Mahoney 'watch' In L.a.? Days Numbered?

[King's Rook's Pawn]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='23 January 2010 - 10:04 PM' timestamp='1264302248' post='2043219']
Yes the LA cathedral gives off an oppressive feeling. Even the ceiling appears to be moving down - as if crushing anyone inside the building.
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I also think a big, big problem with most modern architecture is the extra-bright, fluorescent lighting. Couples with the minimalism, straight lines, etc, it gives the place the atmospherics of an operating room.

[King's Rook's Pawn]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='23 January 2010 - 10:08 PM' timestamp='1264302513' post='2043222']
I cannot say what he thinks it looks like because many would no doubt take offense.
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I had the same impression...

Edited January 24, 2010 by King's Rook's Pawn

[CatherineM]

This is what our Basilica looks like.

[img]http://stjosephbasilica.com/images/entry_view.jpg[/img]

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='23 January 2010 - 06:23 PM' timestamp='1264296232' post='2043145']
[img]http://www.orthodoxhawaii.org/images/IveronIcon/DSC02151.JPG[/img]

[img]http://religion.info/artman/uploads/0398_orthodox_sf.jpg[/img][/quote]
These are two different pictures of the same holy temple. I have been inside and the darker picture is how it looks normally. Perhaps the lighting was changed for the second picture in order to make the icons more visible.

[mcts]

This is my favorite

[img]http://www.pbase.com/benpancoast/image/120162486/original.jpg[/img]

I like the tabernacle a lot too

[img]http://www.jimtardio.com/notre-dame/notre-dame-basilica-sacred-heart-interior.jpg[/img]

[CatherineM]

Wow, that's a tabernacle.

[Nihil Obstat]

Here's my cathedral. Not that impressive in comparison.
[img]http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/1b2f1475-8819-4ca6-84a8-70acf892cdd2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.stmaryscalgary.com/images/tabernacle.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.stmaryscalgary.com/images/inside2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.stmaryscalgary.com/images/interior2005.JPG[/img]
[img]http://www.stmaryscalgary.com/images/resurrection2.gif[/img]
[img]http://www.stmaryscalgary.com/images/Mvc-308s.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.stmaryscalgary.com/images/st.theresa.jpg[/img]

[KeenanParkerII]

haha, ya someone's not showing off.

Here's my lovely Cathedral. xx =)
[img]http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/3071c7ff-01e8-4413-8d8a-b26fc60dc965.jpg[/img]

[Christie_M]

[quote name='Veridicus' date='23 January 2010 - 09:20 AM' timestamp='1264263652' post='2042828']
I think there are angels crying over the L.A. Cathedral. I'm not surprised Mahoney has an opulent throne in that nihilist monstrosity.

Nothing says celestial liturgy quite like the intentional absence of right angles.
[img]http://dogmatics.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/los_angeles_cathedral_our_lady_angels.jpg[/img]

I just hope the aliens who built the tabernacle don't decide to come back and claim it.
[img]http://www.traditio.com/comment/com0311d.jpg[/img]

And as far as I know, co-Adjutor Bishops more or less are there to learn the ropes and ins and outs of the diocese in the time leading up when the previous bishops retires.
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i don't think i'm even going to finish reading the end of this thread

I live a few blocks away from here, btw

Edited January 24, 2010 by Christie_M

[Maximilianus]

Cool, were showing off Cathedrals!
Here are mine.

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Xvisionxstjohncathedralsavannah.jpg/225px-Xvisionxstjohncathedralsavannah.jpg[/img]

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Ponce002.jpg/250px-Ponce002.jpg[/img]

Edited January 24, 2010 by Maximilianus

[Ephrem Augustine]

[quote name='Norseman82' date='23 January 2010 - 10:04 PM' timestamp='1264302280' post='2043220']
(But then again, it IS California....)
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Dude I am Californian and I take insult at this.

[Ephrem Augustine]

[img]http://wapedia.mobi/thumb/259314604/en/fixed/470/627/Da_Qin_Pagoda.jpg[/img]
This is one of the oldest Christian Churches in China, Eighth Century.
Also a note
the Assyrian Churches of the East do not have Icons, and instead of an Iconostasis they have a curtain. This practice was common throughout Persia into the present day, and even influenced the Syro Malabar rite in India.

Edited January 24, 2010 by Ephrem Augustine

[Norseman82]

[quote name='Ephrem Augustine' date='24 January 2010 - 12:21 AM' timestamp='1264310481' post='2043273']
Dude I am Californian and I take insult at this.
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And the fact that you fled from there to find refuge in the People's Republic of Daley in the Land Where Governors Make License Plates?

[Skinzo]

Thanks Apotheoun for your posts and links. We have much to learn from the East. I will be spending some time reading!

S.

[King's Rook's Pawn]

Here's St. Patrick's Cathedral of the Archdiocese of New York.

[img]http://www.howardmodels.com/photo-retouch-digital-enhanced-07/St-Patricks-Cathedral/St-Patricks-Cathedral2-800.jpg[/img]

Across the street a statue of Atlas. My grandfather once pointed that statue out to my father and said that it was paganism bowing to the will of Christianity.

[img]http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/midtown/stpatrickscathedral/exteriorfrontatlas.jpg[/img]