Episcopal Church of the Ascension - Table of Contents

Interior
Episcopal Church of the Ascension /
Ascension for the Arts
16 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo NY
Ascension for the Arts - Official Website (online Jan. 2021)

On this page, below:

Chancel

Nave

Balcony

2010 Photos

Chancel


Center:  Chancel   ...   Open spaces on either side of the chancel:  Transepts   ...   Pews and side walls:  Nave



Chancel



Chancel from a different angle




Chancel



Chancel  ...     Bas-relief  alpha and omega flank the Lamb of God


Chancel   ...   Alpha and omega  flank the Lamb of God


Chancel   ...   Brass baluster



Chancel   ...   Altar/communion table



Chancel   ...   Medallion    ...    Lilies   ...   PX



Chancel   ...   Oak   ...   Spandrel decorated with a medallion with multifoil    ...   Smooth shaft Ionic column



Chancel   ...   Wainscoting  with blind arcade   ...    Prayer kneeler prie dieu (pronunciation)



Chancel   ...    Combination Celtic cross and cross pattée finial   ...   Two pinnacles topped with finials   ...   Fleur-de-lis and ribbons in tympanum 




Nave


Chancel at left   ...   Open space to the right of the chancel is part of the east transept   ...   East nave



West nave at left includes pews and stained glass windows and Gothic light fixture


Nave  ceiling  is a modified pointed Gothic ceiling



Pendant  Gothic light fixture



Carved wood eagle lectern  (lectern: to read)    ...    
Episcopal churches often have eagle lecterns that symbolize John the Evangelist whose symbol is the eagle and whose epistles are popular   ...        In traditional placement, in Episcopal (Anglican) churches, this lectern is on the "Epistle Side" of the sanctuary, established when the gospels were read from the pulpit.     ...   Three details below:


Eagle lectern detail #1



Eagle lectern detail #2



Eagle lectern detail #3



Gothic style chair and prie dieu 




Cinquefoil and trefoils on chair back




Cinquefoil and trefoils on chair back



 
Prie dieu 



1873 marble baptismal font   ...   Four details below:


Baptismal font detail #1   ...   Quatrefoil


Baptismal font  detail #2   ...    Gothic  foliated  rinceau



Baptismal font  detail #3   ...    Quatrefoil   ...     Alpha and omega


Baptismal font  detail #4




Balcony









Special thanks to Rector Armond J. Kraft and to Senior Warden Thomas Zimfer for their cooperation in January 2010

Photos and their arrangement © 2010 Chuck LaChiusa
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