The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is the Episcopalian answer to St. Patrick's Cathedral. St. John the Divine's is the world's largest cathedral and observation alone of its beautiful external artwork is a rewarding experience.
             The west facade of St. John the Divine's is covered with sculptures each portraying a different event. The west facade resembles that of Amiens Cathedral located in Amiens, France. Each cathedral has three main arched entryways with the center entry obviously the largest and a rose colored stain glass window above the main entryway, St. John the Divine's, however, is much larger.
             The two smaller entryways are located on the north and south ends of the west facade. The north entryway has four sculptures on either side of the doors and a trumeau of St. John the Divine. As well, the middle and south entryways each have a trumeau of St. John the Divine. The ornate peripheral sculptures are not yet started on the south entryway. On the south entryway's tympanum there is depicted Mary holding baby Jesus, the central tympanum an adult Jesus, and the north entryway's tympanum has depicted a crucified Jesus.
             The middle entryway has two doors which close to and join in the center. That entryway is also known as the "Portal of Paradise." Each door is covered with metal plates portraying biblical events; the north door being Old Testament and the south door the New Testament. The pattern or Old Testament and New Testament is repeated throughout the facade. Sculptures of apostles are on either side of the doors. The apostle
             sculptures on the north side are from the Old Testament and the on the south from the New Testament. The apostles represent the future and the past. Above the apostles are smaller, lightly colored sculptures also from the Old and New Testament. The coloring of the most external sculptures has apparently faded from weathering
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