The church was inspired by the Byzantine tradition and built on the plan of a Greek cross, surmounted by a light-blue coloured dome and four smaller domes in the corners. The exterior is decorated with mosaics, alternated with marble and coloured stone.
The interior is characterized by frescoes and precious paintings, together with a solid wood [...]
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The Serbian-Orthodox Church of Saint Spyridion
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 4th 2016
Do not you believe that there is in us a depth so profound as to be hidden even to the one in whom it is?
Saint Augustine
16 Comments CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2016
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:105
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 27th 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Kent January 2012
Happy Christmas :-)
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:4
11 Comments CherryPie on Dec 24th 2015
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The Monastery Church of St Anna
Until the Second World War, this was one of the richest sacral buildings far and wide. It had a rich library and a collection of paintings by famous masters like Benedetto Carpaccio, Girolamo Santacroce, Vivarini and Palma Jr., which were displayed in the monastery church. In the presbytery, there was a big renaissance triptych [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2015
Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
Saint Therese of Lisieux
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 20th 2015
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repent.
Mark 2:17
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2015
