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All Saints, Barrington, Cambridge, UK.
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St Paul’s Anglican Church, Beaconsfield, Western Australia - #002 by Andrew Priest, on Flickr
“St Paul's began in 1892 with the building of the Mission Hall [known as the St John's Mission Hall - see the Western Mail article below]. Weddings have been performed from 1897 until the present day and the Marriage Register is kept with the Parish Records. The foundation stone of the present church was laid on 23 August 1905. The church choir was established not long after the First World War and has continued to the present day. In the mid 1970s St Paul's combined with St John's Fremantle. St Paul's was re-established as a parish in its own right 30 June 1997.” – Fremantle Stuff

The Heritage Council of Western Australia describes St Paul’s Anglican Church “a good example of a suburban Federation Gothic style church, retaining its original form and set in a pleasing collection of late nineteenth to early twentieth century religious buildings, which together form a prominent landmark within a largely residential streetscape.
 
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St. Olav's Church could also have been presented as a place of worship. This late medieval church was built between 1506 and 1516 on the site of possibly two wooden churches. A fire destroyed the stone church in the 17th century and the wooden parts had to be rebuilt. When a new church was built in the village in 1855, the old stone church remained a deserted church, but was renovated with volunteer work in the 1990s.

1997, just three weeks after the restoration was completed, a burglar visited the church and burned it down. The current form was built between 1997 and 2003 and the volunteer work, again, received national attention and money for the renovation was collected extensively.

The current paintings were commissioned from two artists Osmo Rauhala and Kuutti Lavonen, and it attracted widespread attention at the time for its unconventionality and courage, which may not seem very radical today.

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"He brags like a Tyrvääian about his church" is an old saying in the municipality of Tyrvää, which is now part of the city of Sastamala. The area has been inhabited for 7,000 years. And originally the saying is said to have meant the medieval stone church, but with the new church the destination changed.

1855 a new church was built in Tyrvää. What makes it special is the unique double tower, the first in Finland. Later, another twin-tower church was built in Helsinki.

The church contains the treasures of the old stone church that were moved to the new church in 1855, but were not now on display and could not be photographed.

In front of the church, there are graves of World War II heroes in a place of honor, just like in every single village and town in Finland. The same fate now awaits the fallen heroes of Ukraine, I hope, because then Ukraine has remained independent and Russia cannot dishonor these heroes who have fallen and still will fall for Ukraine's independence.

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St. Olav's Church could also have been presented as a place of worship. This late medieval church was built between 1506 and 1516 on the site of possibly two wooden churches. A fire destroyed the stone church in the 17th century and the wooden parts had to be rebuilt. When a new church was built in the village in 1855, the old stone church remained a deserted church, but was renovated with volunteer work in the 1990s.

1997, just three weeks after the restoration was completed, a burglar visited the church and burned it down. The current form was built between 1997 and 2003 and the volunteer work, again, received national attention and money for the renovation was collected extensively.

The current paintings were commissioned from two artists Osmo Rauhala and Kuutti Lavonen, and it attracted widespread attention at the time for its unconventionality and courage, which may not seem very radical today.

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What a remarkable story of the renovation, fire destruction, resurrection (as it were) - thank you @Matero for giving the history; which adds so much to viewing your lovely images
 

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