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  1. An Antique Crèche, A Gift from Svatava Vizinová

     This "Antique" crèche is a reprint of a 1900 vintage nativity, and features a new back, complete with Gothic window, courtesy of Crechemania.com After my Basilica videos, I decided to give up all the Photoshop cutting and pasting — and try an X-acto knife, instead.

    The reason? Creating a new back for a lovely Czech nativity that my friend Svatava Vizinová sent me for Christmas.

    "It was printed in 1900," she writes, "in Vjperty Town. This is a reprint, of ...
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  2. Berlin Cathedral Nativity

    The altar screen of Berlin Cathedral frames a video of this glorious historic church, and features its beautiful stained glass window of The Nativity. [/I][/B]

     Berlin Cathedral rises by the Altesmuseum in Berlin's Schlozzplatz.  Museumsinsel, Museum Island — outlined by the Spree and one of its tributaries — lies a short walk from Berlin's Brandenburg Gate and draws visitors like a magnet: to its world-famous temples of history and art (Bodemuseum, Pergamonmuseum, Altesmuseum), ...
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  3. A Community Treasure — St. Joseph Cathedral, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

    (Mouseover the bottom left of screen to play/pause the video; bottom right to mute the music.) Red columns — symbolizing Christ's blood and sacrifice — that frame our St. Joseph Cathedral Nativity — painted by Bulgarian artist Stoyko Stoykov — video will support the new baldacchino, designed by Liturgical Architect Duncan G. Stroik. It will rise high above the altar of the Cathedral and be crowned by a dome. (Architectural renderings by Duncan G. Stroik Architects, courtesy St. Joseph Cathedral.) ...
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  4. "The Jewel of the South" — St. Joseph Catholic Church, Macon, Georgia

    Enter St. Joseph, and you enter a beautiful sanctuary filled with light, music — courtesy of Organist/Director of Music Ms. Nelda Chapman — and incomparable art: the unmistakable, incredible, stained glass windows by Munich masters Mayer & Co.

    An angel plays the harp and the Virgin cradles the newborn Child in The Nativity window, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Macon, Georgia. Another angel — Organist/Director of Music Ms. Nelda Chapman — fills St. Joseph, and our video, with ...
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  5. Rose and Transept Window of The Nativity, Sacred Heart Church, Toledo, Ohio

    Thank you, Sister Virginia Welsh, for guiding me to the Sacred Heart Church and its magnificent window of The Nativity; Royce Wicks, for opening the doors of the church and sharing your appreciation of its sacred art; Mike Snyder, for sharing your love for your church; and Father Frank Eckart, for sharing the true meaning of The Nativity…

     Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Toledo, Ohio — a magnificent Nativity unfolds in three panels, crowned by the Star of Bethlehem and a brilliant ...
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