Posted in Holy Trinity Art, Mission, tagged easter, painting on 12 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Le Saintes Femmes au Tombeau/The Holy Women at the Tomb
by William Bouguereau (1825-1905)
Oil on canvas, 1890
Private collection
[Mark 16:1-7] When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint him. Very early when the sun had risen, on the first day of the [...]
Posted in Marian Art, tagged easter, statuary on 10 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pietà by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 – 1564)
Marble, 1499
68.5 in × 76.8 in [174 cm × 195 cm]
St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican
Posted in Before, Picture of the Day, tagged 2008, cry room, easter, Eckert, nave on 4 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Photo of the Day: The Nave at Easter 2008, as seen from the cry room. Click for full image.
Image courtesy of Allan Eckert.
Posted in Holy Trinity Art, tagged easter, painting on 23 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Aramaic (Eastern Syriac): Mshikha Qam ! Shariraith Qam !
Coptic: Christos Anesti ! Alithos Anesti !
Czech: Kristus Vstal A Mrtvych! Opravdi Vstoupil!
English: Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!
Finnish: Kristus Nousi Kuolleista! Totisesti Nousi!
French: Christ est Ressuscité! En Vérité, Il est Ressuscité!
Gaelic (Irish): Taw Creest Ereen! Taw Shay Ereen Guhdyne!
German: Christus ist Auferstanden! Wahrhaft auferstanden!
Greek: Christos [...]
Posted in Trivia, tagged easter on 21 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over on the Snopes.com Urban Legends Reference page, they discuss the unusually early date for this year’s Easter, and how we won’t see it earlier:
In the modern era, Easter Sunday generally falls on the Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon (i.e., the first full moon of Spring in the northern hemisphere, or the first full [...]
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