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  2. Sacristy - Wikipedia

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    Sacristy with a sacristy credens (a cabinet with wide and very shallow drawers in which vestments and hangings are stored). A chasuble and stole are laid out on top of it, ready to be put on. A sacristy , also known as a vestry or preparation room , is a room in Christian churches for the keeping of vestments (such as the alb and chasuble ) and ...

  3. St. Agnes Church (New York City) - Wikipedia

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    The parish constructed a four-story brick and stone rectory and sacristy in 1904 to designs by Jeremiah O'Rourke & Sons of Newark, New Jersey, for $31,000 ($1,100,000 in current dollars). [10] The church has suffered two fires. The first, which badly damaged it but left the towers standing, occurred on December 24, 1898.

  4. Church and Convent of Our Lady of the Conception of Lapa

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    The sacristy of the Lapa Convent was built behind the wall of the high altar and was the width of the church. This original sacristy, although humbly decorated, once had rich ceiling paintings, a lavabo, and sacristy chest. The original sacristy had a retable designed in 1785 by José Nunes de Santana. It has been missing since the mid-20th ...

  5. Chasuble - Wikipedia

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    Bishop Czeslaw Kozon, the Catholic bishop of Copenhagen, in pontifical liturgical vestments including the Chasuble.. The chasuble (/ ˈ tʃ æ zj ʊ b əl /) is the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for the celebration of the Eucharist in Western-tradition Christian churches that use full vestments, primarily in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches.

  6. Church of the Misericórdia de Valadares - Wikipedia

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    The church plan is composed of a rectangular nave and chancel, bell-tower and sacristy, as well as polygonal annex: each articulated space is topped by tiled roof. [1] Although the facades are plastered and whitewashed, the foundations, doorways and windows are projected cornices, with wedge pilasters on the corners, while the building is ...

  7. Sacristan - Wikipedia

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    The Cæremoniale Episcoporum prescribed that in cathedral and collegiate churches the sacristan should be a priest, and describes his duties in regard to the sacristy, the Blessed Eucharist, the baptismal font, the holy oils, the sacred relics, the decoration of the church for the different seasons and feasts, the preparation of what is ...

  8. Cathedral floorplan - Wikipedia

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    Amiens Cathedral floorplan: massive piers support the west end towers; transepts are abbreviated; seven radiating chapels form the chevet reached from the ambulatory. In Western ecclesiastical architecture, a cathedral diagram is a floor plan showing the sections of walls and piers, giving an idea of the profiles of their columns and ribbing.

  9. Liebfrauenkirche, Zurich - Wikipedia

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    In 1842, the Zurich government rented the Augustinerkirche to the Catholic community, which at the time made up about 5 percent of the population. After the Old Catholic Church split off from the Roman Catholic Church in 1871, the Roman Catholic believers in the working-class Aussersihl district built the Sts. Peter and Paul Church in 1874. As ...