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Some awesome Churches! They are over on the Catholic Answers Forum and I don't know how else to get them here but through the link. So many wonderful pictures. http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=81476 "Stave churches are wooden church buildings built in northern Europe mainly during the Middle Ages. Between 800 and 1,200 stave churches may have existed in the mid-14th century, at which time construction abruptly ceased."
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You know where you can see some pieces of these churches?
Of all places Disney! Yes, Epcot center has a small gallery of these Churches along with crosses and various items from the churches.
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Yes, I have visited the one in Florida since I am from a Norwegian background. There are about 23 left standing in Norway, all of them well preserved. Visited a few of the historic ones this past July while in Norway.
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There's a travel show on PBS with these kids who travel around the world on the cheap, and they visited a stave chruch is Norway, I think. It was really awe-inspiring.
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Thank you for the link, Pani Rose. The sight of such a church was delightful. Some of the Antiochan Orthodox and Russian Orthodox Churches in Alaska immediately came to mind.
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These churches are beautiful and so unique!
Fr. Stephanos, how wonderful that you saw a few in Norway!
I would love to visit Norway someday.
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Fr. Stephanos we have a friend who is of Norweigan ancestry and had seen, but had not really taken stock of them until he saw the pictures here. He was really in awe of what he had just casually passed by. Truly enjoyed the beauty of what is at hand. I imagine the next time he goes to visit his sister in Norway, he will check them out. When I originally came across the sight, his name came to mind immediately. He was not brought up with any Church background. However, eighteen years ago he became Catholic. My impression is this was his true heritage, his ancestors may have well been people of very strong faith. He has been a Byzantine Catholic for about five years now.  Pani Rose
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When I was in the Marine Corps and stationed at a Norwegian Army Base, our Nowegian counterparts took us on a weekend trip to see the Stave Churches, I remember being very interested in what I came to know as the Runic symbols carved throughout some of the churches. It was something to stand in a church the Vikings built and also that it had lasted this long. I was saddened in 1996 when I learned some of these churches were burned by a rather dark figure, Varg Vikernes. Fantoft Stave Church became, in many ways, the primary symbol of church burnings in Norway. It was a museum as well as a main tourist attraction for visitors to Bergen. As I recall it was also used for special weddings and services.
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