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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 ,,,
Þingvallakirkja, un término islandés que significa literalmente "Iglesia de las llanuras del Parlamento" o "Iglesia de Þingvellir", es una pequeña iglesia del edificio actual data de 1859, pero el primer edificio fue construido por iniciativa del rey noruego Olaf Y a el momento de la conversión de Islandia al cristianismo alrededor del año 1000.
Está al lado de las casitas de tejado triangular que antiguamente albergaban una cafetería.
Conjunto de casas típicas islandesas junto a la habitual iglesia siempre sorpresas positivas en este paraiso terrenal.
Þingvallakirkja, an Icelandic term literally meaning "Plains Church of Parliament" or "Church of Þingvellir", is a small church of the current building dating from 1859, but the first building was built on the initiative of the Norwegian King Olaf. from Iceland's conversion to Christianity around 1000.
It is next to the triangular roofed houses that formerly housed a cafeteria.
Set of typical Icelandic houses next to the usual church always positive surprises in this earthly paradise.
Þingvallakirkja, un terme islandès que significa literalment "Església de les planes de Parlament" o "Església de Þingvellir", és una petita església de l'edifici actual data de 1859, però el primer edifici va ser construït per iniciativa del rei noruec Olaf I a l'hora de la conversió d'Islàndia a l'cristianisme al voltant de l'any 1000.
Està a la banda de les casetes de teulada triangular que antigament albergaven una cafeteria.
Conjunt de cases típiques islandeses costat de l'habitual església sempre sorpreses positives en aquest paradís terrenal.
Kiev Pechersk Lavra, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra (Ukrainian: Києво-Печерська лавра: Kyievo-Pechers'ka lavra; Russian: Киeво-Печерская лавра: Kiyevo-Pecherskaya lavra), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery which gave its name to one of the city districts where it is located in Kyiv.
Since its foundation as the cave monastery in 1051, the Lavra has been a preeminent center of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe. Together with the Saint Sophia Cathedral, it is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The monastery complex is considered a separate national historic-cultural preserve (sanctuary), the national status to which was granted on 13 March 1996. The Lavra is not only located in another part of the city, but is part of a different national sanctuary than Saint Sophia Cathedral.
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.
Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. A black and white Lightroom edit of a previous upload.
The Church is considered extremely holy in Christianity being both the site where Jesus was crucified, and the location of Jesus's tomb.
Grey limestone sculpture (1956) by Barbara Hepworth, seen in the sculpture garden of the B. Hepworth Museum St. Ives, Cornwall. In the background is St. Ia, the Anglican parish church of St. Ives. Ia was one of the Irish saints bringing Christianity to the place, 1500 years ago. When Barbara arrived and joined the community of St. Ives, over half a century ago, she brought totally new shapes and forms. Through some of these we can see Christianity in a new way. Processed in macOS High Sierra photo editor.
"She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." Matthew 1:21
Diffuse first light of the day stirs still sleepy dew laden grass, beneath a covering of fog. Rural Virginia during last days of September. Meadowkirk Retreat Center. Spending weekend with a Band of Brothers.
Wake up, my glory! Wake up, harp and lyre; I will stir the sleepy dawn with praise! - Psalm 57:8
I wake before the dawn and call for help; I hope in Your words. - Psalm 119:147
How enduring is God’s loyal love; the Eternal has inexhaustible compassion. Here they are, every morning, new! Your faithfulness, God, is as broad as the day. - Lamentations 3: 22-23
Bethel Music - Come to Me
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.
The Royal Gates are double doors opposite the Throne (in the altar), the main gates of the iconostasis in an Orthodox church. The royal doors lead to the altar of the temple and symbolize the gates of Paradise.
The Slavic name "Royal Doors" is explained by the fact that through them the King of Glory, the Lord Jesus Christ, in the Holy Gifts, comes out during communion of the laity.
The image of our Lord Jesus Christ not made by human hands* over the royal doors: “I am the Lord your God ... that you have no other gods before Me (Ex. 20, 2-3).” /first commandment/
*"not made by human hands" - a special type of image of Christ, representing His face, according to the general church Eastern tradition, printed on a linen scarf after He wiped his face after washing.
In Christianity, it is used to refer to icons, sacred images, which are considered to be of divine origin.
Нерукотворный Образ Господа Бога Иисуса Христа над царскими вратами: « Я Господь, Бог твой… да не будет у тебя других богов пред лицем Моим (Исх. 20, 2–3).» / первая заповедь/
В христианстве используется для обозначения икон, сакральных изображений, которые принято считать имеющими божественное происхождение.
«Частное проявление общей софиологической антиномии представляет собою и антиномия иконы, в которой соединяется неизобразимость и изобразимость Бога и, в частности, Господа Иисуса Христа, Богочеловека. Эта антиномия лежит в самой основе догмата иконопочитания и ее надлежит прежде всего надлежаще вскрыть и показать. Природа антиномии состоит в тожестве и нераздельности противоположного, coincidentia oppositorum, и антиномия иконы состоит в том, что Бог неизобразим, ибо Он недоступен вЕдению твари, ей трансцендентен, а вместе с тем Бог изобразим, ибо Он открывается твари, образ Его начертан в ней, и «невидимая Его» в ней «видима суть», как с боговдохновенной смелостью вещает апостол антиномического богословия св. Павел. Эта видимость невидимого, изобразимость неизобразимого, и есть икона.»
/Икона и иконопочитание, протоиерей Сергий Булгаков/
One of the holiest sites of Christianity and Catholic Tradition, it is traditionally the burial site of it's titular, St. Peter who was the head of the twelve Apostles of Jesus and, according to tradition, the first Bishop of Antioch and later the first Bishop of Rome, rendering him the first Pope.
Here also is a link to St. Peter's Cathedral
www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=st+peter%2...
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
Have a safe and fabulous day dear Flickr friends !
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.
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The interior of the beautiful cathedral of Málaga.
So, we have made the choice to visit the cathedral , a decision that was absolutely the right one.
Short desciption
The Cathedral of Málaga is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Málaga in Andalusia in southern Spain. It is in the Renaissancearchitectural tradition. The cathedral is located within the limits defined by a now missing portion of the medieval Moorish walls, the remains of which surround the nearby Alcazaba and the Castle of Gibralfaro. It was constructed between 1528 and 1782, following the plans drawn by Diego de Siloe; its interior is also in Renaissance style.
The outstanding interior and personal feelings
There are so many things to tell about the magnificent interior, the overwhelming pillars, the beautiful paintings and statues. If you're a roman catholic or not, one can admire the artists and the craftsmanship. If you are a catholic or not, you can really feel the higher spirit of this beautitful church of christianity.
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
My mother is more religious than I am. I was raised with a couple of Christian religions myself but find myself being very upset by the way they have been twisted by the pro fetus, anti life or anti choice republicans who don’t care about these babies as soon as they are born and want to take away services from anyone in need at the drop of the hat.
My newest response to my mom, who still has a few relatives who identify with the religious wrong is to say…”Well that sounds just like Jesus!” Best friends with billionaires? Totally Jesus! Cruel to immigrants, people with disabilities, the poor…just what Jesus would do!
Maybe that Long Term Recovery Program is to free yourself from a cult.
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“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.
I found this paper rose on a barbed wire fence outside the walls of the ruinous 12th century Saint Ninian’s chapel, where pilgrims from Ireland would arrive to receive the Eucharist & give thanks to God for their safe passage from a treacherous journey across the Irish Sea.
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).
Tumacacori Mission near Tubac, just north of Nogalas. The Spanish mission was first built in 1757. The imposing nature of the Mission can't be avoided and i can only but wonder at the impression of the native Americans living here as this was built.
The New Chersonesos Museum and Temple Complex consists of buildings and structures with a total area of 140,000 square meters, located on a 22.4-hectare well-maintained territory. The complex includes museums of Christianity, Crimea and Novorossiya, Antiquity and Byzantium, the world's only temple-park, an archaeological park, the Catherine Park with the Geron River, Russia's first amphitheater, the Gryphon Arena, and a recreated Byzantine quarter (a mint, an ancient estate, craft workshops, and a winemaker's estate).
The museum-temple complex houses the world's first temple without traditional walls or ceiling. According to the architect's vision, the temple features trees and flowers instead of walls, a starry sky instead of a traditional dome, and daily chants throughout the grounds.
The temple-park in "New Chersonesos" was consecrated in honor of the Holy Trinity. The first service was held in 2024, on the eve of a significant event for all Orthodox Christians - the Day of the Baptism of Prince Vladimir.
The Temple-Park in Novy Khersones has become not only a place for prayerful solitude, but also a popular attraction for guests of the complex. This approach to creating a sacred space demonstrates the possibility of harmony between man and nature in the highest sense of the word. The Temple-Park serves as both an open-air temple and a beautiful park with unique architectural compositions.