{"id":51115,"date":"2016-07-02T20:46:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T20:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=51115"},"modified":"2016-07-02T20:46:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T20:46:53","slug":"christianity-ready-for-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=51115","title":{"rendered":"Christianity, ready for the stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — the Russians were first with Sputnik, can Orthodoxy in space be far behind? ]
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Unfinished TV tower in Yekaterinburg may be turned into St. Catherine Church<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Yekaterinburg architects created a concept of the highest church in the world: they suggested combining in one project a cult building and the notorious unfinished construction, Yekaterinburg TV reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the concept, they are going to combine the unfinished construction and the cult building in one cosmic-shaped construction, though it is far from architecture of Orthodox churches,\u201d the TV channel reports.<\/p>\n

According to the authors of the idea, they wanted to suggest an alternative to \u201cthe church on water,\u201d which was voiced among others projects of Yekaterinburg church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Church or TV? What’s your preference?<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Then there’s that enchanted phrase, “the church on water”..<\/p>\n

Well, there’s the church of Our Lady of the Rocks<\/strong> in the Bay of Kotor, off Perast, Montenegro:<\/p>\n

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\nphoto: Diego Delso<\/a>, Wikimedia Commons, License CC-BY-SA 3.0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s supported on water, to be sure, though it doesn’t appear to walk on it —<\/p>\n

More explicitly, there’s the church that seems to be actually named Church on the Water<\/strong> in Hokkaido, designed by architect Tadao Ando<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Church<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

**<\/p>\n

In what might be seen as an interfaith move, Pritzker Prize<\/strong> winner Tadao Ando also designed the Water Temple<\/strong> in Hompukuji, on the island of Awaji, Japan:<\/p>\n

\"Water<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wikiarquitectura<\/a> tells us:<\/p>\n

The Water Temple is the residence of Ninnaji Shingon, the oldest sect of Tantric Buddhism in Japan, founded in 815.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

**<\/p>\n

Revelation 22.17:<\/strong><\/p>\n

And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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