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Advent

Advent means ‘coming’ and is the special four-week period leading up to Christmas. It is a time to prepare for the celebration of Jesus’s birth but also for his coming in glory at the end of time.

Episcopal

‘Episcopal’ refers to the role or ministry of a bishop. So an episcopal church is one in which oversight is entrusted to a bishop. Like many others, the Church in Wales is an episcopal church.

Holy Communion

At Holy Communion blessed bread and wine is shared, by which we receive the body and blood of Jesus Christ. The congregation gives thanks for Jesus’ life, his death and resurrection and his continuing presence. See also Eucharist.

Lectionary

A lectionary is a pattern for Bible readings for the Church year. This means that churches in the Church in Wales are able to use the same readings on any given day.

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Depicting St David by Martin Crampin

A new book celebrates the depictions of Wales’ patron saint, St David, from churches all over Wales. Depicting St David (Y Lolfa) by artist and historian Martin Crampin, seeks to foster a better understanding of the images of St David in all their colour and variety.

Full of beautiful pictures, Depicting St David demonstrates the wide range of ways in which the saint was depicted: as both a young and an old man; richly dressed in episcopal regalia or in a simple monastic habit; standing alone, with other saints, or in pictures of scenes from his life.

“Images of St David are found in a variety of media, although images in stained glass are by far the most numerous, and also demonstrate the most variety. Depicting St David is an introduction to the hundreds of images of David that can be found all over Wales,” says author Martin Crampin.

Link to Lolfa: Depicting St David by Martin Crampin