Immanuel Lutheran Cleveland

serpent in the Garden of Eden 

I am quite fond of stained glass, and pleased to see fine ones. The Immanuel Lutheran church building was started in 1879, and is the daughter congregation of Trinity Lutheran they began worship in 1880. Most of the windows were tall, but interrupted by a mezzanine level of pews, so the middle of the windows are not visible. This came in 1885.

an holocaust, sacrifice wholly burned in fire

Die Heilige Schrift (The Holy Scriptures) 

There are only a few windows in Cleveland that are German in language.

Sei getreu bis in den Tod (Be faithful unto death)

Gott ist meine Zuversicht und Stärke (God is my confidence and strength)

They are very proud of their 1964 Friedrich Weissenborn mechanical organ with 26 stops and 39 ranks, it is very valuable. Shane Brandes is the organist.

The Lieder board, Lieder is German for songs. English language worship did not begin until after World War One.

Mozart (Brian Skoog) and Salieri (Jason Fuh), and two members of Cleveland Opera

Camera decided to focus on the pulpit.

Pushkin wrote a verse play, Mozart and Salieri (1830),  Rimsky-Korsakov made it into an opera in 1897.  Peter Schaffer made it into the play, Amadeus (1987), a movie followed in 1984. In these fictive stories, Salieri's jealousy/envy led him to poison Mozart.

 

Also, to-day is the tenth anniversary of the day three Cleveland girls were released from their captivity. The house where they were held is on the same street. In church before the opera, there was a short prayer service for the three women. Further up the street, a public demonstration was also held.