213 Madison Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701-3316
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Our High Altar, by tradition faces East. The windows catches the rising sun beautifully. At sunrise, the windows, initially dark, lightens from the top to the bottom, as if a curtain is being lowered, revealing "IHS" (a Christogram for the Holy Name of Jesus) on the red (crucifixion) cross. Episcopal churches do not usually have a "Crucifix", they may have a "Christus Rex". (click for our Christus Rex)
| gold crown | Kingship of Jesus. Power, legitimacy, victory, triumph, honor and glory; as well as immortality, righteousness and resurrection. | |||
| palms in crown | Palm Sunday, start of Holy Week, Jesus enters Jerusalem hailed as a King. | |||
| IHS | A Christogram for the Holy Name of Jesus. In white letters; the color of purity, joy, and eternal life. Jesus new life transcends death. The earliest example thus found was on a Byzantine gold coin (Click here for an example). | |||
| red cross | The blood that Jesus shed for us all on Calvary. | |||
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Passiflora more info |
Passion flowers; Holy Week. | |||
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IN + MEMORIAM + HSC Henry Suydam Crooke (Find A Grave ref) |
| sun & moon | Genesis, the first book of the Bible, tells us that God made the sun and moon on the fourth day of creation. The power of light to shine through the darkness, as good will shine over evil. The phases of the moon also symbolize immortality and eternity; the rhythm of time. | |||
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Easter Lillies more info |
eternal life | |||
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Poppies more info |
peace, rest, remembrance | |||
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I BELIEVE IN THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS "The communion of saints is the whole family of God, the living and the dead, those whom we love and those whom we hurt, bound together in Christ by sacrament, prayer, and praise." 1979 BCP, pg.862 |
| HOLY-HOLY-HOLY | The sanctity of the Triune nature of God; the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit. | |||
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THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME |
The words that Jesus used when He instituted the Last Supper, from Luke 22:19 or 1 Corinthians 11:24 (both KJV). It is interesting to note that the NRSV we use today has, "Do this in remembrance of me". | |||
| IHS | A Christogram for the Holy Name of Jesus. The earliest example thus found was on a Byzantine gold coin (Click here for an example). Jesus - in the center; the center of our lives. | |||
| Α Ω | The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet; from the beginning of time to the end of time. |
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side panels | Reredos | ||
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left & right | Choir benches | ||
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up | Santuary Corona | ||
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left & right | Rector's & Bishop's chairs, circa 1900 | ||
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up / left & right | carved inserts |