We all know about how the age-old Jewish festival of Passover celebrates the liberation of the ancient people of Israel from slavery in Egypt. God perfected that liberation in Jesus, when at the time of the Passover, Jesus started his journey of the passion which lead him to die on the cross. And on the […]
We saw his light break through the cloud of glory Whilst we were rooted still in time and place, As earth became a part of heaven’s story And heaven opened to his human face. We saw him go and yet we were not parted, He took us with him to the heart of things, The […]
GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. […]
Christ is Risen! Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Христос воскресе! لمسيح قام! … I was privileged to spend Easter this year in the orbit of the orthodox church, and not only that I also visited Armenia, the oldest Christian country on earth where some church buildings go back to AD301, when Tiridates III of Armenia proclaimed Christianity as […]
‘An Easter Carol’ Christina Rosetti Spring bursts to-day, For Christ is risen and all the earth’s at play. Flash forth, thou Sun, The rain is over and gone, its work is done. Winter is past, Sweet Spring is come at last, is come at last. Bud, Fig and Vine, Bud, Olive, fat with fruit and […]
We take the safeguarding and care of children and vulnerable adults very seriously at St Stephen’s.
