As one of the most beautiful churches in Nam Dinh, Thanh Sa Chau Temple is becoming an attractive destination attracting many visitors from all over the world.
Nam Dinh is famous throughout the country with a large number of churches. In Nam Dinh, there are hundreds of different large and small churches, including many long-standing ancient churches with unique Western-style Gothic architecture, with many meanings associated with religious history.
Located in Giao Chau commune, Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province, Thanh Sa Chau Temple is one of the unique works that attracts many domestic and foreign tourists to visit.
Thanh Sa Chau Temple has a total area of about 13 acres (equivalent to 130,000 m2), built during the French colonial period (1942). Particularly, the church area is 75m long, 25m wide and 22m high.
Temple of Sa Chau dedicated to St. Joseph the Worker.
The work was designed and built directly by two French architects, bold Gothic architecture with characteristic pointed arches. With a beauty as if in the “West Heaven”, Sa Chau Temple is not only a religious destination for Christians but also attracts many visitors to check-in “virtual life”.
From the details of patterns, textures to colors, visitors think of pictures of majestic churches in Europe.
Saint Sa Chau Temple is more prominent than other churches in the same diocese thanks to its extremely large reliefs, finely sculpted by granite.
The work was heavily damaged, deformed and damaged due to a number of historical events during the two resistance wars against France and the US. By the time Father Gioakim Vu Cao Duong was the parish priest, the church was renovated and expanded. Some houses of Quan – Chung house or campus around the project are also newly built.
In 1998, St. GIUSE’s monument was built at the end of the church. After that, the 14 Stations of the Cross continued to be completed (cast as human-sized concrete with reinforced concrete) around the Holy Temple and the entrance to the Temple as well as the row of catechists and religious houses …
After 2 times of repair and embellishment, many areas were newly built, but basically, the church still retains the original architecture.
Father Vinh Son Nguyen The Vinh has contributed a lot of effort to the new construction and repair of Thanh Sa Chau Temple, as spacious and beautiful as today.
Every year as a rule, on the 1st of the 15th, the bishop returns to pay homage to St. Joseph, the worker, which is also the day of adoration of the parish of Saint Sa Chau. The ceremony had a very magnificent flower procession and offering, attracting the participation of many local parishioners.
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