title: Sacred Heart Church (Berlin)
text: # Sacred Heart Church (Berlin)
  
  The Sacred Heart Church (German: Herz-Jesu-Kirche) is a Catholic church located in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, externally built in Neo-Romanesque style. Designed by Christoph Hehl, professor of medieval architecture, the building was completed after 16 months of constructions in 1898. The Neo-Byzantine-style murals inside the church were done by Friedrich Stummel.
  
  * Panorama of the interior
  * The altar surrounded by murals
  * Jesus as Christ Pantocrator in the apse
  * Mural of the Lamb of God with vexillum
  
  ## Themes of the murals
  
  The murals of the church:
  
  * Choir:
     * Apse: Jesus as Christ Pantocrator, above the Hand of God
     * Ceiling of the choir: Sacred Heart, carried by two angels
     * Walls of the choir: Angels carrying Instruments of the Passion
  * Arch of the choir:
     * Risen Christ with two adoring angels
     * Saints of the local parish: Meinrad of Einsiedeln, Aloysius Gonzaga, Elizabeth of Thuringia, Teresa of Ávila
  * On the archway (left and right):
     * Ecclesia and Synagoga
     * John the Baptist and Simon Petrus
     * John the Evangelist and Paul the Apostle
  * Dome:
     * Lamb of God with the Seven seals and a vexillum, adored by 24 presbyters
     * Spandrels (left and right): The Prophets Malachi, Isaia, Ezekiel and Jeremiah
  * Eastern transept:
     * Mary, Mother of Jesus with two angels, the saints Agnes of Rome, Gertrude of Nivelles and Saint Monica, her son Augustine of Hippo and the saint Hedwig of Silesia
  * Western transept:
     * Saint Joseph, Alphonsus Liguori, Pope Leo I, the Doctor of the Church Augustine of Hippo and Bernard of Clairvaux
  * Under the transept:
     * East side: Doubting Thomas with Jesus
     * West side: Simon Petrus sinking in the water, Jesus walking on water
     * East side of nave: Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well
     * West side of nave: The sinner washing the feet of Jesus
     * Western wall of the central transept: Crucifixion of Jesus
     * Eastern wall does not have any murals
  * Nave:
     * West side: Jesus as a friend of the children
     * Ostseite: Jesus is healing and comforting the needy
  