὶ μάστιξ οὐκ ἐγγιεῖ ἐν τῷ σκηνώματί σου. Ότι τοῖς αγγέλοις αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς σου· ἐπὶ χειρῶν άροῦσί σε, μήποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου· επὶ ασπίδα καὶ βασιλίσκον ἐπιβήσῃ καὶ καταπατήσεις λέοντα καὶ δράκοντα. Ότι ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἤλπισε, καὶ ρύσομαι αὐτόν· σκεπάσω αὐτόν, ὅτι ἔγνω τὸ ὄνομά μου. Κεκράξεται πρός με, καὶ ἐπακούσομαι αὐτοῦ, μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ εἰμι ἐν θλίψει· ἐξελοῦμαι αὐτόν, καὶ δοξάσω αὐτόν. Μακρότητα ἡμερῶν ἐμπλήσω αὐτὸν καὶ δείξω αὐτῷ τὸ σωτήριόν μου.

English:

He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven. He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge: my God; I will hope in him. For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters, from [every] troublesome matter. He shall overshadow thee with his shoulders, and thou shalt trust under his wings: his truth shall cover thee with a shield. Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night; nor of the arrow flying by day; [nor] of the [evil] thing that walks in darkness; [nor] of calamity, and the evil spirit at noon-day. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe and see the reward of sinners. For thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge. No evils shall come upon thee, and no scourge shall draw night to the dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up on their hands, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread on the asp and basilisk: and thou shalt trample on the lion and dragon. For he has hoped in me, and I will deliver him: I will protect him, because he has known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will hearken to him: I am with him in affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him. I will satisfy him with length of days, and shew him my salvation.

High about the medieval town on the Eichberg recumbent ones, to holy Nicholas of Myra consecrated church is to be added to the brick Romanesque and is dated on the beginning of the 13th century, because on the one hand the place Mölln after the list of the Ratzeburger chapter still about 1194 to the parish belonged to Breitenfelde, is mentioned but then already in the Ratzeburger tenth register of 1230 even as a place with a church.

The church was built as a Late-Romanesque pillar basilica. Model for this church construction the basilica old brim might have been. The choral space was supposed around 1217 was ready when the bishop from Ratzeburg held here the first synod.

In the second half of the 15th century the church received important rebuildings: In 1470/71 the south ship was extended Gothic, grown in 1497 to the east to this the today's baptistry and the originally double-storied sacristy. On the north side of the nave a chapel consecrated to the holy Jobst was grown. In 1896 the church was radically redeveloped. Besides, the Jobstkapelle and the upper floor of the sacristy were torn off, partly because of dilapidation, partly to restore the basilikalen overall impression. The south ship received a new roof with three saddle roofs, and the painting was restored inside partly, was explained partly anew in the style of the new Gothic. Most neo-Gothic paintings were removed in 1959 again.

The church was consecrated in 1873. Designed by E Welby Pugin in the Gothic style, the church enjoys an elevated and commanding position overlooking Loch Shiel with a spectacular view of the loch and surrounding hills. The church is a memorial chapel to the MacDonalds of Glenaladale, the family with whom Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed prior to the raising of the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan in August 1745. The church contains memorial stones to the Prince and to members of the MacDonald family. Located in the village, 15 miles west of Fort William on A830 to Mallaig.

consecrated in 1879 St Mary's Cathedral is certainly a landmark in Scotlands Capital.

this is a lock on one of the main entrances to this stunning building

Consecrated on October 14, 1899, St. Michael's was the first permanent Ukrainian church erected in Canada.

St Matthew's is a Grade II* de-consecrated church in Normanton, Rutland, now on the shore of Rutland Water.

The church was built in classical style for the Normanton Hall estate on the site of a 14th-century building. Except for the tower, the medieval church was rebuilt in 1764 by Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet. A new classical tower and the western portico were built by Thomas Cundy junior between 1826 and 1829, based on the design of St John's, Smith Square, Westminster; the nave and apse were constructed in 1911, by J. B. Gridley of London.

The church was de-consecrated in 1970, and was to have been demolished as part of the reservoir construction, as its floor was below the proposed water level. Following a public outcry, the lower half was filled with stone and rubble, and a concrete cap constructed just below the level of the windows. An embankment was built around the church leaving it a prominent feature on the water's edge.

Consecrated in 1905 having been built the year before by villagers. It is a Grade ll Listed Building.

The parish church is consecrated to a local female saint by the name of Cywair. Very little is known about her, but it is believed that an image of her appears in the stained-glass east window of the church.

There is a record of this church in the Taxatio Ecclesiastica of 1291.

It is recorded that John Wynne visited the place in 1729. According to Cadw, the correct name is "St Gwawr", but this is disputed. The pillars of the church date back at least to the 15th century. Its doors were closed for the last time in 2003 as the church then only had three members. The church of Llangywer dates from the 13th century, but was rebuilt in 1871.

East window.

The first church built on this site was consecrated by the Bishop of St Asaph in 1295.

No feature of this building remains except possibly the crucifixion panel on the north external wall of the porch.

It was replaced by the existing perpendicular building in 1470 and formed part of the conventual buildings of Evesham Abbey which was then the fifth richest in England.

The church was erected for the use of the multitude of pilgrims who piously came to worship at the Abbey shrines throughout many years of storm and calm alike.

Many diseases being prevalent in these times made it necessary to isolate them from the townsfolk, who exclusively used the adjoining parish Church of All Saints. The bodily needs of the pilgrims were catered for at the Abbey Almonry nearby which is still standing. The church had become sadly dilapidated and in 1730 an extensive and, as it proved, disastrous reconstruction took place because owing to faulty construction and poor materials, the new roof collapsed before 1800.

The church remained in ruins until 1837 when it was restored and reopened for divine worship. In 1957 a further minor restoration took place.

In 1978 the church was declared redundant and came under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust the following year.

Consecrated in 1849, Mariners’ Church serves the maritime community and the people of Detroit without regard for their background or circumstance. In 1955 the stone church was moved 900 feet east to its current location to make way for a new civic center. I took this photo on January 26, 2018 while visiting the Detroit Auto Show at the nearby Cobo Center. Mariner's history

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Palatine Chapel, Aachen, begun c. 792, consecrated 805 (thought to have been designed by Odo of Metz), significant changes to the architectural fabric 14–17th centuries (Gothic apse, c. 1355; dome rebuilt and raised in the 17th century, etc), mosaics and revetment scream 19th century, and are indeed 19th century, columns were looted by French troops in the 18th century though many were later returned, they were added back without knowledge as to their original locations in the 19th century. Finally, the structure was also heavily damaged by allied bombing during WWII and significantly restored again in the second half of the twentieth century.

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Originally consecrated on September 10, 1751, it occupied the eastern block of the Grand palace, crowned, at the request of Elizabeth Petrovna, with five gilded domes, "as per our faith". This originally was the Palace Church. Today it functions as the Royal Church Museum.

The rising sun burning off the mist behind an old dead tree on the edge of Chapel Wood, Nr Spreacombe, North Devon. Chapel Wood is an RSPB reserve with an Iron age hill fort on the top and a 1270 ruined chapel down the bottom. The remains of the chapel are an ancient monument and is still consecrated ground.

The Lady Chapel at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, is where Morning Prayer is said. The stained glass windows come from the second cathedral of the diocese, moving here in 1929. Christ and St Mary (1886) and the Ascension of Our Lord (1890) were degined by Burlison & Grylls of London.

Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria is the mother church of the Diocese of British Columbia of the Anglican Church of Canada. Designed by J C M Keith in Early English Gothic style, it won an international competition in 1896. Construction was, at least at first, halting and regularly interrupted, and didn't really get going until 1926. The nave was consecrated in 1929, the western towers were complete by the 1950s, and the east end was completed and consecrated only in 1991.

It is the third cathedral for the Diocese; the first two were located directly opposite Quadra Street from the current building. The first, originally a parish church but elevated to a Cathedral, burned down in 1869. The second, was opened in 1872, and eventually replaced (I am not sure what happened to the building). The main organ, designed by Helmuth Wolff of Laval, Quebec, was installed as recently as 2005. It is a four-manual monster with over 4,000 pipes.

La catedral de Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña) – Spain, es una de las grandes joyas del románico de Europa. Su construcción se inició en el año 1075 siendo consagrada en el 1211, y es una de las iglesias consideradas de peregrinación europea.

La fachada denominada de Platerías consta de dos puertas del siglo XII, con sus respectivos tímpanos, dos ventanas con arcos polilobulados, y un sinfín de esculturas a veces con aspecto de rompecabezas por las restauraciones y traslados de otros lugares, pero que constituyen un lugar icónico del románico compostelano.

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The cathedral of Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña) – Spain, is one of the great Romanesque jewels of Europe. Its construction began in the year 1075 and was consecrated in 1211, and it is one of the churches considered to be of European pilgrimage.

The so-called Platerías facade consists of two doors from the 12th century, with their respective tympanums, two windows with multi-lobed arches, and endless sculptures that sometimes look like puzzles due to restorations and transfers from other places, but which constitute an iconic place of Compostela Romanesque.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring and glorifying Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease Thee.

Amen.

Notre-Dame de Paris, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral was consecrated to the Virgin Mary and is considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Its pioneering use of the rib vault and flying buttress, its enormous and colourful rose windows, as well as the naturalism and abundance of its sculptural decoration set it apart from the earlier Romanesque style. Major musical components that make Notre Dame stand out include its three pipe organs, one of which is historic; and its immense church bells.

The cathedral's construction began in 1163 under Bishop Maurice de Sully and was largely complete by 1260, though it was modified frequently in the following centuries. In the 1790s, Notre-Dame suffered desecration during the French Revolution; much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. In the 19th century, the cathedral was the site of the coronation of Napoleon I and the funerals of many presidents of the French Republic.

Popular interest in the cathedral blossomed soon after the 1831 publication of Victor Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris (better known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). This led to a major restoration project between 1844 and 1864, supervised by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. The Allied liberation of Paris in 1944 was celebrated within Notre-Dame with the singing of the Magnificat. Beginning in 1963, the cathedral's façade was cleaned of centuries of soot and grime. Another cleaning and restoration project was carried out between 1991 and 2000.

The cathedral is one of the most widely recognized symbols of the city of Paris and the French nation. As the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris, Notre-Dame contains the cathedra of the archbishop of Paris (Michel Aupetit). In 1805, Notre-Dame was given the honorary status of a minor basilica. Approximately 12 million people visit Notre-Dame annually, making it the most visited monument in Paris. The cathedral was renowned for its Lent sermons, founded by the Dominican Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire in the 1830s. In recent years, an increasing number have been given by leading public figures and state-employed academics.

The cathedral has been progressively stripped of its original decoration and works of art. Several noteworthy examples of Gothic, Baroque, and 19th-century sculptures and a group of 17th- and early 18th-century altarpieces remain in the cathedral's collection. Some of the most important relics in Christendom, including the Crown of Thorns, a sliver of the true cross and a nail from the true cross, are preserved at Notre-Dame.

While undergoing renovation and restoration, the roof of Notre-Dame caught fire on the evening of 15 April 2019. Burning for around 15 hours, the cathedral sustained serious damage, including the destruction of the flèche (the timber spirelet over the crossing) and most of the lead-covered wooden roof above the stone vaulted ceiling. Contamination of the site and the nearby environment resulted. Following the fire, many proposals were made for modernizing the cathedral's design. However, on 29 July 2019, the French National Assembly enacted a law requiring that the restoration must preserve the cathedral's 'historic, artistic and architectural interest'. Stabilizing the structure against possible collapse was completed in November 2020, and the reconstruction began in 2021. The government of France hopes the reconstruction can be completed by Spring 2024, in time for the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron confirmed on 14 April 2021 that the cathedral site will be formally returned to the church on 15 April 2024, and the first mass will be held in the cathedral nave on that day, even if the reconstruction is not finished by then.

The Cathedral of Saint Domnius, consecrated at the turn of the 7th century AD, is regarded as the oldest Catholic cathedral in the world that remains in use in its original structure, without near-complete renovation at a later date (though the bell tower dates from the 12th century). The structure itself, built in AD 305 as the Mausoleum of Diocletian, is the second oldest structure used by any Christian Cathedral.

The old town is an UNESCO world heritage site.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_Domnius

Consecrated as obligatory point of tourist attraction to anyone going to Rio Grande do Norte State, Northeastern Brazil, the largest tree fruit in the world, Pirangi Cashew, is located about 25 km from the capital, on the beach in North Pirangi.

Was recorded in 1994, the Guinness Book and has approximately 110 to 120 years of existence.

From its original trunk left dozens of branches that in turn became true in other trunks. Because of this anomaly its branches touch the ground and create secondary roots that help in feeding the tree, but they are all dependent on the main trunk.

The rooting depth is 01-02 meters and the main trunk 20-25 feet, so it all depends on the trunk.

The Cashew currently has an area of 8,500 m², which corresponds to an aggregate of 70 regular sized cashew, it is estimated that there was room for growth could reach 30-40000 m².

Ne season, from November to January, the cashew tree produces up to 70-80 mil cashews, equivalent to 2.5 tons. The fruit is not sold and tourists can take, without exaggeration, some home.

The cashew tree has a structure around it with craft shops in the area, gazebo with 10 meters height to enjoy your entire pantry and guides who speak English and Spanish.

Consagrado como ponto obrigatório de visitação turística para quem vai ao Rio Grande do Norte, estado do nordeste brasileiro, a maior árvore frutífera do mundo, o Cajueiro de Pirangi, se localiza a cerca de 25 km da capital, na praia de Pirangi do Norte.

Foi registrado, em 1994, no Guiness Book e tem aproximadamente 110 a 120 anos de existência.

Do seu tronco original saíram dezenas de galhos que, por sua vez transformaram-se em outros verdadeiros troncos. Em virtude dessa anomalia seus galhos tocam no solo e criam raízes secundárias que ajudam na alimentação da árvore, mas todos eles são dependentes do tronco principal.

A profundidade das raízes é de 01 a 02 metros e a do tronco principal de 20 a 25 metros , por isso todos dependem do tronco.

O Cajueiro atualmente possui uma área de 8.500 m² , o que corresponde a um agregado de 70 cajueiros de porte normal, estima-se que se houvesse espaço para seu crescimento poderia alcançar 30 a 40.000 m² .

Ne safra, de novembro a janeiro, o cajueiro chega a produzir de 70 a 80 mil cajus, o equivalente a 2,5 toneladas. O fruto não é vendido e os turistas podem levar, sem exagero, alguns para casa.

O Cajueiro possui uma estrutura ao seu redor com lojas de artesanato da região, mirante com 10 metros de altura para apreciar sua copa inteira e Guias que falam inglês e espanhol.

The newly consecrated National Cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church, still under construction in Bucharest

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Orthodox Patriarchs of Constantinople and Bucharest consecrate Cathedral

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The Cathedral was consecrated on 25 November 2018 by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, Patriarch Daniel of Romania and Metropolitan Chrysostomos (gr) of Patras from the Greek Orthodox Church.

The consecrated chalice containing the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ is elevated at the altar for the Faithful to behold and adore.

Count Valor’s forces, under Bror’s command, assault a northern city in the name of Solaris.

The newly consecrated National Cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church, still under construction in Bucharest

youtu.be/R-i2hzc1L4I

Orthodox Patriarchs of Constantinople and Bucharest consecrate Cathedral

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_People%27s_Salvation_Cathe...

catedralaneamului.ro/

The Cathedral was consecrated on 25 November 2018 by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, Patriarch Daniel of Romania and Metropolitan Chrysostomos (gr) of Patras from the Greek Orthodox Church.

St Matthew's is a de-consecrated church in Normanton, Rutland, now on the shore of Rutland Water.

The church was built in classical style for the Normanton Hall estate on the site of a 14th-century building. Except for the tower, the medieval church was rebuilt in 1764 by Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet. A new classical tower and the western portico were built by Thomas Cundy junior between 1826 and 1829, based on the design of St John's, Smith Square, Westminster; the nave and apse were constructed in 1911, by J. B. Gridley of London.

The church was de-consecrated in 1970, and was to have been demolished as part of the reservoir construction, as its floor was below the proposed water level. Following a public outcry, the lower half was filled with stone and rubble, and a concrete cap constructed just below the level of the windows. An embankment was built around the church leaving it a prominent feature on the water's edge.

St Michaels & All Angels, Bussage