184 Comments for Transfiguration of Our Lord

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The ceiling lights and the tops of the pillars are quite fancy, and lovely.
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I agree with everyone - the lion's eyebrows show a worried expression.
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A lot of it is barely damaged. How awful that it couldn't have been relocated and reused - even if in pieces carefully dismantled.
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Wow, gorgeous tile!!!!
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My lucky day - another gallery - yea! Such gorgeous tile and marble etc. and lovely wooden pews. I agree with all the comments made before me - such a travesty to put all of this in a landfill!!
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(*.*) - ROUNDED, mean. (sorry)
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Yes. Can´t figure it out really, Darlene.
This be the Exit door opposite The Altar, methinks
- but I looked at Google Earth Time Slider - (go back to e.g. year 2004), and Transfiguration of Our Lord has N/S orientation. The big ronded stairs are S. Altar is N.
Honestly, also always thought The Altar facing East, was correct + it.
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Much of the time it has to do with money. Demolishing a building and carting it off to a landfill is cheaper than an organized effort to have people come in and salvage the pieces bit by bit. Sad though. There are companies out there that would salvage the usable/sellable portions and demolish the rest but maybe they are still more expensive than using a wrecking ball.
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It had a rear view mirror. :)
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I see the figure and I think this might have been a picture of a child praying with and angel hovering over him.
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Thank you for preserving history, Motts!
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The angels stood guard, watching over the parishioners as they worshiped for those many years. Now, there job at this church is over.
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And now, sadly, the entire building is finished. :-(
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All the time and effort put into this building and now....poof - gone.
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Here is a wiki article about Ad orientem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_orientem