Tradition
Sacred Places of Christianity
Cathedrals, parish churches, monastic communities, hermitages.
Christian sacred places include cathedrals, parish churches, monasteries, hermitages, and pilgrimage routes across Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Eastern traditions.
On Mandala, places of Christianity are catalogued with the same care given to every other tradition. Each page is community-maintained until claimed by a verified custodian. We welcome corrections, additions, and the steady hand of those who know these places best.
39
Total places
22
Countries
Germany
Most represented
Featured places of Christianity
A curated selection from the directory.
ChristianityAlbenga Cathedral
, Italy
A medieval Roman Catholic cathedral in Liguria, Italy, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel and serving as seat of the Diocese of Albenga-Imperia.
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ChristianityAlexander Nevsky Cathedral
, Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky in Sofia, a vast neo-Byzantine landmark and one of the largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings in the world.
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ChristianityAltamura Cathedral
, Italy
A thirteenth-century Roman Catholic cathedral in Apulia, southern Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a Hohenstaufen 'palatine' church.
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ChristianityBolnisi Sioni
, Georgia
A late-fifth-century Georgian Orthodox basilica in Bolnisi — the oldest surviving church building in Georgia, famed for its early Georgian-script inscriptions.
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ChristianityCathedral Basilica of St. Mary
, Romania
A Roman Catholic cathedral basilica dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary — a name shared by several historic cathedral churches in Latin America and Europe.
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ChristianityCathedral of Ani
, Turkey
The eleventh-century Armenian Apostolic cathedral of the ruined Bagratid capital of Ani in eastern Turkey — the largest standing building of that lost medieval city.
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ChristianityCathedral of Christ the Saviour
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Moscow's great Russian Orthodox cathedral on the bank of the Moskva River — built, demolished under Soviet rule, and raised again in the 1990s as a memorial of national gratitude.
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ChristianityChurch of the Holy Sepulchre
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The fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, traditionally enclosing both the place of Christ's crucifixion at Golgotha and the empty tomb of his Resurrection.
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Seva सेवा
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