A church building, often simply called a church, is a building used for religious activities, particularly worship services. The term in its architectural sense is most often used by Christians to refer to their religious buildings; they can be used by other religions. In traditional Christian architecture, the church is often arranged in the shape of a Christian cross. When viewed from plan view the longest part of a cross is represented by the aisle and the junction of the cross is located at the altar area.
Churches
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10Church of St. Mary's, Wittenberg
Town and Parish Church of St. Mary's is the civic church of the German town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. The reformers Martin Luther and Johannes Bugenhagen preached there and the building also saw the first celebration of the mass in German rather than Latin and the first ever distribution of the bread and wine to the congregation - it is thus considered the mother-church of the Protestant Reformation.
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1Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Brunary
The Greek Catholic Parish Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Brunary Wyzne (currently the Roman Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption of the BVM) dates from 1797.
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8Church of St. Nicholas Orphanos
The Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos is an early 14th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.
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10Church of St. Panteleimon
The Church of Saint Panteleimon is a late Byzantine church in Thessaloniki, Greece, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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3Church of the Acheiropoietos
The Church of the Acheiropoietos is a 5th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. It is located in the city's centre, at Agias Sofias street opposite Makedonomachon square.
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1Church of the Archangel Michael, Uzhok
Wooden St. Michael Church was built in suburb of Uzhok, Ukraine in 1745. The structure consisits of three wooden naves and a brick sacristy.
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9Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist
The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist is a Gothic and Baroque Gothic church north-east of Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic and is listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List together with the Chapel of All Saints and its ossuary and other monuments in Kutna Hora.
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10Church of the Convent of San Juan Bautista
Founded in 1547, this was the first convent in the Canary Islands. The building we see today was rebuilt after a fire in the early 18th century.
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10Church of the Immaculate Conception
Church of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic church located in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
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10Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, Macau
The Igreja da Se is the current cathedral of the Diocese of Macau in Macau, China. The cathedral is also called the "Church of the Nativity of Our Lady".
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10Church of the Saint Dominic of Guzman
Church of the Saint Dominic of Guzman it is a Catholic church located in the city of San Cristobal de La Laguna.
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10Church of Wies
The Pilgrimage Church of Wies is an oval rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann, who lived nearby for the last eleven years of his life. It is located in the foothills of the Alps, in the municipality of Steingaden in the Weilheim-Schongau district, Bavaria, Germany.
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2Church St. Stephen, Sveti Stefan islet
Church St. Stephen on Sveti Stefan islet and hotel resort in Montenegro, approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of Budva.
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10Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral (High Cathedral of Saints Peter and Mary) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne, currently, since his 2014 transfer from Berlin, Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki, and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne.
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1Descent of the Holy Spirit Church, Potelych
Wooden Descent of the Holy Spirit Church was built in suburb of Potelych, Ukraine in 1502 on the place of a church that burned down by tatars. It is the oldest wooden church in Lviv Oblast. Church was visited by Bohdan Khmelnytsky.
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1Descent of the Holy Spirit Church, Rohatyn
The Descent of the Holy Spirit Church is a wooden Christian church in Rohatyn, IvanoFrankivsk region, built at the end of the 16th century.
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10Durham Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, usually known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, England, the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Durham. The bishopric dates from 995, with the present cathedral being founded in AD 1093.
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10Etchmiadzin Cathedral
Etchmiadzin Cathedral is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armenia. According to scholars it was the first cathedral (but not the first church) built in ancient Armenia, and is considered the oldest cathedral in the world.
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8Euphrasian Basilica
The Euphrasian Basilica or the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Mary is a basilica in Porec, Croatia. The episcopal complex, including, apart the basilica itself, a sacristy, a baptistery and the bell tower of the nearby archbishop's palace, is one of the best examples of early Byzantine architecture in the Mediterranean region.
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3Fortified church, Biertan
The Biertan fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Biertan, Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary.
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1Fortified church, Darjiu
The Darjiu fortified church is a Unitarian fortified church in Darjiu, Harghita County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the Szekely Hungarian community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary.
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1Fortified church, Saschiz
The Evangelical Church of Saschiz was built between 1493 and 1496 by Saxon colonists. The monument is very impressive due to its sheer size and the way the fortifying elements have been adapted to the shape of a church building.
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5Fortified Church, Sutkivtsi
Fortified Church, Sutkivtsi village, Khmelnytsky oblast, Ukraine. Intercession Church-Castle was built conceivably as a dungeon of Sutkivtsi castle. In 1476 it was rebuilt into Intercession church as evidenced by an inscription on one of the bells.
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1Fortified church, Valea Viilor
The Valea Viilor fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Valea Viilor (Wurmloch), Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania.
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3Fortified church, Viscri
The Viscri fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Viscri, Brasov County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary.
