Sunday, September 3, 2017

Stained Glass Windows Within A Peaceful Sanctuary

This is St. Giles Presbyterian Church in the Glebe. I took this perspective of the front of the church a few days ago.


Back in late May, I passed by one Saturday afternoon when the sanctuary was open. I popped in to have a look.

32 comments:

  1. I love stained glass. That fisherman image has a lot of style!

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  2. It is a beautiful church, both exterior and interior. Beautiful stained glass windows.

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  3. Lovely stained glass windows and the exterior is gorgeous, too.

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  4. Love sthose stained glass windows, it is always difficult to photograph them, but you succeeded very well!

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  5. Stained glass windows are my favourite part of churches. Gorgous.

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  6. @Linda: thanks!

    @Nancy: it is!

    @Kay: I agree.

    @Marianne: these turned out well.

    @Klara: they are indeed.

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  7. Schöne Kirche tolle Buntglasfenster.

    Noke

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  8. Hello, I have a thing for stained glass windows. These are gorgeous. Great photos. Happy Sunday, enjoy your day and new week ahead!

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  9. This church has quite a lot of beautiful stained glass. It's very impressive.

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  10. No shortage of stained glass in that sanctuary.

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  11. Beautiful pictures
    Stain glass windows kept my attention at church as a little girl far more than anything else.

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  12. @Noke: thanks!

    @Eileen: they certainly are.

    @Sharon: I agree.

    @Red: there is a lot.

    @Tom: definitely.

    @Maywyn: I know that feeling.

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  13. Beautiful! I love stained glass.

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  14. Beautiful, William! I, too, love stained glass!

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  15. Oh la! Wonderful stained glass windows William, they just have to be viewed like this, looking out from inside!

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  16. they are beautiful!
    I wonder how (and why) somebody first came up with stained glass windows.

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  17. @Lois: me too.

    @Linda: it's great to see.

    @Grace: I agree.

    @RedPat: it is!

    @Pat: who knows? Experimentation, I expect.

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  18. Those stained glass windows are beautiful!

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  19. Lovely to have them preserved like this.

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  20. Beautiful church, especially the stained glass.

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  21. Beautiful stained glass windows and church.

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  22. A lovely modest church of a certain age

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  24. I enjoyed seeing all of your photographs William.
    It is a very beautiful church, and the stained glass windows are amazing, the colours within just wonderful.

    All the best Jan

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  25. Great photos William. It is a beautiful church. The stained glass windows are impressive.

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  26. I love the stained glass artistry in these churches.

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  27. @Tamago: I agree!

    @Jennifer: it is.

    @Norma: indeed.

    @Francisco: thank you.

    @Bill: it certainly is.

    @Cloudia: I thought about it, but generally speaking my time online this weekend is very limited. I can add it to next weekend's version.

    @Jan: thanks!

    @Denise: they are indeed.

    @Catalyst: so do I.

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