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A Holy Ghost hole in the center of a fresco with a latticework covering and a dove figure, Parish church of Wiesing. A Holy Ghost hole, or Holy Spirit hole, is a circular opening in the ceiling of a church which symbolises the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. The openings are often used for liturgical performances.
Christ Church, also known as Holy Trinity, [8] was the "main church" in Cork city by the 17th century. [5] Substantially destroyed during the 1690 Siege of Cork, the remaining structures of the early medieval church were demolished in 1716 and the current neo-classical building was completed in the 1720s. [6]
Chris Bathgate (born 21 April 1982) is an American indie folk singer-songwriter and musician. He is prominent in the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti folk music scene in Michigan. [2] In 2007, Bathgate signed to Quite Scientific Records, on which he released his most prominent album to date, A Cork Tale Wake.
The Descent of the Holy Spirit. Series title: May (painting) Object type: painting : Genre: religious art : Description: French: La Descente du Saint-Esprit. The ...
Church altar, with John Hogan's The Dead Christ and John O'Keeffe's Crucifixion. St. Finbarr's South, also known as the South Chapel, is an 18th century church in Cork in Ireland. [1] Constructed in 1766 as the "first Catholic church built in Cork since before the Reformation", [2] the Penal-era church was deliberately built to be relatively ...
The original Honan Hostel. Population growth and urbanisation in early 20th-century Ireland led to the development of a number of suburbs around Cork, which necessitated the building of churches to serve these new areas; the Honan Chapel was the first church to be built in Cork in the new century.
Altar of Descent of the Holy Spirit. On the altar the reliquary of Crescentius of Rome, the angelic sculptures by Michele Fabris called Ongaro. The altarpiece shows a canvas of the Titian "The Descent of the Holy Ghost" painted in 1555.
The Holy Spirit, otherwise known as the Holy Ghost, is a concept within the Abrahamic religions. In Judaism , the Holy Spirit is understood as the divine quality or force of God manifesting in the world, particularly in acts of prophecy , creation and guidance.