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Some of these temples were built several centuries ago, others are the creations of modern architects. Some ideas took decades and even centuries to implement. Others took only a few years. All these buildings have one thing in common - their architecture is unique, and this attracts millions of people, regardless of beliefs.
website brings you some of the most architecturally remarkable places of worship from around the world.
Milan Cathedral, Italy
Holy Trinity Church, Antarctica
Russian Orthodox Church was built in Russia in the 1990s and then transported to a Russian station in Antarctica. This is one of 7 churches on its territory.
Taktsang Lhakhang, Bhutan
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, United Arab Emirates
Church of Hallgrimskirkja, Iceland
The Lutheran Church in Reykjavik is the fourth tallest building in Iceland. It is located in the center of Reykjavik and is visible from any part of the city.
Temple of All Religions, Kazan, Russia
This unique building miraculously combines the Christian cross, the Muslim crescent, the Star of David and the Chinese dome. True, no rituals are performed here, because it is not functioning temple, but just a building, inside similar to a residential building. In total, the project provides for domes and other iconic elements of religious buildings of 16 world religions, including disappeared civilizations.
Lotus Temple, India
For the people of India, the lotus symbolizes purity and peace. This is one of the most visited buildings in the world.
Kul-Sharif Mosque, Kazan, Russia
The designers of the new mosque tried to recreate the main mosque of the Kazan Khanate, destroyed in 1552 by the troops of Ivan the Terrible.
Cathedral of Las Lajas, Colombia
The neo-Gothic cathedral is built directly on a 30-meter arched bridge connecting the two sides of a deep gorge. The temple is taken care of by two Franciscan communities: one is Colombian, the other is Ecuadorian. Thus, the Cathedral of Las Lajas became the key to peace and union between the two South American peoples.
Kamppi Chapel of Silence, Finland
It is intended for solitude and meetings. Services are not held in the chapel. Here you can hide from the hustle and bustle, enjoy peace in one of the busiest places in the capital and meditate in an ecologically clean space. because of appearance and materials, the chapel of silence is often called the "sauna of the spirit."
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin, Slovenia
The church is located on the only island in all of Slovenia. To get inside, you need to swim across the lake in a boat and climb 99 steps.
Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, USA
The unique design of the chapel is a classic example of modernist architecture. The magnificent interior combines several different areas of worship under one roof, including Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Buddhist chapels. Each of them has its own distinctive symbolism, ammunition and its own exit.
Paoai Church, Philippines
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Australia
St. Patrick's Cathedral is the tallest and largest church in Australia.
Church of the Transfiguration, Kizhi, Russia
The church was built in the traditions of Russian carpentry, that is, without nails. It is crowned with 22 domes, and its height is 37 meters.
Green Church, Argentina
The most common Catholic Church became famous thanks to the rich living decoration of ivy, which turned the facade into an allusion to the Biblical Garden of Gethsemane.
Andrew's Church, Ukraine
The church is located on a steep hill, offering a beautiful view of Kyiv. According to legend, it was built on the site where St. Andrew the First-Called set up a cross. This is just one of the many legends that shrouded St. Andrew's Church.
California Mormon Temple, USA
The huge building is made in a dazzling white color. And this color scheme is no coincidence, because White color traditionally perceived as a symbol of purity and purity. Inside the Mormon Temple itself, tourists and simply curious people are not allowed; only members of the community can enter the premises of the sacred building.
Crystal Mosque, Malaysia
It is located on an artificial island. The mosque is made of steel and glass, so it seems that it is crystal.
900 year old Borgund Stave Church
(Borgund Wooden), Norway
Stave church in Borgund (Borgund Stave Church) - old wooden church presumably in 1150-80. in honor of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called. This unique building is one of the 28 frame churches that have survived to this day in one state or another, of which at least one and a half thousand were built in Norway.
Ivolginsky Datsan, Buryatia, Russia
Ivolginsky datsan "Khambyn Sume" ("Abode of the Wheel of Teaching, bringing happiness and full of joy") is a Buddhist datsan monastery, the center of the Buddhist traditional Sangha of Russia.
Monument of history and architecture. Located in the village of Verkhnyaya Ivolga, 36 km west of the center of Ulan-Ude.
This is the first datsan opened in Soviet times, in 1945.
Temple-lighthouse of Nicholas the Wonderworker, Crimea, Russia
The temple-lighthouse in the village of Malorechensky near Alushta was
built in memory of all sea travelers who died.
Opened June 18, 2006
Church of Las Lajas, Colombia
The structure, towering over the Guaitara River, serves as a frame for the rock icon Senora de las Lajas.
The legend says that in 1754, the Mother of God appeared near the cave, near which the church is now located, and healed a deaf-mute girl named Rosa. After that, an image of a woman with a baby in her arms appeared on the rock.
Church of St. Andrew the First-Called on Vuoksa, Russia
A small wooden tented church, octagonal from the ground, was built in 2000 according to the design of architect Andrey Rotinov and consecrated on September 23, 2000.
Assigned to the Konevskaya Church in the village of Sapernoe.
She entered the Guinness Book of Records as the only church in the world built on a tiny island, the foundation of which is a monolithic rock protruding from the water. A ferry goes to the shore from the temple. The church is active, services are held according to the schedule.
By prior arrangement, christenings and weddings are performed in the church.
Lotus Temple, New Delhi, India
The Lotus Temple is one of the most beautiful temples. The most original sacred building in the world: it is built in the shape of a snow-white blooming flower and does not have a single straight line. Around the stone "lotus" there are flower beds and 9 huge pools: it seems that it really grows out of the water.
The official name of this temple is the Baha'i House of Worship. This religion is the youngest in the world (appeared in the middle of the 19th century). She professes the unity of God and the unity of religions, therefore a person of any religion and nationality can come to the Bahai temple and pray to the god in whom he believes.
Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland
According to the idea of the architect Goodjoun Samuelson, the building Lutheran church was supposed to symbolize a volcanic eruption, when the rising lava rises to the sky.
Organ music impresses with its purity and beauty. The mechanical instrument was created by the Bonn master Johannes Klais especially for the church. It is 15 m long and 25 tons in weight and has more than 5250 pipes, thanks to such huge dimensions it makes a unique impression on its faithful listeners. Like the building itself, the sounds fly somewhere high, leaving only a slight trace of joy in the soul.
Organ music evenings are held here regularly.
Wat Rong Khun, Thailand
Wat Rong Khun is one of the most unusual temples, located in the Thai city of Chiang Rai: the architect Chalermchai Kositpipat has been building it since 1997 and is going to supplement the building with new details and mythological creatures until his death,
hoping that the snow-white temple will give him "eternal life."
Ad Deir, city of Petra, Jordan.
Ad-Dair (translated from Arabic as “monastery”) is a Nabatean rock temple of the 1st century AD. e., preserved near the city of Petra. It is a monumental building carved entirely from the rock. It measures 50 meters wide and about 45 meters high. After the adoption of Christianity in the 4th century, the building was used as a monastery. This is evidenced by an altar carved into the rock and an ornament in the form of crosses. Ad-Dair is visited less frequently than the other Nabataean temple of El-Khazneh,
because the path to it leads along a staircase with several hundred steps.
Milan Cathedral, Italy
Milan Cathedral, or Duomo di Milano. This cathedral was built over 5 centuries, from 1386 until the 19th century, when Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the facade of the cathedral to be completed.
It is the only cathedral that has survived from the Gothic architecture of Italy.
White Mosque, Abu Dhabi, UAE
The Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Grand Mosque of white marble with 82 domes (or, as it is also called, the White Mosque) is a real miracle and one of the most amazing buildings.
The uniqueness of the mosque is not only in its striking architecture, dazzling wealth and impressive dimensions (it is one of the six most great mosques of the world) is also one of two such structures in the world, into which everyone is allowed, regardless of their nationality and religion. All other mosques are only open to Muslims.
Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China
The Temple of Heaven (XV century) is one of the embodied ideas about the world in terms of traditional Chinese culture. It was believed that the earth has the shape of a square, and the sky is a circle, and in the alignment of this worldview, two structures were created: the Temple of Heaven, by the way, the only religious building of a round shape in all of Beijing, and the Temple of the Earth, respectively, of a square shape,
Temple Pura Tanah Lot,
Bali island, Indonesia
Pura Tanah Lot is one of the most interesting and main attractions of Indonesia. Today it is a functioning Hindu temple, a very popular place among travelers, as well as a cultural symbol of the country. Translated from the Balinese language, Tanah Lot literally means "land in the sea." Temple on the rock According to legend, the temple was built by the Hindu brahmin Nirarthi in the 15th century. The temple is connected to the land by a narrow isthmus, which can only be crossed at low tide. Only believers can climb the stairs carved into the rock and enter the temple.
Tourists can only visit the bottom of the cliff.
At present, the problem of the formation of tolerant consciousness has become especially acute, and textbooks of the humanities in elementary school contain a minimum of information on this problem and a minimum of material for work, which, in my opinion, indicates the absence of a system in solving this issue. Therefore, in the classroom, the teacher should use every opportunity to instill in children a sense of respect for someone else's way of life.
So when studying history in the 4th grade of the topic “Adoption of Christianity in Russia”, it is necessary to acquaint students with the content and essence of the three (out of the four main) religions of the world: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, which allows us to more fully substantiate the reason for the adoption of Christianity in 988 by Prince Vladimir " Red Sun.
Acquaintance with these religions can begin with the definition of the architectural features of the temples.
Primary school students are a fertile ground for international education, which is very important at the present time, so it is important not to miss the time when you can convey to children the idea that people different religions complement each other, enrich their inner and outer world.
Lesson objective: to give children knowledge about the similarity of the religions of the world, about a single source of their origin.
The purpose of the lesson: patriotic education, education of a sense of tolerance in children.
Equipment:
- images of Orthodox churches, Muslim mosques, Jewish synagogues;
- a set of postcards "Temple of Christ the Savior";
- textbook E.V. Saplina, A.I. Saplin "Introduction to History" Grade 4 M.: "Budt Bust", 2002;
- notebook of creative tasks E.V. Saplina, A.I. Saplin "Introduction to history" Grade 4, M .: "Drofa", 2005; atlas "History of the Fatherland" grades 3-5, M .: "Bubblebust", 2000;
- Holy books - Bible, Koran.
During the classes
1. Setting the goal of the lesson
Today we are going to take a little trip. Let's visit different temples. What temples have you been to? We will start our journey from the Orthodox Church.
2. Posting new material
Architectural features of Orthodox churches.
The teacher demonstrates the image of the Orthodox Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
What is a Russian temple?
What geometric shape does it resemble? (Square.)
From the point of view of the ancient peoples, the square is a symbol of what? (Symbol of the earth.)
What is the end of the temple? (Domes.)
What geometric shape does the dome resemble? (A circle.)
The circle from the point of view of ancient people is a symbol of what? (Heaven.)
What conclusion can we draw? (The dome is also a symbol of the sky.)
How many domes do you see on the Cathedral of Christ the Savior? (5)
The number of domes can be different: one chapter - in honor of Jesus Christ, three chapters - in honor of the Holy Trinity, five chapters - in honor of Jesus Christ and the four evangelists, seven - the number of church sacraments: baptism, chrismation, repentance, communion, sacrament of priesthood, sacrament of marriage, unction.
The teacher demonstrates images of temples with different numbers of domes.
Very rarely there are temples with 9 domes in honor of the meeting of the soul of a deceased person with angels of 9 ranks. Such a rare nine-domed is the Dmitrovsky Assumption Cathedral, built at the expense of Dmitrovsky Prince Yuri Ivanovich, son of Ivan III in 1509-1533, and the Moscow Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed (Church of the Intercession on the Moat), built under Ivan IV in honor of the capture of Kazan on October 14, 1552 . Children look at the images of temples, their domes.
There are 13 domed temples in honor of Jesus Christ and 12 apostles.
We will find an image of such a temple on page 3 of the atlas "History of the Fatherland".
What is the name of this temple? Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv.
What are the domes crowned with? (Cross.)
The sign of the cross in pre-Christian times in many religions was a symbol of the divine and a symbol of eternal life, and with the adoption of Christianity, the Cross of the Lord includes these meanings and is for Christians a sign of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
Work with a notebook. In the workbook on page 11, find Orthodox church.
How did you determine that this is an Orthodox church? It resembles a square, has a dome crowned with a cross.
What does an Orthodox church look like inside?
Postcards are hung on a board or stand with interior decoration Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
The main part of the Orthodox Church - altar.
The altar is the most important part of an Orthodox church. The word "altar" is Latin. The altar existed in pre-Christian times. AT early Christianity The altar was the table on which the sacrament was prepared. Only priests or men can enter the altar when performing the rite of baptism. The altar is separated from the rest of the temple by a wall with icons - an iconostasis, which allows the clergy not to be distracted during the sacred service.
There are 5 rows of icons on the iconostasis. In the center are Royal Doors. From the entrance through the whole church to the royal doors lies royal way, which is marked on the floor with a different color or carpet.
Demonstration of the model of the iconostasis with the Royal Doors.
Work with the textbook.
Page 25. Top drawing. What is shown? Royal Doors.
Prove, confirm your words with lines from the text.
Bottom drawing. What is shown? Orthodox church and bell tower.
Why is a bell tower built next to an Orthodox church? Christians are called to worship by the ringing of bells.
What does an Islamic mosque look like?
Work with a notebook. In the workbook on page 11, find a Muslim mosque.
The teacher demonstrates a picture of a mosque.
How did you determine that this is a mosque? Mosques have a crescent moon.
The construction of Islamic religious buildings is based on a rectangular courtyard (similar to the square shape of an Orthodox church - a symbol of the earth)
What is the end of the mosque? Dome. (Resemblance to an Orthodox church: the dome is a symbol of heaven.) What is the dome crowned with? Crescent. (Christians have a cross)
The word "Islam" means "giving oneself to God." In Arabic, it sounds "Muslim", hence the origin Russian word"Muslim".
What architectural similarities do we see in an Orthodox church, a Muslim mosque?
Quadrangular shape, dome with a cross or crescent symbol of religion.
AT difference from Christian temples, in mosques there are no images of living beings (animals and humans). This has a deep religious meaning: not to be distracted from the prayer directed to Allah.
The mosque is decorated with geometric and floral ornaments, inscriptions in Arabic script.
A minaret is being built next to the mosque. Muslims call for prayer by singing from the top of the minaret. (Christians - bell ringing)
Religious similarities in Christianity and Islam.
Do Christians have a god? Yes. Muslims? Yes. What is the name of the Muslim god? Allah.
Do Christians have a holy book? Yes, the Bible (Greek - a collection of books). The holy book of Muslims is the Quran (Arabic - read by heart, recite).
Showing and examining the sacred books - the Bible and the Koran.
Arabian and biblical sacred books have common roots. (Adam, Eve, Abraham - Ibrahim, Moses - Moussa.)
Do Christians have angels? Yes. Muslims? Yes. (Archangel Gabriel, in Islam - Jabrail).
Differences in Christianity and Islam, Judaism.
Christianity recognizes the trinity of the deity: God is the Father, God is the Son, God is the Holy Spirit. Islam recognizes monotheism and considers Jesus the penultimate prophet. Jews consider Jesus Christ the last prophet.
Judaism.
Work with a notebook. In your workbook on page 11, find the Jewish synagogue. What architectural features can we identify in the Jewish synagogue?
At the heart of the temple is a quadrangle, like an Orthodox church and a mosque. The synagogue is also crowned with a dome.
The teacher demonstrates a picture of the synagogue.
There are no images of living beings in the synagogue, only floral ornaments and inscriptions (as well as in mosques)
Judaism is the oldest of these three religions. The holy book of the Jews is the Bible.
Judaism was the first to proclaim monotheism. Judaism is the source from which came Christianity (the most widespread religion). On the basis of the ideas of Judaism and Christianity, Islam appeared (the second largest world religion). That is why there is so much in common in these religions, which means that you can always find a common language when resolving any controversial issues.
3. Generalization
On the board (stand) posted images of temples for comparative analysis.
What kind architectural similarities we see in an Orthodox church, a Muslim mosque, a Jewish synagogue?
At the base of the temple is a square. The dome is a symbol of the sky. Cross, crescent, star - religious symbols.
The absence of the image of living beings in the mosque and synagogue, so as not to be distracted from prayer, but in Christian temple there is an iconostasis that separates the altar from the rest of the church, so that nothing distracts the clergy during the service.
Arabian and biblical stories have common roots. (Adam, Eve, Abraham - Ibrahim, Moses - Moussa.)
The main sacred book: the Koran - among Muslims, the Bible - among Christians and Jews.
4. Summing up
What new did you learn today?
What conclusions can we draw?
People of different religions complement each other, enrich their inner and outer world.
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are religions close to each other, because they have a lot in common.
5. Homework
Textbook, pp. 24-28, workbook, pp. 11.
References
1. E.V. Saplina, A.I. Saplin "Introduction to History" Grade 4 M.: "Budt Bust", 2002;
2. O.A. Andreev. Spiritual revival of personality through the analysis of world religions. Rostov-on-Don: "Phoenix", 2003.
3. T.D. Sholokhov, G.N. Podshibyakin. Shrines of the land of Dmitrov. Photo album. Moscow: LLC Publishing Group Life, 2005.
Temple of all religions February 7th, 2015
In the village of Staroe Arakchino, not far from Kazan, there is an unusual building - the Temple of All Religions (another name is the Ecumenical Temple), built by the artist, sculptor Ildar Khanov (November 3, 1940 - February 9, 2013). According to the project, there are domes and other elements of religious buildings of 16 world beliefs - churches, mosques, synagogues, pagodas, as well as disappeared civilizations. It is noteworthy that the Temple of All Religions is not intended for religious rites and worship; it is a symbol that emphasizes the possibility of combining beliefs.
This is how it all began: on April 19, 1994, Jesus appeared in a dream to Ildar, who ordered him to build the Ecumenical Temple, to which Ildar replied that he had no money and means for construction. Jesus said: "You start building, people will believe in you and help will come." Ildar went out into the yard and began to dig the ground for the foundation. In less than an hour and a half, an acquaintance of Ildar appeared and, having learned that he was building the Ecumenical Temple, promised to send 15 masons. Work boiled over. The next day, in the middle of the night, Ildar heard a noise in the yard and saw that someone had brought 3 KAMAZ bricks. Who brought the brick remains a mystery. The surrounding people provided him with all possible assistance and the work did not stop for a single day.
Let's see what came of it...
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In total, it was planned to unite in the complex 16 temples of different religions, not only existing now, for example, Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Bahai, but also disappeared, for example, the ancient Assyrian religion. There is also a temple of Mother Teresa in the complex, this temple is designed to revive the worship of Mother Woman. It was also planned to create a theater in the complex, where performances will be held on different languages, as well as an ecological school, a children's art school, a children's conservatory, a memorial to the fallen, rehabilitation center for drug addicts.
Unfortunately, the temple remained unfinished during the life of its creator. Ildar Khanov died on February 9, 2013 in Moscow after a long illness.
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Construction of the building began in 1994 and continues to this day. In its completed parts, there are art exhibitions, concerts and literary evenings, in the future it is planned to open children's circles, a yoga club, a rehabilitation center for drug addicts and other similar institutions.
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Here is what the author himself said: “The Universal Temple was not conceived as a place where people of different religions would pray side by side. People have not yet come to Monotheism.” It must be said that Ildar Khanov was a great humanist. He saw the purpose of his life in the humanization of space, so that everything that surrounds a person, and he himself radiated harmony and goodness. His biography, spiritual practice and creativity at the limit of possibilities are the best embodiment of his ideals, the crowning achievement of which was the construction of the Temple.
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Ildar Khanov and Svyatoslav Roerich
Ildar Mansaveevich Khanov was born in the aforementioned village. He was a Muslim by birth. His childhood fell on the difficult war years. In 1943, two of his brothers died, and he himself almost died, having experienced clinical death. In 1960, Ildar graduated from the Kazan Art College and entered the Moscow Art Institute named after V. Surikov.
Over the decades of creative activity, Ildar Khanov has completed more than 70 sculptural and monumental decorative works, as well as hundreds of paintings. In Moscow, Khanov met the famous artist Svyatoslav Roerich. Together they discussed the idea of creating an Ecumenical Temple - a temple of unity of souls. But in Soviet times, the implementation of this idea was impossible.
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Ildar Khanov is not the first who came up with the idea to collect symbols of the main religions in one place. There is already something similar in the world: for example, the Museum of World Religions in the Chinese city of Xinbei. Here are exhibits that tell about the ten major religions of the world. Eliminating prejudices and misunderstandings between representatives of different communities and cultures is one of the main reasons for the creation of the Museum of World Religions.
The Five Temples Square in Bali is an example of how five temples of world religions can peacefully coexist in a fairly small space of 2000 m2. Here all the temples are active, rituals and services are held in the usual routine for every believer.
What a far walk! In St. Petersburg, back in 1930, the State Museum of the History of Religions was founded, in which the main goal is educational activities. Museum workers strive to convey history, the era of the formation of religions in an accessible and understandable way even for the most unprepared visitor.
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The Ecumenical Temple in Kazan seeks not only to combine all the best that has already been created by past generations, but is clearly capable of giving more.
Also known as the Temple of 7 Religions, located in the village of Staroe Arakchino near Kazan, it consists not only of a fenced-in cascade of buildings with a functioning museum, concert hall, and exhibition gallery. The creative flight of the author's thought also affects the banks of the Volga, which stretches like a wide canvas literally 200 meters from the temple. Here the artist's imagination drew a whole complex, consisting of an ecological school, a marine club with numerous boats and a submarine, a memorial to fallen soldiers, and an international children's rehabilitation center.
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All this remained in the imagination of the author. On February 9, 2013, he passed away, not having had time to complete his grandiose plan. The construction of the Ecumenical Temple began in 1994 and was carried out mainly through charitable assistance to the temple. It is noteworthy that during the life of Ildar Khanov, construction work did not stop for a single day.
Today, the Temple of Seven Religions in Kazan is an example of the power and strength of a person who carries out a charitable deed. Having no savings, but having a pure soul of a believer and an incredible desire to create, Ildar Khanov took a chance and laid a solid foundation for mutual understanding and respect between representatives of different faiths.
Temple of all religions, which is located at the address: Kazan, pos. Old Arakchino, 4, financial assistance and support is required in any of its manifestations. Charity in the creation of a socially significant object is not only a good deed worthy of respect. With your help, every visitor to the temple, especially the younger generation, will find out: there is no limit to a person’s capabilities when he embarks on the path of beneficence, and the whole Universe helps him in this.
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Let's go through the temples of different religions or how to say - confessions. In the review, I didn’t mention Orthodox churches for obvious reasons, and I didn’t even run to the new mosque near the Prospekt Mira metro station - I just took a picture of it from the outside. But a lot of things in one day managed to get around other temples, and even visit a little inside. Let's start with the synagogue.
The Moscow Choral Synagogue is located in Bolshoi Spagolinishevsky Lane. Opened June 1, 1906. It has four prayer halls. Excursions can visit only the second floor, where from the balcony you can observe and observe what is happening below. Women can also be on the balcony there. Down in the prayer hall they are not allowed to enter.
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In general, strictly speaking, a synagogue is not a temple, since in Judaism (unlike, for example, Christianity) there is only one Temple. It is spelled with a capital letter, but it is known to be destroyed. The temple was located in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount.
The dome of the synagogue was restored in 2001. It was demolished at the beginning of the 20th century by order of the Governor-General of Moscow.
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The Moscow Choral Synagogue was built almost 120 years ago at the expense of Polyakov, the owner of metallurgical and sugar factories. The same synagogue in St. Petersburg was built by his own brother. Of the 18 synagogues that existed in Moscow, the choral was the largest.
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Usually, Torah lessons are also held in any synagogue, so bookshelves with prayer books and study books are usually placed along the walls of the synagogue.
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09. In the middle of the synagogue there is a bima - an elevation, and on it is a table on which a Torah scroll is placed for reading. 
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12. We leave the synagogue and move along Bolshoi Spagolinishevsky Lane towards Lubyanka. 
We cross two streets: first Maroseyka, then Myasnitskaya and after going along Furgasovsky Lane we turn onto Malaya Lubyanka.
And here is the goal of our trip - the Cathedral of St. Louis of France on Lubyanka - one of the three active Catholic churches in Moscow.
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In 1789, the French living in Moscow filed a petition for permission to build a Catholic church. After receiving permission from the Moscow authorities and its approval by Empress Catherine II, a small wooden church was built on the site between Malaya Lubyanka and Milyutinsky Lane. The consecration of the church in the name of the French King Louis IX Saint took place on March 30, 1791.
In the 19th century, the construction of a modern temple building was carried out on the site of the former one. Construction began in 1833 and completed two years later. The temple was built according to the project of the famous architect A. O. Gilardi.
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18. Stained glass window depicting St. Joseph. 1883 The only surviving stained glass from that time. There are also new stained-glass windows, they are on the next votkas in the altar part of the temple. 
On the altar of the left nave in the center is a sculpture of St. Louis, to his left is a sculpture of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, on the right is St. Francis de Sales. Slightly to the right, on a separate pedestal, the sculpture of St. Anthony of Padua. Also in the altar of the left nave are small sculptures of the patron saints of France: St. Joan of Arc and St. Teresa of Lisieux.
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The sculptor S.P. took an active part in the construction and decoration of the temple. Campioni.
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And if, standing in the square facing the temple, turn your head to the left, then you can find a curious detail on the facade of the house.
Malaya Lubyanka street, 12, building A.
Sundial on the building of the shelter at the Temple of St. Louis. The motto from the 101st psalm is translated as "like a evading shadow." Full line "My days are like a fading shadow, and I am withered like grass." "sicut umbra declinaverunt" - "Dies mei sicut umbra declinaverunt, et ego sicut fnum arui". The dial is slightly rotated so that the watch shows the time correctly.
Many sundials in Moscow are associated with Mystic stories. The most famous of which tells about the magic clock of Jacob Bruce on Spartakovskaya Street. I heard a legend about this watch. Allegedly, under certain conditions, they show the time of the remaining life, and allegedly in 1938 Genrikh Yagoda looked at them. Anything is possible, Lubyanka is a two-minute walk from here.
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25. Another Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Malaya Gruzinskaya Street. Neogothic. 
The main volume of the temple was built in 1901-1911. The money for the construction was collected by the Polish community, whose number in Moscow at the end of the 19th century reached 30 thousand people, and Catholics of other nationalities throughout Russia. The fence of the cathedral was built in 1911 according to the project of the architect L. F. Dauksh.
In 1938, the temple was closed, for a long time it was in a dilapidated state.
The beginning of restoration in 1996, the end on December 12, 1999.
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30. The bottom highlight of the face always looks quite dramatic. 
31. Through the tower - the passage to the temple. 
32. Vault of the first floor of the tower. 
33. Church furniture installed in the lobby. 
34. The service is going on, today is Sunday, there are a lot of cars in the churchyard, there are also those with red embassy numbers. 
35. The wooden vaults of the temple create a feeling of moving into past centuries. 
36. Once again, let's take a look at the tower and continue the journey, which we interrupted at the Lubyanka. Now we will move from Malaya Lubyanka Street to Milyutinsky Lane. 
There is another church in Milyutinsky Lane, or rather, a former Catholic church of the 19th century. the work of Gilardi, now the institute is here.
The Catholic Church was closed in 1937. The priests were sent to camps, where they died. After the church was closed, the building was turned over to a cinema, which never began to function. During the Great Patriotic War in former temple bomb hit. The destruction was so great that the house was practically rebuilt, including what little was left.
From 1946 to this day, the Institute "Giprougolmash" has been located here. He also rebuilt the building for his needs.37.
We pass to the boulevards, pass Chistye Prudy and turn into Arkhangelsky Lane. There is a narrow passage between the buildings, and the Menshikov Tower opens up to the eye. This is an Orthodox church, but is closely connected with Freemasonry, which is why it took its place in our review.
The church was originally built in 1707 by order of Alexander Menshikov. This is the earliest surviving building of the Petrine baroque in Moscow.
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Today, not much remains of the Masonic symbols, for example, this angel above the entrance. Why does he have one wing down and the other up? Some see this as some kind of secret sign.
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In 1723, lightning struck the tower, and the fire completely destroyed the upper wooden part with the clock. The bells fell, breaking through the vaults and destroying the interiors of the naves (partially). For half a century, the service was performed only in small aisles (in the choirs and in the refectory), while the main tower was decapitated until 1773. In 1773-1779, the tower was restored by the freemason G. Z. Izmailov and acquired its current form: instead of recreating the destroyed upper octagon, the new architects replaced it with a compact but complex baroque dome.
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In the meantime, we left Chistye Prudy behind and the dome of the tower disappeared behind the houses. This is Starosadsky Lane.
The Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is one of two Lutheran cathedrals in Moscow, the second is located at the Vvedensky cemetery in Lefortovo.
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Parish of St. Peter and Paul was the largest among the Protestant parishes in Moscow. Among the community there were many wealthy industrialists, financiers, representatives of the noble family.
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55 The chapel at the church was built in 1892 according to the design of the architect F. O. Shekhtel for the funeral of the dead. In Soviet times, it was closed along with the cathedral. 
Khokhlovsky lane house 7-9. Bas-relief with an Assyrian deity. This deity is called Nisrokh. If you are interested, you can google it, but I will tell you briefly.
This image is well known and is in museums in many countries of the world. By genre, it belongs to the Neo-Assyrian art (IX-VII centuries BC), which is considered the highest flowering of Assyrian art in general. There are quite a few variants of this relief, but the fundamental moments of the pattern are preserved everywhere.
The main place of finds of this character is the city of Kalah (modern Nimrud in Iraq), wiped off the face of the earth. In 1845-51. the English archaeologist Henry Layard unearthed the whole palace of the mighty Assyrian king Ashurnatsirapal II there - and there, on the northwestern wall of this palace, a strange winged deity with the head of an eagle and obscure objects in his hands was first discovered. It is dated 883-859. BC.
On a bucket of bas-relief in Khokhlovsky lane there is an inscription: "My name is Space". Where it came from and what this inscription means - no one knows. On the old maps of Google and Yandex - it is not there, it appeared a year ago.
And here is Maly Trekhsvyatitelsky Lane, this is the end point of our little trip today.
Here is the Moscow Central Church of the Evangelical Christian Baptists, which is one of the oldest and largest churches of the Evangelical Baptist brotherhood. In 1982, she celebrated the centenary of the evangelical movement in Moscow.
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The Moscow Central Church of Evangelical Christian Baptists is one of the oldest and largest Baptist churches in Russia, located in the White City (Kulishki) - the historical district of Moscow in building No. 3 in Maly Tryokhsvyatitelsky Lane.
The church building was rebuilt in 1865 by the architect Hermann von Nissen from an 18th-century residential building and was intended for a Reformed church. In 1917 the building was handed over to the community of Evangelical Christians.
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The Great Hall has been completely preserved in its historical form. The benches, except for the last 3 rows, were made in 1867 of oak and are still in excellent condition. The pastor's pulpit is also made entirely of oak.
The church has a unique organ equipped with 38 registers. The instrument was made by the German company Ernst Rover in 1898. In 2012, the organ was reopened after a major overhaul.You can listen to the organ for free :)
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