"The Fire-Creator"

[copyright 2026; written much earlier]

Easter Sunday, 2026

 

Holy Week, 2026

 

[moving towards Calvary]

 

Lent 2026 [February 18th to April 5th]

 

Feb 15th--Feast Day of the 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya [February 2015]

 (painting by Wael Mories)

"Portrait of Bia de' Medici" [ca. 1542] by Agnolo Bronzino

 

EPIPHANY -- January 6th

 

[one religious interpretation of the 12 Days of Christmas--December 25th to January 5th]

 

Twelfth Night [January 5th]

 

December 29--the Feast Day of St. Thomas Becket

 

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" (December 25--January 5th, Christmas Day through Twelfth Night)

 

"O Come, All Ye Faithful"

 

The Annunciation, by Robert Campin [center of the Merode Altarpiece] c. 1425

 

"Blue Poinsettia" by Nancy Medina

 

"The Virgin of the Lilies" [1899] by William-Adolph Bouguereau

 

Dec 21--The Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025

 

[Luke 2: 1, 4-5]

 

Dec 14 -- The Third Sunday of Advent, 2025

 

[art by Jane Crowther]