30AD

Jesus Crucifixion, Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost  

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St James The Greater - Stained Glass

44AD

James, son of Zebedee, also known as James the Greater martyred When : 44AD Where: Jerusalem; Feast day July 25 Why: James was beheaded by order of King Herod Agrippa I of Judaea  

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36 AD

Christian deacon in Jerusalem and the first Christian martyr When: AD 36 Where: Jerusalem Why:  Stephen was bought before the Sanhedrin (*Jewish religious court) and accused of heresy / blasphemy owing to his bleief in Jesus. His  apology before the Sanhedrin (Acts 7) shows even the early church had a strong set of beliefs. His […]

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35AD

Peter travels to Caesarea  shares the Good News with Cornelius’s Gentile family and friends The Holy Spirit falls on all present and the six Jewish believers from Joppa (see Acts 11:12) are amazed that God has poured out his Spirit on the Gentiles – as they “heard them speaking in different languages and praising God” […]

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St Philip in stained glass

35AD

Philip shares the good news with an Ethiopian eunich nad shares the gospel in Samaria. During the persecution in 35AD, Philip (one of the seven Greek-speaking ‘deacons’ chosen by the church in Jerusalem – see Acts 6:5) travels north with those who have fled to Sebaste, the principal city of Samaria  

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St Paul in stianed glass

35AD

Paul converted. Acts 7:58        Saul looks after the coats of the men who stone Stephen to death in Jerusalem in 35AD. Acts 8:1-3       Saul leads a violent persecution of the young Christian church in Jerusalem. He goes from house to house, dragging men and women off to prison. When believers are found guilty of what […]

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