Christmas Celebration – The Gift of Hope through Love
Building trust and empathy between societies by expanding an interest in and understanding of our arts and culture we can help to make the world a better place
Christianity
Australian Brandenburg Visiting Karakorum: A Musical Journey
La Camera delle Lacrime joins the Brandenburg for a performance about one man’s quest to convert the Great Khan to Christianity in the Mongol capital, Karakorum
Mary Magdalene: Steadfast Love and Forgiveness is Eternal
Faith lights up the whole world is the simple message of Mary of Magdela, in a movie about this sainted lady in history, directed caringly by Garth Davis (Lion)
The Birth of Jesus Christ – The Christmas Celebration
Mary gave birth to her firstborn, a son and gave him the name Jesus, which means the LORD saves and it was said that ‘he will save his people from their sins.’
Epiphany: Gold, Frankincense Myrrh – Three Wise Men or Kings
January 6, climax of the Twelve Days of Christmas celebrating The Epiphany, as three wise men or kings came with gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh for Jesus
Mosaics At Ravenna – At the Beginnings of Christian Art
Creating images from tiny pebbles to ornament floors was a technique developed in ancient Greece that Romans turned into a technical tour-de-force at Ravenna
Christmas Celebration – Commerce & Christianity in Tension
Jesus championed love and forgiveness. Today holding commerce and Christianity in unique tension, is about maintaining a balance between opposite sides of truth
Cathedral Spaces – Creative Community Projects & The RSA
Making cathedral spaces available to local start up businesses so that a Cathedral again becomes an enterprise hub is an important initiative of the RSA London
Following the Way of Jesus, the Christ
Following the Birth of Christ the Roman conquests around the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea, as well as in Britain, brought new aspects of craftsmanship to bear on all art forms. Although the birth of the Christian religion occurred in a province of the Roman Empire, it was unheralded in writing…
The Art of English Needlework – Opus Anglicanum
John, Bishop of Marseilles in his will of 1345 made a special bequest of his alb ‘that was wrought with English orfrais’. What is an orphrey? It is a piece of woven or embroidered fabric mainly applied to the special costumes, or vestments that priests wear for the Mass. In…