The Baptism of Christ and the Ascension

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1892 Two light window. Figure of Christ on the right with text 'He was received up into heaven and sat on the right hand of God'. In the left panel, John the Baptist baptises Christ in the river with the text 'This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased'. technique: stained glass firm/studio: A. Ballantine and Gardiner Church of St Llwchaiarn, Llanmerewig, Powys east wall Signed Ballantine and Gardiner 1892 The window was part of a refurbishment programme in 1892. The window replaced an earlier David Evans window of 1837, associated with John Parker's restoration. Unusually, no further figures are shown with the ascending Christ in the right-hand light.  (ObjectID=5019 ImageID=9761) Original File Name=DSCN7156 2.JPG

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• baptism of Christ in the river Jordan: John the Baptist pouring out water on Christ's head: the Holy Ghost descends  [Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34]
• the Ascension  [Luke 24:50-51; Acts 1:9-11]

Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 180.

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