#St Andrew’s Church

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Castle Combe; often named as the ‘Prettiest Village in England.'

Castle Combe, a medieval village and civil parish within Cotswolds area of outstanding natural beauty in Wiltshire, England.

The village has a rich history and the houses are made up of the honey coloured Cotswold stone, typical for a village of this area.

The village takes its name from a castle built on the hill to the north of the village in the 12th century AD, of which little now remains except earthworks.

No new homes have been built in the historic area since 1600s AD.

During the Middle Ages, the village, along with much of the Cotswolds, enjoyed prosperity due to the growth of a thriving wool industry.

Within Castle Combe, you’ll find a Market Cross and St Andrew’s Church, which dates from the 13th century AD.

The church houses a faceless clock, which is reputed to be one of oldest working clocks in the country.

Numerous weavers’ cottages were erected from local stone, and these ancient honey-hued buildings remain one of the village’s standout features today.

The village was known in particular for manufacturing a red and white cloth known as ‘Castlecombe,’ which was renowned in the markets of Bristol, Cirencester, as well as London and abroad.

In 1440 AD, King Henry VI granted Castle Combe the right to hold a weekly market, with unmistakable Market Cross monument still standing proudly today.

Castle Combe strictly banned all modern attachments such as TV dishes and external wires to the exterior of its houses, restrictions that have been instrumental in helping the historic village to maintain its authentic appearance.

As a result, the village has become a popular location for film crews, with productions including the 1967 filmed musical Doctor Dolittle, Stardust, and The Wolf Man were all shot within the village.

Castle Combe was a key filming location for Stephen Spielberg’s War Horse.

To recreate a 1914 setting, the village’s tarmac through-road was closed and covered with a temporary muddy surface.

Its modern street lamps, signage, and post boxes were either covered or removed altogether. Its white window frames were repainted with more muted colours.

📷 : Credit to the Owner

#Castle Combe #Cotswolds #Wiltshire #England #medieval village #Middle Ages #Market Cross #St Andrew’s Church #Castlecombe #King Henry VI #filming location #weekly market #market town #12th century #1100s #medieval history #medieval architecture #stone buildings #English village

[cadmiumgreen]

greensted church, ongar (clive gardiner)

#st andrew’s church #greensted #essex

[mypepemateosus]

#Kiev #Ukraine (St. Andrew's Church in the background)

[pershing100]

St James Church, St Andrews, Fife

#photographers on tumblr #original photographers #luxlit #imiging #black and white #black and white photography #original photography #church #St Andrews

[tinyshe]

I know this is odd adding a prayer request to a news report. I'm grappling for words. I am seeing this all to much and it breaks my heart ... and if it breaks my pitiful little wishy-washy, mushy heart, I can not imagine how Jesus feels as church after church is decommissioned, parochial schools, day schools are shuttered and the flock scattered. And its on a large vast scale around the world ...

Please pray for these families and their parishes.

#st andrews church #krissy & meegans home church #prayer request

[kaalbela]

St. Andrew's Church, Dublin

#st andrews church #dublin #ireland #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #church #catholicism #p #my photgraphy

[vintage-ukraine]

St. Andrew's Church in Winter by Yuriy Khymych, 1980s

#St. Andrew's Church #Kyiv #Ukraine #Ukrainian art #vintage winter #1980s #Yuriy Khymych

[vox-anglosphere]

St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney is so like England's York Minster

#St Andrew's Cathedral #Sydney #New South Wales #Australia #Anglican #Gothic architecture #urban churches #York Minster #stained glass #ecclesiastical #sacred space #NSW

[helloparkerrose]

#roman catholic #catholicism #catholic #catholic church #st. andrew #fisherman #first apostle #disciple of jesus #november 30 #pray for us #patron saint

[momentsbeforemass]

Daily

“Take up your cross daily and follow me.”

The first thing that comes to mind when I hear that? Good Friday. With a bloodied, beaten Jesus carrying His cross to His impending death.

It sounds like a call to be like Jesus in a moment of great crisis – when martyrdom stands clearly before us. Where the choice is to deny Christ or to be killed, like St. Andrew Kim Taegon and his companions (today’s saints).

The first clue that I’ve got it wrong? The word, “daily.” Why?

Good Friday is a one-time thing. The martyrdom of St. Andrew Kim Taegon and his companions? It’s not something that I can do again tomorrow.

But “taking up the cross” is something Jesus wants you and I to do daily, so that we can be free to follow Him. So that we can be free to become who God made us to be.

So, what is Jesus is talking about? What is this “cross?”

It varies from person to person and from day to day. Because the things that try to get between us and God are different. And they change.

What makes this hard is that the things that come between us and God? It’s not just the obvious stuff, like the 10 Commandments or denying Christ to avoid being killed. Because you and I are vulnerable to just about anything getting between us and God.

From things we like, to things we don’t like, to things that don’t really matter, and even the general busyness of life. Our cross, our struggle?

As St. Basil puts it, our struggle is with “the obstacles springing from the habits of life.”

The things that are rushing at us as we start a random Wednesday is September. That’s the level that we’re working on here.

So here’s the plan, and it comes from C.S. Lewis,

It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals.

And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.

And so on, all day. Standing back from all your natural fussings and frettings; coming in out of the wind.

If we want the freedom that comes from following Jesus. If we want the joy that comes with being who God made us to be. If we want to be ready for the more obvious stuff.

Then this is what we need to do, and it’s why Jesus is telling us to do it daily.

Today’s Readings

#Daily #Wishes #Hopes #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #St. Andrew Kim Taegon #St. Basil the Great #C.S. Lewis #Take up your cross #Who God made you to be #Moments Before Mass

[darkk-academician]

“It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.” ― Ruskin Bond, Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas

#darjeeling #hills #vacation #travel #travel photography #travel blog #wanderlust #mountains #dark academia #curio shop #horses #st andrews #church #trees and forests #destination #travelling #summer #summer vacation #ruskin bond #nature #himalayas

[anastasiamaru]

Mykola Glushchenko(1901-1977).

Autumn. St. Andrew Church 1945

#St. Andrew's Church #Mykola Glushchenko #painter #artist #artist from ukraine #ukraine #architecture of ukraine #oil painting #painting #kyiv #art from ukraine #ukrainans #church #paintings from ukraine #stand with ukraine #war in ukraine #beautiful art #art

[sometimeslondon]

The ubiquitous City of London theme - historic churches dwarfed by towers of glass.

This time it is St Andrew Undershaft Church in St Mary Axe

#church #history #glass #tower #skyscaper #city of london #cityscape #city #St Andrew #St Mary #religion #offices #architecture #London #England #UK

[michael-stadnik]

I've started a fundraiser to support the BuchaBest church choir. As well as the family members of one of the choir singers Andriy S.. Andriy and his parents, neighbours and other family members, were murdered by russian soldiers during the occupation of Bucha in March 2022.

In this video the choir performes four Ukrainian church songs. The performance was filmed in the St. Andriy Church of Bucha, the place were a mass grave had to be created, because of the high number of murdered civilians during the occupation. The funds raised via Vimeo will be split between the choir and the family of Andriy. The surviving family stills lives in the house in Bucha. It was ransacked and partially destroyed by russian soldiers living in it. Additionally, the water- and heating pipes in the house burst due to the cold. Unfortunatly, the family can't afford the funds to fully restore the house, but they still have to live in it.

If you wish to additionaly donate money to the family, please donate via paypal, using the reference "Buchachoir": paypal.me/michaelstadnikfilm

#bucha #ukraine #russianwarcrimes #concert #church choir #kirchenchor #Church #Kirche #Orthodoxe Kirche #Kirchenlieder #St. Andreas Kirche #St. Andrews Church #Vimeo

[orthodoxsoul]

Because Western Palm Sunday is at our doorstep and Orthodox Palm Sunday is a week behind

#wisdom of the church fathers #st. andrew of crete #palm sunday #hosanna

[tinyshe]

Hi, I was wondering if I could have a Prayer Request for my Church🙏🏻 St Andrew’s Church ⛪️ in Kenmore,NY in the United States 🇺🇸 is being Closed Down and We need a Miracle! We need all the Prayers we can get!!! Thank You 🙏🏻❤️🕊️

Always! Let's keep our eyes on Jesus always! His will be done.

Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, please intercede for us.

St Joseph, patron and protector of the holy church, pray for us.

St Michael the Archangel, defend us and help us be of courage as the battle continues against the darkness.

St Andrew pray for us.

In the name of the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit

Amen

#prayer request #st andrew's church #kenmore ny-usa #prayers for Krissy & Meegan #prayers for St Andrew's parish families