Hello everybody!
I wanted to create this conversation a long time ago.
I think it would be nice to be able to gather in the same place the Christian postcards that we received or sent on Postcrossing.
I love collecting churches in each country but also everything related to Christianity and if you share your postcards here, it will be easier for others (and me!) to put in favorites.
So, What Christian postcards did you received/send?
Although I’m not religious, England has been a Christian country for many, many years, so it isn’t surprising that I’ve sent a lot of cards that would fit this theme! I’ll show a few here.
I love a good church or cathedral, so I’ve sent lots of cards featuring them:
Canterbury Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral
Ely Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral
York Minster
Little Malvern Priory
St Nicolas Church, Newbury
St Mary’s Church, Cheadle
I’ve also sent cards with religious themes, such as featuring biblical illustrations or prayers. I try to be more selective on who I send these cards to, so as to not offend anyone.
Without me going through my postcards, I don’t recall receiving any Christian postcards. As for sending out any, I may have mailed postcards of churches that are historical buildings. Currently, these types of postcards are hard to find where I live.
I am not particularly religious, but I do collect cards showing churches, including architectural details thereof, stained glass windows and whatever is in or just outside the church. I also collect cards showing statues of Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus, but not paintings, and also cards showing St. George, they can be statues, paintings or other depictions. Also love icons.
But I am not so keen on Bible quotations on cards, or religious propaganda/proselytism, which I find rather irritating to receive on cards.
But I very seldom send this kind of cards, mostly because there are very few churches in China and they seldom make it into postcards, so I am more likely to send a card of a Buddhist or Taoist or Confucianist temple, or even of a mosque (there is a sizable number of Moslems in China).
This morning I received my second church postcard from China via the “China meet World TAG”. It’s amazing!
The Jiangsu Road Church in Qingdao is a Protestant Lutheran church, established by the German Empire, in Qingdao, during the Kiautschou Concession (1898-1914).
Its construction lasted from 1908 to 1910.
Since 2006, it has been included on the 6th list of major historical and cultural sites protected at the national level.
I know they are not many.
