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In 1877, a stained-glass window depicted Jesus as Black for the first time − a scholar of visual images unpacks its history and significance
A stained-glass window, donated in 1877 to a church in Rhode Island, shows Jesus as a dark-skinned man. Most Western depictions portrayed him as a European, with light skin and sometimes even with ...
Statue of baby Jesus stolen from Shrine of St. John Neumann, where stained glass windows were shattered last year
The statue was stolen from the National Shrine of St. John Neumann, almost exactly a year after a vandal shattered the shrine ...
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York stained glass designer creates Selby Abbey's 'first new window for 90 years'
The celebrated York stained glass designer who created a stunning ... The window, which depicts the ‘agony’ of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane as he awaits his betrayal and arrest, is ...
Manchester church to close in May
A church that has stood in Manchester's North End since the 1880s has been put up for sale and will close this spring, officials announced Sunday. The Church Council of Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran ...