EASTER CELEBRATION !
The Resurrection Window is to the left in the photo below.
Photo credit above: Jeff McCutcheon
Given in memory of Susan DeWitt Minus by her family. (Susan DeWitt Minus was just 14 years old when she died. Read her Obituary here) Her father’s obituary, Dr. Paul Minus, can be found by clicking here. The Minus family was inspired by windows designed by Gabriel Loire they had seen in a cathedral when visiting England. He was commissioned to design and create these stunning windows for First Congregational Church.
Designed by Gabriel Loire, built by Jacque Lorie Vitraux, Chartres, France, 1984 West Transept – South Wall
Photo Credit: Peter John Gates
The prayer of the open sepulcher of Christ (arc form) with the three vases of perfume of the three Marys (first panel); the Angel of resurrection (diamond shape); from the flowering of nature (leaving red blotches of suffering and death) a beam of light goes straight up indicating the infinite in the mysterious atmosphere of a starry sky; the sun which is a symbol of joy and truth and light; the Alpha: The Resurrection which is everlasting and indicated by praying for the beginning of true life where all creation must be reborn.
The internationally renowned French stained glass artist Gabriel Loire (1904-1996) of Chartres, took his inspiration from the book of Revelation to create this window.
