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Subject to the layout of each church, the iconographic schema typically accords with the classic Byzantine tripartition, evident also in Byzantine mosaic decoration, the three zones comprising: (1) the dome and conch of the apse; (2) the pendentives, squinches and upper vaults; and (3) the lower, secondary vaults and walls.
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Church of St. Paraskevi or St. Paraskevi Church may refer to: Church of St. Paraskevi, Novgorod, a church in Veliky Novgorod, one of Russia's oldest; Church of St. Paraskevi (Përmet), a church in Përmet, Gjirokastër County, Albania; Church of Saint Paraskevi, Nesebar, a medieval Eastern Orthodox church in Nesebar, Bulgaria
Ruins discovered on prison grounds in 2005, possibly oldest building constructed as a church ever discovered. It retains mosaic floor decoration with Christian motifs – possibly the oldest building with this feature. [3] Aqaba Church: Aqaba: Jordan: late 3rd-early 4th century [4] Early Church Ruins uncovered in 1988; Remains of an early ...
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View of the south wall and the entrance of the Church of Saint Paraskevi in Nesebar Apse view. The Church of Saint Paraskevi (Bulgarian: църква „Света Параскева“, tsarkva „Sveta Paraskeva“, Byzantine Greek: Ναός Αγίας Παρασκευής) is a partially preserved medieval Eastern Orthodox church in Nesebar (medieval Mesembria), a town on the Black Sea ...
Another legend is similar to the story of Paraskevi of Rome: A young woman who lived in Çetë and had decided to never get married, asked her father to build a church where she would pass the rest of her life praying and helping the people in need. Her father built the church, and when construction was finished, and she wanted to light candles ...
St. Paraskevi's Church (Albanian: Kisha e Shën Premtes) is a small 13th-century church in Hoxharë, Fier County, Albania. [1] It became a Cultural Monument of Albania in 1979. [ 2 ]