While visiting Changi Chapel – Prisoner of War National Memorial, within the Royal Military College at Duntroon, I decided to wander into the adjacent ANZAC Memorial Chapel of St Paul. I am glad I did.
This chapel is unique in two ways (at least I have seen neither before). Continue reading “ANZAC Memorial Chapel of St Paul – Two for One”
Also referred to as the Prisoner of War National Memorial
Changi Chapel, one of thirteen built by Prisoners of War (POWs) in the Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, was built, with the permission of Japanese officers, as ‘Our Lady of Christians Roman Catholic Chapel’ . It was built from waste and scavenged materials smuggled into the camp in 1944. Continue reading “Changi Chapel – The Original!”
The Grotto was built in 1944 by members of the US 895th Engineering Regiment with the first service therein on Easter Sunday of that year. Built to serve military personnel, the original chapel was constructed from lava rock and recycled army hut materials. While there was a stone wall surrounding the altar area sandbags were used for the outer walls and kneeling pads. The statue of Our Lady was imported from the United States. The Grotto remained in use until the US base closed in 1947. Continue reading “The Grotto of Our Lady of Ascension”
Construction of this beautiful little Anglican church commenced in 1843 when Mrs Dwyer, wife of the Commandant, laid the cornerstone. The church, right in the centre of Georgetown, was completed in 1846. Continue reading “St Mary’s Anglican Church, Georgetown”
Sydney has a population of just less than 5 million. Rookwood Necropolis (Cemetery) has just shy of 1 million inhabitants, if I may refer to them as that. Continue reading “Rookwood Necropolis”
Don’t forget to cross the street when you visit the more famous Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral and have a look at this lovely church – another older Orthodox church. Continue reading “St. Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Church”
The brickwork and gilded cupolas make this neo-Byzantine Russian Orthodox Cathedral one of Riga’s most beautiful buildings and, unlike other churches in the City, while it has had a number of uses, it has not been rebuilt numerous times. That said, compared to the City’s medieval Christian churches this is a mere youngster of a building. Continue reading “Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral”
Located outside the City walls, this church is named after the early Middle Ages saint – St. Gertrude (626-659) – one of a number of patron saints of travellers. Continue reading “St Gertrude’s Old Church”
To give it its full name, the Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady Church (Latvian Orthodox) is one of a very small number of wooden churches left in Riga. The church dates from 1818 and remains pretty much unaltered since that date. Continue reading “Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady Church”
The octagonal Lutheran Church of Jesus, designed by architect H. F. Breitkreic and to the rear of the unmissable Latvian Academy of Sciences, was constructed in 1818 (renovated 1939) and, with its 37 metres high two tier tower, it is the largest wooden church in Riga and one of the largest wooden churches in Europe. Given its colour it is hard to tell that this is a wooden building until you are right up beside it. Continue reading “Church of Jesus”
The Rambling Wombat 