Sunday Church

St Paul's Cathedral - London 

 

Sunday Church

 

Santiago de Compostela, Spain 

Cathedral and Plaza del Obradoiro (Night view)

Sent by Rafael on 13 Dec, 2022 from Valencia, Spain 

Multiview Monday

Chrudim, Czech Republic

Chrudim is a town in eastern Bohemia, it is the second largest town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic.

Sent by my friend on her visit to Czech Republic

 Chełm - Cathedral on Góra Chełmska, Poland

Chełm, is a city in eastern Poland with 63,949 inhabitants (2015). The city is of mostly industrial character, though it also features numerous notable historical monuments and tourist attractions in the Old Town.

Sent by my friend from her trip to Poland

Romania, Painted churches of northern Moldavia, UNESCO World Heritage Site

sent by  Anca-Ioana in Bucovina, Romania

sent on 8 Jul, 2014

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 1,658 km

Religious buildings

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 Saint Waltrude Church, Golden Coach Mons, Belgium

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,696 km

dent by Ott_19  near Brussels 

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Beguinage in Aarschot, Belgium

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 1,656 km

sent by Marie-Jeanne, Aarschot, Belgium

A beguinage, from the French term béguinage, is an architectural complex which was created to house beguines: lay religious women who lived in community without taking vows or retiring from the world.

Reims Cathedral - Notre Dame
Direct swap
sent by Perrine, Reims, France

Reims Cathedral, also called the Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Reims, cathedral located in the city of Reims. Reims was the site of 25 coronations of the kings of France, from Louis VIII in 1223 to Charles X in 1825, including the crowning of Charles VII in 1429 in the presence of Joan of Arc.

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Old North Church, Boston
travel time 14 days
distance travelled 7,696 km
sent by Pat, Denver, Colorado

Direct swap
Church of the Holy Spirit
Talashkino (Smolensk region),
Artist Nicholas Roerich
sent by Nastya, Kharkov, Ukraine

Cathedrals

Winchester Cathedral

travel time 4 days

distance travelled 8,197 km

 received 9 Nov, 2017

Sent by Lin, Taiwan, 

card sent from United Kingdom

Winchester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It is one of the largest cathedrals in Europe, with the longest nave and greatest overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe. Dedicated to the Holy Trinity, Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and before the Reformation, Saint Swithun. The cathedral was founded in 642 on a site immediately to the north of the present one. This building became known as the Old Minster. It became part of a monastic settlement in 971.

Gloucester Cathedral 

Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, 

Gloucester, England

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,869 km

received 7 Dec, 2015 

sent by Steph, Gloucester, United Kingdom

The Cathedral stands in the north of the city near the River Severn. It originated in 678 or 679 with the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter. 

Cathedrals and Palaces

Church Service in Berliner Dom, Berlin Cathedral

The Cathedral of Berlin is the largest church in the city, and it serves as a vital center for the Protestant church of Germany. Reaching out well beyond the borders of the parish  and of Berlin, the cathedral attracts thousands of visitors, year after year, from Germany and abroad.

From Susanne in Kiel, Germany

Distance: 1,153 km

Travel time: 12 days

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow, Russia 

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From Yana in Kursk; Russia

Distance: 1,480 km

Travel time: 14 days

Pavlovsk Palace, Italian Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia

Pavlovsk Palace is an 18th-century Russian Imperial residence built by Catherine the Great for her son, Grand Duke Paul, in Pavlovsk, within Saint Petersburg. After his death, it became the home of his widow, Maria Feodorovna. The palace and the large English garden surrounding it are now a Russian state museum and public park.

From Dimitri in St. Petersburg

Distance: 515 km

Travel time: 9 days

St. Petersburg, Russia, Oranienbaum. The Chinese Palace, 1762-68, A. Rinaldi

There is nothing particularly Chinese about this charming building in the southern corner of the park at Oranienbaum. Built by Antonio Rinaldi between 1762 and 1768, it was the first major building project to be ordered by Catherine the Great, who planned for the building to serve as her private dacha. In fact the Empress spent only 48 days there during the 34 years of her reign. However, the building is considered one of the finest examples of rococo in Russia.

Direct swap from Nikolay in St. Petersburg

Helsinki Curches

The Cathedral

The Cathedral rising on the northern side of the Senate Square is the stage of national and academic festive services and one of the most popular tourist sights. The church is part of Helsinki's Empire era centre and a landmark for those arriving by sea. It has become the symbol of the whole of Helsinki. Earlier called St. Nicholas Church and Great Cathedral, the current main church of the Helsinki Diocese was completed in 1852. The Kazan Cathedral located in St. Petersburg is considered to be the model for the neoclassical style of the church. Sculptures of the twelve apostles guard the city from the roof of the church.

Temppeliaukio Church - Rock church completed in 1969.
Excavated directly into solid rock, the Temppeliaukio church is situated in the heart of Helsinki. Because of its special architecture, the church is one of the main attractions in Helsinki. The church hall is covered with a dome, lined with copper and supported on the rock walls by reinforced concrete beams. The interior walls are of rugged rock and rubble wall. Before noon, the sunlight spreads from the row of windows surrounding the roof periphery to the altar wall, where an ice-age crevice serves as the altarpiece.

St. John"s Church
St. John"s Church (Johanneksenkirkko) stands in Punavuori on the hill where midsummer bonfires take place. Representing the neogothic style, it is the largest stone church in Finland.

  Uspenski Cathedral
 Uspenski Cathedral was completed in 1868 and it was designed by the Russian architect Aleksey M. Gornostaev. The cathedral has 13 gilt domes, depicting Christ and the 12 Apostles. 

Durham Cathedral

This  card came from Daniel, who lives in London. He loves visiting old churches, me too.
Distance: 1,807 km
Travel time: 6 days

Text in the card: Durham Cathedral, a magnificent 11th century building set within a huge loop of the River Wear. Pictured at the North West corner of Cloisters surmounted by the monks' dormitory and the twin towers.

The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, usually known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, England, the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham. The bishopric dates from 995, with the present cathedral being founded in AD 1093. The cathedral is regarded as one of the finest examples of Norman architecture and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with nearby Durham Castle, which faces it across Palace Green.  Wikipedia

Durhamin katedraali, koko nimeltään Kristuksen, siunatun Neitsyt Marian ja Durhamin pyhän Cuthbertin katedraalikirkko, on romaaninen poikkilaivabasilika Durhamissa, Koillis-Englannissa. Katedraali on rakennettu vuosina 1093–1490 ja se on edelleen alueensa kristittyjen keskuspaikka. Durhamin katedraalia pidetään yhtenä hienoimmista normannien rakentamista katedraaleista, ja se on Unescon maailmanperintökohde yhdessä läheisen Durhamin linnan kanssa.   Wikipedia

Kirkkoja - Churches



Saint Nicolas Cathedral, Mozhaisk, Russia

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18 Nov, 2013

Katyan kotikaupunki on Orel, joka tarkoittaa kotkaa. Hän lähetti kortin Mozhaiskin Pyhän Nikolain katedraalista. Kortti on  yksi S.M. Prokudin-Gorskin kuvasarjasta "The Russian Empire". 

Mozhaysk is a city located in Moskovskaya oblast, about 110 km to the west of Moscow city. The cathedral was built in 1779-1820 and is one of the main attractions of present day Mozhaisk.

 St. Catherine's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Riga, Latvia

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17 Oct, 2013

Zandra lähetti kauniin kirkkokortin kotikaupungistaan Riiasta. Zandra kerää enkeleitä ja erikoisia kynttilöitä ja hänellä on niitä paljon.

St. Catherine's Lutheran Church аlsо known аs Biķeri оr Biķernieki church fоr іts location in Bikeri Str. in Riga.

The Cathedral of Our Lady.

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15 Oct, 2013

Jo asuu kauniissa Antwerpenissa  ja hänkin lähetti kortin kotikaupunkinsa kuuluisimmasta nähtävyydestä, Neytsyt Marian katedraalista ja Groenplaats-aukiosta. Katedraali on tullut kuuluisaksi myös Peter Paul Rubensin maalauksista. 

The main church in the city of Antwerp is The Cathedral of Our Lady.  The towering Cathedral  is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture and the largest church in Benelux. Antwerp Cathedral also shelters four magnificent Rubens altarpieces.

Notre Dame of Paris and the Parvis

Recieved on: 25 Jan, 2013

Distance: 1,577 km (980 miles)

Travel time: 12 days

 On Jan 25th I got a postcard of Notre Dame of Paris and the Parvis.
Thank you Reinhold from Kempen, Germany
I love these postcards from 50s and  60s . 

Notre Dame Pariisi on kaupungin gotiikan tyylisuuntaan rakennettu katedraali, ja yksi maailman kuuluisimmista kirkoista, jossa esimerkiksi Napoleon kruunattiin keisariksi. Notre Dame, eli koko nimeltään Notre Dame de Paris, rakennettin vuosina 1163-1345, ja sijaitsee paikalla, jossa sijaitsi Pariisin ensimmäinen kirkko, Saint Etienne basilika.

Notre Dame de Paris, also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame,

 is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It was build between 1163 -1345.