Church architecture
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Church architecture refers to the architecture of Christian buildings, such as churches, chapels, convents, and seminaries.
Saint Sophia, Constantinopolis
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St Paul's Cathedral Nave, London, UK Diliff
The Dura-Europos house church, built c. 232 AD, with a chapel area on right
Chancel
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In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary, at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an
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…the entrance of the church opening into a narthex; the narthex contains one or more doors into the nave of the church, and the altar is located in the chancel. Historically, chancel rails separate the nave from the chancel, though they are not universal in all churches now. The simplest church building comprises…
The chancel of the Church of the Revelation, an Evangelical-Lutheran parish of the Church of Sweden in the locality of Saltsjöbaden. The rood screen and chancel arch are visible from the nave.
View from the nave of the chancel of Condom Cathedral in France, with ambulatories and two altars, the modern one in the choir
St Peter's, Lilley, Hertfordshire a medium-sized English church showing the nave, chancel arch, and a chancel with choir and sanctuary
Iron entry gates to the chancel at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania), USA, designed by master blacksmith Samuel Yellin