>Martian Monastery
For a second I though they've put something in the space wew.

>>41439
I don't know, but my Church have put the bible together so I guess it's ok. Or maybe it fell from the sky, I dont remember.

>>41448
>Are you sure you aren't Polish?
There's a large population of Greek Catholics on Ukraine so don't be suprised.

Pics related is Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. It was consecrated in 4th century but the building was actually almost completely destroyed by fire in the 19th century. Still, they managed to rebuild it in the original style which imo puts to shame creations of late 20th century of this kind.

>>41435
>Martian Monastery

Officially "Main Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces". Some kind of weird WH40k cosplay.

Also it had mosaics with Stalin and Putin, but after some discussion they were replaced.

Decorations for end of the year

At the very end of the the 19th century Sultan Abdul Hamid II gave a plot of land on Mount Zion to Wilhelm II German Emperor when he visited Jerusalem. The Kaiser donated a sum to build a temple for the Virgin Mary. This became the Church of Dormitio Beate Mariae Virginis, placed in the care of the Benedictines (Abbey of the Dormition) in 1906.
It was built in a style that amalgamates neo-Romanesque and Middle Eastern Muslim building traditions, giving resemblance to the Aachen Cathedral for example. It was designed by Heinrich Renard.

In the middle of undercroft the statue of Mary can be found. Carved from cherry tree. Above on the ceiling Jesus calls his mother, among Mary's "precursors". Her dormition isn't part of the New Testament, only Apocrypha report the event.

Around Mary, in recessed chapels, the altars of Catholic countries can be found. Among them Hungary's, called Patrona Hungariae.
Above the altar in the center sits Mary and in her lap the baby Jesus, ornated with the Hungarian royal insignias: Mary holds the scepter, Jesus the globus cruciger, above them angels hold the Holy Crown.
On their sides Hungarian saints from the House of Árpád got places. To their right Saint Stephen and Saint Emeric, to their left Saint Ladislaus and Saint Elizabeth.
Below them, on the white marble altar in copper relief four saints from the early Christianity. Saint Stephen (the first martyr), Saint Simon, Saint Thaddeus (patron of desperate cases and lost causes), and Saint Cleophas.
The altar was consecrated in 1931.
The mosaic of the vault was made by Muzsinszki Nagy Endre. His work was the original cover of the altar in the Basilica of Agony (Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane) from 1932 to 1949 when they changed it out with the work of an Italian artist.