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''Church of St. Constantine and St. Helena'', located in El Hatillo at the south-east of Caracas. It was donated by the Orthodox Church of Venezuela and the Government of Romania to the Orthodox community living in the capital of Venezuela. The land for its construction was donated by the Mayor. There are only 15 religious temples of its kind in the world and only two of them are outside Romania.〔 〕〔 〕 It was built by craftsmen from Maramures district in Transylvania, it was assembled without nails or metal objects in the structure and it's adorned with religious neo-byzantine paintings. The bell tower rises more than 30 meters. All the pieces of wood for ceilings and walls, were brought from Romania, according sacred traditions to avoid similarities with the hardware and martyrdoms of the crucifixion.〔http://www.eluniversal.com/1997/05/02/cul_art_02312A Un trozo de los Carpatos en El Hatillo〕 It was inaugurated in 1999 and took part in the act Teoctist Arăpașu, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church at that time. It was decorated by Titiana Nitu Popa and Mihaela Profiriu. The structure is intended to be a replica of the wooden church of Șurdești, the highest in Romania. The dome is a pictorial representation of Our Lady of Coromoto, patron saint of Venezuela. == Gallery == File:Iglesia San Constantino and Santa Elena 2000 002.jpg File:Iglesia San Constantino and Santa Elena 2000 003.jpg File:Iglesia San Constantino y Santa Elena 2013 010.jpg File:Iglesia San Constantino and Santa Elena 2000 009.jpg File:Iglesia San Constantino and Santa Elena 2000 011.jpg File:Iglesia San Constantino and Santa Elena 2000 013.jpg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Church of St. Constantine and Helena (Caracas)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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