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Church Of The Immaculate Conception (Seattle, Washington)
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Conception Church, Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception or Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church may refer to: Azerbaijan * Church of the Immaculate Conception, Baku Bosnia and Herzegovina * Immaculate Conception Church (Vidoši), Livno Brunei * Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, Seria Canada * Immaculate Conception Church (Palmer Road), Prince Edward Island * Immaculate Conception Church (Peterborough, Ontario) * Church of the Immaculate Conception (Cooks Creek, Manitoba) China * Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing * Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Changsha) * Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hangzhou) * Church of the Immaculate Conception, Huzhuang, Pingyin County, Jinan, Shandong province * Church of the Immaculate Conception, Jinan * Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Nanjing) Croatia * Immaculate Conception Church (Vidoši) Estonia * Immaculate Conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Immaculate Conception, Baku
The Church of the Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception (; ) is a Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic church in Baku, Azerbaijan. The original church, also named Church of the Immaculate Conception, Baku (1912), Church of the Immaculate Conception operated from 1915 to 1931, when it was ordered destroyed by the Soviet Union, Soviet government. In 2006, a new Catholic Church bearing the same name was rebuilt in a different part of Baku. On 29 April 2007, the new church was consecrated by Apostolic Nuncio in Transcaucasia, Monsignor Claudio Gugerotti. The parish is administered by the Salesians of Don Bosco. History In 1997, the Catholic community of Baku was re-established. In 2000, the Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan was created. After Pope John Paul II's visit to Azerbaijan in 2002, it was granted land to build a new church. The cornerstone of the new church was blessed by John Paul II. The new Church of the Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception was built in 2006, in a diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Of The Immaculate Conception Church, Goa
The Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church () is located in Panaji, Panjim, Goa, India. The Church conducts Mass every day in English, Konkani language, Konkani, and Portuguese. The colonial Portuguese Baroque architecture, Baroque style church was first built in 1541 as a chapel on a hill side overlooking the city of Panjim. It was eventually replaced by a larger church in the 1600s as part of Portuguese Goa State, Portuguese Goa's religious expansion. This church houses the ancient bell that was removed from the Augustinian ruins of the Church of Our Lady of Grace () in the once famed city of Old Goa. This bell is considered to be the second largest of its kind in Goa, surpassed only by the Golden Bell which resides in the Sé Cathedral in Old Goa. History A chapel was first built in Panaji in 1541, to serve the religious needs of Portuguese sailors at their first port of call in colonial Portuguese India. At that time the settlement was a small fishing village. It bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapel Of The Immaculate Conception, St
A chapel (from , a diminutive of ''cappa'', meaning "little cape") is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common type of these. Second, a chapel is a place of worship, sometimes interfaith, that is part of a building, complex, or vessel with some other main purpose, such as a school, college, hospital, palace or large aristocratic house, castle, barracks, prison, funeral home, hotel, airport, or military or commercial ship. Third, chapels are small places of worship, built as satellite sites by a church or monastery, for example in remote areas; these are often called a chapel of ease. A feature of all these types is that often no clergy are permanently resident or specifically attached to the chapel. For historical reasons, ''chapel'' is also often the term used by Independent (religion), independen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapel Of The Immaculate Conception, Bengħisa
The Chapel of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic church in Bengħisa near the town of Birżebbuġa in the Southern Region of Malta. The church was built in 1822 for the use of local farmers by Rev. Ġakbu Gauci. The mason Francis Callus was the builder of the church. Between 1861 and 1862 the church was extensively rebuilt and extended by Rev. Ġuzepp Gauci, the nephew of founder Rev. Ġakbu Gauci. The chapel was consecrated by Gaetano Pace Forno in 1862. It is listed Grade 2 on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands The National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands (NICPMI) is a heritage register listing the cultural property of Malta. The inventory includes properties such as archaeological sites, fortifications, religious buildings, mon .... Above the doorway of the church is the belfry; the facade of the chapel is decorated with Tuscan pilasters. The name 'Concetta' is inscribed on the bell of the church. Profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parish Church Of The Immaculate Conception, Ħamrun
The Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady () is a Roman Catholic parish church in Ħamrun, Malta. It was built between 1958 and 1963 and it took over the role of an oratory dedicated to the Immaculate Conception which had been established in Ħamrun in 1923. It has been a parish church since 1968. History An oratory dedicated to the Immaculate Conception was established in Ħamrun by Paul Burlo on 15 May 1923. Initially set up within a private dwelling, its location was moved several times over the next two decades. After Burlo died in 1950, the priest Edgar Vella took over the oratory and made plans to construct a permanent church. With assistance from Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi and pastor Matthew Chircop from the St Cajetan parish, Vella acquired a plot of land which formerly contained railway tracks of the Malta Railway to build the new building. The new church was designed by the architect Ġużè Damato and it was built by the stonemason Geraldu Camilleri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarria Church
The Church of the Immaculate Conception known also as Sarria Church is a Roman Catholic Rotunda church in Floriana, Malta. History The original chapel was built in 1585 with funds provided by the Knight Fra Martin Sarria Navarra. Following the devastation that the plague of 1675–76 brought on the country, Grand Master Nicolas Cotoner built in its place another church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception as a sign of thanksgiving. The church was designed by prominent painter Mattia Preti. It is vital to note that this was the only church designed by Preti. It was built under the direction of architect Lorenzo Gafà. The Sarria Church served as a temporary parish church for Floriana from 1942 to 1944, after the St. Publius Parish Church was damaged by aerial bombardment. Interior The most precious possession of this church are the seven large canvases that surround the interior, painted by Mattia Preti. The altarpiece, also by Preti, depicts the Immaculate Conception with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collegiate Church Of The Immaculate Conception, Bormla
The Collegiate Church of the Immaculate Conception () is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Cospicua, Malta. History The original parish church stood on the location of the present church. It was built before the Great Siege of Malta of 1565. It became a parish in 1586. Because of the growing number of parishioners it was decided to enlarge the church. But by 1684 the church became too small thus the construction of the present church commenced. The designs of the church are attributed to Vincenzo Casanova while those of the bell towers are attributed to Lorenzo Gafà. The church was finished around 1730. In 1822 the church was elevated to the status of a collegiate church. The dome includes paintings of David, Ezekiel, Moses and Isaiah by Giuseppe Calì from 1884. The church building is listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. See also *Culture of Malta *History of Malta * List of Churches in Malta *Religion in Malta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Immaculate Conception, Penang
The Church of the Immaculate Conception (, ) is a Roman Catholic church within George Town, Penang, George Town in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Penang. The church was founded in 1811 and is the second-oldest church in the diocese after Church of the Assumption (Penang), Church of the Assumption. History The church was founded in 1811 by Fr. John Baptist Pasqual, from Phuket (city), Phuket in Thailand. Fr. Pasqual landed in Pulau Tikus and decided to build a church. Fr. :fr:Jacques Chastan, Jacques-Honore Chastan (now a saint), served as the fourth parish priest in the church from 1830 to 1833. He left for Korea to do his missionary work. He was persecuted by the Korean authorities for protecting the Korean Catholics. Pope John Paul II in 1984 canonised him. The original church building lasted until 1835 when it was replaced with a brick church. On the adjoining a boys' school, St. Xavier's Branch School and Pulau Tikus Convent was construct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Immaculate Conception (Johor)
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Church Of The Immaculate Conception, Riccia
Immacolata Concezione ("Immaculate Conception", Italian: ''Chiesa dell'Immacolata''), also called the ''Convent of the Cappuccini'', is a Roman Catholic church located on Piazza Umberto I in the town of Riccia, Province of Campobasso in the region of Molise, Italy. History In 1679, the church and convent of the Capuchins was erected upon the ruins of the former Convent of the Celestine Order The Celestines were a Roman Catholic monastic order, a branch of the Benedictines, founded in 1244. At the foundation of the new rule, they were called Hermits of St Damiano, or Moronites (or Murronites), and did not assume the appellation of Ce .... The austere stone facade, rusticated inferiorly, has bronze doors; the lunettes above have a relief depicting the ''Immaculate Conception and Jesus'' by the sculptor Ettore Marinelli. On the roof of the main entrance is a much restored fresco of ''St Francis of Assisi receiving the Stigmata'' (1696) by an unknown painter. The church also has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Immaculate Conception, Tallow
The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Tallow is a Catholic church in the parish of Tallow, County Waterford. It is listed in the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Waterford City and County Council. Its grounds include a large cemetery. It was built on the site of an earlier church in 1826, with its construction being led by Fr. Denis O'Donnell, who was parish priest in Tallow from 1812 until his death in 1830. He celebrated the first mass held in the new church on 24 November 1827. In 1868 a bell tower and front porch was added. A spire with a cross at its summit initially adorned the tower, however this was removed some time after 1930. Ahead of the church's' bicentenary, in 2024 a major renovation project was launched to secure the integrity of the building. Phase 1 of the project, costing €133,000, was finished in early 2025 and involved the restoration of the church's north face, addressing water ingress which had caused damage to the interior's Italian-painted fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Immaculate Conception, Dublin
The Church of the Immaculate Conception, also known as Adam and Eve's, is a Roman Catholic church run by the Franciscans and it is located on Merchants Quay, Dublin. History During the Dissolution of the Monasteries, England and Wales#Ireland, Dissolution reign of King Henry VIII around 1540 the Friary at Francis Street, the site of the current church of St. Nicholas of Myra (Without), Francis Street, was confiscated and the community was dispersed. In 1615 a new friary was built on Cook Street, Dublin, Cook Street. A chapel on the site was destroyed in 1619 and later rebuilt. The Franciscans secretly said Mass in the Adam and Eve Tavern, where the popular name of the present church comes from. In 1759 a newer church was built, which was later replaced by the current church. After the Catholic Emancipation in 1829, they set about building a church and laid the foundation stone of the current church in 1834. The original design was by the architect Patrick Byrne (architect), Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
