St. John's Church ( ko, 성요한성당), also known as Bundang Church ( ko, 분당성당), is a
Roman Catholic church located in
Bundang,
Seongnam,
South Korea. Founded in 1993, it was constructed as a mixture of both modern as well as
gothic-style architecture. It features a replica of
Michelangelo's Pietà
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was insp ...
; one of only three in the world officially authorized by the
Vatican. The church is part of the
Diocese of Suwon.
The church has a unique
spiral stairway (instead of stairs) that features an accompanying spiraling mural which begins with the biblical story of creation in
Genesis
Genesis may refer to:
Bible
* Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind
* Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book o ...
at the base of the walkway, including the life events of
Jesus, His
Passion and ending with illustrations from the
Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of the Apostles ( grc-koi, Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, ''Práxeis Apostólōn''; la, Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its messag ...
. The building was one of the churches to host the
Sistine Choir on its first visit to South Korea in 2017.
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in South Korea
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St. John's Church (disambiguation) St. John's Church, Church of St. John, or variants, thereof, (Saint John or St. John usually refers to John the Baptist, but also, sometimes, to John the Apostle or John the Evangelist) may refer to the following churches, former churches or oth ...
References
External links
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Bundang
Buildings and structures in Gyeonggi Province
Tourist attractions in Gyeonggi Province
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in South Korea
Murals in South Korea
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