Church of St. Constantine and Helena (Caracas)
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| Church St. Constantine and St. Helena | |
|---|---|
| Iglesia de San Constantino y Santa Elena | |
| Specifications | |
| Height | 38 m (125 ft) Bell tower |
| Materials | Wood |
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.[1][2] It was built by craftsmen from the Maramureș region in Transylvania, it was assembled without nails or metal objects in the structure and it is 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.[3]
It was inaugurated in 1999 and took part in the act
Gallery
See also
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Romanian Orthodox Church
- Wooden churches of Maramureș
- Vernacular architecture of the Carpathians
- Romanian Venezuelan
References
- ISBN 978-980-6448-21-6. Archived from the original(PDF) on May 15, 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-15. (in Spanish)
- ^ Rusé Martín Galano (March 2006). "El Hatillo y Ávila Mágica". Variedades. pp. 58–61. (in Spanish)
- ^ www.eluniversal.com http://www.eluniversal.com/1997/05/02/cul_art_02312A. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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