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Concathedral of st. Nicholas
Simona Slezáková, Laura Mihoková 1.A
CONTENT
- 1. History- 2. - 3.- 4. Main altar- 5. Statue of Pope John Paul II- 6. Saint Nicholas
1. HISTORY
- One of the oldest churches in Slovakia
- Primary church came from 1230
- was rebuilding in the half of the 14th century
- was burned out five times (the biggest fire was in 1788)
- 1823 closed down cemetery around the church
- 9. august 2008 promoted on Concathedral
- Concathedral is 54 meters long, 34 meters wide, 16 meters high
- The tower is 71 meters high
- Five altars and two organs
- Big organ - 3,480 fluepipes - 20 bells
- Small organ - older than big organ - 378 fluepipes - the biggest fluepipes has painted decoration
4. MAIN ALTAR
- was made in 1490-1506 by Prešov’s wood-carver Ján Weiss
- in the middle is Virgin Mary with Jesus
- On the right side is a sculpture of St. Nicholas
- on the left side is a sculpture of St. Vojtech, second Prague’s bishop
STATUE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
- the statue is bronze- was installed in July
2012 - 2,5 m hight- was created by
sculptor Peter Beno
SAINT NICHOLAS
- was born in 280 AD- in a city of Lycia (in
Asia Minor)- gift giver of Myra- was a Christian
priest, who later became a bishop
- was a rich person and traveled the country to help people or give gifts
SAINT NICHOLAS
- story is about a poor man and his three daughters
- St. Nicholas dropped bags of gold into the stockings
- http://www.saris.eu.sk/presov/sk/pamiatky.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Concathedral
- http://www.google.sk/search?q=concathedral+st+nicholas+pre%C5%A1ov&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&biw=1366&bih=622&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=sk&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=9avAUZeoIYXTtQbk7oGIDQ
- http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/sc/saint_nicholas.htm
- http://www.visegradgroup.eu/news/john-paul-ii-statue