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In Greece, the occupation of pagan sites by Christian monasteries and churches was ubiquitous. [4] Hellenic Aphrodisias in Caria was renamed Stauropolis, the "City of the Cross". [5] Allison Franz argues that it was only after temples ceased to be regarded as serious cult sites that they were later converted to churches.
Ynglist Church temples (planned): [39] Temple of Veles (Капища Велеса), Omsk, Russia; Temple of Yngly (Капища Инглии), Omsk, Russia. Slavic Temple in Khabarovsk, Russia (planned). [40] Atlanta Heathen Hof, a temple of the group Vör Forn Siðr, is being built 10 miles outside Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. Its ...
Excavations on the western side of the site of the first church under the propylaeum wall reveal that the first church was built atop a road about 8 m (26 ft) wide. [28] According to early accounts, the first Hagia Sophia was built on the site of an ancient pagan temple, [29] [30] [31] although there are no artefacts to confirm this. [32]
[c] Armenian church tradition places the cathedral's foundation between 301 and 303. [4] It was built near the royal palace in what was then the Armenian capital of Vagharshapat, [1] on the site of a pagan temple, which was dated by Alexander Sahinian to the Urartian period. [12]
A heathen hof or Germanic pagan temple is a temple building of Germanic religion. ... after which a church was built at the east end of the site. [65]
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus; built on the site of a Christian basilica dedicated to John the Baptist , which was earlier, a Roman Pagan temple of Jupiter. Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Homs ; initially a pagan temple for the sun god (" El-Gabal "), then converted into a church dedicated to Saint John the Baptist [ citation needed ]
The earliest churches were built by the monarchs or noblemen and the builders' successors insisted on the appointment of the local priests. [40] Porches of the oldest stave churches were often decorated with scenes from pagan myths. [41] Most stone churches were built on the site of previous stave churches. [41]
A new Christian church was built at Mære on this old pagan worship site. The first church here was a small, wooden stave church. The nave was rectangular and there was a narrower choir with a lower roof line. The nave measured approximately 10.5 by 6.5 metres (34 ft × 21 ft) and the choir measured about 3.5 by 3.5 metres (11 ft × 11 ft).