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About Christian Temples in Japan

Christian churches, cathedrals, basilicas, and monasteries are scattered across every continent and represent two thousand years of architectural and devotional tradition. From early Roman basilicas and Byzantine domed churches to Gothic cathedrals, Baroque pilgrimage shrines, and modern megachurches, each building expresses a distinct theology and historical moment. Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Coptic, Ethiopian, and other Christian traditions maintain their own ritual life and architectural conventions. Iconic sites include St Peter's Basilica in Rome, Hagia Sophia (now a mosque), Notre-Dame de Paris, Canterbury Cathedral, the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, and the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela.