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2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 23rd 2016
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
Khalil Gibran
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2016
… is builded by some man but he that built all things is GOD.
Comments Off CherryPie on Mar 21st 2016
On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
John 12:12-13 (KJV)
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 20th 2016
…would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 19th 2016
Hemming Robeson was the Vicar of Tewkesbury 1877-92. During his incumbency the great restoration of the Abbey started in 1875, was completed, and the Abbey House, the Gateway and a number of adjoining buildings were bought back for the Church. He was a founder of the Tewkesbury High School for Girls, the building now occupied by the Abbey School.
He moved to Bristol in 1892 and became Archdeacon of Bristol and North Wilts. Dying in 1912, he was buried in Bristol.*
*From an information board
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 17th 2016
Filed under Art, Colwall 2016, Faith Foundations, Holidays
The Chapel of St Edmund – Tewkesbury Abbey
Saint Edmund (841 – 69) was brought up as a Christian, and became King of the East Angles in about AD 865.
In 869 – 70. The Great Army of Vikings, under Ingwar, invaded East Anglia. Edmund led his army against them, but was defeated and captured. He refused to deny his Christian faith or rule as Ingwar’s vassal. He was killed, being shot with arrows, and beheaded, as a roof boss in this chapel depicts.*
Within the chapel is a triptych depicting Jesus Christ, Jerusalem and Tewkesbury. The three-part painting features images associated with the town, such as mustard flowers and horseradish plants.
*From an information board next to the chapel
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 14th 2016
