$4.4 million Greek Orthodox Church

[bogoliubtsy]

Here we are influenced more by the Protestant way of being quite and wanting to hear the Priest.

Seems more like they just need some correction. The liturgy is a collective event.

[Daniel]

Many of them have not dealt with it. Have you been to a church service in Greece? It is a different type of service than here in that people are kinda wandering in and out and doing their own thing. Here we are influenced more by the Protestant way of being quite and wanting to hear the Priest. Also, the ones that I have been to in Greece are realy not as cavernous as the ones built here in the states - the domes are not as large there.

Well, pews tend to discourge people from wandering around, which is one reason I hate them. I'm so used to people coming in and out the church, and roaming around lighting candles, venerating icons. Our daughter would love to run around more if we let her. I haven't been to Greece, so no. I have noticed that alot of the Churches there are not as large as some of the GOA churches in the States.

Demetri and Nektarios,
The Church of Holy Wisdom (it's actually not named after a particular St. Sophia, but after the Holy Wisdom of Christ/God) did not orginaly have an Icon screen as such, more of like a rod screen (something similar to this-click on #7 and scroll all the way down). I haven't found anything showing what the interior looked like before the city fell, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did have more modern looking seperation between narthex and alter.

[OrthodoxyOrDeath]

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[Aristokles]

Δημητριε,

Did Αγια Σοφια have an iconistasis before our "good friends" the Turks captured Constaninople.

Honestly, Nektarios, I do not know. I can argue the point from either "side" myself and make a good case for each but have not read anything definitive about this.

Demetri

[Justin Kissel]

Another impressive church being built.

[OrthodoxyOrDeath]

Justin,

Notice at the bottom of that page how the church appears its being made out of wood; those are just the forms. Most churches in Greece are several giant concrete pours. They don't worry about insulation to much.

My father always told me never to trust a Greek with a hammer. Slavs shouldn't laugh, he always told me that slavs do things three times: once temporary, the second time permanent but half-fast; the third time the right way.

Nice looking church though.

[Daniel]

Justin,

Notice at the bottom of that page how the church appears its being made out of wood; those are just the forms. Most churches in Greece are several giant concrete pours.

Re-enforced concrete is good in earthquake prone areas, so an architecture grad-student tells me.