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Eastern Orthodox church architecture constitutes a distinct, recognizable family of styles among church architectures. These styles share a cluster of fundamental similarities, having been influenced by the common legacy of Byzantine architecture from the Eastern Roman Empire .
Any Eastern Orthodox church building that has a capacity of 3,000 people or more, can be added to this page. Entries are included even if a premises otherwise meeting the criterion currently does not function as a church. For example, the Hagia Sophia in Turkey is included – it was originally built as a church but was later converted into a ...
Eastern Orthodox buildings and structures by continent (3 C) Eastern Orthodox monasteries (9 C, 5 P) Buildings and structures of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (2 C, 1 P)
Many later Eastern Orthodox churches, particularly large ones, combine a centrally planned, domed eastern end with an aisled nave at the west. A variant form of the centralized church was developed in Russia and came to prominence in the sixteenth century.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly known simply as the Orthodox Church is a communion composed of up to seventeen separate autocephalous (self-governing) hierarchical churches that profess Eastern Orthodoxy and recognise each other as canonical (regular) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. [1] [2 ...
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church: Medieval Eastern Orthodox church constructed in 1230 in the town of Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria, the former capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire. The Holy Forty Martyrs Church, an elongated six-columned basilica, has three semicircular apses and a narrow narthex from the west. Another building was added later to the ...
The architecture of the surrounding building, evenly distributed light, swirling incense smoke, and resounding sound of the worship service all work together to create the aesthetic experience of the Orthodox form of worship. Church architecture does not constitute a background to the Orthodox service; rather, church architecture is central to ...