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Chancel flowers adorn the presbytery of St Peter's Church in Lilley, Hertfordshire. Chancel flowers (also known as altar flowers) are flowers that are placed in the chancel of a Christian church. [1] These chancel flowers are often paid for by members of a congregation as an offering of thanksgiving to God. [2]
The formalised flower motif is often carved in stone or wood to create decorative ornaments for architecture and furniture, and in metalworking, jewelry design and the applied arts to form a decorative border or at the intersection of two materials. Rosette decorations have been used for formal military awards.
A flowered cross in a parish church (2006) Flowering the cross is a Western Christian tradition practiced at the arrival of Easter, in which worshippers place flowers on the bare wooden cross that was used in the Good Friday liturgy, in order to symbolize "the new life that emerges from Jesus’s death on Good Friday".
A Bailey family tombstone on Bailey Mountain, West Virginia USA after decoration. According to the Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English, a Decoration or Decoration Day in Appalachia is "an occasion on which a family or church congregation gathers on a Sunday to place flowers on the graves of loved ones and to hold a memorial service for them.
Red flowers at the altar/preaching area, and red flowering plants such as geraniums around the church are also typical decorations for Pentecost masses/services. [63] These symbolize the renewal of life, the coming of the warmth of summer, and the growth of the church at and from the first Pentecost. [63]
Christingles prepared for a Christmas Eve service. A Christingle is a symbolic object used in the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany services of many Christian denominations.It symbolises the birth of Christ, the Light of the World. [1]
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A Chrismon tree is an evergreen tree often placed in the chancel or nave of a church during Advent and Christmastide. [1] [2] The Chrismon tree was first used by North American Lutherans in 1957, [3] although the practice has spread to other Christian denominations, [4] including Anglicans, [5] Catholics, [6] Methodists, [7] and the Reformed. [8]