Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
This photo taken through glass and in dim light is far from perfect but I wanted to share this exquisite model with you.
A model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem which stood from 1145 until 1808. Perhaps more correctly called the Church of the Resurrection, this model is one of many made [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 26th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Science & Nature, Wells 2016
I couldn’t quite get the angle to frame the moon and the cathedral in the same photograph. I could have done with a bit of time but my companion would probable have got bored and impatient whilst I wandered around for the perfect angle.
The second photo shows the top of one of the trees from [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 16th 2017
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Galatians 5:22 (KJV)
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 8th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Wells 2016
Pilgrims still make the journey to Glastonbury Abbey where they are able to take part in church services that are held in St Patrick’s Chapel.
Every week throughout the year, services are held in St Patrick’s Chapel which was founded by Abbot Richard Beere in 1500 and so has been witness to 500 years of Christian [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 28th 2016
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Wells 2016
The Lady Chapel is one of the finest late 12th century buildings in Europe. It stands on the site of an earlier timber church dedicated to the Virgin Mary and claimed to have been founded by Joseph of Arimathea. The ‘Old Church’ was burnt in a great fire in 1184, along with many of the [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 22nd 2016
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Wells 2016
The symbol of our Faith, the gift of Queen Elizabeth II marks a Christian Sanctuary. So ancient that only legend, can record its origin.
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 20th 2016
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Wells 2016
The Saxons, who had been converted to Christianity, conquered the ancient county of Somerset in the 7th Century. Their King was Ine of Wessex, who was widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the abbey. He was a local man who boosted the status and income of the abbey, [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2016
