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St James The Great (other)
St James the Great is James, son of Zebedee, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. St James the Great may also refer to: Churches UK * Church of St James the Great, Birstall, a church in Leicestershire * St James the Great, Colchester, a church in Essex * Church of St James the Great, Darlington, a church in County Durham * Church of St James the Great, Ewhurst Green, a church in East Sussex, England * Church of St James the Great, Fitzhead, a church in Somerset, England * Church of St James the Great, Fulbrook, a church in Oxfordshire, England * Church of St James the Great, Haydock, a church in the diocese of Liverpool, England * Church of St James the Great, Sedgley, a church in the West Midlands, England * St James the Great Church, Dauntsey, a church in Wiltshire, England * St James the Great Church, Wrightington, a church in Lancashire, England * St James the Great, a church in Elmsted, Kent, England * St James the Great, a church in Salt, Staffordshire, England * St James the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Great
James the Great, also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob (Aramaic ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ, Arabic يعقوب, Hebrew בן זבדי , '' Yaʿăqōḇ'', Latin ''Iacobus Maior'', Greek Ἰάκωβος τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου ''Iákōbos tû Zebedaíou''; died AD 44), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, the first apostle to be martyred according to the New Testament. Saint James is the patron saint of Spain and, according to tradition, his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. In the New Testament The son of Zebedee and Salome, James is styled "the Greater" to distinguish him from the Apostle James "the Less", with "greater" meaning older or taller, rather than more important. James the Great was the brother of John the Apostle. James is described as one of the first disciples to join Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels state that James and John were with their father by the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt, Staffordshire
Salt is a village in the Borough of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. It is three miles northeast of Stafford situated half a mile southwest of the A51 trunk road and lying on elevated ground above the western side of the Trent valley. Population details as taken under the 2011 census are found under Seighford. The village has an ancient public house with a thatched roof, The Hollybush Inn, dating from the 17th century, reputedly much older, and a village hall. The village church is dedicated to St James the Great and was built on land donated by the Earl of Shrewsbury and largely paid for by him. It has a large circular stained glass east window, an unusually tall south porch and an open stone bell turret mounted at the east end of the church hung with two bells. The impressive wood rood screen was designed by Augustus Pugin. The village lies less than a mile to the north of Hopton Heath, which was a significant battlefield (Battle of Hopton Heath) in the English Civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint James The Great (El Greco)
''Saint James the Great'' is a 1610 painting of James the Great by El Greco, now in the Museo del Prado. The painting is key to Gregorio Marañón's theory that the painter used mental patients at the Hospital del Nuncio as models. It originally formed part of a series of works produced by the artist for the parish church in Almadrones, Spain, a series which represented a set of variants on a set of paintings of the apostles for Toledo Cathedral. See also * List of works by El Greco Bibliography (in Spanish) * ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, ''El Greco'', Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). . * SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, ''El Greco'', Colonia, Taschen, 2003. . * http://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/galeria-on-line/galeria-on-line/obra/santiago/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20110519074858/http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/genios/cuadros/6417.htm {{Museo del Prado El Greco Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ( el, Δομήνικος ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Great, St Kilda East
St James the Great, St Kilda East, is an Anglican parish church in the Melbourne suburb of City of Glen Eira in Victoria, Australia. Located in Inkerman Street, St Kilda East, since its establishment in 1914, the parish is in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne and is the smallest parish in terms of geographical area. From its beginnings in the chapel of St John's Theological College the church has been observantly Anglo-Catholic in its traditions of liturgy and teaching. Since the 1940s the municipality has gradually become the heart of Melbourne's Haredi Jewish community. The parish was founded in 1914, the church building commenced in early 1915 with the first regular Sunday service in the completed church on 27 June 1915. History Establishment The parish was founded in 1914 coinciding with the subdivision of local market gardens and agistment paddocks as Melbourne's suburbs expanded. Although the larger churches of All Saints' East St Kilda, St Mary's Caulfield and Holy Trini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Great Church
Saint James the Great Church is a large Protestant church in the city of Flushing, Netherlands. The building is on the Old Market (Oude Markt); around are the streets called Branderijstraat and Lepelstraat. The original Roman Catholic church of the city, it has belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church since 1572, which became the Protestant Church in the Netherlands in 2004. The church is pseudo-basilican in style; the aisles are almost as wide as the nave, the three aisles each have their own vault and the nave rises above the aisles, although a clerestory is missing. History The church was built between 1308 and 1328. From this period dates the lower brick section of the tower . The Gothic spire was replaced by a wooden crown similar to the current one in 1501. The carillon in the tower is the fourth bells and dates from 1951 . In 1911 a large fire broke out in which the church heavily damaged. The fire caused steeple to come crashing down and landed on the rest of the chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint James The Great Parish Church (Bolinao)
The Saint James the Great Parish Church is a Spanish colonial church located at Brgy. Germinal in Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines. The church was made out of black coral stones. The church underwent series of natural and man-made calamities, such as the 1788 earthquake, 1819 fire incident, and Typhoon Emong in 2009. History The first religious friars in Bolinao were the Augustinians who stayed in the town from 1585 to 1587. The Dominicans took charge from 1588 to 1599. In 1600, the Augustinians returned and stayed until 1607. The missionary work left by the Augustinians were taken over by the Augustinian Recollects who administered the town from 1609 to 1679, up to 1712 when the Dominicans took over again. When the Recollects returned in 1609, they transferred the town to the mainland because of the troubles inflicted by the piratical raids. The Recollect fathers returned in 1749 and took charge until 1784. Since then, several priests administered the parish. The church tower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St James The Great, Worcester
The Church of St James the Great is an Anglican church located in Worcester, South Africa.https://archbishop.anglicanchurchsa.org/2013/07/sermon-at-st-james-great-worcester.html History Robert Gray was consecrated as the first bishop of Cape Town in 1847, by 1851 the first Anglican minister to reside in Worcester, South Africa, John Martine, arrived in Worcester from England. The church was designed by architect, Sophy Gray, the wife of Robert Gray. On Wednesday, December 15, 1852, the foundation stone of the nave was laid by the Very Reverend William Newman, Dean of Cape Town, but building was not commenced until September 1855. The church was completed on 8 January 1859 and opened for divine service on 28 January 1859 officiated by Henry Douglas, the Dean of Cape Town. On 23 October 1859, the nave of the church was consecrated by Bishop Gray. On 16 May 1876 the chancel was added and was dedicated to the archbishop of Cape Town, William West Jones William West Jones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Great, Shirley
St James the Great, Shirley is a Grade II listed parish church in the town of Shirley in Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in the West Midlands, England. It is part of the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham The Diocese of Birmingham is a diocese founded in 1905 in the Church of England's Province of Canterbury, covering the north-west of the traditional county of Warwickshire, the south-east of the traditional county of Staffordshire and the nort ....The buildings of England. Warwickshire, Nikolaus Pevsner History St James Church was started in 1831 and enlarged in 1882. In 1893, Shirley became its own ecclesiastical parish.'Parishes: Solihull', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4: Hemlingford Hundred (1947), pp. 214-229; URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42685&strquery=shirley warwick shelley ; date accessed: 23 February 2012. The church is in a joint parish with: *St John the Divine, Tidbury Green *Christ the King, Shirley References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Great, Morpeth
St James the Great, or St James' Church, is a Grade II* listed church in Morpeth, Northumberland Morpeth is a historic market town in Northumberland, North East England, lying on the River Wansbeck. Nearby towns include Ashington, Northumberland, Ashington and Bedlington, Northumberland, Bedlington. In the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 .... The entrance screen which allows access to the churchyard from Newgate Street is also separately Grade II* listed. The church is still used for services and is currently part of the Anglican parish of Morpeth. References External links * Morpeth, Northumberland Church of England church buildings in Northumberland Grade II* listed churches in Northumberland {{UK-anglican-church-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Great, Friern Barnet
St James the Great, Friern Barnet, is a former Church of England church in Friern Barnet, north London. It is currently leased to the local Greek Orthodox community as St Katherine's. Church of England services for Friern Barnet have been transferred to St John the Evangelist on Friern Barnet Road. History and architecture The church stands on the corner of Friern Barnet Lane and Friary Road. It is of medieval origin, with one Norman fragment, a much restored south doorway, surviving. The church as it exists today largely dates from a rebuilding of 1853 by the architects Edward and William Habershon. It consists of a nave, chancel, south aisle and porch, vestry, and a south-west tower with a spire. The exterior is of flint, with stone dressings. The Friern Barnet Parishioners War Memorial Friern Barnet Parishioners War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St James the Great, Friern Barnet, St James the Great, Friern Barnet Lane, London. It commemorates those of the par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James The Great, Cardiff
St James the Great ( cy, Eglwys Sant Iago Fawr) is a church located opposite the Cardiff Royal Infirmary on Newport Road, near the centre of Cardiff, Wales. It closed in 2006 after 112 years as an Anglican place of worship. History and description St James the Great was designed by architect Colonel E. M. Bruce Vaughan. It was built between 1890 and 1894, replacing an earlier iron church. Bruce-Vaughan's church is described as his "major work" and took some inspiration from the nearby St German's Church in Adamsdown (particularly the high, wide chancel) but with the noticeable addition of a "finely composed" tower and spire. It cost a substantial £10,000 to complete. Externally the church is finished with Sweldon limestone, Bath stone and ashlar while, internally, the nave pillars are alternatively round and octagonal. The carved pulpit was "a sumptuous piece" in pink, green and buff coloured stone. The gilded and painted reredos screen was early 20th-century. The church b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmsted
Elmsted is a village and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe District of Kent, England. It is located west of Stone Street (the B2068), the Roman road which today takes traffic between Canterbury and Lympne Lympne (), formerly also Lymne, is a village on the former shallow-gradient sea cliffs above the expansive agricultural plain of Romney Marsh in Kent. The settlement forms an L shape stretching from Port Lympne Zoo via Lympne Castle facing Lympne .... Within the parish are the settlements of Bodsham, North Leigh and Evington. There are six elected members of the Parish Council. The parish's name, Elmsted, is formed of two words. Elm refers to the large number of Elm trees that grew there in Saxon times. The second part, sted, comes from the Saxon word stede meaning 'place'. Geography Elmsted is a small parish encompassing an area of approximately 10 km square with its population scattered in small hamlets like Bodsham, North Leigh and Elmsted Court. Settlemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
