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Happy Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist!

Here are some pics that I took from a recent pilgrimage to his tomb in the iconic Basilica di San Marco in Venice, Italy.  (Unfortunately, I can’t show you the inside of the Basilica because photography was prohibited, but I can tell you the interior was amazing; it seemed to be filled with a heavenly glow from the golden mosaics depicting scriptural events which covered the walls and ceiling.)

How did the relics of St. Mark come to Venice?  The Venetians believe that St. Mark stopped on their shores to preach the Gospel before traveling to Alexandria where he was martyred and buried. 

The Inventio (Recovery) took place in 828.  After venerating St. Mark’s relics in Alexandria, Venetian merchants, Buono da Malamocco and Rustico da Torcello, learned that the Moor where going to raid the church where St. Mark’s body was buried.  So, they took his body from Alexandria to Venice where St. Mark is venerated as the city’s co-patron saint (along with St. Theodore).  My tour guide even said that they covered his remains in pork to aid in the transport from a Moorish land.

mmmm!

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Cinema Center by CH+QS Arquitectos

The film archive area is covered by a permeable basket, huge, walkable, that filters light and works as a lamp.

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Days in the sun (by YΛZEED)

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Barely tall enough…

“Br. Ursus OP wondering how a very small bear might light such a tall Easter candle…”

[Photo:  by Fr. Lawrence, OP.  If you see this, Happy Easter, Father!]

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Semana Santa processions in Sevilla, Spain

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One last paso from Sevilla to close out a most blessed Semana Santa:  The Allegory of the Triumph of the Holy Cross Over Death

Mors Mortem Superavit (Death Has Conquered Death)

“Where, O death, is your victory?  Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Cor 15:55)

[Photo:  “Triunfo de la Santa Cruz Sobre la Muerte” from [x]εяxεxsz]

unboliviable:

Colonial Sucre/Bolivia

cosascool:

Ian Coyle

architekturdesign:

Black Box / Tectoniques