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This is St Michael in the East Yorkshire village of Skidby, A rather small village church made from various materials tells a story of alterations, repairs and rebuilds over the years. It occupies a small plot of land with the main village road laid around the grave yard.
D22261. St. Michael's Mount off the south coast of Cornwall at Marazion. When the tide goes out it is linked to the mainland by an artificial causeway, but when the tide comes in a fleet of ferry boats carry visitors and residents across the water.
See here for more details: www.stmichaelsmount.co.uk/
Monday, 12th August, 2019. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2019.
St Michael's Church is situated on an industrial site between gas holders and a railway line in Church Road, Garston, a district of Liverpool .
The first church on the site was built in 1225 , and the second in 1715 . The present church was built between 1875 and 1877 and was designed by Thomas D. Berry and Son . The church has a historical connection with the Norris and the Watt families of Speke Hall.
Although there was already a church on this site (then known as St James's), little of that remains, with later additions. The tower itself was extended by Nicholas Brome at the end of the 15th century. He inherited the house in 1483, along with the right to appoint the parish priest to nearby St James’s church. In 1485, Nicholas returned home to find a man stroking his wife’s chin in the parlour. Outraged, he drew out his sword and killed him – only to discover that it was his Rector at St James’s church. Appalled at what he had done, Nicholas built a higher tower at this church and also at Packwood House, as a penance. He also directed that he be buried in the porch of the church so he would be trodden on as people entered and left.
St. Michael's Parish Church is one of the largest burgh churches in the Church of Scotland. It is one of two parishes serving the West Lothian county town of Linlithgow, the other being St. Ninian's Craigmailen. St Michael is the town's patron saint; the town's motto is "St Michael is kinde to strangers". Quoted from Wikipedia
In the grounds, but not part of Chenies Manor, is St Michael’s Church, built in the 15th century as a parish church. By the 1700s it was in a dilapidated state, the chancel roof having collapsed, and it was in 1829 that the Rector, Lord Wriothsley Russell, set about renovating it during his 57 years in office. He did a thorough job, including raising the roof and installing a new hammer beam roof in 1886. Younger son of the Duke of Bedford, he persuaded his half-brother (the 7th Duke) to build a school in the village and himself established an orphanage.The most impressive part of the church is the Bedford Chapel, with a number of grandiose tombs. Unfortunately it was locked so we were unable to see it more closely.
"Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery (Михайлівський Золотоверхий монастир; Mykhailivskyi Zolotoverkhyi manastyr).(Photos: Saint Michael's Monastery before demolition; restored Saint Michael's Monastery.) An Orthodox men's monastery in Kyiv. Little is known about its early history. In the 1050s Prince Iziaslav Yaroslavych built Saint Demetrius's Monastery and Church in the old upper city of Kyiv, near Saint Sophia Cathedral. In 1108–13 his son, Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych, built a church at the monastery dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. The monastery probably came under the control of the Kyivan Cave Monastery ca 1128; it was mostly destroyed during the Tatar invasion of 1240 and ceased to exist.
Written records confirm that the monastery was reopened by 1496. Soon afterward it began to be known as Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, its name being taken from the church built by Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych (although historians are not certain which church survived the Tatar invasion, Saint Demetrius's or Saint Michael's). Restored and enlarged over the 16th century, it gradually became one of the most popular and wealthy monasteries in Ukraine. In 1620 Yov Boretsky made it the residence of the renewed Orthodox metropolitan of Kyiv, and in 1633 Isaia Kopynsky was named supervisor (both men were buried there). It enjoyed the patronage of hetmans and other benefactors and acquired many valuable artifacts (including the relics of Saint Barbara, brought to Kyiv from Byzantium in the 11th century and kept in a silver sepulcher donated by Hetman Ivan Mazepa, and an iconostasis funded by Hetman Ivan Skoropadsky). Although most of the monastery's properties were secularized in the late 18th century, in the 19th and 20th centuries as many as 240 monks have lived there, and after 1800 it served as the residence of the bishop of Chernihiv (who was also vicar of Kyiv). A precentor's school was located there, and many prominent composers (eg, Kyrylo Stetsenko and Yakiv Yatsynevych) studied or taught at the school.
The main church of the monastery (built in either 1654–7 or 1108–13) was an important architectural and cultural monument. Originally it had three naves and three apses on the eastern side and was topped by a single large gilded cupola. It was rebuilt in a baroque style and expanded with a new façade and six additional cupolas in the 18th century. The most striking elements of the interior were the 12th–century frescoes (such as the Annunciation fresco) and mosaics (such as the Angel mosaic), probably done by Kyivan artisans (including perhaps Master Olimpii). Although many of these were destroyed in the 13th to 16th century, some—notably the mosaics of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonika, the Eucharist, and Archdeacon Stephen—survived and were partially restored in the late 19th century. Several other frescoes were restored by Adrian Prakhov. Other buildings in the monastery complex included a bell tower and three residences and refectories. Several Kyivan princes were buried in the church, including Sviatopolk II Iziaslav.
After the Soviet seizure of power the monastery was closed, and in 1936, during the Stalinist antireligious campaign, the main church was demolished by the authorities. (Photo: Ruins of Saint Michael's Church, 1936.) Before the church's demolition, some of its art works were removed and deposited in the Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow or stored at the Saint Sophia Cathedral. The items at the cathedral were seized by the Nazis during the Second World War and taken to Germany. There they fell into American hands at the end of the war and were ‘returned’ to Moscow. The reconstruction of the Saint Michael’s Church began on 24 May 1997. It was officially opened on 30 May 1999 (photo: restored Saint Michael's Church), but the interior decorations, mosaics, and frescoes were not completed until 2000. Subsequently (2001 and 2004), 18 of 29 art pieces in Moscow from the original church were returned after years of discussion. The monastery was officially ceded to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate."
SOURCE: www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%...
As I upload this image to my Flickr account, I'm looking outside of my study window in Northeast England. It's been about a month since we left Cornwall after a wonderful holiday. Outside, it's overcast, chilly (for August) and it's been raining all day.
It's beginning to seem like a very long time since we were at this gorgeous location!
St. Michael’s Mount ist eine Gezeiteninsel an der Südwestspitze Englands, die 366 m vor dem Ort Marazion in Cornwall liegt und eine Fläche von 0,23 km² hat. Sie ist entweder mit einer Fähre oder, bei Niedrigwasser, über einen schmalen Damm von Marazion aus zu erreichen.
Die Sehenswürdigkeit ähnelt dem Mont Saint-Michel im Norden Frankreichs, ist allerdings weniger bekannt.
More Essex Churches
These are more examples of architecture and stained glass windows in the series of
Essex Churches taken I have taken over the last year or two. Hope you enjoy them as much as I have.
Glorious sunrise above St Michael's Mount in the far southwest of England, the Cornwall.
St Michael's Mount is a tidal island in Mount's Bay an is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water.
St Michael's Mount (Cornish: Karrek Loos yn Koos, (Carrek Los yn Cos), meaning "hoar rock in woodland", also known colloquially by locals as simply the Mount is a small tidal island in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water. The population of this parish in 2011 was 35. It is managed by the National Trust, and the castle and chapel have been the home of the St Aubyn family since approximately 1650. The earliest buildings, on the summit, date to the 12th century, the harbour is 15th century and the village and summit buildings were rebuilt from 1860 to 1900, to give the island its current form.
Its Cornish language name — literally, "the grey rock in a wood" — may represent a folk memory of a time before Mount's Bay was flooded, indicating a description of the Mount set in woodland. Remains of trees have been seen at low tides following storms on the beach at Perranuthnoe, but radiocarbon dating established the submerging of the hazel wood at about 1700 BC.
Historically, St Michael's Mount was a Cornish counterpart of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France (which shares the same tidal island characteristics and the same conical shape), when it was given to the Benedictines, religious order of Mont Saint-Michel, by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century.
St. Michael's dates to the 12th century with later modifications throughout the middle-ages. It stands on the north-eastern bluff of Edge Hill and overlooks the B4100 as it sweeps down the scarp face of the hill between Warwick and Banbury, Although still a busy road, its importance as a north-south route was greatly diminished by the construction of the M40 that runs in the valley below.
Down a narrow lane just past the church is the highly attractive village of Warmington, its houses mostly scattered around its large rectangular green and considered one of Warwickshire's most picturesque villages.
Off Marazion, near Penzance in west Cornwall, St Michael's Mount features both a castle and a priory. It is considerably smaller than its "twin" - Mont St Michel in Normandy, but is nonetheless most impressive. The church was built on the summit of the island after the Norman invasion when St Michael’s Mount was granted to the Benedictine Abbey of Mont St Michel in France.
The island was once a thriving port for the booming tin industry. Around two thousand years ago trading ships sailed into the Mount’s harbour and exported Cornish tin to the rest of Europe.
The Mount has survived sieges and battles throughout the ages. In 1193, it was seized by Henry La Pomeray, who disguised his men as pilgrims. In 1473, during the War of the Roses, the Earl of Oxford held the island under siege for six months. In 1588, it was on St Michael’s Mount that the first beacon was lit to warn of the arrival of the Spanish Armada. And during the Civil War, between 1642 and 1646, Royalists valiantly held the Mount against the forces of Oliver Cromwell.
What a place to sit and take advantage of a view!
I'm trying to think of a better-placed bench than this one near Perranuthnoe, overlooking Mounts Bay and St Michael's Mounts at Marazion in West Cornwall.
On a day like this, I could quite easily sit here and hog this spot forever!
Hurricane Michael (now just a post-tropical storm) brushed our southern coast overnight, before heading into the open North Atlantic and oblivion today.
Le St Michael's Mount est une île accessible à marée basse de forme pyramidale de granite qui culmine à 60 m, située dans Mount's Bay en Cornouailles, à environ un kilomètre de la ville de Penzance, au sud-ouest de la Grande-Bretagne.
Historiquement l'île semble avoir formé le pendant du Mont-Saint-Michel, en France. Elle a été offerte aux Bénédictins du Mont-Saint-Michel au XIe siècle par le roi d'Angleterre Édouard le Confesseur (1042-1066) pour que les moines y construisent une abbaye.
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Historically, St Michael's Mount was a Cornish counterpart of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France (with which it shares the same tidal island characteristics and the same conical shape, in spite of being much smaller, at 57 acres, than Mont St Michel which covers 247 acres), when it was given to the Benedictine religious order of Mont Saint-Michel by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century.
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This is my second photo of St Michael's Mount. Was lucky enough with a great sky that day and the path to the island wasn't under water yet. The huge rocks at the bottom are usually underwater.
St Michael's Mount is a tidal island 366 m off the Mount's Bay coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parish and is united with the town of Marazion by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water.
A neighborhood Italian restaurant and bar in our town. We, don't go here often, but it is a treat when we do. The owner is hauling kegs and taking orders. it's been in his family for many generations.
Not only a National Trust visitor attraction, this is also the home of the St Aubyn family. I remember a couple of years ago when on a visit to the property, we bumped into Lord St Leven (John Francis Arthur St Aubyn) and he came across as an avuncular sort of chap, not unlike (in my eyes) 'Old Mr Grace' from the TV sitcom 'Are You Being Served'!
Last night's sunset at Marazion was incredible. There were all sorts of colours going off after the sunset with light and dark pinks, oranges and blues. I've been wanting to visit St Michael's Mount for a long time and finally got my chance this week with a surprise birthday visit down there arranged by my amazing wife.
Abandoned homestead, Wasco County, South of Dufur, OR. Access permission granted by property manager.
Located just outside the walls of Golden Domed St Michael’s, this memorial to the victims of Stalin’s Holodomor famine of 1932-3 is centred on a view straight down Volodymyrs’kyi Passage to the other great ecclesiastical site of central Kyiv, St Sophia’s Cathedral.
It was unveiled on 12 September 1993, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Holodomor, and was sculpted by Vasyl Perevalsky.
In the centre of a figure of the Mother of God, a silhouette of a child with widely spread arms is carved. Land brought from all regions of Ukraine and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was poured at the foot of the memorial.
St Sophia Cathedral is one of Kyiv’s most significant landmarks, dating back to the days of Kievan Rus’. Originally built in the first half of the 11th Century, it has had downs as well as ups since being sacked in 1169 and 1240, but still retains mosaics and frescos from the 11th Century. It was significantly expanded in the late 17th and 18th Centuries. The 76 metre high bell tower was built in this period.
After the October Revolution, Soviet authorities proposed demolishing the cathedral complex and turning it into a memorial park for combatants who died in the Civil War, and was only saved through the efforts of scientists and historians. It was nonetheless secularised and turned into a museum in 1934. By the 1980s, however Soviet authorities had promised to return the cathedral to the Orthodox Church, and this promise was maintained by governments of independent Ukraine, but internal divisions within Orthodoxy in the country have prevented this as of 2020. The cathedral remains a secular museum of Christianity.
This description incorporates text from the Ukrainian Wikipedia.
St Michael's Mount (Cornish: Karrek Loos yn Koos, meaning "grey rock in the woods", also known colloquially by locals as simply the Mount) is a tidal island 366 metres (400 yards) off the Mount's Bay coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parish and is united with the town of Marazion by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water.
We had to have a windscreen replaced before we could resume our homeward journey, from Auburn to Townsville, so we had time for a walk around this town in the South Australian wine region. Not normally drawn to churches as subjects, I was taken by this small, classical-looking church, built between 1873 and 1883. New sky and texture have been added.
A mid tide at St Michael's Mount reveals a nice amount of the causeway and a long exposure simplifies the surrounding water. In between the cold rain showers there was some brightness to add interest in the sky.
I'm guessing that St Michael's Mount could well be Cornwall's most photographed landmark. It's easy to see why as it sits like a scenic jewel, dominating Mount's Bay, near Penzance.
The classic view is from the beach, with the cobbled causeway leading the eye to the rocky outcrop that becomes an island at high tide. There are lots of other viewpoints too, both near and far. This one was taken aboard the RMV Scillion III, just after departing from the Penzance quayside en route to the Isles of Scilly.
These may rank as the strangest photos I've ever posted, since they're so hard to see. They were the best I could manage through the glass internal window at St Michael's, the chapel being locked. Pevsner describes it as ‘The richest single storehouse of funeral monuments in any parish church in England’, which makes it all the more frustrating. The chapel was built in 1556 by Anne Sapcote, Countess of Bedford in accordance with the will of her husband Sir John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford. Monuments range from the Cheyne family in the 15th century through elaborate 16th and 17th century sculpture, to the 9th Duke who died in 1891 (and who was an early supporter of cremation, so the chapel only has his ashes). Apparently all the recumbent figures have their feet turned away from the East. The windows are by Kempe. It has a wood hammer-beam roof and marble floor, and is only open by permission of his grace, the Duke of Bedford. In 1868, a new parish church was completed near Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, under the 8th Duke. It has a crypt beneath, which was intended as the burial place of the Dukes of Bedford and their family. In the end the Russell family continued to use the ancient mausoleum at Chenies.
A view of St Michael's Mount on the south coast of Cornwall, taken from Mounts Bay beach in the evening.
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Neon sign for Michael's Fine Clothes on Main Street.
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Saturday evening 8 February 2020
we Spent a day in Gibraltar England and had a chance to take a tour up the famous rock. Our first stop was St. Michael's Cave which is a beautiful limestone cave converted into a concert theater.