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Jesus healing the bleeding woman, Roman catacombs, 300–350. Early Christian art and architecture (or Paleochristian art) is the art produced by Christians, or under Christian patronage, from the earliest period of Christianity to, depending on the definition, sometime between 260 and 525.
The first Orthodox church in Houston was built in 1917 on Walker Street in what is now Downtown Houston. [5] The original building was made of wood. Initially in its history, most of its worship services were held in Greek. [6] In 1950, the church had to move due to city construction and because the parish had outgrown its old building.
Early church architecture did not draw its form from Roman temples, as they did not have large internal spaces where worshipping congregations could meet. It was the Roman basilica used for meetings, markets, and courts of law that provided a model for the large Christian church and that gave its name to the Christian basilica. [3]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
An early Federal style plantation that was plantation was established by Robert Semple in 1808. Ford House: Sandy Hook: 1809 House It is one of the oldest homes in the Pearl River Valley and was built by Reverend John Ford. It was the site of two early Mississippi Methodist Conferences (1814 and 1818).
St. Andrew's Cathedral (Jackson, Mississippi) Saint John's Episcopal Church (Ocean Springs, Mississippi) Saint Mark's Episcopal Church (Raymond, Mississippi) St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Meridian, Mississippi) St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Oxford, Mississippi)
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 500 Clay St in Downtown Houston, Texas. It was historically a part of the Fourth Ward. [2] As of 2012 it was the only remaining piece of the original Fourth Ward east of Interstate 45. [3] Former slaves organized Houston's first African-American Baptist congregation in January 1866.
The church was renamed to Bethel Institutional Missionary Baptist Church in 1983. [4] In 1997, the last church service was held in the building, after which it was abandoned. [2] On January 24, 2005, a fire destroyed the interior of the church, leaving only the exterior brickwork intact. [3] In 2009, the church was sold to the City of Houston.