Views from around the village

The village we've moved to is tiny, around 300-ish homes (in fact, C says it's too small to be a village, that it's a hamlet) and yet it also has a whopping 3 churches. That's a whole lot of praying per capita!

I love this sweet little stone church. I don't know much about it yet, but I hope to soon.

Holy Korean Martyrs

In my periodic series of interesting Ottawa churches I bring you Holy Korean Martyrs Parish (in my head I'm hearing 'holy Korean martyrs Batman!'). Prior to 2001 this was Eglise Christ-Roi, built in 1930 and cute as a button, tucked away on a quiet, leafy street less than a block from arguably the busiest street in Ottawa.

St. George's Anglican Church

I love the juxtaposition of old and new when ancient churches are encroached on by urban sprawl. This is just the edge of St. Georges Anglican Church on Metcalfe St in Ottawa.

Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-monde

One thing the province of Quebec does incredibly well is churches, and this gorgeous Catholic cathedral in Montreal is no exception. I could probably devote several years worth of picture-a-day blogging to the churches of Quebec and barely scratch the surface, but since I was only in Montreal for the day one picture will have to suffice (though I actually took pictures of 3 churches today :) )

Beautiful Churches - part 2

This is beautiful St Andrew's Church, which is at the corner of Kent and Wellington, just a couple of blocks from Parliament Hill in Ottawa. According to the church's website, the church was built in 1828. What you can't see from my picture (again taken from the car window) is that the church is literally flush against the side of a massive modern mirrored skyscraper. VERY odd!

Beautiful Churches - part 1 in a (hopefully) continuing series

I have a thing for old churches, especially old stone churches. This is Knox Presbyterian Church here in Ottawa. Ironically, though it appears ancient it's actually only about 85 years old.

I'll have to go back another day when the lighting is better and I have more time (this was taken from the car driving home after work).