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Saint Mark's Cathedral (other)
Saint Mark's Cathedral may refer to several cathedrals named for Saint Mark (Mark the Evangelist): Croatia * Korčula Cathedral Egypt * Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria) * Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Abbassia, Cairo * Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Azbakeya, Cairo India * St. Mark's Cathedral, Bangalore Italy * St Mark's Basilica in Venice * San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio, Rome * San Marco, Florence Mexico * St. Mark's Cathedral, Tuxtla Gutiérrez South Africa *St Mark's Cathedral, George, Western Cape United States *St. Mark's Cathedral (Shreveport, Louisiana) (Episcopal) *St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral (Minneapolis), Minnesota * St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral (Hastings, Nebraska) (Episcopal) *St. Mark's Cathedral (Salt Lake City), Utah (Episcopal) *St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle, Washington See also * St. Mark's Church (other) * St. Mark's (other) * Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korčula Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. Mark ( hr, Katedrala sv. Marka) also called Korčula Cathedral, is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Korčula, Croatia. It occupies an elevated position in the town centre. Architecture and furnishings The cathedral was built by local masters from the fifteenth century to the mid-sixteenth century. In 1557, an organ was placed in the cathedral. Tintoretto painted the altarpiece. The portal is the work of Bonino da Milano. A new organ was built in 1787 by Vinko Klisevic. In modern times, a bronze statue of Jesus Christ, the work of Croatian sculptor Frano Kršinić, was added to the baptistery. See also * Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik * Roman Catholicism in Croatia References {{DEFAULTSORT:St. Mark's Cathedral, Korcula Roman Catholic cathedrals in Croatia Korčula Buildings and structures in Dubrovnik-Neretva County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria)
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt. It is the historical seat of the Pope of Alexandria, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church. On Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, an Islamic State operative detonated his suicide belt in the cathedral, killing 17 people and wounding 48. Beginning The cathedral is said to stand on the site of the church founded by St. Mark the Evangelist in AD 42. St. Mark the Evangelist (author of the second Gospel) has been connected with the city of Alexandria since earliest Christian tradition. Coptic Christians believe he arrived in Alexandria around AD 42 and stayed for about seven years. During this time, Mark converted many to Christianity and performed many miracles. He is considered the founder of the church in Alexandria and the first Bishop of Alexandria. According to tradition, St. Mark was arrested during a festival of Serapis in AD 68 and martyred by being dragged through the streets. He was buried under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is a Coptic church located in the Abbassia District in Cairo, Egypt. The cathedral is the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope. It was built during the time when Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria was Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and was consecrated on 25 June 1968. The church is dedicated to St. Mark the Evangelist, an apostle of Jesus and founder of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Relics of his life are kept inside. It was, until 2019, (after the inauguration of the new Nativity Cathedral) the largest cathedral in Africa and the Middle East. History of the land The cathedral is located in the place of a village called p-Sovt em-p-Hoi ( Coptic: ⲡⲥⲟⲃⲧ ⲙ̀ⲡϩⲟⲓ "the wall of the moat") which had been given to the Coptic Church in 969 by Jawhar. This land was a replacement for the land that was taken from the church to be included in building the Palace of Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah as part of the planning of the new capital of Egypt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Azbakeya
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is a Coptic Orthodox Church, Coptic Orthodox church in Azbakeya, Cairo. It was the seat of the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Coptic Pope from 1800 to 1971. Due to Ibrahim El-Gohary's influential position in the government and his great favor to the Muslim rulers, he was able to issue fatwas that permitted the Copts to rebuild the destroyed church architecture, churches and monastery, monasteries. This was of particular importance because the Copts were not allowed to build new churches or to repair old ones unless they got official government approval, which was rarely granted. One of these churches that he built is Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Azbakeya in Cairo, that his brother completed and inaugurated by Pope Mark VIII of Alexandria, Pope Mark VIII in 1800. Ibrahim El-Gohary also donated many endowment of good land and money for the reconstruction, that amounted to 238 endowments as documented in the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mark's Basilica
The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark ( it, Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco), commonly known as St Mark's Basilica ( it, Basilica di San Marco; vec, Baxéłega de San Marco), is the cathedral church of the Catholic Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of San Pietro di Castello. It is dedicated to and holds the relics of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the patron saint of the city. The church is located on the eastern end of Saint Mark's Square, the former political and religious centre of the Republic of Venice, and is attached to the Doge's Palace. Prior to the fall of the republic in 1797, it was the chapel of the Doge and was subject to his jurisdiction, with the concurrence of the procurators of Saint Mark ''de supra'' for administrative and financial affairs. The present structure is the third church, begun probably in 1063 to express Venice's growing civic con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Marco Evangelista Al Campidoglio, Rome
San Marco is a minor basilica in Rome dedicated to St. Mark the Evangelist located in the small Piazza di San Marco adjoining Piazza Venezia. It was first built in 336 by Pope Mark, whose remains are in an urn located below the main altar. The basilica is the national church of Venice in Rome. History In 336, Pope Mark built a church devoted to one of the Evangelists, his patron saint, St. Mark, in a place called ''ad Pallacinas''. The church is thus recorded as ''Titulus Marci'' in the 499 synod of Pope Symmachus. At that time it became one of the stational churches of the city (Monday of the third week in Lent). After a restoration in 792 by Pope Adrian I, the church was rebuilt by Pope Gregory IV in 833. Besides the addition of a Romanesque bell tower in 1154, the major change in the architecture of the church was ordered by Pope Paul II in 1465–70, when the façade of the church was restyled according to the Renaissance taste with a portico and loggia, using marbles ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Marco, Florence
San Marco is a religious complex in Florence, Italy. It comprises a church and a convent. The convent, which is now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, has three claims to fame. During the 15th century it was home to two famous Dominicans, the painter Fra Angelico and the preacher Girolamo Savonarola. Furthermore, the church houses the tomb of Pico Della Mirandola, Renaissance philosopher and so called father of humanism. History Sylvestrines The present convent occupies the site where a Sylvestrine monastery existed in the 13th century, which later passed to the Sylvestrine monks. The church was used both for monastic liturgical functions and as a parish church. From this initial period there have recently been rediscovered some traces of frescoes below floor level. In 1418 the Sylvestrines, accused of laxity in their observance of the Rule, were pressured to leave, but it took a direct intervention of Pope Eugene IV and the Council of Basel before finally in 1437 the buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mark's Cathedral, George, Western Cape
Cathedral of St Mark in George, South Africa is the seat of the Diocese of George of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The present bishop is Brian Melvin Marajh. History On 23 April 1811 a portion of the District of Swellendam, east of the Gouritz River, was proclaimed a separate district and named George Town after the reigning British monarch, King George III. In the following year the Dutch Reformed Church appointed its first minister, and soon after that the London Missionary Society established a mission station at Hooge Kraal (1813). The town which developed around the mission later became known as Pacaltsdorp, so named after their long serving minister, the Reverend Charles Pacalt. George Town was one of the few villages in which the government had placed a colonial chaplain to serve the English community. He was permitted to use the Dutch church for Anglican services, and in 1848 a meeting was held to discuss ways and means of establishing a church of their own, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church (other)
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church may refer to: Egypt * Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, in Cairo, seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope * Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria) * Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Azbakeya, Cairo * Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Heliopolis) United States * St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Los Angeles), California * St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Centennial, Colorado), in the Denver metropolitan area * St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Burr Ridge, Illinois) * St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Jersey City, New Jersey) United Kingdom * Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church (London) See also * St. Mark's Church (other) * Saint Mark's Cathedral (other) * List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in Australia, including Oceania and East Asia * List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in Canada The following is a ''partial list'' of Coptic Orthodox Churches in Canada, the count stands at 70 churches and communities / C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
