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)

 

 

 

 
 

July 8, 2019

St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem, NY

Harlem Church Journal - St. Martin’s Episcopal Church originally built in 1887-1889 in Harlem, NY. ロマネスクリバイバルスタイル建築。ヨーロッパのロマネスク建築は後期になるとゴシック要素が加えられ、大きく荘厳になっていきます。https://www.harlemonestop.com/…/1101/st-martins-episcopal-c… 7/6/2018