Christianity

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, whom adherents believe to be the son of God. According to Christianity Jesus Christ is the savior of humanity phophesied in the Old Testament.

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Antiminsion (also antimension)

Religion; Christianity

In Eastern Orthodoxy, the portable altar that consists of a silk or linen cloth decorated with scenes from the Passion and containing relics. Its use began around the beginning of the 9th century.

Halo

Religion; Christianity

In Christian art and symbolism, a circle or disc of light around the head. It was used in the Hellenistic period for gods and demi-gods and later for Roman emperors, and was not adopted by Christians ...

For they do not know what they are doing

Religion; Christianity

Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing...

Apse

Religion; Christianity

A semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome

Narthex

Religion; Christianity

The entrance or lobby area, located at the end of the nave, at the far end from the church's main altar.

Westminster Abbey

Religion; Christianity

Important Gothic building and place of worship, Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066, and is also the final resting place of many of the most significant people in Britain's ...

Bulgarian Patriarchate

Religion; Christianity

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Bulgarian Patriarchate is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6.5 million members in the Republic of Bulgaria and between 1.5 and 2.0 million members in ...