Easter Day

Post 9 (b) Central apse window, Jesus and Mary on Easter Day morning East Kirk Jan 2014 DSCN0164

The crucifixion of Jesus took place on a Friday. When he died it was too late to prepare the body of Jesus for burial, so it was placed temporarily in a new burial cave. Only on the Sunday morning, after the Jewish Sabbath, did the first opportunity arise for the women to visit and prepare the body for proper burial. The right hand light of the central window in the former East Kirk depicts one of the events of that morning. We see Mary Magdalene, an early arrival, met by a man and ‘supposing him to be the gardener’   It is Jesus!  He is not dead: he is victor  over death.   This is central to Christian faith and means that we can all say ‘Happy Easter’.