Fáskrúðarbakkakirkja, Iceland
written by wil6ka
on January 30th, 2009
, 12 comments
(1 vote)
The National Church of Iceland or as we Icelandic tourist say “Þjóðkirkjan”, is truly Lutheran. As so there is not much of the glamor and the whole „passion of the Christ“ hollywoodesque show you maybe would expect in catholic regions. No, Iceland is rough and plain and so are the churches.
It is anyway a holy miracle that the sacred buildings are not blown of the rock, which is called Iceland. But there are quite a few of them I did some research to find out how mine is called and there is a page that shows pictures of them all. It seems like there is a church for every single Icelander. And some of the buildings are quite futuristic. Some others show some similarities to the style of the first churches in the American middle west. All made of wood and really plain. Some of them rather look like a barn or shed. With only two windows and only build for a family of shepherds. And another witty church I found on the road to the glacier Snæfellsjökull. It took also some time to find out more about it.
The name is Fáskrúðarbakkakirkja and it was build 1934. I love this lonely wooden church in the open field. It depicts so much the standalone factor of religion…the earth close to the lord…and whatever. And maybe you feel all this humble spirit much more than in a giant cathedral, which was only build for the sole purpose to show the simple people how small they are compared to god and the clerics.
http://www.nat.is/Kirkjur/Kirkjur%20VL%20faskrudarbakkakirkja.htm
http://www.kirkjan.net/mynd/kirksidur/aust.htm
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