Sacred Spaces

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Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

After this medieval Serbian fresco was hidden for centuries, an image of it became one of the first to be sent into space.

This famous church is adorned by a mural commemorating the independence of Vatican City.

Two nearly identical Chinese pagodas stand side by side, along with ancient stone relics.

A short walk through the woods will take you to an unusual flat hill top, used by the Shakers for outdoor worship.

Indigenous cultures believed all life would end if this enormous rock toppled.

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

This sixth-century church housed an icon with eyes so beautiful legend has it they inspired the name of a Greek city.

This concrete church spent a period of its history as a World War II bunker.

The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

The Greek War of Independence was declared at this medieval Byzantine sanctuary.

This dome-topped chapel houses the most-venerated religious figure in Yanhuitlán.