Marvellous Mosaics: the Art of the Byzantine Revival
The Byzantine Revival was an artistic and architectural approach to church design that resulted in beautiful mosaics.
Moses appoints Joshua as leader (Numbers 27:12-23)
Moses appointed Joshua as his successor, to lead the people and to oversee the conquest of the Promised Land.
The Perseverance of Job (Job 1:1-2:10)
The Book of Job tells the story of a good foreigner who loyally persevered through great sufferings.
The Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25:1-22)
The Ark of the Covenant was a holy wooden chest in which the Ten Commandments and other sacred objects were stored.
Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6:5-8:19)
The book of Genesis says that Noah built a huge boat to save himself, his family, and various animals from a great flood.
Haggai’s Prophecy of the Temple (Haggai 2:1-9)
Haggai was the tenth prophet of The Twelve Prophets and he lived in the sixth century BC. His mission was to motivate the people to finish rebuilding the Second Temple. His Temple Prophecy was later interpreted to refer to Jesus Christ.
The Prophet Micah speaks of the Messiah’s birth
20th December “But from you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, among the tiniest of the clans of Judah, from you will come forth for me one who is to be a ruler in Israel, one whose origins are from the distant past, from ancient times.” (Micah 5:1) Micah w
The Prophet Isaiah speaks of a royal child
15th December “The virgin will be with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will name him Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14) Having learned more about Christ’s ancestors, we now turn to the Old Testament prophets who spoke of his comi
The Prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1-10)
Jeremiah was one of the Four Major Prophets of Israel. He warned of Jerusalem's fall but also spoke about the return from exile and the coming of the Messiah.
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14:1-7)
This three-part expression, found in St John's gospel, spells out that Christ himself is the only way to heaven and is one of the most famous of his ‘I am’ sayings.