Over the past few weeks, we have shared some of the animals in St Leonard’s: sheep, mice, winged creatures, a leopard - part of @churchofengland.org's celebration of all creatures #GreatAndSmall.
We look forward to welcoming animals to church on 5th October for our Pet Service! 🐾
The Coronation Chair, standing under a red canopy in a chapel in Westminster Abbey
A close-up photograph of a bird and foliage painted in gold leaf on the oak Coronation Chair
The Coronation Chair is one of the most precious and famous pieces of furniture in the world. Made of oak, it was originally decorated with birds, animals and foliage on a gilt background.
#GreatAndSmall
🐶 It’s International Dog Day!
A perfect moment to celebrate the furry friends who pop up in our churches - reminding us of the joy and diversity of creation. 🌿✨ #GreatandSmall
🐾 Happy National Dog Day! 🐾
We have welcomed Callie, Dina, Dinos and Dash to St Leonard’s, and we’re hoping Bonnie and Sandy will join them (and us!) for our Pet Service on Sunday 5th October at 3:00pm. It will be pawsome! 🐶
#greatandsmall #nationaldogday
Did you know there’s a leopard in St Leonard’s? 🐆 The Goode family crest on the Sale/Goode memorial shows a silver leopard, spotted black, on a golden coronet. The tablet tells the story of Benjamin Sale, a King's Musician, who lived in Lampton with his wife Elizabeth. #GreatAndSmall
Photo shows people sat outside. there is a table and chair in the foreground. To the left someone is bending down to stroke a black dog on a lead.
Have you ever brought your pet to church?
Furry friends with wet noses joined a Cornish congregation earlier this summer after being invited to a special pet service in Lansallos Church's garden.
Let’s celebrate all animals #GreatAndSmall
(Thanks to John, Lansallos PCC, for pic).
Black and white cat sitting in front of the priest at the lectern
Pushkin considered that it was only right and proper that he provided an honour guard for the visiting preacher at our Patronal Festival celebrations #GreatAndSmall
Clergy in ornate red and white vestments seated during a church ceremony, with one black cat walking past them on the floor.
Even Hodge the Cat wanted in on the worship at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social!
For #WorldPhotoDay, we’re celebrating the creatures great and small who’ve made surprise appearances in church services 😸⛪
Show us your church photobombers using #GreatAndSmall.
[📷: © Diocese of Southwark]
A gargoyle with a water spout for a mouth of an exterior wall of Westminster Abbey
Stone carvings of a lion, a dog and a dragon decorating a buttress on the roof of Westminster Abbey's Lady Chapel
A stone carving of a dog, part of the ornate decoration on the roof of Westminster Abbey's Lady Chapel
Wherever you're at the Abbey, it's always worth looking up! These gargoyles and grotesques - including carvings of dragons, dogs and lions - can all be found decorating our roof and looking out across the London skyline.
#GreatAndSmall
At the centre of our reredos is a cross with panels of the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed, and the Ten Commandments. Beside it are four winged creatures from Ezekiel and Revelation, later seen as symbols of the Gospel writers: Matthew (man), Mark (lion), Luke (ox), and John (eagle). #GreatAndSmall
This window, in the Chapel of Remembrance, is in memory of those who died during the South African War (1899-1902). It commemorates the sieges at Kimberley, Ladysmith and Mafeking. Made by RG Newberry in 1902, it represents St Andrew, St George and St Patrick. #greatandsmall
An illustration of blue bird from the margin of a medieval manuscript
An illustration of three dove chicks in a nest - part of the decoration in the border of an illuminated medieval manuscript
An illustration of the face of a blue lion with its tongue out - part of the decoration in the border of a medieval manuscript
These tiny illustrations of creatures including a blue bird, doves and a lion are from the Litlyngton Missal, a 14th-century service book made for the Abbey's High Altar. Its 682 pages are beautifully illuminated with coloured inks and gold leaf.
#GreatAndSmall
Don't forget our Pet Services: Tarleton 13.ix 4pm / Rufford 14.ix 9.15am
#Greatandsmall This Summer Church of England churches are being encouraged to post pictures of animals.
Happy #InternationalCatDay! 🐱
Did you know that Exeter Cathedral has a cat flap that is over 400 years old? A bishop paid for it to be cut for his cat, which was then paid a weekly penny to hunt the mice attracted to the Astronomical Clock's grease.
#GreatAndSmall @churchofengland.org
#InternationalCatDay you say? Well we are the two best #clergycats (so we’re told) and also the most hardworking (we tell the humans/staff this). Happy Day everyone! #GreatandSmall
Yesterday's Bride arrived by Horse ...and carriage
#Greatandsmall This Summer Church of England churches are being encouraged to post pictures of animals.
Earlier we posted a picture of Nutty, the Squirrel Glove Puppet.
He was inspired by the carvings on the columns at St Mary's Rufford.
#Greatandsmall This Summer Church of England churches are being encouraged to post pictures of animals.
#Greatandsmall This Summer Church of England churches are being encouraged to post pictures of animals.
A key player in Fr Mark's early ministry in Rufford & Tarleton back in the COVID days was a Squirrel Glove Puppet, called Nutty
Lambeth Palace Library, MS 186, fol. 109r
Lambeth Palace Library, MS 186, fol. 109r
Our manuscripts are overflowing with delightful animal antics.
In case a bear playing the bagpipes wasn’t quite enough, this 15th-century Psalter also features an owl and a peacock in the margins.
🦉🦚🐻
Lambeth Palace Library, MS 186, fol. 109r
#GreatAndSmall #MedievalManuscripts @churchofengland.org
The figure of a gold lion at the feet of Margaret Douglas' tomb effigy in Westminster Abbey
A red lion with a gold mane, wearing a crown and holding a sceptre - part of the decoration on the tomb of Mary, Queen of Scots
The figures of a gold lion and a unicorn beneath a crown - part of the decoration on the tomb of Elizabeth I
These magnificent lions can be found on the Abbey tombs of Margaret Douglas, Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I. Lions are often used in heraldry to represent royalty, courage and valour.
#GreatAndSmall
The Mummery Window, “The Adoration of the Shepherds,” was installed in 1899 in memory of Mary Lily Mummery (1849–1897). Made by Charles Kempe, it bears his wheatsheaf symbol. Restored after war damage, it is a window of quiet beauty, love, and loss. #GreatAndSmall
Caterpillars on a broccoli plant
We may not have much broccoli, but we will have lots of cabbage white butterflies in the garden.
#greatandsmall
A hare has taken up residence in our garden #greatandsmall
At Bishopthorpe Palace we’ve had the joy of working with a local rescue centre to give a new home to several hedgehogs. Kermit, Peanut, Ginger, Corsa and Spikey to name a few.
#GreatAndSmall
This summer’s Church of England campaign, #GreatAndSmall, celebrates the animals who share our church spaces.
St Aidan who was known for his compassion towards animals, is featured in Bishopthorpe Palace Chapel alongside a stag. 🦌
#Greatandsmall This Summer Church of England churches are being encouraged to post pictures of animals. Holy Trinity Window at Holy Trinity Church, Tarleton
#Greatandsmall This Summer Church of England churches are being encouraged to post pictures of animals.I don’t have any live animals, so my plastic ducks are featured
#Greatandsmall This Summer Church of England churches are being encouraged to post pictures of animals.
Mousy Thompson's 'signature' on furniture at Holy Trinity, Tarleton.
#Greatandsmall This Summer Church of England churches are being encouraged to post pictures of animals.
St Francis window at St Mary's, Rufford.
Do remember our Pet Service : Tarleton on September 13 and Rufford on September 14
The Resurrection Window, at the west end of our church, is dedicated to Edward Westbrook (landowner, brickmaker and Churchwarden) who died in 1864 while 'in office'. Installed in 1867, it was designed and funded by his widow Mary: a lasting symbol of love, faith and resurrection. #GreatAndSmall
