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Rugged Cross Green Stole
A green stole is required to celebrate a priest’s 40th anniversary as being ordained Deacon in the Church of England. The priest has spent most of his years as Rector with mining communities.
Gold threads are used to represent the majesty of God
The Knot
-intertwining of the earthly and the divine (the human Jesus and divine Christ)
-Celtic influence of the North East
-tight knit mining communities
Gnarled tree patterns reflect
-pit props
-wooden cross of Christ
-earthly existence
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Linen union background in forest green
-triumph of life over death (Spring)
-Trinity season
-long growing season
-40 years of spiritual growth with God as the Gardener and the priest as the growing plant
Outlines of crosses in green flow out below the gold cross
- we bear many crosses in our lives, but all are overcome by that one glorious cross of Christ.
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