Historic Churches Around the World

Charming churches with unique architecture, some illuminated at night, reflecting religious heritage in various locations including India and Africa.

Small church, Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India

st George orthodox Syrian cathedral, palayam, kerala, India, Asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Yohanes Church on this Christian coral fringed holiday island and scuba diving destination, Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

All saints church Connor Nilgiris Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Our Lady of Hope Church on Vipin Island, Cochin (Kochi), Kerala, India, Asia

Asia, Vietnam. Cai Be Catholic Church, Cai Be, Tien Giang Province

St Joseph s church Nedummudy Alleppey backwaters Kerala India Asia Copyright: xSunilxKapadia/DinodiaxPhotox

St. Thomas church at Kokkamangalam or kokkothamangalam Kerala India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Traditional batak church on the Samosir island, Indonesia

Santana with Iglesia Santa Ana on the island of São Tomé in West Africa

Small church, Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India

Catholic Church Catholic Church, Lancetillo, La Parroquia, Reyna area, Quiche, Guatemala, Central America Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22071336

church, alleppey, kerala, India, Asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Cathedral in western Upolu, Samoa, South Pacific

Catholic cathedral, Dalat, Central Highlands, Vietnam, Asia

Mount Carmel cathedral established in 1809 and reconstructed in1999 ; Alappuzha ; Alleppey ; Kerala ; India NO PROPERTY RELEASE AVAILABLE

Portugal catholic church in Ayuthaya, Thailand

Famous French Church, Nha tho da Sa Pa, Thi tran Sapa, Sapa or Sa Pa, Lao Cai province, northern Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia

Kirche Unserer Lieben Frau von Gloria, Varca, Goa, Indien. Our Lady of Gloria Church, Varca, Goa, India. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 23325869

Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Pahoa, Island of Hawaii Big Island, Hawaii, United States of America, North America

Big Island, Hawaii. Church outside Hilo The Big Island Hawaii.

Tan Huong Church, Kon Tum, Vietnam

Luz church Our lady of light Madras Chennai Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Cathedral in western Upolo, Samoa, South Pacific, Oceania

Christian church, Palolem, Goa, India, Asia

Our Lady of the Rosary, Fuerteventura, Spain

Saint Paul church at Vishakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Can Tho cathedral built during the french colonial period. Can Tho. Vietnam.

Maria Lanakila Catholilc Church at Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, United States, North America

Monastery of the Most Holy Child Jesus

St. Mary s church Estd1463 dedicated to Our Lady popularly called Vechoor Muthiamma at Vechoor Kerala India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

House of Prayer of the Baptist Evangelical Christians in Lvov

Catholic Cathedral in remote village of Flores Guatemala

Church of Omoa between trees, Fatu Hiva, Marquesas, Polynesia, Oceania

Saint george church Wellington Connor Nilgiris Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Christian church in Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, Asia

Church in Goa, India, Asia

The Italian Prisoner of War (POW) Church in Pietermaritzburg, also known as Our Lady of Mercy, was constructed towards the end of second world war by Italian prisoners of war. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa

Church of our lady of good health called our lady of vailankanni Vailankanni Velanganni Nagappattinam Copyright: xAngeloxD Silva/DinodiaxPhotox

Usa, Louisiana, St Martin Of Tours Catholic Church; St Martinville

Champakulam kalloorkadu saint mary forane church was founded by saint thomas apostle himself at Valia Palli near Alappuzha, Kerala, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Saint george church Wellington Coonoor Ooty Udagamandalam Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Wat Khao Tham Khan Kradai is a Buddhist cave-temple set above a beautiful bay just north of Prachuap Khiri Khan. A signposted trail at the foot of a limestone hill overlooking Khan Kradai Bay winds up the side of the hill to a small cave, which leads in turn to a larger cave sheltering a phra non or reclining Buddha. Beyond is a further chamber similalrly filled with Buddha images brought and left by the faithful in acts of merit. From the cave entrance there are good views across the broad sweep of Khan Bandai Bay.

Statues, Sacred heart of Jesus church at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Saint George Catholic Forane Syrian church at Angamally near Ernakulum Kerala India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

St. George Orthodox Church in Paliakara, Kayamkulam, Thiruvalla, Kerala, South India, India, Asia. A pilgrim centre of Malankara Orthodox Church, Asia

Albanian Catholic Church New Albanian Catholic Church in Donji Stroj Copyright: xZoonar.com/Baloncicix 6948360

Our Lady of Lourdes cathedral has interesting underground shrine ; Thrissur ; Kerala ; India

Early Christian Church, Cochin, India, 2009.

Church of our lady of expectation saint thomas mount or parangimalai Madras Chennai Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Island church, Protestant-Lutheran church, island Juist, East Frisian island,

White Christian church in Ha'apai Islands, Tonga, South Pacific

Church at Pamba River, backwaters near Alleppey, Alappuzha, Kerala, India, South Asia, Asia

Huaraz, Peru, September 20, 2015: Exterior view of a Church Soledad with people in front, South America

Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Coast, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Central America

Beautiful church in the region of the sierra in Ecuador

Bole Medhane Alem Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Armenian church in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asia

Africa, Gabon, Libreville. Chapel of Our Lady of Assumption.

Church of the Batak Christian Protestant in the village Huta Hotang on the island of Samosir within the Lake Toba in North Sumatra province. The Huria Kristen Batak Protestan Church was established 1917

Africa, Benin, Ouidah. First Catholic church in West Africa, c. 1909.

Old church Chandor near Margao South Goa Goa India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Maria statue before the Colonial Spanish Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Baclayon, Bohol, Philippines

Church in Waikkal, Western Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Man carrying firewood on his head walking past a church in rural Kerala, India, Asia

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh Stadt, bride and groom in front of the cathedral Notre lady,

Tamil evangelical lutheran church or zion church at Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Mae De Deus Church Saligaon Goa Maharashtra India Asia March 2011 Copyright: xSunilxKapadia/DinodiaxPhotox

Majuro, Marshall Islands, White church Cathedral Parish of Assumption with cross

Traditional batak church on the Samosir island, Indonesia

Soot. Orth. Church Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, with relics of the three martyrs Jonas, Eustachius and Antanas Russ. Orth. Church Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, with relics of the three martyrs Jonas, Eustachius and Antana's

Bigest catholic church in Fiji, town Lautoka

Catholic church of Ruhengeri Rwanda

San Gerardo Maiella, schöne Kirche in Salerno, Kampanien, Salerno, Italien *** San Gerardo Maiella, Beauty Church in Salerno, Campania, Salerno, Italy 1131400163

St. George Jacobite Syrian church Kadamattom Church in Kadamattam Kerala India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Two motorcyclists paused in front of a serene blue and white church faade

Statue of Jesus Kodaikanal popularly Kodai is situated in Palani hills at 2133 meter above sea level Tamil Nadu Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Europe, Serbia, Novi Sad, Orthodox Church

Brother Harman prayer hall, Uttan, Bhayandar, Thane, Maharashtra, India, Asia India Copyright: xDuttagupta/DinodiaxPhotox -

Cross Margaon South Goa Goa India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Saligaon church Saligaon near Mapuca Goa India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Coptic Orthodox church All Saints who live in Heavens, El Samaaeyeen, Sharm el-Sheikh, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Africa

Cross in front of the Santo Domingo de Guzman Church, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas State, Mexico

Huge cross in front of the Cathedral of Bunia, Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

Remarkable for their military prowess, their receptivity to Christianity, and their intricate all-embracing kinship network, the Kachins are a hardy mountain people living in the remote hills of northern Burma and on the peripheries of India and China. 'Kachin' is actually a Burmese word that does not exist in any of the local dialects. Each Kachin tribe has a different name for themselves and their neighbours, but no word to describe the whole group.

Gereja Kristen Tanah Papua, Gereja di Indonesia church, Jalan Bosnik Raya, Biak Island off the island of Papua Neuguinea, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Historic Church of the Catholic Pallottine Mission, Kribi, South Region, Cameroon, Africa

Tac Say Catholic Church. The most spiritual destination in Mekong Delta with the tomb house of Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep. Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep was a famous Vietnamese Catholic priest killed in 1946. Bac Lieu. Vietnam.

Russian Chapel In Mathildenhohe Artists' Colony, Darmstadt, Germany

Church at Anse Boileau, Mahe Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Africa

Catholic church on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Norway. Tromso. Domkirke

Saint george church Wellington Coonoor Ooty Udagamandalam Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Bangladesh, Dhaka, Armenian Church Of Holy Resurrection And Rows Of Identical Graves

Norway, Tromso, Domkirke

Local church, Bora Bora, French Polynesia

Cross outside Voronet Monastery, near Gura Humorului, Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania

Macedonian Orthodox Church Macedonian Orthodox Church in Skopje Archbishopric of Ohrid and Macedonia Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarkoxBericx 6843071

San Lucas Tolimán church San Lucas Tolimán church, Lake Atitlán, Sololá Guatemala, Central America Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22071559

St. Peter's Church Kona Hawaii USA

Church in Waikkal, Western Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

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