Christ Blessing Children
detail from The Ascended Christ, Christ with Children and the Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes

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1912 Three-light window. Christ is depicted in glory holding the chalice and the host, with rays of light emanating from the wounds in his hands and feet. Around him are the four symbols of the evangelists. technique: stained glass firm/studio: possibly Burlison & Grylls Church of St Seiriol, Penmon, Anglesey east wall of chancel Given in memory of Henry Owen and Sarah Williams of Tre Castell by their children in 1912. Sarah Williams is shown with the woman and children being blessed by Christ, while Henry Williams is depicted in the right-hand light, among the scene showing the blessing and distribution of the loaves and fishes.  (ObjectID=1231 ImageID=6663) Original File Name=Penmon_DSC8879.jpg

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• Christ blessing children brought by their mothers  [Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17]
• Christ with chalice, and bread or Host 
• multiplication of loaves and fishes for a multitude of four or five thousand people - miracles of Christ  [Matthew 14:13-21; Matthew 15:32-39; Mark 6:32-44; Mark 8:1-10; Luke 9:10-17]

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 156.

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 207.

Photo © Martin Crampin