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Church Of The Visitation (other)
The Church of the Visitation is in Ein Karem, Jerusalem. Church of the Visitation, dedicated to the Visitation (in German ''Mariä Heimsuchung''), may also refer to (alphabetically by location): * Basilica of the Visitation, Għarb * Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church (Bronx, New York) * Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kraków * Visitation of Mary Church (Ljubljana) * Mariä Heimsuchung, Munich * Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, Nitra * Church of the Visitation in the Rue St. Antoine, Paris, now the Temple du Marais * Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, Povazska Bystrica * Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (O'Connor, Nebraska) * Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Warsaw * Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Voćin Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a catholic church located in Voćin, Croatia. Background The church was originally built in 1464 by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Visitation
The Church of the Visitation (formerly ''Abbey Church of St John in the Woods'') is a Catholic church in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, and honors the visit paid by the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist (). This is the site where tradition says that Mary recited her song of praise, the Magnificat, one of the most ancient Marian hymns. Tradition The Bible doesn't mention the birth place of John, it only states that Mary went to "a town in the hill country of Judea" (Luke 1:39). One tradition attributes the construction of the first church of Ein Karem to Empress Helena of Constantinople, Constantine I's mother, who identified the site as the home of John's father, Zachary. Archaeology Bellarmino Bagatti excavated the site in 1938. Byzantine period Archaeologists found a Byzantine cistern in the courtyard and, more significantly, the remains of a Byzantine chapel over which the later churches were erected. Crusader period From the Crusader c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visitation (Christianity)
In Christianity, the Visitation is the visit of Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, to Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist, in the Gospel of Luke, . It is also the name of a Christian feast day commemorating this visit, celebrated on 31 May in the feast-celebrating branches of Western Christianity (most and mainstream calendars of Catholics and High Church Anglicans (or as 2 July in calendars of 1263–1969, retained in the modern calendar of some countries whose bishops' conferences wanted to retain this, notably Germany and Slovakia) and 30 March in Eastern Christianity. The episode is one of the standard scenes shown in cycles of the Life of the Virgin in art, and sometimes in larger cycles of the Life of Christ in art. Biblical narrative Mary visits her relative Elizabeth; they are both pregnant: Mary with Jesus, and Elizabeth with John the Baptist. Mary left Nazareth immediately after the Annunciation and went "into the hill country ... into a cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basilica Of The Visitation, Għarb
The Basilica of the Visitation is a baroque, collegiate parish church located in the western part of the island of Gozo in the village of Għarb. History Għarb became an independent parish on 29 August 1679 by Bishop Michael Molina. It was the second parish to be established outside Victoria. The first parish church was that of the Visitation located downhill to the present church. The original parish church, also known as ''Taż-Żejt'' is located beside the village cemetery. Since the population of the village grew it was decided to build a bigger church in a more central part of the village. The present church was built between 1699 and 1729. It has an elegant façade which has been compared with Francesco Borromini's Church of Saint Agnes in Piazza Navona, Rome. The church was consecrated on 28 September 1755. The church became the second Collegiate of Gozo on 19 May 1774 and was elevated to the status of a minor Basilica on 28 November 1967. Once the church became a min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visitation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Church (Bronx, New York)
The Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 160 Van Cortlandt Park South, Kingsbridge, Bronx, New York City, New York. History The parish was established in 1928. The original structure was a combined school-over-church, common to the city. Construction of the Major Deegan Expressway caused the church to move to its present site in 1951.Bronx Parish to Get New Building Site; Visitation Church and School to Replace Plant Ousted by Parkway Link " ''The New York Times'', May 2, 1951, Excerpt: "The Archbishopric of New York has purchased a plot containing 50,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Visitation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Kraków
Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( pl, Kościół Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny) is a historic Roman Catholic church in Kraków, Poland; located at ul. Karmelicka 19 street in the Old Town. It is the city's first Carmelite Church, hence the name of the street on which it stands. History According to legend, the earliest church on the same site was founded in the 11th century by Duke Władysław I Herman after a vision led him to this spot northwest of the city walls, where he found blooming violets in sand which cured him of a disfiguring case of scurvy. The sand gave the church its alternative name, the Carmelite Church in ''Piasek''. However, the first attested church building was begun in 1395 on the initiative of Jadwiga of Poland and Władysław Jagiełło. On the outside wall of the church along Garbarska Street there's a stone with a footprint carved into it, allegedly set by the Queen herself. The church was handed over in 1397 to the Carme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visitation Of Mary Church (Ljubljana)
Visitation of Mary Church ( sl, cerkev Marijinega obiskanja) is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana, located on Rožnik Hill in Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ..., Slovenia. History A church was already recorded on Rožnik Hill in a 1526 document, stating that it had to provide a copper chalice and three pounds of hellers for the war effort."Rožnik – zgodovina." Information sign posted inside the church. This church was razed in 1740, and a new church was built in 1746 according to plans by Candido Zulliani (1712–1769) and consecrated by Bishop Ernest Attems (1742–1757) in 1747. The church was damaged by artillery fire during the Napoleonic siege of Ljubljana, and after its 1814 re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariä Heimsuchung, Munich
Mariä Heimsuchung (Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) is a Catholic parish church in Munich, Germany. It was built from 1933 to 1934 in neo-Romanesque style Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque style, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 11th century, this later ... by Oswald Bieber and government architect William Hollweck. The new building was necessary due to the strong growth of the mother parish of St. Rupert. The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth is shown on the relief over the portal of the church. References External links Photos of Mariä Heimsuchung Roman Catholic churches in Munich Roman Catholic churches completed in 1934 Cultural heritage monuments in Munich 1934 establishments in Germany 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Germany {{Germany-church-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Mary, Nitra
The Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary ( sk, Kostol Navštívenia Panny Márie) is a Roman Catholic church in Nitra, Slovakia. It was first built as a Gothic church in the 14th century. It was rebuilt in the Renaissance style in the first third of the 17th century and was then changed again to the Gothic style in the 18th century. In the interior there are Gothic architectonic details, Renaissance paintings (by Podmanicky), and a Baroque sculptural group from the cemetery chapel. In front of the church is the statue of the Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of .... Roman Catholic churches in Slovakia Churches in Nitra {{Europe-RC-church-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Du Marais
The Temple du Marais, sometimes known as the Temple Sainte-Marie, or historically, as the Church of Sainte Marie de la Visitation, is a Protestant church located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, in the district of Le Marais at 17 Rue Saint-Antoine. It was originally built as a Roman Catholic convent by the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, whose sisters were commonly called the Visitandines. The church was closed in the French Revolution and later given to a Protestant congregation which continues its ministry to the present. The closest métro station is Bastille Catholic Convent The Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary was founded in 1610 by Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane de Chantal in Annecy as a Catholic religious order of nuns. It started a convent in Paris in 1619 which built the current church and the crest of the order still surmounts the rose window above the entrance. The building was designed by François Mansart in 1632, in the Baroque style. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Visitation Of The Virgin Mary, Povazska Bystrica
Kostol Navstivenia Panny Marie lies in the town centre in Považská Bystrica. It was built in the 14th century by the Royal Hungarian János Podmanitzky owner of castle Považský hrad Považský hrad (other names: ''Hrad Bystrica'', ''Bystrický hrad'', ''Vágbeszterce vára'', ''Waagburg'', ''Bistrizza'', ''Bestruche castrum'') is a ruin of medieval castle on the right side of the river Váh, near Považská Bystrica in Slova .... It was rebuilt in 1940 to satisfy the need for capacity, leaving only presbytery, tower and northern part of girting walls of the old church. Nowadays paned windows were designed by Slovak artists Vincent and Viera Hloznik. In the entrance hall of the church is placed the gravestone of Raffael Podmaitzky, Szigmund Balassa and his wife Alzbeta Zborowska. Gallery Image:PB Church1.jpg, Interior of the old church. Image:Kostol povazska.jpg, Interior of the church, on the left old presbytery with altar. Image:Podmanitzky.jpg, Grave of Raffael Podmani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Visitation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary (O'Connor, Nebraska)
Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a church complex off NE 56 in O'Connor, Nebraska. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The listing included three contributing buildings on . It is also known as the O'Connor Church Complex. The main building is the church (1904–05), which is brick and soaring and Romanesque Revival in style. There is also a rectory (1929–30), a plain parish hall (1954–55), a cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a bu ..., and surrounding windbreaks and other land. The land was purchased in 1879 by the Irish Catholic Colonization Association of the U.S. which was organized in part "to aid the social, economic, and religious conditions of the Irish-American urban poor by assisting their reloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Visitation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Warsaw
The Church of the Visitation of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary ( pl, Kościół Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Marii Panny), otherwise known as St. Mary's Church (''Kościół Mariacki'') is a church in Warsaw, Poland. It is one of oldest buildings and one of the few surviving examples of Gothic architecture in the city. It is located at ''ulica Przyrynek 2''. History St. Mary's Church stands on the site of an ancient pagan place of worship. The church's foundation stone was laid by Janusz I the Old, Duke of Masovia and his wife, Danutė of Lithuania, in 1409. The church was consecrated in 1411. It has been modified, demolished and rebuilt several times. Originally it had one nave, was made of bricks, had a ceiling and an arch presbytery, before the end of the 15th century it was transformed into a three nave basilica. The church's most striking characteristic is the tower, built in 1518. It is recognizable from a great distance and is depicted in the oldest images of Warsaw. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
