Church Fascination

I’ve always been quite fascinated by Christian churches.
The kind of grandeur one can be mesmerized by through the beauty that makes such a place so holy and so serene. You read into the details of a church, from the beautifully colored window panels to the carved and painted walls and ceilings. You breathe in this presence where religion, history and art meets. One can argue that any other religious monuments such as the Angkor Wat or the Al-Masjid al-Haram are as beautiful but I have to say they don’t share the same kind of embodiment Christian churches do.

Think of a place you can sit in, and wonder why, wonder how and wonder who is the maker behind such a magnificent building and still enjoy this peace of mind with absolute silence. This is how I feel when I sit in a Church, it feels almost like maybe, maybe…there is a God out there. Or maybe not.

  

There is no bias to any religions whatsoever, I am as fascinated and curious about Christianity as I am with Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, the Ancient Greek religion and so on. All architectures are beautiful in their own way, but it’s the beauty of the churches that takes it’s number 1 place in my architectural, emotional, visual, whatever-ual preferences.

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