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We visited the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona AZ today. The gift shop may have been larger than the chapel.

This stood out.

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An illuminated mantelpiece glass decoration of Santa Claus holding the baby Jesus in his manger as a baby sheep looks up at them. The scene is inside a water filled glass tank.

The Chapel of the Holy Cross was built into the side of a butte near Sedona, Arizona, located within the Coconino National Forest. Construction was finished in 1956 and the Chapel continues to hold services on Wednesday and Friday, with a special service on Monday, operating under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix. The gift shop is open daily.
The Chapel is a dramatic structure to see from afar and up close.

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An outdoor, daylight photograph looking up, over some green shrubs to a red-hued butte or mountain with a building built into one. It emerges from a gap between to peaks and is a tall building with sides that sweep up and a facade of glass windows and a stone cross.

M-m-m-my Sedona! A place beyond…

There are few places that instantly endear themselves into your heart and will forever be imprinted within your mind. Sedona, Arizona is absolutely one of those places..

Sunset from Tabletop Mesa looking north towards Capital Butte

Gorgeous natural beauty greets the visitor in every direction with dazzling red rock formations framed by a rugged multilayered geological terrain and verdant high desert plant life. All are set beneath a brilliant azure sky. M-m-m-my Sedona!

Canyons, arroyos, peaks, mesas, outcroppings, rocky spires, bluffs, cliffs and other geological wonders are adorned with evergreen forests. M-m-m-my Sedona is truly an earthly Eden.

Then throw in an incredible Uptown shopping and entertainment district that is an urban planner’s utopian design dream come true. It beautiful, functional, tasteful and especially people/pedestrian friendly.

Statue in Uptown

Add to that multiple hundreds of miles of equestrian, hiking and/or biking trails, superb dining and lodging, a plethora of cultural options, and a wide-ranging and organic spiritual essence that celebrates the diversity of multiple metaphysical belief systems.

Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village Amitabha Stupa with a prayer wheel in the foreground and Chimney Rock in the background Chapel of the Holy Cross

Within the first 24 hours we experienced the many metaphysical facets of Sedona’s soul. We witnessed a red rock sunset at a cosmic vortex, basked in the golden embrace of a sunlit mountaintop, marveled at the wondrous Chapel of the Holy Cross, found solace at the Amitabha Stupa along the meditative whispers of the surrounding Peace Park, and walked a labyrinth in quiet contemplation. Sedona, unlike any place I’ve known, is a symphony of serenity. Here, the raw power of nature and the transcendental vibe weave an undeniable tapestry of mindfulness and peace.

Smaller stupa at the Amitabha Peace Park

Throughout this post are just a few images from what may be the most beautiful and motivational physical setting for any city in the United States. Simply put, M-m-m-my Sedona has “The Knack” for being a place beyond…

Peace!

Outstanding natural vistas are commonplace in and around M-m-m-my Sedona.

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Det heliga korset 👼

Heliga korsets kapell, Skogskyrkogården.

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The #Chapel of the Holy Cross was built into a butte in #Coconino National Forest near #Sedona #Arizona.
It is overseen by the Roman #Catholic Diocese of Phoenix.
It was finished in 1956 and holds services on Wednesday and Friday, with an additional service on Monday.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
This #photograph, looking up at the chapel, shows how commanding its presence from below.

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The correct answer for Place of the Day (22 August, 2024) was: Chapel of the Holy Cross

If you glance east when driving Sedona’s Red Rock Scenic Byway, a slender structure seemingly welded into the sandstone might catch your eye. Towering 250ft, the Chapel of the Holy Cross is in fact wedged between two walls of ancient red rock...(see link for more)

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