The Resurrection

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1870s Three-light window. Left to right: an angel greets the three women at the empty tomb, Christ steps out of the tomb with angels, Christ meeting Martha at the gate of Bethany, with Mary Magdalene visible reading in a house. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Ward & Hughes Church of St Catherine, Llanfaes, Anglesey east wall of the chancel The installation of the window, in memory of the daughter of Revd Dr Owen, formerly rector of Trefdraeth (also on Anglesey), was recorded in The North Wales Express 24 June 1881.  (ObjectID=4066 ImageID=7665) Original File Name=Llanfaes_DSC5612A.jpg

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• angels 
• Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers 
• Martha meets Christ at the gate of Bethany - the story of Lazarus  [John 11:20-27]
• the empty tomb: angel(s) addressing the holy women - Resurrection of Christ  [Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:4-8; Matthew 28:2-7]

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 164.

Photo © Martin Crampin