‘GIVING SPIRIT FORM’
ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH WINS WORLD ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Posted: November 19, 2011 at 5:20 a.m.
Worshippers enter the sanctuary of St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church through a hallway with a tapered ceiling. The ceiling drops as one moves closer, replicating the squeezing motion of the birth canal.
The Right Rev. John Atchison stands inside the St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church in Springdale on Wednesday.
“Everything up there is supposed to represent heaven.”
RIGHT REV. JOHN ATCHISON
Parish priest, on the design of the altar
The church tower is lit by a narrow cross of red glass. The cross is more visible from the outside of the structure, which is...
The sanctuary of the St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church in Springdale is bathed in natural light on Wednesday.
The design of the church utilizes natural light. The blue-paned window, imported from Germany, symbolizes the uncreated glory...
AT A GLANCE
ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH
To view more reports and photos of the building project, visit www.stnicholasar.org/48st.html.
or archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2011/11/Saint-
Nicholas-Eastern-Orthodox-Church.
Information: 751-1830, www.stnicholasar.org.
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Religion, Pages 9 on 11/19/2011
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