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World’s tallest Jesus statue being constructed in Armenia

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Construction is underway on what organizers say will be the world’s largest statue of Jesus Christ, with the project now targeting a 2027 completion date after years of delays, a forced relocation and sustained opposition from the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Recent photographs published by Radio Free Europe show work progressing on a mountaintop pedestal on Mount Hatis, a peak rising 8,202 feet roughly 18.6 miles northeast of Yerevan. The statue, cast in three sections, is stored in the nearby village of Zovuni and will be airlifted by helicopter to the mountaintop once the pedestal is ready.

The project was announced in January 2022 by Gagik Tsarukyan, an Armenian businessman and opposition politician, who said the statue would “show the path to revival and light to the Armenian people” following Armenia’s devastating military conflict with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The aluminum figure and its pedestal are planned to reach a combined height of 101 meters, or roughly 331 feet, surpassing Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer, which stands 38 meters high, and New York’s Statue of Liberty, which rises 93 meters.

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World’s tallest Jesus statue being constructed in Armenia

Construction is underway on what organizers say will be the world s largest statue of Jesus Christ, with the project now targeting a 2027 completion date after years of delays, a forced relocation
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Armenia is a heavily Orthodox (Oriental) country! Really surprised by this since they usually prefer icons over statues.

(Yes, I am aware Eastern Orthodox & Oriental Orthodox are not in communion with one another. And yes, I'm aware Oriental style icons are different from Byzantine style icons).
 
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Delvianna said:
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"Do not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or on the earth below or in the water under the earth." Exodus 20:4

Come on people....
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"And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. The cherubimare to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you."

Exodus 25:18-21

Not debating, but images/statues can be found throughout the Old Testament. The statue itself isn't being worshipped.

Peace be with you.
 
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RileyG said:
"And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. The cherubimare to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you."

Exodus 25:18-21

Not debating, but images/statues can be found throughout the Old Testament. The statue itself isn't being worshipped.

Peace be with you.
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Context. The Temple and the Arc of the Covenant was instituted by God. Exodus 20:4 is about people going out and making images on their own. Besides the Temple and the Arc, there isn't a single count in history where the Jews make any imagery of heavenly things by themselves.

There's nothing in scripture that says you can make it as long as it's not being worshiped, it says don't make it. Period. Worshiping the thing just makes it worse.
 
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Delvianna said:
Context. The Temple and the Arc of the Covenant was instituted by God. Exodus 20:4 is about people going out and making images on their own. Besides the Temple and the Arc, there isn't a single count in history where the Jews make any imagery of heavenly things by themselves.

There's nothing in scripture that says you can make it as long as it's not being worshiped, it says don't make it. Period. Worshiping the thing just makes it worse.
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Ok. I respect your viewpoint, even if I don't agree.

Peace
 
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