Tag: religion
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CHURCHES OF EUROPE | IGREJAS DE SAO ROQUE & SANTA MARIA DE BELEM
Reportedly housing one of, if not, the richest chapel in Europe, Igreja de Sao Roque is unassuming from the outside, in comparison to the other buildings around it, and the architecture of Portugal, the exterior of the church is plain and uninspiring. However, step inside and you are transported to another world. Another time. Another…
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Three Wise Women
This week in church the gospel centred around the birth of Jesus in a manger, specifically the visit of the three wise men… were there three or did they just bring three gifts? The priest told a rather funny story, where he put a different spin on things; was Mary given the receipt of the…
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Catholicism: Art & Opulence. The Divine & The Division
Back in the summer, I remember looking at the images of the Met Gala, whose theme was in relation to Catholicism and its influence on fashion: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination and thinking wow… the church is really trying to get out of its comfort zone. Trying to open up some part of…
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Easter- Paintings & John The Baptist.
The painting above is from one of my favourite artists, who painted my favourite painting, La Primavera; Alessandro Botticelli. This is of the Annunciation from Angel Gabriel to Mary and is on display in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It is a wall painting from the hospital of San Martino alla Scala that housed orphans. It was…
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Terrorism.
Yesterday, the 22nd of May 2013, we witnessed the very worst of humanity. At about 2:40pm two men attacked and killed another man in John Wilson Street in Woolwich, South-East London, in the most brutal way. They crashed into him with their car and then hacked into his body with meat cleavers and knives. They…
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Boston Strong.
I started writing this post at 3am London time on the 20th of April, I’d been up since 10am on the 19th, glued to multiple screens watching the manhunt for the Boston Bomber unfold. And as I watched the London marathon today I’m reminded of the fear that engulfed Boston in the aftermath of the…