Historic Churches
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St Andrew Church - Campbell Tasmania. by PaulWJewell
The church was completed and dedicated in 1857. / The organ originally belonged to Bishop Nixon, the first Anglican Bishop of Tasmania. / The building of the post and fence was tendered by for and won by Alexander Johnson who was a 15 year old at the time. / Cannon 450D with Standard lens at ISO 200.
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Moon Over Orthodox by R. Jason Smith
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * / In Memory of my sister, Kyelcie Dawn Yates , 100% of all proceeds from the sale of this piece, and all of my art on RedBubble, will be donated to my charity of choice – The Dream Factory. / * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ I lived in Seattle, Washington (USA) for a short while and this Russian Orthodox Church sat directly across the street from my apartment. I became fascinated with the architecture of the building and had to photograph it one day. This picture was actually taken during the day. I used Photoshop to alter the color scheme and inserted the full moon from another shot that I had previously taken. It’s all about the perspective! If you like this image, check out my / RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY GALLERY Thanks for looking!
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At the Altar • St Michael's Uniting Church • Melbourne by William Bullimore
From Wikipedia: St. Michael’s Uniting Church is a Uniting Church in Australia church in Collins St in central Melbourne, Australia. Originally the Collins Street Independent Church, a Congregational Union of Australia church, and later Collins Street Uniting Church, it has become well known as a centre of liberal theology and political radicalism under its outspoken minister since 1971, Dr Francis Macnab, currently Executive Minister. The church became a congregation of the Uniting Church in Australia at its inception in 1977. Details: / Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II / Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM / Exposure: 5 exposures (-2.-1,0,+1,+2 EV) / Aperture: f/8 / Focal Length: 16 mm / ISO Speed: 100 / Accessories: Expodisc, Manfrotto 190XB Tripod, Manfrotto 322RC2 Heavy Duty Grip Ball Head, Canon RC1 Wireless Remote / Date and Time: 25 June 2009 12.00pm Post Processing: / Imported into Lightroom / Exported 5 exposures to Photomatix / Tonemap generated HDR using detail enhancer option / Re-imported back into Lightroom / Exported HDR and 0 EV exposure to CS3 and layered HDR on top of 0 EV / Brush tool to even out the light above the altar / Saturation layer (yellows) / Curves layer for contrast / Noise reduction layer / LucisArt 3 SE filter / Re-imported back into Lightroom / Sharpening in Lightroom / Added keyword metadata / Exported as JPEG
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Glowing Faith by pat gamwell
Featured: HISTORIC CHURCHES…Aug 25, 09 Yosemite, CA / /
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All Hallows by the Tower by beachykeen
The oldest church in London, England, founded in 675 C.E. (AD). Several bodies were brought here after being beheaded at the Tower of London, including those of Bishop John Fisher and Lord Chancellor Thomas More who both opposed Henry VIII’s wish that Anne Boleyn be accepted as his wife. William Penn, founder of the US state of Pennsylvania was baptised and attended school here. John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the USA was married here. The church was bombed in 1940 with only the tower and walls left. It was re-dedicated in the 1950’s.
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Mark the Evangelist by Rowan Plantagenet
Part of the Window of the Lamentation in Cologne Cathedral . Mark the Evangelist (Greek: Μάρκος), is the traditional name of the author of the Gospel of Mark. / Tradition identifies him with the John Mark (Ioannis Markos) mentioned as a companion of Saint Paul in Acts, who later is said to have become a disciple of Saint Peter. / John Mark accompanied Paul and Barnabas (Mark’s cousin) on Paul’s first missionary journey. After a sharp dispute, Barnabas separated from Paul, taking Mark to Cyprus. / Later, Paul called upon the services of Mark and Mark was named as Paul’s fellow worker. / Mark’s mother was a prominent member of the earliest group of Christians in Jerusalem. It was to her house that Peter turned on his release from prison; the house was a meeting-place for the brethren, “many” of whom were praying there on the night Peter arrived from prison. A number of traditions have built up around Mark, though none can be verified from the New Testament. / Traditionally, Mark is said to be the man who carried water to the house where the Last Supper took place (Mark 14:13) and the young man who ran away naked when Jesus was arrested (Mark 14:51-52). / Mark is also said to be the one who hosted the disciples in his house after the death of Jesus, into whose house the resurrected Jesus Christ came (John 20), and into whose house the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples at Pentecost. Coptic tradition also maintains that Mark was one of the servants at the Marriage at Cana who poured out the water that Jesus turned to wine (John 2:1-11), and was one of the Seventy Apostles sent out by Christ. According to the Coptic church, Saint Mark was born in the Pentapolis of North Africa which would make him Greek, as since the 7th century BC the Greek founded several colonies on its coast and developed several major cities. / This tradition adds that he returned to Pentapolis later in life after being sent by Saint Paul to Colosse (Colossians 4:10) and serving with him in Rome (Phil 24; 2 Tim 4:11) ; from Pentapolis he made his way to Alexandria. / When Mark returned to Alexandria, the people there are said to have resented his efforts to turn them away from the worship of their traditional Egyptian gods. / In AD 68 they placed a rope around his neck and dragged him through the streets until he was dead. / From Wikipedia /
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Sacred Heart Cathedral ~ Bendigo © by Clive
Sacred heart Cathedral, Bendigo, Australia’s largest provincial church, is dramatically sited and impressive in scale. It was designed by Reed, Smart & Tappin in the Decorated Gothic style and built of sandstone and granite. The nave was built in 1896-1901 and the building completed 1954-77. It comprises a seven bay nave, narthex, crossing, apsidal sanctuary, three-bay transepts, and four octagonal chapels flanking the crossing. The exterior is dominated by a crossing tower and spire, and the west front with prominent flanking turrets. It is believed to be the only cathedral completed in the 20th century in an authentic Decorated Gothic style. [Victorian Churches: their origins, their story & their architecture, edited by Miles Lewis. East Melbourne; National Trust of Australia (Victoria), 1991, p.105] The interior is notable for its hammerbeam roof, west window by Hardman of Birmingham, and divided organ by Bishop & Son, London (1904). The twentieth century work was largely executed by sixteen craftsmen, most of whom were Italians brought to Australia for the purpose. Bishop and Son’s world-wide connection with the Catholic Church was further extended in 1904 by their gaining the contract for a large new organ for the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Bendigo, Australia, the building of which was commenced in September 1896 and opened on 29 September 1901. Lewis and Company, together with the Bishop firm, were invited to tender and the contract was worth some £2,000 ex works plus £500 for packing, freight charges and erection in the Cathedral. The contract for the instrument was signed on 16 January 1904; the official opening took place on 7 December 1905 and the opening recital, by Ernest Wood, on 6 May 1906. /
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Window by Sam Fletcher
This is St Davids cathedral, Pembrokeshire (again.) SONY A 200 ISO 100 / f/5.6 / 280 mm / 1/15 sec Cropped, otherwise as taken.
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The Milton Organ, Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, English West Midlands by Philip Mitchell
The following appears on Tewkesbury Abbey’s website – “The history of this instrument is a long and fascinating one. In 1631, Robert Dallam built a new organ for Magdalen College, Oxford, where it was erected in an ‘organ house’ opening on to the south side of the chapel. In 1654 it was moved to Hampton Court Palace, where the poet John Milton is reputed to have played it. The instrument was returned to Magdalen in 1660 and re-erected the following year. The organ was substantially remodelled by Renatus Harris in 1690. In 1736 the organ was sold to Tewkesbury Abbey and later placed on a special stone screen constructed on the site of the medieval pulpitum. A Swell Organ was added by John Holland in 1796. Major rebuilds followed – by ‘Father’ Willis in 1848 and J.W. Walker in 1948 (when the Echo and Solo departments were added and a detached five-manual console was installed). In 1997 the Milton Organ was rebuilt and reconstructed by Kenneth Jones and Associates of Bray as a four-manual instrument with 68 speaking stops and 4611 pipes. The lower three keyboards have mechanical action, whilst the Solo and Apse divisions have electro-pneumatic action. The inaugural recital was given in May 1997 by Nicolas Kynaston, who also acted as organ consultant.” This magnificent instrument continues to enhance the daily worship offered up in this historic grade I listed parish church.
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Regimental Chapel by Fraser Ross
The Regimental Chapel of the Seaforth Highlanders and the Queens Own Highlanders in Fort George outiside Inverness. While both these regiments no longer exist the Chapel is still used and the current residents are the Black Watch battalion heroes of Basra in the Gulf war.
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Lanercost Priory by JamieGreen
Lanercost Priory, in a tranquil valley of the River Irthing, is a hidden Cumbrian gem. The Augustinian Priory, founded around 1166 by Robert de Vaux, is built mostly from stone scavenged from nearby Hadrian’s Wall. The building, completed in 1220, was home to approximately 15 canons / Edward I stayed here three times (1280, 1300, 1306) when conducting raids against the Scots. On the last occasion he fell ill and wintered at the abbey. The Scots set fire to the cloister in 1296. Two famous Scots, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, attacked the priory. Raids continued well into the 14th century.Lanercost was one of the first priories dissolved by Henry VIII / It is in the care of English Heritage / Sony Alpha 350 DSLR & 18-70 Lens, single RAW converted to HDR in / Featured in Historic Churches August 2009
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Church of St. Edmund's - Thurlaston, Warwickshire, England by Allen Lucas
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The West Front of Lincoln Cathedral by eyeshoot
The West Front of Lincoln Cathedral, dating from 1072 is as impressive as it gets.
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Church Ruins at Malestroit, Brittany by peter reid
Some of the Treaties which were to lead to a full cessation of the Hundred Years War were signed here in the historic “Vestiges de la Madeleine” located to the north of the town. Technical Cameral : NIKON D50 / Lens : sigma 24-70mm / Exposure : 1/40Sec / Aperture : f16.0 / Program : Manual / Light : suuny / Flash : Not fired / FocalLength : 29.00(mm)
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Oakland Temple 1 by Bob Moore
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Temple in Oakland, CA. An extremely important and “holy” place to Mormons. I received an extremely kind and welcoming visit. It is an impressive structure. The history of early “white settlement” to the Bay area, the Sierra’s and even San Diedo is intertwined indelibly w/ the ink of Mormon blood, sweat and tears.
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Montmartre by Debbie Widmer
Montmarte Paris, what a view from up here. / The Romano-Byantine Sacre-Coeur – the Basilica, work began in 1876 and was completed in 1914. / It is one of France’s most important Roman Catholic Shrines. /
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St. Cuthbert's Church by Tom Gomez
Nestled in the trees in the shadow of the Castle, St. Cuthbert’s Church just off Lothian Road in Edinburgh, Scotland is a large and imposing structure. This view is from the West end of West Princes Street Gardens and shows the twin Cupolas as well as a spire at the other end of the church. Tradition has it that St. Cuthbert, the famed monk-bishop of Lindisfarne, stopped by the shores of the Nor’ Loch (a lake now replaced with Princes Street Gardens) just below Edinburgh Castle and built a little hut there. This is the site of St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, whose current incarnation dates from the 19th century but is built over at least six earlier places of worship. The first record of St. Cuthbert’s Church in Edinburgh is in 1127, when King David I gave all the land below the Castle to St Cuthbert’s. This is the oldest document in the Scottish Records Office, Register House, Edinburgh. Little is known of the church’s history from the 12th to the 16th century, aside from occasional references in Vatican documents. Click here for an aerial view. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Canon 18-55mm IS lens BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots.
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Oudezijds Voorburgwal by George Salazar
Amsterdam , Sint-Nicolaaskerk in the distance!
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Octagan Tower Roof,Ely by Karen Betts
Taken As is This is not the best image but to get this I had to wrap my camera strap around my wrist stick my camera on my palm pointing upwards and stick my arm through a opening and push the button. / Simon and I where half way up the Octagan Tower and we were able to look down below to the center of the church or was able to get a closer view of the hand painted roof of Jesus done by the victorians. You can see all the stained glass windows that are at the top of the tower and eventually we made our way out to the roof. / Afraid I was unable to get a good shot looking down as I was unable to clamber onto the sill to get one, and im sure Simon would of stopped me as he would of had to hold onto my legs. LOL Nikon D90 and Nikor 18-105 vr lens / Focal length 18mm / f/.4 / exposure 1/80th / ISO 400 hand held arm sticking out in to mid air a lot of feet above ground, so just a point and shoot.
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The Exorcism by Catherine Veal
I gave it this name as the cloud rising from the church made me think of devils being Exorcised. / Landewednack Church can be found at Church Cove, on The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, UK. / Just east of Lizard Village is the hamlet of Landewednack with its church of St Winwalloe, A charming little Church between the Lizard Village and Church Cove. / Edite from RAW in Dynamic Photo HDR FREE DOWNLOAD 1shot x 3. then into CS3 converted to B&W. Finished off in Picasa3 FREE DOWNLOAD. / Many thanks for looking. / BEST VIEWED LARGER / /
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Carousel outside the cathedral by fourthangel
Taken in Mulhouse, France
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Oradour sur Glane Church interior by fayinspain
Where all the women and children where gathered together and killed. You can just make out the remains of the bell against the far wall. June 10th 1944 this peaceful community was shattered when German SS troops arrived, gathered all the 642 inhabitants, killed them all and, after looting, destroyed every building. The ruins were preserved by General de Gaulle “to bear witness for the rest of mankind to the consequences of the barbarity of war”
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Notre-Dame de Paris by bubblehex08
October 18th, 2009 at the place in front of Notre-Dame: / Festival of the disabled in a very heartfelt kind atmosphere
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St. Mary's, Rokeby, County Durham by Steve Smith
Please View Large After further investigation and further to my image named ‘The Church With No Name’ Lesley has found out that the church is actually St. Mary’s at Rokeby, County Durham. Nikon D300 / Sigma 18-200mm
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The Historic Churches site has been created to encourage others to showcase churches within their community or throughout history. Maybe some have just captured the imagination throughout life or travel. Churches have played an important part in society throughout the ages and have provided a safe haven for many. They have been responsible for the recording of births, deaths and marriages as well as providing education and solice to many. This group will be looking to show the world the beauty, the grandeur or in some instances the humble structures that have been a place of worship for many denominations.
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