Tag: stained glass
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Love on Saint Valentine’s Day
Known as the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers, Saint Valentine still plays an important role in our lives today. Since the Middle Ages, St Valentine’s Day has been known as the date when birds start to pair and mate! This is due to the ‘Fools Spring’ in the middle of the month, when…
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St George
The 23rd April is known as St George’s Day with St George being the most revered saint in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches. George is the patron saint of England and of twelve other countries too! In AD 303, George was a tribune and a member of the Emperor Diocletian’s personal guard. Diocletian had…