Christian temples, as special liturgical buildings, began to appear among Christians in a significant number only after the cessation of persecution by the pagans, that is, from the 4th century.
The Orthodox Church also experienced new persecutions against believers during the Soviet period, when many church ministers and citizens in the USSR were killed for their faith.
An Orthodox person believes in the heavenly world, invisible, spiritual, and the visible, material, earthly world. This is what the priests tell us. Is this true or not - no one knows?
There is no confirmation of everything that we are told. So far, no one from the other world has ever returned to us alive. Everything that is preached is more like legends and we believe in them.
Orthodox philosophers and holy fathers (as well as priests) say that the heavenly and the earthly - that which is outside of time, and that which has time, coexist, penetrating one into the other.
In addition, complementing each other, but not merging, without ceasing to be different from each other areas of being. But all this is very difficult for an ordinary person to understand.
A special place in everything heavenly and earthly belongs to man, as the crown of creation. Created in the image and likeness of God, man is called to realize in himself and by himself...
And what are they telling us? This is the very harmonious unity of all three areas of existence - divine, heavenly and earthly, because the presence of all these areas of being is contained in nature.
And in conclusion, I would like to say about such a phrase - Therefore, in the mind of a person, a holistic perception of all that exists is possible. Well said? Yes. But for us again from the area of an incomprehensible and philosophical treatise. And for a simple believer it is necessary - the simpler, the better and more understandable.And that's all, so as not to confuse Christian dogma with the faith and love of a person who comes to church. Because - everyone has their own way to the temple.
ORTHODOX CHURCHES IN RUSSIA.
Types of Orthodox churches. Temples of mixed types: cruciform in appearance, but inside, in the center of the cross, round, or rectangular in shape, and inside, in the middle part, round. And for a general understanding - you just need to visit several temples and then everyone will understand which temple he came to and what style of architecture he saw. Temples in the Orthodox Church have always (from the very beginning) been built of several types, but each temple symbolically corresponded to the church doctrine. All this can be seen in the photograph of my post.
And more about the types of Orthodox churches. The temples in the form of a cross were built as a sign that the Cross of Christ is the foundation of the Church, that the Cross has freed mankind from the power of the devil, and that the Cross opens the entrance to Paradise lost by the ancestors. In the form of a circle (a circle that has neither beginning nor end, symbolizes eternity) they speak of the infinity of the existence of the Church, its inviolability in the world.
In the form of an eight-pointed star, they symbolize the Star of Bethlehem, which led the Magi to the place where Christ was born. The Church of God testifies to its role as a guide to life. In the form of a ship. Temples in the shape of a ship are the most ancient type of temples, figuratively expressing the idea that the Church, like a ship, saves believers from the disastrous waves of life's voyage and leads them to the Kingdom of God.
-original photo;
-first publication;
-camera Sony 16.2.
(Translated via Google translator from Russian)
For insertion into a post on Ecency and Hive, the size is reduced to 1280 x 960 points..
Photo taken - Sony 16.2 - 3x Zoom, Vario-Tessar lens.
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