November 27, 2020

St. Mark the Evangelist Church (New York City)

 



St. Mark Evangelist Catholic Church in the Central Harlem, NY. The site where Mr. Marcus Garvey held the first public meeting in 1916. ハーレムは、そこ此処にBlack History の遺産があります。このチャーチは黒人民族主義の指導者、ジャーナリスト、企業家であるマーカス・ガーベイがアメリカにおいて初の公的演説を行ったところとして紹介されています。
マーカス・ガーベイ - WikipediaMarcus Garvey - Wikipedia
St. Mark the Evangelist Church (New York City) - WikipediaSt. Mark the Evangelist - New York, NY (stmark138.com)






November 8, 2019

Holy Cross (Manhattan) New York, NY - ホーリークロス教会(マンハッタン、ニューヨーク)









Holy Cross Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 329 West 42nd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of ManhattanNew York City, near Times Square and across the street from the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
The Holy Cross Parish was established in 1852 and a chapel erected, which the congregation quickly outgrew. In 1854, a new building was constructed and dedicated, but lightning struck this second structure in 1867, and the ensuing fire severely damaged it. The current church was constructed to a design by Henry Engelbert on the site of the damaged building and completed in 1870. It is notable as the oldest building on 42nd Street.
he parish is especially associated with the popular ministry of the Reverend Francis P. Duffy.
In 2015, the parish of Holy Cross Church merged with the parish of St. John the Baptist Church, on West 30th Street.
The exterior of Holy Cross Church shows a red brick facade with flanking twin towers in an Italianate Gothic form. Inside, the church reveals an eclectic mixture of Georgian classicalRomanesque and Byzantine forms.
ニューヨーク、マンハッタンの西側42丁目に位置する42丁目で最も古い教会。ポートオーソリティの近く。
1852年創設。オリジナルの建築は落雷でダメージを受け、現在の教会は再築、1870年に完成したもの。
2棟の鐘楼をもつテラコッタ材のファサードが美しい。イタリアゴシック様式。内装はクラシックジョージア様式、ロマネスク、ビザンチン様式がミックスとなっており、美しいステンドグラスをもつ。


October 17, 2019

Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood in Little Italy, Manhattan, NY, USA :モースト・プレシャス・ブラッド教会(ニューヨーク)



























The Church of the Most Precious Blood is a Roman Catholic parish located in New York City. The parish is under the authority of the Archdiocese of New York, and is the National Shrine Church of San Gennaro. Located at 113 Baxter Street, Manhattan, the Church of the Most Precious Blood is part of Manhattan's Little Italy neighborhood.
The parish of the Most Precious Blood was established in 1888 as a National Parish to serve the rapidly growing number of Italian immigrants in Lower Manhattan.
The church was provided an Italian Franciscan style structure. The interior is decorated in Neapolitan Baroque style.
アメリカ・ニューヨーク、マンハッタン・リトルイタリーにあるカトリック教会・正教会の聖人・殉教者、聖ジェナーロを祀った協会で、サン・ジェローナ祭の拠点教会。聖ジェナーロはイタリア・ナポリの守護聖人として位置づけされている。
1888年建設。イタリアンフランシスコスタイル。内装はネオバロック様式。
彼の遺体の近くに乾いた血液を近づけると液化する「血液の奇跡」の逸話がある。

<Reference | 参考サイト>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Most_Precious_Blood_(Manhattan)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_San_Gennaro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Januarius




September 8, 2019

Mt. Calvary - St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Harlem, NY

Located at 49-55 Edgecombe Ave., New York, NY 10030

https://www.nyac.com/churchdetail/874219
https://www.facebook.com/MtCalvaryStMarksUMC
http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/StMarkMeth.html

The church is the one of oldest churched in Harlem, NY.
The church was found in 1871.  It moved to the current location in 1922.  The corner stone of The current Gothic Style building was laid in October, 1922 and it's completed in December, 1926.

 

  



 

September 1, 2019

Shepard Hall / The Great Hall (Chapel) @ The City College of New York (NY, USA)

Spiritual Journey - Shepard Hall/ The Great Hall (Chapel) in the City College of New York main campus. Built in 1907, neo-Gothic style. Luckily I could enter into the building. The Great Hall is a large chapel (600-1,000 people capacity).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_College_of_New_York

ニューヨーク市立大学ハーレムキャンパスにあるShepard Hall内、聖堂でコンサート会場ともなったThe Great Hallへ立ち入ることができました。1907年創建、ネオゴシック様式。外壁には 表情に富んだガーゴイルが見られました。600体ほどあるそうです。photo on 8/31/2019. 
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E5%B8%82%E7%AB%8B%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E3%82%B7%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8

 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 
 

August 31, 2019

‘Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church' in Harlem, NY (US)

Religious architecture in Harlem, NY. ‘Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church’. 
The oldest African-American Church in New York City.
140–148 West 137th Street, Harlem, NY (USA).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_African_Methodist_Episcopal_Zion_Church
Photographed on 8/28/2019. 
ニューヨークシティで最も古いアフリカンメソジスト教会(1796年創立)