St. John's-Grace Episcopal Church - Table of Contents
Chapel - Apostles
Windows
St. John's-Grace Episcopal Church
51 Colonial
Circle at Bidwell Pkwy. and Lafayette Ave.
Buffalo, New York
St.
John's-Grace
Church - Official Website
Artist:
Margreta Overbeck Fabricator:
Lamb Studios Windows style
Gothic Revival See also: The other Apostles window, by J. Gordon Guthrie
2009 Photos
Captions from Peter Bridgford, "St. John's Grace Episcopal Church: A Guide to Some of the Memorials," 2000
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The
six stained
Glass
windows of the Apostles in the Chapel took 56 years to be
completed.
Margreta
Overbeck,
Guthrie's pupil and protégé, is responsible for the design of these five
windows on this page. Adding to the relationships of
Guthrie and Overbeck is
the fact that while she was a college student in Buffalo, Margreta
worshiped at St. John's! The
name/initials of the designer somewhere in the lower edges of the
windows: "M. Overbeck" or an "O" superimposed over
a stick "m" will normally be found. "Karole K. Pix"
or "KK' assisted Overbeck with two windows. Below each apostle is a smaller panel reflecting something about the apostle.
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Saints
Simon &
Matthias Saints Simon & Matthias Dedicated on October 28, 1979, the Feast of St. Simon and St. Jude ... Details below:  St. Simon the Zealot (Luke 6:15 and Acts 1:13) ... Dedicated 1979 ... Little is known of St. Simon, the Cananean; he may have belonged to a Jewish patriotic group called the Zealots, Luke 6:15. Symbolized by a fish superimposed upon a Bible, Simon was a disciple devoted to Jesus and the lower panel depicts his being called by the Lord as he zealously holds the scrolls of the Living Truth.  St. Simon the Zealot  St. Simon the Zealot ... St. Simon symbolized by a fish superimposed upon a Bible,  St. Simon the Zealot Simon was a disciple devoted to Jesus and the lower panel depicts his being called by the Lord as he zealously holds the scrolls of the Living Truth.  Saint Matthias Dedicated 1972 ... Saint Matthias replaced Judas Iscariot ... Details below:  Saint Matthias  Saint Matthias One tradition maintains that Matthias was stoned at Jerusalem by the Jews, and then beheaded. Is that the meaning of the ax at the left? ... Note spelling" "Mathias."  Saint Matthias  Saint Matthias Note signatures: M in a circle - Margreta Overbeck ... KK - Karole K. Pix" |
Saints
Philip & Bartholomew Details below:  Saint Philip St. Philip was asked by Jesus about how they would feed 5000 people. Philip replied that five loaves and two fish wouldn't do a thing. Note the two fish and five communion wafers above Philip's head. ...To remember his courageous act of baptizing an Ethiopian eunuch, that event is shown in the lower panel along with a lion. ... St. Bartholomew is credited with a great deal of missionary travels, perhaps as far as India; therefore, a boat is featured in this window both above and in the lower panel. ... He may have been martyred by being flayed to death and hence his symbol is three knives. ... Note Ms. Overbeck's artistic license to include dolphins in the Sea of Galilee in the lower panel.  Saint Philip  Saint Philip  Saint Philip Acts 8:26-39: "St. Philip baptizes the Ethiopian eunuch"  St. Bartholomew ... Details below:  St. Bartholomew  St. Bartholomew  St. Bartholomew  St. Bartholomew Bartholomew was associated with fishing; thus, the dolphins in the Sea of Galilee. Tradition pictures him as missionary; thus, he is depicted traveling in a boat.  St. Bartholomew |
 Saint Andrew St. Andrew was one of the first apostles called by Jesus to leave his profession as a fisherman and "I will make you fishers of men." Mark 1: 16-17. He holds a basket of golden fish symbolic of the souls converted to Christ. Andrew was also the one who brought a young lad with five barley loaves and two fish to Jesus in preparation of the feeding of the 5000. Andrew was supposedly crucified on an X-shaped cross, which became his symbol.  Saint Andrew  Saint Andrew St. Andrew was one of the first apostles called by Jesus to leave his profession as a fisherman and "I will make you fishers of men." Mark 1: 16-17. He holds a basket of golden fish symbolic of the souls converted to Christ.  Saint Andrew X symbol at right of photo: Andrew was supposedly crucified on an X-shaped cross, which became his symbol.  Saint James St. James, son of Zebedee, his brother, John, and Peter, comprised Jesus' inner circle of Apostles who were privy to several significant moments in our Lord's ministry, e.g. the Transfiguration and the Garden of Gethsemane before the trial.  Saint James He was regarded as a Pilgrim and, in the window, he carries a pilgrim's staff. ... Pilgrims also wore scalloped shells to protect their heads from the blazing sun. Three shells are his symbol.  Saint James  Saint James James is credited with converting the man assigned to execute him by the dignity with which James faced his death. The lower panel depicts his executioner receiving the forgiveness and blessing of James. |
Saints Thomas & Matthew  Details below:  Saint Thomas  Saint Thomas  Saint Thomas Tradition held that Thomas built churches in India so we see that theme in the panel under Thomas.  Saint Matthew  Saint Matthew  Saint Matthew  Saint Matthew |
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Saints James the
Less & Thaddeus
 Details below:  Saint James the Less  Saint James the Less  Saint James the Less Note signatures: M in a circle - Margreta Overbeck ... KK - Karole K. Pix"  Saint Thaddeus Note Saint Thaddeus' symbol, a boat with cross-shaped mast  Saint Thaddeus  Saint Thaddeus Note Saint Thaddeus' symbol, a boat with cross-shaped mast  Saint Thaddeus Note Saint Thaddeus' symbol, a boat with cross-shaped mast  Saint Thaddeus Note signatures: Margreta Overbeck ... K Karole K. Pix  Saint Thaddeus |
