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• why are the most churches so big?

  to impress people, at the time they were build, the majority of the people went to the church every day or at least once a week

• why did they build chaples?

  to thank God,mary or a holy saint, to memorise victims of a war or a disaster, to impress: a rich men or family build it, they are smaller, intimate and cosy.

• what are non-conformist Christians?

  people who do believe in Christ and Christianity, but not in the church as a system, the pope and in Rome. these people are indivualists

• why has the Orthodox church four corners?

  each corner is dedicated  to an evangelists

• why are chapels loved by non-conformist christians?

  because there is no pope, and you are alone most of the time to think and pray

• give 3 reasons why they buid a high tower

  to impress, to honour God, insid there are bells and they are more usefull when the tower is high, you could see it from a long distance so paople knew where the centre of a village was.

• do all people have seats in the orthodox church

  no only the old and the weak

• why are these churches so richly decorated?

  to impress visitors, to honour God, to give an impression of heaven, inside the church is heaven and outside is hell.

• can you mention a saint?

  mary, Joseph, Jacob, John the baptist, Peter and Eloy

• why do they have pictures of saint?

  in the beginning of the church the most people couldn't write or read. so the priests told stories, and also stories about saints. they used pictures to substantiate this story. the pictures show the saints as strong people who died on a cruel way.