Catholic churches differ from certain Orthodox rites.Latin, Eastern liturgical and other Western - they all have a place in this belief.The visible head of the Catholic Church - is the Pope, who heads the Holy See, and of course, the Vatican in Rome.It is worth noting that the history of such landmarks as Catholic churches, a very rich and diverse.Each of them has its own peculiarities.
most famous Catholic churches
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore is located in Italy, in Florence.At a time when it was built, it was the largest cathedral in Europe.Today is the third largest.It is impossible not to note the unique dome, which reach heights of 91 meters and a diameter - 42 meters.On its facade emblazoned coat of arms Demidov, who made a significant financial contribution to the design of the cathedral.Famous as the Cathedral of St. Peter, which is located in Rome.It is the largest Christian church in the world (height - 136 meters, length - 218 m).Build it began in 1506, the year, where before there was an ancient basilica, where the remains of the notorious Peter the Apostle.It should be noted St. Stephen's Basilica, which is the largest temple in the whole of Budapest.In it could easily accommodate 8500 people.Its total area is about 4730 square meters.m. The plan of the basilica is a bit like a Greek cross.And, of course, is well-known Basilica of St. Adalbert, which is located in Hungary.This Cathedral is the biggest church in the country and the fifth largest in the world.
Cathedrals Moscow
Roman Catholic Church, located in Moscow, is the largest Catholic cathedral in the whole of Russia.It is designed for five thousand seats.Tomas I. Bogdanovich-Dvorzhetsky, the architect of the temple, created a true masterpiece.There has been the construction of the Cathedral from 1899 till 1917, the first year.The temple was consecrated in 1911 to the year.It should be noted that in 1938, the year of the Cathedral of Catholics away.Fully restored it in 1996 to the year.This temple is a neo-Gothic cruciform basilica trehnёfnuyu.This cathedral, which hosts Masses in different languages.This French, and English, and Polish, and Russian, and Spanish and even Latin.It should be noted that there is even carried out the Tridentine Masses and worship according to the Armenian Rite.This church has one of the largest in the whole of Russian authority.
history temple
If we talk about Catholic churches, as well as their history, it should be noted that the cathedral is associated with a very interesting fact.This temple was allowed to build only the distance from the center of the capital and other major churches.More when it was forbidden to erect sculptures and towers outside the building.Earlier it was said that the temple of Catholics chose in 1938 to the year.Then he was sacked and made sacred place hostel.It is impossible not to mention the fact that the Second World War affected the church: because of the bombing was destroyed several spiers and turrets.In 2002, the year, in the spring, the church was involved in the Rosary prayer with Pope John Paul II and Catholics from all corners of the earth.And in the year 2009, 12 December, the cathedral celebrated ten years since it was updated.Eighteen months later, on September 4th of 2011, it was magnificently to celebrate the centenary of this stunning building.
further fate of the temple
This Catholic church on Georgian street is never empty.In it organized catechesis, various youth meetings, music concerts that are held in the framework of any charity events and much more.The church shop, a library, a revision currently known magazine called "The Catholic Herald - Light of the Gospel," the office of the Christian charity funds - all this applies to temple Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Temples Petersburg
In Moscow there are quite a few different churches, which they say can be long.But Catholic churches Petersburg deserve special attention.For example, the Church of St. Stanislaus.The building itself was built in 1823-25 years on the corner of the workshop and the shopping streets.Catholic church of St. Stanislaus was built on the very spot where there was a garden and the house on behalf of Metropolitan Stanislav Bogush-Sestrentsevich.His name, he got it in his memory.It is worth noting that today near the temple acts spiritual library.This building is the second largest Catholic cathedral in Saint Petersburg.Before him, there was only the Church of St. Catherine.Despite the relatively modest size of the cathedral, the parish grew rapidly.By 1917, the ninth year the number of parishioners has exceeded 10 thousand people.
Development temple
In 1829, the year of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church opened a school named after Sestrentsevicha.It should be noted that quite a long time (since 1887, the year of the 1921st) in the cathedral served as a prominent figure, and the famous benefactor of the Catholic Church all over Russia - Anthony Malecki, who was bishop.About this fact inside the temple resembles a beautiful plaque.
Differences Orthodox and Catholic churches
This theme is quite popular in Christianity.It is worth noting that the Catholic and Orthodox churches have both similarities and differences.First, the most important similarity - that adherents of both faiths are Christian.It is known to all.Catholic churches are different from the Orthodox both in its appearance and in the common rites.They have several different understanding of the Church and its unity.Orthodox and share the sacraments of the faith, but Catholics and even consider it necessary the presence of the head - the Pope.The Catholic Church believes that the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit comes, and confessed in the Creed.In Orthodoxy, a little bit different.They profess the Holy Spirit, who proceeds from the Father only.In Catholicism, the sacrament of marriage should be for life - divorce is prohibited.But the Orthodox Church and in some cases permits divorce.
More Catholics accepted dogma, reading of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.This means that even the original sin supposedly not touched her.Christianity celebrates the sanctity of the Mother of God, but believed that she was born with original sin, in the same way as other people.
Similarities Orthodoxy and Catholicism
worth noting that, despite the weight difference, the two religions are similar to each other.Orthodoxy and Catholicism is recognized by all Christian sacraments, all of which there are seven.Similarly, there are general rules (in other words - the canons) of church life and rituals of the main components: the nature and quantity of the commission of all the sacraments, the sequence and content of worship, the interior as well as the layout of the temple.Still there is one thing in common: the service conducted in the national languages.Besides using the Latin (as we know, a dead language) in Catholic and Old Church Slavonic (not used in everyday life) - in Orthodox churches.Despite all kinds of differences, Orthodox Christians, just as Catholics around the world profess the teachings of Jesus Christ.And then the most important thing to remember though once biases and errors people have separated Christians, but faith in one God is still unites us.
