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The Churches of Peace (Polish: Kościoły Pokoju, German: Friedenskirchen) in Jawor and Świdnica in Lower Silesia. Poland , are 17th-century churches, named after the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. The treaty granted the Lutherans of Silesia to build three churches from wood, loam and straw outside the city walls, without steeples and church bells.
On August 15, 1843, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace was consecrated and dedicated, and about 800 people received holy communion. [1] [13] When Louis Désiré Maigret inherited the church, the interior was furnished with a simple wooden altar, communion rail and pulpit.
The church, meant to house the image of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage brought by then-Governor General Juan Niño de Tabora, was supposed to be built on a different plot of land. The church's present location was the site of the tipolo (Artocarpus blancoi), top which the image was found after mysteriously vanishing several times. [4]
Our Lady of Peace is located in the Diocese of Yamoussoukro; the Cathedral of Saint Augustine—less than 3 km (2 mi) away [13] —is smaller in size than the basilica but the principal place of worship and seat of the bishop of the diocese. [14]
Church of Peace, German: Friedenskirche, may refer to church institutions and building which carry Peace (Friede) in their names, including: Basilica of Our Lady of Peace , Ivory Coast Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
The Protestant Church of Peace (German: Friedenskirche) is situated in the Marly Gardens on the Green Fence (Am Grünen Gitter) in the palace grounds of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany. The church was built according to the wishes and with the close involvement of the artistically gifted King Frederick William IV and designed by the court ...
The Foujita Chapel in Reims, France, is dedicated to Our Lady, Queen of Peace, as a reaction to the horror and devastation caused by the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by American forces towards the end of the Second World War. The chapel at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, is also dedicated to Our Lady Queen of Peace. [6]
The church, which has been called a "gem", [4] is located in the Treadwell Farm Historic District, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967. [1] In November 2014, the Archdiocese announced that the Church of Our Lady of Peace was one of 31 neighborhood parishes which would be merged into other parishes. [5]