Jun 2006 - Washington DC
This is actually a compilation of three trips, but since they were very similar and all within a week of eachother, I've joined them. The first was a trip to a Franciscan Monastery and a Catholic Basilica. The second was a trip to the National Cathedral. And the third was a trip to the temple down in DC. All visits to beautiful religious buildings.
The Franciscan Monastery is a real monastery with real monks. This was a beauitful place, both the building itself and its surrounding gardens. So the purpose of the monastery is to bring the Holy Land (Jerusalem) to America. The monastery itself is a giant replica of a monestary that overlies the tomb of Christ and the hill Golgotha. They also have replicas of some grottos and Roman catacombs. Very cool, I definitely recommend.
This is actually a compilation of three trips, but since they were very similar and all within a week of eachother, I've joined them. The first was a trip to a Franciscan Monastery and a Catholic Basilica. The second was a trip to the National Cathedral. And the third was a trip to the temple down in DC. All visits to beautiful religious buildings.
The Franciscan Monastery is a real monastery with real monks. This was a beauitful place, both the building itself and its surrounding gardens. So the purpose of the monastery is to bring the Holy Land (Jerusalem) to America. The monastery itself is a giant replica of a monestary that overlies the tomb of Christ and the hill Golgotha. They also have replicas of some grottos and Roman catacombs. Very cool, I definitely recommend.
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| The Monastery | A replica of the place where St. Francis of Assisi began his work | Along the wall they have murals and copies of Ave Maria in all sorts of different languages |
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| Entrance to the garden | ||
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| A replica of part of the Chapel of the Ascension, in Bethlehem | The entrance to the chapel | |
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| Liz and I | Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception | |
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| What an entrance! | The crypt chapel | |
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| A stained glass window of Christopher Columbus | ||
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| The main chapel room | ||
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| The huge mural on the back wall/ceiling. Very... imposing? | ||
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| Liz and I | Now over to the National Cathedral | |
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| A beautifull carved wall | ||
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| Talk about going all out for the bathroom door! | Buttresses | |
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| And finally the DC Temple | Heather and I | |