HOUSES OF WORSHIP

Eye to the Sky

— one small window to heaven, surrounded by everything humans could offer in return (Basiliek van de H.H. Agatha en Barbara, Oudenbosch)

Judgement

— it's busy up there (God the Father, Johann Michael Rottmayr, 1714, Karlskirche, Vienna)

Vaulted

— did they capture faith, or did faith imprison you in this cage of stone and light (Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian the Martyr, Warsaw)

I’m still standing 🎶

— sang the facade of the Gedächtniskirche loud and clear

Send me an Angel

— he arrived in gold and although time cracked him, he never left (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Gedächtniskirche, Berlin)

Angel or mala’ikah?

— the name depends on who you ask

Different Worlds

— two worlds, one ceiling, and a crack that tells the whole story

Holy Trinity

— Christianity, quietly holding its ground in a city of minarets

Looking Up

— in the Blue Mosque, even the supporting act steals the show

Mesmerising

— in this sea of candles, every flame remembers a name

Pendentive

— where two arches meet, someone filled the silence with the word of Allah

Reaching for Allah

— as many ways up as there are names for the one at the top

Representation of Heaven

— the architect's answer to the question: what does infinity look like from the inside

Riwaq

— shelter from the rain, the sun, and everything else life throws at you

Serenity

— in a city of minarets, someone built this house of God where the light does all the talking

St. Anthony

— he staged a gothic revival in Istanbul, cause why should he blend in?

Thousand Years of Gold

— has seen everything but still questioning your life choices

Touch of Heaven

— built to reach out to heaven but on this day, heaven came down to meet it

Two Emperors

— instead of three kings, paying their respect in eternity

Waiting for …

— they've been waiting since the Byzantine era and a little longer won't hurt

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