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In the early 1990s, work began on Ireland's first Orthodox church to be built since the Schism. The church, situated in Stradbally, Co. Laois, is dedicated to the local monastic St. Colman of Oughaval.
Eastern Orthodox church architecture constitutes a distinct, recognizable family of styles among church architectures. These styles share a cluster of fundamental similarities, having been influenced by the common legacy of Byzantine architecture from the Eastern Roman Empire.
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THE BASILICA AND THE CRUCIFORM CHURCH Broadly speaking, Orthodox churches designed for the regular celebration of the Liturgy fall into two types: the basilica and the cruciform. The basilica is the earlier design, and is a rectangular structure. It usually has a curved apse in the eastern end. It may or may not have two or four
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Jun 14, 2021 · Although the art, architecture, and visual culture of the so-called post-Byzantine period has long been dismissed as derivative and unoriginal, it is in fact rich, dynamic, and akin to the artistic production of the Byzantine Empire during the peaks of its glory.
Jan 1, 2024 · The Eastern Orthodox Church, characterized by its decentralized structure, comprises several autocephalous (self-governing) patriarchates and archdioceses. The foremost among these is the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, historically regarded as ‘first among equals’ in the Orthodox hierarchy.
The basic structure for the Orthodox church is defined by the New Testament writings; the canons (regulations and decrees) of the first seven ecumenical councils; the canons of several local or provincial councils, whose authority was recognized by the whole church; the so-called Apostolic Canons (actually some regulations of the church in Syria...
Eastern Orthodoxy - Byzantine, Schism, Reformation: At the beginning of the 2nd millennium of Christian history, the church of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) Empire, was at the peak of its world influence and power.
