Christian Aid Booksale details for donations - opens Monday at 9am. In
Donations for @ChristianAid Booksale on George St are open on Monday #edinburgh #books please please share far and wide
Names of 6 pre-reformation ministers and of ministers since the reformation are inscribed on the millennium window
In the kirkyard a stone shows the Resurrection - a skeleton, hourglass and 2 trumpeting angels with a Bible and scales of justice.
More👇
www.stcolmonparishchurch.org.uk/history/
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St Colmon's Parish Church, Colmonell, S Ayrshire our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek has 13 stained glass windows that are worthy of #WindowsOnWednesday.
One is a Louis Davis Benedicite window which sits above the pulpit. The north wall has a window by Douglas Strachan depicting ‘The Good Shepherd’.
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Prior to the present church of 1772, there is said to have been at least three previous churches on the site of St Colmon's Parish Church, Colmonell, S Ayrshire our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek
Read more here 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/st-co...
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Brings back memories. Our flowers were always really luxuriant there. We gave them away when we left as we knew they’d not survive up north!
#CeilingsOnSunday Nobles, Constitution Street, Leith.
The congregation previously used the local Blyth Hall for services after the charge was set up in 1883.
As the congregation grew, so too did the donated furniture and furnishings.
Have a look at the SCT website profile for more 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/st-ma...
A simple yet picturesque church on a rise overlooking the Tay, by architect Thomas Martin Cappon, is our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek.
Built in 1887 for £1000, the limited budget meant the original interior was somewhat austere.
Thank you.
Today our granddaughter, Jessica, would have been 25. She died completely unexpectedly in Glasgow’s QEUH in January 2022, while having investigations, leaving a huge gap in our lives and many questions.
You can read the full history of 6 Queen Square here. And the price history goes back 150 years further than Rightmove…
bygone.bungoblog.com/wp/6-queen-s...
We can’t wait to share our plans with you tomorrow for the upcoming centenary celebrations of the life and work of Agnes Owens ✨
This marks the launch of our first satellite archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social
Stay tuned for details of upcoming events in Milngavie and Alexandria!
This week's #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek is the beautiful St Conan's Kirk in Argyll.
Built in stages between 1881 and 1930, this remarkable building has elements drawn from Pagan, Celtic, Norman, Romanesque, Saxon and Gothic architecture and influences.
It's a must-visit if you are in the area!
#EasterDay #StainedGlassSunday By Stephen Adam and Son, in Killin Church, Stirlingshire.
I saw this The Herald article on the The Herald app and thought I'd share it.
Edinburgh pianist raising funds to honour 'forgotten' Scottish composer
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2598998...
#HelenHopekirk
First trip abroad, 68 years ago at Easter, to Paris with schoolmates from Vale of Leven Academy. Had booked another visit there this summer but have cancelled. Getting too ancient for adventures.
#ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Pollokshields Church of Scotland, contains a total of 25 stained glass windows, by artists including Stephen Adam, W. & J.J. Kier and Robert Anning Bell.
Look out for the splendid eagle lectern on its ball swivel and, at the rear of the church.
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A tall slender spire pierces 55 metres into the Glasgow sky at #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Pollokshields, that was built in 1877 and designed by Scottish architect Robert Baldie. He provided a clock face on all 4 sides of the tower, for residents of Pollokshields to set their watches by.
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Great to catch up with lots of #StainedGlass enthusiasts at the Robin Chapel today. Warm welcome from the chaplain Dr Barclay, who filled us in on the history of the Thistle foundation and the chapel.
Off later this morning to the Scottish #StainedGlass Symposium at the Robin Chapel, Edinburgh, to see and hear about the special windows, designed by Sadie McLellan. Visited a few years ago but this time there will be experts to interpret them.
"…We need to get it open as quickly as possible and invite as many people in as we can.”
Iain Sneddon, Chief Operating Officer Scot-Art, takes the Press & Journal on a tour of Aberdeen's "Mither Kirk" to discuss the group's ambitious plans for the church 👇
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aber...
St Michael's Church in Inveresk will be permanently closed and sold following the retirement of its current minister.
Built on the site of a Roman fort, the important local landmark church was deemed "unsafe" due to faults in its aging ceiling which now requires costly repairs. (1/2)
Sad to see another local church closing its doors. Laid my father in law to rest at Inveresk Church cemetery only a couple of years ago, who was one of the church’s parishioners. 😢
Another forgotten story of an amazing woman - now recovered in a biography by her great-niece. She qualified at Kolkata Medical College, became physician to the royal household in Nepal, &
the first female Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
geraint stained glass
One of a series of 12 windows depicting Arthurian tales. Geraint and Enid, a 14th century romance.
Artist as yet unknown...
Likely to be one of the Cottier gang... ?
Listed as 1910 (there are windows here that look 1910, but these look earlier, 1880's. )
#stainedglass #glasgow #scotland
The nearly 200 year old church, by one of Scotland's most significant architects was marketed for sale this week for offers over £90,000. The burial vault at the rear is not part of the sale.
View full particulars on the Church of Scotland website (5/6) 👇
www.churchofscotland.org.uk/about-us/dep...
Can you believe this view? 😍 We found thousands of crocuses (and even a few early bees! 🐝) at Rhu & Shandon Parish Church.
Full video available here:
whatabout.video/videos/love-crocuses-wat...
#Scotland #Gardening #UKGardening #BloomScrolling
Great to learn there's been a fantastic turnout at the community event in Crail Parish Church, with music on the Harrison & Harrison pipe organ from Chris Bragg (from Sowne of Organe) and special guest Michael Portillo, whose gt grandfather built the instrument.
(Images: Historic Churches Scotland)
It was in Balloch, West Dunbartonshire, in 1936.
On #MothersDay2026 remembering my mum, who died 50 years ago.