places of worship by tara fawcett

Places of worship

By Tara Fawcett

Places of worship• St johns cathedral• St Patrick's cathedral• St Georges parish church• Ohel Leah• The Fasanenstasse synagogue• Tempio maggiore• Jade Buda temple• Yong he temple• Rumtek monastery

St johns cathedral

• Where: Hong Kong• When:1847• Information: during world war two the

Japanese occupiers turned the cathedral into a Shinto shrine (place of worship in the religion kami).

but it reverted to its original role as a cathedral after the war.Religion: Christianity

St Patrick's cathedral

• Where: Dublin Ireland (the capital)• When formed: 1191• Information: st Patrick's cathedral is the

national church for the whole of Ireland.

• Picture:• Religion: Christianity

St Georges parish church

• Where: London, England• When:1724• St George's was built 1721-1724 to the

designs of John James, as one of the Fifty Churches projected by Queen Anne's Act of 1711. George Frederick Handel was a regular worshipper at St George's which is now home to the annual Handel Festival.

• Religion: Christianity

Ohel Leah

• Where: Hong Kong• when:1902• Information: ohel Leah is the center of

Jewish religious activity in Hong Kong. • Ohel Leah is a synagogue. picture:• Religion: Judaism

Where: Berlin, GermanyWhen: august 26th 1912 The monumental building of the

Fasanenstrasse synagogue was designed in a predominantly Romanesque style to which were integrated some elements of Byzantine inspiration, most notably the roof that featured a row of three cupolas. It was a massive structure with a total capacity of 1,700 seats.

Religion : Judaism

Tempio maggiore• Where: Florence, Italy• When: 1882The synagogue, built according to the plans of

architects Marco Treves, Mariano Falcini, and Vincenzo Micheli, winners of the competition published by the Community Council in 1874. The construction continued for eight years between 1874 and 1882 within a public park on Via Farini, in the Santa Croce district, not far from the historic center of the city. The inaugurating ceremony on October 24, 1882 was attended by many notable personalities, among them Rabbi Jacob Maroni, then the Chief Rabbi of Florence. Religion: Judaism

Jade Buddha temple

• Where: shanghai, china• When:1882• In 1966, during the cultural revolution, the

monks made a living by selling handicrafts.

• Religion : Buddhism

Yong he temple

• Where: Beijing, China• When: 1694• Yong he temple started in 1694 during the Qing dynasty times. In 1722 half of the

building was converted into a lamasery a monastery for the monks of Tibetan Buddhism. The other half

remained an imperial palace. Religion: Buddhism

Rumtek monastery

• Where: sikkim, gangtok, India • When: the 16th century• In the 16th century, Rumtek served as the

main seat of the Karma kagyu lineage in Sikkim for some time. But when the 16th Karmapa arrived in Sikkim in 1959, after fleeing before the Chinese occupation of Tibet , it was in ruins.

• Religion: Buddhism

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