The Arts and Crafts in church-building in Britain 1884-1918 by Hamilton, Alec

“…This thesis, for the first time, examines the Arts & Crafts in church architecture: there is no book on ‘Arts & Crafts churches’. …”

The Christian Nubia and the Arabs by Małgorzata Martens-Czarnecka

“…Arabic components seen in Nubian church architecture, wall painting and art crafts became predominant, which over following centuries led to creation of Arabic culture of the contemporary Sudan.…”
Get full text

World Christianities, c.1815-c.1914 / by Gilley, Sheridan., Stanley, Brian, 1953-

Canonical rules and the actual orientation of altars in early Christian churches. Ancient and early medieval places of worship in Romanian lands by Vlad D. Ghimpu

“…In the East Carpathian and South Carpathian territories in the 8th-9th centuries there were churches with a narthex – an area intended for women that was introduced into the local church architecture by Crimean monks influenced by the traditions of Islam. …”
Get full text

Ancient Catalogues of Memory Institutions in Manuscript Collections of the Wróblewski Library of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences: the Inventory of the Slutsk St. Elias Monastery by Rima Cicėnienė

“…Extensive amount of information on historical icons, liturgical objects, variety of textiles used in the time period might appeal to anthropologists, interested in ecclesiastical art, historians of Orthodox Church researching the evolution of rites, liturgical utensils used and church architecture, finally, linguists, examining the Ruthenian language and terminology of the time.…”
Get full text

Symbolic-allegorical defi nitions and metaphorical images of the Church in the newfound composition about Patriarch Nikon of the end of the XVII century. by Sevast'ianova Svetlana

“…With the reliance on such dogmatic and canonical sources as «The Book of Faith» and «The Tablet», which were especially popular in Russia in the XVIIth century, the anonymous author described essential features of Church, using for this purpose traditional metaphorical images and symbols; he skillfully transferred the symbols of Church - «the ship», «the heaven» and «the grape», embodied by Patriarch Nikon in the church architecture and in art, in verbal formulas. The author showed that the essential characteristics of the Church became more actual and important in the most difficult periods for the Russian Orthodox Church, especially in the days of trial, persecution and infringement of its rights; in such periods the Church is conceptualized as the way of life, as an established liturgical «order», as inside and outside spiritualizing in people’ consciousness.…”
Get full text

Churches Built in the Caves of Lasta (Wällo Province, Ethiopia): A Chronology by Michael Gervers

“…By the end of the 13th century, as witnessed by Ǝmäkina Mädḫane ʿAläm and the other churches built in caves, the full-width sanctuary becomes a characteristic which endures throughout 14th- and 15th -century Ethiopian church architecture. Yǝmrǝḥannä Krǝstos and Gännätä Maryam stand on the cusp of a major liturgical change which coincides with the transfer of royal power from the Zagwe dynasty to their Solomonic successors, who sought legitimacy by following Coptic practices.…”
Get full text

СЕМІОТИЧНИЙ АНАЛІЗ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ НАРОДНОЇ РЕЛІГІЙНОСТІ / Semiotic Analysis of Ukrainian Folk Religiosity by Остащук Іван

“…Colorful and unique features has symbolism in Ukrainian folklore, church architecture in the general structure of Ukrainian folk religiosity. …”
Get full text

Thermoluminescence studies of a Gothic church in Świebodzin from Silesia in Poland by Andrzej Legendziewicz, Janina Legendziewicz

Get full text

The Jesuit churches of J.J. Scoles, and the Gothic revival by Withnell, S

“…</p> <p>It advances and deepens our understanding of Scoles as an architect, and proposes a reassessment of the significance of these churches within English Catholic church-building and within the Gothic Revival in church architecture.</p>…”

World Christianities c. 1914-c. 2000 / by McLeod, Hugh.

Patrons and designers - projects for Orthodox churches in Višegrad, Zenica, Blažuj, Trnovac and Vodjenica by Ljiljana Ševo

“…Neo-Moravska three-conchal basis of Vodjenica church, projected in 1911 by Milos Miladinovic, can be considered as an aspiration of the church patrons to have their temple look like Mostanica.Projects presented can be considered as rare testimonies to the role that &ldquo;carriers of the patronage mechanism in the process of originating and forming of the church architecture&rdquo; had in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Austro-Hungarian period, when the lack of national state resulted in lack of a clear view of the sacral construction forms that would express its identity.…”
Get full text

De kerk van de Allerheiligste Drieëenheid in Oldenzaal. bekroning op het omvangrijke oeuvre van architect Wolter te Riele by Zeno Kolks, Ben Kooij

“…All his life the architect remained faithful to churches with more than one aisle and brick vaults, although the open roof had become the rule in Roman-Catholic church architecture after the first World War. Te Riele adapted himself to the new ideas by leaving all his churches unplastered, internally as well, from approximately 1920 onwards. …”
Get full text

Kościół Surb Sargis w Tekor w Armenii. Między Persją a Bizancjum by Daniel Próchniak

“…Taking into account the contemporary state of research one may suppose that this innovative construction is the earliest known link in the process of emerging of the cross-cupola plan of churches, dominating till today in the church architecture of Eastern Christianity. The reduction of the corners of the central bay – in order to adjust its square shape to the circular base of the dome – was achieved by the construction of four small squinches (Fig. 8). …”
Get full text

Рrospects for the development of religious and excursion tourism in Ukraine by Iryna Volkova, Vlada Mukomel, Ivan Posokhov

“…Conclusions: the significant destruction of church architecture as a result of the war in Ukraine, insufficient supervision of architecture and lack of funds for its restoration, legal problems, low awareness of the country's tourist representatives about the possibilities of using religious objects for the needs of tourism are identified as problems of the organization of this type of tourism. …”
Get full text

“Zvartnots Conjunct with Colosseum”: From Tamanyan’s People’s House to the Theater of Opera and Ballet by Levon Abrahamian

“…In the vertical plane, People’s House was likened to the best achievements of medieval Armenian church architecture, in particular, the 7th-century temple of Zvartnots. …”
Get full text

The impact of Islamic Safavid architecture on the Armenian churches at Julfa in Isfahan Applied to some models by Ghada Gemaiey

“…This research aims to discuss the effects of Safavid Islamic architecture and arts on the architecture of the churches of Julfa, by studying some models and clarifying those influences; As well as emphasizing the specificity of those influences of the churches of the region of Julfa over other Armenian churches by comparing them with their counterparts, whether in Armenia itself, or the Armenian churches in Egypt, as well as the churches of some other cities of Iran such as Tehran, Yazd and Shiraz, in addition to comparing the churches of Julfa with the churches of Anatolia.This research is concerned about the impact of Islamic Safavid architecture on church architecture in Isfahan, and comparing it with its counterparts from the Armenian churches, referring to the planning and architecture of these churches to serve the context of the research and without addressing a vertical descriptive study of those churches, which has no place here. …”
Get full text

SPATIAL-TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF THE UKRAINIAN THEATER IN THE MIDDLE AGES by Kateryna Yudova-Romanova

“…As a result of the conducted scientific research, the author states: the wandering way of life of the medieval artists caused their wide use of mobile ways of arranging public space for showing performances; the particular the church architecture, where the performances of medieval liturgical drama were shown, influenced on the modern conditional threefold division of the stage space into the lower, main and upper scenes; Church theatre influence on the development of stage design by means of artistic decoration, lighting and other staging techniques, as well as costumes.…”
Get full text

The preservation and reuse of urban churches as a contribution to the urban landscape by Putscher, Laurie Ann

Get full text

Aziz Nikolaos Kilisesi, Kuzey Ek Yapısı Tuğla Süslemeleri: Rozet Motifi ya da Yenilmez Güneş “Sol Invictus” / St. Nicholas Church, Brick Decorations of Northern Annex: Rosette Mot... by Ebru Fatma FINDIK

“…In the article “A New Review on Northern Additional Structure of Demre-Myra St Nicholas Church”, architecture of the northern annex, architectural plastic stone pieces, ceramic and coin finds were evaluated. …”
Get full text