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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 ...
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).
Most of the Kaabas dedicated to pagan gods in the Arabian Peninsula were destroyed after 630 CE on the orders of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who sent his Sahaba to demolish the sanctuaries. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] Among the destroyed Kaabas include that of the Kaaba of al-Lat that was worshipped by the Thaqif.
[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]
In 1982, St Ninian's Church was bought for £200,000 and a temple built on its 2.5 acre compound. [17] [18] [19] BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Scarborough Scarborough, ON: Canada: A 100-year-old church in Scarborough was declared a heritage structure by the Canadian government. The church was built over 9,000 sq ft, included a community hall ...
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]
Originally built by the Ottomans, it was converted into a church after the transfer of the city to Wallachia following the Treaty of Adrianople. Saint Nicholas Church: Ibrahim Pasha Mosque Kavala: Greece: 1530 1920s The mosque was built in 1530 by Ibrahim Pasha, the Vizier of Suleiman II and was the largest mosque of Kavala. In the 1920s the ...