Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

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Chancel - Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
1080 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church - Official Web Site

Chancel: The space around the principal altar of a church for the clergy and choir, often separated by a screen or railing from the body of the church. / The east end of the church, raised above the floor of the nave, containing the choir (usually) and the sanctuary.

The memorial windows of the chancel, added in 1948, were executed by the Henry Lee Willett Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Chancel as seen from the organ gallery	Nave and chancel	Windows by the Henry Lee Willett Company

Ribbed vault

Altar	Altar	Altar	Altar

	Crocketed pinnacles and gables	Cross bottony / Triple circles (Trinity)	Brass Cross bottony

Oak wainscoting

Choir	Choir	Choir	Choir

Chancel		Carved oak choir seating	Elaborate finials

	Inlaid marble floor

Organ	Organ		Altar rail

			Brass balusters on altar railing

Pulpit	Pulpit	Pulpit

Pulpit	Detail - Pulpit	Detail - Pulpit

Special thanks to Dr. Charles Bang, Senior Pastor, for his cooperation in March 2010