Ad
related to: catholic cathedral in amsterdam london
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Basilica of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Basiliek van de Heilige Nicolaas) is located in the Old Centre district of Amsterdam, Netherlands, very close to Amsterdam's main railway station. St, Nicholas is the patron saint of both the church and the city of Amsterdam. The basilica is the city's primary Roman Catholic church. [1]
St Lawrence and St Elizabeth Cathedral, Rotterdam. Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands: [1] Cathedral Basilica of St. John in 's-Hertogenbosch; Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua in Breda; Cathedral of St. Joseph in Groningen; Cathedral Basilica of St. Bavo in Haarlem; Cathedral of St. Christopher in Roermond
The Obrechtkerk (Dutch: Kerk van Onze Lieve Vrouw van de Allerheiligste Rozenkrans) (Church of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary) is the common name for the Roman Catholic church located on the Jacob Obrechtstraat, nearby the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The Catholic Church in the Netherlands has suffered an official membership loss of 650,000 members between 2003 (4,532,000 pers. / 27.9% overall population) and 2015 (3,882,000 pers. / 22.9% overall population). [6] The number of people registered as Catholic in the Netherlands continues to decrease, roughly by half a percent annually.
De Papegaai is the lesser of the two parochial churches in the St Nicholas Roman Catholic parish in Amsterdam.The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.It is nicknamed "De Papegaai" (The Parrot) because it was originally hidden in a garden behind a regular housefront that belonged to a bird-trader in the days when Catholicism could not be practised publicly.
During the late 19th and early 20th Century, the church was a Catholic island in a Jewish neighborhood. [14] It served as a landmark for the Jewish ghetto throughout the German occupation of Amsterdam in World War II. Eventually, the parish of "Sint-Anthonius" was suppressed in 1969 but the church kept its official status.
The Oude Kerk (English: Old Church) is Amsterdam's oldest building and newest art institute (since 2012). The building was founded about 1213 and consecrated in 1306 by the bishop of Utrecht with Saint Nicolas as its patron saint.
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder (OLHOS; English: Our Lord in the Attic) is a 17th-century canal house, house church, and museum in the city center of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Catholic Church was built on the top three floors of the canal house during the 1660s.
Ad
related to: catholic cathedral in amsterdam london