Beautiful Churches and Their Meaning

[ChristsSoldier115]

it is a petty bad picture now that I look at it. I didn't include of all the front. on the left is another small cross like on the right and a piano is on the left. you see the organ on the right.

 

[MoreCoffee]

This is my parish church. It's about 7 or 8 years old now. The parish is around 100 years old. Our original church, a small red brick building, is heritage listed. We could not afford to move it to our new location. It would have cost a great deal of money to do so.

I can't get a bigger photo right now. But this one gives a rough idea of what it looks like. It shows about 2/3 of the interior.

 

[seashale76]

The pic in the video is my parish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTxs-FezCBY

The dome in my parish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zckb7F_DKP4

More pics here, if your'e interested. I have to say my parish church is beautiful. Liturgical and Community Photos - St. Michael Orthodox Church

 

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East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

more images - https://www.google.com/search?q=Eas...oBQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1440&bih=767#imgdii=_

 

[WirSindBettler]

East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

more images - https://www.google.com/search?q=Eas...oBQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1440&bih=767#imgdii=_

That's a heck of a lot of statuary and stained glass for a Calvinist church.

Looks Anglican to me.

 

[WirSindBettler]

As for megachurches, Houston's Second Baptist Church ties with Moody for the cake.

Houston's Second Baptist:

Moody:

 

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That's a heck of a lot of statuary and stained glass for a Calvinist church.

Looks Anglican to me.

Yes, it is odd, isn't it?

 

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As for megachurches, Houston's Second Baptist Church ties with Moody for the cake.

Houston's Second Baptist:

Moody:

I have been to Moody Memorial Church and enjoyed it. The architecture is really a superb example of the Akron Plan.

 

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One of the early efforts at the auditorium style of the Akron Plan is the impressive Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, built ca. 1880. The famous nineteenth-century composer, Lowell Mason, was minister of music at this church when it was constructed. He spent the last half of his career here and is remembered for his efforts to develop congregational singing. Prior to this, music in most Protestant churches was performed by choirs and ensembles, but rarely as a congregation. When Mason was hired he disbanded the paid choir and had trained singers set in various parts of the auditorium. He had the congregation loosely organized into the four parts of sung harmony. This church quickly developed a huge reputation for the quality of its congregational singing.

 

[MoreCoffee]

As for megachurches, Houston's Second Baptist Church ties with Moody for the cake.

Houston's Second Baptist:

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It's strangely like a theatre isn't it?

 

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It's strangely like a theatre isn't it?

The concept of the church as theater dates from the CounterReformation. Baroque architects such as Bernini and Borromini carefully staged the architecture to focus on the altar where theatrical effects were used, such as opening hidden flaps at key moments in the mass to flood the altar with light from above. They even constructed theater boxes overlooking the altar with statues of the patrons in various poses.

 

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Here is the Cathedral of Orvieto, Italy. If you appreciate Italian Gothic, it does not get much better than this.

The interior is spectacular with an amazing set of murals.

More images here - https://www.google.com/search?q=cat...YDg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg&biw=1440&bih=767#imgdii=_

 

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I have always found the use of striped stone masonry in Italian Gothic architecture to be interesting. As with Orvieto Cathedral above Siena Cathedral is a great example.

more photos here - http://www.boomsbeat.com/articles/3643/20140508/35-peaceful-photos-of-siena-cathedral-in-italy.htm and here - https://www.google.com/search?q=siena+cathedral&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=chwcVdP_NMnYoASkk4D4DA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1440&bih=767#imgdii=_&imgrc=mzQ1tg_KicspgM%253A%3BGPyRMFEEi5pSUM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimages.boomsbeat.com%252Fdata%252Fimages%252Ffull%252F54470%252F3-jpg.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.boomsbeat.com%252Farticles%252F3643%252F20140508%252F35-peaceful-photos-of-siena-cathedral-in-italy.htm%3B1330%3B1020

 

[WirSindBettler]

The concept of the church as theater dates from the CounterReformation. Baroque architects such as Bernini and Borromini carefully staged the architecture to focus on the altar where theatrical effects were used, such as opening hidden flaps at key moments in the mass to flood the altar with light from above. They even constructed theater boxes overlooking the altar with statues of the patrons in various poses.

Cracked wrote a great sub-article on this. Bottom of the page:

The 7 Creepiest Old School Robots | Cracked.com

 

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Cracked wrote a great sub-article on this. Bottom of the page:

The 7 Creepiest Old School Robots | Cracked.com

Thanks! That was really interesting.

 

[GratiaCorpusChristi]

Tonight my wife and I went to St. Peter in Chains cathedral for their Tenebrae service. Check out this Greek temple-looking Catholic masterwork:

 

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Tonight my wife and I went to St. Peter in Chains cathedral for their Tenebrae service. Check out this Greek temple-looking Catholic masterwork:

I have visited this excellent Greek Revival church. It is a most unusual style for a Catholic Church, but quite stunning.

 

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St. Pancras New Church in London predates St. Peter in Chains by several decade and has a lovely side porch copied from the Erectheum in Athens, Greece

 

[James Is Back]

I don't know if anyone has posted this yet but I'll go ahead and post it:

Las Lajas Cathedral:

Las Lajas Cathedral holds the first position in our List on the basis of its beauty. Las Lajas Cathedral was built in 1916 and is located on the border between Ecuador and Colombia. The natural beauty view enhances the attraction of Las Lajas Cathedral to its peak level. The river flowing below the church and the church itself surrounded between the middle of 2 green mountains makes an extraordinary natural beauty view of Las Lajas Cathedral. From tourists point of view they love to stand hours on the bridge of the church enjoying the natural view and viewing the water flowing below the church. Many also say that it’s the 8th wonder of the world.

 

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This is the largest church in the world measured by the enclosed volume.