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Christ
the King -
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Houses of Worship -
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Interior - Christ the King
Chapel
Canisius
College, 2001 Main St., Buffalo,
NY
Canisius College - Office
website
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2019
Photos
Sanctuary Sanctuary Sanctuary ... Wooden truss supports the nave pointed Gothic style ceiling in the Romanaesque Revival building ... Most Romanaesque Revival churches have etther a coffered flat ceiling or a coffered barrel ceiling ... Note side aisles and rounded clearstory windows  Sanctuary Semidome ... Note three (rounded) Romanaesque style sanctuary south stained glass windows ... Not shown are three north stained glass windows ... Altar faces east (Jerusalem in the Mideast) where Jesus was crucified ... Altar detailed below:  Sanctuary Alpha / Omega symbols on front of the altar    Sanctuary North stained glass windows ... St. Stanislaus in center ... Halos indicate that these are official Roman Catholic saints   Sanctuary Two of the three north stained glass windows ... St. Mary Magdalene ... Note the depiction of St. Catherine of Siena with crown of thorns and lilies, both ususally reserved for Jesus (thorns) and St. Joseph (lilies) |
North
Transept North Transept Transept at right of photo ... Two of the north nave clearstory windows at left  North Transept Rose windows with vertical panels below are more common in Europe than the US ... Four details below:  North Transept Wheel window ... Stencils used to paint the clear glass which is repeatedly fired with each new color  North Transept  North Transept Left panel: The Annunciation ... Right panel: The miraculously pregnant Mary visits Elizabeth, also miraculouly pregnant with John who will later baptize Jesus  North Transept Left panel: Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (for circumcision) ... Right panel: Mary and Joseph find Jesus in the temple preaching to the rabbis |
South
Transept South Transept Transept  South Transept  South Transept Center medallion: Pentecost  South Transept Left panel: Resurrection ... Right panel: Ascenison  South Transept Left panel: St. Mary Magdalene sees Jesus at the cave where he was buried ... Note hand which represents God the Father and the dove which represrnts the Holy Spirit ... Right panel: Coronation |
North
Nave North Nave The four nave stained glass clearstory windows ... The seven crosses represent half of the the 14 stations of the cross ... Note aisle windows ... Sanctuary (not in photo) is to the right  North Nave Two of the four nave stained glass windows at left ... Sanctuary at right  North Nave Trefoil diaper pattern  North Nave Photo taken from the altar ... Organ Loft at far left ... The four windows, starting at the right and going left, shown below:  North Nave Both Jesuits ... Loyola co-founded the Jesuits ... Four details below:  North Nave Xavier and Loyola detail #1 ... PX  North Nave Xavier and Loyola detail #2 ... Note the IHS christogram symbol on the book Loyola is carrying  North Nave Xavier and Loyola detail #3 ... Ship depicted in the predella signifies that Xavier was a famous Jesuit missionary  North Nave Xavier and Loyola detail #4 ... The Sacred Heart of Jesus in the predella under Loyola  North Nave Both Jesuits  North Nave St, Thomas Aquinus ... St. Augustine  North Nave Note that St. Francis of Assisi is depicted receiving two stigmata |
South
Nave South Nave Photo taken from sanctuary looking towards the Organ Loft (at right) ... The four nave stained glass clearstory windows ... Note the aisle windows  South Nave One of the aisle stained glas windows, each featuring a religious symbol ... Pelican and chicks medallion detail below:  South Nave Pelican and chicks  South Nave St. Peter ... St. Paul  South Nave St. John the Baptist ... St. Stephen  South Nave Both Jesuits  South Nave  South Nave |
Organ
Loft Rose Window Organ Loft Rose Window Wheel window  Organ Loft Rose Window  Organ Loft Rose Window Christ the King fittingly depicted over the entrance to the church  Organ Loft Rose Window Alpha and omega Return to top |
Color photos and their arrangement © 2019 Chuck LaChiusa
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