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St. Peter And St. Paul's Church (other)
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, and variations using Saint or Saints or other, may refer to one of many churches dedicated to the apostles Saint Peter and Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul around the world, including: Armenia * Saint Paul and Peter Church, Yerevan (destroyed in the 1930s) Australia * St Peter and St Paul Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Strathfield, in Sydney Belarus * Saints Peter and Paul Church, Iwye Belgium * Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk, Ostend Bosnia and Herzegovina * Saints Peter and Paul Church, Livno * Church of St. Peter and Paul, Mostar Bulgaria * Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Nikopol Canada * Saints Peter and Paul Melkite Catholic Church, in Ottawa * St. Peter & St. Paul's Anglican Church (Ottawa) Croatia * Church of St. Peter and Paul, Bolman * Church of St. Peter and Paul, Orolik * Church of St Peter and St Paul, Osijek, co-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek * Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Štikada, Serbian Orth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Peter
Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian#Jerusalem ekklēsia, early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in Gospel#Canonical gospels, all four New Testament gospels, as well as the Acts of the Apostles. Catholic Church, Catholic and Eastern Orthodoxy, Orthodox tradition treats Peter as the first bishop of Rome – or List of popes, pope – and also as the first bishop of Antioch. Peter's History of the papacy, leadership of the early believers is estimated to have spanned from AD 30 or 33 to his death; these dates suggest that he could have been the longest-reigning pope, for anywhere from 31 to 38 years; however, this has never been verified. According to Apostolic Age, Christian tradition, Peter was crucified in Rome under Emperor Nero. The ancient Christian churches all venera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saints Peter And Paul's Church, Cork
Saints Peter and Paul's Church is a Catholic church located on Carey's Lane in Cork City, Ireland. History Peter and Paul's was built to replace Carey's Lane Chapel, a much smaller structure built in 1786. Under the guidance of Archdeacon John Murphy, a design competition was run in the 1850s and won by E. W. Pugin, son of Augustus Pugin. The foundation stone was laid on 15 August 1859. Though the construction of the church was completed in on 29 June 1864, and the public were granted the opportunity to view the interior of the church at this time, the church was unable to open as the debts associated with its construction had not yet been paid off. Exactly two years after the church first welcomed members of the public to enter, it was dedicated for worship on 29 June 1866. In 1930, an associated Scout Group was formed, the 4th Cork (Ss Peter and Paul's) meeting in Brown Street, then Castle Street and now Gilabbey Park, though no longer directly connected to the parish. Bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saints Peter And Paul Church, Siematycze
Saints Peter and Paul Church is an Orthodox parish church located in Siemiatycze, belonging to the of the of the Polish Orthodox Church. The first church in Siemiatycze was established in the 15th century and served as a parish church from the beginning. It officially became property of the Uniate Church immediately after the signing of the Union of Brest, effectively transitioning in 1614. A new wooden Uniate church in Siemiatycze was funded in the same century by Lew Sapieha. The temple became an important pilgrimage center on Trinity Sunday, originally its patronal feast. Over time, its significance in the town diminished, and the Uniate parish gradually became impoverished. In 1839, the Siemiatycze parish was compelled to return to Orthodox faith, following the decisions of the Synod of Polotsk. Although the 17th-century church was already in poor condition by then, a brick Orthodox temple was built in Siemiatycze only after the suppression of the January Uprising, largely f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archcathedral Basilica Of St
A cathedral is a church (building), church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, Annual conferences within Methodism, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic Church, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicanism, Anglican, and some Lutheranism, Lutheran churches.''New Standard Encyclopedia'', 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c. Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastery, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. The cathedra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saints Peter And Paul Church, Kraków
The Church of Saints Apostles Peter and Paul () is a Roman Catholic Polish Baroque church located at 52a Grodzka Street in the Old Town district of Kraków, Poland. It was built between by Giovanni Maria Bernardoni who perfected the original design of Józef Britius. It is the biggest of the historic Churches of Kraków in terms of seating capacity. Since 1842 it has served the Catholic All Saints parish. History The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is the first structure in Kraków designed entirely in the Baroque style, and perhaps the first Baroque building in present-day Poland. It was funded by the King Sigismund III Vasa (''Zygmunt III'') for the Jesuit order. The plan of the church as a cruciform basilica was drafted by an Italian architect Giovanni de Rossi. His design was carried out by Józef Britius at first (from 1597), and then modified by Giovanni Maria Bernardoni. The final shape of the present-day façade, the dome and its Baroque interior is the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saints Peter And Paul Church, Brzeg
Saints Peter and Paul Church in Brzeg, Poland, is a historic Gothic architecture, Gothic Franciscans, Franciscan basilica built in the thirteenth century. The church was built in the thirteenth century, subsequently expanded in 1338, and transformed after a fire in the sixteenth century. In 1527, after Frederick II of Legnica introduced Lutheranism into Brzeg, the town's Franciscans were expelled, with the basilica acquired by the town authorities. In 1582, the building was rebuilt into an arsenal. The fire service moved into the building the nineteenth-thirties. After the 1997 Central European flood, Great Flood of 1997, the basilica's tower, together with some of its walls collapsed. Since 2001, the basilica has undergone renovation works, with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław acquiring the church in 2003. In 2013, the archdiocese received funds of Polish zloty, zl 1,700,000 from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland), Ministry of Culture and Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saints Peter And Paul Parish Church (Siniloan)
Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church, commonly known as Siniloan Church, is the only Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Siniloan, Laguna, Philippines, under the Diocese of San Pablo. Its titular is Saint Peter and Saint Paul, whose feast falls every June 29. Church history Siniloan was established as a '' reduccion'' by Father Juan de la Plasencia and Father Diego de Oropeza in 1579 and was formalized in 1583 as ''Guilinguiling.'' The first church of Siniloan, based on the records of Felix de Huerta, was dedicated to Our Lady of Purification (). In 1599, the supreme government allowed the establishment of a stone church. In 1604, the church was placed under the advocacy of Saints Peter and Paul. The old church was built from 1733 to 1739 under the term of Father Melchor de San Antonio. At that time, located north of the church was a small chapel dedicated to Saint Sebastian, the martyr. It was heavily damaged during the 1880 Luzon earthquakes and was rebuilt from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saints Peter And Paul Parish Church (Calasiao)
Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church, commonly known as Calasiao Church, is a Baroque architecture, Baroque church located in Poblacion West, Calasiao, Pangasinan, Calasiao, Pangasinan, Philippines. It belongs to the Vicariate of Sts. Peter and Paul under the Ecclesiastical Province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. The 57,840 Catholics is under the pastoral care of Rev. Fidelis B. Layog, assisted by Rev. Isidro Palinar, Jr. and Rev. Raymund Manaois. The Spanish-colonial-era Church was declared a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (Philippines), National Commission for Culture and the Arts. History Built in several stages from the 17th to 19th centuries by the Dominicans, the best-preserved Pangasinan church bell tower and some parts have been reconstructed because of earthquakes. The 17th Century Calasiao Dominican Provincial chapter church under St. Paul's patronage b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ss Peter And Paul Cathedral, Dogura
Ss Peter and Paul Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Dogura, Papua New Guinea. It was consecrated in 1939, just after the outbreak of World War II. It is the seat of the Bishop of Dogura in the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea. The Dogura diocese consists of Milne Bay Province. The cathedral is the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea's only traditional European-style cathedral of substantial size and built of masonry. History History of the Dogura mission In 1883 the Government of the Colony of Queensland annexed the south-eastern quarter of the island of New Guinea, which became the Territory of Papua. In 1890 the Administrator of the Territory of Papua, William MacGregor, brokered a 'comity of missions' agreement between the different Christian denominations, whereby each denomination would restrict its missionary activity to a particular area. The Church of England was given responsibility for the north-east coast of Papua from Cape Ducie to Mitre Rock, near the borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Holy Apostles Peter And Paul, Suva Reka
Church of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul was a Serbian Orthodox church located in Suva Reka, city and seat of the eponymous municipality in central Kosovo and Metohija. The church was built in 1938, and it belonged to the Diocese of Raška and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Upon arrival of the German KFOR troops in the area of Suva Reka in June 1999, and when Albanians The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, ... took over administration of the town, the church was vandalized and looted. In the early morning on 19 July 1999 the church was destroyed by powerful explosives. Local Albanians built a parking lot in the courtyard of the former church. References Further reading * External links ("The list of destroyed and desecrated churches in Kosovo and Metohija June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santi Pietro E Paolo, Siena
The church of Santi Pietro e Paolo is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church, located on Via San Marco in the contrada of Chiocciola, in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. History It originally was annexed to a monastery, that moved to this site in 1361, after the plague. The original church of the monastery dedicated to San Paolo proved too small, and by the 17th-century a new church was planned. This church was begun in 1622 on designs of Flaminio del Turco; the brick façade was completed in 1678, work of Niccolò Franchini. The cupola, supported with an octagonal tambor, was completed in 1645, while the lantern was reconstructed in a Neoclassical style in 1818 by Agostino Fantastici after the earthquake of 1798 had toppled the previous lantern. When the monastery was suppressed under Napoleonic rule, the Contrada ''della Chiocciola'' moved here the functions of the nearby Chapel della Chiocciola, which was then deconsecrated and now used as a stable for the Pali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pietro Caveoso
San Pietro Caveoso, also known as "Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church" is a Catholic church situated in the Sassi of Matera. The front is in the baroque style and presents three portals. Over each portal there is a niche with statues. They show the "Madonna of the mercy", "Saint Peter" (over the left portal) and "Saint Paul" (over the right portal). The side niches are surmounted by two rectangular windows and the central one by two single-lancet windows. There is a rose window and a bell tower with a pyramidal on it. The central nave ceiling is adorned with pictures of "Jesus and Saint Peter" and "Saint Paul's conversion". The 18th-century altar has a wooden polyptych dating back to 1540, painted by an anonymous artist from Matera. The church originally had eight chapels, but the right four were demolished to build the oratory. In the fourth left chapel there is a baptismal font A baptismal font is an Church architecture, ecclesiastical architectural element, which serves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
