10 June, 2008

St. Peter's Catholic Church Postcard

St. Peter's Catholic Church (Little Blue Church), just outside Kona Town near Magic Sands Beach, was built in 1889 on the site of an ancient Hawaiian heiau, or temple of the ancient Hawaiian religion.

Little Blue Church Postcard(PH Wish from Suzanne Stadler)

There are only 12 pews and a pulpet, and a beautiful etched glass window. If you sit in one of the pews, you can visually line up the horizon depicted in the stained glass image of the Sea of Galilee with the real Pacific horizon beyond the church. This church is made of clapboard with a corregated tin roof.

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St. Peter's Catholic Church, Hawaii

09 June, 2008

Cathedral of Mary and St. Severus Church Postcard

Erfurt's city is dominated by the Mariendom (Cathedral of Mary) and the Severikirche (St. Severus Church) on the Cathedral Hill and 70 Steps run between the magnificent architectural ensemble of the churches. Inside the cathedral one can view the impressive gothic choir with its colorful cycle of stained glass windows. The 13 windows are more than 40 feet high. The Cathedral houses many noteworthy treasures of art created over the centuries.

Cathedral of Mary and St. Severus Church Postcard
(PH Wish from Suzanne Stadler)

The Severikirche (also St. Severi-Kirche, Church of St. Severus) stands next to the Dom on a small hill in Erfurt. A five-naved early Gothic hall church, Severikirche was built a collegiate church for the regular canons of St. Augustine during the 12th century. The most important furnishing in Severikirche is the monument tomb of St. Severus, carved out of a soft pink sandstone around 1365 by an artist known only as "the Master of St. Severus."

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Mariendom and Severikirche
Severikirche, Erfurt

08 June, 2008

Nuremberg Frauenkirche Postcard

Emperor Charles IV had the Church of Our Lady's (Frauenkirche) built here between 1355 and 1358 on the site of the destroyed synagogue of the former Jewish quarter (pogrom in 1349). It was the first Gothic hall church in Franconia, constructed as an Imperial court chapel with three aisles. Its builder was presumably Peter Parler, the master builder of the Prague St Vitus' Cathedral. In 1816, the Church of Our Lady's was given to Nuremberg's Catholic congregation.

Church of Our Lady's Postcard

The postcard also shows the Neptune Fountain, a copy of a fountain, which in original was sold to the Tzar of Russia in 1797 and now stands in Peterhof.

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Frauenkirche (Our Lady's Church)

07 June, 2008

Multiview Philippine Churches Postcards

The first postcard shows different churches in the Philippines. They are:(1) Unspecified church(2) Manila Cathedral(3) Baguio Cathedral(4) Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

Philippine Churches Postcard 1

The second postcard shows different churches in the Iloilo, Philippines. They are:(1) San Jose Church(2) Iloilo Church(3) Miag-ao Church

Philippine Churches Postcard 2

06 June, 2008

Paniqui Church of the Nazarene Postcard

The Paniqui Church of the Nazarene or Paniqui Church is a Roman Catholic church that can be found in Paniqui, Tarlac. Unfortunately, I couldn't find information (history, etc.) regarding the church.

Paniqui Church Postcard