On the very eventful Good Friday, Jesus was betrayed by his disciple Judas and arrested, then hauled before several different authorities—first the Jewish religious leaders, then the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. Sentenced to death, Jesus was crucified alongside two criminals. Upon his death, he was buried in a nearby tomb.
Matthew 26:14-27:66 New International Version (NIV)
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Archive for the tag 'Crucifix'
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Good Friday
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 14th 2017
The Crucified from Piran is located with in the Church of St George.
In 2009 a glass case was installed above the choir banks on the right-hand side of the presbytery to keep the Crucified from Piran, one of the key monuments of the Mediaeval sculpture art in Slovenia. The Gothic art especially intensifies the martyrdom [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Dec 5th 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Cerkev SV. Roka
The end of the alleyway in my previous post opens up into a small square when one of many small hidden churches can be found. The Square of Fraternity is also know as the Rok market. The church was built at the end of the sixteenth century and is dedicated to St. Roch.
He went on [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 2nd 2015
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Leuven 2015
Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 1st 2015
Filed under Holidays, Leuven 2015
Through the Archway
Let us walk through the archway at the end of the street I showed in my previous post and see what we see…
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 10th 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Lucerne 2013
The Cycle of Life…
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 23rd 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Art, Bruges 2010, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays
Jeruzalemkark
Following on from the windmills our next port of call was the Jerusalem Church (Jeruzalemkark).
The striking Jeruzalemkerk was built between 1428 and 1465 and is a curious combination of Byzantine and Gothic styles. It was built by the Adornes family, originally merchants from Genoa, who had travelled on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and were [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 5th 2011
